News
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Softball to be featured at World Games in 2021
19 April 2018
The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) and the International World Games Association (IWGA) have announced that women's fastpitch softball will be one of 30 sports on the official programme of the World Games 2021 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
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GB Fastpitch League to kick off on 21 April
19 April 2018
The Great Britain Fastpitch League (GBFL) will begin its 2018 season this Saturday, 21 April, at Farnham Park, with a full slate of games for teams in the Women's and Men's Divisions.
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Sun shines on GB Challenge Tournament
16 April 2018
After weeks of rain and murk, the sun finally came out for the GB Challenge Tournament on Saturday 14 April at Farnham Park – the self-professed 'favourite tournament of the year' for GB Slowpitch Team Head Coach Stephen Patterson.
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EMSL Firstball gets the 2018 outdoor season under way
15 April 2018
The 2018 slowpitch softball outdoor season officially kicked off on Saturday 7 April when the East Midlands Softball League staged its annual Firstball Tournament at Charnwood College in Loughborough.
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WBSC publishes official stand-alone Slowpitch Rulebook for 2018-21
15 April 2018
The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has published a stand-alone Official Slowpitch Rulebook for the first time, valid from 2018-21. Click through for more information and a link.
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GB Women’s Team pitcher Georgina Corrick throws college no-hitter
27 March 2018
GB Women's Team pitcher Georgina Corrick, in her freshman year at NCAA Division 1 University of South Florida, pitched her school's first no-hitter since 2015 in an 8-0 win over North Florida on Sunday 18 March.
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GB Fastpitch Teams seek physios for European Championships
26 March 2018
The Great Britain Men's Fastpitch Team and the Great Britain Under-19 Women's Fastpitch Team are both looking for a qualified physiotherapist/sports therapist to accompany the team to a European Championship competition this summer.
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WBSC announces routes to the Tokyo Olympics
26 March 2018
The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has announced the process that will qualify six countries to contest the women's fastpitch softball and the men's baseball tournament at the Olympic Games in Tokyo in the summer of 2020.
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GB Slowpitch Team announces new selections
24 March 2018
The GB Slowpitch Team's annual Open Trials took place over a series of weekends in January and February at the Royal Masonic School in Rickmansworth, and Head Coach Stephen Patterson has now announced the five athletes who were successful and who will join the GB National Slowpitch Team programme for 2018.
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Manchester Indoor League closes out its best season yet
23 March 2018
On Tuesday 20 March the Manchester Indoor Softball League wrapped up its most successful season to date, with 18 teams from Manchester and Merseyside having played in the 10-week competition.