Results Final Four:
Friday, September 2:
Vienna Wanderers – Vienna Mosquitoes 13-12 (Mosquitoes 4th)
Pee Wees St. Poelten – Dornbirn Sharx 3-4
Saturday, September 3:
Pee Wees St. Poelten – Vienna Wanderers 6-5 (Vienna 3rd)
Dornbirn Sharx – Pee Wees St. Poelten 8-1 (Dornbirn champion, St. Poelten 2nd)

Final Standings Regular Season:

1. Pee Wees St. Poelten 13-3
2. Dornbirn Sharx 9-7
3. Vienna Mosquitoes 9-7
4. Vienna Wanderers 9-7
5. Witches Linz 0-16

Results Final Four in Vienna:
Friday, September 3:
19:00 Vienna Wanderers – Vienna Mosquitoes 7-2
21:00 Dornbirn Sharx – St. Poelten Pee Wees 4-11 (Pee Wees reach title game)
Saturday, September 4:
16:00 Dornbirn Sharx – Vienna Wanderers 6-3 (Dornbirn reaches title game, Wanderers finish in third)
20:00 Final: St. Poelten Pee Wees – Dornbirn Sharx 3-1

Final Standings Final Four:

1. St. Poelten Pee Wees
2. Dornbirn Sharx
3. Vienna Wanderers
4. Vienna Mosquitoes

Regular Season Standings Austrian Softball League:

1. Dornbirn Sharx 14-0
2. Pee Wees St. Poelten 13-3
3. Vienna Wanderers 12-5
4. Vienna Mosquitoes 6-13
5. Witches Linz 5-13
6. Rag Dolls Stockerau 1-17

After meeting the president of ABUA (Amateur Baseball Umpires’ Association) Dick Runchey and secretary Jason Klein at Jim Evans European Classic in Prague a group of Austrian umpires decided to form a new branch of ABUA in Austria. The task is to support experienced officials as well as beginners with knowledge, training and equipment.

As a part of the ABUA-family the affiliated Austrian association is able to offer to its members all the benefits of world’s largest amateur umpire association. At the moment 11 umpires have signed and there will be some more till the end of year.

A big challenge for the young federation maybe will come up in 2011: Since Italian federation has cancelled the plans to host Jim Evans European Classic 2011, ABUA-A is ready to jump in and host the umpire clinic in Attnang-Puchheim in cooperation with the local baseball club.

Board:

Chairman: Dana Beszczynski
Secretary: Sascha Pammesberger
Treasurer: Thomas Hartmann

Committee:

Umpire Commissoner: Sascha Pammesberger
Umpire Training Supervisor: Dana Beszczynski
Supervisor West: tba
Supervisor Middle: Sascha Pammesberger
Supervisor East: David Krawetkowski

Homepage: umpire.at
Email: info@umpire.at

After winning the European Cup in August, the Dornbirn Sharx also secured the championship in the Austrian Softball League one month later. It is their eighth consecutive title. During the regular season the Sharx won all 18 games and sealed the championship by beating the Pee Wees St. Poelten twice during the final four tournament in Vienna.

Final Four in Vienna:

(page playoff system)

SUPERFUND Wanderers Vienna – Mosquitoes Vienna 17-0
Dornbirn Sharx – Pee Wees St. Poelten 4-1

Semi-Final:
Pee Wees St. Poelten – SUPERFUND Wanderers Vienna 6-5 (8)

Finals:
Dornbirn Sharx – Pee Wees St. Poelten 7-0

Austrian Softball League Regular Season Standings:

1. Dornbirn Sharx 18-0
2. Pee Wees St. Poelten 15-3
3. SUPERFUND Wanderers Vienna 12-8
4. Vienna Mosquitoes 6-14
5. Rag Dolls Stockerau 5-15
6. Witches Linz 2-18

Complete Results

For the seventh year in a row the DORNBIRN SHARX won the Austrian Softball Championship. They shut out the SUPERFUND WANDERERS 7-0 in the finals. The WITCHES LINZ and the ST POELTEN PEE WEES also had reached the Final Four in Vienna and finished in third, respective fourth.

It was nearly a perfect year for DORNBIRN. They lost just one of 24 games during the regular season in the Austrian Softball League. In the European Cup in Prague, the SHARX were the runner up to winner AMGA LEGNANO from Italy.

Final Standings Regular Season

Team                      GP  W-L  Pct.
Dornbirn Sharx            24 23-1  .958
Superfund Wanderers       24 20-4  .833
Pee Wees St. Poelten      24 14-10 .583
Witches Linz              24 12-12 .500
Rag Dolls Stockerau       24  8-16 .333
Vienna Mosquitoes         24  6-18 .250
Union Kufstein Valkyries  24  1-23 .042

Complete Results on Official Website of Austrian Baseball Federation

Results Final Four
Finals:
Dornbirn Sharx – Superfund Wanderers 7-0
Game for Third:
Pee Wees St. Poelten – Witches Linz 5-8

Final Standings

1. Dornbirn Sharx
2. Superfund Wanderers
3. Witches Linz
4. Pee Wees St. Poelten
5. Rag Dolls Stockerau
6. Vienna Mosquitoes
7. Union Kufstein Valkyries

The International Sports Group and the Austrian Baseball Federation held their
second annual Austrian Coaches/Player Clinic from December 6th-9th and was
greeted with enthusiasm from all. With close to 100 participants in several
workshop categories the Clinic set a great sign in interest in Baseball in
Austria.  Coaches, parents, Austrian National Team Players and Youth Players
spent their days learning and exchanging information and ideas about
baseball.

The raffle at the end of the Clinic was a huge success and we would like to
thank Louisville Slugger and Diamond Sport for the support of the Clinic!

In 2008 there will be once again an Austrian Coaches/Player Clinic with
emphasis on Training Programs / Physical and Rehab Development for Players
and Coaches as well as the usual coaches certification and youth clinics.

This date is expected to be in December 2008 and will be confirmed within
the next weeks; mark it in your calendar now!

We would like to thank the following people for their help in organising
this event:

Speakers: Tom O’Connel (www.isgbaseball.com), Spanky McFarland (www.jmusports.com), Martin Langlois (www.baseballaustria.com) and Brian Cain
(www.briancain.com)

Organization: Krista Wall and Annette Neuburger
(www.baseballaustria.com)

ABF Board

Hotel Kaiserwasser, Youth Hostel Brigittenau, Sports Hall “Dominik
Hoffmann”

and all participating coaches, players and parents

With a 21-0 victory in the final game, the Bandits won their third Austrian title (1999, 2005, 2007) outscoring their opponents 89-4 during the whole tournament. As the champions the Bandits will represent Austria in the Coed European Cup 2008.

Results Final Tournament:
Linz Bandits – Gramastettner Highlanders 23-0
Attnang Athletics – Attnang Pandas 9-4
Attnang Athletics – Linz Bandits 0-15
Attnang Pandas – Gramastettner Highlanders 13-2
Linz Bandits – Attnang Pandas 30-4
Gramastettner Highlanders – Attnang Athletics 6-23

Final:
Attnang Athletics – Linz Bandits 0-21

Photo: © Linz Bandits

Regular Season:

1. Sharx 24-0
2. Pee Wees 19-5
3. Superfund Wanderers 16-8
4. Rag Dolls 8-16
5. Mosquitoes 7-17
6. Witches Linz 6-18
7. Union Kufstein Valkyries 4-20

Playoffs:
Semi-Finals (best-of-three):
Sharx -Rag Dolls 2-0 (20-0, 18-0)
Pee Wees – Superfund Wanderers 0-2 (1-8, 0-6)

For third place (best-of-three)
Pee Wees – Rag Dolls 2-0 (6-1, 6-1)

Finals (best-of-five):
Sharx - Superfund Wanderers 3-0 (6-2, 7-1, 15-0)

Results:
Game 1: Superfund Wanderers – Dornbirn Sharx 2-6
Game 2: Superfund Wanderers – Dornbirn Sharx 1-7
Game 3: Dornbirn Sharx – Superfund Wanderers 15-0

The three-time defending champions are paced by Lisa ALLEN, Cameron LINDSEY, and Brianne MCGOWAN. The Rag Dolls ended the 2007 campaign with an 8-18 record.

The Wanderers (18-8) booked their ticket to the championship series by upsetting the No.2 seed, St. Polten Pee Wees, 8-1 and 6-0. The squad has peaked at the right time – having won 12-of-14 games – and is led by Veronika CARDA, Caroline MERIAUX, and Denise ORLOVITS. The Pee Wees ended a successful season with a 19-7 mark.

The Sharx blanked the Mosquitoes 20-0 and 12-0 and are led by Americans Lisa ALLEN (C-1B), Cameron LINDSEY (IF), Grace LEUTELE (IF), and Brianne MCGOWAN (P-1B). The league-leaders will complete their regular season schedule against the Kufstein Valkyries (4-16) on August 15.

The St. Polten Pee Wees (17-5) have won six straight games and wrapped up the No. 2 playoff seed with four straight victories over the Stockerau Rag Dogs the past couple of weeks. The Rag Dolls (8-14) need one win in their final two games to secure the No. 4 playoff berth.

The Pee Wees are led by led by shortstop Sabine KRAUSHOFER, pitcher Lisa GRADINGER, and outfielder Carola KREJCI. St. Polten will meet Kufstein next week in their regular season finale.

The Superfund Wanderers (14-8) have clinched third place and have won 8-of-12 games heading into the final weekend of the regular season. The Wanderers will end the regular season against the Rag Dolls on August 15.