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Our journey began all the way back in October when we first trialed for the first ever England MX18s team. The ETA created the team and entered us into the Challenge Touch Series in order to gain experience and bond as a team. At the initial training sessions there were lots of us, but by the start of the national CTS Tournaments we were a happy band of 20 players and after man ...

The England Touch Association are pleased to announce the 3rd Annual Touch Nationals to be held in Cambridge on 6th & 7th of September 2014. The 2 Day tournament will be the biggest National Championships held by the ETA, with the following divisions competing;2014 Touch NationalsWhen: 6th & 7th September 2014Where: One Leisure St Ives, Califormia Road, St Ives, Cambrid ...

After the tough competition of the Home Nations back in Dublin last year, the Senior Mixed knew that this years European Championships was going to be a hard fought campaign.There were 5 teams in the Senior Mixed division - England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and France - and all countries had something to prove.[caption id="attachment_8670" align="aligncenter" width="553"] Capta ...

England brought 9 playing teams and a referees team to this Euros, the biggest we have ever done. That in itself is a huge achievement for the ETA, thanks to everyone that's been involved in getting us here.CoachesCoach of the Tournament, Men's Open coach - Ben SmithRefereesMost improved referee of the tournament - Aubrey CollinsFinals appointments:Ian Syder (M40)Matt Hobbs (M3 ...

To end a great summer of Touch across the country, what better way to finish than to all meet in the capital to face off one more time in an awesome fancy dress tournament!Played at King Georges Park in Wandsworth, London, the 2014 'In2Touch World Cup' is open for registrations once again. Open for mixed team entries, each team will be allocated a country from the Rugby World C ...

We’re almost at the end of our long journey since the Touch Nationals and initial squad selection 10 months ago. With our final chapter, the 9th European Touch Championships, almost upon us, our 9 representative squads are primed and ready to go back to the fields and play their hearts out in the hope of retaining the European Champions title.In final preparation for the tourna ...

England Touch has appointed dual flag bearers for the 2014 European Touch Championships.This appointment recognises one female player and one male player who both have the honour of being the highest capped female/male player and having the most touch downs of all female/male England players:- Kylie Hutchison (57 caps, 41 TDs)- Justin Conway (56 caps, 46 TDs)Kylie made her Engl ...

A fantastic turn out and a high level of touch skills were on show at the inaugural Northern Stars U18 mixed touch trials, held at Trinity School in Nottingham, on Sunday 20th July.27 youngsters aged from 12-18 were up early and keen to impress, hoping to be selected for the new representative side. The players, and their parents, travelled from 10 different clubs around the no ...

The England Touch Association hosted the combined XBlades NTS / SPORTTAPE CTS Finals this weekend – 12th July 2014 at Droitwich RFC. Playing in warm sunshine for most of the schedule, fast competitive play was the order of the day as clubs from across the country battled it out once more.XBlades NTSIt was a triumphant  day once more for Hot Custard as they mirrored their first ...