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The results from the mixed competition played on Monday, August 25 produced a mixed bag of results.
Division 1/2 saw Titans’ Alan Hilcher and Ron Craig proving too quick for Barnes Electrical coming away with the win 6 3.
Raine and Horne’s C Jarrott scored four super touchdowns but that was only enough to give them a 5-all draw with Sonia Eberles’ Touchy Feeleys who are coming together as a team now they are getting full numbers turning up.
CBH Steelers lead by the Baker family’s haul of five touchdowns came away with a hard-fought win 6 3 against Scott Toms’ seasoned performers, Think Office.
Sportscene scored a win on a forfeit over Dennis Black’s floggers.
HCT Storm had a good win over an under-strength Dregs side with 9 4
In Division 3, Grumpies got up 4 2 over a strong finishing Atlas Steel.
Stingrays, led by D Steel’s hat trick, got the points over David Fortier’s One Dental with a final score of 5 3.
The Earth Movers were lucky to get a win with a late touchdown and a blistering find of speed from S Gibbs to see him race down the side line untouched, when they came up against a red hot Actest.
Gibb’s mad dash secured the win for Earth Movers with a score of 5 4.
Green Pepper express won on forfeit over Chanel Chafers and we hope to see 3B cream on the park next week.
Division 4 saw E Services proving too strong for the Average Joes with a hat trick from Mat Forwood to take the score to 5-3.
Strachen Engineers’, lead by the ever-reaching Steve Strachen and a touchdown hat-trick to Alex Wilson, pounded 6 4.
Two touchdowns to QERL’s Tracey Morris made the going tough for Fanelli Dental but they hung on for a 3-all draw thanks to the non stop performances of Chantelle Lenz and Kerry Slack.
Jamie Rastricks’ The team had a close tussle with newcomers Lowrykins, but Rastrick’s second try secured the match for them 3-2 in the Division 5 rounds.
Signtek shared the scoring around to get a win over Jets and finished up with 4-2.
Tistan Neitfield scored a double for Luscombe 1 to secure a 4-1 win over Komatsu.
Rollers, led by Frank Larose, held on until the hooter to take the points from Pacemakers 4-3.
Carli Hobbs’ Observer team were celebrating well into the night after their tough win over Happy Rock Rockers 6 5 with a double from Craig Chapman closing the difference in the Division 6 games.
Bitsers 7 beat red Mud Maulers 3 with Scott Kerr (Bitsers) was crafty enough to snatch a hat-trick to keep the Maulers down.
Luscombe 2 were too strong for McCosker running away with a win of 6-2.
Chaos and Cement Aust shared the points with a 5-all draw.
The Division 7 games saw Rynos have enough in the legs to hold out the fast-finishing youth of Drifters with Teagan Lehmann giving it her all for Drifters.
The final hooter came too soon allowing Rynos the win 5-3.
Heidi Knights’ CH were unstoppable in a polished performance over Crash Test Dummies, taking the win 8-2.
The final game of the round had Vipers take on Alicia Williams’ Sothertons side.
This game proved a point fest with neither team giving in, however vipers ran away late to take the win 9-6.
!State Of Origin
!The Touch Football Australia State of Origin Series was played last weekend for all age divisions.
While Queensland ended the series in second place, our local girl Fiona White was a standout performer in the ladies over-40s.
Fiona’s side won the series against NSW, one of only four Queensland teams to win their divisions this year.
We were also represented in the referee ranks by Dale Lawrence, however he was struck down with the flu and was disappointed not to be able to finish the series.
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