Today’s home games from the NLA-Team against the Sissach Frogs and from the NLB-Team against the Zürich Lions had to be canceled due to rain. No make-up dates have been announced so far.
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Softball and Cadets games postponed
The Softball games between the Challengers and the Luzern Eagles and the U15-Cadets games against the Lions/BTE and the Devils/Vikings at Embrach scheduled for Saturday have been washed out. The fields were in no condition to Play on. Next up for the ladies is a night game against the Zürich Barracudas on Thursday, June 16 at 6.30 pm at the Klopstockwiese.
Continue Reading » Softball and Cadets games postponedSoftball home games cancelled
The softball home games against the Wil Devils scheduled for Sunday, May 29 have been cancelled due to rain and an unplayable field. A make-up date has not been announced so far.
Continue Reading » Softball home games cancelledChallengers sweep Bandits
The Challengers won twice on Saturday, May 27 against the newest member of the NLA, the Jona Bandits. Game 1 was a one-sided affair, as the C’s posted a 18-2 victory. Six players delivered two hits, while Jesus Martinez and Kurt Kovac drove in three runs apiece and Tobias Siegrist scored four times. Kovac pitched three innings out of the bullpen for the win. And the Challengers stayed focused in Game 2 as well, cruising to a 20-5 win. Their next opponent will be more difficult to beat. The C’s will host the Sissach Frogs on June 11 at the Heerenschürli ballpark.
Continue Reading » Challengers sweep BanditsU12-Juveniles remain perfect
The youngest team of the Challengers organization opened the weekend successfully on Saturday at Embrach. The U12-Juveniles, who won all of their six games played so far, posted an impressive 11-2 victory over the strong Rümlang Kobras. In the second game of the day against the SG Lions/BTE the C’s had more problems than expected, but finally won 7-4. The Challengers remain perfect with a 8-0 record and are on the way to qualify for this year’s playoffs.
Continue Reading » U12-Juveniles remain perfectSupport the Softball Nationalteam
For the first time in the history of Baseball and Softball in Switzerland the Softball Nationalteam has the possibility to represent Switzerland at the World Championships, that will take place from July 15 till 24 at Surrey, Canada. The Challengers players Simona Cellar and Leandra Simitovic are part of the Swiss roster.
For that the team can worthily represent its country off the field too, the players launched a project on the crowdfunding platform I believe in you, which is the most successful crowdfunding platform in the world. I believe in you was founded by the Swiss olympic athletes Mike Kurt (canoe) and Fabian Kauter (fencing) and the online-specialist Philipp Furrer.
The players bear a big part of the costs for the trip, practice games and practices. In addition to that they also have to pay for the equipment. With your support you are helping the Swiss Softball Nationalteam to make their dream come true.
Further informations about the project and how to support the team are available at I believe in you.
Sedin joins the Challengers
Rob Sedin, the new Challengers head coach, arrived in Zurich and will begin to work with the teams today. It is already the fifth season for Sedin with the Challengers, but his first as their skipper. James Sanders, who is also the Swiss Nationalteam head coach, will be the Assistant Coach.
As a player Sedin was very successful with the C’s over the last four years. He recorded a .391 batting average with 37 doubles, 6 triples, 3 homeruns, 77 RBI’s and 127 runs scored in 101 games. He also started 31 games from the mound with a 18-14 record and a 2.65 ERA with 296 strikeouts in 257.2 innings.
Away game postponed
The NLA double header between the Bern Cardinals and the Zurich Challengers scheduled for Saturday, April 16 has been canceled due to bad weather. No make-up date has been announced so far. The next game for the C’s will be their 2016 home opener against the Therwil Flyers on Sunday, April 24 at the Heerenschürli ballpark.
Continue Reading » Away game postponed3rd Win in a row for the Juveniles
The Challengers finished the indoor season in style at the Rümlang indoor tournament that took place on Saturday, March 19. The U12-Juveniles won their third tournament in a row. After a loss in the round robin against the Vikings/Devils the Challengers turned things around in the final game, winning 11-5 against the same opponent. Nick Siemers and Bastian Kämpfer – in the final – delivered homeruns for the C’s.
In the afternoon the U15-Cadets surprisingly clinched a final berth as well. After a 5-5 tie with the Therwil Flyers the Challengers/Bandits posted a 6-3 win over the Vikings/Devils. And even in the final against the Rümlang Kobras the C’s took an early 4-0 lead. But the Kobras fought back to eventually win 8-6. Nonetheless it was the best performance from the Challengers in 2016 so far.
Juveniles win again
The U12-Juveniles confirmed the progress they made over the last few months and won the U12 Category at the 3rd Dreitannen Cup in Olten. The Challengers played three highly concentrated games with good performances with the bats and gloves. The team of head coach Adrian Kämpfer finished in first place with wins over the Therwil Flyers, the Dulliken Truckstar and the Hünenberg Unicorns. After the success in Embrach four weeks ago, this is already the second tournament win of the indoor season. The last indoor tournament of the season will take place on March 19 at Rümlang, before the outdoor season starts on April 2 at Wittenbach.
The U15-Cadets played a good tournament as well, finishing in 3rd place with a 2-2 record. The Challengers posted two wins against the Therwil Flyers and the TruckStar/Hunters and lost to the Hünenberg Unicorns and the Sissach Frogs, who won the tournament. Divianshu Tyagi was responsible for the highlight of the afternoon, as he belted a homerun against the TruckStar/Hunters.