Waiuku Softball Club

🎶🎵 Fundraiser Beats By Bingo 🎙🎼

Did you know Waiuku Softball Club actually throws some pretty great parties?! 🥳💃🕺

It's about time we hosted an infamous Beats By Bingo night right here to break up the winter blues!

Perfect for mid-winter work parties, book your team a table and be the fav boss ever 🫡

📅 Friday 17th July
⏰️ 7pm start
📍 Waiuku Rugby Club
💸 $260 for a table of 8, or $35 to register as an individual
🍕 Option to pre-order some pizzas through us too! I mean, what outstanding service am I right 😉

We'll have some raffles and a game or two to break the rounds up, ALL funds raised go towards helping our talented rangatahi heading to Australia in September on ISA NZ tours 🥎

Limited tables- so get in quick to confirm your place 🎉

Thank youuuuu for supporting us 🙏🥹🫶

Thank you to everyone who has congratulated us on Club of the Year, our community has been buzzing!!!
Here's the lovely speech from Softball NZ when they presented us with the award! 🥹
We wish we could have taken all 400 of our members with us to collect it but that would have spoiled the surprise 🤭

"The Waiuku Softball Club is a club that in just 5 years, has grown from a group of friends wanting to play ball, to a thriving community with over 400 members. 

Waiuku has built something special, a truly inclusive, whaanau focussed environment where players of all ages and abilities are welcomed, supported and celebrated. 

From their in-house T-Ball program with over 100 tamariki, to expanding junior and senior team, Waiuku has created strong development pathways and opportunities for everyone to enjoy the game. 

Their commitment extends beyond the diamond though, securing facilities for 6 diamonds, empowering rangatahi through leadership programs and keeping the community connected and energised through vibrant and engaging social media. 

It's a club where wins are celebrated, but so too its growth, effort and teamwork.  A place where there's no heirachy, just a shared passion for the game and for each other. 

Simply put, Waiuku is building something that will last"

🤩 WINNERS 🤩

First off, HOLY MOLEY - this incredible community has helped to raise $1,375 for our youth athletes heading to Australia in September - that works out to $275 per family 🥹 an EPIC amount that makes a real difference to fundraising load. THANK YOU 🙏

Our gift supporters/sponsors, we are so grateful for your donations and look what you helped us do 🥳

Ok so I will post the very wobbly wonky video, taken at 9pm at night in the comments below in case anyone wants some verification 😂 but the winners are:

Bottle of wine - Jo Griffin Real Estate #148
Gift pack or bouquet (value $50) from Botanica on Bowen - Monique Wikaira #68
Roast leg of lamb from Waiuku Village Butcher - Taylor #204
$50 voucher for Mr Henry (x3)
Liz Goldsworthy #231
Jess Berridge #145
Susan Diane Ingley #217
30 minute massage voucher from Danniella Bell - Remedial Massage - Susan Diane Ingley #218
Softball Trolley - Nana Harvey (Amanda Insull) #24

We will be in touch with all of our winners, thank you again and a very Happy Mothers Day to all 🤱💜

Last chance for raffle tickets 💜
This will be drawn on Thursday 7th May so that we can get prizes to you before Sunday 💐
Thank You SO much for your support, it's been unreal and we can't wait to share with you how much you have helped us raise for our incredible young athletes 🤩

P.S - we have a few tickets unpaid, if that's you, please pop the funds in to the WSC account so we can tick that box 😘

💜 MOTHERS DAY RAFFLE 💜

Did you know we have FIVE amazing Waiuku kids heading over to Australia in September to represent NZ at ISA tournaments?? To help Kenzie, Ella, Savanna, Naiah and Kohli get there - we are running a Mothers Day raffle and hope to make a dent in the $3k+ per kid that needs to be paid by the families.

And again we have been so well supported by our local sponsors!! Check out these amazing prizes! Raffle tickets are just $5 each, or 4 for $20 😁

🥎 Softball Gear Trolley....! (Ok, technically, I think it's a 'Beach Trolley' from Mitre 10 but we use them to chuck our softball gear in it. Or toddlers, with snacks and under umbrellas to keep them off the diamonds 😆 Anyway, thanks Bob for this prize valued at $250 👊)

🧖‍♀️ 30 Minute Massage at Danniella Bell - Remedial Massage 🥰

🍤🍲🍜🍽️ THREE x $50 vouchers for Mr Henry

🐑🍖 Roast leg of Lamb from Waiuku Village Butcher

💐🎁 Bouquet of flowers OR a Gift Box from Botanica on Bowen


🍾 Bottle of Wine from Jodie Lamb 💜

Raffle will be drawn on Thursday 7th May and winners will be notified (full ts & cs in the pic below).

Please comment below if you'd like to buy a ticket (or some) and payment to Waiuku Softball Club: 12 3052 0033924 00

THANK YOU 👏🫶

🥳📸🏆 2025-26 PRIZEGIVING NIGHT 💃🕺🤳

The best season ever ended with a bang 💥 on Saturday night and the speeches had us either wiping sentimental tears or tears of laughter 😂🥹

We were so stoked to celebrate Chaos taking the Mens Championship which means we've got Waiuku engraved on all trophies and plates within the Franklin comp 🥇
Our Comets ☄️ won the Womens plate this year, keeping it purple for the second year running!
Luna and Storm took the bronze and all other teams recorded wins this season which is certainly something to be proud of 👏

With our Junior players getting extra game time now in the Senior comp, it was really cool to see them getting awards this year!

Our biggest THANK YOU to all of our Coaches and Managers and Umpires - we couldn't do any of this without you. Our sponsors, our committee, all of our volunteers - you're amazing and we don't take you for granted.

A very big congratulations to our award winners, all in the slides below 👇

Our Club Awards:
🏆 Slugger of the Year (Chic Waitai Shield): Waiora Minhinnick & Rebecca Barton
🏆 Club Supporter of the Year: Lottie Ackers
🏆 Sportsmanship Trophy (donated by Jodie Lamb): Scott Ackers
🏆 Club Person of the Year (Cathy Siataga Memorial Cup donated by Lynne Ridout): Bob Hilton

We also took the opportunity to celebrate our 5th year birthday with some cake 🎂 and applauded the members who have been with us from the very start, we love our OGs 😍

Last shout outs:
🎤 Waiuku Rugby Club for hosting us again, and Refuel Catering for the delicious dinner
🎤 BT PhotoBooth - the best entertainment and capturing memories
🎤 DJ Eddie - such great tunes to keep us on the dancefloor, thank you so much!
🎤 Sweetie Treats for our yummy birthday cake 😋

That's us whaanau, thank you for your loyalty, your support in everything we do and for backing each other no matter what 💜💜💜

🏆🏆🏆 JUNIOR PRIZEGIVING 2025-26 SEASON 🏆🏆🏆

On Sunday, we hosted our Junior Prizegiving and yet again we were completely blown away by the love and support from our members and their whaanau🥹

A big thank you to Waiuku Rugby Club for the venue and the yummy kai for our kids. ALWAYS much love to our Sponsors who are local small business so when you need services, please support them back!! Parched As Bulk Water your sign will be up next year! Thank you for being the main event at our 'after party' - you guys are the absolute best!

Our club culture is cemented by our incredible Junior Coaches and Managers, who just understand the kaupapa and provide a safe and wonderful space for our tamariki and rangatahi to play, learn and grow.

Our WSC Committee are a bunch of talented and friendly do-ers in life that selflessly give us their time and resources all to put some smiles on faces. Thank you especially Lottie & Becks B for your efforts with our colour run this year, you absolutely smashed it! And the parents and helpers who set up, packed down, blasted kids and brought all the joy for our afternoon 👏

Thank you as well to Auckland Sports Photography- we LOVE these cheeky photos for our annual slideshow and the giggles from the kids and parents is so fun for us.

And of course our OUTSTANDING players - Thank You for bringing 100% effort, no holding back, full noise, max energy every single week. We love watching you play, fail, learn, grow, develop and build friendships and resilience on the diamond. We hope you had a great summer with us ☀️

Now go enjoy your winter sports! Can't wait to see you back next season 💜