News (International)
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British Softball and Baseball take the You Can Play Pledge
21 April 2022
Across the United Kingdom, from Dunnet Head to Lizard Point, across Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, and England, the baseball and softball community have joined together with a simple message: If you can play, you can play.
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British umpires named for 2022 Softball Europe competitions
25 March 2022
Seven BASU umpires – including three who achieved their European qualification in 2021 – will officiate at European tournaments this summer.
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Offensive power leads The Mix to fifth place at the European Women’s Cup
21 August 2021
The British representative at the 2021 European Women’s Cup, The Mix, have finished the tournament on a roll, winning three of their last four games – including an 11-1 mercy rule rout of Akademiks Sofia in today’s fifth-place playoff game.
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Another win for The Mix sends them to fifth place playoff
20 August 2021
Clearly, The Mix have saved the best for last at the 2021 European Women’s Cup in Dupnitsa, Bulgaria. Following their first win and then a hard-fought loss to the tournament leaders yesterday, The Mix thumped the Croatian team Princ Zagreb 11-3 this morning.
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First win for The Mix as they split two games at the European Women’s Cup
19 August 2021
The Mix picked up their first win at the 2021 European Women’s Cup on Thursday morning as their offense came to life against the host team Angels Dupnitsa, but later went down in a thrilling game to the Wesseling Vermins from Germany.
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Fourth defeat for The Mix at the European Women’s Championship
18 August 2021
It was another defeat today (Wednesday) for The Mix at the European Women’s Cup in Dupnitsa, Bulgaria, in another game where they had the lead early on but couldn’t hold it and eventually went down 7-4 to the Wroclaw Panthers from Poland.
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The Mix take two more losses on Tuesday at the European Women’s Cup
17 August 2021
Two more losses for The Mix at the European Women’s Cup in Dupnitsa, Bulgaria on Tuesday will make it difficult – but not impossible -- for the British team to fight their way through to a medal game on Saturday.
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The Mix drop European Women’s Cup opener to Akademiks Sofia
16 August 2021
The British women’s fastpitch club team The Mix got off to an unfortunate start in the 2021 European Women’s Cup today in Dupnitsa, Bulgaria, dropping their opening game of the tournament by 5-2 to the Bulgarian team Akademiks Sofia.
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Covid forces GB Teams to withdraw from European competitions
27 April 2021
No GB National Teams will be competing in official European tournaments this summer for reasons directly related to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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GB Softball to receive £288,750 in Olympic funding
30 March 2021
BaseballSoftballUK (BSUK), the British Softball Federation (BSF) and UK Sport today announced that the GB Women’s Senior Fastpitch Softball Team has been awarded £288,750 from UK Sport's National Squads Support Fund for the 2024 Olympic cycle.