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The summer practice for the Zurich Challengers Softball Team starts in April and takes place every Tuesday and every Thursday from 6pm till 8pm at the Klopstockwiese in Zurich-Enge. The Klopstockwiese is right at the corner of Bederstrasse and Klopstockstrasse (Tram 5 & 13, Bus 33 to Waffenplatzstrasse).
Das Sommertraining für das Zürich Challengers Softball Team beginnt im April und findet jeden Dienstag und jeden Donnerstag von 18.00 – 20.00 Uhr auf der Klopstockwiese in Zürich Enge statt. Die Klopstockwiese befindet sich an der Ecke Bederstrasse/Klopstockstrasse (Tram 5 & 13, Bus 33 bis Waffenplatzstrasse).
Summer Practice 2014
Juniors play indoor tournament at Olten
On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Truck Star Dulliken our partner team organizes the 1st Baseball Indoor Tournament at Olten on Sunday, March 9.
The U12-Juveniles from the TruckStar/Challengers will face the Hünenberg Unicorns, Rümlang Kobras and Wittenbach Vikings starting at 9.00 am against the Unicorns.
The U15-Cadets will play the Cardinals/Frogs, Hünenberg Unicorns and Thun Hunters beginning at 1.15pm. All games will be played at Stadthalle Kleinholz at Olten.
Junioren spielten in Therwil
Die Challengers Junioren bestritten zusammen mit den Dulliken TruckStar am Sonntag, 16. Februar das Hallenturnier in Therwil. Sowohl die U12-Juveniles als auch die U15-Cadets beendeten das Turnier im vierten Rang, wobei die U12-Juveniles den einzigen Sieg für die SG TruckStar/Challengers erzielen konnten.
Für die Juveniles spielten (links): Dominik Leonhardt, Bastian Kämpfer, Noam Blickenstorfer, Elia Martinez, Florin Kämpfer. – Für die Cadets spielten (rechts): Robin Gisin, Jeffrey Pomuceno, Rintaro Onishi, Bastian Kämpfer, Dominik Leonhardt. Coach: Adrian Kämpfer. (Fotos: TruckStar)
Juniors travel to Therwil on Sunday
The U12-Juveniles and the U15-Cadets will participate at their second indoor tournament of the season on Sunday, February 16 at the 8th Baseball Indoor Tournament at Therwil. The Challengers will play together with the Dulliken TruckStar. All games will be played at the 99-er Sporthalle (Mühlebodenschulhaus, Schulgasse 1, 4106 Therwil).
The U12-Juveniles will face the Therwil Flyers, Rümlang Kobras and the Neuenburg Atomics from Germany. The first game for the SG TruckStar/Challengers will start at 9.55am.
The U15-Cadets will start their tournament at 3.20pm against the Thun Hunters and will also play the Neuenburg Atomics and the Therwil Flyers.
Provisional schedule published
The provisional schedule for the 2014 NLA season has been published on February 2. The six teams in the Baseball NLA will play 25 games each and will face every opponent five times. The Challengers will start their season with a double header against their archrival Therwil Flyers the Zurich Barracudas on Sunday, April 6 at the Heerenschürli ballpark.
The Zurich Softball Team with players from the Zurich Barracudas and the Zurich Challengers will open its season on Sunday, April 27 against the Bern Cardinals at Bern. Because of the Softball League has been reduced to five teams, each team will play only 16 regular season games in 2014.
Juniors open indoor season
The U12-Juveniles and the U15-Cadets will open their indoor season on Saturday, February 1 at the Embrach Indoor Baseball Tournament at the Turnhalle Breiti (Schützenhausstr. 20, 8424 Embrach). The Challengers will play together with the Dulliken TruckStar.
The U12-Juveniles will face the Rümlang Kobras, Wittenbach Vikings and Wil Devils. The first game for the SG TruckStar/Challengers will start at 8.30am, the final will be played at 12.30pm.
The U15-Cadets will start their tournament at 1.30pm against the Therwil Flyers and will also play the Black Hawks, Rümlang Kobras and Wil Devils. The final will take place at 6.00pm.
Challengers start winter practice
Though the temperatures in 2014 are higher than average so far, spring is still far away. Nonetheless the Challengers baseball and softball teams are practicing indoors since early January.
The teams are practicing between two and six hours a week, with special workouts for pitchers and catchers. The practices for the seniors teams take place at the Rämibühl gym close to the University of Zurich, while practice for the juniors teams takes place at the Aubrücke gym in Zürich-Schwamendingen and the Schauenberg gym for pitchers and catchers in Zürich-Affoltern.
Though the indoor practices may not replace the work at the ballpark, the teams are excited to be back in action. At least they don't have to worry about bad weather.
The Zurich outdoor season will start with the 17th edition of the Zurich International Spring Tournament on March 29 and 30 at the Heerenschürli ballpark.
Winter Practice 2014
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The winter practice for the Zurich Challengers Baseball Team will take place every Wednesday from 6.15pm till 7.45pm and every Friday from 6.15pm till 9.30pm at the Turnhalle Rämibühl at the Rämistrasse 80 in Zurich (tram 5 & 9 to Kantonsschule). The first session after the Christmas break will take place on Wednesday, January 8.
In addition to that the pitcher/catcher practice takes place every Tuesday from 8.15pm till 9.30pm.
Das Wintertraining für das Zürich Challengers Baseball Team findet jeden Mittwoch von 18.15 bis 19.45 Uhr und jeden Freitag von 18.15-21.30 Uhr in der Turnhalle Rämibühl an der Rämistr. 80 in Zürich statt (Tram 5 & 9 bis Kantonsschule). Das erste Training nach den Weihnachtsferien findet am Mittwoch, 8. Januar statt.
Zusätzlich findet das Pitcher/Catcher Training jeden Dienstag von 20.15 bis 21.30 Uhr statt.
Winter Practice 2014
Grössere Kartenansicht
The winter practice for the Zurich Challengers Softball Team will take place every Tuesday from 6.15pm till 8.15pm and every Thursday from 8.00pm till 9.30pm at the Turnhalle Rämibühl at the Rämistrasse 80 in Zurich (tram 5 & 9 to Kantonsschule). The first session after the Christmas break will take place on Tuesday, January 7.
In addition to that the pitcher/catcher practice will take place every Tuesday from 8.15pm till 9.30pm.
Das Wintertraining für das Zürich Challengers Softball Team findet jeden Dienstag von 18.15 bis 20.15 Uhr und jeden Donnerstag von 20.00 bis 21.30 Uhr in der Turnhalle Rämibühl an der Rämistr. 80 in Zürich statt (Tram 5 & 9 bis Kantonsschule). Das erste Training nach den Weihnachtsferien findet am Dienstag, 7. Januar statt.
Zusätzlich findet jeden Dienstag von 20.15 bis 21.30 Uhr das Pitcher/Catcher Training statt.
Happy New Year
Der Challengers Baseball und Softball Club wünscht allen Mitgliedern, Familien, Fans und Freunden ein tolles neues Jahr!