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We are extremely proud to be partnering with Women in Sport and the charity’s Time Together campaign in October. The month-long campaign aims to inspire mums and daughters to spend quality time together being active and experience the joy sport – and Touch – can bring.  The Time Together campaign was launched in 2019 after Women in Sport’s ‘Reframing Sport for Teenage Girls’ re ...

Midland Tigers added three more titles to their 2022 trophy cabinet at the Seniors and Masters Nationals. Having won the Mixed Open crown two weeks before, the Womens 27, Mens 30 and Mens 45 took up the mantle by winning their respective competitions at Nottingham’s Riverside Sports Complex. The other two titles went to the South East Sharks (Womens 35) and South West Saxons (M ...

Following the guidance which was released this morning by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport for the period of national mourning, England Touch can confirm that this weekend’s Seniors and Masters Nationals will proceed as planned. The first games on Saturday will be preceded by a period of two minutes’ silence, with all players, coaches, referees and supporters encourag ...

Everyone at the England Touch Association (ETA) has today joined the rest of the nation’s sporting community in sending our condolences to the Royal Family, following the sad passing of HM Queen Elizabeth earlier today. The Queen has been an ever-present in the lives of everyone within the English Touch community, and her passing marks a significant landmark in this country’s h ...

The South East Taipans took home two titles from the 2022 Opens Nationals, but the Midland Tigers snapped a three-year streak for the South East by taking home the Mixed Open title. The Taipans did make it a clean sweep in terms of appearances in the finals, with their Mixed Open team coming up short against the Tigers, who finished the weekend with a perfect record of eight wi ...

Following extensive work with the BUCS office, the Sport Review Implementation Group and National Competitions Group, England Touch can today confirm that Touch Rugby will be in the BUCS calendar for 2022/23. England Touch will be managing and facilitating Touch Rugby’s inclusion in the calendar, and for the new era comes a new name, the University Touch Championships. Initiall ...

The dust having settled on England’s international exploits over the summer, attention turns again to the climax of the domestic calendar, The Nationals. This weekend the Opens teams from across the country will head to Nottingham’s Riverside Sports Complex for three days which will decide which region will get onto the front foot to be crowned the best in England. Each of the ...

England’s four teams experienced a successful weekend in Vichy, winning three of the four categories and pushing France all the way in the fourth. While the Boys 18 and Mixed 15 teams had a Test series with Ireland and a round-robin competition respectively, the Girls 18 and Mixed 18 teams had league campaigns followed by final day knockouts. These would have been dramatic in t ...

It is the deciding day in Vichy! Here is the schedule for day 3 at the 2022 Junior Touch Championships. CLICK HERE for the day’s full schedule. All times are UK time. Mixed 15 9-2 win v Belgium 8-1 win v Wales 6-1 win v France Boys 18 8:00am Exhibition Match 1 (Field 3) 9:00am Exhibition Match 2 (Field 3) Girls 18 5-0 win v Ireland 6-5 Gold Medal win v Wales (after extra time) ...

The matches come thick and fast for our four teams in Vichy! Here are your results from day 2 at the 2022 Junior Touch Championships. CLICK HERE for the day’s full schedule. All times are UK time. Mixed 15 8-0 win v France 10-2 win v Ireland Boys 18 10-6 win v Ireland 10-5 v Ireland Girls 18 10-3 win v Wales 13-1 win v Ireland 11-1 win v France Mixed 18 4-9 loss v France 11 ...