NT State Titles

Last weekend, Northern Territory Touch held their State Titles in Darwin.

Teams from all over the Northern Territory and even some players from Western Australia came to contest the tournament, which strengthened the quality of the touch played.

Australian representative Bo De La Cruz also came back from a successful Trans Tasman Series to play for Honkers Inc.

National Referees Panel member Ken Golden also attended the tournament to assess and coach the referees.

One referee was upgraded to Level 2, three were upgraded to Level 3, while one referee attained their Level 4 badge.

The results were as follows:

Men’s Open

Crocs – 4 def. Carla Furnishers Palmerston Bulls – 3

Women’s Open

Honkers Inc – 8 def. Crocs – 7

18’s Mixed

Honkers Inc – 9 def. Gove – 7

35’s Mixed

Hornets – 7 def. Stragglers – 4

Regional Men

Alice Springs – 14 def. Katherine – 5

Regional Women

Alice Springs – 15 def. Gove – 3

Player of Series:

Women’s Open

Nikki Waterman – Big Deals

Men’s Open

Daniel Questroy – Bundy Bears

Daniel Mintcheff – Alice Springs

18’s Mixed

Male – Paul Bond – Darwin Blue

Female – Deanna Peckham – All Blacks

35’s Mixed

Male – Peter Alley – Hornets

Female – Jo Howard – Gove

Barry Hounslow Memorial Trophy Overall Player of Series

Rodney Hoffman – Katherine

Bubbles Peckham Memorial Trophy – Sportsmanship Award

Kelly Ewin – Honkers Inc

Referee of the Tournament

Margaret Levien