First European Championship for Maltese National Baseball Team

The Baseball National team will be participating in the CEB (Confederation of European Baseball) Division Championship held in Antwerp, Belgium between the 9 July and 12th July 2008.
Newly appointed National coach Ray Bartolo called up the following players: Mustangs-Steve Ritchie, Mark Buttigieg and Patrick Pace; Gozo Tornadoes- Charles Attard, Steven Galea, and Mark Buttigieg; Mellieha Northenders- Mark Cauchi , Marlon Borg and Clint Grima; Jeka Baseball Club Breda Holland– Keith Bartolo and Michael Bartolo.
In this European qualifier Malta was drawn with Switzerland, Austria and Belgium.
This will be the first European Qualifier for the Senior Malta team, though the Under 21 team did participate in a European Championship two years ago. Seven players from that Under 21 team are included in this team.
This will also be the first time a Maltese Baseball Umpire will be taking part in a European Competition. Chuck Micallef will be Malta's official in his first Baseball official to umpire in an International tournament.