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Full details of this year's National Touch Series venues  and the new Challenge Touch Series, have been announced today.Thsi year is the first where the national league will be split in two - with the top 16 teams from last year's National Touch Series battling it out in the NTS, while the new CTS is introduced to allow new and developing sides the chance for close competition, ...

Due to popular demand, Manchester Chargers again ran their Annual (3rd) 'Invitational Touch Tournament'. It was the biggest and best yet, even if they do say so themselves! Teams travelled from as far away as Switzerland and Spain to be part of what they're calling ‘The Biggest Club Touch Tournament in Europe“, even the Manchester weather played on their side!The event tied in ...

Dear ETA members:Due to a number of outstanding items from the 2011 AGM, the ETA will be holding a short SGM (special general meeting) after the Manchester Chargers tournament on Saturday 25th Feb.  Venue will be The Woodstock Pub, Didsbury (M20 2DY) and time approx 17.30 (post Wales v England 6 Nations game).Please find below links to the relevant documents and also the agenda ...

Hi everyone,I hope the new year is progressing well for you and you haven't given up on all your new years resolutions just yet!Apologies to anyone who has sent an email through - the England Touch Email system decided it didn't want to play anymore.  If you have sent any emails to anyone with an England Touch email address and you haven't had a response, please send the email ...

Squads around England are being selected as players prepare themselves to represent their region in the first ever England Touch Nationals competition.Played in the excellent Lilleshall surroundings on the weekend of April 21/22 the Touch Nationals will be the first time England Touch has attempted to select an England squad in such a way.The top performing players at the Touch ...

England Touch have formed a 'Disciplinary and Advisory Panel' for any future matters which might arise. Currently squads and teams are very player led often with a variety of behaviours, rules and activities which are non ETA sanctioned and often passing un-challenged.To this end, we have put together a panel of senior England players / committee members, so that any serious is ...

FIT is undertaking preliminary planning for the 2013 FIT World Club Touch Tournament to be delivered in the USA in October.Hosted by Touch USA, supported by Disney, ESPN and Wide World of Sports, with a flexible package including accommodation, internal transport, etc that will be very reasonable.  The location is the Disney Sports Water Park which would be set up with 10 x Tou ...

Hi everyone,Happy new year!!  I hope you are all looking forward to the year ahead.Just a quick note on a couple of thing.ETA Referee Planner 2012:This is now available on the ETA website and will be updated regularly so please use this planner to keep up to date with all England events.http://www.englandtouch.org.uk/index.php/refereeing/referees-planner/2012 Tournaments and To ...

The South West region over the past several months have been holding development days,encouraging players to develop their game and promoting the sport with the aim of increasing the overall knowledge base of the regions players.We are looking for the players who have the qualities to repersent the South West Saxons at the National Tournument in April 2012.The South West would ...

Players are being reminded that in order to be selected for Open or 30s teams they MUST compete in regionals and if they can't or are not selected they need to contact the High Performance team for discussions. ...