Championship Dates
Saturday 3 October - Monday 5 October 2026

Divisions
Mixed Under 12 - All boys / girls or mixed (no limit to number of boys on a team)
Mixed Under 14 - All boys / girls or mixed (maximum 50% of a team to be boys)
Boys Under 16
Girls Under 16
Boys Under 18
Girls Under 18

Nominations
Minimum number of players: 10 per Team
Maximum number of players: 14 per Team
Team nominations with a minimum of 6 players to be in by no later than 14 SEPTEMBER
Final teams and name of team umpire to be provided by no later than 21 SEPTEMBER 
A draw will be published on  28 SEPTEMBER

Age Requirements
Minimum age – must be 8 years of age as of 31 December 2026. Please contact us for players younger than 8, or who have turned 18 - with regards to permits and allowances for playing positions etc.

Players and Officials
For all age grades, only teams from affiliated South Australian associations are permitted to enter. The team will represent their association not a specific club; or will represent an Adelaide Softball Association club.

Invitational Teams & Players
For un-affiliated associations, or players from un-affiliated associations, there will be a requirement for each individual to register for a 1-week Junior Registration (or 1-Week Senior, or Official Registration for Coaches, Scorers or Team Managers). Please contact admin@softballsa.com.au for more information.

Adelaide Softball Association
ASA clubs can enter their own teams in any age grade, or can combine multiple ASA clubs to form a "Harlequin" team, for Under 16 and Under 18 Boys & Girls.
** If there is not a suitable ASA team for an ASA player, they can permit to another association - however, all other options at ASA must be explored before permits will be allowed. They must go through the standard Softball SA permit process via RevSport.

Individual Players
Players must be registered with the association/ASA Club they play for during the championship. 

From Junior Championship Handbook 2026:

2. PLAYER ELIGIBILITY
2.1 Players may only play for the Association/ASA Club that holds their primary registration. Permits may only be considered if the Club/Association where the player holds their primary registration is not submitting a team at the appropriate grade for that player to participate in.

Game Times

Age Grades & Diamond Allocations
Under 12 Mixed
Under 14 Mixed 
Under 16 Boys
Under 16 Girls
Under 18 Boys
Under 18 Girls

Diamond allocation as per _______________________________

Umpires
A plate and base umpire will be provided for all games (from the pool of umpires provided by each team).
Each team must supply an official umpire, who can Plate or Base Umpire. This must be provided no later than 21 SEPTEMBER. The team and the team umpire can work out their own arrangements for payment. A team umpire will be allotted games by the tournament chief umpire.

Each association will need to submit an Umpire Nomination Form (available separately).

Balls
2 balls per game will be supplied per match by Softball SA.

Rules
To be advised - Rules will be as per the revised 2026 Junior Championship rules  Please see the attached Handbook

Entry Cost
$300 (including GST) per team - teams to be invoiced by Softball SA.

If your association chooses to pass this fee on to the registered players, and if the team has the maximum number of 14 players per team, this costs each player just over $20. This amount is less if officials contribute to the registration fee.

The registration fee covers the following, plus other, items:
- Match balls (Under 12 - Easton 804; Under 14,16 & 18 - Easton 888)
- Awards – medals & trophies
- First Aid
- Grounds & maintenance, including hire of event equipment
- Administration (eg paperwork, printing, scorecards, etc)

Tech Meeting
 
All team managers & coaches to attend. Online link will be sent to the nominated contact person for each team

Junior Championships Team Packs
Available from Softball SA Clubrooms from 9am, Friday 2 October – provided by Softball SA.
Packs will include scorecards, team lists for Team Managers to check and sign off.
Handbooks will NOT be printed – QR code will be in the Team Pack folder and link sent to teams.
QR code will be in the Team Pack for link to Draws & Results.
QR code / link to Draws & Results page will be display at Diamonds, in Clubrooms, etc.

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