News (Fastpitch softball)
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GB Women get ready for World Championship
25 July 2018
The players and staff from the GB Women's Fastpitch Team are meeting up today, 25 July, in Chiba, Japan for final preparations before the 2018 WBSC Women's World Championship starts on Thursday 2 August at three ballparks near Tokyo.
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Ireland misses fairytale ending at U-19 Euros
22 July 2018
The Irish Under-19 Women's Softball Team couldn't quite give their fairytale a deliriously happy ending on Saturday evening 21 July at the European Junior Women's Fastpitch Championship in Ronchi di Legionari, Italy, losing the final to the host Italians by 7-3.
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ESF carnival moves on from U-19s to U-22s
21 July 2018
The final games to determine medals and places at the European Under-19 Women's Fastpitch Championship will take place here today – sadly, without the GB Under-19s taking part – but tomorrow, the whole carnival will move on to Trnava in Slovakia.
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Loss to Germany puts GB U-19s out of the Euros
20 July 2018
The GB Under-19 Women needed to win their two playoff games at the European Junior Women's Championship today, and have other results go their way, to have a chance of reaching the bronze medal game on Saturday. But they didn't quite make it.
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GB U-19s blast their way to London Cup win
9 July 2018
A ferocious batting assault over the first two innings on France's #1 pitcher Sarah Benchali paved the way for the Great Britain Under-19 Team to win the final of the 2018 London Cup by a score of 13-4 on Sunday 8 July at a sun-baked Farnham Park.
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Young GB players face European doubleheader
3 July 2018
A busy few weeks are coming up for 11 young softball players who will be representing GB at two back-to-back European Championship tournaments in July: the Women's Under-19 Championship in Italy and the Women's Under-22 Championship in Slovakia.
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Czechs add another Men’s European title
30 June 2018
The Czech Republic duly won another European Men's Fastpitch title today with a 10-3 six-inning mercy rule victory over the Netherlands in the final – the 10th time theCzechs have won the tournament on the 14 occasions it's been held.
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GB Men fall to Denmark at the final hurdle
29 June 2018
So near and yet so far for the GB Team at the European Men's Fastpitch Championship. After beating Denmark this morning, a medal was within touching distance. But after losing to the Danes this afternoon, GB is out of the tournament.
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GB Men secure their place in the Page Playoff
28 June 2018
The GB Men split a pair of games today in the playoff round-robin at the European Men's Fastpitch Championship, and that was enough to guarantee their passage into the Page Playoff, where the medals will be decided.
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GB Men end round-robin with two more wins
27 June 2018
The GB Men were back in action this morning against tough Belgian opponents at the European Men's Fastpitch Championship, just 10 hours after their dramatic Tuesday night loss to the Czech Republic. But GB hung tough for an important win.The GB Men's Team has ended the first round-robin at the European Men's Fastpitch Championship with a 4-1 record after two more wins today – one tense and one straightforward.