This weekend sees the start of the new-look Sporttape Men’s and Women’s National Touch Series. Forty teams are heading to Oxford RFC for a weekend which will include both a two-day tournament for elite teams and a one-day competition for emerging teams who may be testing themselves in a national single gender competition for the first time. There is a cosmopolitan feel to the E ...
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Bhubesi Pride becomes first charity partner of England Touch
England Touch and Bhubesi Pride have announced a new charity partnership that will start at the 2018 European Touch Championships. Bhubesi Pride works across Sub-Saharan Africa to support rugby and community development in schools and community centres, with qualified and dedicated teams of volunteers taking part in annual coaching expeditions in nine countries. In all Bhubesi ...
Refs needed for upcoming tournaments!
We're heading into peak season for England Touch tournaments, with two rounds of the Men's and Women's National Touch Series and the second round of the Development National Touch Series being held in June alone. To have great tournaments we need great referees, so complete the Expression of Interest form by CLICKING HERE and we'll be in contact! Upcoming tournaments June 9- ...
Learn from the best in Oxford
England Touch players and coaches can upskill themselves in Oxford in June with two of the most experienced practitioners in the sport. Peter Walters and Manu Wakely will be delivering 'Developing the Edge' at Oxford RFC on the evening of Saturday, June 9th, straight after the end of day one of the Men's and Women's National Touch Series round which is being held at the same ve ...
Teams named for 2018 Junior Touch Championships
England's teams for the 2018 Junior Touch Championships have been announced. The groups have been chosen after an extensive selection and training process, and the decisions were harder than ever with the quality of players increasing all the time. The four teams will be heading to the University of Stirling in Scotland on the weekend of August 17th to 19th, where they will fac ...
Bareback Riders satisfied with season performance
Bareback Riders have been the team of the Belief Sports Elite National Touch Series, taking home both the overall title and both the Series male and female Most Valuable Player awards. The team continued where it left off last season, winning the Elite Cup title in all three of the competitions played in spring 2018 in Nottingham, London and Birmingham and confirming their plac ...
Bareback Riders the best Mixed team in the country
Bareback Riders completed the clean sweep of Belief Sports Elite National Touch Series titles in Birmingham, and in doing so confirmed their place as the number one Mixed team in the country. Bareback Riders saw off Nottingham Hoods, London Galaxy and Cambridge Hornets en route to their third Elite Cup title, which followed their successes in Nottingham and London in Rounds 1 a ...
It's Finals time in the Belief Sports Elite NTS
The Belief Sports Elite National Touch Series reaches its climax this weekend in Birmingham! Twenty-eight squads will be heading to Billesley Common, home of Birmingham Moseley - one of England's most historic rugby clubs - to take part in England Touch's showpiece occasion for mixed club teams. The teams' performances in Rounds 1 and 2 in Nottingham and London have seen them b ...
Cheltenham the first Development NTS Cup winners of 2018
Cheltenham Touch headed home happy from Nottingham after the opening round of the 2018 Steeden Development National Touch Series. In only their second year competing at this level Cheltenham took home their first Cup title, overcoming Crewe and Nantwich in the final. In all 14 teams took part at a sun-drenched Lady Bay, home of Nottingham RFC, with clubs coming from as far afie ...
Steeden Development Touch Series set for Midlands start
The Steeden Development National Touch Series (NTS) taps off this weekend in Nottingham. Fourteen teams from as far afield as Manchester, Norwich, Horsham and Cheltenham - as well as plenty of others in between - will be heading to Lady Bay, home of rugby union Championship outfit Nottingham RFC, on Saturday. This is the first of five Steeden Development NTS events that will be ...