FNCBA Launch Fundraiser as Post-Flood Recovery Begins

Far North Coast Baseball Association has launched a GoFundMe as it sets sights on getting back on the field as soon as possible following last week’s catastrophic flooding.
 
DONATE TODAY: HELP FNCBA RETURN TO THE FIELD
 
Lismore – and FNCBA’s Albert Park home of 56 years – were inundated with water as more than 700mm fell in less than 30 hours in the region’s biggest flood event since 1954. It has left roughly 34 teams – across both junior and senior levels – displaced a month out from the winter season’s planned start date and forced the Far North Coast outfits to withdraw from next month’s New South Wales State Little League titles.
 
FNCBA commissioner Craig Scheibel said it was devastating. “We have some of the best baseball grounds in Australia, to see it now is devastating,” he said.
 
“The FNCBA and our member clubs have lost almost all of our equipment kits, gloves, catchers gear, bats, balls, and pitching machines.
 
The floods follow two years of COVID-19 impacting the sport. After a shortened 2021 campaign, and loss of major events including the 2020 Australian Little League Championship and last year’s much-loved Timberjacks, there was light at the end of the tunnel. That’s been replaced with uncertainty.
 
Far North Coast Baseball Association have been working with Baseball NSW for support as well as the relevant bodies and government to attempt to rebuild and get the community back on their feet. Scheibel said the GoFundMe – and any donations to the FNBCA – would help baseball return to the field quicker.
 
“All proceeds raised through fundraising will go to the restoration of the complex, providing gear and equipment for clubs and players, and amenities like our fabulous canteen, under the guidance of the FNCBA board of management”,  Scheibel said.
 
Baseball Australia chief executive Glenn Williams said he was working with the association to provide support and urged the baseball community to help their cause. “Albert Park Baseball Complex was a world-class facility so to see it now leaves you speechless,” he said.
 
Donations can be made here or by emailing fncbaseball@hotmail.com
To provide equipment or offer to support in other ways click here.

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