Stage 1 Local Sub Union Competition (6-7 weeks)
Stage 2 Baywide Round 1 (5 weeks)
Stage 3 Baywide Championship round (7 weeks)
Stage 4 Bartercard Baywide Semifinals and Finals Day (2 weeks)
Stage 1 Local competition round (6-7 weeks)
Local Sub Unions will complete a local club competition; the make up of this competition will be decided by each Sub-Union CBOP Whakarewarewa Rotoiti Waikite Ngongotaha Reporoa Marist St Michaels Eastern Pirates Galatea Murupara* Painoahio*** EBOP Te Teko Whakatane Marist Opotiki Poroporo Kawerau Paroa Taneatua Edgecumbe Matata Ruatoki Waimana*** Waiohau* Apanui WBOP Tauranga Sports Te Puke Rangataua Mount Maunganui Te Puna Rangiuru Greerton Arataki Judea Papamoa Eastern Districts Matakana Katikati* * Did not compete in Baywide competition in 2008
** Currently playing in Thames Valley competition
*** No team in 2008
Section 1 two x sections of 6
Section 2 two x sections of 6
Sections are determined by final placing from the 2008 Baywide Competition season seedings as below;
Section 1 Blue 1 Tauranga Sports 4 Te Puke 5 Te Teko 8 Mt Maunganui 9 Whakatane Marist 12 Greerton Marist Section 1 Gold 2 Rangataua 3 Whakarewarewa 6 Rotoiti 7 Opotiki 10 Te Puna 11 Waikite
Section 1 Blue 1 Tauranga Sports 4 Te Puke 5 Te Teko 8 Mt Maunganui 9 Whakatane Marist 12 Greerton Marist
Section 1 Gold 2 Rangataua 3 Whakarewarewa 6 Rotoiti 7 Opotiki 10 Te Puna 11 Waikite
Section 2 Blue 13 Ngongotaha 16 Arataki 17 Paroa 20 Taneatua 21 Kawerau 24 Ruatoki
Section 2 Gold 14 Rangiuru 15 Kahukura 18 Papamoa 19 Marist St Michaels 22 Reporoa 23 Judea
Premier 8 teams made up of top 4 placed teams from each section 1 pool Division 1 8 teams made up of bottom 2 placed teams from each section 1 pool and top 2 placed teams from each section 2 pool Division 2 8 teams made up of bottom 4 placed teams from each section 2 pool Division 3 Selected from local competitions (as per current structure)
Stage 4 Bartercard Baywide Semi-finals and Finals Day (2 weeks)
As per the current competition structure
