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Oct
2021BaseballSoftballUK Seeks Head of Performance Systems
BaseballSoftballUK is excited to announce that the organisation is accepting applications for the role of Head of Performance Systems. This brand-new role will involve working closely with the GB Women’s Fastpitch Senior Team and the GB Baseball Men’s Senior Team and be pivotal in preparing both teams to qualify for the 2028 LA Olympic Games.
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27
Nov
2019Montvidas announced as Coach Summit Softball Keynote Speaker
Craig Montvidas, one of Europe’s most decorated softball coaches over the last 30 years, has been announced as the Fastpitch Softball Keynote speaker for BaseballSoftballUK’s Coach Summit 2020.
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Feb
2019Baseball and softball excluded from 2024 Olympic Games
The announcement today of the four new sports that are proposed for inclusion in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games signalled that baseball and softball will not be involved when the Paris Games roll around.
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Aug
2016Baseball/Softball reinstated for Tokyo 2020 Olympics
British Baseball and Softball is elated with the announcement by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (OCOG) to reinstate baseball/softball back on to the Olympic programme, following the 129th IOC Session in Rio de Janeiro.
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Apr
2016SINGLE ORGANISATION FOR BRITISH BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL? WEBINAR on Thursday 14 April from 8-9pm
Following discussions about the way in which the parties were operating and being administered, the British Baseball Federation (BBF), British Softball Federation (BSF) and BaseballSoftballUK (BSUK) took the decision to carry out a fundamental review of the relationships between the three organisations and to consider the best structure for the sports of baseball and softball.
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10
Dec
2015BSUK’s John Boyd to serve on two joint CEB and ESF Committees
The Confederation of European Baseball (CEB) and the European Softball Federation (ESF) have recently announced plans for closer collaboration and have set up joint working committees for Marketing and Media, Development and Operations, with BSUK’s Joint CEO John Boyd appointed to two of them.
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28
Sep
20152020 Tokyo Olympic Committee recommends adding baseball and softball
The Organising Committee for the Tokyo Olympics has recommended that baseball and softball, along with four other sports, be added to the Olympic programme for the 2020 Games.
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9
Feb
2015Baseball and softball to move closer together at world level
The European Baseball Confederation (CEB) and the European Softball Federation (ESF) held their annual Congresses together on 6-7 February in Dublin, and the joint message was that the two sports will be moving closer together around the world.
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Dec
2014IOC clears the way for baseball and softball to regain Olympic status
The International Olympic Committee (IOC), meeting in Monaco on Monday 8 December, has approved a new Olympic bidding process and adopted a more flexible sports programme concept that could lead to the inclusion of baseball and softball at the 2020 Tokyo Games.
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8
Sep
2013Wrestling added to Olympic programme
In the latest step in the process of evaluating and refining the Olympic Programme, the sport of wrestling was elected today as an additional sport for the Summer Olympic Games of 2020 and 2024.
