Nelson Bay Touch Association

Player Registration

If your team contact has already registered your team, and you are a player who needs to register into it

Team Registration

If you are a team contact, looking to register a team into our competition

Local Competition

About 

 

Our Touch Association runs both Summer and Winter Competitions. Our Summer competition starts from October 6th. Juniors and Ladies play Wednesdays. Men play Thursdays, and Mixed play on Fridays. All games are played at Tomaree Sports Oval.

The Winter Junior competition runs for approximately 8 weeks and the Summer Junior Competition runs for approximately 11 weeks. The Winter Senior competition runs for approximately 12 weeks and the Summer Senior competition runs for approximately 14 weeks. Please note we will not run games over State of Origin, or the Christmas / New Year period.

 

How much does it cost?

JUNIORS
$80 per player and $22 TFA annual fee (register as a team or individual) 

Please Note
Age you are turning in 2022 (ie 10 years born 2012)

A player may play up 1 age group but can not play down

Max of 4 rep players from the 2021 rep season allowed per team. If more then 4 rep players in team you must play up an age group if available.

 

LADIES
$85 a player (if more then 10 players & reaches max $850 teams can apply for refund)

MENS
$85 a player (if more then 10 players & reaches max $850 teams can apply for refund)

MIXED
$75 a player (if more then 10 players & reaches max $750 teams can apply for refund)

A player must be turning 14 in 2023 if they wish to register in a Ladies, Mens or Mixed side – there will be no exceptions.

 

Registering for Touch has never been easier.

Please note that with many other sports things will be very different this year with regard to game/training days & ensuring we abide by our Covid Safe Plan.
If your team contact has already registered your team, and you are a player who needs to register into it use the Player Registration above and search for your team name.
If you are a team contact, looking to register a team into our competition use the team registration above.
To view fixtures and results please use https://touchfootball.com.au/competitions  when our competition has started. 

 

Field Layouts

Our association play at Tomaree Sports Oval, 20 Aquatic Cl, Nelson Bay NSW 2315

There is currently a total of 8 fields available.

Map

Tomaree Sports Complex

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 event play together. Even at the most elite end of the sport, there are Mixed as well as Men’s and Women’s divisions.

Insurance

Sports Injury Claims Procedure

  1. When injured, report your injury to your Association immediately and fill out the injury report form. (This must be done on the day/night) DOWNLOAD HERE
  2. Request a claim form within 30 days via Sportscover – www.sportscover.com or download via the TFA website www.touchfootball.com.au/claimform
  3. Ensure your team, local association and state are provided. Ensure the official report form is completed by your association. Please remember to complete all section to avoid delay
  4. Have your medical practitioner to fill in the appropriate statement and email all completed paperwork to sport@marsh.com
  5. Claim from your Private health insurer/Medicare, if applicable
  6. When treatment is complete please return all accounts.

Touch Football Australia manages changes to the policy to maintain currency with industry requirements. In addition, claims are managed so large increases related to increase claims are evened out across the scheme ensuring stability with insurance related costs for local associations.  

To review the coverage available, we recommend all individuals to consider their personal circumstance and assess if additional external coverage is required outside of what is offered as part of membership to the affiliated structure of Touch Football Australia.

 To view policy related information, please visit the ‘Insurance’ section of the Touch Football Australia website:

https://touchfootball.com.au/tfa-insurance/

Wet Weather

For Wet Weather Updates please follow our Facebook page and the “NEWS” section on our website.
Decisions will be attempted to be made well in advance, however this is sometimes out of our control.
In the case of inclement weather, you should contact for Council Field Availability after 2pm on the day of your game.

Phone number 0401 639 672 – Mandy

If fields are open, rain, hail or shine the games are ON. There is no need to make personal contact with anyone from the Association as they are guided by the Council. If for any reason the games are cancelled but the grounds are open, then you will be notified accordingly.

Kids Playing in the wet

Rules and Regulations

Referee

Duty Referee

Nelson Bay Touch Association utilises a Duty Referee system.

All referees please report to the desk at least 15 minutes prior to your game. Some of you will be buddy refereeing which means we do not want 2 of you on the field at once, you must interchange.  We will explain when you report, including any specific rules for our competition.

Referee Uniform

Please wear your own t shirt and shorts as you will be supplied with a referee vest for your game. Please wear football boots or similar to referee in.

Remember your whistle and water bottle.

Roster

If your name is not on the roster for this week, you will definitely get a game the following week. We have done the roster based on first in, first served. If your name is not here it is because our coordinator did not receive your confirmation. If you’ve discovered you have a game that clashed with your referee duty please contact our coordinator ASAP.

Timeslot 1:

First name, Last name; First name, Last name; First name, Last name; First name, Last name; 

Timeslot 2:

First name, Last name; First name, Last name; First name, Last name; First name, Last name; 

Timeslot 3:

First name, Last name; First name, Last name; First name, Last name; First name, Last name; 

Stand By Referees 

Often we roster referees on as our reserves in case somebody is running late or gets hurt. You still get paid to be on ‘stand by’ so please don’t wander away from the desk area. If you arrive and don’t see your name on the roster but it was on the website please come and find our coordinator 

Snr Single L3+ Snr Single L2 Snr Single L1 Snr Buddy L3+ Snr Buddy L2 Snr Buddy L1
$XX $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Jnr  L3+ Jnr  L2 Jnr  L1 Jnr  L1 1st year Jnr L1 Buddy
$XX $XX $XX $XX $XX

All referees on these age groups get paid $XX a game.

NSWTA Event Referees

Any referees who are interested in attending NSWTA events such as Junior or Senior State Cup please let our coordinator know. We also have gala days leading up to this tournament that we need refs for. If you’re keen, it’s great money and will improve your refereeing skills.