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England Touch is seeking a new General Manager to help the Association achieve the ambitions which will be set out in the forthcoming 2020s Vision. The General Manager will be the third member of paid workforce, with the ETA recognising that in order to be able to successfully and safely perform the duties of a national governing body, the Association needs to develop with it. ...

There are a number of social tournaments open for teams to enter in July 2022. All of these tournaments are affiliated to England Touch. Earlsdon RFC Touch Tournament Earlsdon RFC, CoventrySat 09/07/22 This is intended to be a fun, social event that is accessible for everyone to participate in. Entry: £30 per teamFormat: Mixed Volunteer refs extremely welcome, with food and dri ...

The Men’s and Women’s NTS headed to Burton RFC for a packed weekend of action in the Men’s and Women’s National Touch Series. Elite Men’s and Women’s NTS Men’s Cup There was a change at the head of the Elite Cup pecking order with Old Wesley taking home the trophy for the first time. Wesley set out their stall in the pool stages with wins over both London Eagles and London Scor ...

The 10 England teams have been named for this summer’s European Touch Championships in Nottingham. England has entered a team into every category as the country seeks to retain the Overall, Opens and Seniors crowns won in 2018, the last time the European Touch Championships were staged. In all 37 clubs are represented, from as far afield as Exeter, Canterbury, Wigan and Percy P ...

The Elite Men’s and Women’s National Touch Series will step up several notches on Sunday when the teams head to Burton RFC in the north Midlands. James Warrener looks ahead to the action. With six pitches and both pool and knockout series matches to conclude, there will be great action all day with live streaming of pitch 1, which will cover both Womens and Mens key pool matche ...

The Development Men’s and Women’s National Touch Series moves on to Round 2 in Burton tomorrow with over seven hours of action. James Warrener has your preview. There is a broad spread of geography in competing clubs with Crewe, Leeds and Exeter all being represented in Staffordshire. Field 1 will be live streamed with the important pool games, key knockout matches and finals b ...

The Men’s and Women’s National Touch Series (MW NTS) got underway with a competitive weekend in Oxford. The sun shone on the Elite teams on Saturday afternoon, and the sport’s traditional powerhouses came to the fore once again to set out their stall for the season. On the Men’s side of the day London Scorpions showcased their all-court game with a clinical performance in the C ...

The 2022 club calendar taps off in Oxford on Saturday with the opening round of this year’s Elite Men’s and Women’s National Touch Series. After a long winter of training this is the first opportunity for some of the best players in England to take on their friends and rivals from clubs across the country, with Oxford RFC once again playing host. All of the pools show the poten ...

The 2022 Development Men’s and Women’s National Touch Series heads to Oxford for its opening round this Sunday. There are a number of significant developments for the Development Men’s and Women’s NTS this year, with England Touch mirroring last year’s Mixed NTS by using the same venue for both the Elite and Development Men’s and Women’s NTS across the weekend, and all three to ...

The England Touch Association (ETA) and EV2 Sportswear have today announced a new apparel partnership which will extend until at least to the end of the 2024 domestic and international season. Part of the EMU Fourex group of companies, EV2 Sportswear has been supplying bespoke sportswear to the industry for over 40 years. The company’s UK arm has been operating for a decade and ...