News (Tournaments)
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Single-Sex Nationals to feature 28 teams
24 June 2015
A total of 28 single-sex slowpitch teams will head for Birmingham for the BSF's 2015 Single-Sex Slowpitch National Championships on the weekend of 11-12 July at Birmingham City University's Moor Lane Sports Ground in Perry Barr.
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2016 London Cup planned for Junior and Women’s fastpitch teams
23 June 2015
BSUK and the British Softball Federation will host a six-to-eight-team women's fastpitch tournament, mainly for junior teams and some senior women's teams, at Farnham Park on the weekend of 2-3 July 2016.
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GB Men prepare for ultimate challenge
23 June 2015
The GB Men's Fastpitch Team assembled in Vancouver on 18 June to prepare for the 14th WBSC Men's World Championships, and without any training sessions together jumped immediately jumped into a world-class tournament full of teams stacked with players from other national teams or those who just failed the cut.
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Under-13 girls’ team selected for Italy
23 June 2015
Head Coach Beth Perkins and Team Manager Julie Spittle have announced selections for the London Cubs Under-13 Girls' Fastpitch Team that will travel to Collecchio, Italy to compete in the European Softball Federation's annual Massimo Romeo Youth Cup from 12-15 August.
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Pioneers pull away in NSL standings after British Airways Tournament
22 June 2015
Three National Softball League events down and two to go in 2015, and the Pioneers are beginning to pull away at the top of the NSL standings.
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Guppy Spotters and Leeds Lightning take the trophies in Cardiff
17 June 2015
Fourteen teams travelled to Pontcanna Fields in Cardiff on the weekend of 6-7 June for the fourth annual 'Diffodil Tournament for C-grade and D-grade teams, sponsored by the Cardiff Red Sox. Some initial drizzle soon gave way to sunshine, and at the end of the day on Sunday, the C-grade trophy was in the hands of the Guppy Spotters from Bristol, while the D-grade trophy was on its way north with the Leeds Lightning.
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Bristol Friendly Fire win Spring Cotswold Tournament
11 June 2015
Five teams took part in the 2015 Spring Cotswold Tournament, played on Sunday 31 May at The Marling School in Stroud, Gloucestershire, and Bristol Friendly Fire went undefeated to capture the title.
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GB Select Team wins the 2015 London Cup
9 June 2015
On the back of a superb two-hit shutout thrown by GB Women's Team pitcher Carling Hare, confident and aggressive infield defense and an attack that put runners on base in every inning, the GB Select Team won the first international softball tournament to be hosted at Farnham Park, the London Cup, on the weekend of 6-7 June.
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One C-grade place left for British Airways Tournament
8 June 2015
While the upcoming British Airways Tournament on the weekend of 20-21 June is full at NSL and B-grade level, there is still one place available for a C-grade team.
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Farnham Park to host London Cup on 6-7 June
2 June 2015
Almost two years to the day after the National Baseball and Softball Centre at Farnham Park was opened by BSUK, the venue will host its first international competition on the weekend of 6-7 June.