By Mr Thomas Duggan, Sports Coordinator 

It was with great excitement that ACW attended its first ever QLD All Schools Touch Football Carnival this year. All Schools is the largest Touch Football competition in the World, 522 teams and over 1800 games of Touch played over the week, what an experience!

Assumption College entered an U15yrs Boys team and U15yrs Girls team. These students have been preparing for this competition since the beginning of Term 3, with weekly training sessions and playing competition in the local Mixed Touch competition here in Warwick. Although we were all filled with excitement, there was an element of uncertainty with what we could expect from our opposition teams.

Our boys started their campaign in style with 2 convincing wins on Day 1. The competition went up a notch and the boys finished the week with an even amount of wins and losses finishing 4th in their pool.

The girls had a slightly tougher start to their campaign with 4 very tough games on Day 1. The girls were very resilient and improved immensely over the course of the week. The girls finished on the bottom of their pool with 1 draw and the remaining games as losses.

Each and every student that attended on behalf of Assumption College should be commended for their excellent behaviour for the entire week. Mr Duggan, Mr Bruton, Mrs Garnder and Miss Webb had a fabulous week with these players and were very grateful for the way they conducted themselves. We must thank our two very helpful Year 12 students Glen Cruda and Sam Wainwright who attended the carnival on behalf of the College as our student referees. When not refereeing, these students spent their entire time with the teams and the coaching staff, offering their support and guidance and acting as true role models for our younger students. Thank you, Glen and Sam.

We also recognised some of our players for their outstanding efforts. Paddy Denny and Lauren Trotman were voted, by their teammates, as the Players Player for each of their teams. These players had terrific carnivals and thoroughly deserved this recognition. Jack Burton and Chloe Gaske were acknowledged by the coaches as the Tourists of the Carnival. Although this award could have gone to any of our players, these two students were truly a pleasure to take away and were always present, full of energy, and fun to be around. We look forward to continuing our successes in the Warwick Mixed Touch Competition and at All Schools 2024.