The Chinese Taipei Amateur Softball Association’s national softball championship games — The President’s Cup — commenced in Greater Taichung on May 26. Thirty-five teams participated in the games this year. Association president Chen Jen-pang hopes that such competitions help young athletes accumulate competitive experience and go on to win glory for Taiwan internationally.
This is an important year for softball, according to Chen, with the Chinese Taipei Women’s Softball Team attending the World Championship Softball in the Netherlands in September. Then there are the Asian Games to be held in Incheon, South Korea after that. Chen hopes that Taiwanese players will make an all-out effort to earn laurels for the nation.
In addition to actively helping to develop the national team, Chen also says he is working hard to promote softball among the general public and train softball players at the grassroots level. The Presidents’ Cup mainly consists of girls’ teams from junior high schools and senior high schools throughout the nation. Chen hopes that by giving players more competitive experience, they will be able to hone in on their skills and grow as athletes, perhaps one day going on to compete internationally.
Photo: Su Meng-chuan, Liberty Times
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Chang Chia-hsing, the association’s secretary-general, says that its best young female players will be selected to compete in an international softball competition for junior women in Japan in August, in order to encourage these young talented players to go abroad and observe skilled players from other nations.
The Presidents’ Cup was held from May 26 to 30. Aside from eight senior high school and nine junior high school girls’ teams, there were also 18 men’s teams consisting of members from colleges, universities and the general public.
(Liberty Times, Translated by Kyle Jeffcoat)
中華民國壘球協會廿六日在台中市舉行理事長盃全國壘球錦標賽，今年共有卅五支隊伍參賽，協會理事長陳任邦盼望藉由賽事的磨練，幫助年輕一代選手累積比賽經驗，前進國際為國爭光。
陳任邦指出，今年是壘球運動的重要紀元年，九月有世界壘球錦標賽，目前中華女壘已取得前進荷蘭比賽的門票，接著又有在韓國仁川舉行的亞運會，均希望壘球選手能將士用命，替台灣爭光。
陳任邦說，除積極協助國家隊發展，也要致力推動基層壘球風氣及基層選手的訓練，這場比賽是以國高中女壘賽為主，希望讓基層選手有更多比賽經驗，從中磨練技巧，選手才有成長、甚至站上國際舞台的機會。
協會秘書長張家興指出，會中也將選拔青少女菁英，參加八月在日本舉行的青少女國際壘球賽，鼓勵年輕好手出國征戰，觀摩各國技巧。
理事長盃全國壘球賽廿六到卅日舉行，除有八隊高女組及九隊國女組外，另有十八隊包括大專及社會組的男子組參賽。
（自由時報記者蘇孟娟）
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