AUSTRALIA’S finest junior touch football players are set to converge on Coffs Harbour next week for the National Youth Championships.

These are being held over four days from Wednesday, 25 September, to Saturday, 28 September, at the C.ex Coffs International Stadium.

The titles are Australia’s premier youth Touch Football event and will be contested by the nation’s best from a unique mix of school, regional, and state representative teams.

All are vying to be crowned National Champions in their respective gender and age divisions.

There are eight divisions in total; boys and girls Under 12s, Under 14s, Under 16s and Under 18s.

It’s the first time Coffs Harbour will host the youth championships.

“Coffs has long been the spiritual home of our senior championships, where some of the best players in the world have delivered so many great moments,” Touch Football Australia CEO Jamie O’Connor.

“[Bringing] the National Youth Championships to Coffs Harbour [gives] our youth players the chance to follow in the footsteps of some of their idols.”

A number of Coffs Coast juniors will play for the Northern Eagles, a representative team which encompasses a large part of Northern NSW.

By Aiden BURGESS