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The European Touch Senior Cup has given England Touch’s Seniors and Masters a good fillip going into the winter training programme. Three England Lions teams headed to Lisbon to take on international teams from across Europe in two days of competition, with 90 percent of players having not played for an England representative or international team before. Coming so soon after t ...

The international competitions keep on coming for England Touch teams, with three Seniors and Masters teams heading to Lisbon for the European Touch Senior Cup. England Lions will be represented by a Senior Women team, a Men’s 40s team and a Men’s 45s team, who are set to come up against their peers from across Europe on Friday, October 11th and Saturday, October 12th. FIXTURES ...

The England Touch Junior squads have been named for the winter training programme. In all 27 clubs are represented by the 126 players, with the average age of the individuals selected still under-16. The squads will be steadily whittled down to the four teams – Mixed 15, Mixed 18, Boys 18 and Girls 18 – ahead of the 2020 Junior Touch Championships. England Touch is now recruiti ...

England Touch is sending three teams to the 2019 European Touch Senior Cup in Portugal over the weekend of October 10th-12th. The trio of England Lions teams will be coached by Gary Lambert (Senior Women), Niall Buggy (Men’s 40s) and Simon Ince (Men’s 45s), and they will be testing themselves against teams from both mainland Europe and the Home Nations. Players have been select ...

England Touch is sending two teams to Spain at the end of October for the inaugural European Touch Challenge Trophy. Each European Federation of Touch nation has been invited to enter one men’s and one women’s team into the Challenge Cup, which is being staged in Elche, on the outskirts of Alicante in south-eastern Spain. England Touch is using the tournament as the ideal oppor ...

The squads that will eventually become the Seniors and Masters teams at the 2020 European Touch Championships have been named. In all 226 players have been named across the seven squads, with 44 clubs represented. As with the Opens squads, the Seniors men and women have been grouped together for the initial training weekends, with the Women’s 27s, Men’s 30s and Mixed 30s coming ...

The South East have earned the title of champion region following the completion of the 2019 Nationals tournaments. The August bank holiday saw the Opens and Juniors titles handed out in St Ives, with the Seniors and Masters having their time to shine in Nottingham last weekend (Sept 14/15). The South East lifted six of the 11 titles on offer, with the Sharks winning the Mixed ...

The Seniors and Masters Head Coaches have been announced for the new World Cup cycle. England will be building on some strong developments and achievements over the last 18 months, including bronze medals in the Women’s 27s and Women’s 35s categories at the 2019 Touch World Cup, a further three top-four finishes in the Mixed 30s, Men’s 30s and Men’s 35s, and strong performances ...

The Men’s and Women’s Open High Performance Training Squads have been named for the 2019 Autumn camps. As with the pre-World Cup months, the Men and Women will train together until November, with the Men’s Open, Women’s Open and Mixed Open squads then training together from December onwards. In all 40 men and 43 women have been chosen for the squads, with 21 clubs represented. ...

The work of volunteers is crucial to all sports, especially an emerging sport such as Touch. Awards Dinner The 2019 #OneEngland Awards will be held at Twickenham. This black tie event will recognise a host of volunteers along with winners from the domestic and international Touch scene. The 2 course plated meal, including drinks upon arrival will be held at the Home of Rugby, T ...