News (Fastpitch softball)
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GBFL Week Two barely beats the weather
30 April 2018
What a difference a week makes! On 21 April the Great Britain Fastpitch League opened its 2018 season in warm sunshine at Farnham Park; on 28 April, the teams shivered through Week 2 in grey, damp and cold conditions and could only play part of the schedule.
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Euro selections made for GB Fastpitch Men
23 April 2018
GB Men's Fastpitch Team Head Coach Kevin Stockford has announced the 17 players selected for the team that will compete at the European Men's Championship from 25-30 June in Havlickuv Brod in the Czech Republic.
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GBFL season gets off to a sunny start
23 April 2018
Opening Day for the 2018 Great Britain Fastpitch League (GBFL) season could not have gone better on Saturday 21 April at Farnham Park: warm temperatures, mostly blue skies, some close and well-played games and an indication of good divisional races to come.
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GB pitcher Amie Hutchison beats #1 US Junior College team
19 April 2018
GB Under-22 and Women's Team pitcher Amie Hutchison threw one-hit softball over five strong innings as her Gulf Coast State Junior College softball team recorded a stunning 2-1 upset victory on 16 April over previously unbeaten Chipola, the top-ranked Division 1 junior college team in America.
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GB Fastpitch League to kick off on 21 April
19 April 2018
The Great Britain Fastpitch League (GBFL) will begin its 2018 season this Saturday, 21 April, at Farnham Park, with a full slate of games for teams in the Women's and Men's Divisions.
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GB Women’s Team pitcher Georgina Corrick throws college no-hitter
27 March 2018
GB Women's Team pitcher Georgina Corrick, in her freshman year at NCAA Division 1 University of South Florida, pitched her school's first no-hitter since 2015 in an 8-0 win over North Florida on Sunday 18 March.
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GB Fastpitch Teams seek physios for European Championships
26 March 2018
The Great Britain Men's Fastpitch Team and the Great Britain Under-19 Women's Fastpitch Team are both looking for a qualified physiotherapist/sports therapist to accompany the team to a European Championship competition this summer.
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WBSC announces routes to the Tokyo Olympics
26 March 2018
The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has announced the process that will qualify six countries to contest the women's fastpitch softball and the men's baseball tournament at the Olympic Games in Tokyo in the summer of 2020.
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GB Men hold successful trial in Milton Keynes
20 March 2018
Just under 20 UK-based players attended a combined GB Men's Fastpitch Team trial and training session on Saturday 17 March at John Radcliffe School in Wolverton, Milton Keynes – the first of several training and competition events that will lead up to the European Men's Fastpitch Championship in June in the Czech Republic.
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Three GB Teams announce 2018 selections
20 March 2018
Three GB female fastpitch teams that will be competing in World or European Championships this summer have chosen International Women's Day to announce the players selected for these tournaments.