Standings
Standings calculated automatically from results. For Official Results and Standings please visit the Baseball Ireland website at [Results and Standings References: 1]
Playoffs
Pos | Team |
---|---|
1 | DCU / Vikings |
2 | Cathal Brugha |
2 | New St. |
2 | St. Vincent's WPC |
5 | Otters |
5 | St. Vincent's WPC |
7 | Belfast Blitzers |
7 | North Dublin |
9 | Idaho Horsemen |
9 | Oregon High Desert Storm |
9 | Sandycove SC |
9 | West Sulawesi |
13 | Cathal Brugha |
13 | Cork |
13 | Corrib WPC |
13 | Dublin City University |
13 | Milford B |
13 | Tribes WPC |
13 | UCD |
20 | Diamonds WPC |
20 | Dublin Celts |
20 | Frankfurt Galaxy |
20 | Hamburg Sea Devils |
20 | IT Carlow |
20 | Ireland |
20 | Mariners Baseball |
20 | New Zealand |
20 | Papua New Guinea |
20 | Tri-City Rush |
20 | Tristar A Castlederg |
20 | Twin Towns A |
32 | Craigavon Cowboys |
32 | Drogheda WPC |
32 | Elezkano II - Zabaleta |
32 | Green Swifts Rockhill |
32 | IT Sligo |
32 | Milford A |
32 | Milford B |
32 | Nauru |
32 | North Dublin |
32 | Panthers Wroclaw |
32 | Romania |
32 | South Sumatra |
32 | The Warriors |
32 | Twin Towns |
32 | United States of America |
47 | Ashbourne Titans |
47 | Azzurri Santa Croce |
47 | Campbell College Belfast |
47 | Canada |
47 | Cathal Brugha |
47 | Cologne Centurions |
47 | Craigavon Aztecs U21 |
47 | East Side Jets |
47 | Enniskillen Blockbusters U21 |
47 | Great Britain |
47 | HC Steaua Bucharest (Rom) |
47 | Inveraray |
47 | Kingussie |
47 | Kinlochshiel |
47 | Kyles Athletic |
47 | Larne Grammar School |
47 | Malta |
47 | Marian |
47 | Mullinavat |
47 | Newtonmore |
47 | North Dublin |
47 | Oban Camanachd |
47 | South Africa |
47 | St. Vincent's |
47 | Stuttgart Surge |
47 | Tristar Castlederg |
47 | University College Cork |
47 | Vancouver Pilsners |
75 | Aer Lingus PM |
75 | Alphas (USA) |
75 | Ballymun Patriots VC |
75 | Barrack St. |
75 | Beauly |
75 | Belgium |
75 | Berlin Thunder |
75 | Blues |
75 | Bruckless |
75 | Caberfeidh |
75 | Carrick Crows 1 |
75 | Carrickfergus Cougars |
75 | Claremorris |
75 | Conquerors |
75 | Cú Chulainn WPC |
75 | DVC Abu |
75 | DVC Bravo |
75 | Drogheda WPC |
75 | Dynamo L Apero |
75 | Fiji |
75 | Generals |
75 | Glasgow Mid Argyll |
75 | Glenalbyn |
75 | Kilmoganny |
75 | Kinsalebeg |
75 | Leipzig Kings |
75 | Letterkenny |
75 | Lifford |
75 | Lithuania |
75 | Lovat |
75 | Maynooth University |
75 | PNE Indians |
75 | Red Rox Baseball |
75 | Rossi Santa Maria Novella |
75 | Setanta |
75 | Touraneena |
75 | Twin Towns B |
75 | Woolly Jumpers Carrick |
113 | Campbell College Belfast |
114 | Enniskillen Blockbusters U21 |
115 | Aberdour |
115 | Aer Lingus |
115 | Albania |
115 | Aldergrove Hawks |
115 | Algeria |
115 | Altuna III - Mariezkurrena II |
115 | Antrim |
115 | Antrim |
115 | Argentina |
115 | Armagh |
115 | Artola - Aranguren |
115 | Ashbourne Giants B |
115 | Ashbourne Giants |
115 | Ashbourne Stags |
115 | Ashbourne Titans |
115 | Australia |
115 | Austria |
115 | Aviators |
115 | Ayr Burners (Sco) |
115 | BI Academy |
115 | Bahrain |
115 | Bailey Joe Allen Hall |
115 | Balbriggan VC |
115 | Ballina |
115 | Ballynahinch |
115 | Baltimore Rough Riders |
115 | Bandits |
115 | Bangladesh |
115 | Bangor Buccaneers |
115 | Barcelona Dragons |
115 | Barrack St. |
115 | Beat Around Debuchy |
115 | Belfast |
115 | Belfast Buccaneers |
115 | Belfast Giants |
115 | Belfast NorthStars |
115 | Belfast Spartans |
115 | Benetton Rugby |
115 | Bianchi Santo Spirito |
115 | Blazers |
115 | Bolivia |
115 | Borris-Ileagh |
115 | Boston Shamrocks |
115 | Brazil |
115 | Brooklyn Dodgers |
115 | Brunei |
115 | Bulgaria |
115 | Burnaby Lakers |
115 | Canada |
115 | Cardiff Rugby |
115 | Carlow |
115 | Carlow |
115 | Carrick Crows 2 |
115 | Cell C Sharks |
115 | Chile |
115 | Clara |
115 | Clare |
115 | Clashmore |
115 | Clonard |
115 | Clontarf |
115 | Coleraine Chieftains |
115 | Colombia |
115 | Comets Baseball |
115 | Connacht Rugby |
115 | Coquitlam Adanacs |
115 | Cork |
115 | Cork Constitution |
115 | Cork Cosmos |
115 | Corrib |
115 | Cory in the House FC |
115 | Costa Rica |
115 | Craigavon Aztecs U21 |
115 | Cuchulainn Hurling Club |
115 | Cyprus |
115 | Czechoslovakia |
115 | Céide Lámh Dhearg |
115 | DCU |
115 | DHL Stormers |
115 | DVC Lions |
115 | Dalkey Devils |
115 | Denmark |
115 | Derry |
115 | Derrynoose |
115 | Dicksboro |
115 | Down |
115 | Down |
115 | Dragons |
115 | Dragons Rouen (Fra) |
115 | Dublin |
115 | Dublin City Hurricanes |
115 | Dublin City Hurricanes B |
115 | Dublin Spartans |
115 | Dublin Spartans B |
115 | Dublin Tornadoes |
115 | Dublin University |
115 | Dublin Volleyball Club |
115 | Dundalk IT Fireballs |
115 | East Germany |
115 | Ecuador |
115 | Edinburgh Rugby |
115 | El Salvador |
115 | Emirates Lions |
115 | England |
115 | Exeter Softly FC |
115 | Ezkurdia - Ladis Galarza |
115 | Fanatical Dodgers |
115 | Finland |
115 | Flames Blueus Reims (Fra) |
115 | Fort William |
115 | France |
115 | France |
115 | Galway |
115 | Galway |
115 | Galway PM |
115 | Gardians |
115 | Gardians PW |
115 | Garryowen |
115 | Glasgow Warriors |
115 | Glenurquhart |
115 | Gor-Che |
115 | Gothiques Amiens (Fra) |
115 | Grads |
115 | Greece |
115 | Green Isle All-Stars |
115 | Guatemala |
115 | Guo-Guo |
115 | HC Dunarea Galati (Rom) |
115 | HC Progrym Gheorgheni (Rom) |
115 | HC Sportul Studentesc (Rom) |
115 | HK ECE Celje (Slo) |
115 | HK Hidria Jesenice (Slo) |
115 | HK Slavija Junior (Bul) |
115 | HK Triglav (Slo) |
115 | HK True Celje (Slo) |
115 | HK Vojvodina (Ser) |
115 | Haiti |
115 | Honduras |
115 | Hong Kong |
115 | Hungary |
115 | IK Esbjerg (Den) |
115 | IK Herning (Den) |
115 | IMASA Sf. Gheorghe (Rom) |
115 | IT Carlow PM |
115 | Iceland |
115 | Inchicore College |
115 | India |
115 | Indonesia |
115 | Inter Bens Bike |
115 | Iran |
115 | Iraq |
115 | Ireland |
115 | Ireland |
115 | Ireland |
115 | Ireland |
115 | Ireland |
115 | Ireland |
115 | Ireland |
115 | Ireland |
115 | Ireland |
115 | Ireland |
115 | Ireland |
115 | Ireland |
115 | Ireland |
115 | Ireland |
115 | Ireland Women |
115 | Iremany |
115 | Is Your Motherwell |
115 | Israel |
115 | It's about to get Messi |
115 | JK Brackens |
115 | Jaka - Martija |
115 | Jambi |
115 | James Stephens |
115 | Japan |
115 | Jordan |
115 | Jordanstown Jaguars |
115 | Jousters |
115 | KADCA (Badminton) |
115 | KHL Medveščak (Cro) |
115 | KHL Mladost (Bul) |
115 | KHL Zagreb (Cro) |
115 | Kamikazee |
115 | Kerry |
115 | Kildare |
115 | Kildare |
115 | Kilkenny |
115 | Kilkenny Spartans VC |
115 | Kilmallie |
115 | Kilruane MacDonaghs |
115 | Kinsalebeg |
115 | Kuwait |
115 | Landsdowne |
115 | Laois |
115 | Laois |
115 | Lebanon |
115 | Leinster Rugby |
115 | Letterkenny |
115 | Libya |
115 | Limerick |
115 | Linemen |
115 | Lochaber |
115 | Loco Polo |
115 | Longford Smashers VC |
115 | Loughmore-Castleiney |
115 | Louth |
115 | Luxembourg |
115 | Macau |
115 | Malaysia |
115 | Malta |
115 | Mariners Baseball |
115 | Mariners Baseball B |
115 | Marlboro Shamrocks (Mass) |
115 | Meath |
115 | Meath |
115 | Middletown Na Fianna |
115 | Milford A |
115 | Moleicester City |
115 | Mooncoin |
115 | Morocco |
115 | Munster Rugby |
115 | Naas Cobras |
115 | Nanaimo Native Sons |
115 | Naomh Moninne |
115 | Nenagh Éire Óg |
115 | Nepal |
115 | Net Force Cork |
115 | Net Force PW |
115 | Netherlands |
115 | New Collection |
115 | New Westminster Salmonacs |
115 | New Westminster Salmonbellies |
115 | New York Giants |
115 | New York Yankees |
115 | New Zealand |
115 | Newcastle Senators (Eng) |
115 | North Korea |
115 | North Sumatra |
115 | Northern Ireland |
115 | Northern Ireland |
115 | Northern Ireland Men |
115 | Norway |
115 | Oban Celtic |
115 | Obi 1 Kenobi 0 |
115 | Offaly |
115 | Olaizola II - Rezusta |
115 | Oman |
115 | Ospreys |
115 | PR China |
115 | Papua |
115 | Papua |
115 | Paraguay |
115 | Peru |
115 | Peña II - Albisu |
115 | Pintmen FC |
115 | Poland FIFA |
115 | Port Coquitlam Saints |
115 | Portugal |
115 | Qatar |
115 | Red Rox Baseball |
115 | Republic of Ireland |
115 | Republic of Ireland |
115 | Republic of Ireland |
115 | Romania |
115 | Roscrea |
115 | SC Miercurea Ciuc (Rom) |
115 | SKHL Crvena Zvezda (Ser) |
115 | Santry Calypso |
115 | Santry Premier |
115 | Saudi Arabia |
115 | Scarlets |
115 | Scotland |
115 | Sea Lions |
115 | Sean Treacy’s Hurling Club |
115 | Singapore |
115 | Skinny Jeans & thongs |
115 | Skye |
115 | Sligo City BC |
115 | Smack my Bilic Up |
115 | Snorting Lisbon |
115 | Sombrero Gaels |
115 | South Fraser Stickmen |
115 | South Korea |
115 | South Sulawesi |
115 | Spain |
115 | Spastic Hawks |
115 | Spirish Wildcats |
115 | Straight to Town |
115 | Strathglass |
115 | Surinam |
115 | Sweden |
115 | Switzerland |
115 | Syria |
115 | TCD PW |
115 | Taiwan |
115 | Taking the Mkhitaryan |
115 | Tallaght Rockets VC |
115 | Tallaght rockets VC |
115 | Terenure College |
115 | Thailand |
115 | The All Blacks |
115 | The Tribe 2.0 |
115 | Thurles Sarsfields |
115 | Tilburg Trappers (Ned) |
115 | Timova FC |
115 | Tipperary |
115 | Toomevara |
115 | Toronto Maple Leafs |
115 | Trinidad & Tobago |
115 | Trinity College Dublin |
115 | Tristar B Castlederg |
115 | Tunisia |
115 | Turkey |
115 | UCC |
115 | UCD PM |
115 | UCD PW |
115 | UCDOFB & GKC |
115 | UL Cubs |
115 | UL Wolves |
115 | USSR |
115 | Ulster Rugby |
115 | United Arab Emirates FIFA |
115 | United States of America FIFA |
115 | University College Cork (IRFU Rugby Union) |
115 | University College Dublin |
115 | University College Dublin (IRFU Rugby Union) |
115 | University of Limerick |
115 | Urrutikoetxea - Imaz |
115 | Uruguay |
115 | Venezuela |
115 | Verdi San Giovanni |
115 | Victoria Shamrocks |
115 | Victoria Shamrocks |
115 | Vodacom Bulls |
115 | Wales |
115 | Waterford |
115 | Wenatchee Valley Skyhawks |
115 | West Bondage Albion |
115 | West Germany |
115 | West St. |
115 | West Sulawesi |
115 | Westmeath |
115 | Wirral Wolves |
115 | Wolves of university street |
115 | Yakima Canines |
115 | Yemen AR |
115 | Yemen PDR |
115 | Young Munster |
115 | Yugoslavia |
115 | Zebre Parma |
Regular Season Results
For Official Results and Standings please visit the Baseball Ireland website at [Results and Standings References: 1]
Weekly Recaps
Week 1 (26 April 2023)
There were opening day wins for Usual Suspects (27-12 at Wicklow Wolves) and Chuggers (21-12 at Renegade Titans). Dodder Dynamites received a walkover from Dublin Bay Packers. [References: 1-9]
Week 2 (3 May 2023)
Renegade Reapers opened their season with a close 17-16 victory versus Dublin Bay Packers in St. Anne’s Park, Raheny, while Hippety Hipsters also gained a close win, 9-8 versus Wicklow Wolves in Stannaway Park. Usual Suspects defeated Renegade Titans 15-7 to move to 2-0 and Dodder Dynamites also continued on winning ways, going 2-0 with a 26-run victory over Chuggers. [References: 1-9]
About
About Softball Leinster Division 1 2023
Softball Leinster Division 1 features eight teams for 2023, up two on 2022 with the promotion of Wicklow Wolves (Charlesland, Co. Wicklow) and Hippety Hipsters representing South Dublin (Stannaway Park, Kimmage, Dublin 12). All six teams from Division 1 2022 returned with none relegated or promoted. Renegade Reapers and Renegade Titans represent Dublin City, being based in St. Anne’s Park in Raheny, Dublin 3 on the Northside of the Liffey. Dodder Dynamites represent the Southside of Dublin City, based in ETB Sports Grounds in Terenure, Dublin 6W. Usual Suspects (Marlay Park, Dublin 14) and Chuggers (Wanderers FC, Sandymount, Dublin 4) represent Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown and Dublin Bay Packers (Castleknock College, Dublin 13) represent Fingal. Division 1 is the second level of four Coed Slowpitch Softball Leagues in Leinster Province, Ireland, coming below the Premier Division.
ABOUT Softball Leinster
The Leinster Softball League has its’ origins in the Dublin Softball League (1982-1989) which became a founder member of Softball Ireland in 1990 after teams were discovered also playing Softball in Limerick and Cork. Now known as Softball Leinster, the Leinster Softball League is one of three Provincial Softball Organisations in Ireland – Softball Ulster and Softball Connacht Munster are the other two – with the winners of each Provincial League competing for the Softball Ireland National Club Championship.
Softball is like Baseball but the major differences are the Pitching is underarm in Softball as opposed to Overarm in Baseball; there are 10 players Fielding Defence in Softball as opposed to 9 in Baseball; and the Infield where the players run around bases in an attempt to get back to homebase in smaller in Softball than in Baseball.
Softball has three main variations: Fastpitch Softball where the Pitching can be as fast as in Baseball is primarily a Women’s Sport with a Professional League and College League in USA being the top leagues in the world; Slowpitch Softball where the pitching is underarm also but in a soft arc and much slower; and Indoor Softball which is as its’ name suggests played indoors. In the Indoor variation if the ball is hit off the far end wall and bounces back onto the ‘field’ without being touched it is a home run. Also in the Indoor variation a team loses a point for each player out and gains a point for each base reached without an out and getting home. The other two variations on Softball the scoring is very like Baseball with a point (called a ‘Run’) scored when a player makes it all the way around the four bases back home.
Scoring and Rules
The object of the games of Baseball and Softball are to hit the ball pitched at the batter and advance around four bases back home. Teams take turns Batting (Offence) and Fielding (Defence). The team that scores the most runs over 7 innings in Softball and 9 innings in Baseball is declared the winner. Each time a team takes turns batting it is an inning. The away team (‘road’ team) bats first (this is called the top of the inning) and the home team second (bottom of the inning) in each inning. An inning is over whenever the batting team has three players caught, run, or struck out.
A player does not have to get all the way around the four bases back home in the one play (‘at bat’) but can do so over a number of plays (players ‘at bat’). When a player makes it all the way around the four bases back home on the one play (in other words when the player ran all the way around four bases back home on their own hit) it is called a Home Run. Players may be struck, caught or run out. In addition when at home plate attempting to hit a pitch players have three strikes to be out but four ‘balls’ pitched (in other four bad pitches). If four ‘balls’ are pitched before three strikes the player may advance to first base. A player must run to first base when they hit the ball. If the ball passes over home plate within the ‘strike zone’ (an area the width and depth of home plate and from the batters chest to their waist). For an explanation on the Strikezone and its’ evolution over time please see the Major League Baseball page on the subject: https://www.mlb.com/official-information/umpires/strike-zone
Map of Ireland 2022 Counties, Boroughs and Districts showing logos and locations of Softball Leinster teams
Softball Gear Stock Image
References
Results and Standings References
[1] Softball Leinster (2023) 2023 Division 1 [Internet] Available from: https://www.softballleinster.ie/table/2023-division-1/ [Accessed 4 May 2023]
[2] Softball Leinster (2023) Chuggers [Internet] Available from: https://www.softballleinster.ie/team/kielys-kegs/chuggers/ [Accessed 4 May 2023]
[3] Softball Leinster (2023) Dodder Dynamites [Internet] Available from: https://www.softballleinster.ie/team/dodder-softball-club/dynamites/ [Accessed 4 May 2023]
[4] Softball Leinster (2023) Dublin Bay Packers [Internet] Available from: https://www.softballleinster.ie/team/dublin-bay-packers/ [Accessed 4 May 2023]
[5] Softball Leinster (2023) Hippety Hipsters [Internet] Available from: https://www.softballleinster.ie/team/hippty-hsters/ [Accessed 4 May 2023]
[6] Softball Leinster (2023) Renegade Reapers [Internet] Available from: https://www.softballleinster.ie/team/renegades-softball-club/renegade-reapers/ [Accessed 4 May 2023]
[7] Softball Leinster (2023) Renegade Titans [Internet] Available from: https://www.softballleinster.ie/team/renegades-softball-club/renegade-titans/ [Accessed 4 May 2023]
[8] Softball Leinster (2023) Usual Suspects [Internet] Available from: https://www.softballleinster.ie/team/suspects-softball-club/usual-suspects/ [Accessed 4 May 2023]
[9] Softball Leinster (2023) Wicklow Wolves [Internet] Available from: https://www.softballleinster.ie/team/wicklow-wolves/ [Accessed 4 May 2023]
LOGO REFERENCES
IMAGES
[1] Baseball Ireland (2017) Baseball Ireland Logo Car Sticker [Internet] http://www.baseballireland.com/images/carsticker.jpg [Accessed 1 May 2017
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thanks to Marlay Mustangs and Marlay Martyrs
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