News
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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.
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London Angels still in the hunt in the European Cup
23 August 2012
The London Angels, Britain's representative in the 2012 European Women's Cup being played in Ostrava in the Czech Republic, still have a chance to reach the Page Playoffs as the competition heads towards a climax on August 25.
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GB U-13 teams fight it out for seventh place in Italy
21 August 2012
The two GB Under-13 teams playing in the ESF's Massimo Romeo Youth Cup in Italy from August 15-18 wound up playing each other to determine the bottom two places in the tournament. But as a learning experience for a lot of players new to the game, the tournament was invaluable.
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Nine teams to contest 2012 Premier Nationals
20 August 2012
Weather and anticipated pitch construction at Farnham Park meant that the National Softball League season was almost non-existent in 2012. Nevertheless, nine of the 10 teams that signed up for the NSL this year, and played each other once at the British Airways Tournament in June, will contest the BSF's Premier Nationals on the weekend of September 1-2 at Parr's Wood High School in Manchester.
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Second annual European Slowpitch Series set for Linz
20 August 2012
The second annual European Slowpitch Series will be played on the weekend of September 15-16 in Linz, Austria, featuring both US military teams and European teams from Austria, Slovenia and Germany.
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GB Under-13s struggle in Italy
17 August 2012
Two Under-13 girls' fastpitch teams from Great Britain – the GB Minimes and the London Cubs – are struggling against more experienced opposition in the ESF's Massimo Romeo Youth Cup, but picking up valuable competition experience along the way.
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East Midlands Labor Day Tournament goes green
17 August 2012
The East Midlands Softball League has announced that this year's annual Labor Day Tournament, scheduled for the weekend of September 15-16 in Leicester, may be the first in the country to offer a full recycling facility on each pitch.
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Four national championships settled at Wokingham
13 August 2012
The British Softball Federation crowned its Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze National Champions for 2012 on a warm and sunny weekend, August 11-12, at Cantley Park outside Wokingham. Nineteen teams took part, two less than a year ago. Two of the finals were relatively close, but two were blow-outs that the teams on the receiving end will want to forget.
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