The Coach Advisory Panel is required to ensure engagement of vital volunteer infrastructure, engagement of valuable members of the sporting community, knowledge retention and support to operational aspects of the coaching area.

TFA congratulate the following individuals and look forward to working with them to continue the development and ongoing support of coaches which is a key strategic priority for Touch Football Australia.

Coaching Director: Dennis Coffey

Coach Education Advisor: Peter Bell

Coach Development Advisor: John Singh

Community Coach Advisor: This position remains vacant.

If you are interested in applying or seeking more information on this position please contact TFA Technical Manager Tara Steel on tara.steel@austouch.com.au or 02 6212 2800.

Breakfast is provided including cereals, fruit, yoghurt, toast, danishes, juice, tea and coffee. The cost is $15 (GST inclusive) which can be paid at the door, or prior to the event for large groups.

To register please contact TFA Technical Manager, Tara Steel, via email tara.steel@austouch.com.au by Friday, 10 September 2010.

Sportscover's desire to assist community sports led to the creation of the Sportscover Sponsorship Fund (SSF) as an avenue to sponsor a wide variety of amateur sportsmen and women, striving to achieve sporting greatness across a broad cross-section of sports. Over the last few years, the SSF has donated over $50,000 in $1000 grants to grass-roots sporting clubs and associations.
 

Criteria:

• Must be an amateur sporting club or association
• Must not spend the grant on tobacco, alcohol or illegal or immoral goods
• Must not have been awarded a SSF Grant in the last two years
• Must be available for an interview
• You must supply Sportscover with a photo of the fund being used.

Further details can be found on the Sportscover website. Click on the following link to be taken to their website.

http://www.sportscover.com/supporting-sport.asp?id=6583

Applicants should email a two page letter of introduction addressing the qualifications and experience as they relate to the selection criteria, together with a resume containing contact details of referees to micheal.lovett@victouch.com.au or sthtouch@southcom.com.au.

Please click on the attachment below for more information.

Further information:

Micheal Lovett, Regional Manager (East)

(03) 9206 6753

Matt Phillips, General Manager Southern Touch

(03) 6244 1130

Australian Women’s Open coach, Kerry Norman, and Australian Mixed Open coach, Bernie Morrison, as well as Australian players Ryan Pollock, Christian Frost, Stacey Lapham and Nicole McHugh were all in attendance to share their knowledge with South Australia’s junior representative teams. 

Touch Football South Australia Sport Development Coordinator, Bri Wyatt, was full of praise for the weekend, saying it was a huge success.

“We had a horrible downpour for most of Saturday morning so that wasn’t nice. But the kids and the coaches went out and they still trained in the rain. The kids, considering the conditions, and the coaches as well, were terrific, they all soldiered on,” Wyatt said.

And it wasn’t just the players that benefited, with the coaches of the state teams making the most of the weekend, learning from some of the best in the business.

“All the coaches came up to me throughout the weekend and said that ‘this is terrific and exactly what they needed’ and also it reiterated their coaching styles, how they were going and what they were doing, if they were along the right lines and being able to benefit from that aspect. I got follow up emails from a couple of them earlier on this week saying that they benefited from it amazingly, they thought it was terrific.”

Each age division got different objectives out of the weekend, but all learnt plenty of new things that they can take to their respective upcoming events, the National Youth Championships for the 18’s Girls and the School Sport Australia Touch Championships for the 12’s and 15’s teams.

“The 12’s had stars in their eyes they were so excited that there were Australian players down there, they had their heroes that they loved spending time with. The 15’s were really good, they learnt a lot from it. I think they enjoyed being able to ask questions and be involved with the players and the coaches.”

“The 18’s were much more technical, they spent a lot of time with Bernie Morrison and Kerry Norman developing their tap move and their line attack and line defence and that sort of stuff so they got down to the technical side of it,” Wyatt said.

Having the Australian players and coaches attend the weekend was a huge buzz for the participants and having the chance to learn from some of Australia’s best was invaluable for both the teams and coaches.

“Ryan was terrific, he’s a teacher so he’s got a really good rapport and he got along really well with the kids, they loved him. Christian was really good, he speaks really well and relates well with the kids. The girls, Stacey and Nicole, they were really good. They spent a lot of time with the 12’s Girls and 15's Girls and tried to break things down and make it a bit easier and also making it fun for the kids. They turned some things into a relay and had a run around and they loved it. The Australian players were terrific and the coaches were always going to be good. Kerry’s a teacher as well so she breaks things down nicely for the kids and makes sure it’s done nicely,” Wyatt said.

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It's also the day to thank the many wonderful volunteers across the country who give their time so we can enjoy all the benefits that sport brings.

Money raised is used to assist fundraising efforts plus offer cash grants to families and clubs in need of financial assistance for a sporting pursuit across Australia.

Sportember is all about raising awareness of the importance of grass roots sport and exercise plus raising funds for the Foundation so they can make a difference in more lives.
 
The month has three key components:

1. 'National Sports Day’ - on Friday, 17 September.  
2. The '30 Day Lifestyle Challenge' - 30 minutes of exercise for 30 consecutive days commencing any day in September is the challenge.
3. Donation of used sporting/exercise equipment for distribution to people and places of need around the country and internationally. 

For more information, please visit the Sportember website:

www.sportember.com.au