News
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Riccione: a platform for things to come?
13 August 2018
Ben Taylor, a former GB Slowpitch Team player, went to Riccione in Italy during the week of 30 July-4 August to report on the European Slowpitch Super Cup for the BSF website. Here, he reflects on a great tournament and its implications for the future of slowpitch softball in Europe.
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London Cubs head to Italy for U-13 youth event
13 August 2018
The GB Under-13 Girls' Fastpitch Team, playing, as usual, as the London Cubs, is heading for Collecchio in Italy on 13 August for the European Softball Federation's annual Massimo Romeo Youth Trophy (EMRYT) tournament.
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USA wins World Championship over Japan
12 August 2018
The United States won its second straight Women's Softball World Championship on Sunday, defeating Japan 7-6 in a pulsating 10-inning game, and negating a heroic pitching performance by Japan's 36-year-old legend Yukiko Ueno.
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Crazy 13-11 loss ends Worlds for the GB Women
11 August 2018
A 13-11 loss to Chinese Taipei in a mad slugfest at the Akitsu Stadium in Narashino City today ended the 16th WBSC Women's World Championship for the GB Team, just one game short of the Placement playoff final.
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GB Women beat Philippines to stay in Worlds
10 August 2018
Spectacular pitching in relief by Georgina Corrick, and a late rally by the GB Women as the Placement playoffs began at the Women's World Championship today gave GB a 2-1 win over the Philippines that keeps them alive in the tournament.
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GB Women end pool play with win over Venezuela
9 August 2018
The GB Women's Team ended the first phase of the Women's World Championship today with an interesting, slightly messy and ultimately satisfying win over Venezuela by a score of 5-2 at the Akitsu Stadium in Narashino City.
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GB Women split a pair of games at rainy Worlds
7 August 2018
It rained most of the day at the Women's World Championship in Japan, but the GB Women managed to record a mercy rule win in the morning – their first of the tournament -- before suffering a mercy-rule rain-soaked defeat in the evening.
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GB players and coach selected to European Men’s Fastpitch Team
6 August 2018
On Sunday 2 September, the Men's Fastpitch World Champions, the New Zealand Black Sox, will take on a newly-established Team Europe in a one-time challenge game in Havlíckuv Brod in the Czech Republic, and Great Britain will have representatives both on the team and on the coaching staff.
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GB Women lose hard-luck 1-0 game to Italy
6 August 2018
Another great performance by the GB Women's pitching and defense, and another frustrating performance by the offense, meant another agonising loss today at the WBSC Women's World Championship in Japan, this time by 1-0 to Italy.
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GB Women lose third game at Worlds to Japan
5 August 2018
The GB Women's Team dropped its third straight game at the 16th WBSC Women's World Championship on Sunday 5 August at the Zett.A. Ballpark, losing 6-0 to Japan.