Michinoku Coca-Cola Bottling holds women’s baseball tournament *Michinoku Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd.*
Press release: September 9, 2024
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Michinoku Coca-Cola Bottling holds women’s baseball tournament *Expanding the base of women’s hardball baseball and providing a place for the players who will lead the next generation to play an active role*
Michinoku Coca-Cola Bottling (Headquarters: Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture, Representative Director and President: Hirokazu Tanimura, hereinafter referred to as the “Company”)
We held the Women’s Hardball Baseball Ihatov Hanamaki Tournament. This tournament aims to raise the level of women’s hardball baseball nationwide, provide opportunities for female players who will lead the next generation to play an active role, and work to spread the word about the declining population of baseball, which is currently an issue. . At the same time, the event was held with the aim of raising Hanamaki City’s profile nationwide and contributing to the
revitalization of the region by creating a community where young people gather.
* ■Tournament Overview *
[Tournament name] Michinoku Coca-Cola Bottling Cup “2nd Women’s Hardball Baseball Ihatov Hanamaki Tournament”
[Date and time] September 7th (Saturday) to September 8th (Sunday), 2024 [Location] 1st venue: Hanamaki Baseball Stadium, 2nd venue: Osako Baseball Stadium, 3rd venue: Sasama Baseball Stadium
[Participating schools] Fukui Institute of Technology, Tokai University, Niigata University of Health and Welfare
Clark Memorial International High School Sendai Campus, Seizan High School, Sakushin Gakuin High School, Saitama Sakae High School, Fukui High School attached to Fukui Institute of Technology, Yokohama Hayato High School,
Gifu Daiichi High School, Tokai University Shizuoka Shohyo High School, and Hanamaki Higashi High School: 12 teams in total
* ■Greetings from the organizer (Kunihisa Tanimura, Chairman and Representative Director of our company) *Excerpt *
“Welcome to Michinoku and Hanamaki. We would like to continue to develop a tournament that will make everyone want to come to Hanamaki again and be happy. We wish all the athletes a good fight.” I wish you all the best.”
■State of the tournament
In the final match held on the 8th (Sunday), Hanamaki Higashi High School defeated Niigata University of Health and Welfare 5-3 and won their first championship.
* ■About Michinoku Coca-Cola Bottling *
Michinoku Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells Coca-Cola products in Aomori, Iwate, and Akita prefectures. In addition to delivering soft drinks that enrich lifestyles, we aim to be a company that supports the positive and happy lifestyles of local residents by developing a variety of businesses closely related to daily life. We are fulfilling our responsibility as a local company operating in the Tohoku region, creating positive change and social value, and working to sustainably contribute to the development of local communities.