With the regular season coming to a close, LSL teams looked forward to their Summerball tournament as another opportunity to win some silverware. 32 teams took to Regents Park and for the most part the rain held off, giving teams a fabulous day of softball.
In the top tier – Dingers – Mescalitos unsurprisingly won the main competition, and the plate competition was won by Mobinos, a combination of The Mob and Ninos. In the Gophers grade, Oddsox were worthy champions, once again continuing their regular season form, with the Swinging Chargers taking home the plate trophy. In the Slammers division Meteors Mash stepped up a grade and managed to hold their own, winning every game on the way to the trophy, with Bat to the Future finishing strongly to win the plate. In the Taters competition, Diamond Dogs won the cup, sneaking past plate champions Beavers in the group stages.
Most of the LSL regular season games are completed, with just a handful of rainout makeup games still to take place. In the Red (top) grade, Mescalitos and MI6 were winners of the two pools, MI6’s sole loss to second place Meteors Black.
White grade has a number of games still to play but Oddsox and Soft Boiled are the two winners. Soft Boiled’s only loss was to Raiders Gold, and OddSox’s only loss was to Finsbury Dazzlers.
In the Gold grade there was a three way tie between Base Jumpers, Raiders Red and Pimlico Buccaneers, although Base Jumpers came out on top on tie breakers. The other pool was similarly tight, with The Mafia coming out eventual winners with some strong early performances carrying them.
The Blue grade had two very strong teams in Meteors Mash and the new development team Battitude. Battitude started 6-0 including a week 1 win to Meteors Mash but in week 7, Meteors got their revenge. Both teams still have a game outstanding, so nothing is confirmed yet, but the smart money would be on a tie at the top of Blue grade.
The committee would like to thank everyone who played softball this season and hope that you enjoyed the season as much as we did. Further information about an end of season social will be revealed shortly.