2027 Wellington Secondary Schools Underwater Hockey League
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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. For CSW league team numbers are not restricted. For Central Schools and NZ Secondary Schools teams are restricted to a 12 athletes. 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 2027 Events
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 MeadeEquipmentDocuments
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2027 Competition League- Terms 2 & 3
Location: Wellington Regional Aquatic Centre
The competition league will run from Friday 4th May 2027 until 20th August 2027. All teams will play 20-24 Matches for the season.
Link to College Sport Wellington- Underwater Hockey website for draws
Link to College Sport Wellington- Underwater Hockey website for draws
Registered Teams
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Junior Girls |
Junior Open |
Senior Girls |
Senior Open |
1 |
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2 |
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3 |
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4 |
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5 |
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6 |
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7 |
Wellington High School Green |
Onslow College |
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8 |
Tawa College |
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9 |
Upper Hutt College |
Upper Hutt College |
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10 |
Tawa College |
Mana College/ Aotea College |
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11 |
Chilton Saint James School |
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12 |
Onslow College |
Rongotai College St Pats Town |
Term 1 2027 Have-a-go/ Scratch Nights
Week |
Tuesday |
Friday |
Comments |
1 |
23 March 2027 |
26 March 2027 |
Have -a-go, Scratch |
2 |
30 March 2027 |
2 April 2027 Blitz |
Have -a-go, Scratch Friday Blitz event |
3 |
6 April 2027 |
9 April 2027 |
Have -a-go, Scratch |
2027 Wellington Blitz Tournament
Time and Date: 7.30pm Friday 2nd April - Saturday 3rd April 2026
Location: Wellington Regional Aquatic Centre
Entry Fee: $150 per team
Entries due: 26th March 2027.
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.)
Link to Blitz Match Schedule
Link to Pool Pass.
Entries:
Location: Wellington Regional Aquatic Centre
Entry Fee: $150 per team
Entries due: 26th March 2027.
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:
Term 2 2027 League Dates TBA (Competition)
Week |
Tuesday |
Friday |
Comments |
1 |
27 April 2027 Scratch |
30 April 2027 Scratch |
Tuesday Seniors Scratch, Friday, Juniors Scratch |
2 |
4 May 2027 |
7 May 2027 |
Tuesday Seniors, Friday Juniors |
3 |
11 May 2027 |
14 May 2027 |
Tuesday Seniors, Friday Juniors |
4 |
18 May 2027 |
21 May 2027 |
Tuesday Seniors, Friday Juniors |
5 |
25 May 2027 |
28 May 2027 |
Tuesday Seniors, Friday Juniors |
6 |
1 June 2027 |
4 June 2027 |
Tuesday Seniors, Friday Kings Birthday Weekend |
7 |
8 June 2027 |
11 June 2027 |
Tuesday Seniors, Friday Juniors |
8 |
15 June 2027 |
18 June 2027 |
Tuesday Seniors, Friday Juniors |
9 |
22 June 2027 |
Central Schools |
Tuesday Seniors, No Juniors (exclusion) Central Secondary Schools Qualifying (Fri,Sat,Sun) |
10 |
29 June 2027 |
2 July 2027 |
Tuesday Seniors, Friday Juniors |
Term 3 2027 League Dates TBA (Competition)
Week |
Tuesday |
Friday |
Comments |
1 |
20 July 2027 |
23 July 2027 |
Tuesday Seniors, Friday Juniors |
2 |
27July 2027 |
31 July 2026 |
Tuesday Seniors, Friday Juniors |
3 |
3 August 2027 |
6 August 2027 |
Tuesday Seniors, Friday Juniors |
4 |
10 August 2027 |
13 August 2027 |
Tuesday Seniors, Friday Juniors |
5 |
17 August 2027 |
20 August 2027 |
Tuesday Seniors, Friday Juniors |
6 |
24 August 2027 Finals |
School Nationals Scratch 27 Aug 2027 |
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 |
7 |
School Nationals Scratch |
School Nationals 3 Sept 2027 |
School Nationals |
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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
- 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
