JUNIOR TOUCH
Located down at Lloyd Elsmore Park, the Pakuranga United Rugby Club run one of the biggest touch modules in Counties Manukau/Auckland.
We have succesfully been running junior touch on a Wednesday for a number of years. We have opportunities to register as a team or as an individual.
Team Registrations
Get together with all your mates and enter in a team! Minimum of 6 players required. One manager to pay the entry fees.
Individual Registrations
* Please don't register as an individual if you are already part of a team
Players who sign up as individuals go into a pool, where teams are created from. If you have a couple of friends keen to play but not enough for a team, please leave a note in the comments saying they would like to be in the same team.
*Please note we endeavour to find coaches for these teams however rely heavily on parent volunteers.
COMPETITION DATES AND GRADES
WEDNESDAY COMPETITION DATES:
Start Date - 4th October 2023
Xmas Break Up Game - 13th December 2023
Return Date - 17th January 2024
Finals Day - 10th February 2024
WEDNESDAY COMPETITION GRADES:
5.20pm - U7/8
5.55pm - U9/10
6.30pm - U11/12/13
*Grades and times subject to change based on team entries.
Touch Module Referees Course
Tuesday 3rd October - Montressors Lounge @ PURC - 6.30pm* Please note the following course must be completed before attending:https://www.touchnz.co.nz/tnzfoundationrefereecourse
Junior Team Fees are $300 inc GST
Junior Individual Fees are $60 This includes a Touch Shirt
*please do not register as an individual if you are already apart of a team
The fee for a provided referee is $175 for the competition. This is to be paid with your team registration.
PAYMENT OPTIONS:
Credit/Debit Card at time of registration or bank transfer after registration.
Bank Account Details: 06-0222-0004613-00
Please leave your team name and sporty number as a reference.
Pay in full by the 26th of October and go in the draw to win a $1000 bar tab! Terms and Conditions: Winner to be drawn on Thursday 26th of October at 9.15pm. The winning team must have at least 3 representatives present at the time of the draw. In the event the team drawn is not in the room, the draw will be spun again with that team removed.
Part of the registration process is registering all your team players on Sportsground with a maximum of 14 players per team allowed. This needs to be completed prior to the competition starting and any new players during the season can be added up to the maximum of 14.
Each team must provide one representative who attends an evening TBA to go through the expectations and rules of our competition.
Uniforms are required for every team. This includes numbers on the back of your shirts.
There are two different options involving referees for your team.
1. Referee Provided
The fee for a provided referee is $175 for the competition. This is to be paid with your team registration.
NOTE: We will endeavour to provide referees as requested but they are subject to availability.
2. Team Nominated Referee (TNR)
You must designated a person to be your team Referee and they must attend a Touch Module Referees Course (TMRC) TBC
Junior Touch TNR's are required to referee their own teams game.
Senior Touch TNR's will be required to referee games when asked, TNR's will not referee their own teams games or in rounds when their team is playing.
Become a referee
Referee at our module
Have you ever thought about giving refeering a go? We are on the lookout for new referees of all ages.
With Touch on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, there's plenty of opportunities to learn how to ref and earn a little extra pocket money.
Sound like a bit of you or someone you might know? Click the button below to register or flick an email through to touch@purc.co.nz if you'd like to know more.
Emergency Referees
Unfortunately the best laid plans don't always come to fruition. Thats why for the upcoming 2023/24 season we are creating a pool emergency referees.
These referees are our last resorts when our regulars unexpectedly become unavailable. We shall offer these referees a $50 bar tab every time they are called upon.
If you are interested in joining the emergency referee pool, please send an email through to touch@purc.co.nz
Uniforms are required for every team. This includes numbers on the back of your shirts.Players may play in barefeet however we do recommend touch boots.
The latest NZTA Edition playing rules of Touch Football will apply
All protests must be received by the referee before the start of a game.
Rough or foul play including abuse of referees will not be tolerated. An automatic two week stand down will be put in place for any player who is sent off the field. This does not include player who are sin binned but players who are removed from the entire match.
Module management reserve the right to remove any team from the competition if compliance with the above rules is not adhered to.
NOTE: By completing the online registration you acknowledge adherence of the above rules.
We play rain, hail or shine! Touch will very rarely be cancelled. There will have to be severe weather conditions for us to consider cancelling. We keep an eye out on the rain radar rather than making a call when it is raining.
In the rare event we do have to cancel touch we shall update the draw to reflect cancelled games along with updating our Facebook page and sending an email out.
The call on cancellations will be made on the day around 4pm.
Contact Charles Gibson in the office for any queries.
Phone: 09 576 7928
Email: touch@purc.co.nz
Bank Account Details: 06-0222-0004613-00
PAKURANGA UNITED
RUGBY CLUB
78 Bells Road, Pakuranga
Auckland 2010