Associations must register their teams by close of business Monday 20 February 2023 to be able to compete for the title of Open Men or Open Women’s state champions.

Following the survey of the membership (The Results of the State Championships Survey are in! published 22 December 2023), the following variations to the Softball Victoria State Championship Regulations shall apply:

1.

• Participation at the State Championships is MANDATORY for all players and Head Coaches wanting to represent Victoria at the 2024 National Championships.
• Members wanting to represent Victoria at the Under 23s will be required to attend the Open State Championships.
• The State Championships for the Under 14s and Over 35s will not be mandatory in 2023 and will be revisited for 2024.

2.

• Team construction for both open and underage teams will be association based, with associations required to have a minimum of seven of their own players (and a maximum of 13) to submit a team.
• Where associations cannot achieve a minimum team size, players will be required to nominate to be drafted.
• Players are required to play for their home associations where their home association has entered a team.
• Associations can only cut players where their team numbers would exceed 13 players to enter the draft.
• Players that cannot represent their home association due to not being chosen for the associations 13 representatives, then those players will be required to nominate to be drafted.

If your association is not entering a team then you can enter the player draft here 2023 Open State Championships - Player Draft Nomination. The deadline to enter the draft is Sunday 26 February 2023.

The draft will be held with participating associations on Monday 27 February 2023, with notification of draft results to entrants by Friday 3 March 2023.

Click Here for the 2023 Open State Championships Association Team Registration