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KT Wiz of professional baseball held discussions with Geelong, Australia to strengthen mutual exchange and cooperation.
The KT club announced on the 21st that it held business consultations with Geelong City to strengthen mutual exchange and cooperation at the Geelong Baseball Center in Australia on the 20th.
KT's team, led by head coach Lee Kang-chul (60), left for Geelong, Australia, where the spring camp will be held through Incheon International Airport on the 21st. As Jang Sung-woo (36), who was an FA the previous day (20th), completed the contract, a total of 60 people, including 12 coaching staff and 48 players, will be able to go to Australia together. Four of them, Ko Young-pyo, So Hyung-joon, Park Young-hyun and Ahn Hyun-min, who will return home on the same day from the first camp in preparation for the 2026 World Baseball Classic (WBC), will head to Australia separately on the 23rd.
About 20 officials, including Na Do-hyun, head of KT's baseball team, and Mayor of Stretch Kontelj, attended the meeting.
KT thanked the city of Geelong for investing about 800,000 dollars (about 1.2 billion won) in the repair of baseball stadium facilities to successfully host the 2026 season. In addition, during the camp, he promised to conduct a youth clinic for aspiring baseball players in Geelong and a warm-up match against the Melbourne Aces team of the Australian Baseball League.
Geelong also expected to develop into a mid- to long-term win-win cooperative relationship with KT while increasing satisfaction with off-season training through continuous interest and support in improving the campsite training environment.
We would like to thank Mayor Geelong and officials for their full investment and support in the team's training facilities, said General Manager Na Do-hyun. "We will seek various win-win ways through active communication with Geelong City."
Mayor of Stretch Geelong said, "We welcome KT clubs who visited Geelong this year following last year. We will spare no support to ensure a successful camp," he said. "We will work together to develop baseball and revitalize the base in Geelong."
Meanwhile, the Geelong Baseball Center in Australia, which KT visited this year after last year, boasts an excellent training environment in that it can freely use four baseball fields, training centers, and bullpens at once in a warm climate.
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