Magpies Touch Football Club Rockhampton in Rockhampton, Queensland | Community organisation

Magpies Touch Football Club Rockhampton

Locality: Rockhampton, Queensland

Phone: +61 400 576 584

Address: Frenchville 4701 Rockhampton, QLD, Australia

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25.01.2022 COVID Safety Rules Please take the time to read the below and familiarise yourself with all the requirements! It is important everyone follows these rules correctly! Rocky Touch have made the unusual request that grandparents who are not overseeing children and non-playing children not attend if at all possible. This is designed to reduce our spectator numbers and assist with social distancing.... Volunteers Required Rocky Touch need volunteers to man the attendance register/sanitization stations throughout the complex. If parents can spare an hour at any time throughout the day , starting at 7.30am, could they please contact Mr Pratt [email protected] with details of when they are available. The job will entail having people sign or log in on arrival. Website Rocky Touch have a new senior and junior combined website where the draw will be published weekly www.rockhamptontouch.com In these unusual times we must ensure that we abide by the stringent rules and regulations. Therefore, we are calling on everyone to chip in to enable us to provide the children with a safe and well run competition

25.01.2022 PINK WEEK Magpies raised plenty of awareness and money through donations over the PINK weekend of touch in October Together as a Club from our U6s through to U14s Teams along with donations from Rebels, St Mary’s, Caves, Superstars and other Rocky Touch teams and families around the fields we raised $800.00 ... We are so very proud to be supporting and donating the money to Jodi McFarlane and her family during this tough time To see all the kids from all the different teams, the referees and the supporters around the fields in Pink was just amazing!!! The touch community in Rocky is so great and we love that regardless of Clubs we can get on board and support each other and such a great cause. Thank you to everyone who supported Magpies over the Pink weekend Hold onto your bootlaces, plenty of photos to come along with the Best Dressed Player and Team to be announced shortly

25.01.2022 PINK WEEK IS NEXT WEEKEND Get your outfits ready to help raise awareness for a great cause! Next Friday and Saturday 30th & 31st October 2020

25.01.2022 Anyone in our Magpies Community interested please contact the club today Parents, older siblings, veterans of the game this gig is for you! Trust me it’s lots of fun and super rewarding! Assistance provided where needed

24.01.2022 Please see below messages from Rocky Touch regarding Grand Final Weekend this Weekend. It is SO IMPORTANT that all of our parents, grandparents and supporters SIGN in when they arrive at the fields and socially distance 1.5m apart! Congratulations to all our Magpies team on a wonderful season and Good Luck for your games this weekend

24.01.2022 Please take the time to read the extremely important message below from Rocky Touch! ALL spectators MUST SIGN IN - NO MATTER WHAT! Please continue to respect and follow these rules to a tee to keep everyone safe and the competition running!

24.01.2022 Magpies Chickenpox Case Attention All Families, Further to Rockhampton Touch's notification Monday 9th November 2020 regarding a case of the Chickenpox at the Red Rooster Carnival, Magpies Touch Football Club has since had notification that one of our registered U10 Boys has also been suspected of having possible Chickenpox. This player participated in fixtures on 31/10/20 and throughout the weekend of the carnival 7 & 8/11/20. Unfortunately, the child displayed no symptom...s before today. Rockhampton Touch have been notified and are in the process of seeking advice from QLD Health. We will update families with further information as it arises. In the meantime, please be vigilant and contact the club As Soon As Possible if yourself, your children or any other family members become unwell. Thank you for your understanding around this matter. Maggie Goodman President

23.01.2022 Draw Week 1 It is Sooooo Important that all adults CHECK IN when arriving at the touch fields via the app. There will be 10 stations around the fields and 1 at the club house for you to scan in! This is an ABSOLUTE PRIORITY! More Covid Rules to be posted shortly!

22.01.2022 IMPORTANT MESSAGE. Following junior fixtures last Saturday, concerns were reported to the Public Health Unit regarding our attendance registering (or lack of).... It is a legitimate concern and one that we take seriously. Prior to the season commencing, we posted on our FaceBook page and provided every team contact with a document outlining the measures we would have in place and asked that they be circulated to all who would be involved in each team (players, coaches, parents etc) to ensure everyone knew what was expected. We regularly send out a reminder with the draw and at every fixture, an announcement is made at every stoppage in games over the loudspeakers regarding hygiene, distancing and registering attendance. It appears that some people believe attendance registering is optional but that is NOT the case - registering your attendance is absolutely COMPULSORY. It is not done to annoy you or to gather your information for another use - it is purely a SAFETY measure to prevent any possible outbreak of the virus being spread uncontrolled. If a concerted effort on everyone's part to ensure accurate and complete attendance registering is not made, it will not only put the remainder of the junior season in jeopardy, it may cause the cancellation of the Red Rooster carnival by the PHU. PLEASE REGISTER YOUR ATTENDANCE WHEN YOU ATTEND OUR COMPLEX.

22.01.2022 ARE YOU AVAILABLE TO ASSIST ??? We are struggling to find helpers to cover our Covid Sign In Tables for Sunday’s Games. If you, or someone you know can help out even if for only 30mins we would really appreciate it and love to hear from you! Desperately needing helpers from 12:30-3pm PLEASE let us know if you can help

22.01.2022 A reminder to continue to social distance whilst at the fields, good hygiene and stay home if unwell

22.01.2022 Western Suburbs (Magpies) Touch Football Club began in 1981 with numerous senior teams and after almost two decades the club decided to begin its first Junior Team in 1999 and this is when Magpies Junior Touch Football began. With only 1 team in 1999 the club has grown quite significantly over the last 20 years. To celebrate 20 Years, We dug through the archives and found a club trophy which has been awarded to a ‘Club Champion’ since the beginning of the senior club in 1981.... We thought it only fitting to re-introduce this perpetual trophy. The club Champion can be anyone from within our club, a player, a referee, a coach or manager or even a club supporter that has bee outstanding throughout the year. Congratulations to the winner and the ‘Club Champion’ for 2020 ‘Ella Williams’. Ella is currently playing for Magpies in the A Lady competition homing in on her skills there. Her leadership and improvement in the A Ladies team this season has been great. Ella coaches and trains her U6 team with a smile and easily relates to the kids explaining the skills and demonstrating on their level. She runs the kids on the field each Saturday morning fairly and is encouraging and positive. Ella puts her hand up every Saturday to referee multiple games even though she isn’t there to play any herself and has taken other junior refs under her wing giving them the confidence to help ref more games each Saturday also. Ella is a tin shaker for PINK Day and Is an awesome Magpies junior volunteer! Congratulations Ella on a wonderful year of Touch Footy

21.01.2022 A Important Reminder that our Magpies AGM will be held NEXT Thursday 5th November 2020 We are hoping for some new friendly faces to come along to the meeting! Due to the current Covid Times, If you are intending to come along, it would be greatly appreciated if you could please advise via email. [email protected] ... Magpies Junior Touch Football Club - Annual General Meeting (AGM) - will be held on Thursday the 5th of November 2020, 5.30pm at Evans Edwards & Associates, 7 Archer Street Rockhampton.

21.01.2022 Thank you for your patience we really appreciate it! All teams have now been finalised with wonderful coaches! Coaches will be in contact within the next day! Please keep an eye on this page for all COVID requirements for games this weekend throughout the week

20.01.2022 Grand Final Photos Well done to all our players on a great day of touch! There were some fantastic try’s being scored and even a couple of drop offs for our Magpies Teams If you have any photos from the weekend, please send them through!

19.01.2022 Congratulations to all our Magpies Teams for such a successful Red Rooster Carnival over the weekend! Thank you to Rod Pratt and Rocky Touch for making it all possible in these difficult times. And lastly a massive thank you to all our volunteers that manned the sign in tables all weekend (many without children actually playing) thank you, thank you, thank you. A few snaps from the weekend. If you have any more action or team shots please send them through

18.01.2022 RTA have advised that touch games will not go ahead this evening or tomorrow due to the weather. All Games Cancelled

17.01.2022 What a way to finish the season and another great year of Touch Football at Magpies! The kids and the ‘Big Kids’ enjoyed all the Fun on the slides, inflatables and putt putt. Thank you again to Val and his team at the pool for hosting such a wonderful afternoon We hope everyone enjoys their Saturday morning sleepins now!

17.01.2022 How GOOD do our U10 Girls look Team Bluey had a fantastic carnival and looked super stylish in their plying kits! A big shout out and thank you to Luke and Laura from Francis Transport Group

16.01.2022 This Weekends Draw

16.01.2022 Our Magpies Tents set up ready for the weekend. The Tents are located between F4 & F10 for our Magpies Teams Please ensure you adhere to all COVIDSafe rules and regulations and SIGN IN on your arrival to the fields!

16.01.2022 Actions Shots Week One

16.01.2022 Thank you to all who registered for Season Two 2020. All new players to the club have been placed in a team. Thank you for your patience as the committee worked through teams and coaches. Games begin next Friday and Saturday 7th and 8th August 2020! We are still working around the clock to finalise everything so you should all expect to receive an email by this Monday 3rd at the absolute latest! Please keep in mind all our committee and coaches are volunteers and will be i...n contact with you as soon as they can Any queries or questions please do not hesitate to contact the club! Reminder there is still spots available for 9&10 year old boys and 13&14 year old girls!

15.01.2022 Congratulations to all our awards winners We recognise, thank and congratulate our Junior Referees along with celebrating the success of our Coaches Awards recipients and the Presidents 12 nominees and final team Well Done on a Wonderful Season

14.01.2022 Throwback to Red Rooster Carnival last weekend

14.01.2022 Take the time to check in on your loved ones! Three simple words! Sending lots of love to all our Magpies Families

14.01.2022 Two Pink Week Special Mentions Magpies PG U8 Boys raised a whopping $105 all on their own AND Magpies TG U12 Girls successfully ran their line attack plays and scored off them 7 times and completed another 6 in a solid game and fundraising effort meaning their coach Trevor donated $5 for each success taking their teams total to $90

13.01.2022 AGM TOMORROW 5:30pm, 7 Archer Street Please give an hour of your time to ensure the continuation of our club into the future! Many hands make light work

13.01.2022 Draw Week Please remember to ‘Check In’ to the fields and socially distance! To recap on all these rules please visit the Rocky Touch Website www.rockhamptontouch.com or scroll down our feed

13.01.2022 U6 - U10 Rules 6 - 5 a side, coaches referee the game, each team gets the ball for 6 touches regardless of the mistakes made. Dummy half must pass the ball and the Defence must wait until the first receiver has caught the ball before moving up. 8 - 5 a side, coaches referee the game, Dummy half must pass the ball and the Defence must wait until the first receiver has caught the ball before moving up. A mistake is a turn over of the ball eg. forward pass, offside, running out, dropping the ball etc. 10 - 5 a side, an official referee is assigned to the game (given enough are available), Dummy half must pass the ball and the Defence must wait until the first receiver has caught the ball before moving up. A mistake is a turn over of the ball eg. forward pass, offside, running out, dropping the ball etc.

13.01.2022 GET PINK PINK DAY is TODAY

13.01.2022 Notification for ALL who attended Red Rooster Carnival!

12.01.2022 A few more Grand Final Day Snaps

11.01.2022 Junior Grand Final Dates Set!! U14s Friday 20th November 2020 U6-U12s Saturday 21st November 2020 Pop it in to your calendar now for a exciting morning of touch!

11.01.2022 Saturday Snaps

10.01.2022 Saturday’s Snaps on a Wednesday

10.01.2022 Magpies End of Season Break-Up this Sunday at the North Rocky Pool 5-7pm A Reminder from the Pool, Water Slides will be open but children MUST be 120cm in height to ride and NO Tandem Riding! Please remember our function doesn’t begin until 5pm, so please hold off on arrival leaving it closer to this time as the pool will still be shutting down to the general public!

10.01.2022 Magpies Break Up - NEXT SUNDAY 22nd November 2020 5-7pm at the Northside Pool Can’t wait to celebrate a year like no other with Our Touch Families

10.01.2022 Magpies AGM Thursday 5th November 2020 Please come along to our AGM and support the club. This year we are looking for any eager, club minded parents, grandparents etc to put their hand up to assist on the committee for 2021! Our team is always needing extra hands and if you think you might be interested in stepping up and helping out we want you!! The club can only continue with the support of our families but most importantly our volunteers! If this sounds like some...thing you might be able to assist with, please contact Maggie via the Club Facebook Page or email address [email protected] to discuss the different roles! See you all on Thursday 5th November at 5:30pm

08.01.2022 Good Luck to all our Magpies Teams Play Hard and Have Fun

07.01.2022 A Massive Shout Out and THANK YOU to Brett from Woodfire 600 for donating our sausages for the breakup once again this year! 38kg of delicious snags were enjoyed by all. This is a huge donation that we appreciate so so much! It is so important to support local businesses that support our club so why not grab yourself and the family a delicious pizza or two from Woodfire 600 Thank you Brett

07.01.2022 Our Annual AGM was held a fortnight ago and we would like to thank the small number of parents that came along to support the Club, we really appreciate it. It was extremely disappointing however for a Club of 300 plus junior players that we couldn’t get the support of more parents so that we can continue to provide such a strong grass roots base for all our junior players Great Clubs are built on a strong foundation of support from their communities and we would love to see more of this at Magpies! Congratulations to the 2020/2021 Committee. Thank you for all that you do to keep the game alive for all our superstar players Thank you to our outgoing Secretary Susan Vignale, your support over the last two years has been amazing.

07.01.2022 Magpies goes PINK for Cancer Awareness again in 2020 Here at Magpies we know first hand how tough it is on the families that have to fight the fight and we want to raise as much money and awareness as we can to support those families directly. Our Annual Magpies Pink Weekend is being held Friday 30th and Saturday 31st October and we hope to make it just as great, if not better then past years! Here's our challenge for you... To see all our Magpies Teams wearing PINK Friday... and Saturday 30th & 31st October in support of the Cancer Foundation. Get creative and PINK because there is a prize for the Best Dressed Pink Player and Team GOLD COIN DONATIONS FROM EACH TEAM WILL BE DONATED TO LOCAL FAMILIES CURRENTLY FIGHTING THE FIGHT - if you know of a family/ies please contact the club so that we can show our support PINK PINK PINK Are you man enough to wear pink?

07.01.2022 Happy Fathers Day to All Our Fantastic Dads Thank you to all the Dads that volunteer at the Club to make Touch so much fun for all the kids

06.01.2022 Action Shots from Our Club Photographer Wes Barnett Thanks to Wes for snapping our players in action mode again this season

06.01.2022 Red Rooster Carnival this weekend we need assistance from Parents and Club Supporters We as a Club are assisting Rocky Touch by Manning 3x sign in tables at fields 1,2&3 for the weekend to comply with COVIDSafe rules. We will be doing a roster up and ask anyone that can help out for 30mins to PLEASE let us know. Looking forward to hearing from you

06.01.2022 U14 Grand Finals

04.01.2022 How GREAT do our New Storelocal Jerseys look Thank you again to Storelocal for supporting Our Club in 2020

03.01.2022 Grand Final Draw Good Luck to all our Magpies Teams Thank you to all our fantastic Coaches, Managers and Referees for their time and dedication this season! Without these great volunteers it would not be possible for all our kids to play and enjoy touch football! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you

03.01.2022 ABSOLUTE LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER Registrations strictly close TODAY at 5pm. All players both new and returning please ensure you have filled in your rego form and sent it in to avoid missing out! [email protected] New players will only be accepted if there is enough space in teams and coaches available. ... Register, Register, Register

03.01.2022 Back to touch this weekend with a reminder to all parents and players that NO JEWELLERY is to be worn whilst playing. This includes watches, fitbits, earrings, necklaces etc. if earrings cannot be removed please have them tapped. Reminder to also be Covid Safe and check into the fields on arrival and always maintain social distancing!

03.01.2022 We are hoping one of our wonderful families may be able to assist us with sourcing a portable microphone and speaker for our breakup on Sunday. The one we have used in the past is unfortunately unavailable this year. We would be so grateful if you could contact us today if you can help out

02.01.2022 Congratulations to the BEST DRESSED PLAYER - Lillianna and the BEST DRESSED TEAM - Magpies AC U12Gs All of our teams and players did such a fantastic job dressing up and made the decision for the committee extremely hard! Congrats girls! Your prize is on your way!

02.01.2022 End of Season Break-Up TODAY at the North Rocky Pool 5-7pm A few Important Reminders from the Pool with regards to pool safety and COVID-19: Water Slides will be open but children MUST be 120cm in height to ride and NO Tandem Riding! Children MUST be accompanied with an adult! Yes there is lifeguards but it is still parents responsibility to keep an eye on your children. ... 150 people allowed in the big pool at any one time due to Covid Putt Putt, Waterslides, Inflatables and Pool open the whole time we are there. Canteen open for cold drinks and lollies etc Important reminder from the club: Please remember our function doesn’t begin until 5pm, so please hold off on arrival leaving it closer to this time as the pool will still be shutting down to the general public! Juice Poppers and Chips provided for all the kids (a COVIDSafe way of snacking this year) unfortunately no communal drinks so please bring along your own water bottles please bring along your own chairs or picnic blankets to sit back and relax please remember to be COVIDSafe and social distance where possible sausage sizzle provided for all and the sausages are gluten free also presentations will be held around 5:45-6pm We hope everyone has an enjoyable afternoon celebrating another fantastic year of touch football

02.01.2022 Last Dash before the School Holidays

02.01.2022 Final Update from Rocky Touch before games kick off in the morning! Good Luck to all our Magpies Teams

01.01.2022 THIS WEEKEND!!! Magpies goes PINK for Cancer Awareness Here at Magpies we know first hand how tough it is on the families that have to fight the fight and we want to raise as much money and awareness as we can to support those families directly. Our Annual Magpies Pink Weekend is here again and we hope to make it just as great, if not better then past years! Here's our challenge for you... To see all our Magpies Teams wearing PINK THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY! This year Magpi...es will be donating all funds raised to Jodi McFarlane and her family. Jodi is currently battling Acute Promyelocytic Leukaemia and we are proud to be able to support her and her family in their fight Get creative and PINK because there is a prize for the Best Dressed Pink Player and Team GOLD COIN DONATIONS FROM EACH TEAM WILL BE DONATED TO JODI PINK PINK PINK Are you man enough to wear pink?

01.01.2022 Important information regarding the Red Rooster Carnival this weekend

01.01.2022 Field Layout and a timely reminder of good sports parents

01.01.2022 Red Rooster Carnival - COVID Sign In Table Roster We are still requiring a few timeslots to be filled on Saturday afternoon and from 12:30pm-3:30pm on Sunday! Many hands make light work, PLEASE if you can spare 30mins to assist PLEASE let us know! We would love help from any of our wonderful parents, grandparents and supporters Looking forward to hearing from you