2017 NSL 1 season
 | This article needs to be updated. (November 2023) |
| 2017 NSL 1 season | |
|---|---|
| League | National Softball League |
| Sport | Softball |
| Duration | May 2017 – July 2017 |
| Number of games | 22 |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| Regular Season | |
| NSL National Championships | |
The 2017 NSL 1 season will be the 9th season of play of the National Softball League. NSL 1 will operate for the 2nd year with pre-determined fixture lists and will share diamond space with NSL 2 at Farnham Park Baseball and Softball Complex during the Diamond Series tournaments.
The top 8 teams during regular season play will compete at the 2017 BSF NSL National Championships on the weekend September 2-3 for the title of 2017 National Champion.[1]
League business
[edit]Teams
[edit]During winter 2016-17 longtime NSL team Slammers decided they would not enter a team into the 2017 NSL 1 competition and so LNZ were saved from relegation to NSL 2. Manchester Dodgers won promotion from NSL 2 in 2016.
Bristol Bees club separated into two distinct teams for the 2017 season and the NSL 1 team will compete as Bristol NSL, leaving the NSL 2 team to compete as Bristol Bees.
Regular season
[edit]Dates
[edit]The NSL 1 competition will take place across the three Diamond Series tournaments, May 13-14, June 10-11 and July 29-30.
Standings
[edit]TBC
References
[edit]- ^ "BSF National Championship Information - British Softball Federation". www.britishsoftball.org. Retrieved 2017-05-02.