The Raiders have two 18U teams in 2009 - Gold and Blue.  This is the Gold team's web site.  Please also visit the 18U Raiders Blue and Joint 18U Raiders Blue and Gold Teams web sites.

The 18U Gold team is coached by Lisa McGloin and competes in some of the finest fastpitch softball tournaments in the nation.  Please bookmark this page and check back often for updates.  The Raider Gold team's season runs from early June to early August.

Raiders will be playing at the following times this coming weekend:

 8:00 Raiders v. N.E. Phoenix Gold Monahan 1

9:45 Raiders v. Mass Wildcats  Monahan 1

1:15 Raiders v. Central Mass Thunder Monahan 1

 Sunday TBA

Game tims for the R.I. Thunder Fall Showcase Tournament are as follows:

 Friday 7:45 p.m. RI Thunder Black v. Raiders Gold (Watters Field)

Saturday 11:30 Raiders Gold v. Chaos Gold (Nelson Field)

Saturday 4:45 Raiders Gold v. EC Bombers (Eisele Field)

Sunday 1:15 p.m. Raiders Gold v. CT Eliminators Red (Eisele Field)

Sunday 4:45 p.m. Raiders Gold v. CT Mirage (Eisele Field)

The Concord Raiders Gold U18 softball team - sporting the "Gold" moniker for the first time as the program has expanded to two U18 teams - will have a busy summer of 2009, as it is entered into nine tournaments.

The Raiders will have two big trips outside New England - at the TNT tournament in Quakertown, PA from July 2-5 and at the Cardinal Classic in Raleigh, NC from July 17-19 - in addition to seven regional tournaments.

The Concord-based team opens play in Hudson, NH the weekend of June 5-7 at "Just Play It" tournament, an ASA, four-team roundrobin.  The season begins in earnest the following weekend (June 12-14) with the Lowell ASA Tournament.  The Raiders head to the Leominster/Sterling, MA area, June 19-21, for the Gold ASA Regional tournament.  The month concludes with the annual Polar Crush NSA Showcase at Fort Devens in Ayer, June 26-28.

The Raiders will celebrate Independence Day in Quakertown, PA, where it will play in the TNT Tournament, July 2-5.  The following weekend (July 10-12), Concord makes the trek to Wallingford, Conn. for the Tradition Tournament, a PONY event.  The Raiders then wrap up their three-weekend "road" trip with a July 17-19 set of games in Raleigh, NC for the Cardinal Classic.

Concord's final two tournaments are closer to home.  The Raiders take part in the Commissioner's Cup ASA tournament in Leominster, July 30-Aug. 2.  Finally, Concord goes for the gold in the New England's Finest Showcase in Plainville, MA, Aug. 7-9.

Check back to this site regularly during the season for further news and updates.

Raiders Gold had another fabulous summer at 33- 13-1. Raiders Gold Finishes:

Gold Regionals - Region 1 - 2nd Place

Crush NFCA Showcase - Won Pool

Tradition Tounrey - 3rd Place

Commisioner's Cup - Won Tournament