News (Youth)
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GB Juniors head for Paris once again
7 March 2016
In what is now becoming a spring and autumn ritual, two mixed teams of junior fastpitch players from the UK will head for Ermont, a northern suburb of Paris, on the weekend of 12-13 March to defend their title in the Tournoi Des Expos 2016.
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GB U-19 Men looking for new Head Coach
23 February 2016
The GB Under-19 Men's Fastpitch Team, one of GB Softball's fastest-developing programmes, is looking for a new Head Coach to take the team forward.
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London Mets Girls’ Fastpitch Softball
22 February 2016
The London Mets Baseball Club is looking for recruits for a new Girls' Fastpitch Softball programme. Teams formed from the programme will play a 20-game league schedule from 13 March to 5 June.
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Fastpitch Falcons get a boost in Chichester
13 February 2016
The junior fastpitch section of the Chichester Falcons Softball Club had a major helping hand on Thursday 11 February when their weekly practice session was run by a guest coach from GB Softball.
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GB U19s and U16s invite player applications
10 February 2016
Two GB fastpitch softball teams – the GB Under-19 Women's Team and the GB Under-16 Girls' Team – are inviting applications from all players who wish to try out for these teams and make themselves eligible for selection in 2016.
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GB U-19s get great workout in Schiedam
19 January 2016
A GB Select Women's Fastpitch Team, made up mainly of GB Under-19 players, had a great weekend of high-level softball on 16-17 January at the annual Indoor Cup played in Schiedam, near Rotterdam, in the Netherlands.
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GB Select Team heads for Indoor Cup in Holland
12 January 2016
Ten players from GB Fastpitch Softball programmes are heading to Holland to compete in the long-established annual Indoor Cup Tournament in Schiedam, near Rotterdam on the weekend of 16-17 January, against a range of junior and senior women's teams from Europe and the USA.
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Baseball and softball rejoin SportsAid
10 November 2015
Baseball and softball have been reinstated as sports whose junior athletes can receive awards from SportsAid, a sponsor-funded charity that helps young sports people overcome the financial challenges they face as they bid to realise their full potential.
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GB Under-19s return to Paris tournament
17 October 2015
As part of the process of providing more competition experience for Under-19 male and female fastpitch players, a mixed team travelled to Paris on the weekend of 26-27 September to play in the annual Tournoi de Fleur.
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Softball: 15 years after the Millennium
13 October 2015
BSUK Communications Consultant Bob Fromer, one of the founders of the organisation, and someone who has been involved with softball in the UK since the 1970s, offers his perspective on the advances made in British softball over the past 15 years and argues that the game is in a better position now than ever before.