Touch Football Australia

Touch Football Australia
Official website
Sport	Touch Football
Jurisdiction	National
Abbreviation	(TFA)
Affiliation	FIT
Chairman	Michael Rush
Chief Exec	Colm Maguire
touchfootball.com.au

Touch Football Australia (TFA) is the governing body of touch football in Australia. It is a member of the Federation of International Touch (FIT) the sport's international governing body.

History

There are over 400,000 registered members and 500,000 children who participate in Touch Football. It is among the top participation based, organised sports in Australia.

Teams

Men's Open
Women's Open
Mixed Open
Women's Over 27 Years
Senior Mixed
Men's Over 30 Years
Men's Over 35 Years
Men's Over 40 Years
Men's Over 50 Years

Domestic Competitions

Founded in 1997, the National Touch League is the only domestic competition for touch football in Australia.

International Competitions

Australia participates in the Touch Football World Cup at an international level. Since the inaugural World Cup in 1988 they have won 332 games out of the 362 they have played.

At the recent World Cup that was hosted at the Coffs Harbour International Stadium in Coffs Harbour Australia won eight of the nine categories they competed in.^[1]^[2]

Membership

There are eight member associations in each state:

Hall of Fame

Australian touch football Hall of Famers:^[3]

Terry Jacks
Karen Smith
Lisa Neal
Ray Lawrence
Ron Wall
Kerry Norman
Mark Boland
Scott Notley
Craig Pierce
Katrina Toohey (née Maher)
Bob Brindell
Peter McNeven
Rick Borg

Mick McCall
Peter Bell
Garry Lawless
Stacey Black (née Gregory)
Stephen Pike
Dean Russell
David Cheung
Tim Kitchingham
Renee Murphy
Sharyn Williams
Darren Shelley
Gai Taylor
Owen Lane

References

↑ touchfootball.com.au (7 May 2015). "Australia wins the 2015 World Cup!". Retrieved 12 May 2015.
↑ Ben Harris (3 May 2015). "Aussies dominate gold medals at Touch World Cup". Retrieved 12 May 2015.
↑ touchfootball.com.au (2015). "Hall of Fame". Retrieved 12 May 2015.

External links

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