The Obut Cup competition (or Winter League) became the de facto inter-club competition in Wellington. In the winter of 2003, a formal Inter-club competition, modelled on the Auckland inter-club event, was trialled. Subsequently the event was moved to the summer to take advantage of the better weather.
The competition is for teams of six players who each play a match of Singles, Doubles and Triples against the similarly ranked player(s) in the opposing team.
Initially, the playing format was a single round-robin with the tournament winner being the club which gains the most points over the course of the competition. Since 2008, the clubs have been allocated to zones (played on a round-robin basis) followed by a knockout competition between the zones.
The previous winners can be found on the Honours Board. Previous results can be found in the Tournament Archives.
Whilst it is expected that clubs will not be in a position to need to default, sometimes circumstances may require a club to default a round of matches. Should this be necessary, the club is to contact the draw steward (Graeme Morris) before 8pm on the Friday prior to the round of matches. The club defaulting the match will lose the match and their opponents for that round will be awarded a win and a score value of 16 points (note; there is a maximum of 31 points available in each match). The club that has defaulted will gain no points for that match. These points will only be important if there is a situation where they need to be used to separate teams after the 5 preliminary rounds.
Draw Steward - Graeme Morris (Masterton) 06-378-7331
The score sheets provided are to be completed by the person in charge of each team and they are to be handed to the Zone Co-ordinator at the end of the match. The Zone co-ordinators are to be advised. (Download scoresheet (MS Word 48kB)