Category: Dublin Indoor Softball Tournament

2020 Dates Confirmed

BWC 2020 & IOST 2020 Dates Confirmed

The Softball Ireland Board at its meeting on December 11, 2019 confirmed the dates for the 2020 IOST and BWC as follows:

BWC 2020

The annual start of season tournament and first major trophy of the year will return to ALSAA in 2020. As ever it will be an opportunity to blow off those cobwebs and get ready for the season ahead.

Date: Saturday April 25, 2020

Venue: ALSAA Sports Grounds

Registration Link: Click Here to Register Your Team

Cost: €100 per team

IOST 2020

Following on from the successful 2019 IOST tournament, Elaine Barr and Julie Trundle will again lead the planning and organisation of IOST 2020, promising that the first IOST of the new decade will be the best one ever. The tournament will be again played in the University of Limerick and accommodation links will be available shortly.

Date: Saturday & Sunday August 22/23, 2020

Venue: University of Limerick

Registration Link: Click Here to Register Your Team

Cost: €280 per team

Schedule Confirmed for January 2019 DIST

The second of the off season Indoor Softball tournament will be held in DCU on Saturday January 26, 2019.

The teams for the tournament have been confirmed and the schedule released.

  • 2Pak – Dublin
  • Brawlers – Belfast
  • Dodder – Dublin
  • Galway Hookers – Galway
  • Kegs – Dublin
  • Marlay – Dublin
  • Megamix – Dublin & Galway
  • Originals – Limerick
  • Sliders – Belfast
  • Suspects – Dublin
  • Thirsty Camels – Dublin
  • Wicklow Wolves – Wicklow

A couple of teams still have room for a body or two so if you haven’t signed up to a team for the tournament and would like to play contact Julie Trundle through the Facebook page.

For real time details and scores on the tournament please follow the DIST Facebook page by clicking here

Softball Ireland are delighted to have partnered with DIST on the prizes which we hope will help promote the game.

 

DIST 2019 Prizes

DIST 2018 Tournament Report

Indoor Softball is back – Originals Win DIST 2018

Indoor Softball came back to Dublin after a two year break and has found a new home in the excellent DCU sports hall.

Impressively half the participating teams were from outside Dublin together with four teams, Camels, Wicklow Wolves, Galway Tribes and Galway Hookers, making their indoor softball debuts.

The tournament format saw the teams divided into two groups of 6 consisting of 5 round robin games with the top two in each group qualifying the semi finals.

The Originals win DIST 2018.

Story of the day …

Group Stages

Group 1

Group 1, Originals, BSC and Hippetys all started strong with commanding first wins but then Originals took control by first beating Hippetys and then in a close match defeating BSC 54-31. Meanwhile Galway Hookers and Suspects got their first win.

After Lunch Originals juggernaut kept rolling, winning two more games and securing the top spot. While in the last group game BSC and Hippetys met to decide second. BSC game out strong scoring 44 points in top of first inning and although Hippetys made a strong come back, BSC doubled down with another 41 score and second and a semi-final spot was theirs.

BSC at DIST 2018

Group 2

2Pak and DynaKegs started the morning strong by winning their games by 124 and 60 points respectively and sounding off a warning shot that was going to be heard for the rest of the day, the Galway Tribes beat ReneHomers 51-46. In the very next game Tribes continued the upsets beating a surprised 2Pak 75-60 and the Tribes were now serious contenders. In the third round games of Group 1 and now on the verge of an early knockout, 2Pak fought hard to get back into the competition and squeaked past DynaKegs 43-31. With the Tribes winning again, going into Lunch, Tribes topped the group undefeated, with 2Pak and DynaKegs tied in second.

In first game after lunch for group 2, DynaKegs gave Tribes their first defeat of the day and now we had a three-way tie for top spot. Going into the last group game 2Pak had the advantage with 303 runs for, Tribes 221 with and DynaKegs with 217 runs for. This meant 2Pak held a strong advantage but had the toughest last game against ReneHomers.  And so it proved with 2Pak failing to take command but eventually coming out top and they won 49-33 and took top spot.  Now with just 4 runs in the difference, both DynaKegs and Tribes blew away their competition but it was DynaKegs, who won by 16 more runs, that took the last semi final spot.

2Pak at DIST

Semi-Finals

In the Semi-finals, BSC once again started strong and dominated the first inning and despite an energetic comeback from 2Pak, BSC stayed on top and booked their place in the final. In the second semi-final DynaKegs batted well but there was no stopping Originals dominance, a 70-40 win for originals and we had our two finalists Originals v BSC.

Finals

So to our final, Originals v BSC, BSC won the toss and if it was an omen how the rest of the final would go, well the Originals weren’t listening. Originals batted first and had 10 points with no outs, and continued to rack up the points with both the Limerick Boys and Girls smashing the balls against floor, netting and rafters. After 6 minutes they had amassed an impressive 37 points. Belfast came right back at them and although playing solid, too many late outs, left them with a solid 17 points but trailing 20 going into second half. Again Originals just continued to pound the court while at bat and beat their first inning score, finishing with 42 points, 79 in total.  Belfast went into the bottom of the last inning knowing they had to find 63 runs from somewhere, rarely done against Originals.  And despite some waylaid throws hitting Barry in the back, Belfast’s first few at bats were fruitless, which seemed to knock the wind out of them and after a long day of indoor they just couldn’t muster the last bit of energy. Originals held them to 6 runs in the inning and won the final 79-23.

Big thanks to Umpires and Scorers, Grace Kearney, Ruth Brady, Gerard Guckian and Jordan Sylver and to all teams and players for contributing to an excellent day…

Final Standings of DIST 2018
1st Originals
2nd BSC
3rd 2Pak
4th DynaKegs
5th Tribes
6th Hippety’s
7th Rene “whatever” Homers
8th Suspects
9th Sliders
10th Hookers
11th Wolves
12th Camel

Originals win DIST 2018

Originals best Belfast Softball Club in 2018 DIST Final

After an exciting day of Indoor Softball in Dublin City University, Originals Softball team have won the relaunched Dublin Indoor Softball Tournament beating Belfast Softball Club 79-23.

The Originals win DIST 2018.

The Final Standings of DIST 2018
1st Originals
2nd BSC
3rd 2Pak
4th DynaKegs
5th Tribes
6th Hippety’s
7th Rene “whatever” Homers
8th Suspects
9th Sliders
10th Hookers
11th Wolves
12th Camels

Thank you to Julie and Steve for getting the tournament up and going again together with the scorers and umpires for making the day run smoothly.

Report to follow shortly

Indoor Softball is Back – DIST 2018

After too long of a break, the Dublin Indoor Softball Tournament is back under the stewardship of its founder Julie Trundle

It was to our great delight that Julie Trundle approached Softball Ireland and volunteered to resurrect a tournament that had unfortunately dropped off the softball calendar in Ireland.

The tournament, to be held on November 11, 2018, has also found a new home in the DCU Sports Complex on Dublin north side and promises to be the best venue yet for what is always a fun day ran by an energetic Julie.

Softball Ireland are also very pleased that Julie Trundle accepted our offer and we are delighted to announce the appointment of Julie Trundle as the Softball Ireland Director of Indoor Softball.

Speaking about the appointment, Softball Ireland President Colum Lavery said “I was delighted when Julie volunteered to take on the role once more. Julie re-introduced indoor softball into Ireland a number of years ago and some of the best attended tournaments were when Julie ran them. Julie will bring her unique infectious positive energy to the tournaments and we look forward to them once more becoming “not to miss events” on the softball calendar.”

DIST 2018 Tournament Details

Tournament Schedule and Indoor Softball Rules may be found by clicking here

Details of how to get to DCU can be found by clicking here

Updates on the tournament or teams seeking players can be found through following the Dublin Indoor Softball Tournament Facebook Page

DIST Schedule Announced

The 2016 Dublin Indoor Softball Tournament Schedule has been announced and is available below. We would ask all team Captains to be in attendance at 0930 for a Rules meeting.

Group 1 Group 2
Hairy Coos Kegs
Oddsox Dodder
Marlay Suspects
Sauce Monsters UCD
GB Drinking Charges
Belfast Packers
Time Home Away Umpire Score Time Home Away Umpire Score Time Home Away Umpire Score
10:00 Suspects Charges Oddsox 10:00 Kegs UCD GB Drinking 10:00 Dodder Packers Sauce Monsters
10:30 Hairy Coos Oddsox Suspects 10:30 Marlay Sauce Monsters Kegs 10:30 GB Drinking Belfast Dodder
11:00 UCD Packers Marlay 11:00 Dodder Charges Hairy Coos 11:00 Suspects Kegs Belfast
11:30 Sauce Monsters Belfast UCD 11:30 Oddsox GB Drinking Packers 11:30 Marlay Hairy Coos Charges
12:00 Kegs Dodder Oddsox 12:00 UCD Suspects GB Drinking 12:00 Charges Packers Sauce Monsters
12:30 GB Drinking Marlay Kegs 12:30 Hairy Coos Sauce Monsters Dodder 12:30 Belfast Oddsox Suspects
13:00 Lunch 13:00 Lunch 13:00 Lunch
13:45 Charges Kegs Hairy Coos 13:45 UCD Dodder Marlay 13:45 Packers Suspects Belfast
14:15 GB Drinking Hairy Coos UCD 14:15 Sauce Monsters Oddsox Charges 14:15 Belfast Marlay Packers
14:45 Dodder Suspects Oddsox 14:45 Packers Kegs Sauce Monsters 14:45 Charges UCD GB Drinking
15:15 Oddsox Marlay Kegs 15:15 Hairy Coos Belfast Dodder 15:15 Sauce Monsters GB Drinking Suspects
Semi Final
16:00 16:00 16:00
1st Grp 2 2nd Grp 1 1st Grp 1 2nd Grp 2 3rd Grp 1 3rd Grp 2
16:30 16:30 16:30
4th Grp 2 4th Grp 1 5th Grp 1 5th Grp 2 6th Grp 2 6th Grp 1
17:00

12 Teams Confirmed for Dublin Indoor Softball Tournament

Softball Ireland are delighted to confirm that entries for the Dublin Indoor Softball Tournament on Saturday January 30, 2016 are now closed.

12 teams are confirmed, three from the UK, for what promises to be a great day of ball.

If any Player wishes to play but has not got a team, please contact Brian at brian@softball.ie and  he will direct you to any team in need of a Player.

Thank you for all your support and the schedule will be announced on Wednesday.

2016 Dublin Indoor Softball Tournament

Confirmed for January 30, 2016 – Entries Open

The 2016 DIST, Dublin Indoor Softball Tournament, will take place in ALSAA, Dublin on Saturday 30th January, 2016.

The cost of the tournament will be €120 per team and umpires will be provided but you will still have to score a couple of games. Once all teams have been confirmed the schedule will be sent out in the week of the tournament.

To enter a team please forward your team name and contact details to brian@softball.ie and arrange to pay a €60 deposit (or the full amount if you want) transferred to the account details provided Brian on confirmation of your entry. The closing date for entries and receipt of your deposit is January 15, 2016.

Teams who played in the Winter Indoor Softball Tournament will be prioritized for spots!!!

We look forward to seeing you on the day…

Dublin Indoor Softball Tournament – January 30, 2016

2016 Dublin Indoor Softball Tournament – Confirmed for January 30, 2016 – Entries Open

The 2016 DIST, Dublin Indoor Softball Tournament, will take place in ALSAA, Dublin on Saturday 30th January, 2016.

The cost of the tournament will be €120 per team and umpires will be provided but you will still have to score a couple of games. Once all teams have been confirmed the schedule will be sent out in the week of the tournament.

To enter a team please forward your team name and contact details to brian@softball.ie and arrange to pay a €60 deposit (or the full amount if you want) transferred to the account details provided Brian on confirmation of your entry. The closing date for entries and receipt of your deposit is January 15, 2016.

Teams who played in the Winter Indoor Softball Tournament will be prioritized for spots!!!

We look forward to seeing you on the day…