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ADF
sides show touch of class to blitz competition
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NSW player runs at the North Queensland defence during the
women’s final at the DEFCREDIT Touch Football Championships.
NSW won the final 1-0, while NSW/ACT Country took out the
men’s title, defeating North Queensland 4-2. Photo
by Bill Cunneen
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AUSTRALIAN
Defence Force competitors from NSW and the ACT blitzed the opposition
at the recent DEFCREDIT Touch Football Championships.
Teams were grouped by region rather than service, with a total of
371 participants from Navy, Army, Air Force, 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 Major Michelle Breen, the quality
and skill level of teams and individuals in the championships was
some of the best ever for the ADF Touch Association.
“We’ve seen a definite improvement on the standard of
touch this year,” 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, NSW 1-0 defeated
North Queensland.
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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