{"id":74932,"date":"2024-12-18T11:15:49","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T09:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/strand-abuzz-with-exciting-hot-summer-of-touch-action-20241218-2-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T10:30:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T08:30:26","slug":"strand-abuzz-with-exciting-hot-summer-of-touch-action-20241218-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/strand-abuzz-with-exciting-hot-summer-of-touch-action-20241218-2-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Strand abuzz with exciting Hot Summer of Touch action"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Hot Summer of Touch eased the weekend off in Kleinmond on Saturday 14 December and ended it with a bang in Strand on Monday 16 December. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Team \u201cMost Wanted\u201d pushed the door wide open on Saturday in the Overberg, with a gritty display of \u201cno mistake\u201d touch to seal the Kleinmond title for 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The victory over the Liberty Webb Touch team in the final meant the top four teams all went into the Strand leg within six points of each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kleinmond provided near perfect conditions for the 35 strong field and the action provided the tidy crowd with great enjoyment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Challenger Series was won by the Struisbaai Warriors who thumped the Houdings 2-1. The Open Tournament was won by the MBN Warriors over the 8th Avenue Touch team by 2-0 and the Juniors Tournament was won by the Scorpions Junior team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Strand Beach was idyllic on Monday morning and the 58 teams who registered had perfect conditions apart from the full-moon Spring tide which kept the organisers, spectators, and players on their toes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two tournaments in two days was always going to be a tough ask. However, Strand is one of the highlights of the series and with many of the players hailing from the area, and a huge crowd present to cheer on their favourites, all the players dug deep to produce a fine spectacle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The top four teams on the log worked hard to secure their semi-final spots. In two fiercely contested matches, the perennial rivals, Score Forward Legends (who edged out Most Wanted with a 3-2 victory) and MBN Warriors (who narrowly defeated Liberty Webb Warriors 1-0), earned the right to face each other for the prestigious title of Strand champions in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The final was one game too far for the Warriors who succumbed to a red-hot Legends team by 5-0. The Legends love this beach and Monday\u2019s crown was their seventh Strand title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Struisbaai Warriors managed back-to-back wins in the Challenger Series, overcoming the Last Kings (3-2). The BT Blizzards won the Open Tournament over the Houdings (2-0), and the Scorpions Juniors beat the Legends Juniors 2-1 to take the Junior Tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The action moves to the grass of Struisbaai on Sunday 22 December, where the first 30 teams will be provided free tournament entry courtesy of Agulhas Municipality. 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