(Story by Marco Stoovelaar)
 Coming weekend Mastenbroek and Keistad Tournament
Nederlands
  ENSCHEDE / AMERSFOORT (Neth.) -
Last weekend, the annual Midden-Nederland Cup was held again at the site of Hilversum Hurricanes in Loosdrecht and won by Silver League-team Centrals.
Coming weekend, the next two tournaments are scheduled, giving teams the opportunity to prepare for the upcoming season that opens on Saturday, April 15.
On Friday-evening, the 34th edition of the J.C.J. Mastenbroek Tournament opens with the softball-tournament at the site of Tex Town Tigers in Enschede.
Participating are all six teams from the Golden League, being Oolders Omaco Sparks Haarlem, Terrasvogels, DSS, FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem, host Tex Town Tigers and Roef!, which last year promoted to the highest division.
The six Golden League-teams will be joined by De Glaskoning Twins, which last year relegated from the big league, Joudrs Praha (Czech Republic) and the National Teams of Germany and Switzerland.
The event opens on Friday-evening at 7:30 PM with the match-up between Tex Town Tigers and Terrasvogels.
On Saturday, the first games wil begin at 10 AM.
On Sunday, the third day begins at 9 AM and ends with the Final, which is scheduled to begin at 4 PM.
On Saturday and Sunday, there also will be a baseball-tournament as part of the Mastenbroek Tournament.
On Saturday, the one-day Keistad Tournament will take place again at the site of XLLease Quick Amersfoort.
Participating in the seventh edition of the women softball tournament will be Onze Gezellen, UVV, Twins-2, Caribe, Royal Greys (Belgium) and host Quick Amerfoort.
The first games on Saturday begin at 9:30 AM.
The Final will begin at 4:30 PM.
Besides the women-tournament, there also will be a tournament for men softball.
Dutch reigning championQuick Amersfoort, which last year also won an European Cup, will be joined by Adegeest, Spikes and Hoboken Pioneers (Belgium).
Also on Saturday, there will be a baseball-tournament in Amersfoort.
A week later, the final two tournament are scheduled, the Jan de Wit Tournament at the site of Olympia Haarlem and the Haarlem Series at the site of Onze Gezellen, both in Haarlem.
(March 29)
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