Cup Finals Day should be a celebration of the Irish Softball season, a fitting tribute to those who have played throughout the year, giving twelve teams one more chance to win silverware and enjoy one last day of softball. It also gives those who enjoy the sport an opportunity to come and watch some exciting cup games.
This year however, in the Cup at least, by the time BatPak had arrived at ALSAA to prepare for their semi-final against Castleknock Bearcats, knowing that already one team had dropped out of the day at very short notice, they then discovered that a second team were not able to get a team together, therefore the BatPak versus Bearcats game was straightaway the final.
'Pak had a point to prove to themselves following their poor hitting performance in the final League game the previous Tuesday, and ended up winning the game via the mercy rule in the bottom of the sixth inning, the final score being 21-5. The match report will be available shortly.
The semi-finals and final of the Brian Walshe Cup will take place at ALSAA, on Saturday 4th September. the semi-finals will take place at 2pm, with the final of the Cup being held at 4pm.
BatPak's sixth game of the year against Dodder Dynamoes, the Quarter-Final of the Brian Walshe Cup, has been re-scheduled to Tuesday 24th August. The first pitch will be at 7pm at Dodder's home ground in Tymon Park.
With just over one week to go to the first pitch of the 2010 European Cup Co-ed Slowpitch in Ljubljana, Slovenia, preparations are nearing an end at BatPak headquarters. The squad of sixteen players has been finalised, flights and accommodation booked and the final training sessions held. The squad members will start to arrive in Ljubljana on Saturday with BatPak's first game starting at 11.20 on Tuesday morning against the Great Britain champions Chromies.
After reaching the semi-finals of the Suspects' Blitz last month, BatPak & Dublin Bay Packers are entering another combined team into this weekend's Castleknock Blitz.
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