News (Fastpitch softball)
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Softball Canada to bid for 2016 ISF Women’s World Championships
22 February 2013
Softball Canada will bid to host the 2016 ISF Women's World Championships, and if successful, the tournament will be played at Softball City in Surrey, British Columbia, home of the Canadian Open Fastpitch Championships (formerly the Canada Cup).
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Support for slowpitch at the ESF Congress
21 February 2013
Andre van Overbeek from Holland, who has been a consistent supporter of slowpitch during his time as ESF President, was re-elected for another four-year term at the ESF Congress held from February 14-16 in Bled, Slovenia. In another boost for slowpitch, John Austin from Ireland was elected as one of six Vice Presidents on the ESF Executive.
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Players selected for GB Under-16 Girls
18 February 2013
GB Under-16 Girls' Fastpitch Team Head Coach Jeremy Thomas and his staff have now selected 12 players who will compete for Great Britain at the 2013 European Cadette Championships, scheduled for August 5-10 in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
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Meet three key players for the GB Men’s Team
15 February 2013
The GB Men's Fastpitch Team is assembling in Australia for acclimatisation and warm-up games before crossing to Auckland, New Zealand to play in their third straight ISF Men's World Championship from March 1-10. Click through to meet three GB players who will be playing in World Championships for the very first time.
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Seedings released for ISF Junior World Championships
11 February 2013
The International Softball Federation has released the seedings for the 10th Junior Women's Fastpitch World Championships, to be played from July 1-7 in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. With the tournament becoming open entry, the GB Junior (Under-19) Women's Team will compete.
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Photography competitions are back for 2013
5 February 2013
The annual British Baseball and Softball Photography Competitions are back up and running for 2013. The competitions will be similar to last year's, with entrants being able to submit up to 24 photos during the contest, and £100 in photography vouchers on offer for the winners.
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Volunteers sought for GB Softball roles
31 January 2013
The GB Management Committee (GBMC), founded in 2009, is a group of coaches, team managers and administrators who make policy decisions and provide oversight for softball national team programmes. In order to provide more support for national teams, the GBMC is looking for volunteers to carry out a number of operational roles that will help national team managers and coaches concentrate on their primary tasks of preparing teams for competition and achieving success at tournaments overseas.
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GB Men prepare to take on the world
30 January 2013
Snow may be falling across Britain, but it's only a month before the Great Britain Men's Fastpitch Team will be heading Down Under, first to Australia and then to New Zealand to play in the 13th ISF Men's World Championships from March 1-10 in Auckland.
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Scorers wanted for Great Britain Fastpitch League
25 January 2013
The Great Britain Fastpitch League, which will play on six Saturdays in the South East in 2013 on weekends with no major slowpitch tournaments, is looking for scorers for the coming season.
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New National Academy session scheduled
7 January 2013
A new National Academy Softball session has been scheduled for Saturday, 23 March to make up for the session missed in December. This new National Academy session replaces Regional Academy sessions previously scheduled on that date in London and Nottingham. A national GB training session will now be held at Milton Keynes on Sunday, 24 March.