AFTER a four-year hiatus, touch football is back up and running. Thanks to the help of Kaokao Kautai from Moama Echuca touch football, Tyler Cabansag and Dave Diack from touch football Victoria alongside Andrew Harrison, a ‘Youth In Touch’ program to build up the junior players in the Greater Shepparton area and regional Victoria in general has been established.
They will also be applying for grants funding with Shepparton City Council to encourage women to engage in the sport as part of a program named ‘Switch’.
The ‘Youth In Touch’ program currently runs on Friday nights at Vibert reserve, Shepparton at 6:30pm. Those aged between 8 and 18 are welcome, and it is a free clinic funded by Vic Health and Touch Football Victoria.
Those involved aim to work hard to re-establish touch football as a strong sport in the region and eventually host a multi-cultural pacific cup right here in Shepparton. There will be many representative opportunities for the youth and senior players with state teams and tournaments happening in Victoria, with the seniors competition running from the end of September until the start of October 2021.
