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It is with great please that today we are able to formally announce the England Captains and Vice Captains for the 2016 European Touch Championships in Jersey.Women’s OpenCaptain:Kylie HutchisonVice-Captain:Sadi MeakinMen’s OpenCaptain:Dom TrippMixed OpenCaptains:Ryan MiemczykGabe PenningtonVice-Captain:Alison Hogg Women’s 27sCaptain:Kate Hyde Men’s 30sCaptains:Zhayne ...

When England take on Scotland in the M40 division on day 2 of the European Touch Championships in Jersey this year, there will be more to play for than just points and bragging rights. Traditionally this fixture also sees the winner take home the first piece of silverware handed out at the Euros – the Simon Yarrow Memorial Trophy. After winning the cup on home soil in 2010, Eng ...

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Perform Better and staff from the University of Chester Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences have joined forces to support England Touch Men’s, Women’s and Mixed Open teams at the upcoming European Touch Championships in Jersey.Perform Better have very generously provided enough Catapult GPS units on loan to collect data on all England open athletes performance for the dur ...

Congratulations to our 5 new L1's today, following their successful upgrades at the Lincoln DTS. Lynn Astley (Orrell St James) Kieran Burke (OSJ) Gary Povall (OSJ) Nicolas VdR Danni Payten (Canterbury) Charlie Meredith (Canterbury) ...

Saturday June 4th saw the inaugural Northern Touch Cup held at Percy Park with 5 teams from the north of England coming together for a Touch filled day by the coast.Percy Park Pirates, Percy Park Buccaneers, Rocklciffe Blackadders, Cumbria Cyclones and Tynedale Touch made up the 5 teams with the tournament being played in a league format. The rain threatened to spoil the day ea ...

Warwick managed to negotiate all hurdles to bring the perfect setting to gather for DTS3 2016 on the 15th May.As all 16 teams arrived in the land of the King maker, the battlefield was set and players ready to commence competition right on time at the home of the Knights.As Warwick, Nottingham, Chester, Crewe & Nantwich, Bournemouth, Halton, Sillians, Guildfordians, Thames ...

Canterbury Touch have developed very dynamically over a short time, turning itself from a social 6 weeks a year ‘off season Rugby club’, to a 3 times a week, all year round, Touch club competing in National Touch Series.  Within 3 years they have managed to achieve and produce the following:• 16 England representative players including 8 X Open & 6 X 18s players Over 500 r ...

Following their first ever Belief NTS title in 2015, Wigan Touch Warriors have started the 2016 season with a bang as the countries top teams converged on Nottingham and Cambridge. In winning both Cups, Warriors have set a high bar for the remainder of the seasons and showcased great play and expansive touch skills on their way to the initial titles.The Sporttape CTS has also s ...

It wasn't just the weather hotting up this weekend as the heatwave swept across England. Many Referees were hotting up on their rules and fine tuning their whistle shrills as they gathered to take part in some of the coaching courses up and down the Country.There were two Level 1 courses running. 6 newbies attended in Hammersmith, London, ran by Nicolas Van de Rijt and 12 atten ...