News (Tournaments)
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New date for Spring Cotswold Tournament
28 March 2014
Due to issues with the availability of pitches at Archway School in Stroud, the Spring Cotswold Tournament has moved from 22 June to Sunday 15 June, and entries are now open.
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One place left in East Midlands First Ball Tournament
26 March 2014
There is a place for just one more team in the traditional season-opening co-ed slowpitch tournament, the East Midlands First Ball, scheduled for Sunday 6 April at Charnwood College in Loughborough.
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GB Slowpitch Open scheduled for Manchester
24 March 2014
The 2014 GB Slowpitch Open tournament has been scheduled for Saturday 3 May in Manchester. This tournament is designed as a fun event for the teams that take part but also to raise money for the GB Slowpitch Team and raise the team's profile in the softball community.
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GB Women get wild card for Worlds
8 March 2014
The GB Women's Fastpitch Team will be going to the ISF Women's World Championships in Holland this summer after being given a wild card entry to the tournament by the International Softball Federation.
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Slowpitch World Cup looks to a bright future
26 February 2014
The third ISF Co-ed Slowpitch World Cup, played in Plant City, Florida from 23-26 January, featured an increased number of participants and a pledge from the International Softball Federation to continue the competition on an annual basis. But how exactly this might happen remains to be determined.
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National Kickball Day to raise funds for GB Teams
19 February 2014
The BSF has designated Sunday 4 May as National Kickball Day. With no other tournaments or events on the calendar that day, the BSF is asking as many softball leagues or teams as possible to run local Kickball Tournaments to raise money for their league and for national teams.
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GB Junior Women look for playoff place
18 February 2014
Following the draw at the ESF Congress on 15 February to establish round-robin groups for this summer's European Junior (Under-19) Women's Championships, the GB Team now knows what it has to do to get to the playoffs and a possible medal place.
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Chichester Falcons to run second Charity Softball Tournament
10 February 2014
Following the success of last year's event, Chichester Falcons Softball Club is hosting their second annual Chichester Charity Softball Tournament on Saturday 19 April at Chichester University to raise funds for local charity Children on the Edge.
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Birmingham Softball League is here to stay!
29 January 2014
2013 was the first season for the new Birmingham Softball League (BSL) and while it was hard work for those doing the organisation, with inevitable teething problems and a team folding half way through the season, the league managed to run successfully for 15 weeks.
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GB Slowpitch shut down in World Cup final
26 January 2014
The GB Slowpitch Team will be bringing a silver medal home from the ISF Slowpitch World Cup that ended in Plant City, Florida on Sunday 26 January, rather than the hoped-for gold. The GB offense was shut down in the final by the USA Ink Daddyz, who were 18-3 winners.