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The Federation of International Touch (FIT), England Touch and the University of Nottingham have today released the 2024 Touch World Cup impact report, unveiling a £10 million economic benefit for the local area. The report was produced in-line with UK Sport's framework for measuring the impact of major events and draws from arange of data sets including a bespoke participant ...

The venues have been announced for the 2025 National Touch Series. The National Touch Series returns to Burton RFC and Old Leamingtonians RFC for the Mens and Womens events on the weekends of May 17-18 and May 31-June 1 respectively. Old Leamingtonians also hosts Round 1 of the Mixed National Touch Series on the weekend of June 14-15, but then the NTS roadshow heads to two ne ...

The first workshops in our Raise Your Game CPD series are open for registration! Dominating the ruck in attack & midfield options – Tues 21/01/25 Dominating the ruck in defence & midfield options – Tues 28/01/25 Line attack including running lines – Tues 04/02/25 Line defence: Policy vs Tactics – Tues 11/02/25 All four workshops are presented by Peter Bell, cur ...

We welcomed our new Chief Executive, Vince Mayne, into the England Touch Association in early December. With his feet under the table we caught up with Vince to see how he is enjoying his new role. A few weeks in, how are you finding it? The ETA is a complex organisation, magnified because it is so close knit where everyone knows everyone, except me, who knows no-one! I’ve re ...

England Touch Chair, Tim Loveridge, reviews the biggest year in the Association’s history. For all of us involved in England Touch, at whatever level, 2024 will go down as one of the best years in our history. I say ‘one of’ because I believe that there are many more fantastic years to come, but for the time being we can all safely say how proud we are of what we have all ach ...

England Touch is proud to launch the England Touch Youth Academy, an innovative programme dedicated to shaping the next generation of Touch talent. This initiative marks a transformative step in our approach to youth development, offering young athletes a structured pathway to excel on and off the field. The Youth Academy adopts a holistic and inclusive approach, combining wor ...

The new international calendar of events published this month (December 2024) by the Federation of International Touch (FIT) will give the England Touch greater opportunity for strategic planning throughout the Association’s player pathways, according to High Performance Director, Ben Powell. FIT’s new events structure sees a gradual building of intensity within a World Cup cy ...

The England Touch Association has today made the significant announcement of the appointment of former Chief Executive Officer of British Universities Colleges Sport (BUCS), Vince Mayne, to lead the organisation into the next chapter of its growth and development. Vince, who will be joining the England Touch leadership and Board of Directors as Chief Executive Officer, will br ...

The Junior Nationals growing with each passing year. Rapid expansion of school events. Regional School Games organisations proactively including Touch in their programmes. More universities joining the BUCS University Touch Championships. The single biggest age group of individual members for the England Touch Association. And a 9.2 Net Promoter Score from teachers stating they ...

Try Sports is delighted to announce that the 2025 School Touch Championships will be taking place over seven regions from March 21st 2025.  The Championships will be held in the West, North East, Midlands, South West, South East, North West and the East, with the finals taking place on June 27th 2025. Dates for each region can be found here.  A delivery partner of the England ...