The Darwin Touch season came to an end on Monday 13 & Wednesday 15 December with a total of 15 Grand finals being played across the 2 nights. It was a great week for some top-quality touch. A big congratulations to all the teams for the season & very special thank you to our Referee's without them we don't have this great game. We also reintroduced our Darwin junior competition which had a total of 7 teams taking part in training sessions then playing their match for 11 weeks.
This season saw a total of 90 teams across 16 divisions (14 Men’s, 17 Women’s, 46 Mixed, 6 O35 Men’s & 7 Junior’s)
Here’s all the results & awards from the Grand Finals
Men’s Division One
Darwin Crocs 6 defeated by Northern Sharks 7
Player of Final & Norm Cramp Award (Best & Fairest)
Caleb Smith (Northern Sharks)
Phillip Verrall U21 Men’s Award
Shoshone Thompson (Northern Sharks)
Joe Bonson Leading Try Scorer Award
Thomas Edgword (Inferno Magpies Purple)
Women’s Division One
Honkers 0 Defeated by Titans 4
Player of Final
Desley Motlop (Titans)
Pacita Bonson Award (Best & Fairest)
Bronty Hull (Honkers) – no photo available
Kim Bond U21 Women’s Award
Makenzy Smith (Titans)
Desley Motlop Leading Try Scorer Award
Kristen Scott (Titans) – no photo available
Mixed Division One
Sharkies 3 defeated by Inferno Magpies Purple 5
Player of Final
Caleb Smith (Inferno Magpies Purple)
Dicky Whyte Award (Best & Fairest)
Darren Caulton (Stingrays) – no photo available
Michael Fleming Leading Try Scorer Award
Robert Bloor (Inferno Magpies Purple)
O35 Men’s
Maddogs 2 defeated by Young Guns 8
Player of Final
Brendon Sherratt (Young Guns)
Best & Fairest
Xavier Espiau (Humpty doo)
Men’s Division Two
Kings 3 defeated by TERF 6
Player of Final
Jayden Mick (TERF)
Best & Fairest
Rakesh Adari (Kings) – no photo available
Women’s Division Two
Divas 4 defeated by Cougars 8
Player of Final
Maddison Ludwig (Cougars)
Best & Fairest
Elsie Harden (Inferno Magpies Pink) – no photo available
Mixed Division Two
Inferno Magpies Pink 5 defeated by Kings & Queens 6
Player of Final + Best & Fairest
Kenny O’Connor (Kings & Queens)
Men’s Division Three
Able Insurance Cougars 8 defeated by Midgies Blue 9
Player of Final
Christopher McEvoy (Midgies Blue)
Best & Fairest
Beau Skinner (Bronalds) – no photo available
Women’s Division Three
Mixed Up Murri’s 3 defeated by Hornets 4
Player of Final
Jaylene Bonson-Constantine (Hornets)
Best & Fairest
Janna Ransome (Mixed Up Murri's) - collected by teammate
Mixed Division Three
RAPTORZ 3 defeated by Mixed Up Murri’s 5
Player of Final
Jayden Mick (Mixed Up Murri’s)
Best & Fairest
Samuel Pearson (RAPTORZ) – collected by team captain
Women’s Division Four
Frillies 5 defeated by AGEDS 10
Player of Final
Brielle Felton (AGEDS)
Best & Fairest
Alexandra Fulton (Midgies Blue) – collected by team captain
Mixed Division Four
Do Something Get Off 7 defeated by Inferno Magpies Black 9
Player of Final
Laura Fletcher (Inferno Magpies Black)
Best & Fairest
Travis Bradley (Palmerston Raiders) – collected by team captain
Mixed Division Five
Misfits 7 defeated by Midgies Blue 8
Player of Final
Zac Hartley (Midgies Blue) – no photo available
Best & Fairest
Riley Cooper (Good Times) – no photo available
Mixed Division Six
A Touch of Class 5 defeated by Midgies Green 6
Player of Final
Julius Appo (Midgies Green)
Best & Fairest
Beau Skinner (Mustangs) – no photo available
Mixed Division Seven
Cyan Print Snakes 5 defeated by Night Shifters 7
Player of Final
Evan Needham (Cyan Print Snakes)
Best & Fairest
Daniel Blair (Goal Diggers) – no photo available
Thank you everyone for joining us this season & hope to see you all again next year.
Registrations are now open for Darwin Season 1 2022 click here or contact the team for more information.
