End of Season Dates Per Grade

18 August 2026

Centennial Park - junior Competition

Grades 4-9

As recently communicated to members, the Centennial Park Junior Competition has been extended to Saturday 5 September.


As a result of back-to-back National Cup semi-final wins over the weekend, our Mini World Cup volunteers — our Women’s and Men’s First Team players — are now involved in a historic Cup Final double-header at One Stadium on Saturday 5 September (we would love to see you and the family there!). We can therefore confirm that the Mini World Cup will take place on Saturday 29 August.


An additional round of regular Junior fixtures will then take place on the final date of the competition, Saturday 5 September.


Saturday 29th August

  • Grades 8 & 9: Mini World Cup - details released week of 24th August
  • Grades 4-7: Regular fixtures


Saturday 5th September

  • All Grades: Final date of the competition/season
  • All Grades: Additional round of fixtures - details released to Game Day Leaders week of 31st August


Junior Football - Mainland Competitions

Grades 10-13

Mainland Football has advised Clubs today that the Junior season will be extended by two weeks, with two additional fixtures added to the end of the current competitions. Once Mainland have organised and confirmed the details of these additional fixtures, information will be updated on their website.


At this stage, Clubs have no further information on the fixtures or how they will be determined. Please continue to check the Mainland Football fixture webpages updates.


Saturday 22nd August

  • Final round of regular season fixtures

Saturday 29th August

  • Additional round of fixtures added

Saturday 5th September

  • Additional - and final - round of fixtures added
  • End of Junior football season 2026


Youth Football - Mainland Competitions

Grades 14-U20

Mainland Football has advised Clubs that the current Youth competitions (excluding CDL leagues) will be extended by two weekends with a two-week Cup competition. Once the fixtures are finalised, they will be published on the Mainland Football website.


The format will depend on the number of teams in your current division:

• Six-team Youth Competitions

Top four teams will play semi-finals followed by finals.

The bottom two teams will play a double-header final across the two weeks.

• Eight-team Youth Competitions

Top four & bottom four will split off and play semi-finals, followed by finals in their respective groups.


Saturday 22nd August

  • End of regular season fixtures

Saturday 29th August

  • Cup fixtures - Week 1 of 2

Saturday 5th September

  • Cup fixtures - Week 2 of 2
  • End of Youth football season 2026


Senior & Masters - Mainland Competitions

Mainland have provided the following updates:


Senior Men’s Championship and Division 1

  • Final fixtures for the 2026 season are confirmed for Saturday 29 August as originally scheduled


Senior Men’s Divisions 2-10

  • Final date of league fixtures will be Saturday 22nd August
  • Final round of Charity Cup fixtures - Pango, Ōrangiuri and Kākāriki - have been moved from Saturday 5th September to Saturday 29th August


Senior Women's - All Divisions/Saturday + Sunday Teams

  • Final fixtures for the 2026 season are confirmed for Saturday 29 August as originally scheduled


Masters - All Divisions + Competitions

  • Finish dates vary across the grades, with some scheduled to finish on Saturday 22 August, some on Saturday 29 August, and some on Saturday 5 September
  • Final fixtures of the 2026 season for all Masters teams will be as originally scheduled

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