North Western Titans have had to wait another week to get their Baseball Victoria regional north-west season underway.
The Titans were set to kick off their season on Sunday against Essendon, but Essendon withdrew its team from the competition in the days leading up to kick off.
It left the Titans with a bye to start the season.
New coach Nick Conroy said it was a little bit frustrating but gave them another week to work on things before getting into action.
Conroy who has been involved at the Titans since he moved to Australia two and half years ago, said he was keen to take on the coaching challenge.
“I did coaching in America,” he said. “It was a little more intense in the states.
“I came down to the club as a player and assisted more with my knowledge and here we are.
“It has been good and I have the full support of the committee which makes it easier.”
Conroy said he couldn’t say no to coaching when Danny Haymes had to stand down due to other commitments.
“It was a request from Danny and he wouldn’t offer it to get anyone,” he said. “I have a lot of respect for him.”
Haymes was set to play his last game for the club in round one, but Conroy said he had pressured him to stay one more week to get a proper send off after many hard years running the club.
The Titans will have just one men’s side this season after a drop off of numbers.
Conroy said they had seen numbers grow throughout the off season which was a positive going forward.
“Therés a great energy and how we go, time will tell,” he said.
“We started pre-season about a month ago and were only getting two or three people at training.
“Yesterday [Saturday] we had 12 guys and more guys are understanding how we want to run the show.
“We’ll see the proof in the pudding with the drills we are setting up at training.”
Conroy said he wanted to help rebuild the club and bring new talent into the group this season and into the future.
He said they were hoping some players would return to give them a strong core group.
His other main aim was on individual development in the areas that the players would like to develop.
While also dropping to one men’s side, the Titans don’t have a women’s side this year.
