​As at 1pm today Junior Touch is still on.  Weather is settled, grounds are open. However, if extreme weather sets in closer to the 4pm start time, and we deem it unsafe for the children, we will put a cancellation notice on our Local Touch Facebook page, and on this Local Touch website.

• Unfortunately the Hato Petera grounds will not be ready to use this Thursday 3rd November for our Juniors, so for this week only, we are playing at McFetridge Park, Archers Road, Glenfield.
• Please see the field layout below. Notes: the field markings the council have done are for summer soccer and are narrower than touch fields. They are indicated in red below. We can use most of the line markings, however we will be coning the inside side-line to widen our fields. Our touch fields are indicated in white below, with cones in orange.

​TEAM GEAR
• Mon/Tue teams have been given, and Thu teams will be given their Local Touch gear tomorrow, which consists of: 6 x cones, 1 x ball, 1 x whistle, 1 x rule book, 3 lots of certificates. We are still awaiting drink bottle delivery. These will be distributed as soon as they arrive.
• Re certificates: please could you let your Coaches/Managers know, that the Player of the Day and Great Effort certificates are to be awarded weekly. However, the Achievement Certificates are to be awarded at the end of the season (replaces the Participation Certificates from previous seasons).

COACHING
• We noticed last night at our Tuesday competition, a number of teams and coaches – obviously very new to the Sport of Touch - who weren’t aware of many of the rules.
• Please could you let all your coaches know that there are resources and information on our website for them to use. Click here to go to the Coaching Page. This includes ‘Simplified Rules & Terminology of Touch’, ‘Local Touch Junior Rules & Regulations’, and ‘Local Touch Practical Guide for Coaches’ (which includes drills and skills).