WOMEN'S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS 1940 — 2013 THIRD EDITION — 2013 INTRODUCTION The following pages contain, as far as I can ascertain, the winners and runners-up of all Women's and Girls' New Zealand domestic competitions since the inception of our sport up until the completion of the most recent season. At this time I have not been able to document runners-up prior to 1958, but hopefully some of that information will become available in due course. Earlier listings of the various championship winners have generally been assembled under a trophy banner, ie winners of the Beatty Cup or the Bensel Cup. While that method served the purpose admirably at the time, changes — notably sponsorship and different tournament formats — make that approach, in my opinion, more cumbersome. Many trophies were re-allocated and sometimes superceded, and on occasions reappeared in a different role, which sometimes made it difficult to follow just what competition/format they were being awarded to. I have therefore opted to list competitions continuously from the beginning until, in some cases, they were eventually discontinued altogether and note, as best I can, the various stages trophies were awarded or discarded. With most age-group categories I have added explanatory notes, which hopefully make clearer the evolution of the various grades. These days our "official records" largely ignore the days before Under-19, Under-17 and Under-15 grades, but I think it is important to ensure the records are maintained as accurately as possible right from the beginning of those grades which played such a huge part in building our sport in the '60s. For the updated Second Edition of the records I added all relevant individual batting records covering all grades from the time I have been able to establish they were first awarded. In some cases awards initially carried tournament sponsors' names, but with lack of clarity around later award names I have opted, in most cases, to not record the trophy name. Batting records follow on immediately after their relevant tournament category. Also, on the last page, I have included records of the New Zealand Players of the Year from their inception as the Bank of New South Wales awards in the 1968-69 season. Unfortunately tracing the winners has not been as clearcut as it probably should have been because of the haphazard way of recording resuts in annual reports when awards were often not able to be published prior to their presentation and subsequent listings recorded the wrong year. Consequently we cannot establish, with certainty, the 1982-83 and 1983-84 winners when John Vaughan & Co had the naming rights. Their involvement with the "Player of the Year" awards should not be confused with their sponsorship of "Player of the Tournament" awards in the same years. Any information welcome. While I've tried to ensure the accuracy of these records by double checking wherever there was a doubt, I'll be surprised if there is not a slip-up somewhere. In a few places listings vary from previously published records and where I have come across a conflict I have referred to NZSA annual reports, old programmes or newspaper reports and even my own favourite publication, "Softball Scene". However, I am keen to receive feedback from anyone who can enhance the accuracy of this material. In the interests of brevity I have opted to assemble men's and women's records in separate documents, both of which I have forwarded to you. I have also chosen to colour code the two genders to save any confusion and accordingly RED denotes Women's and Girls' grades, while GREEN identifies Men's and Boys' grades. Note that the identifying colour also denotes the beginning of a new grade, while the colour Black marks a change in name/classification/age within that section. Example UNDER 19 GIRLS and SENIOR SCHOOLGIRLS. Records compiled by GRAHAM LATTA 156 Metzger Street, Invercargill Phone 03 216 6331 and 0276 177 680 Email: [email protected] November 2013 2 INTERPROVINCIAL WOMEN BENSEL CUP MEREWEATHER CUP Year Winner Venue Runner-up (until 1966) 1940 Wanganui Wanganui Auckland 1941-45 No competition 1946 Wellington Auckland Auckland 1947 Wellington Lower Hutt South Auckland 1948 Wellington Christchurch Auckland 1949 Wanganui Wellington Manawatu 1950 Wellington Auckland Auckland 1951 Wellington Dunedin Waikato 1952 Auckland Palmerston North Canterbury 1953 Wellington Christchurch Auckland 1954 Auckland Wanganui Canterbury 1955 Canterbury Timaru Wellington 1956 Waikato Auckland Auckland 1957 Wellington Invercargill Hutt Valley 1958 Auckland Auckland Waikato 1959 Canterbury Lower Hutt Wellington 1960 Canterbury Christchurch Waikato 1961 Auckland Auckland Canterbury 1962 Canterbury Dunedin Wellington 1963 Canterbury Palmerston North Auckland 1964 Canterbury Wellington Auckland 1965 Wellington Christchurch Auckland 1966 Auckland Auckland Hawke's Bay 1967 Auckland Dunedin Wellington 1968 Hawke's Bay Wellington Auckland 1969 Auckland Hastings Otago 1970 Auckland Christchurch Hawke's Bay 1971 Auckland Hamilton Hawke's Bay 1972 Wellington Lower Hutt Auckland 1973 Auckland Invercargill Wellington 1974 Auckland Auckland Wellington 1975 Wellington Palmerston North Counties ROTHMANS CUP 1976 Auckland Johnsonville Wellington 1977 Auckland Mosgiel Wellington 1978 Wellington Lower Hutt Auckland 1979 Wellington Christchurch Auckland 1980 Wellington Hamilton Canterbury 1981 Wellington Hastings Auckland 1982 Canterbury Invercargill Wellington 1983 Wellington Auckland Auckland 1984 Wellington Wellington Canterbury 1985 Auckland Dunedin Hutt Valley 1986 Auckland Papakura Canterbury 1987 Auckland Palmerston North Hutt Valley JIM POTTS TROPHY Runner-up 1988 Auckland Christchurch Wellington WINFIELD CUP 1989 Auckland Rotorua Hutt Valley 3 1990 Auckland Lower Hutt Hutt Valley 1991 Hutt Valley Invercargill and Gore Wellington 1992 Welington Hamilton Hutt Valley 1993 Canterbury Hastings North Harbour 1994 Hutt Valley Albany Wellington 1995 Wellington Dunedin Canterbury 1996 Canterbury Wellington Wellington SMOKEFREE CUP 1997 Canterbury Auckland Auckland 1998 Canterbury Christchurch Auckland 1999 Canterbury Palmerston North Hutt Valley 2000 Canterbury Hamilton Hutt Valley 2001 Wellington Christchurch Hutt Valley 2002 Canterbury Lower Hutt Auckland NZCT PROVINCIAL CUP (National League protected players excluded) 2003 Central Vikings Hamilton Wellington 2004 Wellington Timaru Central Vikings 2005 Southland Wellington Wellington 2006 Canterbury Papakura Auckland 2007 Southland Wellington North Harbour 2008 Auckland Nelson Hutt Valley 2009 Discontinued DIVISION TWO MEREWEATHER CUP Year Winner Venue Runner-up 1967 West Coast Dunedin Manawatu 1968 Hutt Valley Wellington Manawatu 1969 Manawatu Hastings Wanganui 1970 Otago Christchurch Hutt Valley 1971 Southland Hamilton Waikato 1972 Wairarapa Lower Hutt Counties 1973 Southland Invercargill Hutt Valley 1974 Nelson Auckland Southland 1975 Nelson Palmerston North Combined Services and Waikato joint 1976 Manawatu Johnsonville Southland 1977 Nelson Mosgiel Southland 1978 Otago Lower Hutt Hutt Valley 1979 Manawatu Christchurch Poverty Bay 1980 Nelson Hamilton Counties 1981 North Shore Hastings Hawke's Bay 1982 Hawke's Bay Invercargill Counties 1983 Otago Auckland Nelson 1984 Manawatu Wellington Bay of Islands 1985 Combined Services Dunedin Horowhenua 1986 North Shore Papakura Counties 1987 Southland Palmerston North Manawatu 1988 Combined Services Christchurch Manawatu 1989 Hawke's Bay Rotorua Mid Canterbury 1990 North Harbour Lower Hutt Mid Canterbury 1991 North Harbour Invercargill Combined Services 1992 Southland Hamilton North Harbour 4 1993 Hutt Valley Hastings Auckland 1994 Otago Albany North Harbour 1995 Auckland Dunedin Otago 1996 North Harbour Wellington Waikato 1997 Wellington Auckland North Harbour 1998 Otago Christchurch Southland 1999 Wellington Palmerston North Hawke's Bay 2000 Wellington Hamilton Hawke's Bay 2001 Not contested 2002 Central Zone Lower Hutt Hutt Valley Region 2003 Discontinued DIVISION ONE — BOTTOM GROUP GIBSON CUP 1983 Southland Auckland Hawke's Bay 1984 Hawke's Bay Wellington Southland 1985 Hawke's Bay Dunedin Manawatu 1986 Hutt Valley Papakura Hawke's Bay 1987 Southland Palmerston North Manawatu 1988 Not contested 1989 Not contested (TOP GROUP, DIVISION TWO) 1990 North Harbour Lower Hutt CHECK 1991 Manawatu Invercargill and Gore North Harbour 1992 Southland Hamilton North Harbour DIVISION TWO — BOTTOM GROUP COUNCIL CUP 1990 Waikato Lower Hutt Hawke's Bay 1991 Eastern Southland Invercargill and Gore Central Otago 1992 Combined Services Hamilton Counties 1993 Not contested 1994 Southland Albany Hawke's Bay DIVISION THREE NZSA CUP 1974 RNZAF Auckland Wairarapa 1975 Midlands Palmerston North Horowhenua/Rotorua joint 1976 Wairarapa Johnsonville Combined Services JIM GIBSON CUP 1993 Waikato Hastings Manawatu 1994 Southland Albany Hawke's Bay 5 WOMEN'S NATIONAL SENIOR B NZSA CUP Year Winner Venue Runner-up 1956 Waikato Auckland 1957 Horowhenua Invercargill 1958 Horowhenua Auckland 1959-61 No competition 1962 Canterbury Dunedin 1963 Canterbury Palmerston North North Otago 1964 Auckland Wellington Manawatu 1965 Canterbury Christchurch Wellington 1966 Auckland Auckland Tauranga 1967 Wellington Dunedin Otago 1968 Wellington Wellington Hawke's Bay 1969 Wellington Hastings Auckland 1970 Wellington Christchurch Auckland 1971 Wellington Hamilton Auckland 1972 Wellington Lower Hutt Hutt Valley 1973 Wellington Invercargill Southland 1974 Auckland Auckland Wellington 1975 Auckland Palmerston North Midlands