News (Slowpitch softball)
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Last few spots remaining for Leeds Tournament
11 June 2012
Only four places remain available for the 2012 Leeds Tournament for Rec and C-grade teams, scheduled for June 23-24 at Yarnton Rugby Club in Leeds.
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Diary of an Olympic torch bearer
7 June 2012
Two distinguished Northern representatives from baseball and softball – Liverpool Trojans stalwart Norman Wells and Manchester Softball League Chair Harry Somers – were nominated by Sport England as Olympic torch bearers when the torch passed through the North West. In this story, Harry Somers describes his day in the rain, and Martin Williams from the MSL gives the view of the 'man in the street'.
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GB Slowpitch Team shows the Dutch how it’s done
6 June 2012
They came, they saw and they conquered. The GB Slowpitch Team proved more than equal to the Slowpitch Challenge posed by the Dutch on the weekend of May 25-27, winning all four exhibition games played over three days at three locations against a handpicked Dutch team of high-level baseball and fastpitch players.
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First Diffodil Tournament is a big success in Cardiff
6 June 2012
The first-ever two-day co-ed slowpitch competition in Cardiff, the Diffodil Tournament, avoided the forecast rain on Sunday and was a resounding success on the weekend of June 2-3 at the Cardiff Harlequins Rugby Club.
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Spring Cotswold Tournament cancelled
4 June 2012
The Spring Cotswold Tournament, scheduled for Sunday, June 10, has been cancelled. But the Autumn Cotswold Tournament, scheduled for September 30, will take place as planned.
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Field redevelopment scheduled as Brighton & Hove Softball League expands
30 May 2012
The Brighton and Hove Softball League started up at the beginning of May with an expansion from four teams to seven, a new development league running concurrently with the main league and a grant from BSUK to redevelop the storied Pavilion Field baseball and softball complex.
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Sheriffs earn Silver Nationals place in East Midlands playoff
30 May 2012
On Sunday, May 20, the East Midlands Softball League Division 1 Playoff Game, oft-postponed by bad weather, pitted the Sheriffs against the Tigers to determine who would represent the EMSL at the BSF Silver Nationals on August 11-12 in Wokingham.
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Softball League Reports: May 2012
28 May 2012
The BSF website will be publishing monthly reports throughout the season from slowpitch softball leagues. Click through for May reports from the Manchester Softball League, the Norfolk Softball Association and the Greater London Softball Mixed League.
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Twenty teams kick off the Single-Sex Slowpitch season
22 May 2012
The BSUK Single-Sex Slowpitch Softball Series got off to a fine start on Sunday, May 20, when 20 teams from all over the country travelled to London to take part in the Spring Ball at Riverside Lands in Chiswick.
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H2O, Manchester Thunder and Nino Privados score wins at Diamond 1
18 May 2012
The first Diamond Series tournament of the year, on the weekend of May 12-13, enjoyed an unexpected two days of sunshine to get the major slowpitch tournament season underway. H2O won the A-grade competition, Manchester Thunder were B-grade winners and Nino Privados took C-grade honours.