Halton Jaguars 2005 & 2006 BBF Division Champions The Halton Jaguars are the open age team of Halton Baseball Club, this is our 6th season & we will be playing in the BBF Northern Premier Division. We're very pleased to hear from anyone interested in trying open age baseball. We can provide opportunities to learn to play baseball, training and games as a member of a squad of players, coaching and umpiring roles and for the baseball fan the opportunity to watch exciting adult baseball throughout the season which runs from April - August with post season tournaments in September. For more details use the information on the contacts page to get in touch.		Sunday 24th August Oldham North Stars @ Halton Field 17 August Game 1 Game 2 Halton 7 7 Humber 17 10 National League - North TEAM W L PCT GB Manchester E 18 2 .900 - Menwith Hill 8 8 .500 8 Liverpool 2 18 .100 16 AAA League - North Humber 13 7 .650 - Sheffield 11 9 .550 2 Halton 11 11 .500 3 AA League - North Manchester A 13 7 .650 - Bolton 7 11 .389 5 Oldham 0 18 .000 12 24 Aug H Oldham
Team Officials Team Manager - John Mills Team Coaches - John Mills, Chris Hartley Home Game Umpire - Larry Hansford Home Game Scorer - Nicola Said, Neil Williams		Premier Division North Champions 2006 Division 1 North Champions 2005 Runners Up 2004 BBF Final 4 Finalist 2006 Finalist 2005 Finalist 2004

Halton Jaguars v Birmingham Maple Leafs - 26/8/07

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Halton Jaguars v Bolton Blaze - 12/8/07

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Halton Jaguars v Liverpool Trojans - 5/8/07

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Halton Jaguars v Manchester Eagles - 29/7/07

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Halton Jaguars v Sheffield Bladerunners - 1/7/07

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Halton Jaguars v Menwith Hill Patriots - 24/6/07

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Halton Jaguars v Sheffield Bladerunners - 6/5/07

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Sunday, and the Jags play host to the other newly promoted team for 2007 the Sheffield Bladerunners.
Another fine performance on the hill from Taggart kept the Jags in the game, tied 3-3, until the end of the 7^th and extra innings. The Bladerunners were ever threatening but three strike outs from Taggart ended the Sheffield hopes in the 8^th only for these to arise once more as the Halton bottom of the order were dismissed in that inning.
Taggart climbed the hill once more in the top of the 9^th and having walked his first batter he struck out the second and walked the next who advanced on a passed ball. With a runner in scoring position representing the possible winning run for Sheffield  and also one on first, a hard hit ball to second was taken close to the ground by Kevin Cuddy, the Jags second baseman, and a quick throw to first baseman Harry Mills completed the double play to end the Sheffield hopes again with the game still tied  and Halton to bat.

Leading off in the bottom of the ninth, Tyler Mattler struck out but shortstop, Scott Coker, singled to put the winning run on base. Patient at the plate, Mills worked his at bat and Coker advanced on a passed ball to scoring position. Mills earned 3 balls during this at bat but took advantage of this count to launch a double into right centre field, scoring Coker and winning the Jags first game of 2007.

The second game of this double header was another closely fought contest with the lead changing inning by inning until by the end of the 6^th Jags had a one run lead 8-7.
Veteran pitcher, Chris Hartley, was on the hill for Halton as injury problems were stopping Harry Mills from throwing. Hartley kept the Jags in contention as both top of the order and the bottom struggled with hitting in this game. A 3 run rally by the Bladerunners put the visitors ahead in the top of the 7^th and the Jags were dismissed in the bottom of that inning to give Sheffield a win on the day in what was perhaps a fitting share of the spoils for these two evenly matched teams.

The Jags now look forward to several Sundays on the road with Barnsley being the first stop next week in inter division play.

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Halton Jaguars v Menwith Hill Patriots - 29/4/07

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Newly promoted Halton Jaguars had a tough induction to the National League with an away double header to 2006 champions, Menwith Hill Patriots. The Jags matched the patriots in game 1 with Chris Taggart strong on the hill for Halton, keeping the Jags in the game so that by the end of the fifth the score was 4-4. With a blistered finger causing problems for Taggart the patriots took a two run lead in the bottom of the 6^th and with Halton scoreless the top of the 7^th the game went to the Patriots.
 

Game 2 was no better for the Halton visitors as they went down by 26 – 2 with Jags relief pitchers struggling to find the strike zone and the home team taking full advantage.

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