Pavilion Field, home of national champions Brighton Buccaneers, will be used by the Great Britain team as they prepare for the European Championships and Olympic qualifier this summer.

Bucs' head coach Craig Savage said: "The agreement is of huge benefit to both programmes. It gives GB Baseball an international standard playing surface to practice on, while giving our organisation means with which to promote the development of our facility."

Brighton players Martyn Dutton, Alex Malihoudis, David Donaldson, Nick Carter, Ben Gogan and Will Lintern could all feature in the European Championships to be held in Holland in July.

A top-six performance in that 12-team tournament will qualify Great Britain for the 2004 Athens Olympic qualifer, also in Holland, the following week.