Ox Factor Tournaments

In 2026 Ox Factor took part in the following tournaments

Milton Keynes Charity Cup 25 April

A great first day out for Ox Factor. Won 1, lost 3 but it’s not always about the wins. Some highlights:

  • It was the first ever softball match for Kenzie, who was making her debut at catcher
  • Good pitching from Rebecca P, Tom Martin and Tex
  • Very strong and consistent hitting from Chris Lane and Tom
  • Great fielding from Mark, Bicky, Levi and Emma, trying out different positions during the day
  • Strong shortstop-first base combo from Kyle and Rebecca J
  • Great cakes baked by Kenzie and Levi
  • Coaching and organising by Ivette, Lewis and Norm (head coach for the day)
  • Tournament MVPs: Chris and Emma

SBHs: Rebecca Preston, Emma Ballmann-Brown, Levi Chase, Rebecca Johnson, Kenzie Borowiec, Bicky Ho, (Ivette)
BBHs: Chris Lane, Mark Cooper, Kyle Webb, Tom Martin, Simon Texel, (Lewis)

Trash Pandas Takeover 23-24 May 2026

A very hot weekend (hottest ever May days on record) for Ox Factor. We temporarily changed our name to Trashbox Factor, because that’s what most of the other teams were doing (e.g. Thames The trophy from the Trash Pandas Takeover tournamentValley became Trashy Vermin, Raiders Silver became Bin Raiders etc…). After playing a team with several NSL players in it, we thought it was going to be a long weekend. But we did very well, losing in the ‘Leaky Bin’ final to a good BAM side. We won several matches over the weekend and took a trophy home.

SBHs: Rebecca Preston (Sat only), Emma Ballmann-Brown, Levi Chase, Elle McKenzie-Wills, Rebecca Johnson, Kenzie Borowiec, Rachael Sims (Sunday only)
BBHs: Prav Singh, Chris Lane, Mark Cooper, Kyle Webb, Torin Yellowlees-Bound, (Norm, Lewis)



Honourable mentions:

  • At least 6 of the team playing their first tournament at Farnham Park, including one game on the dirt infield
  • Kenzie making a first ever catch
  • Torin’s first ever tournament
  • Rebecca Preston’s pitching on the Saturday (could only do one day)
  • Elle’s strong batting, including at least one home run
  • Strong batting also from Levi and Prav
  • More cake from Levi (although it was generally too hot for cake)
  • Kyle putting the ball over the fences
  • Becca getting ten stitches in a nasty chin gash – but coming back from the hospital to support on Sunday afternoon
  • Coaching and organising by Lewis, Norm and Ivette (head coach for the day)
  • MVPs (tricky after so many strong performances): Elle and Torin

The Trashbox Factor team at the Trash Pandas Takover tournamentThe team at Trash Pandas Takeover (minus Rebecca Preston, who played on the Saturday)

Windsor Invitational 11/12 July, Farnham Park

SBHs: Rebecca Preston, Emma Ballmann-Brown (Sunday), Bicky Ho (Saturday), Elle McKenzie-Wills (Sunday), Bunny Rabett, Rachael Sims, Barbara Robinson (Sunday) (Ivette)
BBHs: Prav Singh, Torin Yellowlees-Bound, Allen Stoner, Adam Norman, Eric Hettiarachchi,  (Norm, Lewis)

Such a hot weekend!  Eric’s very first tournament and Allen’s first as player/coach/assistant.  Everyone did amazingly: Ox Factor only lost three games all weekend. The team seriously over-achieved, coming second in our group.  This put us into the top tier with the big boys and girls, and we lost in the semi-final of the cup competition. (We should never have made it to a cup competition!)  Players who deserve that extra mention:

  • Adam’s catching in the outfield was superb
  • Elle hit several home runs!
  • Eric’s first ever tournament
  • Bunny and Adam were playing at Farnham Park for the very first time

Swings n Roundabouts 2 August, Swindon

We entered one team at the start of the year with fingers crossed that Ox Factor would be popular enough and we’d manage to raise a team. In the end, a team pulled out of the Swindon tournament and we were asked if we could get another team.  We did (and thanks to Allen – again – and Caroline helping out as experienced players) and had an Ox Factor and an Oxtra Factor team at the tournament.

Ox Factor

SBHs: Ally Chapman, Barbara Robinson, Caroline Bentley, Isamar Cortes, (Ivette)
BBHs: Chris Lane, Arush Agrawal, Victor Simon, Giovanni Roccaro, Leo Sanchez, (Lewis)

Oxtra Factor

SBHs: Emma Ballmann-Brown, Bicky Ho, Levi Chase, Kenzie Borowiec, Chloe Francis
BBHs: Prav Singh, Cody Yellowlees-Bound, Allen Stoner, Eric Hettiarachchi, Jamie Ward, (Norm)

The Ox Factor team got into the 3rd tier final and won it.  The Oxtra Factor team lost in the top tier final.  There were some good teams in attendance and these were great results.  It’s not allabout the winning of course, but it’s good to get a few wins to see how it feels.

Ally Chapman and Arush had great days, and we found that Cody made a great shortstop, rather like his brother!

Trash Pandas Takeover Part 2: Return of the Racs on 22–23 August at Farnham Park

Ox Factor

SBHs: Rebecca Preston, Emma Ballmann-Brown, Bicky Ho, Madison Goforth (Sunday), Marlene Belfield, Aga Henry (Sunday)
BBHs: Tom Martin, Chris Lane, Torin Yellowlees-Bound, Allen Stoner, Adam Norman, Giovanni Roccaro (Saturday), (Lewis)

Oxtra Factor

SBHs: Rachael Sims, Bicky Ho, Levi Chase, Kenzie Borowiec, Paula Medina, Barbara Robinson (Sunday),  (Ivette)
BBHs: Prav Singh, Arush Agrawal, Cody Yellowlees-Bound, Allen Stoner, Eric Hettiarachchi, Mark Cooper, Victor Simon (Saturday) Tom McArdle (Saturday), (Norm)

Our final tournament of the season. Again, a team dropped out and we were asked if we could bring two teams. Of course we did. We even had a training session on the Thursday beforehand. Zoe from Spirits had made us a mascot, Oxley, and he made his first tournament appearance! There were a lot of good teams at the tournament and we didn’t come home with any trophies this time. It was a great way to end the season, though.  Here’s a few highlights:

  • Oxley
  • Chris’s consistent good batting and fielding – probably the Ox Factor MVP for the weekend
  • Tom’s pitching was excellent
  • Maddie playing for Ox Factor on the Sunday – really helped out
  • Torin throwing himself around at shortstop, finally breaking his wrist on the Sunday 🙁
  • Rachael’s energy and cheering
  • Tom McArdle and Paula’s tournament debuts!
  • Arush having a go at any position, including shortstop
  • Cody playing at shortstop and injuring his heel (not really competing fully with his brother on the injury front, though)
  • Levi’s great batting

Such a great end to our first year as Ox Factor.  Well done everyone!

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