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SPARING IN WESA 

  • Team Managers may engage qualified Spares to bring their number up to ten players with a minimum of seven regular rostered team members. (7+3=10)
  • All Spares must have a SQ  that does not exceed the maximum qualification for the division in which they are sparing. The maximums are as follows: Tier 1 is a SQ of 5, Tier 2 is a SQ of 7, Tier 3 has its own Sparing Rules.
  • Members playing on a team in a division using the Masters Allowance, of turning at least 50 years of age in the current year, are also qualified to spare in the same division.
  • Members playing on a team in a division using an Exception are not qualified to spare in that division if their SQ would otherwise restrict it.


Member Sparing
Register your name as a member who would like to be on the Spares List HERE.

Designated Pitcher: Tier 1 Team Managers may engage any WESA Member to serve as a non-batting Designated Pitcher. All pitches shall be delivered with the intent of being strikes and the pitcher must fully play the defensive position without attempting to lessen their impact on the game. A Designated Pitcher is not part of the batting lineup, may pitch for both teams, and is not subject to a game maximum.

Tier 3 Spare Requirements (effective 2026 regular season):
1. The WESA SQ for any spare player(s) engaged by Team Management in T3 shall be no more than the average SQ of the team’s missing players, rounded up, plus 1.
 Example: if 5 players from a team  of 13 are missing and those missing players have SQs of 7,8,8,8, and 12, Team Management can engage up to 2 spares to their lineup, each spare with a maximum SQ of 10 (average 8.6 rounded up to 9.0 plus 1)

2. The penalty for playing an ineligible spare as per (a) above is forfeiture of the game.

3. Infractions(s) can be reported at any time before the end of the regular season (July 12).

4. Notwithstanding (e) below, it will no longer be incumbent on the opposing coach to preapprove, veto, or otherwise vet spare player(s).

5. In the case of non-WESA Member spares that do not have a provisional SQ, Team Management from both sides must agree that the proposed spare is appropriate and, therefore, may participate in the game with the expectation that the WESA SQ Committee will provide the spare with a provisional SQ based on his/her performance in that first game played. 

To read the text of the Spare rules from the League Appendices D3(b)., D29. & D30., please see the WESA Governing Manual . More.

WESA MEMBERS are eligible to spare to a maximum of six games during the regular season and are eligible to spare during the WESA Cup league tournament.

NON-MEMBER SPARES can be eligible to spare up to 3 times per regular season if the following process is followed at least 4-business days in advance of game participation. Steps:

  1. Click here to complete the registration form:
              a. Four-day Advance registration is required (per the League Appendices D29, D30).
              b. Drop-in non-member spares are not permitted.
              c. Registration does not guarantee play.
  2. Make online NON-refundable payment of $30 via credit card.
    3. Register and sign the SPN waiver at slo-pitch.com AND the WESA Code of Conduct located at this LINK.

Non-Member Spares can be eligible to spare during the WESA Cup league tournament if they have participated as a regular season spare and by repeating steps 1 and 2 above before June 30th.

Questions?  Please contact Gord A.. at RulesAndRegulations@WESA.net.

*SQ refers to the WESA Skills Questions.  To read more click HERE.

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