By ANITA ANDERSON
EVEN with the dramatic dip on the temperature gauge, Noosa Touch Football’s junior players still managed to display some hot touch footy action last week.
Purple Strikers and Pinklets played out a thriller in the first under-10 game of the afternoon with Pinklets just holding on to take the win. Dakota, Lilliana and Paige had terrific games. Pink Thunder gave it their best all game against GSLC (girls) but GSLC showed off their attacking qualities to take the points this week. Emily, Alexandra and Anna all gave strong performances. Tewantin had a tough challenge up against the GSLC (boys) with the GSLC team proving too strong on the day with Amoy, Harry and Charlie all playing well. In a see-sawing match, Amigos were in front by just a couple of touchdowns against Sunshine at the final whistle. Bowen, Atticus, Brandon and Ben stood tall for their teams.
In the under-12 division, the Banana Splits girls gave the Warriors boys a run for their money with the Warriors just clinching the win. Monique, Jamaica and Cooper all producing first rate efforts. Panthers (girls) ran into some strong competition in their match against Glen’s Guns with the Gun’s putting in a very polished performance. Deserved player-of-the-day honours went to Armin, Parker and Ryan. Taking every opportunity led the Sunshine Rippers to their win over Tewantin with Ruby, Molly and Seisia having mighty games for their teams.
The under-14/16 girls division got underway with NDSHS 10s having a narrow win over GSLC Maroon, with Lilly-belle, Lexi and Imogen showing great skill. NDSHS 9s (Blue) went down fighting against NDSHS 7s. Charlie, Mahalia and Raene had great games. A tireless defensive effort allowed St Andrew’s to take the points over GSLC (Gold) and Sunshine Rebels showed great composure in their win against NDSHS 9s (Green). Pip, Chelsea and Milli showed some passionate play. SBST showed promising teamwork which led to winning result against NDSHS 8s with Abby, Tayla and Grace having stellar games.
Dodgers dug deep in their match against The Magic Touch in the under-14/16 boys division but The Magic Touch boys banded together to get the result. Mitch, Jack and Josh all played strongly. The Illuminatis went down fighting in their game against GSLC but the GSLC boys kept their cool for the win. Hayden L., Max and Taj all produced strong individual efforts. The luck of the draw produced what was the battle for NDSHS supremacy with NDSHS 9s (Green) accounting for NDSHS 7 and 8s (Blue) and NDSHS 9s (Blue) too strong for NDSHS 7 and 8s (Green). Liam, Gareth, Kyle, Tom, Hayden and Heath looked sharp for their teams.
