If you like to watch sports, are looking to play softball yourself, or are considering sports activities for your children, check out these websites:

• Hamburg Baseball and Softball Federation: www.hbvnet.de
• Lokstedt Stealers baseball club (youth, juvenile and adult teams): www.stealers.de
• Niendorf Lady Dodgers softball club: www.ladydodgers.com

Also, below is the 2005 Home Season Schedule for the Lokstedt Stealers. They play at the baseball park Langenhorst (in Niendorf, just off the Kollaustrasse). Each date is a doubleheader – a 9-inning game, then a 7-inning game. They are expecting Dana Schweiger to throw the ceremonial first pitch on Opening Day, April 2.

Home Schedule 2005

    April 2 - Bennigsen Beavers (12:00)
    April 16 - Paderborn Untouchables (12:00)
    April 30 - Neunkirchen Nightmares (12:00)
    May 21 - Holzwickede Joboxers (12:00)
    June 11 - Cologne Cardinals (13:00)
    June 25 - Solingen Alligators (13:00)
    August 6 - Bonn Capitals (13:00)

Tickets: EUR 4 adults, EUR 2.50 children/students. Children under 12 are free.

There is free parking, refreshments, music, and a sandbox for the children.

1. BL-Nord Heimspiel Saison 2004

    Samstag, 10 April: Pulheim Gophers
    Samstag, 17 April: Paderborn Untouchables (Deutscher Meister 2001-03)
    Samstag, 24 April: Cologne Dodgers (Vize-Meister 2001-03)
    Sonntag, 16 Mai: Cologne Cardinals
    Samstag, 22 Mai: Bennigsen Beavers
    Samstag, 19 Juni: Bonn Capitals
    Samstag, 26 Juni: Solingen Alligators

Wo: Baseballpark "Langenhorst" (hinter FC St. Pauli Trainingsgelände - Kollaustrasse)

Information provided by Douglas Sutton, Press & Media, Lokstedt Stealers