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url: https://nklittleleague.nl/en/nieuws
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titel: Nieuws
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![A player grins and gives a thumbs up in the infield.](https://nklittleleague.nl/img/nkll-2026/honkbal-duim-omhoog.webp)

# News

[![Baseball player with a batting helmet and two bats over his shoulder points laughing at the camera, with a softball player in a cap and sunglasses behind him.](https://nklittleleague.nl/img/nieuws/word-jij-onze-social-media-topper/uitgelicht.jpg) Volunteers April 2026 Are you our social media star? Little League Netherlands is looking for a communications and social media star. Sound like you? Let us know! Read article](https://nklittleleague.nl/en/nieuws/word-jij-onze-social-media-topper)

[![Logo of the NK Little League 2026 in the shape of a home plate, with a batter, the words honkbal and softbal and an orange ribbon reading 25 jaar.](https://nklittleleague.nl/img/nieuws/teams-indeling-2026/uitgelicht.jpg) Tournament April 2026 Teams and game schedule 2026 From 15 April the official team line-up per league and the game schedules for all leagues are on the tournament site. Read article](https://nklittleleague.nl/en/nieuws/teams-indeling-2026)

[![Banner for the Playball Softball Summer Academy, 20 to 24 July 2026, showing four softball players in action on a field.](https://nklittleleague.nl/img/nieuws/playball-softball-summer-academy/uitgelicht.jpg) International April 2026 Playball Softball Summer Academy From 20 to 24 July 2026 the Playball Europe Softball Summer Academy takes place at OG Ballpark in Haarlem. Places are limited. Read article](https://nklittleleague.nl/en/nieuws/playball-softball-summer-academy)

[![Team Europe softball players in blue and white kit lie laughing in a pile on the artificial turf.](https://nklittleleague.nl/img/nieuws/25-jaar-nk-little-league-niet-dromen-maar-meedoen/uitgelicht.jpg) Organisation April 2026 25 years of NK Little League: “Don’t dream, take part” The NK Little League (NKLL) celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. Over those years the tournament grew into an important stage for young baseball and softball players in… Read article](https://nklittleleague.nl/en/nieuws/25-jaar-nk-little-league-niet-dromen-maar-meedoen)

[![Four baseballs beside a dark blue Little League cap on the edge of home plate.](https://nklittleleague.nl/img/nieuws/de-inschrijving-voor-het-little-league-programma-2026-is-officieel-gesloten/uitgelicht.jpg) Registration March 2026 Registration for the Little League programme 2026 is officially closed! 715 baseball players and 260 softball players have signed up for the try-out training sessions in the ten regions. At the end of March we announce which teams are going to the NKLL. Read article](https://nklittleleague.nl/en/nieuws/de-inschrijving-voor-het-little-league-programma-2026-is-officieel-gesloten)

[![Laughing player in a blue Big League uniform with whipped cream on her face, surrounded by team-mates.](https://nklittleleague.nl/img/nieuws/25-jaar-nk-little-league-we-vlogen-woensdag-al-naar-amerika/uitgelicht.jpg) Organisation March 2026 25 years of NK Little League: “We were flying to America by the Wednesday” By Emma Dijkstra Read article](https://nklittleleague.nl/en/nieuws/25-jaar-nk-little-league-we-vlogen-woensdag-al-naar-amerika)

[![Three softball catchers in full gear throwing the ball, cut out against a white background.](https://nklittleleague.nl/img/nieuws/playball-europe-gaat-los-in-2025-26/uitgelicht.jpeg) International June 2025 Playball Europe goes all out in 2025/26! Let’s Playball! In the summer of 2025 we are already running the 31st edition of our legendary Baseball Summer Academy — and it promises to be another cracking week. We… Read article](https://nklittleleague.nl/en/nieuws/playball-europe-gaat-los-in-2025-26)

[![Team photo of the Pink Panthers, NK Little League 2025, in black shirts with pink accents, winners of the Playball Respect the Game Award.](https://nklittleleague.nl/img/nieuws/play-ball-is-al-jaren-vaste-en-waardevolle-partner-van-het-nkll/uitgelicht.jpeg) Organisation June 2025 Play Ball has been a loyal and valuable partner of the NKLL for years. Besides the honour of being voted the most sporting and most respectful team at their venue, they also win a clinic at the BP Sportcentre run by Play Ball Europe, followed by… Read article](https://nklittleleague.nl/en/nieuws/play-ball-is-al-jaren-vaste-en-waardevolle-partner-van-het-nkll)

[![Wet baseball field with puddles around home plate, seen through the backstop netting.](https://nklittleleague.nl/img/nieuws/een-bijzonder-nat-nkll-2025/uitgelicht.jpeg) Tournament June 2025 A remarkably wet NKLL 2025 As always we were looking forward to the Whitsun weekend. The NK Little League 2025 at Gryphons Rosmalen, Amsterdam Pirates and BSC Almere. This year the Whitsun weekend fell in… Read article](https://nklittleleague.nl/en/nieuws/een-bijzonder-nat-nkll-2025)