This form is required to be completed by anyone wishing to nominate for the player draft for the 2023 Softball Victoria Under 14, Under 16 or Under 18 State Championships.

What is the Player Draft?
For players where their Association is not entering a team into the State Championships, or where a player has not made it into their Association's representative team, the Player Draft is a system that allows players the opportunity to play for another Association at the State Championships.

Why is the Player Draft important?
Any player wanting to represent Victoria at the 2024 National Championships must participate at the State Championships. The Player Draft provides an opportunity to participate for those who have not made it into their Association's representative team or where their Association has chosen not to enter a team into the State Championships.

When does the Player Draft close?
The Player Draft is open now and closes at 9:00pm on Sunday 2 April 2023.

What are the steps after nominating for the Player Draft?
The Draft will be held with participating associations on Wednesday 5 April 2023, with notification of draft results to entrants by Thursday 6 April 2023.

Players may nominate for more than one team, however they must participate in the youngest age group they can participate in, i.e.:

• If you were born in 2009 or earlier you must participate in the Under 14s
• If you were born in 2007 or 2008 you must participate in the Under 16s
• If you were born in 2005 or 2006 you must participate in the Under 18s

I'd like more information
Email Justin Zelones (State Operations Manager - Victoria) at justin.zelones@softball.org.au for further information.

State Championship Regulations can be found here Softball Victoria State Championship Regulations.

Following the survey of the membership (THE RESULTS OF THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS SURVEY ARE IN! published 22 December 2023), the following variations to the State Championship Regulations apply:

1. Participation at State Championships are mandatory for all players and Head Coaches wanting to represent Victoria at the 2024 National Championships.  Members wanting to represent Victoria at the Under 23s will be required to attend the Open State Championships.  The State Championships for the Under 14s and Over 35s will not be mandatory in 2023 and will be revisited for 2024.
2. Team construction for both open and underage teams will be Association based, with Associations required to have a minimum of seven of their own players (and a maximum of 13) to submit a team.  Where Associations cannot achieve a minimum team size, players will be required to nominate to be drafted.  Players are required to play for their home Associations where their home Association has entered a team.  Associations can only cut players where their team numbers would exceed 13 players to enter the draft.  Players that cannot represent their home Association due to not being chosen for the Associations 13 representatives, then those players will be required to nominate to be drafted.