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At the beginning of the 2014 European Touch Championships campaign (back in September 2013), the HP Team’s goals were to: win the Opens points title at Euros; win the Overall points title at Euros; and to develop both our elite player pool and elite teams with the aim to medal at the Touch World Cup in 2015 in one or more divisions. While the last of these three goals is still ...

A long campaign that started in the depths of winter with a large training squad ended with a European Silver medal in, predominantly, sunny Swansea in August.  Head Coach Mike Roa oversaw the transformation of a squad of Touch players from around the country into a fully functioning Touch team that could almost defend properly and sort of knew where the corners of the pitch we ...

Our journey began all the way back in October when we first trialed for the first ever England MX18s team. The ETA created the team and entered us into the Challenge Touch Series in order to gain experience and bond as a team. At the initial training sessions there were lots of us, but by the start of the national CTS Tournaments we were a happy band of 20 players and after man ...

The England Touch Association are pleased to announce the 3rd Annual Touch Nationals to be held in Cambridge on 6th & 7th of September 2014. The 2 Day tournament will be the biggest National Championships held by the ETA, with the following divisions competing;2014 Touch NationalsWhen: 6th & 7th September 2014Where: One Leisure St Ives, Califormia Road, St Ives, Cambrid ...

After the tough competition of the Home Nations back in Dublin last year, the Senior Mixed knew that this years European Championships was going to be a hard fought campaign.There were 5 teams in the Senior Mixed division - England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and France - and all countries had something to prove.[caption id="attachment_8670" align="aligncenter" width="553"] Capta ...

England brought 9 playing teams and a referees team to this Euros, the biggest we have ever done. That in itself is a huge achievement for the ETA, thanks to everyone that's been involved in getting us here.CoachesCoach of the Tournament, Men's Open coach - Ben SmithRefereesMost improved referee of the tournament - Aubrey CollinsFinals appointments:Ian Syder (M40)Matt Hobbs (M3 ...

To end a great summer of Touch across the country, what better way to finish than to all meet in the capital to face off one more time in an awesome fancy dress tournament!Played at King Georges Park in Wandsworth, London, the 2014 'In2Touch World Cup' is open for registrations once again. Open for mixed team entries, each team will be allocated a country from the Rugby World C ...