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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 ...

This year’s Home Nations has seen a second season with a fully established medical team.  The core team; Cari Thorpe, Emma Knott, Nathan Wharton and Nikki Pritchard have followed and supported ETA from Euros to Home Nations and will follow through to Euros 2014  with their new additions; Ben Drew, Gareth Marlow, Matthew Davies and Heidi Greenslade.The team has over 40 years of ...

England Touch aim to bring you updates in the form of an eNewsletter each month, this is designed to keep you up to date with everything that is happening in the game of Touch in England, from news and events, tips and tricks and introducing the key members of the England Touch set-up.This months edition: CLICK HERE Blogs from our Nationals Teams Home Nations Champions NTS / ...

When: 17th AugustWhere: Grasshoppers RFC, Macfarlane Lane, TW75PNFormat: Men's, Women's, Mixed.Contact: Galaxylondon@live.co.ukEntries close Friday 9am.Full Time refs are still needed and will receive £50 expenses plus food and drink.Player refs will get £20 plus food and drink. ...

Nottingham Hoods would like to invite you to join them for their "Touch Summer Social".Throughout the afternoon there will be a mixed social tournament, which we would like you all to get involved in, a coaching session for kids, a bouncy castle, BBQ, drinks and awards.There will also be a ‘showcase’ game seeing Nottingham’s England, Midlands and club players battle it out.If y ...