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GB Fall Just Short as France Claims U18 European Semi-Final Spot

GB Fall Just Short as France Claims U18 European Semi-Final Spot - British Baseball Federation It was close and chaotic but ultimately GB couldn’t beat France to claim a semi-final spot in the European U18 Championship in Ronchi. Starter Luke Donaldson went two and a third, giving up one run and fanning four batters. Jacob Henry and Ben Peters followed on the mound before James Parmet went ...

World Baseball Classic Memorabilia

Over the next 12 months a range of memorabilia from the World Baseball Classic will go to auction with all funds going to the Great Britain Baseball Programme.

The items will include signed and non-signed jerseys and well as a range of signed bats from the 2026 WBC.

In addition, a range of vintage GB gear will also be up for auction.

With the WBSC Women’s World Cup Qualifier due in August, the first batch has been made available for the GB Women’s national Team and can be found at https://app.galabid.com/gb-womens-national-b/items

Following this auction, new auctions will be held to benefit the U18s, U15s and U12s in time to support the teams in 2027 as they prepare for international competition.

“Players in the GB Programme make a massive financial and time commitment and it is only right that we should find ways of supporting them,” said Glen Robertson, the BBF National Teams Programme Officer. “I want to thank the generosity of the players and staff who were part of the 2026 WBC team who have contributed signed items to this initiative.”

It was close but ultimately GB couldn’t beat France to claim a semi-final spot in the European U18 Championship in Ronchi. Report to follow.

GB now faces two ranking games to decide their eventual place in the tournament standings.

After a rain delay we are underway in Ronchi against France with a place in the U-18 European Championships Semi-Finals at stake

It was always going to be tough for Great Britain’s U18 squad to face unbeaten hosts Italy under the lights in Trieste, but the Brits battled hard to take an early lead behind Calvin Musil before ultimately running out of gas and losing in six innings by a score of 16-6.

https://britishbaseball.org.uk/gb-u18s-unable-to-hold-off-italy-in-trieste/

GB fall to Italy in Game 4 of the U-18 European Championships. Game report to follow.

Game 4 of the U-18 European Championships is underway in Trieste as GB face hosts Italy.

Follow the scores https://www.wbsceurope.org/en/events/2026-u-18-eurobaseball/schedule-and-results/box-score/200694

Or watch the game via PPV at https://baseballeurope.tv/

GB secured their second mercy rule win against a Hungarian team who had themselves beaten Austria the day before. Once again it was a combination of solid pitching and base stealing that secured the win, but this time the bats came out with a Sam White homer and triples by Ben Sclafini and Griff Franklin.

https://britishbaseball.org.uk/battista-dominates-as-gb-rout-hungary/

Here is how GB lineup for Game 3 of the U-18 European Championships against Hungary this morning

Smart base stealing and a dominant relief outing by Ben Peters were the keys to GB notching their first win in the U18 European Championship in Ronchi. They beat Israel by a mercy rule 14-4 over six innings, helped by 13 stolen bases in the 32 degree heat of the northern Italian venue.

https://britishbaseball.org.uk/gb-bounce-back-with-14-4-mercy-rule-win-over-israel/

Tomorrow GB face Hungary in Trieste at 9.30am