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Treviso, Italy - home to Benetton, appliance maker De’Longhi, bicycle make Pinarello and now Wikipedia will have to add another fact to this impressive list, host city to European Touch Championships 2012!The 200 strong England squad, along with fourteen other nations, descended on the city’s main square. There were whoops, cheers and lots of flag waving as the teams snaked thr ...

The first National Malaysian Development Tournament was staged at the Equestrian Park Putrajaya recently, involving 26 teams across 5 divisions, and not only unveiled Malaysian club Scorpion Putrajaya as a rising force in the game, but also highlighted Malaysia's potential as a world-class host of the sport.With talks of the 2019 Touch World Cup set to be hosted by Malaysia rif ...

It was a great sunny day for the finals in the glorious surroundings of Lilleshall NSC, their was some great skills, teamwork and controversy too, making it the biggest and best finals to date!NTS Elite 8sThe teams were lined up and ready for the double points playoff which ensued..After winning all their games, controversy came at the 1st break where Tumeke where found to be p ...

A field of around 30 women of all abilities assembled for Manchester Chargers' first ever 'Women's Only' development evening. Australian Men's 30s Coach, John Singh was on hand to keep everyone in check, and soon noted the girls best assets, their voices of course!They learned the importance of communicating on the pitch, as well as a host of other basic skills including; passi ...

As part of the proposed partnership between the RFU and England Touch, a group of representatives were invited to participate in the European Beach Rugby Cup in Anglet, France, on 20, 21 & 22 July 2012. It was a venture into the unknown for the group of players as they had no experience of Beach Rugby or playing on sand, let alone at the highest level.The European Beach Rug ...

Please see the attached poster for information on an upcoming 1 day Touch competition in Manchester. This is a friendly social comp open to all to enter.When: Saturday 25th AugustWhere: Trafford MV, Finny Bank Road, M33 6LRCost: £70Categories: Mixed and Men'sFancy dress theme: Olympics, each team will be given an olympic country to represent. Prizes for the best dressed team!Th ...

The squads have been announced and the air is filled with a competitive buzz. Sporting excitement has reached astronomic levels over the Olympics and there’s another major event in the calendar - The Touch European Championships in Treviso, Italy, from 12th to 16th September.This year’s team members have been through the toughest selection process to date. A new ‘nationals’ sch ...

After the highest class of triallist seen to date, England Touch are pleased to announce the 2012 National Squads travelling to Treviso, Italy for the European championships, good luck!Men's OpenShaun BengtsonBen CreeseRichard EcclesJames HeptonstallTom HumphreysPerry Jansen*Will LawsonBen MeakinDaniel MendisMatthew MyersonSam PincottBen PowellDaniel RowlingClinton RowlingPaul ...

SECOND LEVEL 1 COURSE DATE ADDEDThe ETA are happy to announce that we have added a provisionally second Level 1 Course to the 2012 Coaching Programme to be delivered by current Australian Men 30s Coach John Singh.If you are interested in this course please fill in the relevant application form and email to  taryn@englandtouch.org.uk as soon as possible.Registration for the coac ...

The preparation has started for the 2012 European Championships as Cari Thorpe, Head of the England Touch medical team, finalised the team following a series of selection days and interviews.Emma Knott, Head Physiotherapist and Dave Vaux, Osteopath and conditioning coach had already been appointed following their successful applications to the posts, and have been actively invo ...