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On a brisk Tuesday evening Fakenham Academy and Alderman Peel High School competed for the first ever North Norfolk Schools Touch Cup under floodlights at Fakenham Rugby Club. [caption id="attachment_30417" align="alignnone" width="2113"] Fakenham Academy and Alderman Peel High School competed for the first ever North Norfolk Schools Touch Cup[/caption]Pupils from both sch ...

[caption id="attachment_30370" align="alignnone" width="1030"] The first Men’s 45s National tournament was held on Saturday 19th November at Allianz stadium, the home of European champions, Saracens.[/caption]With the weather being kind to us, and seven regions competing (plus one invitational team), the day was a great success. London emerged as the winners, but our first spec ...

Three weeks on from the Series opener in Surrey found us on yet anther misty morning in Exeter, which would play host to 20 teams across 6 pitches.The group stages were spread through the morning and saw a high standard of Touch with teams from Loughborough, Southampton, Bristol, Bath, Surrey, Oxford, Exeter City and of course Exeter University facing off.After the group stages ...

If you live in and around the Bournemouth and Poole area and are looking for a new and exciting sport please read on.Touch is one of the fastest growing sports in the U.K. England Touch now have 66 Clubs affiliated to the association and Bournemouth and Poole Touch Centre is the latest to join up and is looking for new players to join them. They are based at BH LIVE Littledown ...

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’ ...