3 Unbeaten Touch Teams at Outram

With only one game left in the Taieri Junior module touch competition, Outram School have 3 teams that are yet to lose a game! The yr 3/4 Blacks have had a great season winning every game and usually by a huge scores. The yr 5/6 Reds still remain unbeaten after 3 years of playing in the module. The closest a team has got to them was 11-5. The Blues also remain unbeaten after 3 years and are currently coming 2nd in the Taieri adult module which is a great achievement for a junior team. Well done to all players you are doing yourself and your school proud!

Elementary Touch Rules Course

Yesterday Grant Milne from Otago Touch came to school to run the elementary rules ref course for our top touch players. Mr Carroll, Marie W and Mrs McKenzie also attended to improve their knowledge of touch which was great to see! The course started with 50mins of open book testing on the rules of the game. The second half of the course was practical and involved participants learning to run good ref lines on the field and learn the signals refs use throughout a game. Well done to everyone who attended, the standard of touch will improve as players will have a better understanding of the rules!

Touch- Yr 5/6 Whites

Jessica R running hard:

Outram Touch-Blues

Outram Blue are still playing unbeaten touch with another win against St Marys, overpowering them in both attack and defence and winning 13-0. The Blues played amazing touch using two man quickies, DA(Dive Attack) and pushing St Marys to there limits by closing them down early and putting lots of pressure on them when they are on defence. The whole team played well, working together and talking to each other.

The Blues also have a night game, playing in the seniors adults grade. They came up against the Taieri College senior team 'Rush'. The 'Rush' team had the advantage being taller and some of them a lot faster. Sometimes it looked like the players learn't tap dancing by stepping and jumping away from us trying not to get touched. The Blues still didn't care about them being faster and taller and just played some good touch and eventually it came to a draw 9-9.
By Dan G

Outram Champions of Otago

Yesterday our Yr 7/8 touch teams played in the Otago Schools touch tournament held at the Kensinston Oval. The Outram Blues ended up winning the tournament beating Balmacewen Intermediate 6-1 in the grand final. What made this amazing was the fact the team only had one girl and boy sub and the team played total of 180 minutes of touch! The team now has played four seasons without losing a game.
The results were as follows:
vs Kaikorai Valley Gold 16-0 win
vs Arthur St 15-2 win
vs Kaikorai Red 7-4 win
vs Balmacewen Black 5-3 win
Semi vs Balmacewen Black 6-3 win
Final vs Balmacewen Silver 6-1 win

Outram School Staff Touch Team in Grand Final Again!

The Outram School Staff has made the Taieri Senior Touch Module mixed grand final for the second year in a row. The staff team had a tough semi final match against Garvan House and came away with a 7-5 win. The team made up of teachers, BOT members and parents are looking forward to a tough final on Monday. The final will begin at 6:30pm so if you are free come and support the Outram School staff team!

Outram School Touch by Cam M

Outram blues
The Blues were fired up coming into their exhibition game against Fairfield A. As they had been off touch for at least six weeks and were hungry to get back into it. Outram had a slightly different team this year but that didn't stop them from playing a good flowing game easily beating Fairfield 15-1! Sending a warning to the rest of the teams. Hopefully a sign of another unbeaten season this year again!

Outram Silver and Blacks
Both teams were starting out at playing touch this year but they had already shown a lot of skills in practice for teams that have not played touch ever. Both teams played good games winning their games by good margins. Standouts from Outram teams on the day were Logan G and Sam R who showed good speed. Hopefully these guys get to play each other in the final!

Junior Touch Draw-23 Feb

Yr 3/4- 3:30pm start
Silvers vs East Taieri ground 3
Blacks vs Elmgrove Eagles ground 1
Yr 5/6- 4pm start
Whites vs Elmgrove ground 1
Reds vs Elmgove ground 2
Yr 7/8- 4:30pm start
Maroons vs St Mary's ground 2
Blues vs Taieri College ground 1

Great Start to Touch Season for Outram School

Yesterday was the start of the 2009 Taieri Junior module Touch season. Outram School has 6 teams entered in the competition. Of the 6 teams playing yeaterday only one team had a loss. The Blues, Reds, Silvers and Blacks all had good wins while the Maroons had a draw with Fairfield School. This was a great result for Outram School considering that it was the first ever Touch game for most of the Outram School players!

Touch Season to Begin

The new Touch season will be starting on Monday 16th February. We held out trials yesterday and had a great turnout of players so we will be entering four teams into the competition. The Reds and Whites are made up of yr 5/6 students and the Blues and Maroons are made up of yr 7/8 students. The yr 5/6 teams will play at 4pm and the yr 7/8 teams will be playing at 4:30pm.

Outram Champions of the Taieri!!

On Monday 15th Dec the Grand Finals for the Taieri Junior Touch module were held. Outram School had the Reds in the yr 5/6 final and the Blues in the yr 7/8 final. The Reds were up against Elmgrove Warriors a team who like Outram Red has gone through the season without a loss. Outram controlled the game from the first whistle and scored early through Mitchell R. Another two tries before halftime gave Outram a 5-2 lead at halftime. The second half of the game was dominated by Outram again with some great 'quickie' plays baffling the Elmgrove defence and leading to more tries for Outram. The final score was 8-3 to Outram. Player of the match was Wilson M with great drives from set play and scoops.

The second final of the day was the yr 7/8 match between Outram Blue and St Mary's. The Outram Blue team have gone through two module seasons without recording a loss! The team have been training hard for this final and all the hard work paid off with an amazing win 15-1. All the team contributed to the fantastic performance with Emily B being awarded player of the match for her great work on the wing. The team scored from set and broken play and totally dominated the St Mary's team from the start of the game. This was a great result for the team and a great send off for the yr 8 students.

Outram Blue vs Green Island- Touch

We started the game a little slow but we eventually got our patterns going and soon got some points on the board . Hayley M had an awesome game on the wing so did Cameron M. Isaac T played well in the middle with some great scoops. The final score was 14 - 3. This was an improvement on the previous winning score against Green Island of 12-3.
By Ayden M

Impressive Start to Season for Outram Touch Teams

The Taieri Junior Module Touch started yesterday and the Outram School teams showed they are going to be a dominant force in the module! The Reds started with a 30-0 win over Green Island. This is an amazing score considering the game only goes for 30 mins! The Whites and Maroons had close games both losing by 3 tries. The Blues played Green Island and won the game 12-3. This is a great start for the teams considering they have had only 2 weeks of training prior to the competition starting. Games are always on Mondays from 4-5pm at Peter Johnstone Park in Mosgiel.

Outram School Scoops Prizes at Otago Touch Prizegiving

On Sunday the 3rd June our Otago U11 Touch team went into Wobbly's restaurant for the Otago Touch prize giving. Mr Martin won a prize for volunteer of the year and Aleisha A won a prize for most improved player in the U11 year group. It was a great achievement considering there was heaps of people nominated for the prizes.
By Aleisha A

Outram Blue-The Perfect Season!

The Outram Blue Touch team have played the entire season without losing one game. They finished the season by winning the grand final 6-4, beating St Mary's. The team have scored an incredible 62 points with only 15 against. The team consisted of Yr 7/8 students, with Wilson M, Celine T and Aleisha A (yr 6) all playing for the team when required. The Reds finished the season in 4th place in their section. The Whites who were captained by Josh A battled hard all season and finished a respectable 7th. There will be a Touch prizegiving held at Outram School at 12:30pm on March 20th with a shared lunch for all players.

Touch

On December 11th, Outram Blue played Green Island and had had ther first loss 7 - 11 . It was a hard game, personally I thought that the team forgot the basics. Some people were doing some good two man splits up the wings and up the middle but when we got to the line know one would take the touch's and made silly passes and turned the ball over.
By Isaac T
Outram White- Outram Whites played Taieri, It was a tough battle but in the end Taieri beat us 5-3. There were some silly passes but great two man splits. It was great that the boys let the girls have a go at running up the field and attempting to get a try.
By Max N
Outram Red- Outram Red played East Taieri. WE didn't play too bad and we got the hang of some of the moves including a two man split and had a go at one of the Otago Rep moves. The Red's did win 12-9 and could of got beaten if we didn't start scoring in the last minutes of the game.
by Cam M

Touch-Week1

The Blues and Reds both started with a draw for the season. The Whites had a big loss but were playing a team older and more experienced. The Reds had a 4 all draw with Elmgrove, the team played really well and moved the ball around the field while making easy yards up the middle. The Blues had a hard fought 10 all draw with St Marys. This was a significant result considering the Blues were beaten by 10 tries by the same team at the end of the previuos season. Great tries by Olivia H and Emma P helped the team capture the lead just after halftime. St Marys used the speed and skill of two of their experienced Touch players to bring the game to a draw. After 3 weeks of games the module will be broken into three sections catering for the differing skills of all the teams.

Outram School Touch Rugby

With the Touch season fast approaching the School is looking at entering 3 touch teams. Trials for the teams have already begun with all participants showing a good level of skill. The School will be playing in the Taieri Junior Touch module played on Monday afternoons at Peter Johnstone park. Training will be at school during lunchtimes.