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International Softball
Federation : 2009 YEAR IN REVIEW
In a year when the biggest
news for softball came off the field, there was still
quite a long line of tournaments vying for attention
of the on-the-diamond variety.
Here’s a look back at the busy 2009
for the sport of softball internationally.
The year began with another edition
of the Indoor Cup in the Netherlands, where teams from
the Czech Republic, Germany, the Netherlands, and USA
competed over three days in January as arena (indoor)
softball continued its growth and popularity – particularly
in Europe.
Around the same time, some international
softball athletes gathered at the International Softball
Federation’s world headquarters in Plant City, Florida
(USA) for the initial gathering of the BackSoftball
Athlete Ambassadors.
ISF President Don Porter sits behind
the desk upon the opening of the world governing body's
new European office. (Photo by David Pretre)
The 16th National Sports Festival in
Nigeria took place in February with (women’s fast pitch)
softball as one of the 30 sports contested there. The
ISF had sent equipment to the African nation for those
games.
Off the field the ISF made news by opening
a European satellite office, in the “Olympic capital,”
Lausanne, Switzerland.
Africa was again making news the next
month when the national championships – for both men
and women – took place in South Africa in mid-March.
Shortly thereafter, over in Asia, the Chinese National
Games were held with softball a part of that multi-sport
event.
More on : http://www.isfsoftball.org/english/latest_news/year_in_review09.asp
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