News
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Stags and The Mix stay on top of the GBFL standings
9 June 2022
After the second weekend of play in the Great Britain Fastpitch League (GBFL) on the weekend of 28-29 May at Farnham Park, the Stags have maintained their position at the top of the Men’s Division while The Mix continue to lead the Women’s Division – both with no defeats, though the Stags do have a tie.
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Close game marks second Under-14 Great Britain Fastpitch League outing
8 June 2022
The second day of competition in the Under-14 Great Britain Fastpitch League took place on Sunday 29 May at Farnham Park, and produced a close and exciting game between Team A and Team B.
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Eagles win first All Stars Fastpitch League series title
7 June 2022
The 2022 All Stars Fastpitch League series came to a successful conclusion on Saturday evening 4 June at the National Baseball and Softball Complex at Farnham Park as the Eagles posted a 6-1 win over the Ravens, backing up their 8-4 victory in the first fixture in May.
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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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Final roster selected for GB Under-22 Women’s Team
6 June 2022
The GB Under-22 Women’s Team’s mission is to help players bridge the gap between junior and senior levels of play and this year the team will be travelling to Kunovice in the Czech Republic to play in the European Under-22 Women’s Fastpitch Championship from 26 June-2 July.
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GB and Sweden Men’s Fastpitch Teams stage successful training series
30 May 2022
The first international fastpitch softball games played in Great Britain since 2018 took place on the weekend of 28-29 May at the Farnham Park Baseball and Softball Complex, where the GB and Sweden Men’s Fastpitch programmes staged five training games under the title of the Sweden Series.
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Eagles take first game in inaugural All Stars Fastpitch League
27 May 2022
The very first game of the BSUK/BSF All Stars Fastpitch League, contested by the Ravens and the Eagles, got off to an auspicious start in fine spring weather at Farnham Park National Baseball & Softball Complex on Saturday 21 May.
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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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New Slowpitch and Fastpitch Rulebooks available from the WBSC
21 May 2022
The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has now published updated 2022-2025 Official Rulebooks for slowpitch and fastpitch softball. Click through for links.