Seniors and Masters Nationals preview

Following the guidance which was released this morning by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport for the period of national mourning, England Touch can confirm that this weekend’s Seniors and Masters Nationals will proceed as planned.

The first games on Saturday will be preceded by a period of two minutes’ silence, with all players, coaches, referees and supporters encouraged to come together on Field 1 to commemorate the life of HM Queen Elizabeth II, who sadly passed away on Thursday afternoon.

2022’s categories are the same as 12 months ago, namely Womens 27, Mens 30, Womens 35, Mens 40 and Mens 45. Last year the honours were shared around, with only Midland Tigers winning two titles (W27, M45) and the others going to the South West Saxons – who beat the South East Sharks in a thrilling M30 final – along with the South East Sharks (W35) and South East Taipans (M40).

This time around there are four teams in the W27, W35 and M40 categories, with a round-robin followed by semi-finals and finals. Five teams in the M30 will play a round-robin before the top two teams face off in the final, with the six teams in the M45 following a similar format.

Saturday’s action taps off at 10am, with Sunday’s first game at 9am. Live streaming from the England Touch YouTube channel will be via the home page of this website.

Saturday

Sunday

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Womens 27

Midland Tigers: Meadhbh Aherne, Jamie Cone, Eimear Conroy, Melanie Foster, Sue-Ellen Godde, Emily Harding, Katherine Jones, Laura Morcom, Sadi Musson, Paige Saunders, Lucy Snape, Catherine Thompson, Abigail Walters, Anna Wilson, Zoe Woodhams

South East Taipans: Samantha Bell, Georgia Blessed, Fae Clerey, Stacey Collins, Natalie Grimsey, Bree Hill, Rebecca Hill, Annabel Jansen, Rachael Keane, Sonya Lam, Hannah Marshall, Peggy Mulligan, Rachel Parry, Isabella Tan, Isobel Thomas, Alice Tozzi

South West Saxons: TBC

West Wildcats: Rebecca Anderson, Louise Carr, Claire Davis, Catriona Hubbard, Sarah Kelly, Laura Mitchell, Maria Murphy, Katherine Nash, Lucy Neal-Hooke, Hannah Rickards, Claire Rylance, Aimee Simpson, Jessie Swinfield, Kathryn Williams-Sharpe, Marnie Wills

Mens 30

Midland Tigers: Adam Brodie, John Cranston, Tom Davies, Lewis Disbury, Neil Guess, Dean Hancock, Clark Hobson, Andrew Jackson, Glenn Jones, Dan Lewis, David Little, Fraser McPherson, Franco Perticaro, Ben Powell, Dan Powell, Kassra Powles

North West: Harry Armitage, Peter Bowyer, Alastair Chadwick, Jordan Crosse, Gareth Elliott, Luke Lawrence, Liam Lawton, Sean Macdonald, Stefan Redfern, Clive Riley, Tom Overbury

South East Taipans: Will Alkin, Matt Allpress, Sion Atkins, Stuart Bussell, Ashley Grimsey, George Hedley-Miller, Michael Kelly, Richard King, Eil Lim, Rory Moore, Jamie Paterson, Maximiliano Perez, Colin Scott, Gareth Weaver, Daniel Wines

South West Saxons: TBC

West Wildcats: Nathan Bourke, Martin Bunn, Ben Edwards, Gary Eley, Jason Grace, Daniel Gurry, Andrew Hammond, Sean Harrison, Jason Limerick, Simon Mallard, Charles Newton, Craig Samuel, Daniel Sharpe, Tom Simpson, Tim Webb, Christopher Whimpenny

Womens 35

Midland Tigers: Angelina Bingley, Lisa Broadie, Emilie Eve, Victoria Franks, Nikola Halse, Jennifer Hinam, Rachel Hobson, Kate Hyde, Julia Kang, Mekayla Popoff, Louise Rickard, Sally Seymour, Vicky Tomlinson, Gaynor Sewell

NE/NW: Michelle Auchinachie, Sarah Bellew, Nina Broome, Ruth Coll, Athena-Maria Enderstein, Rhian Fabricius, Aimee Findlay, Hannah Gael, Tracey Graham, Lorraine Grinter, Samantha Kieman, Becky Manson, Lesley McCallion, Beth Redfern, Erica Robertson, Hester Williams

South East Sharks: Rebecca Ball, Rosine Blacky, Sarah Culliford, Leah Cuthbertson, Jacqueline Davis, Melissa Day, Julia Elmgren, Jessica Anne Filoteo, Melissa Gauthier, Kylie Hutchison, Lois Lau, Rebecca Maxwell, Polly Ross, Catriona Weir, Sharise Wilkinson, Elizabeth Williamson

West Wildcats: Laura Anderson, Dorothy Bartlett, Celestine Cheong, Julia Cole, Emma Court, Jack Dickinson, Verity Farr, Laura Foulstone, Amanda Grenville-Jones, Olivia Jones, Alex Merriman, Laura Oxford, Sammie Phillips, Danielle Powley-Williams, Margaret Rees-Smith, Kat Spring

Mens 40

North West: Ed Binham, Steven Bright, Kevin Hill, Kevin Hattersley, Phil Heselwood, Lance Hetherington, Liam Kirkham, David Lambert, Paul Morris, Stephen Sloan, Craig Vivian, Richard Wood, Allan Worrall

South East Taipans: Paul Bailey, Troy Bradley, Mark Chiverton, Justin Conway, Jose Luis Dias, Daniel Dyer, Adam Faulkner, Jon Irwin, Russell Kelleway, Matt Mahoney, Tim Osborne, Christian Prinsloo, Tobie Tomkinson, Christopher Wall, Shane Weston, Erik Williams

South West Saxons: TBC

West Wildcats: Douglas Benzie, Ben Blackburn, Matthew Colebrook, Jon Freeman, Alex Froude, Mark Graham Roberts, Joseph Hartley, Matthew Jaynes, Amro Karim, James Mallick, William Marshall-Murray, James Mears, Steve Pensom, Chris Wood

Mens 45

Midland Tigers: Joshua Bingley, Simon Cooper, Neil Davies, Paul Foster, Stephen Guder, Matthew Hall, Mark Hobson, Colin Hulett, Travis Kenny, Jon Lovell, Gene MacDonald, Soul Phoenix, J-F Popoff, Andy Verney, Simon Witton, Neil de Cort

North East Raiders: Paul Ainscough, Guy Baumann, Nathan Cole, John Driskell, Gerard Hargreaves, Bill Lees, Richard Lilley, Matthew Molyneux, Ian Moody, Ben Scott, Adam Vince, Adrian Williams, Julian Wilson, Craig Townsend

North West: Mark Dean, Peter Leadbetter, Derek Lowe, Dunc Mascarenhas, Sean McCarthy, Paul Nolan, Paul Riordan, Ian Robertson, Charles Ryder, Andy Sharpes, Shaun Thomas, Jason Harborow, Graham Moy

South East Sharks: Ryan Anglem, Richie Bernardo, Dale Bright, Alex Berger, Mark Elliott, Eddie French, Christian Garland, Jeremy Hill, Steve Madden, Thom Naylor, Spencer Nye, Theo Oberholzer, Martin Reynard, Adrian Riggs, Philip Walton

South West Saxons: TBC

West Wildcats: James Allen, Steve Anderson, Richard Balmer, James Barnett, Niel Chambers, Mark Cooper, Gavin Hogan, Derek Kyle, Samuel Oxford, Brian Prebble, Simon Quarshie, Mark Randle, Daren Roe, Ian Rowberry, Ian Spencer, Lee Thompson