Date: Thursday, 28 June 2018 To: 2018 Vawdon Cup Affiliate Coordinators From: Daniel Rushworth Sport Manager Subject: 2018 Vawdon Cup Final Gradings New South Wales Touch Football has undertaken an extensive review of all initial gradings following the appeal process. This review included further review of Affiliates requests, supplied rosters, amended playing lists and strength of competition. As such we can now advise of the final gradings for the 2018 Vawdon Cup competition which is set to commence on Friday 27 th July. N.B All Teams are listed in alphabetical order. Men s Premier League 3 Central Coast Dolphins 4 Doyalson Dragons 5 Hornsby Lions 6 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Women s Premier League Teams: 9 1 Canterbury Bulldogs 2 Central Coast Dolphins 6 Newcastle City Knights 7 Northern Beaches Renegades 9 Western Suburbs Magpies
Mixed Division 1 Format: 1 Full Round (7 Rounds) plus 5 manipulated rounds (8-12) based on state rankings. 1 Appin Warriors 2 Campbelltown Ghosts 3 Canterbury Bulldogs 4 Carlingford Cyclones 5 Eastern Suburbs Roosters 6 Newcastle City Knights 7 St George Dragons 8 Wollongong Devils Men s Division 1 Teams: 12 Format: 1 Full Round (11 Rounds) plus 1 manipulated round (12) based on state rankings. 5 Hills Hornets 6 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 10 Sydney University Stingers 11 UNSW Bullets 12 Western Suburbs Magpies Women s Division 1 3 Carlingford Cyclones 6 Northern Suburbs Bears 8 Sydney University Stingers 9 UNSW Bullets Page 2
Boy s Youth League Division 1 Format: 1 Full Round (8 Rounds) plus 4 manipulated rounds (9-12) based on 2017 rankings. 1 Balmain Tigers Juniors 5 Lower Blue Mountains Rangers 6 Orange Thunder 1 8 Parramatta Eels 2 Girl s Youth League Division 1 Format: 1 Full Round (7 Rounds) plus 5 manipulated rounds (8-12) based on 2017 rankings. 1 Balmain Tigers Juniors 2 Central Coast Dolphins 4 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 5 Northern Beaches Renegades 6 Orange Thunder Men s Division 2 Teams: 12 Format: 1 Full Round (11 Rounds) plus 1 manipulated rounds (12) based on state rankings. 1 Central Coast Dolphins 2 Hills Hornets 3 Hornsby Lions 4 Lower Blue Mountains Rangers 6 Northern Beaches Renegades 7 Peninsula Piranhas 9 South West Sydney Raptors 10 St George Dragons 11 Western Suburbs Magpies 1 12 Western Suburbs Magpies 2 Page 3
Women s Division 2 Teams: 9 1 Balmain Tigers 3 Hills Hornets 4 Hornsby Lions 5 South West Sydney Raptors 6 St George Dragons 7 Sydney University Stingers 8 UNSW Bullets 9 Westmead Hawks Girl s Youth League Division 2 Teams: 6 Format: 2 Full Round (10 Rounds) plus 2 manipulated rounds (11-12) based on 2017 rankings. 1 Carlingford Cyclones 2 Hills Hornets 3 Lower Blue Mountains Rangers 4 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 5 UNSW Bullets 6 Western Suburbs Magpies Men s Division 3 Format: 1 Full Round (7 Rounds) plus 5 manipulated rounds (8-12) based on state rankings. 1 Balmain Tigers 5 Penrith Panthers 6 Sydney University Stingers 7 UNSW Bullets 8 Westmead Hawks Page 4
Men s Division 4 2 Carlingford Cyclones 6 Parramatta Eels 7 Penrith Panthers 8 South West Sydney Raptors 9 UNSW Bullets Appeals Lodged & Results Affiliate Initial Grading Requested Grading Result Hills Hornets Women s Premier League Women s Division 1 Declined Penrith Panthers Men s Division 2 Men s Division 1 Approved Ryde Eastwood Hawks Men s Division 2 Men s Division 1 Approved Manly Sea Eagles Men s Division 3 Men s Division 2 Approved Wests Magpies Men s Division 3 Men s Division 2 Approved Bankstown Sports Men s Division 3 Men s Division 2 Declined Carlingford Cyclones Men s Division 3 Men s Division 4 Approved Westmead Hawks Men s Division 4 Men s Division 3 Approved Team Changed After Initial Grading Affiliate Initial Grading Notes South West Sydney Raptors (2) Women s Division 2 Withdrawn Carlingford Cyclones Boy s Youth League Division 1 Withdrawn Northern Beaches Renegades Boy s Youth League Division 1 Withdrawn Key Dates Wednesday 4 th July Friday 6 th July Wednesday 11 th July Friday 13 th July Monday 16 th July Wednesday 18 th July Friday 20 th July Friday 27 th July Player Pool Application & Requests Close Player & Team Management Online Registration Window Closes Team Registration Forms Distributed Draft Draw Released Affiliate Coordinators & Team Management Briefing Available Scanned Team Registration Forms returned to NSW Touch Football Final Draw Released Round 1 of Competition For more information on theses gradings please contact daniel.rushworth@nswtouch.com.au Page 5