In 2003, our dear friend and fellow Evergreen, Kevin Wells, passed away while playing the game he so loved. Every year we remember him, with the awarding of the Kevin Wells Memorial trophy.

The Kevin Wells Trophy was donated in 2003 by Kevin's Family and the Rotorua Men's Evergreens.

Kevin passed away on his way to umpire a softball game

Umpires at the Tournament award the trophy on behalf of Kevin's Family and the Rotorua Men's Evergreens

All Teams start with 10 points for each round robin game and points are lost for Bad behaviour, lack of Sportsmanship or poor language etc... basically to the team that they believe displays the best Evergreens spirit during the tournament will win the trophy.

Past winners are:
2004 Counties
2005 Tauranga
2006 Canterbury
2007 Manawatu
2008 Tauranga
2009 Wanganui
2010 Horowhenua
2011 Tauranga
2012 Wairarapa
2013 Rotorua
2014 Wairarapa
2015 Nelson
2016 Waikato
2017 Tauranga

2018 Umpires

2019 Combined Services

​​​​​​​2020 Otago

​​​​​​​2023 Manawatu

​​​​​​​2024 Rotorua

2025 Southland 

​​​​​​​2026 Counties

Paul Magan Trophy....

PAUL and his brother Peter started with Tauranga softball in the mid 1970s aged 15 and wanted to be a pitcher. The Greerton coach of the time was LARRY ROBERTSON who coached and developed Paul's pitching talent... and so it began .  

With Paul, Greerton won the local competition , more than once. He and Tony Green , Barney Sowerby , Kevin Bruce , and a couple others went on to represent Tauranga and Bay of Plenty .

Paul then played for Hutt Valley , a very strong National side in those days and this led to a NZ World Series team to USA . With his team mate Steve Schultz they decided to play pro in the USA .First for PENN CORP , then Bakersfield and Sioux City , IOWA .They where living the softball dream . During this time the pair went on a hunting trip , on the way home they had a car accident and they both died at the scene . That was October 10th. 1990 . PAUL was 31 ….    

Tauranga Evergreens softball has a special place for Paul. He was a talented player and a top bloke .

The Tauranga Evergreens now play for the Paul Magan Memorial Trophy against the first team on the first day as a mark of respect to Paul . It was first played for in 1994 . Paul, brother Peter and Mum OLIVE will always be in our thoughts at Tauranga Softball. RIP PAUL.

Past Winners are:

1994

1995

1996

1995

1996      Tauranga

1997     Tauranga

1998      Tauranga

1999     

2000     

2001     

2002     Rotorua

2003     Wellington 

2004      Canterbury

2005      Counties

2006      Canterbury

2007      Hutt Valley

2008      Wellington

2009      Nelson

2010      Hawke’s Bay

2011      Tauranga            

2012      Tauranga

2013      Nelson             

2014      Tauranga

2015      

2016      North Harbour

2017      Southland

2018      Rotorua

2019      Tauranga

2020      Nelson

2023      Tauranga

2024      

2025      Southland

2026.     Hutt Valley