tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975775844577763827Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:48:31 +0000Galway SoftballTournamentsAnnouncementsSoftball GalwayGalway Softball BlogThe blog for softball in Galwayhttp://galwaysoftball.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Galway Softball Blogger)Blogger84125GalwaySoftballBloghttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975775844577763827.post-6188889839243484686Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:37:00 +00002011-09-09T14:48:31.579+01:00Season Review 2011This season started early back in stormy November 2010 in the Galway leg of the IV's. And we got off to a good start, winning both the Plate and the inaugural Galway Championship against NUIG Base Invaders. Should also be noted that we almost caused an upset against the All-Ireland Champions here, the Limerick Originals, holding them to a draw in the round robin stages. Flash forward to April http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~3/uNqYxmtDj-A/season-review-2011.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Galway Softball Blogger)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~4/uNqYxmtDj-A" height="1" width="1"/>http://galwaysoftball.blogspot.com/2011/09/season-review-2011.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975775844577763827.post-2850991328847985296Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:32:00 +00002011-08-25T14:56:12.854+01:002011 MVP NomineesThe nominations for this years MVP are as follows, if you're eligible to vote this year then you have already been notified. Voting is open now and closes at midday on Wednesday 31st August so get your votes in now. The awards will be presented at this years end of season party on Friday 2nd September. To qualify for a nomination this year you have to be a paid up member of the club who has http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~3/8D9ov8DEkqM/2011-mvp-nominees.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Galway Softball Blogger)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~4/8D9ov8DEkqM" height="1" width="1"/>http://galwaysoftball.blogspot.com/2011/08/2011-mvp-nominees.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975775844577763827.post-6903383951965485158Sun, 21 Aug 2011 18:33:00 +00002011-08-22T09:15:26.151+01:00Team with the trophy http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~3/7elQxBB_Mao/team-with-trophy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~4/7elQxBB_Mao" height="1" width="1"/>http://galwaysoftball.blogspot.com/2011/08/team-with-trophy.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975775844577763827.post-2856022403715290038Sun, 21 Aug 2011 15:37:00 +00002011-08-22T09:16:31.582+01:00Tribes bowl winning squad Team picture http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~3/f0ZigkqayqU/tribes-bowl-winning-squad.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~4/f0ZigkqayqU" height="1" width="1"/>http://galwaysoftball.blogspot.com/2011/08/tribes-bowl-winning-squad.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975775844577763827.post-8737956034491578537Sun, 21 Aug 2011 14:23:00 +00002011-08-21T15:23:32.381+01:00Tribes win the bowlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~3/-X3szzVWtpY/tribes-win-bowl.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~4/-X3szzVWtpY" height="1" width="1"/>http://galwaysoftball.blogspot.com/2011/08/tribes-win-bowl.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975775844577763827.post-5288204283227252447Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:23:00 +00002011-08-17T15:23:56.988+01:00Last training session before the IOST this eveningJust a reminder that our last training session before the Irish Open is on this evening at 18.45 in the usual place See you all later http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~3/1CTGRabY7R4/last-training-session-before-iost-this.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~4/1CTGRabY7R4" height="1" width="1"/>http://galwaysoftball.blogspot.com/2011/08/last-training-session-before-iost-this.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975775844577763827.post-4184789006437601675Tue, 09 Aug 2011 10:47:00 +00002011-08-18T11:44:55.763+01:00IOST Final Squad & DetailsDate : August 20/21 UL, Limerick Squad:Kevin Dooley, Kevin Doyle, John McG, Simon, Breandán, Colm, Andrew, Evan, Justin, Rob L, MartinusJohanna, Angelica, Orla, Jacinta, Avril, Catherine, Marta (Sat only) The majority of us will be travelling on the friday evening an staying in UL, we'll see the rest of you on Sat morning. Round robin groups below, games will start at 9:30am on Saturday morning, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~3/S7sHpJmbUVM/iost-final-squad-details.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Galway Softball Blogger)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~4/S7sHpJmbUVM" height="1" width="1"/>http://galwaysoftball.blogspot.com/2011/08/iost-final-squad-details.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975775844577763827.post-8091441400913263764Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:32:00 +00002011-07-11T11:59:15.561+01:00Castleknock Invitational 2011 ReviewCastleknock College, Sat July 9th, 2011SquadKevin, Breandán, Colm, Diarmuid, Simon, Martinus, Steven, David, Turlough, MarkAvril, OrlaOverview9 teams entered this blitz this year, traditionally the format of this blitz is split into a Competitive Cup section for the stronger teams, and a Recreational Plate section for the weaker teams. Due to our seeding we were deemed strong enough to compete http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~3/AiWVjLQo1DI/castleknock-invitational-2011-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Galway Softball Blogger)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~4/AiWVjLQo1DI" height="1" width="1"/>http://galwaysoftball.blogspot.com/2011/07/castleknock-invitational-2011-review.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975775844577763827.post-1961818253175229594Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:43:00 +00002011-06-20T16:55:47.893+01:00Munster League Rd 1& 2Date : Sat June 18th 2011Venue: Laurel Park, GalwaySquad:Kevin, John, Breandán, Colm, Evan, Justin, Steven, DavidJohanna, Angelica, Orla, AvrilThis was the first 2 games in the Munster League 2011. These were both full seven inning games.Game 1Game played with very, very windy conditions. Galway was the designated home team for Game 1. Quite a slow start by Galway, after 2.5 innings Core were uphttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~3/zVa0IGwb8nA/munster-league-rd-1-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Galway Softball Blogger)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~4/zVa0IGwb8nA" height="1" width="1"/>http://galwaysoftball.blogspot.com/2011/06/munster-league-rd-1-2.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975775844577763827.post-2101923987538204Wed, 01 Jun 2011 13:15:00 +00002011-06-01T14:16:29.748+01:00GALWAY TRIBES TABLE QUIZThursday June 16, 20118:00 pmOslo Bar, Salthill€40 per tableSpread the word...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~3/nLj9Z4K0FPY/galway-tribes-table-quiz.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Galway Softball Blogger)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~4/nLj9Z4K0FPY" height="1" width="1"/>http://galwaysoftball.blogspot.com/2011/06/galway-tribes-table-quiz.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975775844577763827.post-9188995009003489383Mon, 30 May 2011 08:25:00 +00002011-05-30T09:58:23.328+01:00Niall Mellon Trust Plate Winners 2011Niall Mellon Trust Charity BlitzCastleknock College, DublinSquad:Kevin, Simon, Breandán, Martinus, Turlough, Steven, David, Mark DohenyAngelica, Jacinta, Orla, MartaReviewRound 1:On a nice but very windy day we took part in this charity blitz for the first time. 8 teams took part. 2 groups of 4 team played a round robin for the first round. First game got out of the blocks pretty well against thehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~3/l_7D0OiXXyk/niall-mellon-trust-plate-winners-2011.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Galway Softball Blogger)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~4/l_7D0OiXXyk" height="1" width="1"/>http://galwaysoftball.blogspot.com/2011/05/niall-mellon-trust-plate-winners-2011.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975775844577763827.post-1239401509340151074Tue, 03 May 2011 13:53:00 +00002011-05-03T14:54:57.627+01:00Provisional Fixture ListSee here :https://sites.google.com/site/galwaysoftball/calendarofevents2011 or click link on side panel.Some of these are subject to change and there is a possibility of a few more.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~3/RyKUvRFhsJU/provisional-fixture-list.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Galway Softball Blogger)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~4/RyKUvRFhsJU" height="1" width="1"/>http://galwaysoftball.blogspot.com/2011/05/provisional-fixture-list.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975775844577763827.post-3637854689587322543Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:28:00 +00002011-04-20T10:49:30.227+01:00Limerick Intervarsity April 9/10 2011 ReviewSquad:Kevin, John McG, John H, Rob L, Ronan, Evan, Andrew, Justin, MartinusJacinta, Johanna, Angelica, Marta, OrlaJust 6 teams this year. It was always going to be tough for us to win anything here with 3 very strong teams competing. Considering we were going in cold without much practice we put in a decent showing.Group stage:Started off well in the morning with a comfortable win over UCD2. Nexthttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~3/KTwour5-WS4/limerick-intervarsity-april-910-2011.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Galway Softball Blogger)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~4/KTwour5-WS4" height="1" width="1"/>http://galwaysoftball.blogspot.com/2011/04/limerick-intervarsity-april-910-2011.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975775844577763827.post-8959958456659347697Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:38:00 +00002011-04-05T16:40:29.998+01:00Training starting againTraining is starting again on Wednesday 6 April at 6:45 in Laurel Park (map).Hope to see you all there.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~3/MhKfTJEckXU/training-starting-again.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Galway Softball Blogger)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~4/MhKfTJEckXU" height="1" width="1"/>http://galwaysoftball.blogspot.com/2011/04/training-starting-again.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975775844577763827.post-1696457703873398938Mon, 08 Nov 2010 09:41:00 +00002010-11-08T15:31:51.176ZGalway IV Nov 2010 Review... Plate ChampionsReview:Saturday:First up, UL second team the DT's. hit the ground running in the morning here winning easily in the end.Next the All Ireland Champions the Orig-inals. They probably took us a bit lightly and we should have inflicted there only defeat of the weekend and one of their few against Irish opposition this year. With bases loaded and just one out with the scores level in the bottom of thehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~3/z0k4C5yV8s4/galway-iv-nov-2010-review-plate.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Galway Softball Blogger)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~4/z0k4C5yV8s4" height="1" width="1"/>http://galwaysoftball.blogspot.com/2010/11/galway-iv-nov-2010-review-plate.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975775844577763827.post-5888606858771822930Fri, 15 Oct 2010 08:40:00 +00002010-10-15T09:45:19.527+01:00Galway Intervarsity November 6th/7thThe first intervarsity will be held in St Mary's College Galway on November 6th/7th. We aim to send a team to this. So if you want to sign up please reply to galway.softball@gmail.com as soon as possible to ensure your place on the squad.This will also be our first opportunity to face-off against the NUIG Base Invaders.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~3/agSZ_swZGgo/galway-intervarsity-november-6th7th.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Galway Softball Blogger)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~4/agSZ_swZGgo" height="1" width="1"/>http://galwaysoftball.blogspot.com/2010/10/galway-intervarsity-november-6th7th.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975775844577763827.post-3443273276225508000Sat, 09 Oct 2010 16:32:00 +00002010-10-09T17:35:54.084+01:002010 MVP WinnersCongratulations to this years MVP winners, Kevin Dooley and Ruth Concannon.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~3/xBQlK8NzDkk/2010-mvp-winners.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Galway Softball Blogger)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~4/xBQlK8NzDkk" height="1" width="1"/>http://galwaysoftball.blogspot.com/2010/10/2010-mvp-winners.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975775844577763827.post-8520297026671279771Wed, 29 Sep 2010 19:49:00 +00002010-09-29T20:50:09.482+01:002010 MVP NomineesThe nominations for this years MVP are as follows, if you're eligible to vote this year then you have already been notified. Voting is open now and closes at midday on Wednesday 6th October so get your votes in now.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~3/JvPUwiJWsAo/2010-mvp-nominees.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Galway Softball Blogger)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~4/JvPUwiJWsAo" height="1" width="1"/>http://galwaysoftball.blogspot.com/2010/09/2010-mvp-nominees.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975775844577763827.post-8015249483526476450Mon, 13 Sep 2010 08:53:00 +00002010-09-21T12:49:55.713+01:00Munster League CorkResults:Galway 6 v 20 CorkGalway 18 v 28 CorkIn beautiful weather down in Cork we played 2 games counting towards the munster league. These were full 7 inning games. We just had the bare 10 players.The first game was very close up until the 5th inning where Cork scored 9 runs pulling them well clear. They pulled further away then.The second game again we unfortunately had one of those nightmare http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~3/ehUHSGnyToc/munster-league-cork.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Galway Softball Blogger)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~4/ehUHSGnyToc" height="1" width="1"/>http://galwaysoftball.blogspot.com/2010/09/munster-league-cork.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975775844577763827.post-8293752669365098462Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:31:00 +00002010-08-31T10:41:43.270+01:00IOST ReviewIOSTUCC Sports Grounds,CorkSat/Sun Aug 28th/29th 2010SquadSimon, Kevin, Kevin, Liam, Justin, Rob, Ronan, Breandán, Colm, Andrew, TimAngelica, Ruth, Johanna, Catherine, JacintaThe tournament consisted of 20 teams overall. for the first phase this was divided into 4 seeded groups of 5. Top 2 in each group would go into cup, 2nd 2 into plate and bottom team into the bowl.Phase 1:We had to play http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~3/WoOcjahPYWw/iost-ucc-sports-grounds-cork-satsun-aug.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Galway Softball Blogger)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~4/WoOcjahPYWw" height="1" width="1"/>http://galwaysoftball.blogspot.com/2010/08/iost-ucc-sports-grounds-cork-satsun-aug.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975775844577763827.post-2687151894150669834Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:10:00 +00002010-07-23T09:36:21.760+01:00Updated Tournament DatesTournaments which we hope to take part in this year:Flyers InvitationalDate Sun, May 16thALSAA, DublinView ALSAA, Dublin Airport in a larger mapGalway Tribes v "The Expendables"Date Wed June 16thLaurel Park Galway.Usual Suspects Invitational (NOT ATTENDING)Date Sat, June 19thSt. Mary's Rugby Club, Templeogue, Dublinhttp://www.stmaryscollegerfc.com/Contact_Us_Directions.aspx(Easiest direct route http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~3/YxJjQ5mEN5s/updated-tournament-dates.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Galway Softball Blogger)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~4/YxJjQ5mEN5s" height="1" width="1"/>http://galwaysoftball.blogspot.com/2010/05/updated-tournament-dates.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975775844577763827.post-3419402759505570260Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:13:00 +00002010-07-19T17:06:58.522+01:00Castleknock Invitational 2010 ReviewSquad:Simon, Diarmuid, Kevin, Colm, Breandán, JustinOrla, Angelica, Catherine, Sandra, IngeReview:We competed in this event on Saturday July 17th. In the end 11 teams contested divided into 2 groups. The first hurdle to overcome was finding the actual place, Castleknock College sports grounds. Many of the drivers got in various states of lostness, eventually everyone made it and we got to play http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~3/IQKRwPkQXZQ/castleknock-invitational-2010-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Galway Softball Blogger)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~4/IQKRwPkQXZQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://galwaysoftball.blogspot.com/2010/07/castleknock-invitational-2010-review.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975775844577763827.post-6290694208241251341Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:18:00 +00002010-07-12T16:41:35.662+01:00Castleknock Invitational Blitz July 17th Preview and SquadSquad:Simon, Diarmuid, Kevin, Colm, Breandán, Justin, Rob L, LiamOrla, Angelica, Catherine, Sandra, Ruth, IngeThis will be our 5th time in succession attending this blitz. We have always done well here, in the previous 4 competitions we have got to 4 finals, winning once last year.The tournament is expanding this year and is moving to the bigger facility of Castleknock College. Full details and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~3/KFlZR_QRL3Q/castleknock-invitational-blitz-july.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Galway Softball Blogger)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~4/KFlZR_QRL3Q" height="1" width="1"/>http://galwaysoftball.blogspot.com/2010/07/castleknock-invitational-blitz-july.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975775844577763827.post-5530045045628921406Fri, 02 Jul 2010 07:26:00 +00002010-07-22T16:42:11.652+01:00Munster League Round 1 v UL July 10th - POSTPONEDNOTE: THESE GAMES ARE CANCELLED, UL HAVE FORFEITED THE GAMESquad:Simon, Diarmuid, Kevin, Rob L, Andrew, Ronan, Justin, Tim, Fionnan, John McGJohanna, Jacinta, Angelica, Sandra, RuthThis is the first round of the inaugural Munster League for us. This will include 2 full 7 inning games. Each result will go towards the league table.The Limerick venue has moved and will now be in Monaleen GAA Club, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~3/EO1fZNHHziM/munster-league-round-1-v-ul-july-10th.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Galway Softball Blogger)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~4/EO1fZNHHziM" height="1" width="1"/>http://galwaysoftball.blogspot.com/2010/07/munster-league-round-1-v-ul-july-10th.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975775844577763827.post-3496956319390957988Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:38:00 +00002010-06-21T10:48:27.737+01:00Tribes v Expendables - Match ReportTribes 15 v Expendables 21Line Score: Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R Exp 1 3 4 2 4 1 6 21 Tribes 3 4 4 1 0 1 2 15The Squads:TribesP KevinC Inge/Ronan1 Majbritt2 Angelica3 BreandánSS ColmOF FionnanOF RobertoOF MartaOF JacintaExpendablesP SimonC Sandra1 Johanna2 Catherine3 AndrewSS DiarmuidOF GrahamOF RobOF OrlaOF Gemma Apologies from http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~3/kd-VBnwx36Y/tribes-v-expendables-match-report.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Galway Softball Blogger)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GalwaySoftballBlog/~4/kd-VBnwx36Y" height="1" width="1"/>http://galwaysoftball.blogspot.com/2010/06/tribes-v-expendables-match-report.html