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The Junior Nationals growing with each passing year. Rapid expansion of school events. Regional School Games organisations proactively including Touch in their programmes. More universities joining the BUCS University Touch Championships. The single biggest age group of individual members for the England Touch Association. And a 9.2 Net Promoter Score from teachers stating they ...

Try Sports is delighted to announce that the 2025 School Touch Championships will be taking place over seven regions from March 21st 2025.  The Championships will be held in the West, North East, Midlands, South West, South East, North West and the East, with the finals taking place on June 27th 2025. Dates for each region can be found here.  A delivery partner of the England T ...

England Touch has published the 2025 domestic calendar, including the Nationals, National Touch Series, BUCS University Touch Championships, Try Sports National Schools Competition, In2Touch Junior Touch Cup, and other invitational events. England is not hosting an international event in 2025. An Atlantic Youth Cup has been confirmed nearby, however, with the University of Lime ...

As we come into the final few weeks of 2024, here is a reminder of the National Touch Series final rankings. Plus the Annual Survey results are in, and England Touch is listening and delivering! Mixed National Touch Series Divisions 1 & 2 Pos Team Points Try diff 1 London Scorpions 1 (Champions) 138 +62 2 Nottingham Hoods 138 +55 3 NQ ...

Dates have been announced for the 2024/25 BUCS University Touch Championships. As in previous years, the autumn term will have regional rounds – two each in the North and South – with three National rounds in the spring term, after which the all-important BUCS points will be awarded. Nottingham Trent University won their first BUCS University Touch Championships title last seas ...

After leading England Touch through a transformative five years and spearheading the successful delivery of the largest ever Touch World Cup earlier this summer, Chief Executive Officer, Chris Simon, has been appointed as the first Chief Operating Officer of the Federation of International Touch (FIT). Simon will be joining FIT from 1 December 2024 but will continue to assist E ...

England Touch and Deep Dish have partnered to provide University Touch teams with the opportunity to take their skills to the beach next Easter! The Deep Dish Tour to Praia da Rocha, Portugal, will be the ultimate sporting experience for 18-30 year-olds, with four nights’ accommodation, training sessions, tournaments, pool party, themes club nights, exclusive partner discounts ...

Hot off the back of hosting the Touch World Cup back in July, England was once again hosting some more international games of Touch, as RAF Northolt and the Kings Colour Squadron took on the visiting Japanese Self-Defence Force!  Round robin games were played at RAF Northolt followed by an exchange of gifts and presentation of the Station Commanders Coin to the most valuable pl ...

London Scorpions secured their first Mixed National Touch Series title with a winner-take-all Cup final against Nottingham Hoods at Burton RFC. As with the last two editions of the Mixed NTS, the destiny of the overall title could have gone one of a number of ways on the final day of competition, with Scorpions, Hoods and NQ Rebels all in the running. Rebels were the first to s ...

The England Touch Green Challenge crown will be handed over this weekend to the Mixed National Touch Series team which has achieved the most environmental wins. This August Bank Holiday, as well as the coveted bamboo trophy the winning team will also win bottles of Denbies English sparkling wine! From car sharing or taking public transport, recycling as much as you can, or dona ...