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The work of volunteers is crucial to all sports, especially an emerging sport such as Touch. Rewarding their efforts is so important and is the reason that our #OneEngland programme has been established to recognise the contribution of these unsung heroes and going forward it will be firmly establishing itself in the annual Touch calendar. Throughout the year, hundreds of volun ...

England Touch has announced the appointments of the Head Coaches for the Men’s Open, Women’s Open and Mixed Open teams for the next World Cup cycle until the 2023 tournament. Tim Osborne and Justin Conway remain the Head Coaches for the Men’s Open and Mixed Open respectively, with Ben Powell the new Head Coach for the Women’s Open team. Powell was regional lead for the Midlands ...

BBR maintained their run of Belief Sports Elite National Touch Series Cup titles, but the second round in Manchester showcased just how competitive the top level of club Touch is now in England. The opening three games on Field 1 set the trend for the whole weekend, with Exeter Raptors running BBR close in the opener, CSSC 1 and Wigan drawing 10-all and Nottingham Hoods leaving ...

The best Mixed teams in the country are in the north-west this weekend for Round 2 of the 2019 Belief Sports Elite National Touch Series. There will be stiff competition among the 18 teams who are taking part. Twelve will start in the Elite competition – three pools of four – with the remaining six starting in the Premiership/Championship pools. The competition will then head i ...

There were eight Level 1 referee awards at the Steeden Development National Touch Series in Wymondham this past weekend. Uma Ramaswami shrugged off the rain and wind on the Saturday tournament to coach and assess the referees throughout the day, handing out the badges to the successful individuals, who were: Alana Gauntlett (Crewe and Nantwich), Julie Coulter (Surrey G:Force), ...

Manchester Chargers stayed ahead of their rivals with a third Cup title from three Steeden Development National Touch Series tournaments in Norfolk. The north-west outfit maintained their consistent record with another dominant day in Wymondham, on the outskirts of Norwich. However they had to do it the hard way after coming second to Thames Valley Vikings in the pool stages. N ...

England Touch has announced that Anthony Atherton is stepping down as High Performance Director. Atherton joined England Touch in December 2017, utilising his experience from the Rugby Football League and Wigan Warriors in the build-ups to the 2018 European Touch Championships and 2019 Touch World Cup, in which England finished first and third respectively. “It has been an hono ...

The National Touch Series is heading into Norfolk this weekend to the new facilities at Wymondham RFC. This is the first time that the National Touch Series is being held at Wymondham, on the outskirts of Norwich, and there will be plenty of action throughout the weekend. Development NTS Manchester Chargers remain the team to beat, having lifted the Cup titles in both Rounds 1 ...