A near-record total of 31 teams took part in the BSF’s 2016 Single-Sex Slowpitch National Championships on the weekend of 9-10 July at the Moor Lane Sports Ground in Perry Barr, Birmingham, with winner’s trophies awarded in eight categories of play.
The top awards – the Platinum National Championship titles – went to the men’s team Puppies from London and the women’s team Bluebirds from Bristol.
The tournament featured a number of close games, and some especially close and well-contested finals.
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Seventeen men’s teams entered the tournament – nine Comp and eight Rec teams – along with 14 women’s teams, seven each in Comp and Rec.
Over the course of the two-day competition, these categories were broken down further based on the results of round-robin play, and on Sunday, Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze trophies were won by both men’s and women’s teams.
Men’s Results
Here are the full results for the 2016 Men’s Slowpitch Nationals:
PLATINUM
Winner: Puppies (London)
Runner-up: Bombers (Mildenhall)
Final: Puppies 24, Bombers 20
MVP: Kiel Kauffield (Puppies)
GOLD
Winner: Guernsey
Runner-up: Blue Steel (London)
Final: Guernsey 23, Blue Steel 12
MVP: Roger Grooms (Blue Steel)
SILVER
Winner: Bobcats (Birmingham)
Runner-up: Misfits (East Midlands)
Final: Bobcats 15, Misfits 11
MVP: Dan Persson (Misfits)
BRONZE
Winner: Kippers (Leeds)
Runner-up: Jakies (Glasgow)
Final: Kippers 21, Jakies 16
MVP: Sean Curtis (Kippers)
The tables from the initial Men’s Comp and Rec round-robins, from which teams were divided into Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze competitions, were as follows:
COMP
REC
Women’s Results
Here are the full results for the 2016 Women’s Slowpitch Nationals:
PLATINUM
Winner: Bluebirds (Bristol)
Runner-up: Minx (Manchester)
Final: Bluebirds 15, Minx 13
MVP: Kat Golik (Bluebirds)
GOLD
Winner: Chavs (Windsor/London)
Runner-up: Hooters (Leeds)
Final: Chavs 34, Hooters 18
MVP: Becs Miall (Chavs)
SILVER
Winner: Angry Beavers (Manchester)
Runner-up: Sheriffs (East Midlands)
Final: Angry Beavers 13, Sheriffs 8
MVP: Chloe Llewellyn (Beavers)
BRONZE
Winner: Pitchslap (Manchester)
Runner-up: Scratchers (a team made up at the last minute from all over!)
Final: Pitchslap 15, Scratchers 14
MVP: Tina Nutt (Pitchslap)
The tables from the initial Women’s Comp and Rec round-robins, from which teams were divided into Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze competitions, were as follows:
COMP
REC
