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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.At the recent Touch Nationals and England Trials, we saw more players than ever before at similar events. Through our partnership with the RFU and their investment in O2 Touch, we are starti ...

After lengthy discussions weighing up the ‘pros and cons’ of combining the NTS and CTS events, it has been decided that in 2014, this will happen.The main benefits being that it will: Free up 4 weekends in the already busy Touch calendar Bring together the 2 events, allowing economies of scale Aid in the logistics for teams to travel Allow pooling of referee resources from ...

Congratulations to those selected as National Squad Coaches for the 2014 season!Mixed U18Head Coach - Nicholas MetangaAssistant - Tracy AndrewMen's OpenHead Coach - Ben SmithAssistant - Clint RowlingWomen's OpenHead Coach -  Tim OsbourneAssistant -  TBCMixed OpenHead Coach - Noel FordeAssistant -  TBCMixed 30sHead Coach - Martin WrightAssistant -  TBCMen's 30sHead Coach - Natha ...

Nottingham’s Chris Simon and Cambridge’s Ben Creese were lucky enough to experience the mighty Twickenham in August, when they rallied to the call for some last minute refereeing and coaching help at the Maximuscle Touch Comp at the RFU’s headquarters.The lads took charge of  a 8-team comp on the hallowed turf and ended up refereeing seven games each and ‘dualling’ the final.As ...

What’s happening: Why another Nationals AND Open Trial for 2013?England Touch (ETA) is changing the time of year that Touch Nationals are held.This will: Enable our national squads and coaches more time to prepare for annual international competitions and facilitate better timeframes for elite player development; Better serve the annual progression of representative competiti ...

Galaxy London's 4th Annual summer tournament was yet another excuse for teams to play hard and party hard.  This years event was coupled with the Aussie's in London vs Kiwis in London sports challenge which saw players compete against each other in Rugby, Rugby League, Netball, Touch, Football, and ping pong. The Kiwis were victorious in all sports except touch and mixed netbal ...

Kent’s premier Touch club, the Canterbury Cougars debuted their first U18 age group team at the Galaxy Touch tournament last weekend. The Canterbury Cougar U18 Men’s team was entered into the Men’s Open grade for the tournament which was made up of a mixture of social and elite teams.The only player in the team over the age of 18 was 54 year old Miles Howard. As the father of t ...

Nottingham Hoods Touch Club hosted their first ever social festival fun day on Sunday 18th August. Held at Moderns Rugby Club in Wilford, Nottingham, the day was enjoyed by all those who attended.Teams in the social tournament consisted of youngsters, newbies, more experienced players and veterans.The cup final was won by 'touching the void'.... but we know it's the taking part ...

North West Blades - MenAdam BrimelowBen PowellBobby TaylorClark HobsonGregg CropperJake MellingJamie RobertsJonny AchesonJordan MellingRich AdamsonRob WellockSalesi TuionoSam RatchfordSimon BowkerSimon Whitnall West Wildcats - MenAmro KarimBarney HoskinsCharlie TylerJames HodgesJoe HartleyJohn Weston-StanleyJose Luis DiasLucas LeeNathan BourkeRich KingRohan LeeSam JonesSha ...

North West Blades - WomenBeckie YousefianCathy SpencerChloe LlewellynCourtney HorrocksDenise YarrowJenny PostlethwaiteJulie WalkerKathryn WilliamsLiana LeotaMeghan ClaytonMelanie RatchfordMorgan OglePam TomlinsonRachel JonesSarah Acheson West Wildcats - WomenAlison HoggCat BolsoverCatherine FaircloughClaire DenisonClaire RylanceJoleen HughesKat SpringLaura MitchisonLeah Cu ...