scorpions headlines

29/06/09  Sydney Scorpions U18 Trials:
Trials will be held for the Sydney Scorpions Under 18 Boys and Girls teams on Sunday July 26 at 9.30am. They are to held at Doyle Ground North Parramatta. The teams will compete in the TFA National Youth Championships at Port Macquarie in Sept 2009.  Any enquiries should be directed to Mark Brisby, Director of Juniors on 0417.471.430.  If you are unable to attend you should submit a letter to Mark Brisby prior to the trial. Letters will only be considered in exceptional circumstances.  Coaching positions for the Sydney Scorpions 18's teams are as follows: Under 18's Girls – Graham Fleming.  Under 18's Boys – Dave Nolan.  Further information about the tournament can be found at  www.nyc.mytouchfooty.com

08/06/09  National Touch League/State of Origin Future Direction:
One of the key features of the National Events Commission’s (NEC) recommendations that have been adopted by the Touch Football Australia (TFA) Board is the inclusion of ‘profile events’ to be held in conjunction with a revitalised National Touch League (NTL).  One such event, to be held bi-annually starting in 2011 is the ‘Elite 8’, an 8 team series to showcase the best Opens Touch Football that we have to offer. Teams in the ‘Elite 8’ include four (4) from NSWTA, three (3) from QTA, and ‘The Alliance‘, a team from the Rest of Australia (see below).
It was envisaged that in 2010, NTL attendees would be able to enjoy watching the State of Origin between QTA & NSWTA. As agreement could not be achieved for the March 2010 event, NSWTA has negotiated with the TFA Board to introduce a one off ‘Challenge Series’.   Read more here....

01/06/09  NTL 2010 Coaching Positions: Coaching positions for the upcoming 2010 National Touch League Sydney Scorpions teams are currently being confirmed.  Those positions that are deemed vacant will be advertised in the coming weeks.

01/06/09  NSWTA Coaching/Referee/Selector Courses: The New South Wales Touch Association is still accepting enrolments for the Level One and Two Coaching Course in June.  The NSWTA will once again be running a number of technical courses over the weekend of 12, 13 & 14 June 2009.  This is a great chance for a number of people form associations to collectively attend a central venue for multiple courses.  Most notable is the Referee Retention and Recruitment Program which incorporates the generic course presenter which is required to present coaching courses.  It is also important to note that a level one selectors course can be completed on the Saturday morning, and a level one coaching course on the Sunday.  To register for one of the scheduled courses, or for further information regarding these courses, please contact the NSWTA office on telephone: 02 9558 9333 or email: technical@nswtouch.com.au or go to the NSWTA Website www.nswtouch.com.au

20/05/09  NTL 2010 - Seniors/Opens: Touch Football Australia (TFA) is pleased to announce that the 2010 X-Blades National Touch League will be held in Caloundra on Queensland. The venue for the event will be Stockland Park, Kawana. The NTL will run from Wednesday, 10 March 2010 until Saturday, 13 March 2010 inclusive, with Open and Senior divisions being run concurrently over the four day period. More information regarding Tournament Conditions will be released in the coming months.

6/05/09  Referee Awards & Congratulations: The NSWTA held the 30th Anniversary Graded referees dinner which was held on Saturday 2 May 2009 at Bankstown Sports club and the following Scorpions referees received awards:

Phil Lowe - 5 years service award
Matt Seldon - 5 years service award
Kim Perry -10 years service award and
Kim Perry - Referee of the tournament at Vawdon Cup.

Congratulations to all the referees who received awards.

Bill Slade
Scorpions
Director of Referees