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from 2022 April 29 Newspaper Edition

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SPORT Innisfail judokas achieve remarkable success at Queensland State Championships page 22 Tully Touch Football teams perform well in the Junior State Cup North carnival

MARIA GIRGENTI

TULLY Touch Football fielded eight teams, and the small club had another successful carnival at the Junior State Cup North in Townsville from April 2 - 4.

The tournament attracted 82 junior touch football teams from across Queensland, including Cairns, Gordonvale, Innisfail, Tully, Mackay, Townsville and Burdekin, who converged on Queen's Park and Townsville Sports Reserve over the three days.

This carnival, hosted by the North Queensland Touch Association, was the first event of this year's North Queensland Games in Townsville and is one of over 40 sports featured.

All the teams displayed great spirit, determination and sportsmanship among themselves and their opponents.

The Under 12 Girls' team made it as far as the quarter-finals against Mackay and finished second on the ladder in B pool, whilst the Under 10 Boys' 'Rain' team made it to the semi-finals, where they went down by 2 - 5 to 'Redskins Beasts' and finished second on the ladder in the A pool.

Tully's Under 10 Girls' team progressed as far as the semi-finals against Mackay, where they had a narrow 0 - 1 loss and finished fourth overall on the ladder.

Although they did not progress any further, both teams fought gallantly to the finish.

The Under 16 Girls' team went into the grand final against Redskins Roar from Townsville with only nine players (usually 12) due to injuries and COVID-19.

In the game's dying minutes, Tully had a narrow 2 - 3 loss, which was a tremendous effort by all the girls, considering many are aged 15 years.

Nicholas Frumento, Andrew Brunello, Finlay Chilcott, Chloe Johnston, Lucy Berge and Brett Brunello from Tully Touch Association refereed games at the carnival.

The association is super proud of all teams and especially wanted to thank all the players, parents, referees, sponsors (especially Mt Tyson Hotel) and supporters.