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Touch Rugby New Zealand
Submission declined on 5 April 2024 by Stuartyeates (talk). Pretty sure the common name for this in .nz is "touch rugby" not "Touch Football"
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Touch New Zealand [1](TNZ) is the governing body of touch rugby in New Zealand.
It is a member of the Federation of International Touch (FIT)[2], the sport's international governing body.
With over 100,000 registered module players, it is one of the most popular summer sports played in New Zealand[3]
National Teams
[edit]New Zealand's National Teams are known around the world as The Touch Blacks[4]. The below teams will be competing in the 2024 World Cup[5] held in Nottingham
- Mens Opens
- Womens Opens
- Mixed Opens
- Senior Mixed (Over 30's Mixed)
- Over 30's Mens
- Over 35's Mens
- Over 40's Mens
- Over 40's Womens
- Over 45's Mens
- Over 50's Mens
- Over 55's Mens
Provinces
[edit]Touch in New Zealand is made up from the19 provinces spread across the country
Te Tai Tokerau, Auckland, North Harbour, Counties Manukau, Thames Valley, Waikato, King Country, Bay of Plenty, Hawkes Bay, Tairawhiti, Manawatu, Whanganui, Taranaki, Horowhenua-Kapiti, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, Otago and Southland
In 2023, over 3500 players representing their respective regions competed at the Touch Nationals held in Palmerston North and Rotorua.
National Championships
[edit]Each Year, Touch New Zealand hold 4 major National Events - Opens Nationals, Youth Nationals, NZ Secondary School Nationals and Masters Nationals
In 2024, 4 National Events were held. NZSS Touch Nationals in Rotorua, Youth Touch Nationals in Papakura, Open Touch Nationals in Rotorua and Masters Touch Nationals in Palmerston North
2024 Champions
[edit]- Open Mens - Counties Manukau
- Open Womens - Waikato
- Open Mixed - Nelson
- NZSS Boys - Rangitoto College
- NZSS Girls - Manukura
- NZSS Mixed - St Andrews College
- Under 16 Boys - Counties Manukau
- Under 16 Girls - Waikato
- Under 16 Mixed - Nelson
- Under 18 Boys - Auckland
- Under 18 Girls - Counties Manukau
- Under 18 Mixed - Auckland
- Over 27's Women - Waikato
- Over 30's Men's - Canterbury
- Over 40's Womens - Counties Manukau
- Over 40's Men's - Waikato
- Over 45's Mens - Bay of Plenty
- Over 45's Womens - Auckland
- Over 50's Mens - Auckland
- Over 55's Mens - Auckland
- Over 60's Mens - North Harbour
National Honors
[edit]George Rogers - 2006
Les Lunny - 2008
Tony Cooper - 2016
Ian Milne - 2016
George Rogers - 1998
Neil Blanchfield - 1998
Kerry Brown - 1998
Gus Parcell - 2002
Ngaire Fox - 2003
Darrin Sykes - 2008
Tony Cooper - 2008
Peter Walters - 2016
Scott Grant - 2016
Steve Campbell - 2016
Michael Daly - 2016
Tony Cooper - 1998
Kiri Teiho - 1998
Brian Conning - 1998
Gus Parcell - 1998
Darrin Sykes - 1998
Danny Brown - 1998
Les Lunny - 1998
Carol Redman - 1998
Bruce McFadden - 1998
Peter Walters - 1998
Trish Laird - 1998
Don Benson - 1998
Greg Knight - 2003
Gary Hogg - 2004
Rick Winklemann - 2004
Bill Homan - 2004
Mark McLaughlin - 2004
John Rangitawa - 2004
Carolyn Skinner - 2004
Paul Cooper - 2008
Terry Horne - 2008
Tracy Molloy - 2008
References
[edit]- ^ "Touch New Zealand". www.touchnz.co.nz. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ^ "Federation of International Touch". www.internationaltouch.org. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ^ "Top 8 informal summer games | Sport New Zealand - Ihi Aotearoa". Sport New Zealand | Ihi Aoteroa. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ^ "Touch New Zealand". www.touchnz.nz. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ^ "Touch World Cup". www.internationaltouch.org. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ^ "Touch New Zealand". www.touchnz.co.nz. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ^ "Touch New Zealand". www.touchnz.co.nz. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
- ^ "Touch New Zealand". www.touchnz.co.nz. Retrieved 2024-04-06.