Sign up for SL Umpire Training

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…

1st February 2017
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The Prem League

After an engaging and lively brainstorming session, last Saturday with some of the Premier team representatives, the Softball Leinster Committee convened last night to discuss the benefits, objectives and potential difficulties we might encounter with a separate Premier League. We are currently favouring splitting the division into its own league for some of the reasons listed below. Our objective for splitting off the Premier division into its own league is twofold. Firstly, we…

20th January 2017
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Dates to Note for 2017

The Softball Leinster Committee are hard at work making plans for the 2017 season, which is now just a few months away. Here are some upcoming dates that you should put into your diary. Umpire Courses On the 4th and 18th of February we will hold a Basic Umpire Course – Propsective new umpires just need to attend one of these sessions. Please send an email to info@softballleinster.ie to reserve your spot. On…

20th January 2017
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SL Committee Update and Holiday Wishes

Just a quick update to our Softball Leinster Membership before we go down that rabbit hole that is the holiday season. Before you know it, 2017 will be upon us and we’ll already be planning for spring training. For those of you who missed our AGM, we have a new Softball Leinster Committee. You can read the barest of deatils about them here. We were lucky to fill the two casual…

7th December 2016
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SL AGM @ Against the Grain at 1pm on the 22nd of October

To avoid another AGM displacement like last year at the Woolshed, we’ve decided to proceed with an alternative venue and have booked a room at Against the Grain at 11 Wexford Street at 1pm on the 22nd of October. To secure this room we’ve ordered some finger foods which all attendees can enjoy. We will have the room for 3+ hours, and have it to ourselves without having to compete with the…

3rd October 2016
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SL All Star Team Take 2

The Softball Leinster Committee are hard at work trying to figure out how to make the Softball Leinster All Star Team work, not only for the Prem teams who would have two bye weeks otherwise, but also the players from the other divisions who are sacrificing their time to make up that team. While our original intention was to have these games count, making them more significant for both teams, we…

21st April 2016
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What’s this about Exemptions now?

Is there anything more controversial in our sport than exemptions? We’re accustomed to the changes happening each year. This year we take another whack at fixing it, making it easier for teams to manage while trying to balance the fairness of taking an exemption and teams not giving walkovers. Here is what you need to know about the Exemption Rules this year: Five (5) exemptions are allowed per player within…

17th April 2016
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The SL All Star Team Wants You!

This season, to round out our Prem division with 8 teams, we’ve setup a SL All Star team. With four different captains; Rob Atkinson from the Castleknock Wildcats, Adrian Forster from the Usual Suspects, Mark Mandanaro from the Tullamore Tigers and Martin Hussey formerly from the Blazzers, will rotate in each week to week as the Softball Leinster All Star Team Captain. But we need players. Anyone can play on…

16th April 2016
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Softball Leinster League Preview

In anticipation for the 2016 season, Softball Leinster takes a look at each division. It makes for a mouth-watering summer of softball! Premier Division On Tuesday the 19th of April, eight teams will take to the plate and attempt to hit this year’s Premier Division out of the park! Softball Leinster takes a look at the division and how each team may fare out. TNT 2015: Premier Division Champions Coming…

14th April 2016
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SL Photo Contest Winners!

7th April 2016

Softball Leinster would like to send a massive congratulations to our photo contest winners! Jeff Keough wins the contest with his stunning shot from home plate of a game underneath a rainbow John Edwards’ great snap of a spectacular catch finished second, and Alice Roche’s picture of the Sauce Monsters took home the final prize Thanks very much to all to entered and voted- we loved seeing all the photos…

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