News
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Joint CEB and ESF Congress scheduled for February 2013 in Slovenia
7 June 2012
After a nine-year period during which the Confederation of European Baseball (CEB) and the European Softball Federation (ESF) have held separate annual Congresses, the two groups are reinstituting a Joint Congress in 2013, to be held from February 15-17 in Bled, Slovenia.
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Diary of an Olympic torch bearer
7 June 2012
Two distinguished Northern representatives from baseball and softball – Liverpool Trojans stalwart Norman Wells and Manchester Softball League Chair Harry Somers – were nominated by Sport England as Olympic torch bearers when the torch passed through the North West. In this story, Harry Somers describes his day in the rain, and Martin Williams from the MSL gives the view of the 'man in the street'.
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GB Slowpitch Team shows the Dutch how it’s done
6 June 2012
They came, they saw and they conquered. The GB Slowpitch Team proved more than equal to the Slowpitch Challenge posed by the Dutch on the weekend of May 25-27, winning all four exhibition games played over three days at three locations against a handpicked Dutch team of high-level baseball and fastpitch players.
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Denmark wins as the London Cup survives the rain
6 June 2012
Miraculously, it didn't exactly rain at Richings Park on Sunday morning, June 3, though the air was full of mist and the humidity was about 300 per cent. And so it was that the 2012 London Cup International Women's Fastpitch Tournament squished to a conclusion, with the undefeated Danish National Team taking a truncated final from the London Angels by a score of 2-0 to fly back to Denmark with the title.
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First Diffodil Tournament is a big success in Cardiff
6 June 2012
The first-ever two-day co-ed slowpitch competition in Cardiff, the Diffodil Tournament, avoided the forecast rain on Sunday and was a resounding success on the weekend of June 2-3 at the Cardiff Harlequins Rugby Club.
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Spring Cotswold Tournament cancelled
4 June 2012
The Spring Cotswold Tournament, scheduled for Sunday, June 10, has been cancelled. But the Autumn Cotswold Tournament, scheduled for September 30, will take place as planned.
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Men’s fastpitch ‘Battle of Britain’ decided at Zeist
31 May 2012
The London Meteors and London New Zealand Men's Fastpitch Teams headed to Zeist in Holland on the weekend of May 25-28 to take part in the annual Zeisterslot Tournament and to help the GB Men's Fastpitch Team prepare for the 2012 European Championships later this summer.
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Field redevelopment scheduled as Brighton & Hove Softball League expands
30 May 2012
The Brighton and Hove Softball League started up at the beginning of May with an expansion from four teams to seven, a new development league running concurrently with the main league and a grant from BSUK to redevelop the storied Pavilion Field baseball and softball complex.
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Sheriffs earn Silver Nationals place in East Midlands playoff
30 May 2012
On Sunday, May 20, the East Midlands Softball League Division 1 Playoff Game, oft-postponed by bad weather, pitted the Sheriffs against the Tigers to determine who would represent the EMSL at the BSF Silver Nationals on August 11-12 in Wokingham.
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Feast of fastpitch coming up at the London Cup
28 May 2012
For those of you who can tear yourselves away from the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations on the weekend of June 2-3, there will be a feast of international fastpitch on the menu at the annual London Cup Women's Fastpitch Tournament at Richings Park Sports Club – a tournament well worth coming to see.
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