News (Slowpitch softball)
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GB Men’s Slowpitch Team opens European competition season
13 June 2022
The 2022 season for Softball Europe Championship and Cup competitions will get under way on Tuesday 14 June, with the European Men’s Slowpitch Championship in the spotlight and the defending champion GB Men’s Slowpitch Team hoping to bring home another gold medal.
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Second NSL weekend leaves issues to be settled in July
6 June 2022
Rain on Sunday caused some re-arrangement of pitches but didn’t prevent all games being completed at the second weekend of 2022 National Softball League play at Farnham Park on 4-5 June, where results left a number of key issues still be settled when the NSL reconvenes in July.
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European Hall of Fame inductees receive their trophies
23 May 2022
Three members of the British softball community – former GB Slowpitch players Brett Gibbens and Steph Jardine, and BASU umpire Chris Moon – received Softball Europe Hall of Fame trophies in a ceremony at Farnham Park on Saturday 21 May.
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Legends, Camels, Havoc & Milton Keynes hold leads after first NSL weekend
23 May 2022
The first weekend of National Softball League play in 2022 – hopefully the start of the first full NSL season since 2019 – took place on 21-22 May at Farnham Park, with Legends, and Spittin’ Camels emerging as early league leaders in NSL1 and NSL2 while Blitz Havoc and Milton Keynes share the lead in NSL3.
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GB selections announced for European Co-ed Slowpitch Championship
11 May 2022
GB Slowpitch Head Coach Stephen Patterson has announced the players selected for the Great Britain Co-ed Slowpitch Team, with the aim of retaining the gold medal they won in the 2019 European Championship in Hungary.
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Sliders show strength in depth at Bristol First Ball
30 April 2022
Sixteen Bristol Softball Association teams gathered on a cool Sunday morning on 24 April for the league’s First Ball tournament, though the nip in the air was soon forgotten as players eased back into the swing of competitive softball once again.
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Vandals and Hurricanes take the honours at Cardiff Firstball
26 April 2022
On Saturday 23 April, teams from both sides of the River Severn met at Cardiff Harlequins Rugby Club to take part in the first-ever Cardiff Firstball Tournament.
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Colin Barrett joins BaseballSoftballUK as Development Manager
19 April 2022
BaseballSoftballUK (BSUK) is delighted to appoint Colin Barrett to the role of Development Manager.
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Duncan McLean First Ball Memorial Tournament opens the softball season
15 April 2022
The Windsor and Maidenhead Softball League community came together on 9 April at Farnham Park for the inaugural Duncan McLean First Ball Memorial Tournament, honouring a league legend.
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No Balls and Godzillas finish top at season’s first single-sex slowpitch events
13 April 2022
The 2022 single-sex slowpitch season kicked off on the weekend of 2-3 April with the first of three Chicks with Sticks and Let the Boys Play tournaments scheduled this year at Farnham Park and run by Maidenhead Softball Club.