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2025 Northern Titans Waratah League Players EOI - Register Now!

Published Thu 28 Nov 2024

North Shore is calling for expressions of interest from players for the 2025 Northern Titans Waratah League Team. Register Now!

The 2025 Waratah and State League competitions will be held concurrently across 7/8 rounds of competition between 23rd February 2025 and 27th April 2025.

It is planned that there will be a regional round of competition for both leagues with the host yet to be confirmed. Locations for Waratah League competition rounds are also yet to be confirmed. The semi-finals and finals will be held together at Blacktown International Sportspark (BISP) on the Saturday and Sunday of the ANZAC Day weekend.
 
Key dates:

Date Details
Sunday 23 February 2025 Competition Round
Sunday 2 March 2025 Competition Round
Sunday 16 March 2025 Competition Round
Sunday 30 March 2025 Competition Round
Saturday 5 April 2025 Competition Round - regional location
Sunday 6 April 2025 Competition Round - regional location
Saturday 26 April 2025 Semi Finals
Sunday 27 April 2025 Finals

 
Please note: It is mandatory for teams to participate in the regional round and players must play a minimum of 50% of games in their respective league to qualify to participate in finals.
 
Waratah League Eligibility
 
To be eligible to nominate for the Northern Titans Team, players must be:

  • First registered with a North Shore District Softball Association Club or another Association affiliated with Softball in any state or territory Australia wide and registered for the 2024-25 softball membership year before training commences in 2025. If you are unsure, please make contact with your club or association registrar. 
  • At least 14 years of age as at 31st December 2025. 
  • Have not participated in any of the following programs:
    • Under 23 and/or Open National Championships, representing any state or territory in the previous three (3) years ending 31st December 2025;
    • Represented Australia in the previous five (5) years ending on 31st December 2025. Note: ‘Australian’ representation is considered for the following teams: Open Women (Aussie Spirit), Under 23 Women, Under 18/19 Women (Junior Spirit).
      Each team roster may include a maximum of four (4) players who have participated in the Under 18/19 and/or Over 35 National Championships in the previous three (3) years ending on 31st December 2025, representing any state or territory, provided they are not excluded by the criteria noted above.

It is expected that squads for both teams will be between 14-18 players.

We encourage players who meet these criteria to submit an Expression of Interest. If we receive nominations above the maximum allowed, we will liaise with players individually.

To apply to trial for the team, please use the link below:  

Register Now 

If you are not interested in participating in any of these teams, we do ask you to still complete the EOI with a response of ‘no’ and share any feedback/reasons. This helps us to consider feedback for both NSDSA and SNSW on these programs.

Trials
   
Players who wish to be considered for the Waratah and State League teams are invited to trial on Sunday 8th December 2024 from 9.00am to 12.00pm at St Ives. We encourage players who may be looking to trial for U16 or u18 teams to consider submitting an EOI to support preparation for these Championships.

We understand this is short notice but due to the earlier start date for the competitions, we are hoping to announce the teams by mid-January at the latest, with any training requirements to be confirmed with the team once selected.

If you are unavailable to trial for this date, please provide details in your EOI so that your nomination can be considered. We will reach out if further information is required.

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