SIXTY SECONDS IN TOUCH
Wednesday, 15th June 2005
* The Open sides held a training camp over the long weekend, with the job of selecting the Open sides for the All Nations tournament one of the most difficult to ever confront the coaching team. From all reports the competition was extremely tight and tough and the Australian sides will no doubt be extremely strong to take on the Kiwi's on their home soil.
The sides will be announced within the next few weeks, after the players have accepted their position and paid their deposit for the All Nations tournament, so keep an eye on the ATA website for all the news.
* The Managers and Assistant Coaches for the All Nations senior sides have been announced, check out the successful applicants on the ATA homepage.
* On a final All Nations note, NZ Touch have sent out their third edition of the All Nations newsletter, it can be viewed here: ALL NATIONS NEWSLETTER 3
* The NSW Touch Website is advertising level 1 and level 2 coaching courses, so if yopu're keen to advance your skills check out www.nswtouch.com.au and see if the opportunity is one you want to grab.
* The Queensland Junior State Cup is just 2 weeks away, with nominations seeing 121 teams converge on the Glasshouse Mountains for the event. ATA Tournament Director and IT man Jon Pratt is looking forward to the trip away from frosty cold Canberra to help out Qld Touch with the IT side of the event. He'll be teaching the Qld Touch people to use the Sporting Pulse results system, a computer based system that allows people world-wide to log on and see results, ladders, draws and so forth.
ATA Media Manager Rachel Moyle will also be doing some lead up work to the event, helping with promotion and writing media releases and so forth. It's another great opportunity to help promote the sport.
* The ACT Touch Association is holding trials for their Under 18 sides this Thursday and next. Check out www.acttouch.com.au if you're interested.
* Touch SA are holding a fundraiser night for their All Nations representatives on Sunday July 3. They'll be heading out as a group to see the new Movie blockbuster `War of the Worlds' with Tom Cruise, directed by Steven Spielberg. It's a great example of how Touch Associations are rallying around their Australian representatives.
* Applications are coming in steadily for the Touch-e-Talk newsletter `Volunteer of the Month'. We're starting to realise just how many volunteers there are in our sport and will be doing our best in the coming months to recognise as many as possible!
* Big news out of WA: The Southern Districts Mens Over 30's side competed in the Asian Masters Touch Tournament in Singapore last weekend, defeating Japan 4-1 in the grand final. In the Mixed grand final the Karratha Dinosaurs went down to The Fellowship (a largely NZ based side) 5-2. Top work TouchWest!
* With the Special General Meeting set to hit Canberra on June 25, there's a lot of info that needs to get out to the Touch public. Make sure you have a look at the latest news on the website, including the proposed constitutional changes and how the Unitary Model will affect your affiliate.
* It was great to see a half-page news article in last weekend's Sun Herald, about the case out of Penrith Touch, where a player was banned for 15 years for assaulting a referee. Australian Touch and all it's Associations want to make it perfectly clear that that sort of behaviour is unacceptable in our sport.
* Remember to keep looking for opportunities to promote the sport, if you have any events of happenings that you think might be newsworthy, let Rachel Moyle know on media@austouch.com.au Interest for the All Nations is going through the roof with stories about players and coaches becoming popular news items!
By Rachel Moyle, media@austouch.com.au
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