The ACT Raiders were well represented last week, with 6 teams competing in The Championships 2026 at C.ex International Stadium, Coffs Harbour.
ACT provided teams in the Women’s & Men’s Open, Men’s 20s, Men’s 55s, All Abilities Tier 2 & All Abilities Tier 3 divisions. Congratulations to all players, coaches, managers and staff involved.
A special congratulations to our Men's and Women's Open teams for taking out the Alliance State Grand Finals!
See below for how all the teams went, along with the individual award winners for each team!
Men’s Open
11-4 L vs SRN Rebels
11-3 L vs HW Hornets
16-4 L vs SWQ Swans
12-2 W vs SA Heat
9 -6 L vs BNE Cobras
9-1 L vs SYD Mets
9-6 L vs SQ Sharks (Quarter Final)
10-2 W vs SA Heat (Alliance State Grand Final)
Most Valuable Player: Jamie Hawke
Player’s Player: Seb Tanner
Coach’s Award: Jack Moon
Women’s Open
6-5 W vs CQ Bulls
13-1 L vs SWQ Swans
5-5 D vs SYD Mets
11-3 L vs SRN Rebels
9-7 L vs SYD Mets
12-3 L vs SQ Sharks (Quarter Final)
9-2 L vs SYD Scorpions (Playoff)
8-6 W vs VIC Storm (Alliance State Grand Final)
Most Valuable Player: Jessica Crowe
Player’s Player: Josie Bates
Coach’s Award: Kira Huynh & Emma McDonald
Men’s 20s
5-4 L vs NRN Eagles
18-2 L vs HW Hornets A
11-0 L vs BNE Cobras
13-4 L vs SQ Sharks
14-2 L vs SRN Rebels
10-4 L vs CQ Bulls
7-4 W vs VIC Storm (Playoff)
6-5 L vs TAS Thunder (Alliance State Grand Final)
Most Valuable Player: Logan Collins
Player’s Player: Bryson Flynn
Coach’s Award: Charlie Voutos
Men’s 55s
12-1 W vs VIC Storm
5-0 W vs HW Hornets
3-1 L vs SYD Scorpions
4-2 W vs BNE Cobras
6-3 L vs SQ Sharks
3-2 L vs SQ Sharks (Semi Final)
Most Valuable Player: Mark Hearnden
Player’s Player: Sean Wood
Coach’s Award: Andrew Malone
All Abilities Tier 2
4-2 L vs SWQ Swans A T2
9-1 W vs SYD Scorpions T2
5-3 L vs TAS Thunder T2
- D vs WGA Vipers T2
15-5 W vs MVH Falcons T2
13-4 W vs SRN Rebels T3
6-4 L vs SRN Rebels T2 (Quarter Final)
10-9 W vs SQ Sharks T2 (Playoff)
Most Valuable Player: Luke Summerfield
Player’s Player: Xavier Arena
Coach’s Award: Daniel Bizjak
All Abilities Tier 3
10-2 L vs BAL Bull Sharks T2
10-0 L vs SRN Rebels T2
7-3 W vs SWQ Swans B T2
9-8 W vs SQ Sharks T2
8-5 W vs HW Hornets T2
11-2 L vs WGA Vipers T2 (Quarter Final)
10-3 L vs SWQ Swans A T2 (Playoff)
Most Valuable Player: Wesley Dyson
Player’s Player: Karl Anstey
Coach’s Award: Tanya Mottley
Referees:
Touch Football ACT would also like to give a massive shout out to our two referees that received an upgrade at the tournament. Congratulations to Hayden Wearne and Peter Gunning who are now National Badge Level Referees! We appreciate everything you do for our sport and are proud of your hard work and dedication.
