News (National teams)
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Get your World Championship tickets early!
19 March 2014
The 2014 ISF Women's Fastpitch World Championships are coming to Haarlem in Holland this summer and the GB Women will be one of 16 teams taking part. So get your tickets early to watch the GB Team and the best softball in the world!
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GB Women get wild card for Worlds
8 March 2014
The GB Women's Fastpitch Team will be going to the ISF Women's World Championships in Holland this summer after being given a wild card entry to the tournament by the International Softball Federation.
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GB Slowpitch looks back on a great year
28 February 2014
It has been a great 12 months for the GB Co-ed Slowpitch Team, with a ninth straight European Championship win in the Czech Repubic in July 2013 and a silver medal at the ISF Slowpitch World Cup in January 2014. Head Coach Steve Patterson explains how these achievements came about.
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Slowpitch World Cup looks to a bright future
26 February 2014
The third ISF Co-ed Slowpitch World Cup, played in Plant City, Florida from 23-26 January, featured an increased number of participants and a pledge from the International Softball Federation to continue the competition on an annual basis. But how exactly this might happen remains to be determined.
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ESF Congress plans new development spending
19 February 2014
The annual European Softball Federation Congress was held on 14-15 February at the Grand Majestic Hotel in Prague, and turned out to be a swift and fairly routine affair. After Commission sessions and discussions on Friday, the plenary session on Saturday took less than an hour.
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National Kickball Day to raise funds for GB Teams
19 February 2014
The BSF has designated Sunday 4 May as National Kickball Day. With no other tournaments or events on the calendar that day, the BSF is asking as many softball leagues or teams as possible to run local Kickball Tournaments to raise money for their league and for national teams.
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GB Junior Women look for playoff place
18 February 2014
Following the draw at the ESF Congress on 15 February to establish round-robin groups for this summer's European Junior (Under-19) Women's Championships, the GB Team now knows what it has to do to get to the playoffs and a possible medal place.
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New GB Men’s Fastpitch Team Head Coach appointed
5 February 2014
Russ Snow, the most successful Head Coach in the history of the GB Men's Fastpitch Team, has stepped down from the position and will be replaced by one of his former Assistant Coaches, Norman Ames, who lives and coaches in the Netherlands.
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GB Slowpitch shut down in World Cup final
26 January 2014
The GB Slowpitch Team will be bringing a silver medal home from the ISF Slowpitch World Cup that ended in Plant City, Florida on Sunday 26 January, rather than the hoped-for gold. The GB offense was shut down in the final by the USA Ink Daddyz, who were 18-3 winners.
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GB Slowpitch powers to World Cup final
26 January 2014
The GB Slowpitch Team powered past both of the American teams in two wildly contrasting games at the ISF Slowpitch World Cup in Plant City, Florida on Saturday afternoon and evening to earn themselves a place in Sunday's final.