by British Baseball Federation, www.britishbaseball.org
The British Baseball Federation has released the full 2012 schedule for the National Baseball League (NBL), which will play their first official games of the year on Sunday 1 April. Nick Hadley, BBF Southern Senior Leagues Commissioner, has published the full slate of NBL match-ups following weeks of work at Board level and a close consultation process with the managers from the eight NBL teams.
Competing in the National League in 2012 are the reigning champions Southern Nationals, London Mets, Croydon Pirates, Essex Arrows, Herts Falcons, Bracknell Blazers, Lakenheath Diamondbacks and Southampton Mustangs. The Mildenhall Bulldogs and Richmond Flames — who were part of the 2011 NBL season — will not be entering top-tier squads into the National League this year.
The season also features several weeks of special intra-Federation play with the NBL sides facing off against the Great Britain Junior National Team. The full post-season selection process will be detailed in the coming days, but it has been announced that the playoffs will take place on the 18-19 August and the 2012 National Baseball Championships will be staged over the three-day Bank Holiday weekend of 25-27 August.
The 2012 NBL schedule will be uploaded to the BBF website calendar and individual team pages later in February, when the site will undergo a refresh of the full Federation league and team structure.
For the complete schedule visit www.britishbaseball.org