PREMIER
WELLINGTON COMPETITON
Mens - Poneke Kilbirnie
Womens - Johnsonville
The Women’s Te Ahi Kaa trophy was expertly carved by Nathan Rei from Toi Rakau Carvers (Ngati Toa Iwi) whilst the Men’s Te Ahi Kaa trophy is a carved and refurbished National League trophy.
These trophies will then become the “Ranfurly Shield” of our local club competition, with the holders of the trophy having to put the trophy on the line every time they meet another Wellington team for next year's Intercity/Wellington Competition.
Premier 1 Mens
Premier 1 Womens
Premier 2 Womens
WSA has nominated a handful of games within the Men’s Intercity Competition to count towards the Premier Wellington Competition points table. There are 3 teams in the Premier 1 Men’s grade. These games will occur in the second round of the Intercity Competition.
The Women’s Premier Wellington Competition will be different as they only have 2 teams in each of the Intercity Premier 1 & 2 Competitions. WSA has opted to schedule a midweek playoff game for both the Premier 1 and 2 grades. They will play on separate nights.
Premier 1 Men’s Grade
The three teams (Poneke Kilbirnie, Porirua City United, and Island Bay) will verse each other once in a single round-robin. The following Intercity games will be nominated as Premier Men’s Wellington Competition round-robin fixtures.
The two top teams will face each other in a Premier Men’s Wellington Competition Final which is to be held on Thursday 29th February at Hataitai Park. The winner of this game will be awarded the Te Ahi Kaa Trophy for 2024
Premier 1 Women’s Grade
As there are only two teams in the Intercity Competition (Miramar and Johnsonville), we will schedule a Premier Women’s Wellington Competition Final on Tuesday the 27th of February at Hataitai Park. The winner of this game will be awarded the Te Ahi Kaa Trophy for 2024
Premier 2 Women’s Grade
As there are only two teams in the Premier 2 Women’s Intercity Competition (Poneke Kilbirnie and Tawa), we will schedule a Premier 2 Women’s Wellington Competition Final on Wednesday the 28th of February at Hataitai Park. The winner of this game will be awarded the A. Jenkins Major Reserve Trophy for 2024
PREMIER 1 MENS | PREMIER 1 WOMENS | PREMIER 2 WOMENS |
PORIRUA CITY UNITED | MIRAMAR | PONEKE KILBIRNIE |
PONEKE KILBIRNIE | JOHNSONVILLE | TAWA |
ISLAND BAY |
RAIN OUTS/CATCH-UP DAYS
Men’s round robin games will be caught up on dedicated rain out Sundays or midweek.
If the finals for both the men’s and women’s are rained out, they will be rescheduled to the following week.
TROPHIES
The Women’s Te Ahi Kaa trophy was expertly carved by Nathan Rei from Toi Rakau Carvers (Ngati Toa Iwi) whilst the Men’s Te Ahi Kaa trophy is a carved and refurbished National League trophy.
The winners of the Premier 2 Women’s Wellington Competition will be awarded the A. Jenkins Major Reserve Women’s Trophy.
Premier Reserve Mens
Premier 2 Mens
Premier 3 Mens
This 7-week competition will incorporate a 5-week round robin, with a 2-week finals format (Semis/Finals). No play weekend on Saturday 3rd February (Waitangi Weekend). There are a few Premier 2 tournaments over that weekend so we have made it free in case teams would like to enter.
The game allocations for this competition will be club days as opposed to Home/Away. The aim is to create a buzz around the parks and allow WSA to nurture/support our softball community. Clubs will have more opportunities to fundraise and open their doors to spectators on game days. This competition allows us to explore new formats in a way that can facilitate growth and support our clubs.
All Wellington club teams will be organized into grades similar to Intercity level competition. To differentiate our competition from the Intercity Competition we have re-named our Wellington Competition grades.
Major A (Premier Reserves) - TODD MOTORS LTD - UNITED A LEAGUE CUP
Major B (Premier 2 & 3) - HANSELLS SOFTBALL CHALLENGE CUP
MAJOR A (TODD MOTORS LTD - UNITED A LEAGUE CUP) | MAJOR B (HANSELLS SOFTBALL CHALLENGE CUP) |
PORIRUA CITY UNITED PREMIER RESERVES | PONEKE KILBIRNIE WHERO |
JOHNSONVILLE BILLY GOATS | KAPITI PREMIER 2 |
JOHNSONVILLE BOMBERS | JOHNSONVILLE SWINGERS |
ISLAND BAY PREMIER RESEERVES | PAREPLIM PREMIER 3 |
PONEKE KILBIRNIE PANGO | PONEKE KILBIRNIE KOWHAI |
TAWA PREMIER RESERVES |
RAIN OUTS/CATCH-UP DAYS
This season WSA will be allocating catch-up days for all Premier competitions. Where games are rained out, they will be rescheduled to the next available catch-up day.
Game times and field allocations will remain the same. These catch-up days will be scheduled at the beginning of the season, it’s the teams’ responsibility to ensure they are available for all catch-up days. If teams are not able to play their rained-out games on allocated catch-up days, they will have to settle for the loss.
There will be a total of 3 catch-up days scheduled during the Wellington Competition.
• Sunday 11th February 2024
• Sunday 25th February 2024
• Saturday 23rd March (Finals back-up day)
MAJOR A MENS – TODD MOTORS LTD UNITED ‘A’ LEAGUE CUP
Bottom 2 will play a placing game on the 9th of March 2024.
TOP 4 PLAYOFF
Week 1 | G1. | 1 v 4 | Winner to final; Loser to G3 |
G2. | 3 v 2 | Winner to Final; Loser to G3 | |
Week 2 | G3. | The loser of G1. v. Loser of G2 | 3rd/4th Playoff |
Final | Winner of G1 v Winner of G2 | Final |
BOTTOM 2 PLACING GAME
Week 1 | G1. | 5v 6 | Winner to places 5th; Loser places 6th |
MAJOR B MENS – HANSELLS SOFTBALL CHALLENGE CUP
TOP 4 PLAYOFF
Week 1 | G1. | 1 v 4 | Winner to final; Loser to G3 |
G2. | 3 v 2 | Winner to Final; Loser to G3 | |
Week 2 | G3. | The loser of G1. v. Loser of G2 | 3rd/4th Playoff |
Final | Winner of G1 v Winner of G2 | Final |
WELLINGTON SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION
Hataitai Ball Park, Wellington
Phone: (04) 386 1891
Website photography taken by Paulo Pics