- 2025/26 REGISTRATIONS2025/26 SUMMER COMPETITION NOMINATIONS.
- There has been a change in the way NSW Touch Association and Touch Football Australia collect their affiliation fees from Associations this year.Before a player is permitted to register in a team (juniors & seniors), they must now individually pay an annual membership fee of $60 ($30 to NSW Touch Association and a $30 membership fee to Touch Football Australia), which is paid as one single amount. This fee is payable once a year and is valid from July 1st, 2025, to June 30th, 2026. This fee covers affiliation and insurance.This fee is only paid ONCE a YEAR & covers all competitions. Eg if playing on a Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday, you are only required to pay the total $60 fee once ($30 & $30).STEPS FOR TEAM/PLAYER REGISTRATION ARE AS FOLLOWS:
- Go to the Griffith Touch Association website: https://griffith.nswtouch.com.au
- MONDAY SENIORS & WEDNESDAY MIXED: The team contact/organiser registers the team in the relevant competition and pays the required team nomination fee of $1,000. This fee covers the nomination cost of the summer competition.
- INDIVIDUAL PLAYERS REGISTER into their team through an individual’s MySideline NRL account. Individual players must pay a total fee of $60 ($30 fee to Touch Football Australia and $30 to NSWTA) when they register online for the first time in the current financial year.
- TUESDAY JUNIORS: The team organiser registers the team (no cost). Cost for 2025 – Individual $120. When individuals register with the team, there will be a $60 fee payable ($30 membership fee to TFA, $30 membership fee to NSWTA) and $60 to the Griffith Touch Association, covering the nomination cost of the Junior Summer Competition. A total of $120. NB: Kindy, Year 1, and Year 2 are mixed teams.
- All teams must have a minimum number of 11 players registered before they can be entered into the GTA 2025/26 Summer Competitions. Teams that have not registered the required number of players will not appear in the draw.
- Team registrations close Monday, 22nd September 2025.
2025/2026 COMPETITION GENERAL TERMS & CONDITIONS.
GRIFFITH TOUCH ASSOCIATION SUMMER COMPETITION 2025/26 NOMINATIONS:
* Each senior team to nominate must have a minimum of 11 players to a maximum of 14 players.
* Each team must have a minimum of two Affiliate Referee (Foundation/ Level 1) badged team referees. One of these referees MUST be a member of the team.
* Tuesday Juniors: Kindy, Years 1 & 2 are mixed teams – coach/parent referee games. Years 3 – 6 must have two Affiliate Referee (Foundation/ Level 1) badged team referees. The second referee is a backup in case the main referee cannot complete their referee’s duty.
* Referees in the Monday and Wednesday competitions must be at least 16 years old (or turning 16 by 31st December 2025) or have attained Level 2 accreditation, if under 16 years of age. If a team has only players who are under 16 years of age, the referees may be someone who is not in the team.
The team can still have a paid referee in addition to the team referee; this is to alleviate the incidents of paid referees not showing up and teams being excluded from the competition.
- For further information contact the Referees Director: dor@griffithtouch.com.au
- * A full team nomination payment is required when registering a team. (Senior Divisions only): Online payments are taken when completing the team registration process via MySideline. Team payments for the Monday and Wednesday 2025/26 competitions are $1,000 per team; NO individual payments.* There will be no nominating a division on this year’s forms. Teams will be graded on GTA grading night, Wednesday, 1st October 2025, commencing at 7pm at Kidman Wayside Inn. GTA may invite certain players to assist with grading. (Senior Divisions only)COMPETITION:* Start time: Teams are given a 2-minute warning siren before the start of the game. That is when players should take the field for the commencement of the game at the second siren. Players are not to just wander on when it suits them. It is your playing time you are missing out on, and the referees will be directed that if teams are late starting the game, the team will be penalised.
* Team sheets are to be signed by each individual player, or the team captain can mark off the players who are present at the game on the day. This is for the benefit of the individual player to cover insurance in the event of an injury. It is the team’s responsibility to have this completed by halftime.
* No jewellery is to be worn during the game. Referees will be directed to ensure this is implemented.
* All players must be registered before they take the field. You are not permitted to play unregistered players; if you do so, the game may be deemed a forfeit.
* Teams not fulfilling their commitment either by forfeiting three times, or not fulfilling refereeing duties three times, or a combined total of four occasions (2 forfeits and 2 unfulfilled refereeing duties), will be dismissed from the competition.
* Finals are to be decided by position on the ladder.
* Any complaints regarding competition must be in writing or emailed to admin@griffithtouch.com.au
UNIFORMS: All teams must be in uniform by week 3 of the competition.
REFEREES:
* Duty referees must mark their names off at the tower, collect scorecards and football, and be at the field prior to the first siren.
* If you cannot do your refereeing duty, it is the team’s responsibility to find an accredited replacement referee and inform the Director of Referees of the change.
* If a referee sends a player off, it must be recorded on the official Disciplinary Forms as soon as practicable after the game.
* Any injuries sustained by a player must be recorded on the back of the team sheet by the referee.
JUNIORS PLAYING IN A SENIOR COMPETITION:
Any player under the age of fifteen at the commencement of the competition must have written parental consent to play in on the Monday or Wednesday (Seniors) Open Competition.
JUNIORS PLAYING IN SENIOR COMPETITION CONSENT FORM
GAME CANCELLATIONS DUE TO WEATHER
In the event of games having to be cancelled due to adverse weather, the decision will be posted on social media and the GTA website at the following times:
Seniors (Monday & Wednesday) 5:00pm. Juniors (Tuesday) 4.30pm
PROTESTS
Any protests must be submitted in writing to GTA within 24 hours of the game. In the case of Grand Finals, protests must be submitted IMMEDIATELY after the completion of the game.
For further enquiries contact Griffith Touch: admin@griffithtouch.com.au
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