See below for details of Touch games and events.

Kensington Oval Open Men's - (Tues 9th February)

Division 1: King's 1st Touch Team: Touch cancelled due to rain

Bishopcourt Open Men's (Thurs 11th December)

Division 1: King's 1st Touch Team won by default over ‘The Freak Show’

Division 3: King's Junior Team defeated ‘The Screaming Eagles’, 9-4

Kensington Oval Open Men's - (Tues 2nd February)

Division 1: King's 1st Touch Team lost to Hard Yards, 5-4

Bishopcourt Open Men's (Thurs 4th December)

Division 1: King's 1st Touch Team lost to Kingsmen, 8-4

Touchdowns: O.Tuhega-Vaitupu (2), J.Davis, J.Harvey

Division 3: King's Junior Team lost to Barbarians Men, 5-4

Important Touch Dates

• Bunnings National Youth Touch Championships – 12th-14th February 2021
• Otago Touch Junior Prize Giving (Alhambra) – 17th Feb 2021
• OSS Touch Tournament (Dunedin) – 20th Feb 2021
• Southland Boys' Interschool (Southland) – 22nd Feb 2021
• Shirley Boys' Interschool (Christchurch) – 1st March 2021
• Bunnings National Touch Championships (Christchurch) – 4th-7th March 2021
• Waitaki Boys' Interschool (Oamaru) – 15th March 2021
• SISS Touch Tournament (Christchurch) – 20th-21st March 2021
• King’s Junior Touch Invitational Tournament (King’s) - 29th October 2021
• NZSS Touch Tournament (Rotorua) – 10th-12th December 2021
  
  

Best of luck to our current King’s Touch players that are representing their respective Otago Touch Team this weekend at Bruce Pullman Park in Auckland. It is also pleasing to see 11 (out of 18) King’s boys being selected in the Otago Open Mens Team that will compete at the Opens National Touch Championships in Christchurch. All of these ex-students (see below) were members of the King’s 1st Touch Team in their respective years at King’s.

U18 Otago : O.Tuhega-Vaitupu, A.Cameron (Old Boy)

U16 Otago : I.Krammers, J.Harvey, J.Soal, D.Pledger, O.Cameron

Otago Open Men's Team : J.Cairns-Thompson, M.Haugh, H.Mitchell-Collie, T.Hume, J.Te Pairi, R.Te Pairi, J.Duff, M.Schooner, W.Driver, M.Vaitupu and T.Pelasio

Notices:

• All boys who want to play for a King’s Touch Team should have signed up in Room 29 this week. If you have not done so then you need to see Mr Koni on Monday at the latest. Teams are now being finalised.

• All boys who have signed up for the Touch Academies need to meet this Monday 15th in Room 29, ready to have your first training session. Bring appropriate training gear (PE Uniform) including your boots.

Year 9s – meet period 3 in room 29

Year 10s – meet period 4 in room 29