A new Baywide Premier format will be introduced for the Bay of Plenty 2017/18 cricket season, which will see the reintroduction of the Baywide Twenty20 competition.
Bay of Plenty cricket manager Tai Bridgman-Raison said the feedback from the premier captains was a desire for a closer alignment between the Baywide Cup and the National Club Championship.
"The captains were also unanimous in their desire to prepare for the Baywide Cup, with T20 cricket in early October, when cricket is usually played on artificial wickets," Bridgman-Raison said.
With the winner of the Baywide Cup representing Bay of Plenty in the ND National Club Championship qualifying playoffs, the Baywide Cup has become an eight-game shootout.
Two days of T20 cricket will begin on October 28 with the final played on December 16.
The second half of the T20 title race will take place on January 13-20 before the time-honoured Williams Cup.