Experience of UK sides proves the difference

Wednesday 28th May 2008, 2:29PM BST.

Marceau Curry, of Tornados, starts to run after making a hit. (Picture by Adrian Miller, 0584581)

SOLENT team The Shafting won the 2008 Sarnian Roofing Slowpitch Open. They beat fellow UK outfit Solent Sharks 8-1 in the final.

It was the culmination of three days of action on the Beau Sejour diamonds.

‘The final really could have gone either way and 8-1 maybe didn’t do the Sharks justice, but it was a good final all the same,’ said Guernsey Softball Association committee member Matt Marquis. Along with the two visiting sides, five local teams were involved.

They were Condor, Mavericks, Rangers, Tornados and Blue Sox. Possibly the most exciting match over the weekend involved Tornados as they took on Solent Sharks in the semi-finals.