this is the penultimate week of Winter 2026.

Presentations and pub

Next week is our last and our end of season celebration will be held at our Winter pub sponsor the Wild Geese Hotel. There will be extra drink vouchers and so lock in dinner and get along there.

Summer Season

Registrations are open for our for our 2026 Summer season. Start rallying the troops

Switch 

SWITCH, strengthening women in touch is a free touch and fitness program for women offered by PPT in conjunction with VICHEALTH. It starts in early October. It is a fun way to learn touch or improve you skills. Details are on the website shortly or ask us for more information

Team and individual Registrations are open for our Summer 2026-27 touch football (also called touch rugby) competition, located in Melbourne’s heart: Princes Park on Wednesday and Thursday evenings

Full information on the season is available here:

https://princesparktouch.com/about/summer/

To enter a team or join as an individual follow these instructions:

Individuals

If you are an individual or small group without a team, wishing to be placed into team please use our Individual Players form and follow the instructions.Every year we place large numbers and there is no cost for placement.

New Teams

To enter a new team (i.e. a team that has not played with us before). Please ensure you have familiarised yourself with this seasons competition. Then download and complete the following Team Registration Form and email it to: info@princesparktouch.com.

If you have not collected all your players details do not worry (we will send you a link where you can add additional names later), just ensure the following are details are recorded:

• Team name
• Captains or primary contacts details (phone number and email)
• Approximate standard of team, note your actual grade will be determined over the grading round(s)

Once we have received your form we will hold a place for you in the competition.

Please note team entries of new mens teams are temporarily on hold while I confirm with long standing existing teams (as we always preference long standing teams as they are current members).

Existing teams

Please send us an email and we will reactivate your team for the upcoming season.

Or for any other enquiries please contact Pete on:

• Peter Shaw (Mob) 0414 315 957
  E-mail: info@princesparktouch.com

All teams play

The most important point, for those teams who are new, is that if your team misses finals, your season is not over. All teams play in week 17 and week 18, whether they are playing finals or not (those missing finals are playing friendlies), as per the player members faq we fixture and expect all teams to play as participation and socialising are far more important than the result.

Draws

The draw for week 17 – mixed semi finals and friendlies (for everyone else) is here:

Draw: https://princesparktouch.com/social-competition/wednesday-draw/

Uniforms

Please make sure your team is in uniform, we will be making sure referees are enforcing the penalty provisions for teams not in uniform in finals (as they should have been since week 3).

https://princesparktouch.com/membership/#lh_faq_shortcode-list-62177

Team Lists

If you are team captain of a team playing finals please review your team list. It can found like this. Only those on the team list, who’ve played 4 games, and are a member of Princes Park Touch Association can play finals matches (exemption may be granted on request).

I suspect many teams have players who have not yet done their membership onboarding, those who have not should start here:

https://princesparktouch.com/register/

I strongly advise you to get everyone to do it as they will be removed from the field until they have. If someone believes they have completed but are not appearing on the team list feel free to get them to reach out to me directly.

Get along to the pub

A reminder to socialise after the match, either bring some refreshments to drink in the park, or grab a voucher , they are available win or lose, and get along to our Winter sponsor the Wild Geese Hotel

End of season breakup/presentation night

Please schedule a team dinner now for our final week (week 18 – Wednesday the 02nd of September). Attendance is expected for all mixed teams playing in grand finals and highly encouraged for everyone else. All teams will be playing that week, and we shall likely arrange an extra field to avoid the late slot. Presentations and will kick-off at the end of the night.

So lock in dinner at the Wild Geese that night, it is always a great night.

See you all on the field

Week 17 and 18

This is week 16, weeks 17 and 18 are our last two weeks. A grade finals have already started a hybrid arrangement, B grade finals start tonight, and C, D grade start next week. The structures are detailed on the website. Most importantly we emphasise participation so teams not playing finals still play in week 17 and 18, so this is not the final week for any team.

We also suggest you lock in a team dinner at the Wild Geese Hotel for week 18 for our presentations. It is always a great night.

SWITCH

Also of a reminder of our amazing women’s program, SWITCH. For any female that may want to learn the game or just improve.

Details are on the website: https://princesparktouch.com/individual-players/switch/

Spread the word!

We all wish you all the best amigo

However we are also conscious of the distance factor from our Winter fields. Our ideal venue is one where we can all socialise together within walking distance and the Wild Geese Hotel has approached us to be our Winter pub sponsor. It is 400 metres away and offer a similar jug arrangement to the GNH.

We shall be offering vouchers to BOTH pubs tonight and next week before we make a final decision

As we want all teams socialising together and to take ownership of this decision, so I the below poll.

Please understand:

1. team captains are required to vote (ie for them its not optional), everyone else is also welcome to vote too (but not required).
2. Comments are encouraged and a vote with a comment may be weighed more heavily
3. Your vote is confidential (only the committee can see it)

She has her a hobby/business making crochets and other crafts and she’s usually around the fields helping out. So you want your own amazing beanie reach out to her