About Us

FOUNDING MISSION

  1. To promote the professionalisation of baseball and softball by developing a business model for the development of the sports, and to assist aspiring coaches and athletes in becoming full-time professionals;
  2. To provide a structured training system for beginner and intermediate athletes, with tertiary institutions as the major training ground where potential elite athletes could be identified and nominated to join the Hong Kong representative team;
  3. To nurture more outstanding beginners and intermediate coaches, by establishing a platform for aspiring young coaches to gain experience in leading teams of various levels in training and competing;
  4. To host more tournaments of various levels in Hong Kong, including regular regional and even international tournaments, where local and overseas teams of various levels can bond with and learn from one another; and
  5. To promote safety and training effectiveness in the sports in a scientific manner, and to provide retired athletes with opportunities for continued development, including in facility management, sports administration, sports science and sports medicine.

OBJECTIVES

  1. To launch a pilot training system of coaches and athletes at the University of Hong Kong for other tertiary institutions to take reference from in the future;
  2. To be a consultant for the development of baseball and softball at tertiary institutions, and to provide the necessary technical support;
  3. To coordinate the organisation of various types and levels of tournaments or league games for teams from tertiary institutions across Hong Kong;
  4. To support the participation of coaches and athletes from the University of Hong Kong team in overseas tournaments to widen their horizons; and
  5. To provide professional guidance to HKU students in taking initiative to execute the Development Plan.

FUTURE PROJECTS

  1. To contribute efforts to include softball on the USFHK programme;
  2. To increase effectiveness of fundraising efforts in support of softball development at HKU, by strengthening HKU’s softball alumni network and relations with potential sponsors, for example to support facility enhancement and the hosting of local, regional and international events in a professional manner; and
  3. To expand the use of Pitch 4 by building partnerships with external parties including the HKSA and district sports associations, for example for hosting tournaments or league games.