Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The National Touch League is a national-wide domestic competition for the sport of Touch Football in Australia.The annual four-day competition allows thirteen regional permits and touch football affiliates from across Australia to compete in twelve divisions including Open, Mixed and Senior categories.
Touch (also known as touch football or touch rugby) is a variant of rugby league that is conducted under the direction of the Federation of International Touch (FIT). Though it shares similarities and history with rugby league , it is recognised as a sport in its own right due to its differences which have been developed over the sport's lifetime.
The Australian Touch Association (ATA) was founded in 1978, following the formation of several state-level organisations, as the national governing body of the sport. The ATA was responsible for the coordination of the sport at a national level, which included the creation of a national championships and the release of the first official rule book, in 1980.
The Brisbane City Cobras are one of 13 Touch Football permits within Australia.Covering metropolitan Brisbane, the region is covers only a relatively small number of local associations, but has performed strongly at national events, in particular the Australian National Touch League.
The National Touch League is the peak domestic competition for the sport of Touch Football in Australia. At the completion of each competition, a Player of the Series and Player of the Final is named.
Offensive touch football player tries to get out of reach of defending player. Touch football is an amateur variant of American football and Canadian football.The basic rules are similar to those of the mainstream game (called "tackle football" for contrast), but to end a down, the person carrying the ball need only be touched, instead of tackled, by a member of the opposite team. [1]
The first Victorian Football League match played in Sydney was with Fitzroy Football Club 7–10, defeating the Collingwood Football Club 6–9 at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 24 May 1903. [45] The large attendance of 20,000 saw the exhibition hailed as a success and inspired the league to continue scheduling more matches in Sydney.
There are 70 clubs that compete in full contact junior, senior and women's competitions in seven leagues nationwide. Representative teams are formed by players from across the league, not solely from the league's championship team. Gridiron Australia also includes non-contact touch football and flag football competitions and tournaments.