Standings
| P | W | L | D | RF | RA | PTS | |
| Team C | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 12 |
| Team A | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 11 |
| Team B | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 11 |
| Team D | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 0 |
Note: 3 Pts Win, 1 Pts Tie (Draw), 0 Pts Loss.
Playoffs
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Playoffs | ||||
| 01.03.2020 | Team C (#1) | Team D (#4) | ||
| 01.03.2020 | Team A (#2) | Team B (#3) | ||
| Final | ||||
| 01.03.2020 | SF 1 Winners | SF 2 Winners |
Results & Fixtures
| Date | Away Team | Home Team | ||
| Week 1 | ||||
| 09.11.2019 | Team A | 7 | Team B | 7 |
| 09.11.2019 | Team B | 0 | Team A | 0 |
| 09.11.2019 | Team C | 3 | Team D | 2 |
| 09.11.2019 | Team D | 2 | Team C | 3 |
| Week 2 | ||||
| Team A | 3 | Team D | 2 | |
| Team D | 1 | Team A | 8 | |
| Team B | 3 | Team C | 2 | |
| Team C | 4 | Team B | 3 | |
| Week 3 | ||||
| 01.02.2020 | Team A | 3 | Team C | 2 |
| 01.02.2020 | Team C | 1 | Team A | 0 |
| 01.02.2020 | Team B | 2 | Team D | 0 |
| 01.02.2020 | Team D | 0 | Team B | 2 |
Report
Fastpitch Softball is a competitive version of Recreational Mixed Softball, or Baseball, and in USA is primarily a Competitive Women’s version of the game, with a Professional League for women: National Pro Fastpitch.
It differs from the Recreational Coed version of the sport in that the pitching is very fast, and does not have to be in a soft arc like in traditional softball.
The Irish Fastpitch Softball League was started in 2019-20 (although it is currently Coed / Mixed – with an even number of Males and Females), after a decade of Softball Ireland’s Fadtpitch Programme, which included the start of the Women’s Ireland National Team.
There were intended to be Playoffs played, but unfortunately due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic, Week 4 (Playoffs) had to be cancelled.
All matches were played at The National Indoor Arena in Blachardstown, Dublin 15, on the Indoor Turf Pitch.
References
Social Media
[1] Fastpitch Ireland Softball Facebook (2019) Post, November 9, 2019:”FASTPITCH LEAGUE UPDATE 9/11/19 @ 20:40 We have now captured the new people who have registered in the last 36 hours for the league and the updated team list has been emailed to all players (check your spam/junk email if you haven’t received it).” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/sifpl/posts/2686606888069852 [Accessed 1 March 2020]
[2] Softball Ireland (2020) News [Internet] Available from: http://fastpitchsoftball.ie/ [Accessed 25 April 2020]
[3] Softball Ireland (2019) Ireland Catches Fastpitch Fever: Teams C and D [Internet] Available from: http://fastpitchsoftball.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Team-C-D-960×650.jpg [Accessed 25 April 2020]
[4] Softball Ireland (2019) Ireland Catches Fastpitch Fever: Teams A and B [Internet] Available from: http://fastpitchsoftball.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Team-A-B-300×225.jpg [Accessed 25 April 2020]
Images
[5] Softball Ireland (2017) Fastpitch Softball Logo Logo [Internet] http://fastpitchsoftball.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/FPI-1024×650.jpg [Accessed 25 April 2020]
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Sondra Maher, Lorna Rose Masterson, Sarah Jane Masterson and Roisin O’Callaghan
About this document
Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the
Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive
Last Updated: 25 April 2020
(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2020
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