IT WAS well and truly a David and Goliath battle when teams from Kingaroy Touch competed against some of the nation's best at the Bundaberg Cup recently.

Kingaroy Touch president Jenny Whyte was extremely proud of the players and coaches who represented our region despite their less than ideal results.

"It was such a good experience for the players,” she said.

"It's hard for us because we don't have the numbers like some of the other clubs.”

The humble South Burnett club took four teams to the Bundaberg Cup touch football tournament, one of the biggest touch tournaments in the country.

They fielded an Under-12s girls team, an Under-14s and 16s mixed team and a Masters team.

Whyte said the focus of the tournament was for the teams to gain experience at the higher level.

"Some of the teams we played against were Queensland or Australian representatives,” she said.

"As we explained to the kids, it was a chance for them to get some game time and exposure to see how other teams play.”

Whyte was looking forward to the start of the 2019 Kingaroy touch football season.

"The comp starts on Monday and we have a good amount of juniors signed up and ready for the season,” she said.

"Season one is always a little less teams because a lot of the kids play rugby league or soccer.”

In the open competition, the season is set to be as big as last year with 20 teams already signed on.

"We picked up some new teams for this season so it should be an interesting year,” Whyte said.

Any teams wanting to play in the season still have time to register.

"They can give me a call, go to the Facebook page or just turn up on Monday night,” Whyte said.

The popular Wednesday night social games will be running again, but Whyte stressed that all players need to be registered for insurance purposes.

"Everyone is welcome but they will need to sign up,” she said.