Press release Major League Baseball Engaging fans of all ages and highlighting the growth of baseball & softball in the United Kingdom will be central themes throughout the week leading up to…
Category: Great Britain
Great Britain selects 15 Players for Women’s Softball European Championship
by British Softball Federation, www.britishsoftball.org The Olympic adventure for the GB Women’s Team starts here. A Selection Panel has now chosen the 15 players who will compete for GB in the European…
Pastime Lost: The Humble, Original, and Now Completely Forgotten Game of English Baseball
By University of Nebraska Press “Pastime lost, and regained! There is now joy in Nerdville, for David Block has unearthed the true ancestor of America’s national pastime—happily named Baseball and not Rounders….
Baseball Softball UK appoints Sam Haslam as BSUK Events and Facilities Manager
By Baseball Softball UK, www.baseballsoftballuk.com BaseballSoftballUK has appointed Sam Haslam to a new post of Events and Facilities Manager. Sam took up the position on 13 March, joining the organisation’s growing commercial…
Great Britain’s U18 Women’s Softball National Team needs Manager for Canada Cup
by British Softball Federation, www.britishsoftball.org The GB Under-18 Women’s Fastpitch Team is looking for a Team Manager to accompany the team to the Canada Cup in Surrey, British Columbia this summer. The…
Jill Russell appointed GB Under-18 Men’s Team Manager
by British Softball Federation, www.britishsoftball.org One of the current vacancies for Managers for GB National Fastpitch Teams has now been filled with the appointment by the BSF of Jill Russell as Manager…
UK Sport awards £30,500 Aspiration Fund grant to GB Baseball
by Baseball Softball Uk, www.baseballsoftballuk.com UK Sport, the government agency that funds Britain’s Olympic and Paralympic teams and athletes, has announced an award of £30,500 to GB Baseball to help the team…
Dublin City Hurricanes, London Mets square off in Irish British Baseball Cup on April 6
By British Baseball Federation In 2019, Britain will experience the first ever Major League Baseball games (LondonSeries) played by the New York Yankees vs the World Champion Boston Red Sox on the…
Baseball Softball UK appoints Independent Director for Communications
By Baseball Softball UK, www.baseballsoftballuk.com Richard Chataway, a leading figure in the use of behavioural science in communications in the UK, has been appointed as an Independent Director on the BaseballSoftballUK Board….
Baseball Scotland to host AAU USA International Collegiate Team in July 2019
By Baseball Scotland Baseball Scotland, the governing body of baseball in Scotland (UK), will host the AAU USA International Collegiate Team July 11-15, 2019, for the First Inaugural “Bobby Thomson International Invitational…
Florida camp set for GB female fastpitch teams
by British Softball Federation A mid-winter tryout and training camp will be held at the WBSC Softball Division headquarters complex in Plant City, Florida from 8-12 January involving over 40 athletes from…
Marcelino and Marshall join the British Baseball Hall of Fame
Press release British Baseball Hall of Fame The 2018 elections to the British Baseball Hall of Fame have introduced two new inductees, increasing the class to 34. Brad Marcelino was inducted from…
London Mets win 5th British Baseball Championship
By London Mets This past weekend at Farnham Park, the British Baseball Federation put on a fantastic National Championship tournament with Finals in both the National Baseball League (NBL) and the Triple-A…
U18 National Team Roster of Great Britain for European Championship published
By British Baseball Federation Great Britain Baseball (GB) today announced the 20-man roster for the U18 team that will compete in the 2018 CEB Junior European Championship in Italy. GB will begin…
Preparations under way for largest-ever Manchester LGBT Tournament
By Baseball Softball UK, www.baseballsoftballuk.com BaseballSoftballUK’s North West development team is gearing up to host the largest-ever Manchester LGBT Softball Tournament on Saturday 16 June at Parrs Wood High School in Didsbury….
Great Britain Baseball held National Team Tryouts last week
By British Baseball Federation, www.britishbaseball.org Neither wet weather nor slippery fields could dampen the efforts of the nation’s best young players last weekend, as Great Britain Baseball held tryouts for its national…
Great Britain Softball announces 2018 Coaching Staffs
By www.britishsoftball.org The GB Management Committee (GBMC) has made a number of appointments to fill coaching and managerial vacancies on GB Fastpitch National Team staffs for the upcoming competition season. Head Coach…
Maikel Azcuy from Southampton Mustangs to Berlin Flamingos
One of the best players of the last decade in the British National Baseball League is trying his luck in the German Baseball-Bundesliga in 2018. Maikel Azcuy is leaving the Southampton Mustangs…
Highlights of National Baseball League 2017 season include Ryan Trask breaking 36-year-old record
Press release Project Cobb Among the highlights of the 2017 National Baseball Season was Ryan Trask’s phenomenal hitting display for the Southampton Mustangs against the Herts Falcons in game one of their…
Federations give BSUK power to act as agent for their Olympic national teams
By Baseball Softball UK, www.baseballsoftballuk.com The British Baseball Federation, British Softball Federation and BaseballSoftballUK have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which gives BSUK the right to represent their Olympic-format national team…
British National Baseball League: London Mets sweep Finals against Southampton Mustangs
The London Mets have won the championship in the British National Baseball League. They swept the best-of-three final series against the Southampton Mustangs 2-0 at Farnham Park this past weekend. Game one…
British National Baseball League: Southampton Mustangs join London Mets in Finals
The Southampton Mustangs have reached the finals of the British National Baseball League. They will face regular season winner London Mets in the best-of-three finals next weekend. Southampton edged out the Essex…
Results British National Baseball League August 27, 2017
In the British National Baseball League the regular season ended this past Sunday. The Southampton Mustangs beat the Essex Arrows in both games of their doubleheader. The London Mets captured two wins…
Results British National Baseball League August 20, 2017
On the second to last game day in the British National Baseball League the Southampton Mustangs and the London Mets celebrated two wins each. The Essex Arrows also picked up two wins…
Baseball Softball UK to launch Junior Club Development Programme
by Baseball Softball UK BaseballSoftballUK is launching a Junior Club Development Programme — a fantastic opportunity for clubs and leagues to establish and develop junior baseball and/or softball programmes to enhance their…