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Grundy plays on the Ballers slow-pitch team from Bowen Island, which was making its first appearance at the provincial championships in Langley on Saturday (Sept. 14) in the first day of a .

For Grundy, who used to play in the Langley mixed slow-pitch league before she moved to Bowen, it was familiar territory.

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Around 600 players on 58 teams from across B.C. came to Langley to take part in the provincials.

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Kris Chicorli from Cloverdale, a member of the 害羞草研究所淗alf-Fast害羞草研究所� team, has been playing for 25 years.

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, regional director with Slo-Pitch National, the governing body of the sport in Canada, said the slo-pitch is popular because it is open and inexpensive.

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He said teams came from as far away as Taylor B.c. and Vancouver Island to play in the Langley championship.

Thanks to a break in the otherwise damp, wet weather on the weekend, the tournament was able to proceed at multiple locations in Langley, including the fields at McLeod Athletic Park, home to host , a registered non-profile society that is Canada害羞草研究所檚 largest coed league.

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Slow-pitch, according to the online Encyclopaedia Britannica, is a popular variation of softball with men and women playing together, and a requirement that a pitched ball 害羞草研究所渕ust be delivered at moderate speed with an arc of at least three feet in its flight toward the batter. 害羞草研究所�

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More photos of the event can be viewed .

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