by www.baseballeurope.com
The Baseball Academy Titans participated at the second Turkish Championship in 2009 and brought back two golden trophies, winning in both categories, 10-12 and 13-15 year olds, for the second time this year.
The Turkish Baseball Federation (TBSF) held its second Turkish championship in Kirikkale on the weekend of December 5-6, 2009. With 21 registered teams and total of 370 athletes, the Titans defended their championship trophies (reigning since 2007) in both categories they participated in.
“Our players put a lot of hard work into practice. most come out more than 3 times per week. this is how it pays off” (Alper Bozkurt, Head Coach)
The Titans 10-12 year olds beat Spor ve Dans (Eskisehir), Fatih Ilk Ogretim (Kirikkale) and Efsane Cocuklar (Eskisehir) while the 13-15 year olds beat the host (Kirikkale) and both teams from Eskisehir.
“Our teams have not lost a game since 2007 in national competition.” (Turgay Gultekin, Vice President of the Baseball Academy Titans SK)