2017 NSL 1 season

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Sports season

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
NSL seasons

← 2016

2018 →

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

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### Teams

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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

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### Dates

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The NSL 1 competition will take place across the three Diamond Series tournaments, May 13-14, June 10-11 and July 29-30.

## Standings

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TBC

## References

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1. ^ "BSF National Championship Information - British Softball Federation". www.britishsoftball.org. Retrieved 2017-05-02.