During this weeks meeting of The ASA Council at its annual meeting in Okahoma City the bids were awarded for 2010 fastpitch national championships. The cities that won bids are as follows: 10U Chattanooga, TN 12U Bloomington, IN 14U Moline, IL 16U College Station TX 18U Hemet-Menifee, CA The Gold Nationals will continue to be [...]

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Allentown, PA – The Philadelphia Force is pleased to announce the signing Jami Lobpries, formally of Texas A&M University. The former Aggie infielder, coming off a trip to the 2008 Women’s College World Series finals against Arizona State University, will make her professional debut in 2009. Tom Kleinman GM/Owner was quoted as follows: “When I [...]

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OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — The Amateur Softball Association continues preparation for the 77th Annual Council Meeting as it is just days from kicking off in Oklahoma City, November 7-14. Hosted in downtown OKC, administrators, players and tournament hosts from around the country to will travel to the ‘Softball Mecca’ in the United States and have [...]

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OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — The Amateur Softball Association and the city of Oklahoma City are proud to announce they have been awarded the 2010 ISF XII Women’s World Championship by the International Softball Federation. Oklahoma City will play host July 9-19, 2010 to the top 16 women’s fast pitch softball team’s in the world. Qualifying [...]

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In a move to be reinstated onto the Olympic Program in 2016 after a highly successful Beijing Olympic Games, the International Softball Federation (ISF) Thursday launched sweeping plans to ensure complete independence for all 131 national softball federations around the world. According to a press release, legislation enacted at the ISF Congress decreed that ISF [...]

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LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Softball’s world governing body told its members they must break their ties with baseball to help the sport get back into the Olympics. The International Softball Federation has asked 35 of its 131 national bodies that are affiliated with other sports to become independent and present a stronger identity to the Olympic [...]

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