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Softball Ulster AGM to be held 26 November; Nominations for Council and other positions required
The Softball Ulster Annual General Meeting is scheduled for 26 November and will be held in person at 7 p.m. at The Doyen in Belfast.
All SU members are invited and welcome to attend. Quorum rules agreed on at last year’s AGM will be implemented for this meeting; the new rules give each team one single vote at the AGM. At least half the league’s teams must be represented at the AGM for a quorum to be achieved.
An agenda has been distributed to the SU membership: of special note are the open positions on the council that will be voted on at the AGM. The following positions will be voted on at the AGM:
Council Positions (2-year term)
- Treasurer
- Secretary
- Media Officer
Other Positions
- Representative to the Softball Ireland board
- Representative to the Softball Ireland AGM
- Auditor for 2023 season accounts
Home Run Derby Raises £240 for Cancer Research UK
Softball Ulster is excited to share that this season’s Home Run Derby has raised £240 in entry fees, which have been donated to support Cancer Research UK’s breast cancer and leukemia research.
We extend our sincere thanks to the SU players who made this donation possible.
Brawlers win Division A; Angels win Division B
The SU league season finished on Sunday, 3 September, and with all league games having been played, the winners of each SU division can now be announced.
In Division A, the Brawlers finished with a 9-1 record, two games better than the second-place team, the Belfast Cubs. For the Brawlers, this is their ninth league title and second in a row. They were rewarded with Softball Ulster’s entry at the Softball Ireland National Club Championship (SINCC), the annual playoff between the representatives from each Softball Ireland region, where they narrowly lost to the Galway Tribes and then finished the playoff with a second loss to the Dodder Dynamoes.
The Belfast Angels won Division B, completing a perfect 10-0 season. It was an impressive result for the Angels, marking a solid comeback from the 2020 and 2021 seasons, when the team did not participate in competitive matches within the Softball Ulster league. With their first place finish in SU’s second division, the Angels have earned a spot in the league’s new promotion/relegation game. The Smokin’ Aces, Division A’s last-place team, will play the Angels on 17 September, with the winner earning a guaranteed place in Division A for the 2024 season.