COMPETITION DIVISIONS & ELIGIBILITY

FASTPITCH - MEN'S A & B GRADES, & WOMEN'S A, B1 & B2 GRADES

Men's A & B Grade Teams

• Eligibility: Adelaide or other association teams may enter.

Women's A Grade Teams

• Eligibility: No Adelaide-based teams. Only affiliate associations may enter.
• Team Composition:
  • Maximum 16 players.
  • Up to 4 pick-up players from the Adelaide competition, selected through the A Grade Draft.
  • Each team allowed up to 6 player points for pick-up players (points system outlined below).

Women's B1 Grade Teams

• Eligibility: No Adelaide-based teams. Only affiliate associations may enter.
• Team Composition:
  • Maximum 16 players.
  • Up to 4 pick-up players from the Adelaide competition, selected through the B Grade Draft.
  • No player points system — maximum of 4 pick-up players per team.

B2 Grade Teams

• Eligibility: Open entry — Adelaide, country, or social teams welcome.
• Team Composition:
  • Maximum 16 players.
  • No draft players in B2 Grade Teams

Team Entry Fee
$350

MASTERS FASTPITCH - MEN'S & WOMEN'S 40+

Nominations
Minimum number of players: 10 per Team
Maximum number of players: 16 per Team
Team nominations with a minimum of 6 players to be in by no later than 7 January.
Final teams and name of team umpire to be provided by no later than 7 January.

Teams are entitled to enter from anywhere in Australia and don’t need to be an affiliated club but all team members need to be registered.

Age Requirements
Eligibility: Must be 40 years of age by the start of the event.
Age determined as of 23 January 2026. No exceptions will be made.

Players and Officials
Players and officials must be registered for insurance purposes prior to the first game.
Any player or official who isn’t a regular player or official may register for a 1 week membership to allow for coverage of insurance. 
Teams do not need to be normal affiliated teams, as players can form a team and register with Softball SA individually.

Balls
Each team must supply 2 reasonable condition (Easton 888) balls per game.

Rules
Rules will be as they were for the Australian Masters Games in 2023.
Compulsory temporary runners for Pitchers and Catchers when 2 out.
5 runs rule maximum per inning.
All men’s divisions will pitch from 46 feet.
All women’s divisions will pitch from 43 feet.

Team Entry Fee
$350

COMPETITION DETAILS

Game Time - For Fastpitch and Masters
70 minutes, game complete and countback rules apply (no new inning after 65min)
In minor finals (SF/EF/PF), when the score is level after 60 minutes, no new innings to start and move immediately to a tie break situation with previous completed batter to start on 2^nd.
Major Finals (GF) will be 70 minutes - complete the innings they are in with no new innings after 65 minutes. If scores are level after 65 minutes or at end of completed inning, move straight to a tie break situation with previous completed batter to start on 2^nd.

Umpires
A plate and base umpire will be provided in all games (from the pool of umpires provided by each team).

Games to be played
All games to be played on Barratt East, and A Grade & Men's on Diamonds 1 & 2.

Game times
Please see attached file for Final Draw, as well as visiting Draws & results
Interval between games will be 90 minutes, due to 70 minute games.

Entry Cost For All Teams
Fastpitch and Masters $350 (including GST) per team - teams to be invoiced by Softball SA.

The registration fee covers the following, plus other, items:
- Trophies
- Administration (eg paperwork, printing, scorecards, etc)
- First aid on site
- Port-a-loos and associated hygiene and cleaning costs
- Groundskeeping machinery costs (eg petrol, etc)
- Infrastructure

Tech Meeting
Wednesday 21 January 2026, 6.30pm - ONLINE ONLY

Team Managers' Information Pack
Will contain scorecards and Diamond map.
Can be collected from Softball SA Clubrooms before your team's first game of the Championship. 
Team lists must be signed off BEFORE Information Pack can be collected.

Draws & Results
Visit Draws & results

Results & Ladder
Visit Ladders for standings.

Any questions?
Please do not hesitate to contact us via email at admin@softballsa.com.au 

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