Keebra Park SHS have won Open Boys division of the All Schools touch football competition after a hard fought 5 tries to 4 victory over Rockhampton’s Emmaus College at the White Hills Sporting Complex in Brisbane at the weekend.

Defending their title, this year’s success  makes it three straight wins in the competition and cements Keebra’s  reputation as the best touch football team in this age group in the State.

While Keebra Park has always been considered a traditionally strong rugby league school, many of its past graduates including, Benji Marshall, Corey Norman, Greg Eastwood and the newly crowned English Super League’s “Man of Steel” Rangi Chase, all played touch football for the school and their legacy evident in the latest crop of athletes.

A semi-final win over Bundaberg SHS set up the Grand Final encounter with Emmaus College who had disposed of Kirwan SHS in their semi and were looking like the team to beat, but Keebra’s dogged determination in defence proved the difference on the day and paved the way for the win.

Coach Ben Woolf praised his teams spirit and attitude. “Some of these boys hadn’t played much touch football before but had the basic skills from their rugby league. Once we worked on a bit of structure I knew they were a chance and they stuck to the game plan and came up trumps” He said.

The boys now have a change of focus as they prepare for the upcoming Australian Schoolboys Rugby Sevens finals in November that are to be played at Skilled Park in conjunction with the World Series Sevens competition.

Darren Hart H.P.E

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