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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.
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23
May
2014Second Sport England grant for Sefton Softball League
The new Sefton Softball League on Merseyside has received a second Sport England Small Grant, this time for £9341, to be used for equipment, facilities, umpire training and marketing.
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Dec
2013BSUK Highlights of the Year
In many ways, 2013 was a momentous year for BSUK, with the beginning of a new Whole Sport Plan funding cycle, the opening of the dedicated fields at Farnham Park and new participation targets reached. Below, key BSUK staff members pick out their own highlights from 2013.
