Source: Sports New Zealand
Details of National League funding released
10 July 2020
On Tuesday, Minister for Sport and Recreation Grant Robertson announced $80m in funding targeted at all levels of the Play, Active Recreation and Sport sector.
Part of that package was support for National Leagues which have been affected by COVID-19. Over $4.9m will be provided to 12 sports running a total of 21 National Leagues this year.
Support was capped at $300,000 on initial investment.
To be eligible to access this funding, the league needed to meet the following criteria:
- a national men’s or women’s premier sports league that is open to teams from across New Zealand;
- operated by a Sport NZ national partner;
- existed pre-COVID-19, or was already announced to be run for the first time in 2020 pre-COVID-19; and
- is scheduled to commence prior to 1 January 2021.
Out of scope and not eligible for this funding were:
- one-off competitions (eg, ‘Nationals’ events that take place over the space of a week or weekend);
- age-grade competitions or leagues;
- regional leagues; or
- individual sports.
A full list of Leagues that are receiving support is provided in the table below.
|
NSO |
League(s) |
No. of Leagues |
Funding Approved |
|
Netball NZ |
Women’s BEKO League |
1 |
$300,000.00 |
|
Touch NZ |
Premier Touch League (Men’s and Women’s) |
1 |
$71,500.00 |
|
Softball NZ |
Fastball 45 (Men’s and Women’s) |
1 |
$50,000.00 |
|
NZ Cricket |
Men’s Super Smash, Women’s Super Smash, Ford Trophy (Men’s 1-day), Hallyburton Johnstone Shield (Women’s 1-day), Plunket Shield (Men’s 4-day) |
5 |
$1,500,000.00 ($300,000 per league) |
|
NZ Rugby League |
Men’s National League Women’s National League |
2 |
$300,000.00$296,925.00 |
|
Bowls NZ |
Bowls3Five |
1 |
$75,000.00 |
|
NZ Rugby |
Farah Palmer Cup Mitre 10 Cup |
2 |
$300,000.00 $300,000.00 |
|
NZ Football |
National Men’s League |
3 |
| NSO | League(s) | No. of Leagues | Funding Approved |
| Netball NZ | Women’s BEKO League | 1 | $300,000.00 |
| Touch NZ | Premier Touch League (Men’s and Women’s) | 1 | |
| Softball NZ | Fastball 45 (Men’s and Women’s) | 1 | |
| NZ Cricket | Men’s Super Smash, Women’s Super Smash, Ford Trophy (Men’s 1-day), Hallyburton Johnstone Shield (Women’s 1-day), Plunket Shield (Men’s 4-day) | 5 | |
| NZ Rugby League |
Men’s National League Women’s National League |
2 | |
| Bowls NZ | Bowls3Five | 1 | $75,000.00 |
| NZ Rugby |
Farah Palmer Cup Miter 10 Cup |
2 |
$300,000.00 $300,000.00 |
| NZ Football | National Men’s League | 3 |
