(Story by Marco Stoovelaar)
 International Men Softball Tournament coming weekend at Spikes
Nederlands
 SPIJKENISSE (Neth.) -
In the upcoming Easter Weekend, Spikes will organize the first edition of the international Easter Cup Tournament on its home site in Spijkenisse with games being played on Saturday (March 26) and Sunday (March 27).
Participating in the tournament are Gladsaxe Softball Club (Denmark), two teams of Žraloci Ledenice (Czech Republic), Le Thillay Softball Club (France), the Netherlands National B-Team, Dutch vice-champion BioSilk Quick Amersfoort, Adegeest (Netherlands) and host Spikes.
All teams have players on their rosters, who also play for the National Teams of their respective countries, making its a very interested and strong tournament.
The eight teams will be divided into two Pools.
Playing in Pool A are Adegeest, Ledenice 2, Quick and Spikes.
Playing in Pool B are Gladsaxe, Ledenice 1, Le Thillay and Netherlands.
For the tournament, an international group of umpires has been appointed led by Umpire-in-Chief Bert Loggen.
Included in the experienced umpiring crew are Sara Dielen, Britt Nielandt, Benny Van Nuffel (all Belgium), Megan Hylton (Germany), Mariana Prins-Atanasova, Carolien Stadhouders, Gerrit-Jan van der Hoeven and Martin Lemstra (all Netherlands).
| Game Schedule Saturday, March 26 | . | Game Schedule Sunday, March 27 |
| Time | Game | . | Time | Game |
| 9:00 AM | Netherlands vs. Ledenice Sharks 1 | . | 10:00 AM | Nr. 3 Pool B vs. Nr. 4 Pool A (G1) |
| 9:15 AM | Spikes vs. Adegeest | . | 10:15 AM | Nr. 3 Pool A vs. Nr. 4 Pool B (G2) |
| 10:45 AM | Quick Amersfoort vs. Ledenice Sharks 2 | . | 11:45 AM | Nr. 1 Pool B vs. Nr. 2 Pool A (G3) |
| 11:00 AM | Gladsaxe vs. Le Thillay | . | 12:00 PM | Nr. 1 Pool A vs. Nr. 2 Pool B (G4) |
| 12:30 PM | Adegeest vs. Quick Amersfoort | . | 1:30 PM | Loser G1 vs. Loser G2 (7th/8th place) |
| 12:45 PM | Ledenice Sharks 1 vs. Gladsaxe | . | 1:45 PM | Winner G 1 vs. Winner G2 (5th/6th place) |
| 2:15 PM | Ledenice Sharks 2 vs. Spikes | . | 3:15 PM | Loser G3 vs. Loser G4 (3rd/4th place) |
| 2:30 PM | Le Thillay vs. Netherlands | . | 3:30 PM | Winner G3 vs. Winner G4 (Final) |
| 4:00 PM | Netherlands vs. Gladsaxe | . | |
| 4:15 PM | Spikes vs. Quick Amersfoort | . | |
| 5:45 PM | Ledenice Sharks 1 vs. Le Thillay | . | |
| 6:00 PM | Adegeest vs. Ledenice Sharks 2 | . | |
(March 24)
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