News
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GB Women’s Team announces selections and plans for home-based camp
29 June 2022
Head Coach Rachael Watkeys has today announced selections for the 2022 GB Senior Women’s National Fastpitch Team. The team will compete in the European Women’s Championship in July and will hope to win a medal to qualify for Group Stage competition in 2023 leading to the WBSC Women’s World Cup in 2024.
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No Balls and Pyros take top trophies at the 2022 BSF Single-Sex Nationals
29 June 2022
The 2022 British Softball Federation Single-Sex Slowpitch National Championships were played on the mostly sunny weekend of 25-26 June by 24 teams on six pitches at the Somerdale Pavilion in Keynsham, near Bristol.
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GB Under-22 Women miss the playoffs with a tough loss to France
28 June 2022
The GB Under-22 Women’s Team enjoyed an expected easy win over Hungary on Tuesday morning on the second day of the European Under-22 Women’s Championship in in the Czech Republic, but a heart-breaking 5-4 loss to France on Tuesday afternoon means that GB will miss the playoffs.
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GB Under-22 Women fall to Czech Republic to open European Championship
27 June 2022
In the team’s first competitive game since 2018, the Great Britain Under-22 Women started off strongly against the host Czech Republic in Brno on Monday but ultimately suffered an 11-4 loss in five innings in what will arguably be their toughest game in group play.
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GB Under-22s lead the women’s fastpitch charge into Europe
24 June 2022
Great Britain’s 2022 European Championship campaign began earlier in June with victory by the European Men’s Slowpitch Team. This week, the GB Under-22 Women will be the first fastpitch team in European competition this summer, with several more to follow.
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Women’s Fastpitch World Cup group stages and final awarded to Europe
23 June 2022
The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has awarded hosting rights for the 2023 group stages of its flagship WBSC Women’s Fastpitch World Cup to three European countries: Italy, Ireland and Spain.
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GB Under-13 Girls’ Fastpitch Team announces 2022 selections
21 June 2022
GB Under-13 Girls’ Fastpitch Team Head Coach Jodie Rushin has now announced selections for the 2022 GB Cubs squad that will compete in the annual European Massimo Romeo Youth Tournament (EMRYT) from 10-13 August in Collecchio, Italy.
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WBSC gives the go-ahead for first Co-ed Slowpitch World Cup
20 June 2022
The World Baseball Softball Confederation Executive Board, meeting in Pully, Switzerland on Thursday 9 June, has given the go-ahead for the first-ever WBSC Co-ed Slowpitch World Cup for national teams to be held in 2023.
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Stags lose unbeaten record in GBFL Week 3 but The Mix stay undefeated
19 June 2022
It took three weekends of play in the Great Britain Fastpitch League (GBFL) before the Stags, runaway leaders in the Men’s Division, dropped a game – a 14-13 loss to second place Meteors on Sunday 12 June at Farnham Park. However, The Mix remain undefeated on top of the Women’s Division.
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GB Slowpitch Men blast their way to European Championship gold
18 June 2022
Three astonishing innings at the end of a long, hot day, during which they put 48 runs on the scoreboard, led the GB Men to the gold medal on Saturday at the European Men’s Slowpitch Championship in Colorno, Italy.