News (Fastpitch softball)
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GB Women win the Battle of Europe
23 July 2011
Karlene Headley-Cooper drove a single between first and second base in the bottom of the seventh inning with the bases loaded and two outs to give the GB Women's Fastpitch Team its first win at the World Cup of Softball, a 3-2 victory over the Czech Republic in the battle of European teams.
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GB Women scare the life out of Canada
22 July 2011
The GB Women's Fastpitch Team looked good in their opening game in the World Cup of Softball against Australia on July 21. On July 22, they looked even better in losing by only 6-4 to the world's #3 team, Canada. And had two plays in the game gone differently, GB might well have won.
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GB Women suffer tough-luck loss to Australia at the World Cup
22 July 2011
There was very little to choose between the GB Women's Fastpitch Team and Team Australia when they met on the opening day of the 6th World Cup of Softball in Oklahoma City on July 21. Australia won 7-1, but the game should have been a lot closer and the Australians had most of the luck.
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GB Women drop final scrimmage game in Oklahoma
21 July 2011
In their third and final scrimmage game on July 20 before the 6th World Cup of Softball begins in Oklahoma City, the GB Women's Fastpitch Team let a 3-0 lead slip away and went down 6-3 to an Oklahoma Under-19 team heading for national championships.
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An interesting turn of events at the European Slowpitch Championships
21 July 2011
It's been a long time since the GB Slowpitch Team lost a game at the European Slowpitch Championships. You might have to go all the way back to 2006. But the spell was broken on Wednesday, July 20 when GB suffered a stunning loss to Slovenia, and it's the undefeated Slovenians who top the table after the second day's play.
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GB Women hang on for second scrimmage game win
20 July 2011
The GB Women's Fastpitch Team picked up a second straight scrimmage game win on July 19 before the start of the 6th World Cup of Softball in Oklahoma City, but this one wasn't as easy as the first one had been.
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Online play-by-play and live video available for European Women’s Championships
19 July 2011
The European Softball Federation has announced that play-by-play updates from all ESF competitions this summer will be available online, as well as live broadcasts of the final games from the 2011 European Women's Championships in Italy, where the GB Women's Team hope they will be involved.
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GB Junior Fastpitch Men finish European Championships with a 2-7 record
19 July 2011
Head Coach Stan Doney reports on the final games for the GB Junior Men's Fastpitch Team at the European Junior Championships in Kostelec nad Orlici, Czech Republic.
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GB Women look sharp in their first scrimmage game in Oklahoma
19 July 2011
The GB Women's Fastpitch Team has now been fully assembled in Oklahoma City to play in the 6th World Cup of Softball from July 21-25 against the top four teams in the world, and they played crisp, efficient softball in their opening scrimmage game.
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GB Juniors lose final game to rain
17 July 2011
The GB Junior (Under-19) Women's Fastpitch Team had one last consolation game to play on Saturday, July 16 at the Canadian Open Fastpitch Futures Gold Tournament, but a day of leaden skies and intermittent rain led to consolation round games being cancelled, so GB's tournament is over.