Waitakere Bears Softball Club

10/06/2026

Now that we have found our Bonus Ball winner and lucky losers, we are back on the hunt for people to join Shyah’s Bomb Squad!

This elite supporters shirt celebrates the fact that Shyah hit twelve homeruns in a Waitakere Bears uniform this year - TWELVE!!!! So, the only way to get your name on this shirt is by donating $120 - $10 for each home run hit.

Feel free to group together to get your whanau name on the shirt, and payments can be drip fed up until 1st July.

To make things easy on our treasurer, our club president Rebecca Bromhead will be managing the fundraiser and payments, so all bank transfers will need to go to the below account

R Bromhead
01-0141-0100240-47

Thank you to everyone for supporting Shyah, we can’t wait to see her hit the diamond in Oklahoma this September at the WBSC Women's Softball World Cup Qualifier!

02/06/2026

UPDATE - ALL SOLD

Drawn this Saturday! Thank you so much to everyone that has already bought a number!

ALL SOLD - BONUS BALL WITH SOME LUCKY LOSERS!

For our alternative to the Bomb Squad Supporters shirt, we are running a bonus ball raffle for Shyah Hale to help pay her NZ White Sox player levy.

Tickets are $25, with the bonus ball winning $200, and the number each side of the bonus ball taking home $50 each.

We are aiming to sell all tickets in time for the lotto draw on Saturday 6 June.

To make things easy on our treasurer, our committee member Rebecca Bromhead will be managing the fundraiser and payments, so all bank transfers will need to go to the below account:

R Bromhead
01-0141-0100240-47
Reference - ticket number or name

We massively appreciate the support, good luck for the draw!!

1 Fran Bromhead✅
2 Ballpark West✅
3 Hailey Breakwell ✅
4 Scott Foster ✅
5 Tori Samuela-Hale ✅
6 Tegan Bromhead✅
7 Mim Cudicio ✅
8 Mel Gettins✅
9 Maria Hale✅
10 Adrian Buchan✅
11 Tori Samuela-Hale✅
12 Aroha Noanoa✅ LUCKY LOSER
13 Adrian Buchan✅ WINNER
14 Lynnette Leathart✅ LUCKY LOSER
15 Glenda Lamb✅
16 Ray Wilson✅
17 De Zwakmannetjes✅
18 Wayne Hale✅
19 Ballpark West✅
20 Eden Jennings-Netzler✅
21 Deb Mygind✅
22 Maria Hale✅
23 Aimee Goodmanson✅
24 Deb Noanoa✅
25 Wayne Hale ✅
26 Maria Hale✅
27 Brian Hooper✅
28 Wayne Hale✅
29 Kyla Bromhead✅
30 Luke Peters✅
31 Maria Hale✅
32 Eden Jennings-Netzler✅
33 Ray Wilson✅
34 Thomas Dean✅
35 Kayla Clark ✅
36 Thomas Dean✅
37 Aylene Duncan✅
38 Thomas Dean✅
39 Wayne Hale ✅
40 Fran Bromhead✅

01/06/2026

At our recent AGM there was a special and emotional passing of the torch.

After many decades as Waitākere Bears Club President (yes, you read that right - decades!), Brian Hooper stood down, and nominated Rebecca Bromhead for the role, which was accepted and confirmed by the meeting attendees.

Don’t worry whānau, Mr Hooper isn’t going anywhere, he is still on the committee and still has big plans for those of us in the black and yellow, but he has more than earned the right to take the step back that he wanted to take.

We don’t think it is possible to accurately summarise the impact Mr Hooper has had on our club, how much he has shaped our identity, ushering us through both the highs and the lows. This man has been the heart and soul of our club for longer than many of our members have been alive.

It is the end of an era of epic service, and will be celebrated as such in the coming season - but until we can do so in person, please join us in acknowledging and thanking this incredible servant and champion of our club - Mr Brian Hooper!

27/05/2026

ALL SOLD - BONUS BALL WITH SOME LUCKY LOSERS!

For our alternative to the Bomb Squad Supporters shirt, we are running a bonus ball raffle for Shyah Hale to help pay her NZ White Sox player levy.

Tickets are $25, with the bonus ball winning $200, and the number each side of the bonus ball taking home $50 each.

We are aiming to sell all tickets in time for the lotto draw on Saturday 6 June.

To make things easy on our treasurer, our committee member Rebecca Bromhead will be managing the fundraiser and payments, so all bank transfers will need to go to the below account:

R Bromhead
01-0141-0100240-47
Reference - ticket number or name

We massively appreciate the support, good luck for the draw!!

1 Fran Bromhead✅
2 Ballpark West✅
3 Hailey Breakwell ✅
4 Scott Foster ✅
5 Tori Samuela-Hale ✅
6 Tegan Bromhead✅
7 Mim Cudicio ✅
8 Mel Gettins✅
9 Maria Hale✅
10 Adrian Buchan✅
11 Tori Samuela-Hale✅
12 Aroha Noanoa✅ LUCKY LOSER
13 Adrian Buchan✅ WINNER
14 Lynnette Leathart✅ LUCKY LOSER
15 Glenda Lamb✅
16 Ray Wilson✅
17 De Zwakmannetjes✅
18 Wayne Hale✅
19 Ballpark West✅
20 Eden Jennings-Netzler✅
21 Deb Mygind✅
22 Maria Hale✅
23 Aimee Goodmanson✅
24 Deb Noanoa✅
25 Wayne Hale ✅
26 Maria Hale✅
27 Brian Hooper✅
28 Wayne Hale✅
29 Kyla Bromhead✅
30 Luke Peters✅
31 Maria Hale✅
32 Eden Jennings-Netzler✅
33 Ray Wilson✅
34 Thomas Dean✅
35 Kayla Clark ✅
36 Thomas Dean✅
37 Aylene Duncan✅
38 Thomas Dean✅
39 Wayne Hale ✅
40 Fran Bromhead✅

23/05/2026

Good morning sports fans!!!!

We are happy to announce - Cage 1 ready to rock from 10.30 today!!!

Cage 2 still currently open air till the roof goes on next week, but warm ups, tee hitting, wiffle pop ups all available while you wait your turn...

Go to https://www.ballparkwest.co.nz/book-a-session

Choose your time and come on down!

** Please note you will need your own bats**

Bookings are essential but also feel free to come down and check out our progress. Official Opening day will be coming up soon!!

See y'all at the cages!!!

21/05/2026

Shyah Hale will be wearing the NZ White Sox uniform in Oklahoma this September at the WBSC Women's Softball World Cup Qualifier!

We can't wait to see her in action on the diamond, and we are determined to help get her there.

To support her we will be running two different fundraisers, one is pricey and the other will be cheaper, so there are two different ways our members (or non-members!) can get in behind her to help.

FUNDRAISER 1 # - SHYAH'S BOMB SQUAD!

Shyah Hale hit twelve homeruns in a Waitakere Bears uniform this year - TWELVE!!!! To honour that, we will be printing an elite supporter's shirt. The only way to get your name on this shirt is by donating $120 - $10 for each home run hit.

Feel free to group together to get your whanau name on the shirt, and payments can be drip fed up until 1st July.

To make things easy on our treasurer, our committee member Rebecca Bromhead will be managing the fundraiser and payments, so all bank transfers will need to go to the below account

R Bromhead
01-0141-0100240-47

If this is not for you then keep your eyes peeled for Fundraiser #2 in the next couple of weeks.

Thank you to everyone for supporting Shyah, our club has a proud history of NZ representatives and we are stoked she is continuing to push the legacy forward.

20/05/2026