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England Touch’s High Performance programme has been setting new standards throughout the last couple of years, with eight Gold and two Silver medals from the 2022 European Touch Championships – along with two other category wins – and three Golds and a Silver from last summer’s Junior Touch Championships, too. As the reigning European champions, a global reputation for success ...

There are some exciting development sessions coming up! Grow the Game: Social media masterclass, with Marnie Wills Monday, March 20th | 7:30pm-9:00pm Social media is an essential way to reach new audiences and grow your club - as well as the sport as a whole. But if you and your club wants to know how to use social media effectively then this masterclass is an essential 90 minu ...

On this International Women's Day, Prorizon, a healthtech start-up dedicated to optimising mind and body, health and performance for athletes, announced its partnership with the England Touch Association (ETA), the governing body for Touch (rugby) in England. This collaboration initially aims to enhance the health and performance of ETA's Women's Open Squad, offering this group ...

Women play an integral part of the Touch community. Not only are England’s Women’s teams European champions in the Opens, 27s, 35s and 18s categories, Touch is also played with Mixed teams, including across the Junior, Opens and Seniors divisions, demonstrating equality at its heart and that it is truly a sport for everyone. Furthermore, one in four of England’s High Performanc ...

The outcome of the inaugural British Universities and Colleges Sport University Touch Championships is on a knife-edge following Exeter Hurricanes’ Cup triumph in Round 2 last weekend. In beating Loughborough 1 6-3 in the final at Nottingham’s Riverside Sports Complex the Hurricanes pulled themselves level with the Midlanders, who were unable to turn an appearance in the Round ...

The University Touch Championships heads back to Nottingham this weekend for an all-important Round 2 which will go a long way to deciding the outcome of the overall title. Surrey Stags return to the Riverside Sports Complex having won their first national Cup title in Round 1, overcoming Loughborough 1 in a fiercely fought final three weeks ago. With Nottingham Trent Universit ...

During the pandemic lockdowns hundreds of England Touch members, along with the wider Touch community, made the most of the Association’s programme of development sessions. And now they’re back for 2023, as the ETA looks to support individuals and clubs to ‘Grow the Game’ and ‘Raise Your Game’! ‘Grow the Game’ will be sessions that will be available for England Touch members on ...

There are a number of great competitions for clubs to enter in 2023 in addition to the National Touch Series. In2Touch Leagues The Spring In2Touch Leagues are just around the corner, and registrations are now open! London leagues are based in the following locations: Early Spring (from March 2023) – Clapham Common, Barnes/Chiswick, Putney/Wandsworth, Hyde Park, Surrey Quays/Can ...

Max Anderson tells James Warrener about how Exeter Touch has become a growing hub of the sport in the south west. How did your club start, and what are you all about? We started Exeter Touch Rugby in 2014, initially focusing on providing an opportunity for people in Exeter to stay active and have fun through community touch rugby sessions, supported by the funding offered by O2 ...

The unique demands made on Touch referees have been put at the heart of significant cutting-edge research undertaken at Edinburgh Napier University. Led by Dr Duncan Mascarenhas, Associate Professor of Sport Psychology and Coaching, the research team sought to investigate how sports officials integrate perception and cognition to manage in-game decisions. Dr Mascarenhas, who is ...