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England Touch has teamed up with the Independent Schools Association to offer its 608 member schools the opportunity to take part in a Touch festival at Maidenhead RFC in May. The festival, which will run between 10:30am and 3:00pm on Friday, May 12th, 2023, will be for Mixed teams (3 boys and 3 girls on the field at any one time) in the Under-11, Under-13 and Under-15 age cate ...

England Touch is consolidating the Mixed National Touch Series for 2023, bringing the previous Elite and Development competitions together into one coherent structure in which teams can progress through the national ranks. The move formalises the way that the Elite and Development competitions were organised in 2022 into four divisions, with space available for up to 16 teams i ...

With a new year comes a new format for the Mens National Touch Series and Womens National Touch Series, which will be played out during the weekends of May 20-21 and June 3-4, 2023, with both events at Banbury RFC. In acknowledgement of the two distinct competitions, England Touch has streamlined these into two National Touch Series, rather than the previous sub-sets of the Men ...

Peterborough Coach John Cranston joins us for our latest Club Focus. What are the origins of ‘Borough Touch? I believe Peterborough Touch started in 2014. Touch was taught at a few local schools. Max Raymond's daughter Fran really enjoyed it along with some others. There was also a few South Africans playing socially, the two merged together and the club was born. Local tournam ...

As the new year approaches England Touch is taking the opportunity to announce a number of new faces within the Association’s management structure. Mark Croston formally stepped down as Chair in September 2022 to concentrate on his role at the helm of the Federation of International Touch. His place has been filled by Non-Executive Director, Justin Conway, who will be Acting Ch ...

As we come to the end of another significant year in the development of England Touch, the Association’s management would like to wish everyone in the Touch community a very restful, enjoyable, safe and healthy Christmas and festive period. On the field our sport continued on its upward path over the last 12 months. England won more gold medals at the European Championships th ...

The Federation of International Touch (FIT) and England Touch Association (ETA) have today announced that the 2024 Touch World Cup will be hosted at the University of Nottingham’s Highfields Sports Complex between July 15th and 21st, 2024. Highfields Sports Complex has become synonymous with major international Touch events over the past few years, having hosted the European To ...

Manchester-based PFT Foxes have come on in leaps and bounds over the last year. James Warrener caught up with the club to find out more. How did you get started and why PFT? PFT means “Politics Free Touch”, but nowadays it can mean whatever you like! (“Pretty Friendly Touch”, “Practice For Tom” and “Pretty Funky Tunes” are some of our personal favourites). It started as a bit o ...

Lexie Williams, a member of the England Touch Association’s High Performance coaching group, was named UK Coaching’s Young Coach of the Year in a gala ceremony in Leeds on Tuesday, December 6th. Williams was recognised for her commitment to creating an environment focused on empowerment and motivation for the players within the group, whether through identifying areas where pla ...

The Federation of International Touch has announced Vichy as the host city for the 2023 European Touch Championships in August. The 2025 Euros will also be contested in France, and the consecutive events are expected to build significant momentum for Touch in France, arguably one of Europe’s sporting powerhouses. Hosted by Touch France, the tournament will see Europe's best ...