Bristol Brunels, the club’s development team, had a baptism of fire against two top quality Cardiff Merlins’ pitchers in their first full match in the South West and Wales Baseball League (SWWBL) fixture on Sunday. Despite going down 14-4 and 22-0 in the double header at Somerdale Pavilion, the team had plenty to be proud of. Three Brunels, Jo Sutcliffe, Declan Ryan and Michele Botta, took to the mound to…
Bristol Bobcats are unbeaten after their first two games of the 2021 British Baseball Federation (BBF) and WB-UK Women’s Baseball League. The Bobcats proved too strong for the Telford 26ers winning 13-6 in the first game before holding tournament favourites The Belles, to a 10-10 draw in the second game. Starting pitchers Denise Grant and Becky Cottrell produced strong performances in their debuts on the mound in the two games…
The Bristol Bobcats travel to Cambridge this Saturday for the opening day of the WB-UK national women’s league where they will take on Belles Baseball Club and Telford 26ers. It is the first time in 80 years there will be an organised women’s baseball league in the UK with six teams from England and two teams from Scotland taking part. The Bobcats will have five weekends of baseball this season…
Bristol Badgers went down 5-4 and 6-5 in their opening day British Baseball Federation (BBF) AAA games against Bournemouth Bears on Sunday. A series of errors cost the Badgers at crucial times in both games despite good all round performances from Luke Claflin and Mike Osbourn with the ball and bat. Both pitched well and were able to hold a strong Bears line-up in check for most of the afternoon….
Bristol Baseball Club’s plans to create a centre of excellence at Somerdale Pavilion in Keynsham received a major boost today through a £3800 grant from Baseball and Softball UK (BSUK). The club put in a bid earlier this year for the funds to help develop its field by adding dugouts, batting cages, a new back stop and additional fencing. In addition to the BSUK grant, the club is adding match…
