Palm Meadows International Baseball Facility is an Australian

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located on the Gold Coast,

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. It is owned by Hungtat Worldwide Pty Ltd (Trading as Palm Meadows Golf course) and is leased through Gold Coast city council. It is currently home to the

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(MLBAAP). The stadium is widely regarded as one of Australia's premium baseball facilities and was used by the gold medal

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for their successful pre-

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training in 2000. It has also been home to the

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and

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when they played in the now

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and

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. It has also been a training facility for the

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and various

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ese teams as well as being the host of the 2008 Olympic Games Qualification, Senior and Junior Oceanic Championships,

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Diamond Awards and several goodwill series as part of the MLBAAP program.

Features

The field features a premium major league standard

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with a

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led and lush

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. The diamond is complemented by television quality floodlighting, grandstand seating to fit 2,500. Included as part of the facility is two JUGS

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s, a full batting cage and hitting screen facilities, a secondary practice diamond, full dressing room amenities and on-site team meeting rooms including a mess room.Palm Meadows International Baseball Facility
,

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. Updated 20 March 2008. ''Accessed 5 August 2009''

References

External links

* {{Australian-baseball-stadiums Baseball venues in Australia Sports venues on the Gold Coast, Queensland Golf clubs and courses in Queensland Carrara, Queensland