November 2013: The first All-England Training Camp saw the 27’s squad of 32 come together for the first time. This was the first chance the squad had to welcome Sammie Phillips back from maternity into the head player/coach role, Andre le Cornu moving from Men’s 30s player to assistant coach and Amie Powley-Williams drafted in from the British Army to take on the team manager’ ...
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Men's open category preview
The Men's Open Category should be the most exciting the Nationals have seen. The title will be fought out between South East United, South East Taipans, South West Saxons, Midlands Tigers, North West Blades and the West Wildcats and what has become the only predictable aspect of the division is that no one is able to predict who will take home the title. With all teams having s ...
U18 category preview
The ETA are very excited about the inception of the U18s division which provides an opportunity to showcase the tremendous talent within the junior category. Clubs, Regions and the ETA have been working very hard to develop our young players which you will hopefully bare witness to when the Southern Mavericks take lock horns with the Northern Stars in the 2014 Touch Nationals. ...
Kit design competition winner
England Touch held a competition to design a Vest and Shorts for the England Touch teams European Championship 2014. The winning design would become the Home Kit.The winner was Hugo Fernandez who resides in Spain. We had just over 100 entries. Hours were spent reviewing and finally it came down to a final seven designs. Hugo's was the final winner. The kit became our Home kit. ...
Women's Open Category preview
The Women's Open category could once again prove to be the most hotly contested division. Last year's 'Mini Nationals' saw the South East Taipans and the South East Sharks battle it out for the National Title, which was taken by the Taipans for the first time in the Touch Nationals short history. Fantastic progress was made by both the North West Blades and the West Wildcats la ...
Manchester first to kick off the 2015 season
Due to popular demand, Manchester will once again be running their 6th Annual Touch Tournament.When: Saturday 28th February 2015Where: ManchesterTime: 9:30 StartFormat: Men's, Women's and MixedCost: £175Entry Form: Enter hereFor any more information at this stage, please email fullychargedevents@hotmail.co.uk ...
Touch Nationals Info
The schedule has been finalised - Click here to download - 2014_TouchNationalsDraw_V3 ...
High Performance campaign dates for 2014-2015
The following important High Performance campaign dates are provided for your 2014-2015 diary: 23 September 2014 - TWC15 squads announced 20 October 2014 - TWC Player Payment 1 due 1 and 2 November 2014 - England Camp 1 – venue: The Rugby School, Horton Crescent, Rugby CV22 5DJ Mid-November 2014 - TWC15 teams announced (teams consist of 16 players plus 4 non-travelling rese ...
High Performance Team: European Touch Championships Review 2014
At the beginning of the 2014 European Touch Championships campaign (back in September 2013), the HP Team’s goals were to: win the Opens points title at Euros; win the Overall points title at Euros; and to develop both our elite player pool and elite teams with the aim to medal at the Touch World Cup in 2015 in one or more divisions. While the last of these three goals is still ...
M35 – 2014 European Championships
A long campaign that started in the depths of winter with a large training squad ended with a European Silver medal in, predominantly, sunny Swansea in August. Head Coach Mike Roa oversaw the transformation of a squad of Touch players from around the country into a fully functioning Touch team that could almost defend properly and sort of knew where the corners of the pitch we ...