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The final tournament of the Midlands Ladies Touch League 2016, the only league of its kind in the UK, was another great success. 14 teams took part in the overall season with the final event hosted at Droitwich RFC.Pershore ran out final and deserving season winners for the second consecutive year, but it was a knife-edge contest since three teams on equal points going into the ...

A cold, wet day couldn't dampen the enthusiasm of those attending the Community Coaching Course in Norfolk on Saturday 12th November.The eight women and men included a mixture of experienced coaches from other sports as well as some completely new to coaching. They all passed the course with flying colours by planning and delivering excellent skills coaching sessions.Touch is g ...

A cold but clear November 5th saw Oxford Touch joined by 14 teams, 10 refs, Peter the Physio and banana-choc chip muffins at their Gosford All Blacks home in Oxford for the 7th outing of the annual Bonfire Tournament. A popular late season tournament for experienced players keeping their hand in and new players having their first competitive experience, this year saw a continen ...

It is with some sadness that the England Touch Association bids farewell to Ben ‘Benny’ Powell. Ben formally resigned his Technical Directorship just a little over one month ago, citing a need to focus on his European Federation of Touch presidency as well as his teaching career.[caption id="attachment_28675" align="aligncenter" width="251"] Ben Powell at the Touch Nationals[/c ...

[caption id="attachment_29853" align="aligncenter" width="1600"] The Becket School (in pink) and West Bridgford School (in black), with Nottingham's Chris Simon, Ben and Sadi Meakin[/caption]Pupils aged 12 to 15 from Nottingham’s The Becket School and West Bridgford School took part in the country’s first organised Inter-Schools Touch match this week.Organised by Perfect Motion ...

At the #TouchNationals in Cambridge back in August 2016, our Premiership Permit selectors were kept very busy watching some incredible Touch talent on display.  We have now finalised the initial training squads for our six Premiership Permit teams. These squads will be reduced to 24 players in early 2017, with teams being finalised in April 2017.Our three Women’s and three Men’ ...

England beat off competition from both Germany and Portugal to secure hosting rights.England Touch are delighted to have been informed our extensive bid to host the 2018 European Touch Championships has been successful.The European Federation of Touch (EFT) announced earlier that England had beaten off competition from the Germany and Portugal to host the 9 division tournament ...

A cold and misty morning was the back drop for the first University Touch Series (UTS) tournament of the 2016-17 academic year. The mist lifted for tap off, revealing 4 immaculate pitches laid out by the host’s, Surrey, and 11 teams representing 8 University’s, all ready to get stuck in.The first round of games saw some of the familiar faces to the UTS circuit facing off; with ...

[av_textblock size='' font_color='' color='']The England Touch Association hosted their First ever National Schools Touch tournament on 1st October 2016.Canterbury Touch, Simon Langton Boys School and Ashford School co-hosted the event which saw over 180 juniors competing for the title of National School Champions.The venue was the Langton Boys School in Canterbury and was open ...

My name’s Melissa. And I’m a referee. Not an alcoholic.But just like alcohol, refereeing can be fun, a massive buzz and also slightly addictive.I love sport and I love Touch in particular. It wasn’t until after I represented England in the Mixed Open team at the 2014 European Championships and 2015 World Cup though that I started to get involved with refereeing. Because I’m pre ...