The event, created by ex-Wallaby captain Nick Farr-Jones, included a two day touch football tournament and a concert featuring Australian stars Leo Sayer and Rikki Lee.
Representatives of the local mining industry included Centennial Coal, Xstrata Coal, Peabody Energy and Integra Coal, all of which entered teams in the competition, as well as the NSW Minerals Council, which entered two teams and sponsored the event on behalf of the state's mining industry.
Farr-Jones and Dr Nikki Williams, chief executive of the NSW Minerals Council, presented the Touch Life Cup to the NSW Mining team, which defeated wine industry representatives the Pleasant Mounters in the grand final.
Dr Williams said she was proud to see strong support the event from the mining industry for an event targeting a serious problem affecting many Australians.
"All the teams played in fantastic spirit. Touch Life is a concept which has huge potential to become a fixture on the Hunter calendar and to do a lot for a very worthwhile cause in the meantime.
"About 23 percent of the homeless Australians in 2001 were families. This belies the common stereotype of homelessness - it can quite literally happen to anyone."
