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England Touch has today announced the appointment of Chris Simon as the Association’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Simon is a familiar face in the Touch community thanks to his work to grow the sport in the Nottingham area. After establishing the first leagues in 2005 Nottingham now has a year-round operation with 40 teams and 400 players at its peak in the summer, includ ...

Men's Open The Men’s Open Division has been a two-horse race over the past 2 years with the South East Sharks and North West Blades wielding their dominance over the division at the business end of the competition; showcasing an excellent standard of touch in the 2017 and 2018 finals. Whilst the round games in 2017 and 2018 have been consistently close, the question remains ...

England’s junior teams recorded the country’s best ever results at a Junior Touch Championships this past weekend. Not only did all four teams win their respective categories, but between them they won 27 out of their 29 matches played, drawing the other two. In all there were 25 teams representing nine nations in four categories – Mixed 15, Boys 18, Girls 18 and Mixed 18 – wit ...

England’s four teams begin their Junior Touch Championships campaigns on Friday morning with hopes of medals in all categories. England Touch is sending teams in all available categories – Mixed 15, Mixed 18, Boys 18 and Girls 18 – and despite the anticipation of some strong competition the coaches are all looking to bring medals home from Paris. Wales and Scotland are the othe ...

England Touch has today announced Ben Powell as the Association’s new High Performance Director. Powell has been one of the leading figures in both English and European Touch for a number of years. For since 2015 he has been European Federation of Touch President, a period which has seen the sport enjoy unprecedented growth across the continent, and a role from which he recentl ...

A number of vacancies are open for Head Coaches and Assistant Coaches within the England High Performance team. Head Coach roles are open for the following teams: Men's 30sMixed 30sMen’s 40s (player-coach acting in this role until suitable non-playing coach appointed)Men’s 50s (player-coach acting in this role until suitable non-playing coach appointed) Assistant Coach roles ar ...

Hot Custard brought the heat to Maidenhead with a dominant weekend in the inaugural European Federation of Touch Club Championships. The London-based team were the only outfit to go through the entire weekend undefeated as the European clubs showed just how competitive the sport is throughout the continent. In all there were 18 clubs representing 11 nations, and after an openin ...

Multiple Touch tournaments will be streamed on the BBC Sport website and app in 2019, following a new agreement with England Touch. The first of these will be this weekend’s European Club Championships, which sees 18 clubs from 11 countries head to Maidenhead RFC in Berkshire for a weekend of international competition. This will be followed on the August bank holiday by The Nat ...

The 2019 SPORTTAPE Men’s and Women’s NTS were both up for grabs going into the final matches of the Series for both genders. A late drop-out on the morning of the tournament meant that the Women’s competition was reduced to five teams, who then played each other on a round-robin basis, and as with Oxford two weeks ago the competition was very tight, with CSSC London Eagles, Cam ...