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Jun
2015Webinar on grants and funding will be the first of many
On Tuesday evening 16 June, the BBF and BSUK co-hosted a Webinar on Fundraising and Grants for clubs, and further Webinars will follow over the coming months. The aim is to share more development knowledge among affiliated baseball and softball clubs and teams across the UK.
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Jun
2015Softball 4 Beginners sessions set for Havering and Essex
Five new co-ed slowpitch softball teams in Havering and Essex will begin eight weeks of “Softball 4 Beginners” sessions in the week commencing 6 July, leading up to a tournament to be held at the end of the summer and the creation of a new softball league to begin regular play in 2016.
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May
2015Sefton Sharks Softball awarded £3003 to grow the sport year round
The Sefton Sharks Softball Club, formed in 2012 as one of the founding teams in the Sefton Softball League, has been awarded £3003 through a Sport England Small Grant to enable the club to hire an indoor venue so they can remain active throughout the winter.
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May
2015Birmingham Bandits to run Baseball for Beginners course
The Birmingham Bandits from the BBF’s Triple-A Central Division will be running a Baseball for Beginners course in partnership with Sportivate. The course will begin on Wednesday 27 May and run for an initial period of six weeks.
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May
2015Win cash awards for clubs, people and projects from MARS Milk Play Fund
The MARS Milk Play Fund is once again offering cash awards to sports clubs, projects and individual athletes between now and the end of September 2015.
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27
Oct
2014BaseballSoftballUK announces intention to build a new northern facility
BaseballSoftballUK, the development agency for the two sports, today announced an intention to build a new purpose-built baseball and softball facility in Manchester which will help to promote the sports in the North of England.
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Sep
2014BSUK announces partnership with Sport England TASS
BSUK is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Sport England Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (Sport England TASS), a government-funded programme that provides a partnership between talented young athletes, National Governing Bodies, and the Higher Education (university) and Further Education (college/school) sector.
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6
Aug
2014Solent Softball League making development strides
A partnership between BSUK and the Solent Softball League has helped to create two new teams this season as part of plans by the league to expand to a new base in Southampton and to other areas along the South Coast.
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Jun
2014Hull Scorpions awarded grant to set up community youth league
The Hull Scorpions Baseball Club has just received a grant of £1230 from a government fund called Community First to set up a youth baseball/softball league in a deprived area of the city called the St Andrews Ward.
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27
May
2014Chichester Falcons set up youth softball club
The Chichester Falcons from the Solent Softball League, with help from Sport England and BSUK, is setting up the city’s first youth softball club. Softball sessions for boys and girls aged 12-16 will get under way at 6.00 pm on Monday 9 June at Oaklands Park, Chichester PO19 6AP.
