Summer Koshien Canceled Movement to hold unique competitions at Takanoren

Cancellation of Koshien in the summer Movement to hold competitions independently at Takanoren in various places 21:05 on May 23

Following the cancellation of the national summer high school baseball and local competitions for qualifying, the high school baseball federations of Okinawa and Saga decided to hold an extraordinary board meeting and hold their own tournament on the 23rd. .

In response to the spread of the new coronavirus, the summer national high school baseball and the local tournament, which was the qualifying session, were canceled, and Takanoren of Okinawa and Saga prefectures held their own temporary board meetings.

Of these, Takanoren in Okinawa decided to hold the tournament from July, basically in the same way as usual.

Specifically, the tournament method is to play games every Saturday and Sunday from July 4, with the final in August.

In addition, whether to enter the audience will be decided based on the infection status of the new coronavirus, and the name of the tournament will be decided in the future.

Katsuhisa Iwasaki, chairman of the Takanoren in Okinawa Prefecture, said, "The summer Koshien and the competition aiming for it are gone, but I would like the third year students to fully demonstrate their strength in this competition."

On the other hand, Takanoren in Saga Prefecture decided to hold the competition from July 11th to 30th.

The tournament will be held mainly on Saturdays and Sundays, and will be held in a tournament format.

According to Takanoren in Saga Prefecture, the opening ceremony will not be held as a measure to prevent infection, but for details of the competition such as whether to enter the audience and the method of the combination drawing event where the captain of each school attends, We will consider it while listening to the opinions.

`` I think the children were having a hard time because this year's spring senbatsu and summer's Koshien were also canceled, but I want to make it a tournament where all the thoughts are hit, '' said Takato Ren Yoshino, president of the Takanoren in Saga Prefecture. It was.

Furthermore, Akita Prefecture Takanoren has decided to hold the tournament in July, and Chairman Tokuaki Ogata commented, `` I would like to prepare a game to replace the main tournament for high school baseball players who lost a big goal after the decision to cancel the Koshien tournament ''. I am.