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The Board of the Federation of International Touch (FIT) has today voted to elect England as the host nation for the 10th Touch World Cup (TWC) in 2024. It’s the first time Touch’s flagship event has been held in England and the first time in the UK since 2011, when it was hosted in Edinburgh, Scotland. The last TWC in 2019 was hosted in Putrajaya, Malaysia. The FIT board met o ...

The England High Performance training squads have been announced for the winter training programme ahead of the 2023 international campaign. Twelve squads have been named, and it is particularly exciting to include a Women’s 40 group for the first time! With 396 players coming from 43 clubs from as far afield as Exeter, Canterbury, Wigan and North Tyneside, this is one of the l ...

England Touch, the Rugby Football League and British Heart Foundation have partnered together to launch a new initiative to get more young people engaged with the Rugby League World Cup and raise funds and awareness for one of the country's most important charities! Playing Touch Rugby and Rugby League are two of the British Heart Foundation’s newest fundraising events. Not onl ...

England Touch has today announced the appointment of Sammie Phillips as the Association’s new General Manager. Phillips steps into this new position from her previous role as National Development Officer, and will have responsibility for a number of key operational areas, including: Continuing to work closely with Regions to grow the sport across the country Leading the group ...

The 2022 Junior Nationals saw the respective titles shared across four different Regions. Growth of Junior Touch was reflected by having competitions in Boys 14, Girls 14, Girls 17, Girls 19 and Boys 17/19 categories, with 18 teams in all heading to the University of Nottingham’s Riverside Sports Complex. The biggest single category was the Boys 14, with the South East and West ...

The inaugural University Touch Championships will visit Sheffield, Guildford and Nottingham during 2022/23. Following in the same format as last year, the University Touch Championships will have regional qualification events in the north and south during the Autumn term, followed by three national events in the Spring to decide who will be crowned the overall champion. Bath Ha ...

There was no one prouder of Touch’s inclusion in the 2022/23 BUCS calendar than Alex Scott, who recently stepped aside as University Liaison Manager. Here he reflects on how far the sport has grown within Universities over the last few years. ‘It has been a real journey over the years organising and running the University NTS. The competition has gone from strength to strength ...

There is a new look to the England Touch Junior Nationals ahead of this weekend’s tournament. England Touch has put one eye firmly on the future in the age categorisation, with teams in the 14s, 17s and 19s age groups being entered mindful of the 2023 and 2024 international calendar. The categories also reflect the growth of youth Touch across the country, with some regions ent ...

We are extremely proud to be partnering with Women in Sport and the charity’s Time Together campaign in October. The month-long campaign aims to inspire mums and daughters to spend quality time together being active and experience the joy sport – and Touch – can bring.  The Time Together campaign was launched in 2019 after Women in Sport’s ‘Reframing Sport for Teenage Girls’ re ...

Midland Tigers added three more titles to their 2022 trophy cabinet at the Seniors and Masters Nationals. Having won the Mixed Open crown two weeks before, the Womens 27, Mens 30 and Mens 45 took up the mantle by winning their respective competitions at Nottingham’s Riverside Sports Complex. The other two titles went to the South East Sharks (Womens 35) and South West Saxons (M ...