The 2012 Touch season got off to a great start with the inaugural Glasgow Lions Mens and Womens tournament. The sun shone on a brilliantly organised and massively enjoyable day, and Superhands performed well, finishing second (boys) and third (girls). Many thanks to the Lions for organising, and we look forward to this tournament being a regular on the Touch calander.

Full write-ups of the day to follow shortly...

A delayed but very heartfelt CONGRATULATIONS to the 11 Superhands who were selected to represent Scotland at the 2012 European Championships which will be held in Treviso, Itlay in September. We're SuperProud to have such a fantastic breadth of talent in the club.

Representatives are:
Men's Open: Robin Johnson
Women's Open: Ali Freshwater, Chloe Beth Lane, Emma Jones, Jo Harden, Lesley-Anne Thomson, Nicola Stafford
Mixed Open: Pierre Joly, Rob Lee
Men's 30s: Dave Bartlet, Dunkan Mackay

We held the Superhands AGM on Sunday 11th March, at the cosy Cuckoo’s Nest in Tollcross. The evening started with watching some Aussie Touch to show us how coach Pierre hopes we’ll all be playing this coming season!

Superhands wish everyone a fantastic new year!!! We look forward to meeting you all again this year in all the different touch scenes: socially in the meadows on sundays, at the various domestic leagues and tournament, in Gif in may and finally in Treviso for the Euros!

We leave 2011 behind with this wee video (one of our new year resolution shall be to take more action shots on the actual touch field!)

Team: Aisling, Anita, Chloe (captain), Emma, Jo, Lucy B, Dave, Doug, Dunkan, Sam Stuart, Tell

It was the middle of November and unseasonably warm,
when the team went to St. Andrews to show off their form.
After an inspiring chat and a gift for the toss,
Captain Clo made us feel there was no chance of loss.

On the 4th of November, Superhands left the Motherland for England-shire, for the 2011 Oxford Bonfire Touch Tournament.

Players:
Girls: Aisling, Ali Mo, Chloe, Jenny, Jo, LA
Guys: Dunkan, Jerome, Pierre, Rob, Sam, Sidney, Dr T. Tuttle

For the final tournament of the SuperHands season the team travelled North to play in the indoor competition at the Aberdeen Sport Village. For SuperHands it was a real opportunity to win their first tournament of the season, being one of only two travelling teams.

Rob Lee, Dave, Pierre, Doug, Jerome, Dennis, Caroline, Laura, LA, Jo, Charmaine

Congratulations to the following 19 Superhands players (and 2 coaches) selected for the National Training Squads for the 2012 European Championships:

Men's open: Robin Johnson, Jerome Quiohilag
Women's open: Joanna Harden, Jenny Jenkins, Emma Jones, Catherine Stokes, Lesley-Anne Thomson
Mixed open: Pierre Joly, Rob Lee
Men's 30s: David Bartlett, Duncan Mackay, Dennis McNabb, Ross Alexander
Women's 30s: Alison Freshwater, Alison Morris
Men's 35s/40s: Stuart Burns, Douglas Cameron, David Guild, Philippe Hourcastagné, Trevor Kelly, Gordon McEwen

Two different teams, two different results, two different Gazebo stories read on ...

Superhands Academy

Boys: Dunkan, Phillipe, Dennis, Jerome, Dave, Peter, Sydney
Girls: Ellen, Maddy, Emma, Diana, Laura

Superhands

Boys: Stuart, Doug, Rob, Pierre, Tell, Robin, Dougie (not pictured)
Girls: Lesley-Anne, Debbie, Chloe, Jo, Ruth, Freshy