Helps us fill the gaps for any years that are missing or that we have wrong   Previous Years Winners      Men's  Winners Association Runner Up Association 1982 Avalon Dodgers Hutt Valley Dodgers Havelock North Hawkes Bay 1983 St George Wellington Totara Park Hutt Valley 1984 Professional Auto Gisborne Repco Broadway Wellington 1985 Professional Auto Gisborne Fraser Tech Waikato 1986 Poneke Kilbirnie Wellington Miramar Wellington 1987 Muzzy Allstars Miramar Wellington Dodgers Havelock North Hawkes Bay 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Auckland Metro Auckland 1998 Auckland Metro Auckland Billy's Bar Fastpitch Social Hawkes Bay 1999 St George Dragon Wellington Red Door - Gisborne Gisborne 2000 Hawkes Bay Evergreens Hawkes Bay Wanganui Branves Hawkes Bay 2001 Shooters Fastpitch Hawkes Bay Shooters Fastpitch Social Hawkes Bay 2002 Dodgers Allstars Hawkes Bay Auckland United Auckland 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 G Force North Harbour 2008 G Force North Harbour Fastpitch Cru Bar Hawkes Bay 2009 Dodgers Allstars Hawkes Bay Dodgers Dynamos Hutt Valley 2010 Dodgers Allstars Hawkes Bay Saints Hawkes Bay   2011 Fastpitch CANZ Hawkes Bay/Alberta Dodgers Dynamos Hutt Valley Previous Years Winners     Women's  Winners Association Runner Up Association 1982 Dodger Havelock North Hawkes Bay Hawkes Bay 1983 Totara Park Hutt Valley Dodger Havelock North Hawkes Bay 1984 Whakatu Lions Hawkes Bay Saints Hawkes Bay 1985 Railways Hutt Valley Marist Hamilton 1986 Colenso Pirates Hawkes Bay Cosmo Allstars Taupo 1987 Huia Allstars Manawatu Dodgers Chicks Manawatu 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Hawke's Bay Fastpitch Hawkes Bay 1998 1999 Hutt Valley Saints Hutt Valley St George Black Hutt Valley 2000 Hutt Valley Marist Hutt Valley Bramac Hutt Valley 2001 Hutt Valley Saints Hutt Valley Newland Wellington 2002 Blue Sox Manawatu & Hawke's Bay Empire Steelers Gold Wellington 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Freshies Various 2008 Freshies Various Mana Wahine Hawkes Bay 2009 Chicks Auckland Steelers Gold Wellington 2010 Tawa Ladies Wellington Melonettes (Glenfield) North Harbour   2011   Wot Eva (Glenfield) Auckland   Been there done that (Cardinals) Hutt Valley

History The Tournament has had only three naming sponsors in 25 years, Fresh Up, Lion Red and now eTeamSport.co.nz. We thank Lion Red for the past support and recognise they will still continue to support the event. The eTeamSport.co.nz Fun in the Sun Men's & Women's Softball is in the 25th year. It has being organized and run by the same person for those 25 years. The Tournament was originally set up as the Stuart Hape Memorial Softball Tournament, in memory of Stuart Hape, a club member who was killed in a car accident outside Taupo while travelling to a softball Tournament in Taumarunui. We have included in the program an article on Stuart written by his sister. We will also have in the hall a board in memory of Stuart. The Tournament host club was originally Dodgers Havelock North Softball club, the club merged with Wolves Softball Club in 1989 to form the Fastpitch Corporation Softball Club. The Tournament changed from a memorial Tournament with the sponsorship from Fresh Up in 1986, and in then for sixteen years was been known as the Lion Red Fun in the Sun. Never ever rained out, in 24 years, here's hoping for another weekend of fine weather. One club has attended all 25 Tournaments, the Avalon Dodgers club from Wellington. The team being called Dodgers Dynamos. They won the first year in 1982, and have won the event on two other occasions. Most of the original players from 1982 are still competing in the team. Some famous New Zealand players have competed in the event, Michael White the former Black Sox pitcher, Mike Walsh the current New Zealand White Sox Coach, and we have regular appearances from New Zealand men's leading players Fabian & Thomas Makea. A number of New Zealand players have also attended in there maturing softball years. Previous winning clubs read like a who's who of top North Island Softball Clubs, 1986 Poneke Kilbirnie, 1987 Miramar (This team included two former New Zealand Men's Captains), Auckland United won it in 1997 & 1998.