(Story by Marco Stoovelaar)
  Netherlands Softball Team to play 4-game series in Czechia
Nederlands
 NIEUWEGEIN (Neth.) -
The National Softball Teams of the Netherlands and Czechia will play a 4-game friendly series in Prague at end of April.
The series was announced on Thursday (March 28).
On Monday, April 29, the first game of the series will be played at Svoboda Park, the home of SK. Joudrs Praha in Bohnice, which is a neighborhood in the administrative district Prague 8, located in the north of Prague.
That game begins at 7:30 PM.
The next day, Tuesday, the Netherlands and Czechia will meet at the site of SaBaT Praha in Trója, a neigborhoord in the municipal district Trója-Praha, located in the administrative district Prague 7, also in the north of Prague.
This game begins at 5 PM.
On Wednesday, May 1, the two teams will play a double-header at the site of Spectrum Praha in Černę Most, a subdivision in the north-east of Prague, located in the administrative district Prague 14.
The first game begins at 2:00 PM, the second at 5 PM.
Last year, the two teams played a series of four games at three locations in the Netherlands.
The Orange-squad won all four games, which were played in Hoofddorp, Rotterdam and Soest.
For the Netherlands, the upcoming series is part of its preparations for two big, important events later in the year.
In July, the team is one of eight teams to participate in the WBSC Women's Softball World Cup Finals (World Championship) in Italy.
In September, the Netherlands will defend the title in the Women's Softball European Championship.
That tournament, which also includes Czechia, will be organized in the Netherlands at the sites of UVV (Vleuten), Nieuwegein Diamonds (Nieuwegein) and Centrals (De Bilt).
(March 28)
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