By Tara Murray
The North Western Titans finished the regular season with a bang in the Baseball Victoria summer league competition on Saturday.
The Titans had all three senior sides at home on Saturday and hosted a special day to raise funds for prostate cancer.
The club raised nearly $700 for the Melmarsh Prostate Cancer Support Group.
Titans men’s coach Danny Haymes said before the day that everyone would be dressing up in onesies as part of the day to help raise funds.
“We had three games at home and everyone is keen to finish the regular season off well,” he said.
“We know an umpire that has gone through prostate cancer and we decided to raise some money for it.”
For the women’s side, they’ve still got finals.
They lost 18-3 to minor premiers Alfredton on Saturday, but teams were already locked into their positions in one and two heading into the final round.
Haymes said they’d been really happy with the side.
“We have a mixture of young girls and some of those girls have come through juniors,” he said.
“They’ve played really well. They took a couple of weeks to get them into the season but after they won their first game they have not looked back.
“Hopefully they have a good crack at winning it.”
The loss was only the second one since they got on a run.
The Titans will host the Sunshine Eagles for a spot in the grand final this Saturday at 1.30pm at Macpherson Park
But the Titans men have had a tougher season, with one win in state league 1 west.
On Saturday, they finished the season with a 3-1 loss to Geelong
Haymes said it had been a real mixed season.
“The younger kids have been great and they’ve enjoyed themselves,” he said. “We’ve had no consistent performances on the field. When we’ve played the top teams we’ve played well and drawn against them.
“When we’ve played sides at our level, we’ve struggled against them.”
Haymes said they knew that they were playing in a harder competition this season and it was a good challenge.
He said they probably should have won another three or four games which would have reflected how they played.
“We haven’t been able to finish off games,” he said. “We’ve let the foot off in the last half hour.”
Haymes said their second side has been really competitive.
Overall, he said they were happy with where things were at with much of the group already looking forward to next season.
“I’m pretty happy with how the boys have competed,” he said. “Next season they will be a lot better for it.
“We knew it would be tough, but were hoping for a few more results.”
