[Dutch Alex]

Hi folks,

I just got back from Prague, where I've worked an ESF (European Softball Fed.) male cup tournament. On monday we had the "bat-control", before competition started. One team showed up with two complete identical bats, however one did not have the requiered stamps from ASA and/or ISF. The other one did actually have them. This was probally due to the fact that the bats were just allowed by ASA and sold longer before they got the certificate. Since in our book the stamps on the bat are requiered, one bat was not allowed, the other was...

If a bat has the stamps, is not on the banned-list, not alltered and is in good shape then there is nothing why it should be banned. Otherwise; confiscate the bat and return it to the team after the competition...