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With 100 days to go until the 2024 Touch World Cup, the Federation of International Touch has confirmed the pools and format for the 13 categories featuring in Nottingham during July. Some 190 teams from 39 nations have confirmed their entry, making this tenth edition of the Touch World Cup far and away the largest ever. “With the announcement of the pools, excitement and antic ...

Ahead of hosting the largest Touch World Cup in the history of the sport, the England Touch Association’s Annual Report has confirmed the positive direction that Touch is heading in England. From an organisational perspective the England Touch Association (ETA) received formal recognition by Sport England as a National Governing Body for Touch, along with the awarding of Tier 1 ...

The Midlands Ladies Touch celebrates its 15th anniversary this year and continues to attract new teams. One of the country’s most established and largest all-women Touch leagues, the Midlands Ladies Touch League (MLTL) includes teams from a wide area, including Rugeley in Staffordshire, Nuneaton in north Warwickshire, Daventry in Northamptonshire, through to Pershore in Worcest ...

International Women’s Day is about celebrating women across all areas of society, and there is plenty to cheer within the sport of Touch. In July, England will be hosting the largest ever Touch World Cup in Nottingham, which in 2024 not just features more Womens Open teams than Men’s Open teams, but also a Womens 40 category for the first time, and the most ever number of Women ...

Entries are now open for the 2024 National Touch Series. All NTS events will follow the same format as 2023, bringing more competitive action between similarly matched teams. As with 2023, Divisions 1 and 2 for the Mens NTS, Womens NTS and Mixed NTS will be invitation-only, while Divisions 3 and 4 are open to all clubs to enter. CLICK HERE to download the full rules and regulat ...

Entries are now open for the 2024 National Junior Touch Cup, being held at Old Leamingtonians RFC, near Royal Leamington Spa, on Saturday, June 1st. CLICK HERE for the entry form. The event is designed to allow junior players from U12 to U17 to represent their Touch Club or team and play with their peers. This is an important step in the development of Junior Touch in England, ...

The England Touch Association is now accepting applications to join its Board of Directors as an appointed Non-Executive Director. on-Executive Directors provide a creative contribution to the England Touch Association's Board. The six NEDs, together with the Chair, help the organisation set its Vision, Mission and Strategy, and provide a check and challenge of the Executive Of ...

England Touch is recruiting its third paid position. As Operations Manager, you will be responsible for delivery in the following core operational areas of the England Touch Association: Membership/Affiliation offer Event Management and Delivery Training and Development Participation and Growth The Operations Manager will also oversee member, affiliate and partner relationshi ...

England Touch's Junior teams are heading back to France this summer! Parc Omnisports du Vichy has been confirmed by the Federation of International Touch as the host venue for the 2024 Junior Touch Championships, two years after the last edition of the same tournament (England having hosted the Atlantic Youth Touch Cup in 2023) and 12 months after the 2023 European Touch Champi ...

England Touch has announced a partnership with Priority Touch who have developed an online platform of teaching/coaching resources based on Priority 10 (P10), which is a conceptual framework for Touch and reinforces the priority or the “non-negotiable” elements of the game. The following concepts are comprised within the P10 framework: Dominating the Contest (Winning the Roll ...