Welcome to the home of Touch Football on the North West Coast of Tasmania!
The Costa Devonport Touch Football Association (DTA) is the North-West Tasmanian affiliate for Touch Football Australia.
The DTA prides itself on being a welcoming, social club. We have a range of divisions to cater to all abilities including women's, men's, mixed, junior and primary rosters. We offer a number of social events throughout the season, including our Buttons Brewing Joker Jackpot drawn every Wednesday and Thursday Night during our summer competition. We have competitions running across both Summer and Winter.
The DTA participate once a year in the State Cup, competing against Launceston and Hobart teams.
We are home to the Touch Football Australia Cold Climate Classic tournament.
Our DTA players also have the opportunity to compete at national competitions once a year where our players represent Tasmania at all age levels.
What is touch football?
Touch Football is a simple sport that everyone can play. Touch Football is a field, team sport based on rugby league, without the need to tackle. The overall aim in a game of Touch Football is for one team to score more touchdowns than the other. Played on a rectangular field, a game of Touch Football is played over 45 minutes, divided into two 20 minute periods with a five minute halftime break. Teams can be up to 14 players with a maximum of six players on the field at any one time.
There are 7 basic rules of touch football:
1. There are six players for each team on the field at a time. Though there can be up to 14 players on the team, with unlimited substitutions.
2. You can only pass backwards.
3. If you get touched with the ball, you have to put the ball on the ground and step over it.
4. The person who collects the ball, known as the ‘dummy half’, should try to offload quickly because they’re not allowed to get touched or score. If they do, it’s a ‘changeover’ (the ball goes to the other team).
5. The team that makes the touch has to get back seven metres before they can make another touch.
6. After six touches to a team, there’s a changeover.
7. The ball can’t touch the ground. If it does, it’s a changeover.
Check out the Touch Football Australia Beginners Hub for more information
Touch is an all weather game and will go ahead in most weather conditions.
Games are only cancelled due to dangerous conditions (e.g lightning) or in extreme conditions when the grounds are closed by the council. Please keep an eye on our social media for notifications of game cancellations.