PLAY TOUCH FOOTBALL – TAREN POINT LOCAL COMPETITION
Taren Point Touch Association provides local touch football competitions in the Sutherland Shire, catering for male and female participants from 7-70 years of age. TPTA is the only NSW Touch (NSWTA) and Touch Football Australia (TFA) affiliated touch football association in the Sutherland Shire, and is run 100% by volunteers who are passionate about the sport of Touch Football and its growth in the region.
Based at Gwawley Park in the heart of the Sutherland Shire participants compete in local junior and senior competitions throughout winter and summer in a fun, family and friendly environment where the emphasis is placed on participation as well as building skills and fitness.
Players who participate in these local competitions are eligible to be selected for the Sharks representative teams who play in the NSWTA Vawdon Cup competition, and the annual Junior and Senior State Cup tournaments.
Is Touch the same as Tag?
No, there’s no ‘tag’ in Touch Football! You don’t need any specific types of shorts to play like you do in a tag game.
Do you have to be fit to play Touch?
Nope, Touch Football at park level is a social sport. And there’s a reason it’s Australia’s largest social sport, with 700,000 people around the country taking part – everyone can play, no matter your age or size. It’s just about finding a social team that suits you.
What is Mixed Touch?
Many Touch Football clubs around the country offer ‘Mixed’ competitions, which means males and females can play in teams together. Depending on the age criteria set by the club, this means whole families (kids, parents, grandparents) can even play together. Even at the most elite end of the sport, there are Mixed as well as Men’s and Women’s divisions.
MATCH FIXTURES AND RESULTS
2023 Summer Competition
We are now taking team registrations for our Junior Summer competition, which will commence on September 13 and conclude December 13. Junior games will be played on Wednesday’s from 5pm with divisions in U7 through to Girls / Boys Youth League (age 15+).
Our Senior competition will commence on October 17 and 18 with games played on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings.
Tuesday Nights
Mixed 6 a-side. Time: TBC (14 Week Competition)
Women’s 7 a-side – Time TBC (14 Week Competition)
Men’s Open 6 a-side. Time: TBC (14 Week Competition)
Wednesday Nights
Junior Boys and Girls – From 5pm. (12 Week Competition)
Men’s 30s 7 a-side – Time TBC (14 Week Competition)
REGISTER YOUR TEAM
For team contacts looking to register a team
PLAYER REGISTRATION
If your team contact has already registered your team, and you are a player who needs to register into it
Junior Competition Information
Junior Competition registration fees are $100 per season, which includes: playing fees, insurance, referee match payments, equipment, field hire, lighting and a playing shirt.
Active Kids vouchers can be applied to offset this cost via our registration process.
$22 Touch Football Australia National Annual Membership Fee per player. This is a new change to take effect from 1 July 2023. For more information – TFA Announces a New National Membership Model – Touch Football Australia
The game is 40 minutes duration with two x 20-minute halves and a five-minute halftime break
Enquiries: tarenpointtouch@hotmail.com
Ph: Craig May – 0410 320 912
Parking at the grounds
If the main car park at Gwawley Park is full, parking on Taren Point Road is available from 7pm and there is plenty of parking at Gwawley South.
Contact us about our local competition
Want to get in touch with us? No worries! Send us an email and a club organiser will get back to you shortly.
For all park competition enquiries (junior and senior) – click here
