News (Tournaments)
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GB Women win playoff thriller over Germany
21 July 2015
Carling Hare pitched the most courageous game of her GB Softball career, and thanks to her clutch performance, the GB Women's Team held on for a nail-biting 2-1 win over Germany in the first game of the playoffs on Tuesday evening 21 July at the European Women's Championships in Rosmalen, Holland.
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GB Women come back to earth against Italy
21 July 2015
The GB Women's Fastpitch Team suffered a first loss at the European Women's Championships in Rosmalen, Holland on Monday 20 July when they came up against Italy's Greta Cecchetti, who gave up only one hit in an 8-0 Italian walk-off mercy rule victory in six innings.
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GB Women pick up two wins on Opening Day
19 July 2015
The GB Women's Fastpitch Team put two quick wins in the bank on the first day of play at the European Women's Championships on Sunday 19 July in Rosmalen in Holland – a 15-1 win over Slovakia in the morning and a much tighter 5-1 win over Switzerland in the afternoon.
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GB Junior Men grab fifth place at the Euros
18 July 2015
The GB Junior Men's Fastpitch Team won their first game at the European Championships in the Czech Republic on the last day of the tournament – a dramatic 13-12 win over Poland that guaranteed GB a fifth place finish.
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GB Women pick up second win before Euros
17 July 2015
With all of their 13 players finally in the country, the GB Women's Team today played the most challenging of the three scrimmage games they have scheduled before the European Women's Fastpitch Championships begin on Sunday.
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GB Junior Men fall to Croatia at Europeans
17 July 2015
The GB Junior (Under-19) Men's Fastpitch Team lost to Croatia on Thursday 16 July at the European Junior Championships by a score of 11-4 in five innings. Trailing 7-0, GB fought back into the game, but a final burst of runs from Croatia was too much to overcome.
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GB Women start with scrimmage game win
16 July 2015
The 2015 GB Women's Fastpitch Team, a smaller than normal squad in any case, has still to fully arrive in Holland for the European Women's Championships that begin on Sunday. Eleven players are here, with two more to arrive tomorrow.
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GB Junior Men lose two more games at Euros
16 July 2015
It was a tough day on Wednesday for the GB Junior Men's Fastpitch Team, as they lost by mercy rule to Israel and then the Czech Republic, and were no-hit by Czech pitcher Michal Preclik over a short three-inning game.
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Manchester women dominate the Single-Sex Nationals
15 July 2015
Women's teams from Manchester won three of the four competitions at the BSF Single-Sex Slowpitch National Championships played at Moor Lane Sports Ground in Birmingham on the weekend of 11-12 July, while the Puppies from London went undefeated to win the Men's Platinum event.
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GB Under-19 Men give Denmark a real scare
15 July 2015
The GB Junior (Under-19) Men's Fastpitch Team played their second game of the European Junior Championships against Denmark yesterday, and held an early lead before finally going down on the mercy rule by 11-4 in five innings.