News (Slowpitch softball)
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National Softball League to kick off at Diamond 1
3 May 2013
The 2013 National Softball League (NSL) will kick off at the first Diamond Series tournament on May 11-12 at Farnham Park, with 12 teams signed up to play, one more than in 2012. Eight of those teams will qualify for the Premier Nationals at the end of the season.
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The Firm holds its own in Pardubice
2 May 2013
The Firm, the London Advertising Softball League's 2010 'rookie team' that regularly plays C-grade tournaments throughout the UK, recently decided that a pre-season tour to Pardubice in the Czech Republic might be a good way to warm up for the coming season. And the results were interesting, to say the least, as The Firm reached the final.
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British Airways Tournament now open for entries
2 May 2013
The annual British Airways Tournament at the BA Concorde Club in Cranford, near Heathrow Airport, will run on June 15-16 for NSL, B-grade and C-grade teams, and is open for entries. Demand is likely to be high.
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Eighteen teams have fun at the Windsor First Ball
1 May 2013
Eighteen mostly C-grade teams enjoyed a good day of softball at the Windsor First Ball tournament on a chilly Saturday 27 April at Farnham Park. While the weather was generally sunny, there was the odd freak hailstone and some random thunderclaps to make the day more interesting.
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GB Slowpitch selections made for Euros
1 May 2013
GB Slowpitch Head Coach Steve Patterson and his staff have announced the 18 players they have selected for the team that will attempt to win a ninth straight European Championship from July 17-20 this summer in Pardubice, in the Czech Republic.
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Chichester Falcons raise £500 for local charity
27 April 2013
Chichester Falcons Softball Club hosted the first annual Chichester Charity Softball Tournament on Sunday 14 April, raising almost £500 for the charity Children on the Edge.
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GB Slowpitch players fight for Euro places
21 April 2013
Thirty GB Slowpitch Team players from the Main and Development Squads fought their way through a long day of games at the GB Challenge Tournament on Saturday 20 April on a sunny but chilly day at Farnham Park, virtually their last chance to impress the coaches before selections are made for the European Slowpitch Championships this summer in the Czech Republic.
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Softball and baseball are a hit in Brentwood
16 April 2013
Softball and baseball were centre stage on Sunday 14 April as hundreds of potential athletes visited the Brentwood Centre to take part in the Brentwood Games.
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Slowpitch tournament in Slovenia seeks British teams
16 April 2013
The third annual Ljubljana Open, an international slowpitch tournament in Slovenia, will be held on the weekend of June 15-16 in the Slovenian capital, and British teams are invited.
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GLSML development sessions to start June 3
16 April 2013
The Greater London Softball Mixed League (GLSML) development programme will be in full flow again this summer, offering Monday night sessions in Regents Park, from June 3 through August 19, to anyone who wants to get into softball but has found it hard to find a spot in a league team.