News
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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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Manchester and Birmingham take the honours at Bristol
11 August 2012
The Bristol Main Tournament was played over the weekend of July 7-8 and managed triumph over the heavy rain that saturated much of the country that week. Manchester Greensox won the the B-grade competition and the Birmingham Bobcats triumphed at C-grade.
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GB Under-16s gain experience in Italy
8 August 2012
The GB Under-16 Girls' Fastpitch Team, without an official competition this summer, attended the Tuscany Series Under-16 Tournament in Arezzo, Italy from August 2-5. The team won two games and lost three and finished sixth out of eight teams, but gained valuable experience for next summer's European Championships.
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ESF joins Team USA for Border Battle IV tour
8 August 2012
As part of the ongoing relationship between the ESF and the Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA) with regard to developing slowpitch softball, the ASA extended an invitation to ESF Slowpitch Development Commissioner John Austin earlier this year to participate in a Team USA men's slowpitch promotional tour ahead of the annual Border Battle with Canada. John joined the squad as a shadow assistant coach in Bismarck, North Dakota for the start of a ten-day tour of the Mid-West.
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Leeds Tournament rings the changes in 2012
7 August 2012
The 2012 Leeds Softball Tournament took place on the weekend of June 23-24, with exciting changes. As part of the Leeds Softball Association's objective to expand and improve softball in Yorkshire, new venues, a new tournament structure, different accommodation options and a new team of organisers were all introduced for the 2012 competition.
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