Registrations open for junior touch football

The Peninsula Junior Touch Football Association is getting ready for another year of competition and individual and team registrations are now open.

Peninsula Junior Touch Football Association president Ms Sharon Nelson said that the under-14s representative team had outstanding success last year, finishing runners-up in the Junior State Cup in Nelson Bay and winning the Peter Wilson Memorial Cup.

This year's competition starts on October 13 and runs until the week before Christmas, starting up again in January and finishing in March.

Last year, the junior club was flooded with registrations, adding up to around 750 boys and girls.

Ms Nelson said she was confident the competition would reach that number again this year due to the constant flow of active players from the junior teams up to the senior league.

The five executives and referee coordinator of the Peninsula Junior Touch Association worked tirelessly to organise the season's games and competitions, she said.

Help from players and parents was always appreciated and welcomed.

Representative teams will be competing in the Central Coast Championship held locally at Adcock Park, The Peter Wilson Memorial Cup at Nelson Bay in the first week of February, and the Port Macquarie State Cup.

Ms Nelson's father was a founder of the original Peninsula Junior Touch Football committee.

She said her 26 year-old-son played in the competition and her 11-year-old son is now playing.

Interview, 20 July 2016

Sharon Nelson, Peninsula Junior Touch

Reporter: Caitlin Lavelle