News (Slowpitch softball)
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Busy week for softball in Fakenham
29 April 2011
Fastpitch and slowpitch were on the menu during a busy last week of April for the softball community at Fakenham in Norfolk.
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New softball season starts with sunshine in Fakenham
20 April 2011
Sunny spring weather ensured a cracking start to the new softball season at Fakenham High School in Norfolk on the weekend of April 16-17, with both slowpitch and fastpitch competition on display.
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ISF plans to revive Slowpitch World Cup in 2012
19 April 2011
The International Softball Federation plans to stage a combined Slowpitch World Cup for co-ed teams and Masters (35+) men's team in Plant City, Florida next January.
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EuroGames to run slowpitch and fastpitch competitions in Rotterdam
18 April 2011
EuroGames 2011, a major sporting and cultural festival aimed at LGBT participants but open to all, will feature both slowpitch and fastpitch softball when it takes over Rotterdam for five days from July 20-24.
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Two Edinburgh Softball League players share £9000 on BBC2’s Eggheads show
14 April 2011
Two players from the DohNuts team in the Edinburgh Softball League -- Mark Reid and Niall Aitken -- shared £9000 in prize money from the BBC2 quiz show Eggheads on April 14 as part of a five-player winning team.
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Slovenia to host its first Open Co-ed Slowpitch Tournament in June
28 March 2011
The Slovenian Softball Federation, which has been one of the most successful countries in Europe over the past few years in developing slowpitch, will host its first Open co-ed slowpitch competition, the Fireball Tournament, on the weekend of June 18-19 in Ljubljana.
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GB Slowpitch London Player Clinic set for April 16
25 March 2011
The Great Britain Slowpitch Team will hold its annual London Player Clinic on Saturday, April 16 on Wandsworth Common North, open to players of all standards including beginners.
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Slowpitch clinic is received with enthusiasm in Switzerland
25 March 2011
An ESF Slowpitch Clinic, delivered at the Wittenbach Baseball and Softball Club near St Gallen, Switzerland by trainers from the British Softball Federation on March 19-20 was received with great enthusiasm by attending slowpitch players.
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Combat slowpitch clinicians to visit Britain and Ireland under ESF-ASA agreement
25 March 2011
Top slowpitch player/coaches representing the bat manufacturer Combat Sports will spend 10 days in Great Britain and Ireland in May under an agreement between the ESF and the American Amateur Softball Association to help softball development in Europe.