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Happy new year to you all,We hope everyone had a lovely Christmas and celebrated the new year in style!.So, the new year is upon us and what a year it's shaping up to be!  2014 is going to be bigger and better than previous years, reading below will let you know why.This month, we have Coaching courses, Referee Updates, Mascot and Kit design competitions, Schools Touch, Vacanci ...

There are plenty of opportunities to get your refereeing qualifications in 2014, please see below for some of them.Level 1 CoursesL1 - 1st June - North SheildsL1 Registration: http://goo.gl/EYtZAeL1 - 7th June - BedfordL1 Registration: http://goo.gl/EYtZAeL1 - 8th June - New MaldenL1 Registration: http://goo.gl/EYtZAeL1 - June 8th - Ashby-de-la-ZouchL1 Registration - http://goo ...

Expressions of Interest for Touch coaching courses are now being takenEngland Touch are looking to better serve those who want to become more knowledgeable and/or accredited in the coaching arena. As such, we are looking to you, the participants to lead us on what courses would suit you, when and where!If you want to learn more about the game and/or further your understanding t ...

Mascots help play a significant role in engaging and captivating young audiences and inspiring them to participate in activity.  Our mascot will help to support the growth of our sport amongst younger children.Rather than relying on professional illustrators, England Touch want to tap into the unbridled enthusiasm and creativity of young people and they are urging children acro ...

England Touch offers the chance to design 2014 kit.Here at England Touch HQ, we feel that the successful promotion of the game in the international arena is partially dependent on the physical appearance and presentation of participating players. As such, England Touch are running a competition to allow you to design our brand new official away kit.England Touch national teams ...

The Key Stage 3 girls in a Nottingham City School are being introduced to touch as a new sport on their PE programme of activity.Julia Kang, PE teacher at Djanogly City Academy Nottingham, wanted to share her love of the sport with them and try something less traditional.The activity is proving very poplar and the girls are finding a new competitiveness that they didn’t know th ...

With great weather, excellent training facilities and a packed training schedule what better way to get ‘Team England’s’ 2014 Euro’s campaign started.The competitive nature of the players and teams came to the fore during the squad games, even after numerous fitness tests and various skill sessions, the desire to win was evident.The dreaded beeps of the Yoyo test didn’t disappo ...

At 11.00am on Sunday 3rd November, we held the 2013 England Touch AGM at Gosford All Blacks RFC in Oxfordshire.All members of the ETA were invited to attend and participate in the meeting as well as one representative or committee member from all league operators, clubs or venues that contribute financially to the ETA.Over the course of the day, lots was discussed and lots was ...

The annual Women's tournament in Valencia was held on November 9th this year with 6 teams battling it out for the top spot in what looked to be fantastic sunshine!She Who Dares Try's captained by Jo Howson, combined players from Cambridge, Ipswich, and Bedford (and a last minute French signing was also made on the day!) to finish an impressive 3rd in a competition that included ...

Here at England Touch, we aim to grow Touch throughout the country, encourage more people to get involved with the sport so that they can have fun and improve their performance on the pitch. More players, more skills, more fun! To help shape our plans, we ran a short survey to hear your views about developing our sport - with the added bonus of a chance to win a coaching sessio ...