The club has sufffered a soggy start to the new softball season but in true Chalfont style, our members certainly didn't let it dampen their spirits.
The Firebirds reignited their spark during their first league game against Richings Park on Thurs 19th April but sadly lost 10-15 even after what Captain Liz called 'an EPIC comeback'.
After their first league game vs Wildcats last week being called off, Tues 24th April saw The Phoenix soaring over Richings Park to claim their first victory of the season, a 5-15 win led by Captain Woody.
Playing on the same night but at our Goldhill Common home ground, The Flames played an excellent game against Wildcats but one drizzly innings cost them and they lost 16-23. Captain Deeble says, 'some positives to take out of it to work on'.
Well played all in such sodden conditions, let's keep our fingers crossed for sunshine next week!
Author : Emma-Louise Allen
Wednesday, 25 April 2012
Thursday, 22 March 2012
Pre-Season Update
League Structure
This year, the league has unfortunately had to go to 2 divisions due to a drop in the number of teams. Division 1 will be playing on a Tuesday and Division 2 will be playing on a Thursday.
The Phoenix and Flames will both be playing in Division 1 (promise of two big nights when the teams meet during the season) and the Firebirds in Division 2.
We will also be playing all our games with 11 inch and 12 inch balls. These will be introduced to our training sessions soon so it's not a complete shock when the season starts!
Sunday 1st April
On Sunday 1st April, there will be 'trials' taking place during the normal training session so with the help of the coaches, Woody, Lester and Liz can decide their final team selection. If you haven't been able to make any of the pre-season training so far, we're hoping that you'll be able to make this one, if no others.
After the 'trials' will be the EGM to put through a small constitutional change at the Greyhound.
Louie Pereira is organising a trip to the batting cages in Northwick Park at 2.30pm and would like to invite any club members to join him. The cages are an excellent way to get your batting going in preparation for the upcoming season and Louie is happy to provide some coaching. The cost to rent one cage is £20.00 per hour so depending on numbers it could cost you as little as £3.00, a bargain! You will all be encouraged to car share and don't use your brand new bat because the batting cage balls tend to damage! Louie will bring bats in diferent weights and club helmets as it is mandatory to use them.
Please respond to the Teamer invitation by Sunday 25th March so Louie can book up on Monday 26th March based on responses. For more info, visit their website:
http://www.northwickpark.com/baseball_softball.php
Availability
As well as taking into account your softball skills, the Captains will also consider your availabilty for the season in their team selection. Please email Liz Williamson with yours by Fri 30th March so she can collate the info together.
GB Training Session
The GB team have offered our club a training session run by a couple of their players. Those who have attended something similar in the past will agree that a lot can be gained from these sessions. The charge will be approximately £20 per person so if you are interested, please let me know by Mon 26th March so we can book them in.
This year, the league has unfortunately had to go to 2 divisions due to a drop in the number of teams. Division 1 will be playing on a Tuesday and Division 2 will be playing on a Thursday.
The Phoenix and Flames will both be playing in Division 1 (promise of two big nights when the teams meet during the season) and the Firebirds in Division 2.
We will also be playing all our games with 11 inch and 12 inch balls. These will be introduced to our training sessions soon so it's not a complete shock when the season starts!
Sunday 1st April
On Sunday 1st April, there will be 'trials' taking place during the normal training session so with the help of the coaches, Woody, Lester and Liz can decide their final team selection. If you haven't been able to make any of the pre-season training so far, we're hoping that you'll be able to make this one, if no others.
After the 'trials' will be the EGM to put through a small constitutional change at the Greyhound.
Louie Pereira is organising a trip to the batting cages in Northwick Park at 2.30pm and would like to invite any club members to join him. The cages are an excellent way to get your batting going in preparation for the upcoming season and Louie is happy to provide some coaching. The cost to rent one cage is £20.00 per hour so depending on numbers it could cost you as little as £3.00, a bargain! You will all be encouraged to car share and don't use your brand new bat because the batting cage balls tend to damage! Louie will bring bats in diferent weights and club helmets as it is mandatory to use them.
Please respond to the Teamer invitation by Sunday 25th March so Louie can book up on Monday 26th March based on responses. For more info, visit their website:
http://www.northwickpark.com/baseball_softball.php
Availability
As well as taking into account your softball skills, the Captains will also consider your availabilty for the season in their team selection. Please email Liz Williamson with yours by Fri 30th March so she can collate the info together.
GB Training Session
The GB team have offered our club a training session run by a couple of their players. Those who have attended something similar in the past will agree that a lot can be gained from these sessions. The charge will be approximately £20 per person so if you are interested, please let me know by Mon 26th March so we can book them in.
Thursday, 15 March 2012
Chalfont Softball Club - Round-up
Pre-season training has started
Our pre-season training programme is now in full flow. As usual we are training at 10.30am on Sunday mornings on Gold Hill Common. All current and prospective players are welcome to attend these very well run sessions - everyone is welcome so if you have just found our site and are thinking of playing then please come along to one of these sessions and we'll get up to speed in no time. Click here to view the training schedule.
Summer tournaments
Our tournaments co-ordinator Phil Masters is looking to finalise the list of tournaments that we are going to be entering this summer. Entries to the tournaments normally fill up quickly so it is really important that you reply to his email asking you which ones you are intending to play.
New post-match and post-training venue
We have changed which pub we are using after matches and training this season. After using the Village Hall for a few years we have now partnered up with the Greyhound Inn in the main centre of the village. They have agreed to reserve us an area in the pub and even provided some food for us after training on Sunday. Please support this partnership by going down there after matches and training.
Our pre-season training programme is now in full flow. As usual we are training at 10.30am on Sunday mornings on Gold Hill Common. All current and prospective players are welcome to attend these very well run sessions - everyone is welcome so if you have just found our site and are thinking of playing then please come along to one of these sessions and we'll get up to speed in no time. Click here to view the training schedule.
Summer tournaments
Our tournaments co-ordinator Phil Masters is looking to finalise the list of tournaments that we are going to be entering this summer. Entries to the tournaments normally fill up quickly so it is really important that you reply to his email asking you which ones you are intending to play.
New post-match and post-training venue
We have changed which pub we are using after matches and training this season. After using the Village Hall for a few years we have now partnered up with the Greyhound Inn in the main centre of the village. They have agreed to reserve us an area in the pub and even provided some food for us after training on Sunday. Please support this partnership by going down there after matches and training.
Saturday, 25 February 2012
February BSUK Youth Panel Meeting
Emma-Louise Allen writes after attending her first BSUK Youth Panel meeting.
This past Saturday [4th Februrary - Ed], I attended my first BSUK Youth Panel meeting. I was quickly brought up to speed on what the group is all about and I plan to take full advantage of this opportunity to work alongside like minded individuals and thrash out new ideas with BSUK staff who lovingly view us as the 'next generation' of sport developers. They offer their time, their support and to quote a fellow youth panel member 'a rather unhealthy amount of pizza!'
Coming away from the meeting, I felt very inspired. Some of my projects for the forthcoming season are to raise awareness of the Youth Panel in our league and find out more about the juniors we have and the roles they play within their clubs. I would also like to rally a team of our own members together to volunteer at BSUK events in exchange for a donation to CSC's fund-raising pot.
If you are interested in helping with any of this or just want to find out more about the Youth Panel itself, feel free to contact me.
This past Saturday [4th Februrary - Ed], I attended my first BSUK Youth Panel meeting. I was quickly brought up to speed on what the group is all about and I plan to take full advantage of this opportunity to work alongside like minded individuals and thrash out new ideas with BSUK staff who lovingly view us as the 'next generation' of sport developers. They offer their time, their support and to quote a fellow youth panel member 'a rather unhealthy amount of pizza!'
Coming away from the meeting, I felt very inspired. Some of my projects for the forthcoming season are to raise awareness of the Youth Panel in our league and find out more about the juniors we have and the roles they play within their clubs. I would also like to rally a team of our own members together to volunteer at BSUK events in exchange for a donation to CSC's fund-raising pot.
If you are interested in helping with any of this or just want to find out more about the Youth Panel itself, feel free to contact me.
Monday, 12 December 2011
Emma-Louise Allen wins BSUK's Softball Young Volunteer of the Year
Congratulations to Club Secretary and 2011 Clubman of the Year, Emma, who has won BSUK's Softball Young Volunteer of the Year award. This is a fantastic achievement for Emma and is in recognition of all the hard work she has put in this year to promoting softball within our community and helping with the day-to-day running of our Club.
Emma's particular efforts this season include all of the following:
I look forward to seeing Emma at training sporting all of her new BSUK merchandise and I hope that the trophy looks good on her mantlepiece.
If you think that you could follow in Emma's footsteps and spend time helping with the running of the Club, then please contact Helen Turner, Volunteers Co-ordinator.
I hope you all have a fantastic Christmas and New Year, see you all in 2012, if not before.
Clare
CSC Chairman
Emma's particular efforts this season include all of the following:
- In her role as Secretary, she has supported me to make sure the Club runs smoothly
- Organising and helping to coach at junior softball taster sessions
- Helping to run a softball taster at Marlow Rugby Club
- Volunteering on the Club's Development Committee
- Helping to organise the Club's annual President's Day (a day she wasn't even attending)
- Co-captaining Firebirds with Liz, even though she played for Phoenix.
I look forward to seeing Emma at training sporting all of her new BSUK merchandise and I hope that the trophy looks good on her mantlepiece.
If you think that you could follow in Emma's footsteps and spend time helping with the running of the Club, then please contact Helen Turner, Volunteers Co-ordinator.
I hope you all have a fantastic Christmas and New Year, see you all in 2012, if not before.
Clare
CSC Chairman
Monday, 7 November 2011
Celebrating Award From The Mars Refuel Drink Fund
Chalfont Softball Club, based in Chalfont St. Peter, Buckinghamshire, is celebrating after receiving a £500 donation from the MARS Refuel Drink Fund.
Founded in 2003, the club was the first in the UK to obtain Clubmark accreditation for Softball and currently has 45 active members aged between 15 and 55.
After a successful summer running taster sessions for Chalfont St. Peter Youth Centre and The Beaconsfield School, their aim is to entice more people into playing the sport regularly, through taster sessions.
The club is run entirely by volunteers meaning the successful running of the taster sessions is wholly dependent on the goodwill of the coaches donating their free time.
The donation from the MARS Refuel Drink Fund will pay for two club coaches to run 10 one hour taster sessions.
Five of members of our coaching staff:
Clare Winter, Louie Periera, Chris Yoxall,
Neil Turner, Dan Lovelace
Clare Winter, Club Chairman and Level 2 Coach, says: "With the donation from the MARS Refuel Drink Fund we can now afford to pay our coaches to run taster sessions.
"This will be a great boost to Chalfont Softball Club as it means we can bring new talent and energy to the club and play for longer. A big thank you goes out to MARS Refuel."
Founded in 2003, the club was the first in the UK to obtain Clubmark accreditation for Softball and currently has 45 active members aged between 15 and 55.
After a successful summer running taster sessions for Chalfont St. Peter Youth Centre and The Beaconsfield School, their aim is to entice more people into playing the sport regularly, through taster sessions.
The club is run entirely by volunteers meaning the successful running of the taster sessions is wholly dependent on the goodwill of the coaches donating their free time.
The donation from the MARS Refuel Drink Fund will pay for two club coaches to run 10 one hour taster sessions.
Five of members of our coaching staff:
Clare Winter, Louie Periera, Chris Yoxall,
Neil Turner, Dan Lovelace
Clare Winter, Club Chairman and Level 2 Coach, says: "With the donation from the MARS Refuel Drink Fund we can now afford to pay our coaches to run taster sessions.
"This will be a great boost to Chalfont Softball Club as it means we can bring new talent and energy to the club and play for longer. A big thank you goes out to MARS Refuel."
Wednesday, 5 October 2011
2011 Awards Dinner
It's been a fantastic season for the Club with Phoenix finishing 3rd in WMDMSL Div. 1, their highest ever finish, Flames winning Div. 2, Firebirds having a superb inaugural season finishing middle-top in Div. 3 and our tournaments teams bringing home lots of silverware too, so there was an awful lot to celebrate at our annual awards dinner on Saturday night.
Congratulations to all of our winners:
Overall Club Awards
Clubman of the Year - Emma-Louise Allen
Most Improved Male - Barry Cook
Most Improved Female - Catherine Rowe
Phoenix
Male MVP - Davey Crossman
Female MVP - Sarah Wood
Male Golden Glove - Neil Turner
Female Golden Glove - Steph McKean
Male RBIs - Chris Yoxall
Female RBIs - Sarah Wood
Male Batting Average - Chris Yoxall
Female Batting Average - Sarah Wood
Male HRs - Chris Yoxall
Female HRs - Sarah Wood
Flames
Male MVP - Chris Snelling
Female MVP - Barbra Georgellis
Male Golden Glove - Chris Snelling
Female Golden Glove - Donna Manley
Male RBIs - Chris Howse
Female RBIs - Helen Turner
Male Batting Average - Chris Snelling
Female Batting Average - Barbra Georgellis
Male HRs - Harvey Waywell
Firebirds
Male MVP - Gwyn Jones
Female MVP - Liz Williamson
Male Golden Glove - Barry Cook
Female Golden Glove - Becky Griffiths
Male RBIs - Darren Monteiro
Female RBIs - Liz Williamson
Male Batting Average - Louie Pereira
Female Batting Average - Rosie Archer
Male HRs - Barry Cook
Female HRs - Rosie Archer
Tournaments
Male MVP - Gwyn Jones
Female MVP - Angela Tedman
Male Golden Glove - Lester Deeble
Female Golden Glove - Sarah Wood
Male Bat - Chris Howse
Female Bat - Clare Winter
Finally, a big thank you to Sarah Wood and Liz Williamson who organised the awards, the dinner and the entertainment on the night.
Congratulations to all of our winners:
Overall Club Awards
Clubman of the Year - Emma-Louise Allen
Most Improved Male - Barry Cook
Most Improved Female - Catherine Rowe
Phoenix
Male MVP - Davey Crossman
Female MVP - Sarah Wood
Male Golden Glove - Neil Turner
Female Golden Glove - Steph McKean
Male RBIs - Chris Yoxall
Female RBIs - Sarah Wood
Male Batting Average - Chris Yoxall
Female Batting Average - Sarah Wood
Male HRs - Chris Yoxall
Female HRs - Sarah Wood
Flames
Male MVP - Chris Snelling
Female MVP - Barbra Georgellis
Male Golden Glove - Chris Snelling
Female Golden Glove - Donna Manley
Male RBIs - Chris Howse
Female RBIs - Helen Turner
Male Batting Average - Chris Snelling
Female Batting Average - Barbra Georgellis
Male HRs - Harvey Waywell
Firebirds
Male MVP - Gwyn Jones
Female MVP - Liz Williamson
Male Golden Glove - Barry Cook
Female Golden Glove - Becky Griffiths
Male RBIs - Darren Monteiro
Female RBIs - Liz Williamson
Male Batting Average - Louie Pereira
Female Batting Average - Rosie Archer
Male HRs - Barry Cook
Female HRs - Rosie Archer
Tournaments
Male MVP - Gwyn Jones
Female MVP - Angela Tedman
Male Golden Glove - Lester Deeble
Female Golden Glove - Sarah Wood
Male Bat - Chris Howse
Female Bat - Clare Winter
Finally, a big thank you to Sarah Wood and Liz Williamson who organised the awards, the dinner and the entertainment on the night.
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