2026 Wellington Secondary Schools Underwater Hockey League

The Wellington Underwater Hockey Association runs a league for secondary school  year 9 to 13 athletes, the league is administered by College Sport Wellington (CSW).  

It is a structured league with 4 grades (Junior Girls, Junior Open, Senior Girls and Senior Open). Junior Grades are Year 9-10  and Senior grades catering for Year 9-13  players.  Teams comprise of up to 12 athletes.
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​All school league matches are played at Wellington Regional Aquatic Centre. In 2027, we will utilise Naenae and Huia Pools as part of the league venues.
Link to Hydro UWH Starter Kits for purchase of suitable Equipment (Tauranga based)
Link to College Sport Wellington- Underwater Hockey website

2026 Events
  • ​Wellington Secondary Schools League  (2nd May – 22nd August 2025) including finals 
  • Central Secondary Schools Championship - Wellington (19-21 June 2026) UWHNZ Qualification Event. Entries Due
  • New Zealand Secondary Schools Underwater Hockey Championships.- Wellington (3-6 Sept 2026). 
Schools Coach registration:
Wellington Underwater Hockey Association requires everyone who is coaching a team in the WUHA Schools league to be registered. Please request all coaches for your schools UWH team/s complete this form.
Senior Refs squad applications: 
WUHA is asking for expressions of interest from those who would like to be part of the Senior Refs Squad. The Senior Refs Squad is a team of qualified L1 refs that ref games in the junior schools league while mentoring junior refs on Fridays and Tuesdays. If you are interested please complete the form.​

For more information contact:

Linda Meade

Schools League Coordinator
[email protected]

Equipment

Documents

uwhnz_concussion_protocols.pdf
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L1 Completion

To complete the Level 1 Referee Qualification all Referees need to complete an in-water assessment.  Please register below and bring a copy of the In-water assessment form below

2026 Competition League- Terms 2 & 3
Location: Wellington Regional Aquatic Centre​​

  Registered Teams

​The competition league will run from 29 April 2026 until 25th August 2026.  All teams will play 20-24 Matches for the season.  
Link to College Sport Wellington- Underwater Hockey website for draws

Term 2 2026 League Dates (Competition)

Week
Tuesday
Friday
Comments
1
21st April 2026 Scratch
24th April 2026 Blitz
Tuesday Seniors Scratch, 
Friday, Saturday Blitz Tournament
2
28 April 2026 Scratch
1 May 2026 Scratch​
Tuesday Seniors- Scratch,  Friday Juniors-Scratch
3
5 May 2026
8 May 2026
Tuesday Seniors,  Friday Juniors
4
12 May 2026
15 May 2026
Tuesday Seniors,  Friday Juniors
5
19 May 2026
22 May 2026
Tuesday Seniors,  Friday Juniors
6
26 May 2026
29 May 2026
Tuesday Seniors,  Friday Juniors
7
2 June 2026
5 ​​June 2026
Tuesday Seniors, Friday Juniors
8
9 June 2026
12 ​​June 2026
Tuesday Seniors,  Friday Juniors
9
16 June 2026
Central Schools
​​Tuesday Seniors, No Juniors (exclusion) 
​Central Secondary Schools Qualifying (Fri,Sat,Sun)
10
23 June 2026
26 ​​June 2026
Tuesday Seniors,  Friday Juniors
11
30 June 2026
3 July 2026
Tuesday Seniors,  Friday Juniors

Term 3 2026 League Dates (Competition)

Week
Tuesday
Friday
Comments
1
21 July 2026
24 July 2026
Tuesday Seniors,  Friday Juniors
2
28 July 2026
31 July 2026​
Tuesday Seniors,  Friday Juniors
3
4 August 2026
7 August 2026
Tuesday Seniors,  Friday Juniors
4
11 August 2025
15 August 2026
Tuesday Seniors,  Friday Juniors
5
18 August 2025
​Finals
22 August 2026
​Scratch for National Teams
Tuesday Finals- WRAC (Kilbirnie)-
​Game slot #2 JG, Final 1st vs 2nd
Game slot #1 JO,  Final 1st vs 2nd
Games slot #4 SG,  Final 1st vs 2nd
​Game Slot #3 SO,  Final 1st vs 2nd
6 
25 August 2026
​​Scratch for National Teams
School Nationals
​Scratch
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Scratch for Nationals Teams
7
School Nationals
​Scratch​
 School Nationals
School Nationals- Rotorua

2026 Wellington Blitz Tournament

Time and Date: 7.30pm Friday 24th April -  Saturday 25th April 2025
Location: Wellington Regional Aquatic Centre
Entry Fee:  $120 per team
Entries due: 10th April 2026.

Tournament focus on organising teams and increasing player participation to set up teams for success in the 2026 Schools League and the UWHNZ Events. (There will be no finals or medals awarded.)
  • The schedule will be a straight Round Robin format and game times will be altered to fit the pool hours available.  
  • No gear check
  •  3 water Referees 1x CR- Allocated to teams. Referees must wear Red referees caps, yellow gloves, Vest. L1 -Candidates should try to log as many matches as possible.
  • Scorers Desk- Allocated to schools to provide two parents for scoring both courts on the court 1 desk.

Link to Blitz Match Schedule
Link to Pool Pass.
​Entries:

Pool Rules

General:
- Set up may begin at 7:20pm or earlier if the blue mats are down
- Goals and barriers must be placed on the blue mats when getting them in and out of the water
- 2 people per goal bin to carry and when swimming them in the water
- 1 person per yellow barrier to carry and when swimming them in the water
- There is to be no use of the bulk heads, if you must get from one side to the other either walk around or swim across
- There is to be no poolside changing (public have recently been complaining)
- A spotter is required for UWH and is a designated person focused on the pool at all times, they must be seated next to the pool on the blue chair