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Manchester Thunder Softball Club |
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This is our website where you can find out about the history of the club, our teams, our players. We also have a section for the latest news and results from league games and tournaments. A photo gallery and links to other interesting pages.
We play slow pitch (slowpitch) softball in the Manchester Softball League on a Tuesday and Wednesday evenings and train on Sundays or Mondays in Chorlton-cum-Hardy.
This site is new for 2010, so while we're getting the site up and running we will be adding loads of new stuff on an (almost) daily basis - check back regularly to see what's new and exciting here with Manchester Thunder!
We've picked out a few of our favourite photos from the last 5 years in the mini-slideshow below. Scroll through the photos and click to enlarge.
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Thunder Go Bananas In Edinburgh |
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Two teams of players from Manchester Thunder Softball Club, plus a few very welcome guests travelled up to Edinburgh to take part in the 2010 Edinburgh Festiball Tournament.
With one team in the recreational Calton competition and one in the competitive Braids competition there was sure to be some great softball played and a lot of fun had. Both teams had a fantastic weekend playing against some old rivals from Manchester and some new faces from all over the UK.
The theme for the weekend was very banana based, with lots of yellow face paint, bright yellow t-shirts thanks to KC-Workwear and some quality accessories from both teams.
While Thunder 1 couldn't quite manage to match their triumphant victory from 2009, the Thunder 2 team played their socks off all weekend and found themselves in a semi-final against the Vodaphone team from Windsor - a team that they had just played in the final round-robin game, and lost to. But Thunder 2 know when to turn it on and they played a blinding game and comfortably secured their place in the Calton Plate final against the More-Nuts from Scotland, the one team that Thunder 2 had beaten on the Saturday. Despite some fantastic fielding by Thunder the Nuts managed to get a big innings in and win the final.
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Sports Injury Clinic Supports Manchester Thunder Softball |
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The Sports Injury Clinic was developed in conjunction with the University of Manchester in 2007 to provide a service for athletes participating in University sport. Since then the clinic has grown and is now providing Physiotherapy for students and University staff as well as members of the public.
Areej works both in the NHS and the private sector but her passion lies in treating the sporting athlete and getting them back to pre-injury status as quickly and safely as possible. Her interest lies in not only treating athletes but participating in sport as well.
Areej began playing Softball at the age of 10 and over the years not only played but scorekept, umpired and coached the sport as well. Areej had an unwanted break from Softball when she came from Egypt to study in Leeds and then Manchester for her Sports and Exercise and Physiotherapy degrees respectively. One summer ago however she discovered the Manchester Softball League and decided to visit Wythenshawe Sporting Ground to see for herself what the League consisted of. She walked over to Pitch 1 where Thunder happened to be playing and hasn't looked back since. |
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Thunderbirds are the all-female team comprised of players from Manchester Thunder Softball Club. On the weekend of 24th and 25th July they travelled to Birmingham to compete in the BSF Single-Sex Softball Nationals competition.
The team enjoyed the weekend and played against some very competitive opponents from around the UK, including the Manchester Softball League composite team "More Minx", who met with Thunderbirds in their round robin game on the Saturday and then again on the Sunday. On both occasions Thunderbirds won the game, a fantastic result especially considering the More Minx were undefeated for the rest of the weekend.
In the final on Sunday afternoon Thunderbirds faced the Pink Ladies, in the end the Pink Ladies were the victors 25-7. Thunderbirds played excellently all weekend and did Club Thunder very proud by reaching the final in their first ever single sex tournament against some teams that have been regulars at this tournament for over a decade!
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