By ANITA ANDERSON
SOME great touchdowns were the order of the day in the Noosa Touch under-10 division last week.
Pink Thunder and Sapphires played an entertaining match with Pink Thunder the eventual winners. Alla, Breanna and Bronte all played strongly.
The Amigos were too strong for Tewantin with Ben, Broc and Ryan leading the way for their teams. In a close result Good Shepherd just managed to get the win over Sunshine this time around. Atticus, Kian and Charlie had mighty games.
The under-12 division has games between Banana Splits and Panthers, STM and Sunshine Rippers, and Glen’s Guns and Tewantin – with Banana Splits, STM and Glen’s Guns earning the points this week. Team players of the day went to Emily, Parker, Monique, Lulu, Alexander, Stella, Jacey and Charlotte.
Ever improving skill was on display in the under-14/16 girls division across the five games. Sunshine Rebels proved too strong for GSLC Gold with Giverney, Jaidyn and Lucy all playing strongly.
In a battle for Year 8 supremacy, NDSHS (Green) just had the edge over NDSHS (Blue). NDSHS 9s (Blue) went down to St Andrew’s – putting in great efforts for their teams were Rana, Chloe and Sarah. In a nail-biter between SBST and GSLC Maroon a drawn game was the end result at the full time siren. Jessie, Abbey and Phoebe produced first rate performances. NDSHS 10s had the edge over NDSHS 9s (Green) with Bronte, Kalen and Tiana playing well.
With the temperature starting to drop, the under-14/16 boys finished the afternoon of games. The Magic Touch went down fighting against The Illuminatis – Jack, Hayden and Tamatoa showed great skill. NDSHS 9s (Blue) narrowly won against NDSHS 7 and 8s (Blue). NDSHS 7 and 8s (Green) had a hard-fought win against Dodgers with Hayden, James S. and Dempsey giving mighty efforts. Good Shepherd came out on top in a close encounter against NDSHS 9s (Green) – Reuben, Chaance and Hayden were standouts in this game.
Please remember to thank our referees, as without them our games just wouldn’t happen. If we have any parents or players from our senior competition that would like to help out with a whistle please let us know.
