News (National teams)
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Softball HPA members to learn at World Championships
28 May 2014
Five players who were members this year of the first Softball High Performance Academy (HPA) will spend several days at the ISF Women's World Championships in the Netherlands this summer as an extension of the Academy's learning programme.
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GB Under-13s hold trials at LondonSports
21 May 2014
The collaboration between the GB Under-13 Girls' Fastpitch Programme and the LondonSports Youth Softball League has resulted in the first of two trial sessions where players from London Sports can attempt to win a place in the GB Under-13 team that will play in Europe later this summer.
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Great fastpitch and baseball at Farnham Park
19 May 2014
The best baseball and fastpitch softball that Britain has to offer will be on show at Farnham Park near Slough on the weekend of 24-25 May, and members of both the baseball and softball communities are invited to come down and watch
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ESF Slowpitch Men to take on the US and Canada
16 May 2014
The European Softball Federation is hoping to put together a European Men's Slowpitch All-Star Team to compete against Team USA and Team Canada this summer in a new tri-nation tournament leading up to the annual Border Battle between the Americans and the Canadians.
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GB Women announce roster for Worlds
30 April 2014
GB Women's Fastpitch Team Head Coach Hayley Scott has announced the players who have been selected to compete for Great Britain at the 14th ISF Women's World Championships to be held in Haarlem in the Netherlands from 15-24 August.
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Schedule set for Women’s World Championship
24 April 2014
The International Softball Federation has announced the round-robin groups and a provisional schedule for this summer's Women's Faspitch World Championships, to be played in Haarlem, in the Netherlands, from 15-24 August. The GB Women's Team will enter the tournament ranked at #11.
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London Sports provides a partner for GB Softball
3 April 2014
Every year, over 120 girls descend on the fields at Wormwood Scrubs in West London to play softball from late April through June as part of the London Sports Girls' Softball League, and this league is proving to be a rich source of players and competition opportunities for the GB Under-13 programme.
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GB Slowpitch Open scheduled for Manchester
24 March 2014
The 2014 GB Slowpitch Open tournament has been scheduled for Saturday 3 May in Manchester. This tournament is designed as a fun event for the teams that take part but also to raise money for the GB Slowpitch Team and raise the team's profile in the softball community.
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BSF coaching scheme announced for 2014
19 March 2014
The BSF has once again asked GB Slowpitch Team Manager Sara Vertigan to assemble a team of coaches from the GB squad to help B-grade and C-grade teams seeking to 'up their game' in 2014.
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GB Under-19 Women choose Euros team
19 March 2014
GB Under-19 Women's Team Head Coach Rachael Watkeys and her staff have selected 13 players who will travel to Rosmalen in the Netherlands this summer for the European Junior Championships.