News (Slowpitch softball)
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Wide-ranging discussions at the League Heads Forum
20 November 2013
The annual BSF Softball League Heads Forum convened on Saturday 16 November in Birmingham and discussed a wide range of topics relevant to slowpitch softball, including umpiring, safeguarding, registration and insurance, preferred suppliers, development and National Championships.
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Single-sex slowpitch at RAF Lakenheath
14 November 2013
A series of three single-sex slowpitch tournaments for men's and possibly women's teams will be run at RAF Lakenheath during the summer of 2014, and teams from the British softball community are invited to enter.
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GB Slowpitch adds to Development Squad
13 November 2013
GB Slowpitch Team Head Coach Steve Patterson has announced the addition of twelve new players to the team's Development Squad. These players, along with eight players retained from 2012, will be able to fight for places in the group that will travel to the ISF Slowpitch World Cup in Florida in January.
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Softball to feature at Sports & Music Festival
13 November 2013
An annual Sports and Music Festival in Manchester, scheduled for the weekend of 16-18 May 2014 at Salford Sports Village, will feature co-ed slowpitch softball for the first time, and the tournament is expected to attract entries from around the UK and Europe.
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Nottingham shades second Battle of the Shires
13 November 2013
The second annual 'Battle of the Shires' took place at Western Park in Leicester on Saturday 5 October and looked set to be a great success until a heartbreaking injury to a key player from the Leicester Blue Sox. Nottinghamshire went on to take two of the three events to win the title.
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Leeds Terriers win East Midlands Labor Day Tournament
8 November 2013
The Leeds Terriers defeated the Nottingham Brewers by a single run in the final to win the Champions Cup at the 2013 East Midlands Labor Day Tournament, held at the University of Leicester Playing Fields in Oadby on 14-15 September.
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Chalfont Softball Club to run Indoor Jingle Balls Tournament
6 November 2013
Chalfont Softball Club is inviting entries to a brand new indoor competition, the Jingle Balls Tournament, to be played in the run-up to Christmas on Sunday 15 December in Rickmansworth.
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Chalfont shortlisted for Club of the Year
28 October 2013
Chalfont Softball Club has been shortlisted for the Bucks and Milton Keynes Club of the Year award. The awards night, organised by the Bucks and Milton Keynes County Sports Partnership, will take place on Friday 6 December at the Waterside Theatre in Aylesbury.
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Windmill Classic Slowpitch Tournament in Holland next July
27 October 2013
A major slowpitch tournament, the Windmill Classic, featuring men's, women's and co-ed competition, will be held in Almere, Holland on 25-27 July 2014, and teams from all over Europe are invited.
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Bristol Phoenix win Autumn Cotswold Tournament
17 October 2013
Twelve teams competed in good weather on Sunday 6 October in the Autumn Cotswold Tournament at Archway School in Stroud, with Phoenix from Bristol winning the Championship Trophy, Splitters winning the Plate Trophy and MK Diamonds 1 winning the Third Place Playoff award.