Category: Structure
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New South Wales
The first formalized Touch Football competition was South Sydney Touch Association in 1968. Touch Football continued to grow and during the 70`s it took hold in the country areas. The first country competition was Wagga Wagga Touch Association in 1973 with the first women’s competition officially starting in Ballina in 1975. The New South Wales…
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QLD Public Service
From the late seventies, touch was played by teams representing various departments of the Queensland Public Service. Also, the AUSTRALIAN POST-TEL INSTITUTE (API) ran a ladies touch competition. Thanks to Patti Lee, we have some newspaper clippings etc from that era. (The API is a long-standing social organisation for PMG, Telecom, Telstra employees). This is…
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Queensland
1973 / 1974 Touch Football started In Queensland with the formation of the Brisbane Touch Association in 1973 and the SEQTFA in 1974. This was a result of Brisbane Rugby League players seeing the growth of the sport in New South Wales. The sport expanded quickly around Queensland in the 1970s. 1978 / 1979 As…
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Queensland Touch Football
Established 1979 Queensland Touch Football (QTF) is the official state body of touch football in Queensland and a member of Touch Football Australia (TFA). The Queensland Touch Association was established 20 January 1979, when it was agreed to affiliate with the newly formed Australian Touch Association (2 December 1978), known as Touch Football Australia. (Till…
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Country Club (Brisbane)
The Dragons This history was composed for Country Club’s 20-year reunion. If you have later history please let us know. In 1986 Country Club merged with foundation club United creating the new identity of Country Club United. Country Club Colts Touch Football Club | Facebook The Beginning (1976) Country Club Touch Football Club was formed…
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Metros Touch Club (Brisbane)
Established 1974 Metros was the 7th team entered into the South Queensland Touch Football Association (SQTFA) in 1974. It was started by Don Bateson. At the time, Don lived in New Farm, Brisbane, and one of his neighbour’s was Leigh Barker, organiser and captain of Dairy Cows. One day Leigh told Don about playing Touch…
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Sydney (NSW)
Organised Touch Football starts in Sydney, Australia Early 1960s Bill Cameron, one of the founders of touch football in Brisbane, remembers: “I played lower grades for Manly Warringah (rugby league) in 1963-1964 and Rex Mossop always organised a game of touch after official training sessions on Brookvale oval. He also ran a game of touch…