North Queensland Touch Association Inc. (NQTA) was formed in 1978 and started with ten affiliates from the North Queensland Region, this area stretches from Glenden in the South, out to Mount Isa in the west and up to Weipa & Thursday Island in the North.

Currently, NQ Touch Football has over 15,000 registered members within our 22 affiliates.   These statistics place the sport among the top participated based, organised sports in North Queensland.

Current Affiliates are:

  • Atherton
  • Bowen
  • Burdekin
  • Carins
  • Charters Towers
  • Cloncurry
  • Collinsville
  • Gordonvale
  • Herbert River
  • Hughenden
  • Innisfail
  • Mackay
  • Mareeba
  • Moranbah
  • Mount Isa
  • Ravenshoe
  • Thuringowa
  • Thursday Island
  • Townsville
  • Tully
  • Weipa and
  • Whitsunday

NQ Touch Football continually works with affiliates to ensure:

  • The growth and development of the sport
  • Organised representative events & tours for both senior and junior members
  • Promoting Touch Football amongst key stakeholders, partners and funding bodies
  • Improving the development of players, coaches and referees by supplying free of charge courses and workshops