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Kankaanpään Maila
Kankaanpään Maila is a Finnish pesäpallo team from Kankaanpää. It was founded in 1958. Kankaanpään Maila is playing in the second-tier Ykköspesis. The home ground of Kankaanpään Maila is the Pohjanlinna Stadium. History Kankanpään Maila was founded in 1958 and was promoted to the championship in 1968. Its blood rival and big brother in the early days was ''Ulvilan Pesä-Veikot''. Ulvila won the Finnish championship in 1970, but the following year Kankaanpää overtook them to take silver. That was also the beginning of the club's years of success. However, the club did not win the Finnish championship. The great years of the 1970s are remembered for two silver and two bronze medals - as well as Seppo Uusi-Oukari's six batting titles and Jorma Pajunen's four forwards titles. Although the club has only won one medal since the 1970s (bronze in 1988), it has remained firmly on the pesäpallo map. Kankaanpään maila has 42 major league seasons. The club has played in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kankaanpää
Kankaanpää () is a List of cities and towns in Finland, town and Municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland. Kankaanpää was founded in 1865, became a township in 1967 and finally a town in 1972. It is located in the crossroads of Hämeenkangas and Pohjankangas ridges. It belongs to the Regions of Finland, region of Satakunta. Kankaanpää has a population of about inhabitants, which make it the third largest municipality in the Satakunta region in terms of population, after the city of Pori and the town of Rauma, Finland, Rauma. Pori is located southwest of Kankaanpää. The coat of arms of Kankaanpää has its theme from the early days of the municipality's settlement, the origin of which is depicted with a golden pine tree in the middle of forest areas. The coat of arms was designed by Carolus Lindberg and was confirmed on 12 October 1951. Honkajoki municipality was merged with Kankaanpää on 1 January 2021. History First signs of humanity in the area are from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |