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Touchdown
in the rain
Close action at best ever touch titles
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A
player from the North Queensland women’s side gets
set to fire a pass to her teammate as a NSW opposition player
looks to intervene during the women’s final of the
Defcredit ADF Touch Football Championships at Randwick Barracks.
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Spectators
took whatever they could find to keep covered from the rain
that made its presence felt during the finals. Photo by
Bill Cunneen.
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ADF
personnel from NSW and the ACT blitzed the opposition at the 11th
ADF DEFCREDIT Touch Football Championships in December.
Teams were grouped by region rather than Service, with a total of
371 participants from Navy, Army, RAAF, Australian Public Service
and Defence civilians playing for ACT / NSW Country, North Queensland,
NSW, Northern Territory, Southern States and South Queensland.
According to event coordinator MAJ Michelle Breen, the quality and
skill level of teams and individuals in the championships was some
of the best ever.
“We’ve seen a definite improvement on the standard of
touch,” Maj Breen said.
“There were some extremely fast games with some extremely good
plays.”
Participants were blessed with excellent weather conditions for
the first three days, until rain on the last day brought an extra
challenge to the finals.
“Players really had to step up to the conditions, they played
in the rain all day through the semis and the finals and had to
change their style of play a little, but it was still a very exciting
day.”
The games were close all through the championships leading up to
the finals, where NSW/ACT Country won 4-2 against North Queensland
in the men’s final, while in the women’s, North Queensland
was defeated by NSW 1-0.
Pte Joshua Woo, Spt Coy 6RAR, received the best and fairest award
for the men’s open and Cpl Cassandra Sutton, 145 Sig Sqn, won
the award in the women’s.
As well as deciding the top ADF teams, the championships allowed
the selection of the ADF Touch Association’s National Representative
Defence Warrior Squads to tour in 2003.
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