Softball Ulster hosted 12 teams for the Start of Season Blitz on April 23 at Hydebank Playing Fields. The tournament began with a morning round-robin session in groups, followed by afternoon games for final placement BSC2, one of Belfast Softball Club’s entries, won the blitz by beating another of the club’s entries, BSC1, with a score of 14-11 in the first-place game. The tournament’s women’s and men’s MVPs were Lauren from the Belfast Sliders and Kleiver from the Bangor Buccanneers, respectively.
The final standings for the blitz were as follows:
| Place | Team |
| 1 | BSC2 (Belfast Softball Club) |
| 2 | BSC1 (Belfast Softball Club) |
| 3 | Belfast Cubs |
| 4 | Average Joes (Softball Leinster) |
| 5 | Belfast Sliders |
| 6 | BSC3 (Belfast Softball Club) |
| 7 | Lisburn Hawks (Lisburn Softball Club) |
| 8 | Bangor Buccanneers (North Down Softball Club) |
| 9 | Belfast Angels |
| 10 | Newtownabbey Phoenix |
| 11 | Bangor Barracudas (North Down Softball Club) |
| 12 | Lisburn Eagles (Lisburn Softball Club) |
During the blitz, the Newtownabbey Phoenix, Softball Ulster’s newest team, played their first competitive matches and earned their first win as a club. Additionally, the Softball Leinster team Average Joes traveled from Dublin to participate in the blitz.
