Dutch Golden League Softball club Tex Town Tigers have signed New Zealand outfielder Te Reo Powhiri Matuatia for the 2016 season. The 22-year-old played two seasons at Tallahassee Community College and the…
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Britt Vonk wins Australian Softball Championship with Queensland Heat
Dutch national team infielder Britt Vonk has won the Australian Softball Championship with the Queensland Heat according to a report by Marco Stoovelaar. It’s the first title for Queensland since 2009 and…
Ginger de Weert joins Oolders Omaco Sparks Haarlem
The deadline for transfers within the Netherlands in the Golden League Softball ended on November 30. Compared to the transaction frenzy in Baseball, there hasn’t been much movement. It was already known…
Dutch Softball Player looking to get funding to attend Showcase in US
Laura Wassink from the Netherlands would like to attend a showcase in the United States in order to secure an opportunity to play Softball overseas. She has started a crowdfunding campaign to…
DSS Haarlem adds Sparks Trio including Dagmar Bloeming
On Monday the Dutch Golden League Softball club DSS Haarlem announced that they have added Areke Spel, Nathalie Gosewehr and Dagmar Bloeming to the roster for the 2016 season. All three are…
Oolders Omaco Sparks Haarlem win Dutch Golden League Softball 2015
Oolders Omaco Sparks Haarlem is the 2015 Dutch Golden League Softball Champion. The defending title holder defeated FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem 3-1 in the Final Game on Sunday afternoon. Sparks took a quick…
Final Four set in Dutch Golden League Softball
The Final Four in the Dutch Golden League Softball is set. At the playoff weekend FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem and Terrasvogels each went 3-1, while the Tex Town Tigers lost all four games….
Playoffs set in Dutch Golden League Softball
The playoffs in the Dutch Golden League Softball are set. The first round will be played next weekend at the Almere ’90 ballpark. While regular season winner Oolder Omaco Sparks Haarlem awaits…
Team Red defeats Team Blue at Dutch Softball All-Star Game
Besides the Hoofdklasse All-Star Game, Utrecht last Sunday also hosted the Golden League Softball All-Star Game. Team Red defeated Team Blue 5-2 in seven innings. Team Red scored three times in the…
Rosters announced for Dutch Baseball and Softball All-Star Games
It’s no longer north against south in the Dutch Hoofdklasse All-Star Game, but red against blue. The Royal Dutch Baseball and Softball Association released the rosters for the ASG. The game will…
Dutch Hoofdklasse All-Star Game in Utrecht on Sunday, September 6
The 2015 All-Star Games in Dutch Baseball and Softball will be held on Sunday, September 6 in Utrecht. Curacao Neptunus manager Evert-Jan’t Hoen and Wim Martinus of Corendon Kinheim will lead the…
Results Dutch Golden League Softball May 30 & 31, 2015
In the Durch Golden League Softball seven games were played this past weekend. Oolders Omaco Sparks Haarlem remains undefeated, improving to 18-0 with a pair of wins over Fysio Expert Olympia Haarlem….
Results Dutch Golden League Softball May 2 & 3, 2015
In the Golden League Softball in the Netherlands Oolders Omaco Sparks Haarlem is looking as an early favorite for the title early on. On Saturday they made a statement winning both ends…
Ron Schel new Chairman of KNBSB
The Royal Dutch Baseball and Softball Association (KNBSB) announced on Tuesday that Ron Schel will be the new chairman, succeeding Bob Bergkamp who stepped back last year. The 61-year-old Schel is from…
Results Dutch Golden League Softball April 25 & 26, 2015
In the Dutch Golden League Softball week two provided only little surprises. In an inner Haarlem affair Oolders Omaco Sparks Haarlem swept Fysio Expert Olympia Haarlem at Houtkamp, last year’s site of…
Results Golden League April 18 & 19, 2015
The Dutch Hoofdklasse Softball, now called the “Golden League”, kicked off the 2015 season this past weekend with eight games. Three teams celebrated sweeps on opening day. On Saturday Hotel Ambassador Terrasvogels…
Olympia Haarlem wins Indoor Tournament in Hamburg
Dutch Golden League club Olympia Haarlem has won the Women’s Fastpitch Indoor Softball Tournament, which was played last weekend in Hamburg, Germany. They defeated the German Women’s National Team 3-0 in the…
4th Gava Softball Cup from March 6 to 8 in Gavanenc, Spain
The 4th edition of the international softball preseason tournament in Gavanenc, Spain is scheduled for the weekend of March 6 to 8, 2015. Eight teams will be participating including the Amsterdam Pirates…
Dutch Softball Player Virginie Anneveld with Tryout in Japan
Marco Stoovelaar of Grand Slam News reports that third base Virginie Anneveld of Oolders Omaco Sparks Haarlem is currently in Kariya, Japan to try out for the Denso Softball Team. If she…
KNBSB President Bob Bergkamp to step down in December
The Royal Dutch Baseball and Softball Association (KNBSB) sent out a press release on Friday afternoon stating that KNBSB President Bob Bergkamp will step down in early December. In the statement he…
Sparks Haarlem sweeps Terrasvogels to win Dutch Softball Championship
Oolders Omaco Sparks Haarlem has won the 2014 Dutch Softball Championship. Dagmar Bloeming pitched seven scoreless one-hit innings to lead Haarlem to a 1-0 shutout in game three of the Holland Series…
Dutch Softball: Oolders Omaco Sparks Haarlem takes 2-0 Lead in Holland Series
Oolders Omaco Sparks Haarlem used a pair of 8-1 wins over Hotel Ambassador Terrasvogels on Saturday to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five Holland Series. Debby Connor and Karen Tuk hit…
Gijs Selderijk new Technical Director of KNBSB
The Royal Dutch Baseball and Softball Association (KNBSB) announced the successor of Robert Eenhoorn as Technical Director. The 51-year-old Gijs Selderijk from Bussum takes over starting on October 1, 2014. He has…
Terrasvogels joins Sparks Haarlem in Holland Series
Hotel Ambassador Terrasvogels is joining Sparks Haarlem in the Holland Series Softball, which starts this coming weekend. Terrasvogels won the best-of-three backdoor series against Fysio Expert Olympia Haarlem 2-1. After splitting the…
Sparks Haarlem first to reach Holland Series
Sparks Haarlem is the first team to qualify for the Holland Series. They defeated Hotel Ambassador Terrasvogels 5-0 and 7-1 in the best-of-three series this past weekend. Terrasvogels now is playing Fysio…