Pittwater Life July 2017 Issue

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Beaches brigade in fine touch
Competing for the fourth
consecutive year as a
new representative team,
Northern Beaches Touch Renegades
emulated their performance
of 12 months ago with
a runner-up placing in the Club
Championships table at the NSW
Touch Junior State Cup in Port
Macquarie.
“We headed north with a
team in every age group, from
Under-10 boys and girls to Under-18
boys and girls,” recapped
club president Jim Randall.
“There were 1237 games played
over three huge days of competition
from teams all over the state
– it was great fun and our squad
of participants did us proud.”
NBT tallied a combined 100
points, placing behind the strong
Manly club (139 points) and
ahead of western Sydney powerhouse
Parramatta (94 points)
who finished third overall.
“Every one of our teams, from
-10s through to -18s contributed
to the club points,” Jim said. “All
teams made it to a round of 16,
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BLUES BROTHERS: Northern Beaches Touch Renegades’ Under-10 boys
(above, left and below) were huge contributors to the club’s second
placing in the NSW Junior State Cup, as were the Under-10 girls.
with three teams going into a
grand final and three teams
getting to semi-finals – which is
a huge achievement considering
the size of the event and the
large number of teams competing.”
Special mention went to the
club’s biggest achievers, the
youngest of the ‘tribe’ – the Under-10
girls who, under the guidance
of long-serving coach Peter
Smyth emerged as premiers,
convincingly winning their
decider against the strongly
fancied Singleton girls.
“Peter has been in this position
from the very start of Renegades,”
said Jim. “Every year
he has proved to be successful
and there’s a reason why – ask
any of these girls how hard
they trained for this event and
I’m sure they will tell you ‘very
hard!’… their fitness sessions at
trainings would put the Under-
18s to shame!”
The Renegades’ Under-10
boys, coached by Joel Maguire,
also made it to the Grand Final,
only to be defeated by an outstanding
Wests Magpies team.
“The Northern Beaches is
a melting pot of talent with a
bunch of kids who have their
hand in every sport,” Jim said.
“We’re always after new players
and if you want to make touch
football your sport, or add it
to your list of pastimes, don’t
miss out on our representative
trials which will be held within
the first two weeks of the new
competition starting.”
For information on reps and
registrations visit northernbeachestouch.com
42 JULY 2017
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