News
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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.
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BSF and European awards to be presented at upcoming tournaments
17 May 2022
At the BSF AGM in February this year, seven winners of BSF Annual Awards and 10 new inductees into the BSF Hall of Fame were announced. But the AGM was an online meeting, so no one actually received their trophies. Now they will – at a number of upcoming tournament events.
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BSF Executive Meeting Report: 12 May 2022
16 May 2022
The BSF Executive held its latest monthly videoconference meeting on the evening of Thursday 12 May. Click through for a report on the main discussions and decisions.