Overtouchers Corporation

In the last 4 years I have enjoyed writing prose about the fortunes and sometimes failures of a dozen or so guys from Terrey Hills and surrounding suburbs. Describing their ability to play the game known in heaven as Touch Football has been a fun hobby. In the last 24 hours I debated whether or not to close out the season with the Grand Final edition. In my ever honest nature writing, with a good example of my description of players skills and / or lack thereof on occasion from some, I must admit that I had chosen not to write this story. After losing 6-5 in our second worst game of the season to a very good team in last nights Grand Final, I didn't feel there would be any good reasons to write this story. However, my smartphone made that known buzz of a text message at 6.23pm Australian Easter Summer Time this very night.  It was the VC reminding me of my contractual arrangement that includes amongst other things a post game rant on the description of the game just finished....

Toucher's win 7-5 The Toucher's have always enjoyed Finals series games and last night was no different. The Toucher's were the Minor Premiers which had them matched with the team placed 4th in a sudden death play off for the Grand Final. Despite beating the same team, in name only, last week 10-1, the Minor Premiers knew it would not be an easy 40 minutes of Touching. Their opponents went to the well looking for talent and youth. They found both and fielded a very different team last night.  With the VC out with educational duties and the Locksmith practicing to save the lives of many, the Toucher's topped up their ranks with the return of B1 [Chopsy] and the Bulldog.  B2 missed his return flight from Sochi where he was competing in the Giant Slalom. Gees he looked good in that lycra on Channel 10 !!!! Milt called in to advise he was stuck in transit. Something to do with an open bar at the Hilton in Hong Kong. Well you can't say he ain't committed ...

Let me open with an apology and the delay in presenting the post game report. After what I felt was a sub standard performance Tuesday night in relevance to the standard of the opposition, I locked myself in the video room and went looking for answers to the many questions that I, the corporation and the fans have been asking. All is not okay and I need to find out why or the next two weeks may be the darkest in club history. But in watching these tapes I saw wonderous things in the 10-1 victory to the Toucher's.  The opening blast from the Locksmith was a showing of pure power, raw power and elusiveness [yes its a word...and would score high in scrabble] .  Running in two tries before most of us had even got a sweat up, the Locksmith ensured that the opponents had a lot to fear Tuesday night. Let me just back track for a moment. On Monday the Locksmith invited the VC, the Rookie and 'Louie the 15th' on bike ride in the Blue Mountains. At first I was a little ...

On everyday, in every form of life people lose in some way or another. Whether we like it or not losing is like death and taxes, its a bugger of a thing and you can do nothing to escape any of these. Muhammad Ali lost 5 times. Once to the late great Joe Frazier. He even lost to the journeyman, cocaine addict Trevor Berbick who later was hammered by Mike Tyson. But he was judged and measured on his greatness and his beliefs. In Michael Jordan's basketball career he played 1,072 basketball games and lost 366 regular season games but he was not measured on this 34% losing record. Jordan was judged and measured on his 6 championships, not the 366 times he was a loser. His coach Phil Jackson used Zen like quotes through his coaching career and described a season in this way  "its not about the destination, its about the journey". Today in the cities all over the world business people are losing out on business deals and tenders they felt sure they would win. These peop...

The Toucher's have kicked straight back into gear after the Christmas holiday break with a commanding 10-3 victory on a balmy summers night. The Touchers opponents just under a month ago were unwrapping presents on Christmas morning and thanking Santa for their new skateboard or new surfboard. I am sure that the were not thinking about their round 12 match up with the undefeated Toucher's. However, the old men from high up on the Terrey Hills escarpment were putting together strategy, aligning game plans from the very first day after the last match in 2013. That's what make the difference between champions and second place. With the playing roster cut by retirements, work responsibilities, having better things to do [Locksmith !!!] and the attacks of the  Dasyatis thetidis on a key Toucher in the group, the playing roster was at 6 at the start of the game. Within 30 seconds the team was cut to just 5 players when the Chairman was shot by a sniper and fell to the gro...

Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a Toucher was stirring, not even the HOF. The stockings were hung by the VB bar with care, In hopes that The Chairman soon would be there. The kids were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of winning games danced in their heads. And the VC in old man shorts, and I in my baseball cap, Had just settled our brains for a very big drink. When out on the prize winning lawn there arose such a clatter, I sprang from the couch to see what was the matter. Away to the window I flew like a flash, Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash. The moon on the breast of the new-fallen gum leaves Made such a mess that the VC would fix tomorrow When, what to my blood shot eyes should appear, But a Triton Ute, and nine fellow Toucher's. With a little old driver, so achingly slow, I knew in a moment it must be the Chairman. More rapid than eagles his Touchers they came, And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name! ...

Going into a new competition in 2013 the Touchers had many challenges in front of them. Distance, anxiety, proper referees and ageing soft tissue. All of the Touchers took on these challenges and the calendar year has seen no losses for some of the greatest touchers of all time. Jonty stood tall alongside his fellow touchers and overcame soft tissue damage. The speedster went to extreme measures to ensure his 100% attendance record was maintained in 2013. Jonty sought out the benefits of hyperbaric chamber injury management and embraced it...some would say a little too much. The source of truth Wikipedia, thats right BBB I have ignored your plea of sanity in information gathering, Wikipedia tells us this about Hyperbaric medicine: Hyperbaric medicine , also known as  hyperbaric oxygen therapy  (HBOT), is the medical use of  oxygen  at a level higher than  atmospheric pressure . The equipment required consists of a pressure chamber, which may be of r...