Greater Brisbane League
Current season, competition or edition: Greater Brisbane League 2011-12
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| Sport | Baseball |
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| Founded | 1946 |
| Founder | Baseball Queensland |
| No. of teams | 15 |
| Country |
 Australia
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| Most recent champion(s) |
Surfers Paradise |
| Related competitions |
Claxton Shield |
| Official website | http://www.qld.baseball.com.au |
The Greater Brisbane League or formerly the Greater Brisbane Baseball Board league (GB3) is the largest baseball league in the Australian state of Queensland and covers all teams from Brisbane North, South, West, Metro as well as two Gold Coast teams. These are from age groups Little League (U12) through to seniors. It is run by the governing body of Baseball Queensland.
To participate in the Greater Brisbane Major League, clubs must meet certain criteria set by Baseball Queensland. Generally the hardest criteria for clubs to meet is to field a team in the junior age levels U14's, U16's and U20's. When this criterion is not met, senior teams may only compete in the South Queensland Baseball League or Pacific League competition.
The GBL consists of six senior division teams from Major/Pacific League A and B through to South Queensland League A-C and a separate Masters competition. Juniors consist of an U20 competition, division one and two U16 and a division one and two U14 competitions. U8, U10 and U12 competitions are run by their respective regions and are non-divisional.
The Greater Brisbane League was originally known as the Queensland Baseball Association fixtures, which began in 1946 when six teams entered the competition playing primarily at New Farm Park, Kalinga Park, Langlands Park, Perry Park and the Brisbane Exhibition Ground. Uniforms were made out of surplus army uniforms and teams made up of many American ex-pat soldiers from World War II and A-Grade cricketers to keep game fit during the off-season.
Level
League(s)/Division(s)
1
Queensland Major Baseball League
6 clubs
Pacific Baseball League
7 clubs
2
Queensland Major Baseball League B Grade
6 clubs
Pacific Baseball League B Grade
7 clubs
3
South Queensland Baseball League A Grade
12 clubs
4
South Queensland Baseball League B Grade
7 clubs
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