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A record number of teams have taken to the field in this year’s Mahurangi Touch Rugby Module in a battle for the titles.
The module started on October 16 and will run until December 12, before it resumes for six weeks in February.
Competition manager Bernie Kose says with 25 teams, up from 24 last year, they have no room to expand.
“With the space we have at the Warkworth Showgrounds all the fields are now full for the two rounds we play every Thursday night,” he says.
Bernie believes the social element and low impact of the summer competition is what attracts so many people.
The Tomarata Tag Module is also going strong with 10 teams in its senior section and 14 in the junior competition.
Tomarata Tag committee member Michelle Keast says the event is popular with families.
“We have lots of parents who play in the adults division while their children play with the juniors,” she says.
“People come from as far as Mangawhai, Wellsford, Maungaturoto and even Warkworth to compete here and it’s great to use our facility all year round.”
Michelle says a wider range of ages are also involved this year with players in their fifties participating.
The competition runs from October 19 to December. It breaks in January and restarts in February.
The Rodney Rams Touch Module is finding it more difficult to get off the ground this summer with just six teams and no junior grade.
The rams started its mixed touch competition on October 27 and will break in early December.
