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Victoria HarbourCats – Revenge of the Gingers! Redheads to have their night at HarbourCats game

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10 months ago

July 22, 2023

Dugout Wire Service

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

July 22, 2023

VICTORIA, B.C. — Redheads, Monday night is your night — for you, FREE.

The Victoria HarbourCats want to make up for all the teasing and abuse — really, it’s jealousy, right? — that redheads have taken in life, by welcoming ALL redheads to our game on Monday, July 24, when the REDmond Dudes arrive at Wilson’s Group Stadium at RAP.

After all, we have redheads on our team, on our staff, in our ownership group — and we think their hair hue is divine, and we want to celebrate with them!

The night is sponsored by — you guessed it — our official craft beer partner, Red Arrow Brewing, maker of the highly popular Ballpark Blonde Ale.

“Redheads are always being singled out, even picked on — we want to have some fun with them, but NOT at their expense for once,” said Jim Swanson of the HarbourCats. “Some of our best players have been redheads — looking at you, Griffin Andreychuk and Russell Young — and we’re proud of our redheads.”

How does this work? Simple. If you’re a redhead — you get in free, so come to the team office at 1814 Vancouver Street, or to the ticket booth that night, and you’ll get a free ticket. Of course, we want to see those red locks, and we may ask for a photo of all the redheads enjoying the game, too!

This free ticket offer is not available on-line, so to take advantage, purchase tickets in advance at the HarbourCats office at 101-1814 Vancouver Street, or come to the gate on Monday, starting at 5:30 pm to get your tickets there.

All other hues of hair my purchase tickets in advance at https://harbourcats.com/tickets.

NOTE: VOUCHER EXCHANGES – Anyone with General Admission, Premium Reserved or Grandstad Reserved Ticket Vouchers, please note these will need to be redeemed on or before our last regular season home game on August 3rd. THEY ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR PLAYOFFS and may NOT BE CARRIED OVER to 2024. To avoid congestion at the box office on game days, it is strongly suggested that you exchange vouchers in advance at the HarbourCats office at 101-1814 Vancouver Street.

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Record-setting HPU closer, five others added to roster

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1 day ago

May 1, 2024

Dugout Wire Service

The players announced as signed by the NightOwls today:

RHP Ryan Inouye, Hawaii Pacific, 5-9/165, Honolulu

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C Cassidy Watt, Dakota State, 6-1/215, Coquitlam, BC

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RHP Aidan Boice, Salt Lake City CC, 6-5/225, Millcreek, UT

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LHP Connor Abadie, San Diego State, 6-0/165, Apple Valley, CA

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IF/OF Cole Carmichael, East LA College, 6-1/185, Petaluma, CA

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RHP Kai Hanasaki, College of the Desert, 6-0/160, Kofu, Japan

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Victoria HarbourCats – HarbourCats 2024 Summer Kids Camps now open for registration

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5 days ago

April 27, 2024

Dugout Wire Service

April 27, 2024

VICTORIA, BC – The Victoria HarbourCats are pleased to announce that their always popular summer baseball camps are now open for registration.

Catering to kids in the 8-11 and 12-15 year-old age groups, a series of half-day camps will take place both outdoors at Royal Athletic Park – the home of the HarbourCats, and indoors at the Edwards Family Training Centre, the official off-field training facility of the HarbourCats and the Victoria Golden Tide.

Camps are set up as half-day sessions and by two age groups: 8-11 and 12-15. For Outdoor camps only, you may register your child for both the morning and afternoon camps according to age, but you must add both the morning camp and afternoon camp to your cart when registering. This option is NOT available for INDOOR camps.

Spaces in each session are limited and sessions may be cancelled if there are not enough participants.

Camps schedule and pricing as follows:

July 2-5th INDOOR – $200.00 (four half-day sessions per age group)
July 8-12th OUTDOOR – $300.00 (five half-day sessions per age group)
July 15-19th OUTDOOR – $300.00 (five half-day sessions per age group)
July 22-26th OUTDOOR – $300.00 (five half-day sessions per age group)
July 29-August 2 OUTDOOR – $300.00 (five half-day sessions per age group)
August 6- August 9th INDOOR – $200.00 (four half-day sessions per age group)
August 12-16th INDOOR – $250.00 (five half-day sessions per age group)

All camps will be run by Victoria Golden Tide College Baseball coaches and players and/or HarbourCats players when available pending their schedule.

TO REGISTER, please head to The Cat Shop at https://victoria-harbourcats-official.myshopify.com/collections/harbourcats-youth-camps

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Japanese pitcher, Hawaiian speedster, big bat from VIU among eight added by NightOwls

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2 weeks ago

April 22, 2024

Dugout Wire Service

The pitching staff, it is growing — and adding interesting storylines.

Japanese pitcher Moosa Nonomiya, who is at Skagit Valley College in Washington, will add more to the international flavor of the Nanaimo NightOwls for 2024 — already with players from Venezuela, Puerto Rico and Taiwan

Not all are far flung — lefty-hitting DH/1B Brayden McClary of the VIU Mariners and returning lefty arm Hayden Cuthbertson are islanders who know Serauxmen Stadium well.

Hata can fly — he started 40 games as a freshman and will top that this spring, piling up 28 stolen bases over two seasons. He’s not just speed, he hit a game-winning grand slam in extra innings earlier this month and has three home runs and 25 runs driven in, batting .320 with a low strikeout rate.

Cuthbertson has had a breakout year with a 3-1 record and four saves, striking out 27 in 17 innings and earning a Division1 spot with Miami-Ohio. McClary, also an Islander, will be the first married player on the NightOwls — he’s a key offensive force in the middle of the VIU lineup, hitting a ball out of Serauxmen this weekend against TRU.

Felix is a young star catcher with position versatility— and he’s big at 6-2/200 as he goes to Cal Poly this fall. Jakobson is a righthander who will have ample innings available for the summer, a oower arm with bullpen potential.

Ariaza is a great mix of power and strikes, and he’s the biggest NightOwl to date at 6-5/270. He didn’t walk a batter in 10 outings as a freshman and has 25 strikeouts in 18 innings, along with a save, this spring.

Hanning has had success at the junior college level and has proven to be a workhorse, including 61 innings already this season, tops on his staff.

Nonomiya has moved into a starting role in the NWAC conference and is now over 30 innings for a team that has NightOwls assistant Sean FitzGerald on the staff.

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