News (Youth)
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Dutch stars at High Performance Academy
10 April 2014
Two world-class players from the Dutch Women's Fastpitch Team, catcher Nathalie Timmermans and third base player Virginie Anneveld, will bring their skills and inspiration to the final two sessions of BSUK's Softball High Performance Academy this month.
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London Sports provides a partner for GB Softball
3 April 2014
Every year, over 120 girls descend on the fields at Wormwood Scrubs in West London to play softball from late April through June as part of the London Sports Girls' Softball League, and this league is proving to be a rich source of players and competition opportunities for the GB Under-13 programme.
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GB Under-19 Women choose Euros team
19 March 2014
GB Under-19 Women's Team Head Coach Rachael Watkeys and her staff have selected 13 players who will travel to Rosmalen in the Netherlands this summer for the European Junior Championships.
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GB Junior Women look for playoff place
18 February 2014
Following the draw at the ESF Congress on 15 February to establish round-robin groups for this summer's European Junior (Under-19) Women's Championships, the GB Team now knows what it has to do to get to the playoffs and a possible medal place.
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Leicester Blue Sox gain grant to develop female fastpitch
18 December 2013
The Leicester Blue Sox Baseball and Softball Club has been awarded a £3,950 Sport England Small Grant for new initiatives to designed to grow participation in female fastpitch softball during 2014.
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Monmouth School softball aims for the stars
18 December 2013
It began three years ago with a small school softball club started by a physics teacher, Gareth Dunn, who had previously played softball in London. Now, the school team, the Monmouth Rockets, has just been promoted in the Bristol Softball League and has six players in GB Fastpitch team pools.
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Coaching help needed for youth fastpitch training sessions
13 December 2013
People with softball coaching experience are needed to help with training sessions for young players, mainly in the new year, at BSUK's Academy Softball and Talent programmes and at GB National Team training.
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Searching for my Sport
13 December 2013
GB Under-13 fastpitch player Betsy Holden has given a remarkable TEDx talk at her school about how she found softball, and what it means to her. Click through for some background information and the link to a memorable and inspiring performance.
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Chalfont shortlisted for Club of the Year
28 October 2013
Chalfont Softball Club has been shortlisted for the Bucks and Milton Keynes Club of the Year award. The awards night, organised by the Bucks and Milton Keynes County Sports Partnership, will take place on Friday 6 December at the Waterside Theatre in Aylesbury.
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Great year at Maidenhead Softball Club
7 October 2013
2013 has been a fantastic time for Maidenhead Softball Club, including achieving a Clubmark award and running a successful schools programme. The year was capped by the club running its first 'Hit and Run Tournament' on 29 September.