SIXTY SECONDS IN TOUCH

Welcome to the pre-NTL edition of Sixty Seconds in Touch…excitement is building as the NTL nears, with the kick-off this Friday at 9:00am. There will be action aplenty from the first touch, with defending Champions in the Mens 20’s, the Southern Suns, facing the Sydney Mets side, a consistent finals player in the Mens 20’s until their slip in 2005...a huge match to kick-off the 2006 tournament! 

• The link to the NTL results website is up and running. Just visit www.austouch.com.au and then check out the story containing the link. The TFA Sporting Pulse results website has the fixtures, results, ladders and statistics from the event. It will be updated after each round by tournament volunteer Matt Wood.

• To grab all other news, info and stories on the NTL, simply check out the everyday TFA website www.austouch.com.au. Rachel Grant and Lisa Plummer will be writing and uploading feature stories, match reports, summaries of all the action and plenty more. There will also be photographs from Sporting Images and reports ‘From the Fishbowl’. (Adam and Kane are once again set to provide their genius commentaries on each day’s action.)

• All images taken at the NTL will be available for purchase at www.sportingimages.com.au

• Make sure you grab your copy of the NTL program when you hit Coffs Harbour. All teams who attend the Manager’s meetings will receive plenty of copies, but if you’re a spectator simply ask a tournament staff member for a copy and they’ll grab you one.

• Hyperactive Merchandising are busy packing their stock for the event…t-shirts, boardies, hats, socks, sports bras, stubby holders and much more. They’ll be downstairs in the normal place, so make sure you drop in to purchase something for yourself or for someone else.

• The NTL grand finals package will be shown on Fox Sports at the following times: Fox Sports 2 on April 11^th at 11pm, Fox Sports 1 April 15^th at 1pm and April 17^th at 6pm. Make sure you tune in!

• If you need any stories of pictures sent to your newspapers at home for the NTL, contact Rachel on media@austouch.com.au or 0422 233 165, she will gladly help with this work.

• The TFA Board of Management (BOM) met for the first time over the weekend with incoming members Bill Ker and Bruce Ainslie in attendance.

• The ACT Annual General Meeting was also held on the weekend with Melinda Turner elected onto the Board and Claire McNamara returning to the Board.

• Touch Football Australia is looking for suitably qualified applicants for Game Development positions in Western Australia. If you’re interested check out www.touchwest.com

• Touch Football Victoria held their Youth 18’s Championships over the weekend. For a full report on the event check out www.victouch.com.au

• Touch-e-Talk, TFA’s online newsletter will be out this week…it will have heaps of news and stories, so make sure you check it out.

• You can subscribe to receive news from TFA via email. Simply visit the front page of the website. You will receive the online newsletter, as well as other info, news and stories. On average you’ll receive 2-3 emails per month, so never fear, your email will not be bombarded!

• Remember if you have any news for 60 Seconds in Touch, just email it to Rachel on media@austouch.com.au