Waihopai was founded in 1950 and plays its home games at Surrey Park.

[1] Waihopai reached the quarter-finals of the Chatham Cup in 1964,[1][2] having qualified as the champion side in the Southland Region.

[1] They also have won the Churchill Rosebowl thirteen times for the club in Southland that makes it the furthest in the Chatham Cup.

[3] Waihopai are four-times winners of the Donald Gray Memorial Cup, in 1986, 2001, 2002, and 2003.

It is awarded to the Southland team that wins the senior grade competition.