2015 Winners – 25th Anniversary
- Updated: July 6, 2015
Edinburgh Festiball celebrates 25th Anniversary with whiskey
A beautiful sunny weekend provided the setting for the 25th anniversary edition of the Edinburgh Festiball, held on 28-29 August at Peffermill Fields in Edinburgh.
Thirty-two teams took part – 12 Comp and 20 Rec – and awards were given for eight different competitions named after Scottish whiskeys.
All players received a special memento from the tournament (shown on the right), and former BASU Umpire of the Year Jeff Robinson flew over from Doha to be part of the umpire crew.
Grand Final
The Grand Final, between the Manchester Greensox and the Battle Cruisers, a mix of players from Pioneers and Blue Steel, was a great game watched by around 200 spectators, who participated in the fun between innings by running up and down withscoreboards in exchange for beer.
The Battle Cruisers led 6 – 0 until the fourth inning, but Greensox came back to tie the game with a series of solid base hits. The Cruisers pulled ahead by one, the Sox tied the game again, but the Cruisers took the lead with three runs in the top of the seventh inning, only to see the Greensox come back and score the four they needed to win. The final tally was 12-11.
Competitive Level
GLENGOYNE
Final: Manchester Greensox 12, London Battle Cruisers 11
MVPs: Sadie Hamilton (Battle Cruisers and Leo Hernandez (Greensox).
GLENLIVET
Final: Rally Caps (Edinburgh) 12, Terriers (Leeds) 10
MVPs: Ellie Lane (Terriers) and Brandon Nihmey (Rally Caps).
GLENMORANGIE
Final: KKs (London) 13, Cheeky Monkeys (Bristol) 8
MVPs: Caroline Meads and Jeff Unsworth (KKs).
Recreational Level
BEN RIACH
Final: Fish (Manchester) 9, Honey Badgers (Glasgow) 6
MVPs: Sherry Kenyon and Carl McCarthy (Fish).
BOWMORE
Final: Fechin Focialas (Edinburgh) 8, Lucky Strikes (Bristol) 7
MVPs: Lindi Smith and Andrew Owens (Fechin Focialas).
GLEN GARIOCH
Final: Mavsmix (Manchester) 17, Dazzlers (London) 15
MVPs: Kayleigh Chamberlain (Mavsmix) and Gregor McMaster (Dazzlers).
GLEN MORAY
Final: Capitals (Edinburgh) 19, Demons (Edinburgh) 7,
MVPs: Tara and Dan Hertzfeldt (Capitals).
TOBERMORY
Final: MouseRats (London) 18, Forgers (Edinburgh) 10
MVPs: Emma Ko and Joe Hippensteel (Mouserats).
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