Pictured are some of the representative players from Parkes Junior Touch Football. If a junior competition is to go ahead this year, it is essential that the Parkes Touch Association committee is filled.
The Parkes Touch Association is putting a call out for committee members, with many significant roles yet to be filled. If the key positions needed are not filled then there will be no Mini Touch, Junior Touch, Senior Men’s and Women’s Touch or Junior Representative Touch this year, which would be a devastating outcome for junior touch footy in Parkes. At present, the only competition secured is the Seniors Mixed Touch.
Renae Smith of Parkes Touch Association said, “Competition starts in October each year, finishing in early March. Last year, we had increased numbers in participation across all junior age groups, with approximately 650 junior players and 300 senior players.
“Representative touch football tournaments commence in November and run through until Junior State Cup in February.
Last year, we had the Under 10 girls team finish runners up at the Junior State Cup.
“Player numbers are not the issue we are facing – it is the lack of volunteers. The number of volunteers has been slowly declining over recent years, which has meant that other people have had to take on more roles and greater workloads. Unfortunately, this has resulted in Committee members burning out.”
To run the competition to its full potential and reduce the workload on individual committee members, ideally, 12 people are needed.
Anyone can put their hand up to join the committee. The club has fallen low in terms of volunteers and committee members in the past, however this is the lowest number the club has seen thus far.
For more information, or to join the Committee, email parkespumas@gmail.com. or reach out via their Facebook page. The club will be holding their next meeting at 6.00pm on Monday 20 July at the Parkes Services Club Boardroom (upstairs).