Senior Competition

Click this link below to enter your team into a Senior Competition:

https://www.sporty.co.nz/viewform/363447

Game Day APP

The Reserve and Senior Grades will be using the Game Day App, please check this out on our website under Sporty.  This does not replace the scoresheet, we still want our scorers to continue their upskilling and we still require the Team Sheets to be completed, especially for ground registrations.  Please note you need someone to download the App on their phone, it is important that someone from your team attend this training.  

This is purely to note the score of the game for the website so the Association can ascertain the winner of the grade.

Where

Colquhoun Park, Fairs Road, Palmerston North

Played on

  • Thursday Evenings - Rangatahi League (U19 Age grade)
  • Friday Evenings - Premier Men and Senior Men (This may vary)
  • Saturday Afternoons (Note - timeslots may change)
    • 12.30pm - Reserve Men  & Senior Men (TBC)
    • 2.30pm  - Premier & Reserve Women Grade (TBC)
    • 4.30pm  - Premier Men/Women/Mixture (TBC)
    • 6.30pm - Spare timeslot if needed

Dates

Pre-Xmas - 10th October to 12 December 2026

Post-Xmas - 23 January to 13 March 2027

Duration of Games

Premiers:  7 Innings

Reserves/Seniors - 1.5 hours timed games

Finals:  Same duration for games they played in Competition.

Fees for the Season

Premier Grade - $1600 per team (TBC for new seaon)

Reserve Grade $1350 per team (TBC for new season)

Senior Grade - $1250 per team (TBC for new season)

​​​​​​​Fees Payment

Please pay online to MSA Softball 06-0729-0129677-00, Invoices will be sent out to all school/clubs once registrations have been confirmed 

Analysis – Club Name    Reference – Team Name EG U9 or Invoice Number

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Softball  Equipment​​​​​​​

The Dugout is Manawatū Softball Associations preferred equipment supplier. Please use the link below to their website. 

https://www.dugout.co.nz/

**Should The Dugout not have the item you are looking for you can explore the below additional options.** 

Exclusive Sports:  You can view their stock on Click here and then email Cheryl on sales@exclusivesports.co.nz to place an order.

Lifestyle Sports:  https://lifestylesports.co.nz/ located at the Outlet City, Tawa

Transfers

All transfers are done online, (visit the website to ascertain the process).  All Transfers are to be done before the start of Competition 10 October 2026. 

If you require a transfer after this date you will incur a charge of  $40 which will be charged to the new Club.  Please note these requests must be completed before 12pm of the Friday prior to you wanting the player taking the diamond.

Inter- Association Transfers still require the HARDCOPY COMPLETED which is located under the Admin Corner  https://www.sporty.co.nz/asset/downloadasset?id=959c00b3-6a3b-4245-b9ac-0712218b65ed

Loan Player Requests

All Loan Player requests are to be done by competition start date 10 October 2026 after this date they will incurr a $40 fee which will be charged  to the Loaned Club.

https://www.sporty.co.nz/msa/resources-1/admin-corner-1/loan-player-form-1?em=1

Dispensation Requests

All players are to be 14 years +, all teams must apply for a Dispensation Request stating the reason why a player would benefit from playing in the senior grade. 

These Dispensations Requests are required prior to start of competition 10 October 2026.  All requests after this date will incur a $40 charge.

​​​​​​​https://www.sporty.co.nz/msa/resources-1/admin-corner-1/dispensation-request-1?em=1

Umpires this Season

Clubs will be required to umpire this season, so please ensure that you have those selected players to attend the Umpires Training Sessions as advertised on their website, delegates and FB page.

https://www.sporty.co.nz/msa/resources-1/Manawatu-Umpires/blue-nation-1?em=0&ts=0.3212504742522778

Scorers this Season

If you are interested in scoring please contact our Chief Scorer - Alison Kensington - kenali@xtra.co.nz

https://www.sporty.co.nz/msa/resources-1/Manawat-Scorers/scorers-information?em=1

We encourage each team/Club to provide team scorers.

Uniforms

We ask all teams to wear their uniform with pride, ensure all teams tuck in their uniforms and look presentable on the diamond.  Remember we are the mentors for our juniors, what they see they copy.

Training Grounds

We want to share skin diamonds around the Clubs/Teams and so therefore we are proposing that teams/Clubs use D2 once a fortnight grass diamonds.  There will be no training on D1 this will be left for rep training.

Calendar 

Our seasonal calendar is now updated and you can peruse the upcoming tournaments and events. https://www.sporty.co.nz/MSA/our-association-1/calendar

​​​​​​​Defaults

Defaults are to be notified at least five days prior to that game if you are unable to field a team, this will prevent opposition teams turning up with no team to play.  Please be considerate of other teams.

Details TBC

Cancellations

Cancellations will be made at 10.00am for the Saturday games and 4pm on Thursday evenings, they will be notified on the MSA Sporty App and our Facebook page. 

PLEASE NOTE:  All Senior Games -  any rain out games will be played immediately on the Sunday after the day that rained out - Same time & Diamond. Umpire duties also carry over.