News (Slowpitch softball)
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British softball community loses two members
3 December 2012
The British softball community has suffered two very sad losses over the past few days, with news of the deaths of Manchester Thunder and GB Slowpitch Team player Zak Haq, and former Slammers and GB Women's Fastpitch Team player Fleur Edgerton-Meyer, who has lived and played softball in France for the past decade.
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New Birmingham Softball League established
29 November 2012
It's official – there is once again a softball league in Birmingham! And according to the organisers, it's here to stay!
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Stan Doney appointed to joint BSF-BSUK position
28 November 2012
Stan Doney, currently BSUK's Regional Coach and Club Development Officer for the South East, has been appointed to a new BSUK staff position that will be funded jointly by BSUK and the BSF. The new role, which will start December 1, will be that of Development Officer and Softball Programmes Manager, and will include oversight over all softball national team programmes. In addition, the BSF has announced a number of other appointments related to national teams.
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Secret Agents celebrate 21 years of softball
21 November 2012
Twenty-one eventful years of softball were celebrated at a black-tie event on the evening of 9 November at The Living Room Restaurant and Bar in London's West End by the Secret Agents Softball Club, with a number of original Agents among more than 35 people attending.
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University Softball Officers appointed in the North
21 November 2012
Two new University Softball Officers have been appointed in the North of England, at Chester University (Warrington Campus) and Leeds Metropolitan University.
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Softball featured at Greater Manchester Sports Awards
21 November 2012
Softball and baseball both had a presence at the Greater Manchester Sports Awards that took place on Friday evening, November 9 at the Lancashire County Cricket Club at Old Trafford, with more than 500 people in attendance. BSUK was one of the event sponsors, and while no awards went to either of our sports, they were prominent during the evening.
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Manchester celebrates 20th softball season
6 November 2012
More than 200 people turned out for a Black Tie Ball at the Manchester Hilton Deansgate Hotel on Saturday evening, 27 October to celebrate the 20th season of organised softball in Manchester.
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Birmingham hosts first international event
2 November 2012
Following a successful trip to Cologne earlier this year by the Tourcats, a travelling team from the Birmingham Bobcats Softball Club, the Bobcats invited the Aachen Aixplosives, a mixed fastpitch team from Germany, to the UK for a one-day international slowpitch tournament on September 29, part of an effort to form an association of recreational slowpitch teams in Europe that want to compete across international boundaries.
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Leeds indoor season begins 5 November
2 November 2012
The Leeds Softball Association and the Dynamite Softball Club will be running an indoor softball season in Leeds, starting on Monday, 5 November, with two sessions every week.
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SJA Badgers crowned London Charity League champions
29 October 2012
The final of the 2012 London Charity Softball League playoffs was played recently in Hyde Park, and the St John's Ambulance Badgers came from behind in the final inning to edge out the National Deaf Children's Society by a score of 8-7 and were duly crowned as LCSL Cup Champions.