Successful Open Day Held

Chalfont Softball Club held it's annual Open Day on Sunday 18th April on a sun drenched Gold Hill Common.

The event was run to introduce new players to softball and to provide a training session for those regular players that had not been to many training sessions so far this season.

The training session, run by our qualified coaches, consisted of some basic skills drills but with a competitive element - with players being split into groups and competing against each other in a number of skills drills.

We then completed the session with an hour long softball game where the new players got the experience a real softball game.

As with all training sessions, post match relaxtion was at the Village Hall pub.

Scoring Session

On Wednesday 14th April, Stan Doney from BSUK will be running a scoring session for the club. The session will be held in the Village Hall pub at 8:30pm and is open to all members of the club that are interested in learning how to score.

The aims of the session are to:

• Familiarise everyone with the basics of scoring
• Standardise scoring within the club
• Develop scoring such that it can be used to analyse offensive and defensive gameplay.

If you're interested in coming to the session then contact Clare (chairman@chalfontsoftballclub.co.uk) or just rock up on the night.

Level 2 Coaching Course

Neil and Clare completed their second assessment of the course on Saturday. They made the short trip to Royal Hollaway in Egham to each run a fifteen minute training session that was assessed by Celine Lassaigne and Kat Longshore of BSUK.

Unlike their first assessed session where subjects were chosen at random, Neil and Clare got to choose what they were going to cover. Clare chose an infield session concentrating on fielding a ground ball on the glove hand and Neil chose to use a 2B-1B-3B drill to work on some skills at second and third base.

Both sessions went well and feedback was positive and very encouraging. Having completed all the required workshops and CRB checks, both now only have to plan four linked training sessions, and provide evidence of having run six club training sessions.

If anyone in the club would like to start coaching, then please let either Clare or Neil know and they will look into getting you booked on a Level 1 course.

Open Day - Sunday 18th April

We will be holding an Open Day on Sunday 18th April from 10:30am until 12:30pm on Goldhill Common. Everyone is welcome from beginners to experienced players. The session will comprise basic skills and drills followed by a game and finishing up with drinks in the Village Hall pub afterwards.

2010 Tournaments

This year we will are planning to enter the following tournaments:

Windsor First Ball - 24th April

Diamond Series - 8th & 9th May, 5th & 6th June, 31st July & 1st August

BSUK - 22nd & 23rd May

Windsor Invitational Tournament - 17th & 18th July

Bristol wRECk - 3rd & 4th July

Edinburgh Festiball - 28th & 29th August

Pre-season Training

Pre-season training will be starting on Sunday 7th March, 10am-12pm on Goldhill Common, followed by drinks at the Village Hall Pub. Training will then continue on Sundays throughout the spring and summer (except on tournament weekends).

This will be a great way to get back into softball before the season starts with "First Ball" on Saturday 24th April, so please make the effort to come along.

Give It a Go - Sunday 21st February

On Sunday 21st February, Chalfont Softball Club will be joining in with Bucks Sport's "Reactivate Bucks" and "Give it a Go" initiatives by holding an Open Day. We will be running a taster session from 10:30am until 12:30pm on Goldhill Common - everyone is welcome, from beginners to experienced players wanting to blow away the winter cobwebs.