Whitsunday Touch Football – Season 2, 2025 Wrap-Up

Celebrating Footy for Fun and Our Champs

Whitsunday Touch has wrapped up Season 2, 2025, with three cracking Grand Finals, plenty of family and friends on the sidelines, and a whole lot of Footy for Fun. Below are the official results for our Grand Final Champions, Runners Up, Players of the Finals, and our first ever Club Champ Award recipients.

GRAND FINAL NIGHT – MATCH WRAP & RESULTS

A GRADE
Vipers vs In The Crear

Half-time: 2–2
Full-time: Vipers 5–3

Fast, skilful and high-energy — this one had everything. Both teams traded early tries before Vipers pulled away late with some sharp attacking sets.

Champions: Vipers
Runners Up: In The Crear

Players of the Final:
• Cooper Lane
• Kari Clare

B GRADE
Raiders B vs Nemesis

Half-time: Tight game
Full-time: 4–4
Drop-Off: Nemesis 6–4

A crowd favourite! Level at full-time and straight into a drop-off — everyone loves a drop-off. Nemesis found the edge in extra time to seal it.

Champions: Nemesis
Runners Up: Raiders B

Players of the Final:
• Shakane Costello
• Kari Clare (A & B Grade — what a night!)

C GRADE
The Knock Ons vs Raiders Purple

Half-time: 3–3
Full-time: Raiders Purple 7–6

A brilliant contest with plenty of heart. Raiders Purple held strong in the final minutes to take the win. The young ones were buzzing — great to see!

Champions: Raiders Purple
Runners Up: The Knock Ons

Players of the Final:
• Jai Brown
• Charlee Harris

CLUB CHAMP AWARDS – 2025

Our first year introducing these awards!
Voted weekly by referees and the opposing team, recognising players who show:
Respect, great attitude, involvement, teamwork, fair play and making the game better for everyone.

A big thank you to Whitsunday Jetski Tours for gifting our junior Club Champs a Jetski Tour.

A GRADE — CLUB CHAMPS

Women

  1. Shannon Piccinelli — 11 (Slippery Salmons)
  2. Leshara Costello — 9 (Vipers)
  3. Tied — 4 points each:
    Meg Quinn (In The Crear)
    Chloe Wilson (Sunz)
    Cleo Dickie (Sunz)
    Bella Evans (Vipers)

Men

  1. Lachlan Garrels — 11 (In The Crear)
  2. Cooper Lane — 9 (In The Crear)
  3. Jai Dennison — 9 (Sunz)

B GRADE — CLUB CHAMPS

Men

  1. Jackson Goldspink — 19 (Whitmonday Eagles)
  2. Ryan Porter — 16 (Bulls)
  3. Manaia McQuilan — 10 (Sheds N Homes)

Women

  1. Shannon Piccinelli — 18 (Trydents)
  2. Leshara Costello — 14 (Sheds N Homes)
  3. Stella Ansell — 12 (Bulls

C GRADE — CLUB CHAMPS

Men

  1. Darcy Kennedy — 24 (Cowboys)
  2. Rocco Healy — 14 (The Knock Ons)
  3. Bradley Hetherington — 13 (Raiders Purple)

Women

  1. Willow Kenny — 17 (HamoRent)
  2. Lucy Owen — 12 (Cowboys)
  3. Charlotte Galjaardt — 11 (The Knock Ons)

THANK YOU!

A huge thanks to all players, referees, volunteers, families, supporters, and Club Whitsunday.

We’ll see you back on the field in Feb 2026!
Footy for Fun 🩵💛