Senior

2026 Season Dates

Senior Division Dates:

Premier Local Competition

Start: 14^th March 2026

Finals Day: 2^nd May 2026

No Play: 4^th April (Easter)

Waikato Premier Reserve Competition

Start: 14^th March 2026

Finals Day: 22^nd/23^rd August

No Play: 4^th April (Easter), 30th May (Kings Birthday), 4^th July (U18’s), 11^th July (Matariki)

Mid-North Intercity Competition

Start: 9^th May 2026

Finals Day: 15^th August 2026

No Play: 30th May (Kings Birthday), 4^th July (U18’s), 11^th July (Matariki)

Waikato Senior Reserve Hockey:

Start:15th March 2026

Finals Day: 22^nd/23^rd August

No Play: 5^th April (Easter), 31^st May (Kings Birthday), 12^th July (Matariki)

Club Musters

Visit the Club Info rmation page for Muster details.

Pre-Season Festival

In March Waikato Hockey will run a pre-season half field festival.

Waikato Hockey will once again be running the Just Hockey 6-Aside Festival. There are currently 3 grades for both Men and Women, get your teams registered and lets kick the season off with a bang once again. This was an absolute blast last year and was such an awesome way to set the tone and atmosphere for the season with a community wide social event. Registrations for this can also be found within your Club PlayHQ invites. You are able to enter as many teams as you like in any grade.

Club Information

Registration have been sent to your PlayHQ accounts. You can go in and add teams to the competitions whenever you are ready to. Below are key dates for registrations and fixturing information. You will also be required to create player registration forms to register all players.

TBC Registrations Open

TBC Registrations Close

TBC Format review, SD approval, Fixturing, Draws released.

Competition Formats 2025

Please see the document below for an overview of the Senior Reserve Competition for 2025. These are the proposed formats for Round 1, 2 and 3.

Senior Reserve 2025 Competition Formats

Senior Division Umpires Workshop

2025 Dates TBC

All Senior/Club umpires should attend.

There will be a workshop for all SD umpires (Prem and Res). Aim is to provide an overview of new pathways and development system and go over guidelines for the season in terms of interpretations for certain rules so that umpires/players/managers/coaches can start the year on the same page.

Recommended for all SD umpires or prospective umpires, coaches /managers. Umpire shirts are still being distributed once certain criteria are met, one of which you have to attended the above workshop.

Rules and Bylaws

For all rules visit the resources and polices page.

Senior Division (SD)

The Senior Division is responsible for the Senior winter competition.

2024 SD Committee: Grant Lee, Eugene Philips, Jerram Culow, Steve Tiang, Bruce Becker, Marie Dale (Vice Chair), Michelle Moss (Secretary), Jono Panting (Chiarperson).

Season: WHA provides various grades to suit all players with Premier Hockey played on Saturday afternoon and Reserve Hockey on Sunday.

Grades: The following grades are available for clubs to enter teams in: