Leeds Softball Tournament 2025

Past tournament

Date and time: 28th & 29th June 2025
Type: Tournament, League co-ed slowpitch tournament, Open co-ed slowpitch
Venue: West Park Rugby Club, The Sycamores, Leeds LS16 9JR
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Bombers celebrate winning the LSA league 2025 — Burderop Bombers 2025 Silver Cup Winners

The review

Leeds Main Tournament returns in sizzling style

A scorching weekend with temperatures in the 28-30 Celsius range saw teams from Bristol, London, Manchester, Swindon and Leeds at the West Park RUFC grounds in Bramhope, Leeds. This venue was last used by the Leeds league approximately 15 years ago – and it was a delight to be back. Teams commented on the good quality of the pitches, especially the use of astro turf in the batter boxes preserving them over the hot weekend.

Some side event olympics were run on the main field near pitches 1, 2 and 3, featuring a pitching competition into a washing machine drum (Mike from BAM aced this), fastest base running (Rohan from BAM was lightening!) and fastest throws between bases from home and back again (Bobcats won this event).

Bronze and Silver divisions (8 and 7 teams respectively) played in an initial round robin to place teams into upper and lower brackets, with Bronze playing an elimination bracket and placing games, and Silver playing a second round robin in upper (4 teams) and lower (3 teams) brackets.

Burderop Bombers dominated Silver, winning all their games and taking home the upper Silver trophy, truly an unstoppable team all weekend. Similarly Manchester Stingers commanded Bronze, winning all their games and taking home the upper Bronze trophy. In lower Silver, Bobcats and Thunder II enjoyed close games all weekend finishing with a tense final with Bobcats claiming victory, and even seeing the tournament controller step in to pitch the last few innings! In Lower Bronze Nottingham Tigers and Badgers fought out a tough final seeing Tigers as the eventual winners.

Thanks go to the tournament organisers for an enjoyable and well-run weekend, as well to the umpires for their fair appraisal of the games. Post-tournament group chats were filled with lots of positive comments from players and umpires alike. The Leeds tournament organisers are already planning next year’s fun – see you there!

Bobcats celebrate winning the Silver Plate — Bobcats Silver Plate Winners

On the day

Teams on the pitch

Bombers softball team group photo in orange kit

Hackers softball team group photo in dark kit

Bobcats softball team group photo in pink kit

Tigers softball team in orange kit group photo

Stingers softball team in yellow kit group photo

Dales team group photo in green and red kits, players in kneeling and standing rows on a grass field

Splash softball team in rainbow kit group photo

Badgers softball team group photo outdoors

Liverbirds softball team group photo on field

Prize giving

The winners

Stingers team players in yellow and black kit collecting their prize at the Leeds tournament ceremony

Thunder team players collecting their prize under a marquee at the Leeds tournament ceremony

Group of players and organisers under a marquee at the Leeds tournament prize ceremony

Tigers team players receiving their prize under a marquee at the Leeds tournament ceremony

Bobcats players collecting the plate winners prize under a marquee at the Leeds tournament

Bombers team players collecting winners prize under a marquee at the Leeds tournament ceremony

Hackers team representatives collecting runners-up prize under a marquee at the Leeds tournament ceremony

Rhi and Matt posing under a marquee at a prize ceremony, Rhi holding a trophy

For the record

How entry worked in 2025

Levels: Bronze was for rookie and developing teams (C/D grade – no NSL1 or 2, max 2 NSL3 players); Silver for more experienced rec teams (B/C grade – no NSL1, max 2 NSL2 players, no NSL3 restrictions); Gold for Comp teams (A/B grade – no NSL restrictions).

Cost: £320 per team, payable as a £60 deposit plus the £260 balance, or in full up front. Individual scratch-team places were also available.

Staying over: no camping on site, but teams booked hotels nearby including the Premier Inn Headingley, the Britannia Hotel and Mercure Leeds Parkway, or found options on AirBnB.