BA Flyers Grounded by Jays!

The Jays beat BA Flyers at the Concorde Club 20-13, Solid hitting from the top of the line-up, including a Cycle and Home run from Sahan, and a couple of Home Runs from acting Captain Huw saw the runs being piled on in the middle innings. Even with the BA boys hitting big shots the Jays defence held up for a good win.

Ascot take sting out of Scorpions

Ascot won a hard-fought victory over the Scorpions on Wednesday, winning 3-2. After 4 poor innings, but still only 1 run down, Tim scored off Huw's double, then Sue and Huw scored off Dallas' single (Dallas making up for two earlier strike outs!). There was excellent fielding throughout - in particular from debutant Kelly at 1st base and from Tim in centre left - and Spyder had an excellent game on the mound. Well done Jays!

Ascot 'bray' for a win

Ascot were let down by their batting in a close encounter with the Wildcats; losing 14-11 in the 7th innings. Regular doubles by Jeff and a homerun by Ben couldn't put enough runs on the score board and the disappointment couldn't be hidden from the enthusiastic supporting crowd (Heather, Dallas and friend)... Hope is for better next week!

Diamond 1

Ascot continued their good form in the diamond series tournaments as they held on to 3rd place by the skin of their teeth! Narrowly being beat by Nottingham Exiles 9 - 8 in the semi finals Ascot beat RP in the 3rd, 4th place play off 4 - 3 due to a double revert back!

A big shout out to Emma, Tim and Martin on playing there first Ascot Tournaments. Also A big thank you to all our guests, see you all soon.

Jojo catch at 1st

2010 Tournament list

Below is a list of tournaments which Ascot Blues will be entering a team for, in the coming months:

Diamond 2 - June 8/9
British Airways - June 19/20
Windsor Invitational - July 17/18
Diamond 3 - July 31/Aug 1
Solent Lastball - September 26/27

So if you want a place sign up today.

Rhythm unstuck in the 7th!

It took a 7th innings come-back for the Sox to beat the Rhythm Sticks at home on Tuesday night (4th May). There were thrills but more spills as Rhythm took a 5-run lead into the 7th. Previously, the Sox were kept in the game through a great catch from David in left field, Dallas' backup at 1, and a fantastic Ben-Jeff-Neena relay to stop a homerun at the plate. But in the end it was Jojo's right field Sac Fly from which Liam coasted home for the winning run!

Tim-mania strikes Ascot

Tim-mania swept Ascot as newbie Tim Widdows put in an MVP performance in the Sox’ match against reigning division champions the Windsor Knights. As well as some solid catches in the outfield, Tim hit a two-run homer in his debut appearance for the Sox. Although losing 19-14 in the end, it was a spirited performance with Paolo, Liam, Ian and Dora all also hitting homeruns, and some great catches in the outfield from Jeff.

Early season blues for Jays

It was early season blues for the Ascot Blue Jays as they went down 19-17 to Riching's Park on Thursday (22nd). In an entertaining game (the highest scoring of the league that night) highlights included good hitting from newbie's Heather and Rachel, a confident catch from Tim in the outfield, and a 'grand slam' home run by Huw. Lowlights included the contribution from the supporting Sox players - but the less said about that the better! Lets hope to keep up the batting for the next match - at home against Chalfont on 29th April.

New Committee Member

We would like to thank Dallas for becoming the newest member of the committee, she has now accepted the role a recruitment officer and is eager to attract young blood to the club.

If you have any ideas or would just like a chat please join the “Ascot Blues Softball” facebook group.

http://www.facebook.com/AscotBluesSoftball

New Decade - New Committee

The committee remains much the same as last year, so I would just like to extend my thanks to those members for all their hard work last year, and their ongoing commitment to the successful running of the club.

There are a few vacancies which need to be filled but one in particular almost immediately - 'Tournaments Officer' . Myself and Sahan filled this role last year but we need to have a dedicated person to do this. I'm sure you'll appreciate this needs to be filled asap as tournaments are already taking entries. No tournaments officer = no tournaments. Please let me know if you want more info on this or any other role and are interested.

Other vacant positions are:
1.   Vice Chairman (mainly shadow the chair with a view to take over in the future)
2.   Recruitment Officer
3.   Tournaments Officer

So that's it for the club committee, however there are still a few League Committee positions vacant which urgently need to be filled:

1.    Secretary
2.    Tournaments Officer ( responsible for organising 1st ball, WIT, and a potential Last Ball. If this position isn't filled soon, these tournaments will be canned)

Thanks

Neena

Other interesting news and weather

Events:

Outdoor Training

Will be outdoors from 6:30 @ Locks Ride and then to the pub afterwards

BA on the 19/20 June

Sorry but all places are taken, but please come along and support.