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The initial training groups have been chosen for the England Scholars Men's and Women's Open squads that will head to France for the 2017 EFT Championship Permit tournament.Players have been chosen from a number of English universities, including Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Oxford, Loughborough and Southampton. The Scholars will be taking on teams from across Europe at Fontenay-le-C ...

The squads that will represent England at the first ever EFT Premiership Permit tournament have been announced.Three squads of men and three squads of women will head to Edinburgh for the inaugural outing of this new international competition between July 6th and 9th, with the finalised groups having been selected following the recent weekend of training at Welbeck.Congratulati ...

The first ETA event of the season kicked off in style with our first London tournament in several years. East London RFC played host to the opening round of the Men’s and Women’s Touch Cup, and there was a strong showing from the local and visiting clubs looking to show off their skills. A little early drizzle couldn’t dampen the teams’ spirits, with nine teams competing in eac ...

The England Touch Association’s 2017 tournament programme taps off this coming Saturday and the fixtures have been announced for the Men’s and Women’s Touch Cup to be held at East London RFC.Nine teams will go straight into a knockout competitions, with seedings based on 2016 results.London Scorpions and Oxford Touch (Men’s) and Nottingham Hoods and Oxford Touch (Women’s) will ...

The third Touch Northern Cup may have been held on April 1st, but the participating teams were definitely no fools!!The tournament surpassed the previous Touch Northern Cups in quality of the Touch played and number of teams entering, who ranged from first time entrants to the Harlem Globetrotter style of the eventual winners.Eleven teams headed to the north east from as far af ...

England Touch Masters are looking to grow their numbers at both regional and national levels.Touch is one of the fastest growing sports and with more and more people playing at club level the pool of talent is expanding with each passing year.But the ETA needs players in the Women's 27s, Women's 30s, Women's 35s, Men's 35s and Men's 45s categories to select for the internationa ...

Congratulations to the England-based Touch referees selected for the following Premiership Permit, Championship Permit and Senior Touch Championships this summer. .EFT PREMIERSHIP PERMITLayo AromireJordi BitllochGregg CropperNatalie DavisMelissa DayMike Green
Kevin HillGenevieve MitchellNicolas Van de RijtBronwyn WakeAlice Watchorn.EFT CHAMPIONSHIP PERMIT 
Layo AromireLaura Bal ...

The University of Bath Hawks made the most of home advantage to take home the Universities Touch Series champions for 2017.The Hawks beat Exeter 5-2 in a high-tempo and exciting final to exact revenge for their semi-final defeat in Round 3 and take the silverware.Captain Dom Tripp was full of praise for his team.“The squad have worked really hard for this and I thought they wer ...

By Gary LambertOn Mother’s Day weekend it was my privilege to enjoy a full weekend of womens Touch; spectating, coaching, learning and enjoying.The weekend kicked off with the annual Spring Chick Tournament at Chippenham Rugby Club, the biggest single women’s Touch event in the Northern Hemisphere. Teams had travelled from across the UK and from both France and Germany to play, ...