Wow, what a great day!The sun was shining, the Touch was flowing and we hosted the biggest national Touch trial that the UK has ever seen.This annual tournament works 2 fold. 1, to increases player’s exposure across England to coaching, improve coaches skills and lift the standard of England Touch across the board. 2, to showcase the best players from each region and used as a ...
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England U18 Mixed Touch Trial
England are looking to enter a strong mixed U18s team in to the 2014 European Touch Championships, in Swansea. With this in mind we are holding a 2nd trial for all those who weren't able to attend the Open Trials.When:Sunday 6th OctoberWhere:Reading Blue Coat School,Sonning Lane,Berkshire,RG4 6SUhttp://www.rbcs.org.uk/location/Facilities: Registrations and photos will be comple ...
Your sport, your views!
Here at England Touch, we aim to grow Touch throughout the country, encourage more people to get involved with the sport so that they can have fun and improve their performance on the pitch.At the recent Touch Nationals and England Trials, we saw more players than ever before at similar events. Through our partnership with the RFU and their investment in O2 Touch, we are starti ...
Hosting a Touch Series Event in 2014
After lengthy discussions weighing up the ‘pros and cons’ of combining the NTS and CTS events, it has been decided that in 2014, this will happen.The main benefits being that it will: Free up 4 weekends in the already busy Touch calendar Bring together the 2 events, allowing economies of scale Aid in the logistics for teams to travel Allow pooling of referee resources from ...
2014 coaching team announced
Congratulations to those selected as National Squad Coaches for the 2014 season!Mixed U18Head Coach - Nicholas MetangaAssistant - Tracy AndrewMen's OpenHead Coach - Ben SmithAssistant - Clint RowlingWomen's OpenHead Coach - Tim OsbourneAssistant - TBCMixed OpenHead Coach - Noel FordeAssistant - TBCMixed 30sHead Coach - Martin WrightAssistant - TBCMen's 30sHead Coach - Natha ...
England's Elite XV gave Touch a go!
Nottingham’s Chris Simon and Cambridge’s Ben Creese were lucky enough to experience the mighty Twickenham in August, when they rallied to the call for some last minute refereeing and coaching help at the Maximuscle Touch Comp at the RFU’s headquarters.The lads took charge of a 8-team comp on the hallowed turf and ended up refereeing seven games each and ‘dualling’ the final.As ...
