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England Touch Chair Mark Croston and CEO Chris Simon visited Kingston Park, home of Newcastle Rugby, last week to discuss how the Association can work more closely with the north east’s leading professional oval ball sports club. Newcastle Rugby is home to both Thunder (League) and Falcons (Union) and runs an extensive community programme through its charity, The Newcastle Rugb ...

The Touch community in England has been embracing the information and guidance from England Touch regarding the sport’s Return to Play. As of Tuesday, August 25th nearly 60 clubs and leagues have returned self-declarations and provided Covid-19 contacts, with 32 of them submitting completed risk assessments enabling them to return to full training. Remaining clubs and leagues a ...

This week we lost a legend within our sport and our community, Benita Lee. Bee’s contribution to Touch within the UK is as significant as they come. At international level, she earned over 30 England caps at multiple Home Nations and European Championships, and notably two World Cups within the (then) Women’s 30s and the Mixed Open teams. At regional level she led the Taipans t ...

Congratulations to everyone whose ‘A’ Level results are seeing them head to university soon! If you are a Touch player then your university may have a club already in place to join, and if you want to set up a Touch club then we’ve got all the advice you need! The Uni NTS has been growing rapidly over the last few years and you can be part of a thriving and exciting part of the ...

Touch has been approved to return to play as part of recent submissions presented by the Rugby Football League and Rugby Football Union, and in line with both organisations England Touch is moving to Stage 3 in its Return to Play Plan – equivalent to RFL Stage 3 and RFU Stage C of their respective roadmaps. England Touch has released the Association’s Return to Play Briefing Do ...

The UK government has given the green light for the return of Touch in England. Touch is played extensively across the country and following the Return to Play submissions by the Rugby Football League (RFL) and Rugby Football Union (RFU) to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), clubs and leagues will now be permitted to return to training and playing in accordance ...

A number of roles are now available in the England Touch High Performance programme that will all play a crucial role in our continue growth and performance as we approach three major tournaments in as many years. High Performance Director, Ben Powell says: "We are always looking at opportunities to expand and recruit in the right areas to ensure that we have our finger on the ...

England Touch has been awarded £28,000 from Sport England’s Sector Partner Fund to help the Association continue to operate through the lockdown and enable it to put plans in place to get more people playing the sport. Designed to support key partners in immediate financial need, the £5 million Sector Partner Fund is part of Sport England’s £210 million support package to help ...

England Touch is setting sights on a successful 2021 European Touch Championships with the announcement of the initial High Performance Training Squads. The premature conclusion to the 2020 High Performance programme has given the whole HP team the opportunity to review, consolidate and improve as England looks to maintain its place as the top nation in Europe and build towards ...

Winner of the England Touch Workforce Award ‘Inspiring Others’ 2019, Kevin Hattersley is a volunteer player and coach for a range of clubs in the North West region. Every day he is involved in a rugby-related activity which he juggles around his full-time job and family commitments.   Kevin’s motivation to volunteer stems directly from his personal experiences. Having had ambit ...