News (Tournaments)
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University Teams prepare for BUCS Championships
4 March 2024
Sunday March 3rd saw a day of outdoor university games take place ahead of the University Nationals, scheduled for the 17th and 18th March.
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Chichester Indoor Tournament provides a great day of fastpitch
27 February 2024
Chichester Falcons Softball Club hosted their third annual Indoor Fastpitch Tournament on Sunday 25 February – the only event of its kind in the UK – at the Westgate Centre in Chichester.
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BSF holds quick and efficient pre-season League Heads Forum meeting
19 February 2024
The BSF hosted a remote pre-season League Heads Forum meeting on the evening of Thursday 15 February with 30 people present: eight from the BSF Executive, two from BSUK, and 20 others representing 14 leagues.
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WBSC cancels Co-ed Slowpitch World Cup
27 October 2023
The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has announced the cancellation of what would have been the first-ever Co-ed Slowpitch World Cup for national teams, which had been scheduled to be played from 5-10 December in Guadalajara, Mexico.
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Autumn Chichester Fastpitch Tournament is another hit
19 October 2023
The fourth edition of the Chichester Fastpitch Tournament featured five teams from the UK and abroad battling it out at Oaklands Park Softball Field on the weekend of 14-15 October in fine Sussex weather.
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England prevails at 24th Annual BSF Softball World Series
11 September 2023
Sixteen teams representing nations, continents or regions from across the globe descended on the National Baseball & Softball Complex at Farnham Park on the weekend of 9-10 September for the 24th running of the British Softball Federation’s annual Softball World Series.
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New teams add spice to the 24th Softball World Series Tournament
8 September 2023
Two brand-new teams -- representing the Philippines and South Africa – will join the more usual entries from UK ex-pat communities and from Europe when the BSF’s 24th annual Softball World Series Tournament is played this weekend, 9-10 September, at Farnham Park.
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Stags and Meteors bow out of the European Men’s Super Cup
1 September 2023
The Stags edged the Meteors 3-2 in the all-British clash at the European Men’s Super Cup on Friday morning, putting the Meteors out of the tournament. But the Stags also went out a few hours later when they lost by 7-0 to the Duerne Spartans from Belgium.
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Meteors and Stags face elimination on Friday in the Men’s Super Cup
31 August 2023
Both British teams in the 2023 European Men’s Super Cup – the Stags and the Meteors -- lost on Thursday as the double-elimination playoff phase of the tournament got underway, and the luck of the draw has them scheduled to play each other on Friday, when one British team will send the other home.
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Meteors gain a win at European Men’s Super Cup but Stags lose two
31 August 2023
An exciting come-from-behind 4-3 win by the London Meteors over the Dutch team Vennep Flyers in the last game of the day was the highlight for the British teams at the European Men’s Super Cup in the Netherlands on Wednesday.