How are junior age divisions set, and how is age worked out?

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Touch Football Australia's National Junior Development Framework says there is no set rule for age divisions in a junior competition, so they vary from affiliate to affiliate. Ages are taken as at 31 December of that year.

It gives this guide to matching age divisions with school years:

Age division	School years
Under 8	Kindergarten to Year 2
Under 10	Years 3 to 4
Under 12	Years 5 to 6
Under 14	Years 7 to 8
Under 16	Years 9 to 10
Under 18	Years 11 to 12

Some affiliates that work closely with local schools structure their competition by school year rather than age. The framework also notes that national competitions are contested at the Under 18, Under 15 and Under 12 age levels.

Source: TFA National Junior Development Framework (version 2, January 2013).