News
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EuroGames to run slowpitch and fastpitch competitions in Rotterdam
18 April 2011
EuroGames 2011, a major sporting and cultural festival aimed at LGBT participants but open to all, will feature both slowpitch and fastpitch softball when it takes over Rotterdam for five days from July 20-24.
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Two Edinburgh Softball League players share £9000 on BBC2’s Eggheads show
14 April 2011
Two players from the DohNuts team in the Edinburgh Softball League -- Mark Reid and Niall Aitken -- shared £9000 in prize money from the BBC2 quiz show Eggheads on April 14 as part of a five-player winning team.
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BSF Executive Meeting report: April 7, 2011
12 April 2011
The BSF Executive held a conference call meeting on the evening of Thursday, April 7. Please read the article for highlights of discussions and decisions.
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Bracknell serves up school taster sessions in the sun
9 April 2011
Tee-ball sessions in two Bracknell area schools introduced baseball to hundreds of boys and girls in brilliant weather during the first full week of April.
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Slovenia to host its first Open Co-ed Slowpitch Tournament in June
28 March 2011
The Slovenian Softball Federation, which has been one of the most successful countries in Europe over the past few years in developing slowpitch, will host its first Open co-ed slowpitch competition, the Fireball Tournament, on the weekend of June 18-19 in Ljubljana.
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Selection process under way for GB Fastpitch summer competitions
25 March 2011
Selections have been made for the GB Women's Fastpitch Team that will compete in the Softball World Cup and European Championships this summer, and partial selections have been made for the GB Junior (Under-19) Girls' Fastpitch Team that will travel to the Canada Cup and the GB Cadette (Under-16) Girls' Fastpitch Team that will play in European Championships.
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GB Slowpitch London Player Clinic set for April 16
25 March 2011
The Great Britain Slowpitch Team will hold its annual London Player Clinic on Saturday, April 16 on Wandsworth Common North, open to players of all standards including beginners.
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Slowpitch clinic is received with enthusiasm in Switzerland
25 March 2011
An ESF Slowpitch Clinic, delivered at the Wittenbach Baseball and Softball Club near St Gallen, Switzerland by trainers from the British Softball Federation on March 19-20 was received with great enthusiasm by attending slowpitch players.
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Combat slowpitch clinicians to visit Britain and Ireland under ESF-ASA agreement
25 March 2011
Top slowpitch player/coaches representing the bat manufacturer Combat Sports will spend 10 days in Great Britain and Ireland in May under an agreement between the ESF and the American Amateur Softball Association to help softball development in Europe.
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Restarting the GB Under-19 Men’s Team: a personal journey
25 March 2011
Stan Doney describes the path that led to the resurrection of the GB Junior (Under-19) Men's Team programme and the team's first appearance in a European Championship since 2004.