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England Touch and The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) are proud to announce the renewal of their partnership, reinforcing their shared commitment to developing future leaders through the power of sport and business. This renewed three-year agreement will spotlight the strong parallels between sport and business—teamwork, communication, resilience, and strat ...

Following a period of organisational review and analysis, England Touch is taking steps to better link pathways and performance, and to connect all participant groups - players, referees and coaches - under one Pathways & Performance Leadership Team (PPLT). The team will be led by Sammie Phillips (Director of Pathways & Performance), and will consist of a number of volu ...

In line with the Association’s on-going organisational review and restructure, England Touch is delighted to announce the appointment of Sammie Phillips as the Director of Pathways and Performance. Sammie currently holds the employed role of General Manager and the voluntary role of Head of Elite Coaching. The appointment into this newly-created position - superseding her previ ...

England’s #TeamRef shone throughout the summer’s international events in Limerick, Stirling and Calvisano. In all 44 referees officiated across the Atlantic Youth Touch Cup, European Seniors Touch Cup and European Opens Touch Cup. Jack Harris (B18, MO), Julian Edwards (W20, WO), Layo Aromire (X20, W27) and Mike Davis (X20, W27) were all awarded two finals during the three event ...

Ben Powell is stepping away from his role as England Touch's High Performance (HP) Director. Ben has played an important part in the growth of England Touch for over 13 years. As HP Director he oversaw a programme which achieved unprecedented expansion and successes over the last five years. This has included a 100% increase in athletes involved in High Performance and 10 podiu ...

Thanks to Vermeer UK and Ireland we were able to live stream Junior Nationals 2025, including some of the most competitive finals we can remember - four of the six going into extra time and only one match being decided by more than one try. Girls 17 Final Midlands Tigers 4-5 West Wildcats Orange Boys 17 Final North West Warriors 6-5 West Wildcats Orange Girls 14 Final South W ...

To support its strategic plans to introduce Touch Rugby (Touch) to as many children and young people as possible, the England Touch Association has joined the Association for Physical Education’s (afPE) Sector Affiliate Scheme. Over the past three years, Touch has enjoyed exponential growth among the Under-18 age group: England Touch’s Schools Delivery Partner, Try Sports, has ...

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England’s six Men’s and Women’s Opens teams had weekends to remember in Calvisano. England’s Women occupied all the podium places at the end of three days of intense action. England Phoenix and England Mavericks took their round-robin form – both teams recording six wins from their seven matches and a 2-2 draw against each other – into the playoff matches, where they beat Franc ...

England Touch is well represented in Calvisano this weekend in the inaugural European Opens Touch Cup. England is utilising the opportunity to send developmental teams to the full, with three Men’s Open and three Women’s Open sides. There will no doubt be plenty of competition when the Mavericks, Phoenix and Storm come up against each other in the round-robin matches. Both the ...