News (Tournaments)
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Looking back at the GB Under-13s in Italy
21 August 2017
The GB Under-13 Girls' Fastpitch Team, playing as the London Cubs, entered the European Softball Federation's Massimo Romeo Youth Trophy event this summer, played in Collecchio, Italy from 9-12 August. In this article, Team Manager Julie Spittle looks back at the tour.
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Fuzzy Ducks’ walk-off homer wins Nationals
13 August 2017
Che Porteous hit a towering two-run home run over the centre field fence in the bottom of the seventh inning to cap a five-run rally by the Fuzzy Ducks, snap a 16-16 tie, and crown the Ducks as BSF Gold National Champions in an 18-16 win over the Pyros on Sunday 13 August at Farnham Park.
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GB Under-13s look to learn in Italy
9 August 2017
The GB Under-13 Team, playing as the London Cubs, travelled to Collecchio, Italy on Tuesday 8 August for the ESF's annual Massimo Romeo Youth Trophy after an intensive search for players.
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BSF League Nationals to feature 18 teams
8 August 2017
The BSF's Co-ed Slowpitch National Championships for league teams will be played this coming weekend, 12-13 August, at Farnham Park, with 18 teams playing for medals in Gold, Silver and Bronze divisions.
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BSF looking for volunteer help for World Series
3 August 2017
The BSF is looking for volunteers to help with this year's Softball World Series Tournament, including a minibus driver and people to help set up fields on Friday afternoon 8 September.
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USA crushes Japan to win Junior Worlds
30 July 2017
It was the inevitable final today between the USA and Japan at the 2017 WBSC Junior Women's Fastpitch World Championship, and in a reverse of the result two years ago in Oklahoma, the US had too much firepower and won going away by a score of 13-4.
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GB U-19 Women finish with loss to the Dutch
29 July 2017
The 2017 WBSC Junior Women's World Championship came to an end today for the GB Under-19 Team after another frustrating loss, this time by 2-0 to the Netherlands in a tight and well-played game that might have gone either way.
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Germany wins ESF Slowpitch Championship
28 July 2017
It had to happen sometime, but given the results over the first four days of the 2017 European Slowpitch Championship, this didn't look like the year that GB would lose the title for the first time ever. But they did, going down 20-9 to Germany in the final.
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GB U-19 Men fight to stay in the Euros
28 July 2017
The GB Under-19 Men's Fastpitch Team went into the last day of the round-robin stage at the European Junior Men's Championship knowing that this was the last chance saloon and that two wins were probably needed to get them through to the Page Playoff.
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GB U-19 Women suffer no-hitter against Mexico
28 July 2017
Mexican pitcher Yeraldin Carrion employed excellent control and a devastating drop and drop curve to throw a no-hitter at the GB Under-19 Women this afternoon in the last game in first round pool play for both teams at the WBSC Junior World Championship.