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You can help make the 2022 European Touch Championships a memorable and successful event as part of our team of amazing volunteers. We are seeking volunteers to assist with event set up and delivery in Nottingham from Monday, August 1st to Saturday, August 6th inclusive. Roles include event set-up, branding, social media, broadcast support, event support, scoring, administratio ...

We look back on a fantastic month of Pride activity and announce our partnership extension with Pride In Touch. England Touch Pride Weekend The opening round of the mixed National Touch Series in June saw the first England Touch Pride Weekend take place as our location in Banbury was transformed with progress rainbow flags, face paints and rainbow sweatbands. Across our officia ...

Galaxy London headed back to the capital with a double Cup success from both the Elite and Development National Touch Series legs held in Burton-on-Trent. The wins mean that while Galaxy have taken a firm control of the Development NTS with two Cup wins from two tournaments, in the Elite NTS there is a three-way tie at the top of the table going into Round 3 on July 16th. This ...

It is game on in Burton this Sunday as the Elite National Touch Series moves into the all-important second round. NQ Rebels top the league standings after winning in Banbury a fortnight ago, and with Burton RFC just a 90 minute drive from Manchester the geography and travel time is more in their favour than Round 1. But this also applies to Nottingham Hoods, who pushed the Rebe ...

The Development National Touch Series heads north this weekend, and welcomes more teams for the Round 2 clashes at Burton RFC. Essex Touch and Yorkshire Thorns both make their first appearance in 2022, with Percy Park Pirates coming back into the Development NTS for the first time in three years. Meanwhile PFT is showing its greater number of players by entering the club’s seco ...

The opening round of the 2022 Development National Touch Series saw national tournament debuts for Truro Trojans, Liverpool Otters, Nomads and Bedford Eagles. But England Touch is not just welcoming teams into the NTS, as more and more clubs are affiliating to the sport’s national governing body all the time. England Touch is rapidly approaching 200 affiliated clubs, leagues an ...

The Elite and Development National Touch Series tapped off in Banbury, and while there were plenty of changes up and down the tournaments, including a number of clubs making their debuts at either Elite or Development level, there were familiar faces receiving the Cup titles. After their successes in the Elite Men’s and Women’s NTS and at Paris Touch, NQ Rebels continued their ...

The domestic Touch season moves into Mixed tournaments over the next six weeks with the Elite National Touch Series, which taps off in Banbury this Saturday. The competitiveness seen in 2021 was taken into the 2022 Elite Men’s and Women’s NTS, and the Elite NTS is already looking too close to call. Wigan Warriors’ consistency earned them the 2021 title, but they will have a cha ...

The domestic Mixed Touch season continues on Sunday with the opening round of the 2022 Development National Touch Series in Banbury. It is all change in the Development NTS this season, with a number of teams having stepped up to the Elite level, five clubs making their debut in the NTS and another returning to national competition after a few seasons. The only teams from 2021’ ...

The England Touch Association (ETA), the national governing body for the sport of Touch in England, is seeking a new Chair and other Non-Executive Directors (NEDs) to join the Board. The ETA is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Non-Executive Chair to lead a dynamic and multi-disciplinary Board, and two other NEDs to support the executive in implementing the sports 2020’s ...