News (Tournaments)
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Bristol First Ball Sees Jets Take the Cup
23 April 2024
Sunday 21st April saw Bristol Softball League hold their annual firstball tournament. This relaxed tournament aims to give Bristol league teams and umpires the opportunity to have a collection of games as a warmup and to get back into the swing of things (pun intended), with a great day of softball before the start of the season.
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GB Softball U-15 Women’s Roster and Staff Announced; BSF Hall Of Famer Moore Joins Coaching Team
22 April 2024
The British Softball Federation and U-15 Head Coach Jodie Rushin today announced the roster and coaching staff for the Great Britain Softball U-15 Women’s Fastpitch Team. The team will play in Prague, Czechia at the U-15 European Championships from 1-6 July.
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Bulldogs and Pyros take on Worlds Best in USSSA Worlds
19 March 2024
In a first for Europe, a USSSA Softball World Championships was held in Barcelona, Spain, for men’s and women’s teams from the 15-17th March. Competing at the tournament, held at the two venues used for the 1992 Olympics, were Bulldogs (women’s) and Pyros (men’s) from the UK containing players who regularly turn out in the NSL.
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University Teams prepare for BUCS Championships
4 March 2024
Sunday March 3rd saw a day of outdoor university games take place ahead of the University Nationals, scheduled for the 17th and 18th March.
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Chichester Indoor Tournament provides a great day of fastpitch
27 February 2024
Chichester Falcons Softball Club hosted their third annual Indoor Fastpitch Tournament on Sunday 25 February – the only event of its kind in the UK – at the Westgate Centre in Chichester.
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BSF holds quick and efficient pre-season League Heads Forum meeting
19 February 2024
The BSF hosted a remote pre-season League Heads Forum meeting on the evening of Thursday 15 February with 30 people present: eight from the BSF Executive, two from BSUK, and 20 others representing 14 leagues.
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WBSC cancels Co-ed Slowpitch World Cup
27 October 2023
The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has announced the cancellation of what would have been the first-ever Co-ed Slowpitch World Cup for national teams, which had been scheduled to be played from 5-10 December in Guadalajara, Mexico.
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Autumn Chichester Fastpitch Tournament is another hit
19 October 2023
The fourth edition of the Chichester Fastpitch Tournament featured five teams from the UK and abroad battling it out at Oaklands Park Softball Field on the weekend of 14-15 October in fine Sussex weather.
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England prevails at 24th Annual BSF Softball World Series
11 September 2023
Sixteen teams representing nations, continents or regions from across the globe descended on the National Baseball & Softball Complex at Farnham Park on the weekend of 9-10 September for the 24th running of the British Softball Federation’s annual Softball World Series.
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New teams add spice to the 24th Softball World Series Tournament
8 September 2023
Two brand-new teams -- representing the Philippines and South Africa – will join the more usual entries from UK ex-pat communities and from Europe when the BSF’s 24th annual Softball World Series Tournament is played this weekend, 9-10 September, at Farnham Park.