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England Touch is seeking individuals to help increase the Association’s grassroots development provision. England Touch has undergone recent rapid expansion in this area, bringing on board a number of new school development officers and agreeing a partnership with Koi Sports CIC. Two new roles have therefore been created to underpin this work and build resilience within what is ...

England Touch is now recruiting for a restructured Referee Management Team in 2019. The structure has been adapted to meet the changing needs of Touch in England, with a particular emphasis on providing strong referee pools for the various National Touch Series events, supporting regional leads in developing referees in their areas, and liaising with international governing bod ...

England will be represented by seven players in the GB Touch Men’s 50s team that is heading to Malaysia for the 2019 World Cup. Mark Scott, Mark Carlyon (Saracens Touch), Shaun Dalais (Wellesbourne O2), Mark Hobson (Nottingham), Nigel Webb, Simon Ince and David York have all been included in the group which was selected recently. A further four players – Andy Sharpes (Chester C ...

Six members of England’s #TeamRef are heading to Malaysia in April to officiate at the 2019 Touch World Cup. Jordi Bitlloch, Gareth Hinds, Nicholas van de Rijt, Uma Ramaswami, Bronwyn Wake and Alice Watchorn are all among the most qualified and experience referees in England, with plenty of international experience, too. The half-dozen will be among over 100 referees from acros ...

The 10 England teams that will be heading to Malaysia this April have been announced. In all 30 clubs are represented among the 160 players chosen, from as far afield as Exeter and Percy Park on Tyneside, Manchester and Canterbury, and this is the largest England squad to have gone to a World Cup. They have been chosen following four High Performance Training Camps during the a ...

The 2019 domestic club Touch season is taking shape, with the venues now confirmed for the Steeden Development National Touch Series and Sporttape Men's and Women's National Touch Series. Steeden Development National Touch Series The Steeden Development National Touch Series is the perfect tournament for clubs, teams and players to experience national competition throughout the ...

England Touch will continue its broadcast partnership with 247.TV into 2019, the Association has announced. 2018 saw the most comprehensive coverage ever of England Touch tournaments, with over 100 hours of live streaming during the course of the domestic season. Both the Belief Sports Elite National Touch Series and Sporttape Elite Men’s and Women’s National Touch Series were ...

England Touch is increasing its work in schools going into 2019 as part of the Association’s strategy to grow Touch among young players. This is including: The appointment of two new senior school co-ordinators Increasing the number of school development officers to 15 around the country Applying for Touch to be included in the curriculum for GCSE and ‘A’ Level Physical Educat ...

England Touch is applying to the Department for Education to have Touch included among the sports which make up the GCSE and ‘A’ Level Physical Education curriculum. To be included sports or activities must: be comparably rigorous and there is parity of assessment across practical activities enable students to understand and implement tactics, strategies, and/or composition re ...