JUNIOR STATE CUP
The NSW Touch Association (NSWTA) Junior State Cup – Northern Conference, held every year on the last weekend of February, attracts around 360 teams, with approximately 6,500 players and officials in attendance. Approximately 20,000 people converge into the event area for a fantastic few days of great touch footy. The event has been held in Port Macquarie for many years, in 2023 we move to Dubbo for the first time in a bid to not have the weather impact the tournament.
This event is when touch football clubs from all over NSW combine to compete at this tournament to become crowned NSWTA Northern Conference Champions.
In 2019, due to enormous growth, the Junior State Cup was split into Northern and Southern Conferences with finalists progressing to a State Final event held within a couple of weeks after the Northern and Southern Conferences are completed.
The Manly Touch Experience
Competing at JSC is a great opportunity for aspiring junior players and a chance to be the best team in the state makes this an amazing weekend of touch footy every year.
Manly Touch enters boys and girls Junior teams ranging from U10s (inclusion of the U8 age category has been removed by NSWTA) to U18s.
NSWTA 2023 Junior State Cup
Manly Touch will invite interested players to complete our Expression Of Interest for the NSWTA 2023 Junior State Cup in September 2022.
Expression Of Interest – https://forms.gle/nBj7tHoeEnB4EaDa8
JSC Key Dates*
| Coaching EOI opens | 8th August 2022 |
| Coaching EOI closes | 19th August 2022 |
| Coaches submitted to Executive for ratification | 30th September 2022 |
| Coaching appointments announced | 1st October 2022 |
| Coaches meeting | TBC |
| Player EOI opens (girls and boys U10-U18) | 31st August 2022 |
| Player EOI closes | 2nd October 2022 |
| Selection Period (including Trials) | 16th – 25th October 2022 |
| Teams submitted to Executive for ratification | 31st October 2022 |
| Team announcements | TBC |
| Uniform requirements submitted | TBC |
| Team Schedules (Team Managers) – Training Schedule – Interclub Gala Day details – Key JSC team information Nov – Feb inclusive | Nov – Feb Inclusive |
| Junior State Cup Northern Conference, Dubbo | 24th – 26th February 2023 |
| Junior State Cup Finals, Tempe | 5th March 2023 |
JSC Trial Dates*
*any changes to the following will be communicated via social media.
| AGE GROUP | DATE | TIME | LOCATION |
| U10 Girls (Trial #1) U10 Girls (Trial #2) |
Sunday 16th October Sunday 23rd October |
8:00 -9:30am 8:00 -9:30am |
Beacon Hill Reserve Beacon Hill Reserve |
| U10 Boys (Trial #1) U10 Boys (Trial #2) |
Sunday 16th October Sunday 23rd October |
8:00 -9:30am 10:00 -11:00am |
Beacon Hill Reserve Beacon Hill Reserve |
| U12 Girls (Trial #1) U12 Girls (Trial #2) |
Sunday 16th October Sunday 23rd October |
8:00 -9:30am 8:00 -9:30am |
Beacon Hill Reserve Beacon Hill Reserve |
| U12 Boys (Trial #1) U12 Boys (Trial #2) |
Sunday 16th October Sunday 23rd October |
10:00 -11:30am 8:00 -9:00am |
Beacon Hill Reserve Nolan Reserve |
| U14 Girls & Boys (Trial #1) U14 Girls & Boys (Trial #2) |
Tuesday 18th October 2022 Tuesday 25th October 2022 |
6:00 -7:30pm 6:00 -7:30pm |
Nolan Reserve Nolan Reserve |
| U16 & U18 Girls | Wednesday 19th October 2022 | 6:00 – 8:00pm | Nolan Reserve |
| U16 & U18 Boys | Tuesday 25th October 2022 | 7:00 – 8:30pm | Nolan Reserve |
JSC Gala Day Key Dates*
*Indicative only and subject to change
| Battle of the Beaches Gala Day – Rat Park, Narrabeen | 10 December 2022 |
| Mets Gala Day – Penrith Touch Fields, St Marys | 11 December 2022 (TBC) |
| Christmas Cup / Sharks Gala Day – Taren Point Touch | 16 December 2022 (TBC) |
| Wallsend Gala Day – Lewis Street, Wallsend | 22 January 2023 (TBC) |
| Scorpions Day | 29 January 2023 |
| Parramatta Gala Night – Doyle Ground, North Parramatta | 3 February 2023 (TBC) |
| Bankstown Jets Gala Day – Vale of Ah Fields, Milperra | 5 February 2023 (TBC) |
| Manly Day – Nolan Reserve, North Manly | 19 February 2023 (TBC) |
| Junior State Cup Northern Conference, Dubbo | 24th – 26th February 2023 |
| Junior State Cup Finals, Tempe | 5th March 2023 |
Player Eligibility
To represent Manly Touch at Junior State Cup, you must be a current financial member and have played at least 5 games in our local Junior Summer competition prior to JSC.
All junior players (parents/guardians) and officials representing Manly Touch at JSC must sign the MWTA JSC Players and Officials Code of Conduct.
Selection Criteria and Process
For more information on the selection criteria and process please click on our MWTA Representative Team Selection Policy.
Junior State Cup Team Officials Information
Active Kids
As Manly Touch charge an individual based player levy for representative teams, we are able to use the Active Kids Voucher system for Junior State Cup.
For instructions on how to apply for and redeem an Active Kids Voucher for Manly Touch representative levies, please go to our Active Kids page.
Referees
An Expression Of Interest for JSC Referees will be advised based on NSWTA timetable.
For more information on this event please contact our Junior Rep Director Craig Lowe via [email protected]