For those looking to get their kids playing… Day 1 of Baseball Summer Camp. Kids attending bring a snack and a drink and looks like you may need a rain jacket! There are still places to register at the field. Registration from 9 30am… http://www.ashbournebaseball.com
All Star Day is Saturday 29th of July
Softball Leinster will be having their annual All Star game on Saturday the 29th of July this year – but instead of one game it will be three games – a full All Star Day starting at 4pm @ Trinity College’s cricket pitch. All three divisions will participate with all SL captains receiving an email this week asking them to nominate 3 available players and one alternate – either 2…
Updated – Website Upgrades, Byelaws and Schedules
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….
Premier League Wants You
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…
Registration Opens today!!!
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…
2017 Tournaments and Other Dates
With the introduction of the Softball Ireland Tournament Request Form, SI is hoping to space out the weekend softball all season long. Below are the dates we have so far. In addition to the tournament schedule there are some other key dates to note from Softball Leinster. All the following blitzes have been approved by Softball Ireland and additional tournaments will be added to this list as they are confirmed….
Prem League is here…
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…
Co-Ed National Squad Open Trials begin the 11th of February!!
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…
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…
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…