{"id":1347,"date":"2019-08-28T11:28:35","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T10:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/festiball.com\/?p=1347"},"modified":"2019-08-28T11:29:55","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T10:29:55","slug":"2019-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/festiball.com\/?p=1347","title":{"rendered":"2019 Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Travelling Dodgers win Grand Final at sweltering Edinburgh Festiball<\/h4>\n<p>Tue 27 Aug 2019<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishsoftball.org\/uploads\/_images\/Images\/Festiball Crowd 1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The 29th Edinburgh Festival was played over an extremely hot Bank Holiday weekend on 24-25 August at Peffermill Playing Fields under the towering Arthur\u2019s Seat.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament is split into three levels, and this year eight teams played at Competitive level, eight teams at Intermediate level and 12 teams at Recreational level.<\/p>\n<p>The Grand Final, played as always in front of a large crowd, was won by the Travelling Dodgers, this year\u2019s NSL1 league winners, who defeated the Manchester Mavericks by a score of 23-14.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the full results:<\/p>\n<h2>Competitive<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishsoftball.org\/uploads\/_images\/Images\/Festiball Dodgers.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cup Winner:<\/strong>\u00a0 Travelling Dodgers (UK)<br \/>\n<strong>Cup Runner-up:<\/strong>\u00a0 Mavericks (Manchester)<br \/>\n<strong>Final:<\/strong>\u00a0 Travelling Dodgers 23, Mavericks 14<br \/>\n<strong>MVPs:<\/strong>\u00a0 Jade Shaw and Justin Maddis (Travelling Dodgers)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Plate Winner:<\/strong>\u00a0 Honey Badgers (Glasgow)<br \/>\n<strong>Plate Runner-up:<\/strong>\u00a0 Bombers (Liverpool\/Manchester)<br \/>\n<strong>Final:\u00a0<\/strong> Honey Badgers 17, Bombers 3<br \/>\n<strong>MVPs:<\/strong>\u00a0 Deb Wilson and Tyler Spence (Honey Badgers)<\/p>\n<h2>Intermediate<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishsoftball.org\/uploads\/_images\/Images\/Festiball Misfits.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Blackford Cup Winner:<\/strong>\u00a0 Misfits (East Midlands)<br \/>\n<strong>Blackford Cup Runner-up:\u00a0<\/strong> Sharks (Liverpool)<br \/>\n<strong>Final:\u00a0<\/strong> Misfits 21, Sharks 4<br \/>\n<strong>MVPs:<\/strong>\u00a0 Katie Jessop and Nicholas Kaczmierczag (Misfits)<br \/>\nBoth these teams had stepped up a level from the previous season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blackford Plate Winner:\u00a0<\/strong> Dazzlers (London)<br \/>\n<strong>Blackford Plate Runner-up:\u00a0<\/strong> Camels (Manchester)<br \/>\n<strong>Final:<\/strong>\u00a0 Dazzlers 10, Camels 7<br \/>\n<strong>MVPs: <\/strong>Suzi Hall and Herling Alvarez (Dazzlers)<\/p>\n<h2>Recreational<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishsoftball.org\/uploads\/_images\/Images\/Festiball Gladiators.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Calton Cup Winner:\u00a0 <\/strong>Gladiators (Jersey)<br \/>\n<strong>Calton Cup Runner-up:\u00a0<\/strong> Maidenhead Royals (Windsor)<br \/>\n<strong>Final:\u00a0<\/strong> Gladiators 4, Maidenhead Royals 3<br \/>\n<strong>MVPs:<\/strong>\u00a0 Liz Warner (Maidenhead Royals) and Mat Satchell (Gladiators)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Calton Trophy Winner:\u00a0 <\/strong>Soft Boiled (London)<br \/>\n<strong>Calton Trophy Runner-up:\u00a0<\/strong> Beavers (London)<br \/>\n<strong>Final:<\/strong>\u00a0 Soft Boiled 22, Beavers 4<br \/>\n<strong>MVPs:\u00a0<\/strong> Fiona Shannon (Soft Boiled) and Matt Delima (Beavers)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Calton Plate Winner:\u00a0 <\/strong>Lucky Strikes (Bristol)<br \/>\n<strong>Calton Plate Runner-up:\u00a0<\/strong> Fockers (Glasgow)<br \/>\n<strong>Final:<\/strong>\u00a0 Lucky Strikes 13, Fockers 9<br \/>\n<strong>MVPs:\u00a0<\/strong> Anna Sehn (Fockers) and Tom Russell (Lucky Strikes)<\/p>\n<h4>Live-streaming<\/h4>\n<p>The Grand Final at the tournament between the Travelling Dodgers and Manchester was live-streamed and can be seen <a href=\"https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/story.php?story_fbid=10156789595259387&amp;id=690604386\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Travelling Dodgers win Grand Final at sweltering Edinburgh Festiball Tue 27 Aug 2019 The 29th Edinburgh Festival was played over an extremely hot Bank Holiday weekend on 24-25 August at Peffermill Playing Fields under the towering Arthur\u2019s Seat. 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