Han River Pirates, Touch for kids starts 7th Sept

Han River Pirates have a lot to announce; their new season starts on September 7th and is open for all boys and girls from 6-15 years. It will run for 10 weeks and is from 9:30-11:00am every Sunday...get ready for some early starts!

In addition, Bev Stratton has set them up with a website so check it out on http://www.hanriverpiratesrugby.com/

ITS 2008 will be held at Korea Military Academy, Taerung, Seoul

The KMA has given permission to use their facilities for ITS 2008 and directions to find this place can be found on www.koreatouch.com
The KMA is in NE Seoul in a place called Taerung, although the Hwarangdae (line 6, 28 mins direct ride from Itaewon) is the closest subway station.
With the first game touching off at 09:00, it will be an early start for teams!!

Taiwan get Touch going...

We were contacted by the Taiwan guys about their efforts in Touch...and a quick look at their website shows they have assembled some great YouTube footage of Touch from Oz...take a look here
http://http://taiwantouch.wetpaint.com/page/Touch+Rugby+Videos
Gotta inspire you ahead of ITS

Spire Touch Championship standings after 4 rounds

1. Te Wei Poiunamu 66
2. Seoul Survivors 52
3. Tits for Hands 44
4. Yonsei Stars 39
5. Hangang Exiles 38
6. Waegook Cook 26
7. Suwon Stormers 18
8. Seoul Sisters17
9. Han River Parents (Grumpy Old Men) 12
10. Royal Frogs 7
11. Paju Pirates 6
12. Raiders 3

Love at first Touch?

It is traditional for Korean honeymooning couples to wear sort of his 'n' hers outfits when they head off. Weekends at the award winning Incheon airport are great for spotting the most twee of get-ups. In this case, it wasn't quite a hoineymoon for Hangang Exiles stalwarts Duncan and Cathy but they were heading out of Korea and into the wide blue yonder (read Oz and N Africa). Their parting gifts, proudly worn, were two ITS 2007 T shirts that (and we have the pics to prove it) they wore all the way back to Canberra.
Our loss is Libya's gain and as we speak, the Tripoli Camels team are preparing for their first run out (really?).

Massive response to ITS 2008, the big Touch tournament in Seoul

So far 20 teams have signed up and more are still pending...come on SheBabs http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Shebabs/ and JT and Beijing http://www.beijingdevils.com/Home/touchrugby.html

we want to see you here on Sept 20.

We're having to expand the playing area to cope with the demand and if the weather holds....we'll be looking foir a thousand players and spectators atr this all day party.

Latest news is regularly posted on http://www.koreatouch.com/

Suwon start time brought forward

The tournament will now start earlier so plan to be there at 11:00am....looking forward to a big day of Touch in the 'burbs.. ;-)