About Softball NZ

Softball New Zealand is the governing body. Today SNZ oversees 21 Associations, 125 clubs with an approximate membership of 20,000. SNZ has a regulatory or sanctioning function providing Softball opportunities to its membership.

Softball New Zealand has a number of key roles:
  • Lead the development of the game and the implementation of softball’s strategy;
  • Enable associations and clubs to contribute to softball’s vision by providing support to help them achieve softball’s vision of being a leading sport on and off the diamond;
  • Partner with groups and organisations that align with and create benefits for softball;
  • Manage our national teams and programmes that support softball’s development at community level; and
  • Invest, where possible and appropriate, to support the development of softball.
 
 
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Physical Address:
Softball NZ Inc
Sports House
93 Hutt Park Road,
Seaview, Lower Hutt

Mailing Address:

Softball NZ Inc
PO Box 30322,
Lower Hutt, New Zealand
 
  Ph: +64 4 560-0390, Email: SNZ

Patron: Bob Leveloff
President: Lynda O'Cain
Chair: Hoani Lambert
Deputy Chair: Rebecca Annan
Audit & Risk Committee Chair: Hoani Lambert
People & Culture Committee Chair: Vaughan Dennison
Strategy & Performance Committee Chair: Rebecca Annan

Chief Executive Officer: Jason Merrett - 027 428 7337
General Manager - High Performance: Bevan Matene - 021 436 273
Events & Operations Manager: Aimee Russell - 021 824 608 or 04 560 0392
Community Softball Lead: Dave Elder - 022 392 6390   
Business Administration: Sophie Vabulis - 021 319 909
Virtual Finance Team: Brad McLachlan - 022 515 0372

Umpire in Chief: Wiremu Tamaki
Deputy Directors: Nicola Ogier, Jill Farquhar
Regional Directors: Mark Porteous, Gavin Shepherd, Dawie Sutton
Assistant Regional Directors: Kevin Gorman, Ray Dyason

Chief Scorer: Elizabeth Natana
Deputy Chief Scorers: Marie Byrne, Ian Ditfort
Chief Statistician: Lynette Leathart

Solicitor: Gibson Sheat
Auditor: Moore Markhams