Women's National Fastpitch Team News
APRIL 2, 2020 – IMMEDIATE RELEASE WBSC Europe Softball Division have announced their decision to amend it’s 2020 tournament schedule. The WBSC Europe Softball Division has confirmend the following: European softball international events for 2020 under Softball Europe have been cancelled except for; European Championships which act as qualifiers for World Cups 2021- the events have now been postponed to September. What does this mean for Fastpitch Ireland?? The amended schedule will see the originally...
Eithne Walsh appointed as WNT Operations Manager Fastpitch Ireland are delighted to announce the appointment of Irish international player Eithne Walsh as Operations Manager for the Natioanl Teams. Eithne will report to the Director of Fastpitch and will be responsible for supporting the delivery of National Team operations including, but not limited to programme operations and team logistics (scheduling, programme needs). Eithne will travel tournaments and other programme activities and will assist in the coordination...
2020 National Team Schedule ConfirmedMarch 21/22, 2020 - MNC Hilversum Tournament, Netherlands*May 30/31, 2020 - Achille Challenge, Paris, FranceJune 7 - 13, 2020 - European Championships, ItalyJuly 6 - 12, 2020 - Canada Cup International Softball Tournament, Vancouver*European based players onlyMNC Hilversum Tournament, NetherlandsThe 2020 edition of the tournament will be the third year the programme has traveled to this pre-season tournament which provides us with a with a wonderful opportunity to prepare for the summer...
2020 Women's European Championships entries confirmedWomen's European Championships (June 7 - 13, 2020 - Friuli, Italy)Following on from Ireland's 8th place finish at the 2019 European Championships, Ireland are a seeded team in the 2020 tournament and automatic qualifiers for the "A" European Championships. The top 8 teams from 2019 will be joined by 4 qualifiers from the 2020 preliminary tournament. In total 22 nations have entered the tournament and a full list of entered...