Rounders – NRA, Internationals and World Series
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We know that Rounders is an English sport that's existed since the 16th Century. It has now spread to all the continents of the world.
National Rounders Association
The Women’s Team Games Board of England formed a fully fledged Association for Rounders in 1943, and this is how the National Rounders Association was born.
The main focus of the Association is to develop the game and raise awareness even in countries where Rounders is not yet played.
The Association is the main body for enforcing existing rules and regulations, modifying rules and even anulling them if it finds redundant or archaic rules.
Although adults do play Rounders, the game is primarily an activity for schoolchildren. Leagues do exist, but still the game remains an attraction for schoolchildren and today it is schoolchildren who take part in tournaments.
Even League Associations/Clubs have become members of the NRA. St. Helens, Sheffield Works Sports Association and Rhyl were affiliated to the NRA. The first National Tournament was held in 1976 and the Sheffield club won it.
Matches are played regularly at senior and under-21 levels, both at home and abroad. In fact an England team made a visit to the USA in 1982 to create awareness of Rounders and to sell the idea to Softball clubs in the Florida region.
The NRA is constantly trying to create awareness of the game in the schools of Kenya, Nigeria, Virgin Islands, in addition to several schools in Texas, New York, California and Seattle. In 1993, the NRA celebrated its 100 years of existence with a Golden Jubilee.
The NRA also decided to hold a World Series Tournament in the summer of 2004.