November 4, 2013
It was a big weekend for the local touch football community with courses for refs, coaches and a round of training for rep teams held at Kingaroy’s Lyle Vidler Oval on Sunday.
Fourteen players, from as young as 15, attended a coaching course run by Gary Madders, the general manager of Queensland Touch Football.
Four players also completed the Level 1 referees course run by local ref Pat Williams.
Kingaroy coach Bill Johnston said teams were also gearing up for representative matches and the finals of the local competition.
The Grand Final of the Kingaroy Touch competition will be played at Lyle Vidler on Monday, December 2.
In the meantime, U10s, U12s, U14s and u16s will be representing the South Burnett in a Wide Bay (North division) carnival at Childers on November 23.
And three South Burnett adult teams – two mixed and one open men’s – will be taking part in the inaugural Qld Affiliate Cup which will be played on December 7-8 at Carrara on the Gold Coast.
