The edition number 33 of Sala Baganza’s International Baseball & Softball Youth Tournament “Ermes Fontana Trophy”, this year will gather 38 teams from 2nd to 6th August at the Sports Center of the Municipally of Sala Baganza. So many languages that will be spoken that week, will be 8 the represented nations (Italy, Czech Repubblic, San Marino Repubblic, Hungary, Poland, Holland, Germany, Russia) and 7 will be the Italian provinces present (Parma, Rimini, Ravenna, Gorizia, Udine, Bologna, Treviso) but the only international language that will prevail will be baseball and fun during the 116 scheduled matches. This year the participation requests were about 70, but unfortunately it was not possible to accept them all for obvious logistical reasons, the 38 teams are divided into 4 categories: Minibaseball, U12 and U15 Baseball, U16 Softball. Here is who will be this year:
MINIBASEBALL:
- Crocetta (Parma-Italy)
- Joudrs Praha (Czech Rep.)
- Jr Parma (Parma-Italy)
- Jr Rimini (Rimini-Italy)
- Langhirano Softball (Parma-Italy)
- Sala Baganza (Parma-Italy)
U12 BASEBALL
- Collecchio (Parma-Italy)
- Crocetta (Parma-Italy)
- Janossomorja Rascals (Hungary)
- Joudrs Praha (Czech Rep.)
- Jr Parma (Parma-Italy)
- Jr Rimini (Rimini-Italy)
- Kutno (Poland)
- Ravenna (Ravenna-Italy)
- Sala Baganza “A” (Parma-Italy)
- Sala Baganza “B” (Parma-Italy)
- San Marino (Rep. San Marino)
- Staranzano Ducks (Gorizia-Italy)
U15 BASEBALL
- Almaria Vitrix (Holland)
- Cervignano (Udine-Italy)
- Collecchio (Parma-Italy)
- Crocetta (Parma-Italy)
- Joudrs Praha (Czech Rep.)
- Jr Parma (Parma-Italy)
- Kutno (Poland)
- Oltretorrente (Parma-Italy)
- Parma Baseball (Parma-Italy)
- Sala Baganza (Parma-Italy)
- Staranzano Ducks (Gorizia-Italy)
- Stuttgart Reds (Germany)
U16 SOFTBALL
- Bavarian (Germany)
- Blue Girls (Bologna-Italy)
- Collecchio (Parma-Italy)
- Joudrs Praha (Czech Rep.)
- Moskovia (Russia)
- SD-42 (Russia)
- Staranzano Stars (Gorizia-Italy)
- Thunders (Treviso-Italy)
The Rules and more info at this page.