Touch Austria is proud to be hosting the 2013 Mainland Cup international touch tournament, to be held in Schwechat in Austria on July 13-14 2013.
Click here to see the Preliminary Information Brief.
Goodbye to Brett Barclay
We lost our good mate Brett Barclay to his fight with Cancer on July 2nd, 2012.
Brett was a Touch Austria founder & established the ACC Touch Club, the ATL Touch League, Kids Touch, ACC Tournie and he is the reason many of us are playing Touch in Austria.
We miss you Brett and we thank you for giving us so much to us.
Our thoughts and support go out to his wife Judith and daughter Lucy.
Nice Tournie Results
13 Vienna Touch players went to sunny warm Nice in South of France on March 10th to play Touch in the first Cote d'Azur Touch Tournament.
8 Teams played under beautiful cloudless blue skies on a fantastic professional rugby grade Kunstrasen pitch.
We only lost to the 2 Teams that were in the final.
Results (pretty sure...):
Vienna 8 - Monte Carlo 1
Vienna 3, Zurich 5
Vienna 7, Brussels Kitaro 6
Vienna 4, Edinburgh SuperCats 7 (Semi Final)
Vienna 7, Nice (Touch Azur) 6 (3rd/4th Play-off).
(There was Italian Team and Brussels Celtic also there).
First touch of the ball in her first Touch Tournament ever for our new recruit Michaela Gerstl (Michi) from a long pass she caught it and scored in the corner.
She had many others as well, so big congrats to her.
Amy organsied everything and Captian Hans led us and kept us focused and happy all day. Hans, Phil and Evi reffed also, so thanks to all these folks. Off the field antics typically and well led by Shani, Marek and USI Michi...
One thing we noted is that the general level of Touch from the Vienna players is much higher than previous years. A few years ago, the Edinburgh team were beating us by 12 or so. Now they beat us by a few points only. We had no Team training, no set moves or tactics for this Tournament - we just played decent Touch, and defended mostly really well. Most teams were faster than us, with fancy switches and that jazz, but we played simple effective stuff most of the time. In addition our Girls were really matching the men from the other teams and were in general some of the better girl players at the Tournament.
Summary :
Nice touchdowns by wingers Hubert & Frank, great attacking combo of Kathi S and Amy, big defence by Phil, some typical penetrating runs by Eva Weissenboek, Marek was a playmaker, some really big defence especially in the crucial last game from Mighty Shani and USI Michi (who left everythnig he had on the pitch!) plus some nice quickies by Evi and Dan, all put together by Capitan Hans Hoewllwerth.
The catastrophy of the day was that Kathi S. ended up in Hospital with a seriously damaged knee after a collision with a Scottish Player. So we wish her the best recovery.
Sunday was chillin in Nice, not a bad place to be...
8 Teams played under beautiful cloudless blue skies on a fantastic professional rugby grade Kunstrasen pitch.
We only lost to the 2 Teams that were in the final.
Results (pretty sure...):
Vienna 8 - Monte Carlo 1
Vienna 3, Zurich 5
Vienna 7, Brussels Kitaro 6
Vienna 4, Edinburgh SuperCats 7 (Semi Final)
Vienna 7, Nice (Touch Azur) 6 (3rd/4th Play-off).
(There was Italian Team and Brussels Celtic also there).
First touch of the ball in her first Touch Tournament ever for our new recruit Michaela Gerstl (Michi) from a long pass she caught it and scored in the corner.
She had many others as well, so big congrats to her.
Amy organsied everything and Captian Hans led us and kept us focused and happy all day. Hans, Phil and Evi reffed also, so thanks to all these folks. Off the field antics typically and well led by Shani, Marek and USI Michi...
One thing we noted is that the general level of Touch from the Vienna players is much higher than previous years. A few years ago, the Edinburgh team were beating us by 12 or so. Now they beat us by a few points only. We had no Team training, no set moves or tactics for this Tournament - we just played decent Touch, and defended mostly really well. Most teams were faster than us, with fancy switches and that jazz, but we played simple effective stuff most of the time. In addition our Girls were really matching the men from the other teams and were in general some of the better girl players at the Tournament.
Summary :
Nice touchdowns by wingers Hubert & Frank, great attacking combo of Kathi S and Amy, big defence by Phil, some typical penetrating runs by Eva Weissenboek, Marek was a playmaker, some really big defence especially in the crucial last game from Mighty Shani and USI Michi (who left everythnig he had on the pitch!) plus some nice quickies by Evi and Dan, all put together by Capitan Hans Hoewllwerth.
The catastrophy of the day was that Kathi S. ended up in Hospital with a seriously damaged knee after a collision with a Scottish Player. So we wish her the best recovery.
Sunday was chillin in Nice, not a bad place to be...
Important Dates
April 21, 2012 - Vienna International Tournament
June 16, ACC Tournie (Womens & Mens Teams)
Aug 18, Budapest Tournie
September 12-16, 2012 - European Touch Championships, Trevisio Italy.
June 16, ACC Tournie (Womens & Mens Teams)
Aug 18, Budapest Tournie
September 12-16, 2012 - European Touch Championships, Trevisio Italy.
ACC Cup Results - Vienna Mens Womens Tournie Sept 10, 2011
Awesome weather, awesome day, great atmosphere with BBQ afterwards Sept 10th, Vienna.
Click here for Fotos.
Made in Austria Mens Team (100% Austrian Touch players) wins Mens division, with Vienna expat team Globetrotters coming 2nd. ACC Old Boys (over 35s from Vienna) come respectable 6th, losing the play-off in a drop off to Brussels Open Mens.
Brussels women take the Womens title, with the Vienna girls (Choco Bananas) in 2nd place.
Thanks to all Teams and Players and Refs:
Croatia Mens Team, Darvak (HU), Brussels Celtic, Knight Riders (Germany)
Globetrotters (Vienna), Made in Austria (Vienna), ACC Old Boys (Vienna), Prague
Buda Barbies (HU), Choco Bananas (Vienna), Brussels Girls, LadyBirds (Germany and Vienna)
Click here for Fotos.
Made in Austria Mens Team (100% Austrian Touch players) wins Mens division, with Vienna expat team Globetrotters coming 2nd. ACC Old Boys (over 35s from Vienna) come respectable 6th, losing the play-off in a drop off to Brussels Open Mens.
Brussels women take the Womens title, with the Vienna girls (Choco Bananas) in 2nd place.
Thanks to all Teams and Players and Refs:
Croatia Mens Team, Darvak (HU), Brussels Celtic, Knight Riders (Germany)
Globetrotters (Vienna), Made in Austria (Vienna), ACC Old Boys (Vienna), Prague
Buda Barbies (HU), Choco Bananas (Vienna), Brussels Girls, LadyBirds (Germany and Vienna)
Budapest Tournament Aug 27th 2011
Touch Vienna Bonobos 3rd Place (Galaxy and Zurich), winning the Central Eastern European Ashes...
ACC 8th place (out of 10 teams).
Great fun day as usual at the Budapest Tournie.
ACC 8th place (out of 10 teams).
Great fun day as usual at the Budapest Tournie.
Touch World Cup Results 2011
Both Austrian Teams win Bronze Medal in Bowl competition.
Mens Team beats Netherlands, Germany and then Ireland (2x) to take 11th place out of 15 countries.
View Full Results here:
http://www.touchworldcup2011.co.uk/fixtures-results/mens-open/austria/
Womens Team beats Germany for first time!
View full results here:
http://www.touchworldcup2011.co.uk/fixtures-results/womens-open/austria/
Fotos here:
http://www.touchrugby.at/TouchRugbyVienna/Fotos/Touch%20World%20Cup/index.html
View Full Results here:
http://www.touchworldcup2011.co.uk/fixtures-results/mens-open/austria/
Womens Team beats Germany for first time!
View full results here:
http://www.touchworldcup2011.co.uk/fixtures-results/womens-open/austria/
Fotos here:
http://www.touchrugby.at/TouchRugbyVienna/Fotos/Touch%20World%20Cup/index.html
Coach and Ref Courses in Vienna 2011
Referee Courses - Level 1 and Level 2 were run in July with European Ref Director Derek Fisher.
Coach the Coach Level 2 course with Dennis Coffey run in April - see report here:
http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=14-4863-0-0-0&sID=61690&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=15476542§ionID=61690
Coach the Coach Level 2 course with Dennis Coffey run in April - see report here:
http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=14-4863-0-0-0&sID=61690&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=15476542§ionID=61690
April 2011 Vienna Tournament Results
3 Divisions with 3 drops-offs to decide the 3 Finals!
- Vienna Mens 'Rothirsche' team wins Mens Division.
- Vienna A-Team wins B-Pool Mixed Division.
- Vienna Bonobos come 2nd to Courant d'R in A-Pool Mixed Division.
13 teams, 147 Players, great party at Flanagans!
Fotos here:
http://www.touchrugby.at/TouchRugbyVienna/Fotos/Vienna%20April%202011/index.html
- Vienna Mens 'Rothirsche' team wins Mens Division.
- Vienna A-Team wins B-Pool Mixed Division.
- Vienna Bonobos come 2nd to Courant d'R in A-Pool Mixed Division.
13 teams, 147 Players, great party at Flanagans!
Fotos here:
http://www.touchrugby.at/TouchRugbyVienna/Fotos/Vienna%20April%202011/index.html
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