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We head to Burton RFC this weekend for the opening round of the 2023 Mixed National Touch Series. For the first time the Mixed NTS has been organised in divisions, with divisions 1 and 2 on Saturday and divisions 3 and 4 on Sunday. Results during the weekend will see teams promoted and relegated between divisions 1 and 2, and between divisions 3 and 4, which will bring some add ...

We head to Burton RFC this weekend for the opening round of the 2023 Mixed National Touch Series. For the first time the Mixed NTS has been organised in divisions, with divisions 1 and 2 on Saturday and divisions 3 and 4 on Sunday. Results during the weekend will see teams promoted and relegated between divisions 1 and 2, and between divisions 3 and 4, which will bring some add ...

The inaugural Atlantic Youth Touch Cup will be hosted at the University of Nottingham from Thursday 20th to Sunday 23rd July 2023.  The event will feature teams from across Europe, South Africa, the USA, the Cayman Islands and China, as well as seven teams from England. It is expected to be the largest international Youth Touch event this year. Like most other sports events, it ...

Temperatures are forecast to continue being high this weekend, so whether you are in a team in the National Touch Series or just playing in a local social tournament, here are some top tips to help you stay healthy in the heat. Find shade regularly and/or bring an umbrella Bring a cooler full of ice Bring cotton shirts to wear between games, to allow kit to dry If you have ice ...

This year, as part of your National Touch Series entry, you’re also entered into the Green Challenge Trophy. The Men's NTS and Women's NTS competitions saw 19 teams participate, and as we celebrate the winners from Banbury, we look forward to even more teams competing in the Mixed NTS at Burton. The Women’s Green Challenge Trophy competition was hotly contested, with four teams ...

The Men’s National Touch Series and Women’s National Touch Series 2023 titles were handed out in a sundrenched Banbury last weekend. For the first time, a domestic club series was decided over the course of multiple weekends in a league format, with Divisions 1 and 2 having 40 minute games with the women having their round-robins spread over rounds 1 and 2, and the men playing ...

Saturday is crunch day for the destiny of the Division 1 and 2 titles of the Mens National Touch Series and Womens National Touch Series for 2023. For the men, Saturday starts straight off with knockout matches based on the finishing positions in the opening day round robins. The league placings have decided who is playing who in the quarter finals, with the top teams in pools ...

There are a number of sponsorship opportunities available with England Touch for companies and organisations seeking to invest and support the growth of one of the country’s fastest growing sports. England Touch is aiming to make the entire nation aware of Touch by the end of this decade, with one million people enjoying our sport as a player, referee, coach, volunteer, adminis ...

Alongside the action on the pitches at Banbury, the Green Challenge Trophy is hotting up ahead of Round 2 this weekend. In the women’s competition, Revolution are standing clear in first position, closely followed by Surrey Bisons, Oxford Touch and Hot Custard. There have been some great individual performances, with Danielle Evans from NQ Rebels topping the MGP (Most Green P ...

The domestic club season starts this weekend in Banbury RFC with the 2023 Mens National Touch Series and Womens National Touch Series. This is the first of our new-format NTS weekends, where teams are ranked into divisions rather than the previous ‘Elite’ and ‘Development’ from previous years. Saturday sees divisions 1 and 2 take place, where teams will play 40-minute matches a ...