Albion Park Touch Association

About 

 

Our Touch Association runs both Summer and Winter Competitions. Our Summer competition runs from mid October to February – March. Mens is played on Wednesday nights and Mixed is played on Thursday nights.

The Winter Senior competition runs for approximately 12 weeks and the Summer Senior competition runs for approximately 14 weeks. Please note we will not run games over State of Origin, or the Christmas / New Year period.

 How much does it cost? 

It is $1000 per team for our Senior Competition. This covers things like ground fees, refereeing costs and other miscellaneous items. 

Registering for Touch has never been easier.

If your team contact has already registered your team, and you are a player who needs to register into it use the Player Registration above and search for your team name.

If you are a team contact, looking to register a team into our competition use the team registration above.

To view fixtures and results please use https://touchfootball.com.au/competitions when our competition has started.

 

Field Layouts

Our association plays at Albion Oval in Albion Park Rail.

There is currently a total of 9 fields available.

Map

Albion Oval

Is Touch the same as Tag?

No, there’s no ‘tag’ in Touch Football! You don’t need any specific types of shorts to play like you do in a tag game. 

Do you have to be fit to play Touch?

Nope, Touch Football at park level is a social sport. And there’s a reason it’s Australia’s largest social sport, with 700,000 people around the country taking part – everyone can play, no matter your age or size. It’s just about finding a social team that suits you.

What is Mixed Touch?

Many Touch Football clubs around the country offer ‘Mixed’ competitions, which means males and females can play in teams together. Depending on the age criteria set by the club, this means whole families (kids, parents, grandparents) can event play together. Even at the most elite end of the sport, there are Mixed as well as Men’s and Women’s divisions.

Insurance

Sports Injury Claims Procedure

  1. When injured, report your injury to your Association immediately and fill out the injury report form. (This must be done on the day/night) DOWNLOAD HERE
  2. Request a claim form within 30 days via Sportscover – www.sportscover.com or download via the TFA website www.touchfootball.com.au/claimform
  3. Ensure your team, local association and state are provided. Ensure the official report form is completed by your association. Please remember to complete all section to avoid delay
  4. Have your medical practitioner to fill in the appropriate statement and email all completed paperwork to sport@marsh.com
  5. Claim from your Private health insurer/Medicare, if applicable
  6. When treatment is complete please return all accounts.

Touch Football Australia manages changes to the policy to maintain currency with industry requirements. In addition, claims are managed so large increases related to increase claims are evened out across the scheme ensuring stability with insurance related costs for local associations.  

To review the coverage available, we recommend all individuals to consider their personal circumstance and assess if additional external coverage is required outside of what is offered as part of membership to the affiliated structure of Touch Football Australia.

 To view policy related information, please visit the ‘Insurance’ section of the Touch Football Australia website:

https://touchfootball.com.au/tfa-insurance/

Wet Weather

For Wet Weather Updates please follow our Facebook page and the “NEWS” section on our website.
Decisions will be attempted to be made well in advance, however this is sometimes out of our control.
In the case of inclement weather, you should contact for Council Field Availability after 2pm on the day of your game.

If fields are open, rain, hail or shine the games are ON. There is no need to make personal contact with anyone from the Association as they are guided by the Council. If for any reason the games are cancelled but the grounds are open, then you will be notified accordingly.

Kids Playing in the wet

Rules and Regulations

Referee

Duty Referee

Albion Park Touch Association utilises a Duty Referee system.

All referees please report to the desk at least 15 minutes prior to your game. Some of you will be buddy refereeing which means we do not want 2 of you on the field at once, you must interchange.  We will explain when you report, including any specific rules for our competition.

Referee Uniform

Please wear your own t shirt and shorts as you will be supplied with a referee vest for your game. Please wear football boots or similar to referee in.

Remember your whistle and water bottle.

Referee Rates  

Round Games Final’s Games
$30 $50

NSWTA Event Referees

Any referees who are interested in attending NSWTA events such as Junior or Senior State Cup please let our coordinator know. We also have gala days leading up to this tournament that we need refs for. If you’re keen, it’s great money and will improve your refereeing skills.