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4 March 2015

To: ESF Affiliated Federations

From: Gabriel Waage ESF First Vice President

Re: ESF Competition Situation 2015

Dear ESF members,

Let me inform you about the ESF competition situation 2015.

European Championship Women and European Championship Cadet Girls 2015: The ESF Competition Committee had to restructure the pools of the European Championship Women 2015 due to the withdrawals of two teams – and . In this specific situation the ESF Competition Committee followed the principle in respect to the ESF rating system and decided to leave pool D just with 4 (four) teams and to move Poland from pool C to pool B. Below is the final set up of the pools for EChW 2015. If there will be any other withdrawals, the ESF Competition Committee might need to make changes.

European Championship Women

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D

Netherlands Russia Italy

Sweden Spain Great Britain

Germany Poland Ukraine

Denmark Switzerland

Israel France Ireland

The ESF Competition Committee had to restructure the pools of the European Championship Cadet Girls 2015 due to the withdrawals of four teams – Serbia, Netherlands, Israel and Lithuania. The ESF Competition Committee used ESF Specific Competitions Regulations Appendix 02.06. and based on official ratting decided to restructure teams into two pools. If there will be any other withdrawals, the ESF Competition Committee might need to make changes.

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European Championship Cadet Girls

Pool A Pool B

Czech Republic Russia

Belgium Great Britain

Ukraine Slovakia

Italy Spain

Official game ball for ESF Fast Pitch Competitions 2015: ESF Fast Pitch competitions 2015 will be played with the ball Wilson, which is announced as a official ball for ESF Fast Pitch competitions 2015. Below is exact type of the ball, which will be used:

WTA9011BSST NFSHSA 12" - (SST)

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Best regards

Gabriel Waage ESF First Vice President