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Please find below, information in response to FAQs we have recently received around the 2017 squads:► The priority for the high performance (HP) team for 2017 will be opens permit (EFT Premiership) and junior (JTC) campaigns. All other national squads will be operating at arm's length from the core HP programme.► In terms of squads and selection The team of elite coaches and s ...

Here at England Touch we are always seeking new people to help grow the sport of Touch in England.If you are keen and enthusiastic about joining our team, take a look at our Vacancies page and see if you fit the bill of any our available roles.  ...

Here at England HQ we are still in the process of planning for the 2017 junior programme and confirming the coaching and management team.The 2017 Junior Touch Championships (JTC) will  be held in Dublin on 18-20 August, 2017.More information will be available in the New Year. In the meantime, we'd be happy to receive expressions of interest from new junior players by completing ...

Take a look at some of Europe's best men's players, battling it out at the 2016 Ryvita #TouchNationals.Both South East teams went head to head in the finals, after a gruelling 3 days worth of Touch... See the highlights here!Results and more info of this years event can be found here:http://www.englandtouch.org.uk/ryvita-touchnationals-2016/ ...

On a cold but sunny Sunday afternoon eight Touch teams from the Midlands region took part in an inaugural Winter Touch Tournament at Peterborough Touch’s training ground. The teams were:► Peterborough Touch► Orton Ospreys► Honey Badgers (Cambridge Touch)► Ipswich Cobras► Norwich Rebels► Northampton COYS Touch► Birmingham University► University of East Anglia Touch[caption id="a ...

England Touch wanted to share their love of the game and find out why their sport appeals to so many people of different ages, genders and all walks of life.The '#ILoveTouch' campaign highlights some of the reasons why we play and is the voice of our Touch family.Read some of their thoughts here and share the passion for our game. ...

On a brisk Tuesday evening Fakenham Academy and Alderman Peel High School competed for the first ever North Norfolk Schools Touch Cup under floodlights at Fakenham Rugby Club. [caption id="attachment_30417" align="alignnone" width="2113"] Fakenham Academy and Alderman Peel High School competed for the first ever North Norfolk Schools Touch Cup[/caption]Pupils from both sch ...

[caption id="attachment_30370" align="alignnone" width="1030"] The first Men’s 45s National tournament was held on Saturday 19th November at Allianz stadium, the home of European champions, Saracens.[/caption]With the weather being kind to us, and seven regions competing (plus one invitational team), the day was a great success. London emerged as the winners, but our first spec ...

Three weeks on from the Series opener in Surrey found us on yet anther misty morning in Exeter, which would play host to 20 teams across 6 pitches.The group stages were spread through the morning and saw a high standard of Touch with teams from Loughborough, Southampton, Bristol, Bath, Surrey, Oxford, Exeter City and of course Exeter University facing off.After the group stages ...

If you live in and around the Bournemouth and Poole area and are looking for a new and exciting sport please read on.Touch is one of the fastest growing sports in the U.K. England Touch now have 66 Clubs affiliated to the association and Bournemouth and Poole Touch Centre is the latest to join up and is looking for new players to join them. They are based at BH LIVE Littledown ...