News (Tournaments)
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Birmingham hosts first international event
2 November 2012
Following a successful trip to Cologne earlier this year by the Tourcats, a travelling team from the Birmingham Bobcats Softball Club, the Bobcats invited the Aachen Aixplosives, a mixed fastpitch team from Germany, to the UK for a one-day international slowpitch tournament on September 29, part of an effort to form an association of recreational slowpitch teams in Europe that want to compete across international boundaries.
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World Vintage Softball Carnival goes back to Hawaii
26 October 2012
The third World Vintage Softball Carnival is set to return to the beautiful Hawaiian island of Oahu from October 19-27, 2013. Teams and players over the age of 35 are invited to participate in what will be an exciting celebration of fastpitch and slowpitch softball in one of the world's great holiday destinations.
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Leeds Terriers win the Labor Day Tournament
17 October 2012
A record 24 teams took part in the East Midlands Softball League's annual Labor Day Tournament on the weekend of September 15-16 at the University of Leicester in Oadby, with the title going to the Leeds Terriers for the second time since the tournament moved to Leicester three years ago.
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Bristol Crushers take Cotswold autumn title
17 October 2012
Two Bristol teams contested the final at the Cotswold Autumn Tournament, played in fine weather on Sunday, October 7 at Archway School in Stroud, and it was the Bristol Crushers who prevailed over the Bristol Phoenix to take the title.
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Mixed indoor fastpitch tournament in Brest
1 October 2012
The Dubliners Baseball and Softball Club in Brest, in the far north-west of Brittany, France is organising the first-ever "Phare Ouest" international indoor mixed fastpitch tournament, to be played on the weekend of January 12-13, 2013 -- and British teams are invited.
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Anzacs slug their way to World Series title
17 September 2012
In the most extraordinary Trophy Final in the 14-year history of BSUK's Softball World Series Tournament, played at the BA Concorde Club near Heathrow on September 15-16, the Anzacs and the GB Masters combined to blast a total of 14 home runs – seven each – over a friendly outfield fence. But when the barrage was over, it was the Anzacs who prevailed by 29-23 to win their third World Series title.
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Chromies’ home runs win the Premier Nationals
3 September 2012
Chromies' home runs win the Premier Nationals This was supposed to be the year that H2O finally won the BSF's Premier National Championship, played on the weekend of September 1-2 at Parrs Wood School in Manchester. Dominant at most tournaments this season, H2O hadn't lost a game all weekend coming into their semi-final meeting with the Chromies, who almost didn't make it to the playoffs at all. But just in time, Chromies rediscovered their home run stroke, and that meant heartbreak for H2O and then a b
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London Angels finish fourth in European Cup
30 August 2012
The London Angels were within touching distance of a medal in the 2012 European Women's Fastpitch B Pool Cup – but a 2-1 Page Playoff loss to the Eagles from Lucerne, Switzerland meant that the Angels had to settle for fourth place.
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Lost Souls take top prize at the Festiball
30 August 2012
The Lost Souls, a team made up of NSL/GB players mixed in with players from the Edinburgh league team Souls, held off a late rally by the 2012 Platinum Champions Manchester Greensox to take the top prize – the Pentlands Cup – at the 2012 Edinburgh Festiball, played over the August Bank Holiday weekend.
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The story of how Manchester saved the Single-Sex Nationals
24 August 2012
The BSF's 2012 Men's and Women's Slowpitch National Championships were played more than three weeks ago, on July 21-22. But the fact that they were played at all was down to a wonderful example of the softball community pulling together and people helping each other. Read on for the story of how Manchester saved the Single-Sex Nationals – plus the results.