OUR HISTORY

The Cornish Claycutters formed in early 2017 with the help of the Southwest Baseball League’s (SWBL) development officer and originally under the name St. Austell Claycutters.

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2019 was a breakthrough season for the club, as we started to become a real force in the SWBL making it all the way to the league final in Bristol which we unfortunately lost.

In 2020 due to post-pandemic Covid regulations the club lost use of its home field and relocated to Newquay, and with this came a move into the newly formed South West and Wales Baseball League (SWWBL), an affiliation with the British Baseball Federation (BBF) and a step up in the standard of competition due in part to Cardiff and Bristol based teams being included in our division.

Remarkably, despite the step up in standard the club was able to mount another push all the way to the final of the 2021 season which unfortunately we also lost.
 

The 2022 season saw the club grow in memberships as we battled our way through to another post season, this time making the Semi Finals.

 

2023 saw more playing members join the club and a decision was made to create a second team, The Cornish Pioneers.

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The Pioneers will be a development team for people new to the game, people who are returning to baseball after some time away or people who just want to play a good friendly game of baseball without the high pressure nature of competitive sports