Canberra Cavalry
Australian professional baseball team
The Canberra Cavalry (nicknamed Cavs) were a professional baseball team from Canberra, ACT, Australia. Established in 2010, the team was a founding member of the Australian Baseball League (ABL). The Cavs home ground was Narrabundah Ballpark. The Cavalry were two-time Claxton Shield Champions and one-time Asian Champions.
History
Bid and establishment
In 2009, Major League Baseball (MLB) invited Canberra to bid for the sixth and final licence to join the inaugural season of the reformed Australian Baseball League (ABL). The bid, named "Let's do it Canberra", was organised by ACT Baseball Association Commissioner Theo Vassalakis and was tasked with meeting the entry criteria of securing the needed sponsorship, community membership and facility upgrades by September 2009. This included three-year sponsorship deals worth $100,000 per annum, 5,000 $20 memberships and ACT Government funding to upgrade the Narrabundah Ballpark to AA standard. In November 2009, Canberra's bid was successful and the ABL in conjunction with the MLB made the announcement of the decision to grant an ABL licence to the successful bidding team.
The team was subsequently founded in 2010 as the Canberra Cavalry. The team entered the reformed Australian Baseball League (ABL) as sixth and final founding member, following the establishment of five other teams from capital cities around Australia.
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