The Challengers finished the 18th Zurich Spring Tournament at the Heerenschürli ballpark in third place with a 1-2 record. The C’s lost both games on Saturday, so they were out of the race for the title early on. In the opener the C’s have been edged in the last frame by the tournament’s co-host Zürich Barracudas 3-2, later in the afternoon the C’s lost to the Dominican All Stars as well, this time with a score of 3-6. The Dominicans won their second game against the Herrenberg Wanderers from Germany and with the Barracudas doing the same, both teams clinched the final berth on Saturday already.
 
On Sunday the Challengers played their last game against the Wanderers and the C’s posted a 10-3 victory, their first in 2015. In the final the Dominican All Stars led 5-2 in the last inning, but the Barracudas rallied for four runs to walk away with the trophy for the fourth time in tournament’s history and for the first time since 2008 with a 6-5 victory.

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The SG TruckStar/Challengers played at the Therwil Indoor Tournament on Sunday, March 15.  The U12-Juveniles finished in third place, while the U15-Cadets arrived in fourth place. Both categories have been won by the Neuenburg Atomics from Germany. The last indoor tournament for the Juniors will take place on Saturday, March 21 at Rümlang. (Photo TruckStar)

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The Challengers Juniors played with the Dulliken TruckStar at their Indoor Tournament at the Stadthalle Olten on Sunday, March 8. The SG TruckStar/Challengers finished in fourth place in the U12-Juveniles category, that was played in the morning, while the U15-Cadets finished in second place with a 3-1 record in the afternoon. The SG TruckStar/Challengers/Cardinals beat the Unicorns/Eagles, the Thun Hunters and the Therwil Flyers and lost only to the reigning Swiss Champion Rümlang Kobras by a score of 3-5. The next indoor tournament will take place on Sunday, March 15 at Therwil.

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Die Challengers empfangen die Bern Cardinals am Samstag, 26. Juni im Stadion Heerenschürli. Die Challengers werden versuchen ihr Punktekonto im Kampf um die Playoffplätze zu äufnen. Die beiden Teams standen sich bereits am 24. April ein erstes Mal in dieser Saison gegenüber. Dabei gewannen die Bundesstädter beide Partien. Die Spiele beginnen um 11.00 und 14.00 Uhr.
 
Das Softball-Team reist am Samstag, 26. Juni nach Therwil, wo es auf den amtierenden Schweizer Meister Therwil Flyers trifft. Spielbeginn ist um 11.00 und 13.30 Uhr in Therwil Känelmatt II.
 

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The Softball-Team will open its campaign against their cross-town rivals Zurich Barracudas on Sunday, April 18 at Rümlang. After the Hünenberg Unicorns withdrew from the championship just two days before the opening weekend, just seven teams will remain and the Swiss Baseball and Softball Federation has to work out a new schedule. The teams will newly play two double headers against each other, what will increase the amount of games in the qualification round to 24 for each team. Before knowing when they will play their next games, the C’s  will start into the 2010 season with a classical derby. The games start at 11am and 1.30 pm at Rümlang Rümelbach.

Weiterlesen » Ladies open season against Barracudas

Tobias Siegrist earned his third MVP award, as he was presented with the trophy at the General Assembly on January 11. Siegrist led the Challengers with 20 RBI’s, 25 hits and 18 runs scored. He also finished second in doubles with 9, homers with 2, stolen bases with 10, batting average with .357, on-base percentage with .459 and slugging percentage with .571. Jesus Martinez set team-leading marks with five homers, a .367 batting average, a .474 on-base percentage and a .733 slugging percentage and finished second with 17 RBI’s, 22 hits and 16 runs scored, earning him the Best Batter award. Thomas Burger walked away with his second Best Pitcher award after receiving the trophy already in 2006, going 4-5 with a 4.47 ERA and 53 strikeouts in 54.1 innings pitched.

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The winter practice for the Zurich Challengers Softball Team starts at October 21 and takes place every TUESDAY from 6pm till 7.45pm at the Turnhalle Lavater at the Schulhausstrasse 1 in Zurich-Enge (Tram 7 to Museum Rietberg).
Das Wintertraining für das Zürich Challengers Softball Team beginnt am 21. Oktober und findet jeden DIENSTAG von 18.00-19.45 Uhr in der Turnhalle Lavater an der Schulhausstr. 1 in Zürich-Enge statt (Tram 7 bis Museum Rietberg).

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The Softball-Team travels to the Bulgarian city of Dupnitsa, where they will participate at this year’s Softball European Cup Winners Cup Women B from September 1 till 6. The C’s will play against Mladost Scorpions from Croatia, Evriali Glyfadas from Greece, Odense Giants from Denmark and the Bulgarian team Athletic Sofia. They will play a double round robin, the top four will move into the Final Round which will be played with the page system.
Further informations:Schedule 
Official Tournament Homepage 

Weiterlesen » Ladies travel to Bulgaria

The Softball-Team (9-1) will face their 2007 playoff semi-final opponent the Bern Cardinals (4-6) on Saturday, July 5 at the Klopstockwiese. The Cards need at least one win to keep their playoff hopes alive, while the C’s would clinch first place after the preeliminary round with two victories over the Cards. The games start at 11am and 1.30pm.

Weiterlesen » Ladies face Cards at the Klopstockwiese

The Challengers finish in third place at the Qualifier European Cup Tournament at Brest, Belarus with a 3-2 record. James Sanders was credited with the win and the save, while Tobias Siegrist belted two triples and drove in a game-high five runs, as the Challengers posted a 12-8 victory over BK Vilnius from Lithuania on Friday, June 20 in what was their final game of the tournament. The Ukrainian champion KNTU Kirovograd won the best-of-three final series 2-1 against the host Brest Zubrs. Meanwhile the Swiss champion Bern Cardinals won the Qualifier Tournament at Brno, Czech Republic. After reaching the final with a perfect 5-0 record the Cards sweeped Kranjski Lisjaki from Slovenia in the best-of-three final series. It is for the first time ever that a Swiss team has won a Qualifier Tournament. Further informations: Schedule 

Weiterlesen » C’s beat BK Vilnius, finish in Third Place