Baseball
Blacktown International Sportspark's Baseball Centre offers a world-class experience for athletes.
There are three international standard, full size playing fields, associated building and stadium infrastructure and extensive training equipment. The playing surfaces are professionally maintained to international standards by a dedicated team of grounds staff.
Blacktown International Sportspark was a key playing and training venue for baseball during the 2000 Olympic Games. It has since been used extensively for both competition and international training camp purposes. Some of the world's most famous names have played at Blacktown International Sportspark including the US Baseball Team and Korean LG Twins, Hyundai Unicorns, Lotte Giants and SK Wyverns. Blacktown International Sportspark has also hosted International Series of Baseball, the Claxton Shield National Baseball Championships and both summer and winter Men's and Women's Major League competitions.
The Baseball facility has also hosted the NSW combined High Schools Competitions, the PSSA Baseball Championships and a variety of development camps.
Three Baseball Diamonds
Left field : 321ft - 98m
Right field : 321ft - 98m
Centre field : 400ft - 122m
- All diamonds fully fenced with 8ft home run fence
- All diamonds floodlight for AA standard competition and training
- All diamonds are fully irrigated
- Grassed outfields and infields
- Shade covered practice bullpens to cater for 6 pitchers at one time
Main Diamond (Diamond 1)
- 1200 capacity grandstand with approximately 500 seats undercover
- Fully padded perimeter
- Home & visitors dugouts
- The main field is playable in all weather conditions due an international standard sporting field subsurface drainage system
- The main diamond has an electronic scoreboard, commentary/scorers box with full PA and sound system
Stadium Infrastructure (Main Diamond)
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Four change rooms that can be configured to two larger rooms. All change rooms have toilets, showers and wash facilities
- Umpires facilities with toilets, showers and change room
- Kitchen facility
- Function room with sound system, air conditioning & kitchen and toilet facilities
- Merchandise Kiosk
- Three kiosks
- First Aid Room
- Reserved area for wheelchairs
- Disability Lift
- Access to all levels for the disabled persons
Secondary Diamonds - (Diamond 2 & 3)
- Home and visitors team shelters on secondary diamonds with power and lights
- Scorers shelters on Diamond 2
- Double home and visitors bullpens
Training Equipment
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3 x Mobile batting cages
- T batting screens
- 1st base screens
- Pitchers L screens
- Fully lit batting tunnels
- Assortment of rubber mats
- Radar Guns linked to scoreboard on main field
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