We are just a few short weeks away from the start of the season (Monday the 24th of April for those  of you who don’t see the countdown timer on our website – less than 12 days…) and we’ve just published our 2017 Byelaws which can be found here. We are getting our website a behind the scenes spring clean with a few new perks and upgrades as we go along….

Thanks to the success of our Facebook and Meetup recruitment efforts, we are seeing an uptick of new players interested in joining a softball team in their local area. The problem might be that we are playing a co-ed sport that is inundated with more men than women. The Softball Leinster committee has agreed to test pilot an Open League this year. For eight Thursdays in May and June we…

With just a few weeks left before the season begins (Monday, April 24th) we are just about to close the registration for the Premier league and it looks like we may have an open spot to round off the league to eight teams. Last year we had an All Star Team who dubbed themselves the Random Rhinos. We are looking to have that team play Prem one more time and if…

We have officially opened the registration for the 2017 Prem League. Registration closes on the 31st of March and the Rec League will open next week closing on the 7th of April. This means we can have a provisional Premier League schedule out in early April and the Rec League  schedule for those 1st and 2nd divisions out by the Captains meeting  – scheduled for the 11th of April. How do…

We are happy to announce, after much deliberation among the Softball Leinster committee, that we are going ahead with a separate Prem League. There have been a lot of different ideas that have been tossed around, but I think we have come up with a balanced approach on how we will improve the Prem division by forming it as it’s own league, while also giving players from the 1st and…

Do you have what it takes? Do you want to represent Ireland? The Co-ed National Squad is holding open trials for anyone who is interested. The first trial will be on the 11th of February in Marlay Park @ 11am. Contact Senan Dormer, the Co-ed National Squad manager: Senan_dormer@yahoo.co.uk or on his mobile @ 086 154 1578 if you can’t make it or want more info. The next trials will be 25th…

We are happy to announce the dates for our upcoming SL umpire training courses. Members that are new to umpiring should attend one of the basic courses to get a good understanding on umpiring in general and what being an umpire requires. All current and new umpires should also attend the intermediate/refresher class. More refresher classes will be added as needed as only umpires who attend the refresher course will be an approved…