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Staff from the England Touch Association were at Twickenham last weekend as part of the O2 Touch Takeover of the national stadium.Tim Osborne, Dom Tripp, Will Serocold and Gareth Hinds provided expertise and support to help grow this code of rugby, refereeing games, giving guidance about refereeing to club representatives, and getting into the relaxed, social spirit of the day ...

It is Women’s Sport Week, and the England Touch Association is leading the way to get women and girls picking up the oval ball.All four of the ETA’s national competitions – the Belief National Touch Series, SPORTTAPE Challenge Touch Series, Steeden Development Touch Series, and the Men’s and Women’s Touch Cup – are geared at having women at the heart of the game, with the mixed ...

On the surface, the 2017 Senior Touch Championships don't really count. It's not a FIT competition and the caps don't count in the official tally. It's really just a friendly tournament designed to allow those oldies not playing in the European Premiership Permit competition a chance to play some decent Touch this year and give them a reason to keep some of the timber off befor ...

England’s teams had a varied weekend in Edinburgh at the inaugural Senior Touch Championships.Senior MixedThis was a closely-fought tournament throughout, with none of the three competing teams from Wales, England and Ireland establishing dominance.England won two of their six matches, losing three and drawing one. However neither Wales nor Ireland would win more than three mat ...

The England Touch Association has appointed Katy Young as its new governance director.Katy has worked in sport development, specifically within the Higher Education Sector, for over 10 years, and has responsibility (and passion!) for developing volunteers, coaches and officials.With a background in volunteer management and as a sport volunteer herself, she is committed to ensur ...

Bareback Riders secured their second Belief NTS title of the season at Broadstreet RFC this weekend.In a tight Cup final BBR saw off London Scorpions in a battle between the two teams who have dominated the Belief NTS so far in 2017.Top-class skill and end-to-end action entertained the other teams who had stayed on after their own competitions had finished at the Ivor Preece Ce ...

England Touch has been recognised for its good governance principles The England Touch Association recently amended its constitution to reflect the growth of the sport within England The England Touch Association has been growing exponentially over recent years to become a leading participation sport, with clubs throughout the country, a strong presence at age group and uni ...

The second stop of the MWTC arrived in Manchester last Saturday following its first successful outing in London. The forecast was mainly dry and so looked like a good day for Touch.The morning session went smoothly with the new scoring system allowing the schedule to run to time and resulting in some big scorelines.In the Women's semi-finals Cambridge had a good win over an inj ...

The teams have been announced for the upcoming inaugural Senior Touch Championships.Teams across several age groups will be heading to Edinburgh for the three-day tournament between June 16th and 18th.W27 (2 squads)Coach - Gary LambertAsst Coach - Marnie WillsLaura Balfour (London Galaxy), Kara Buckley (Bournemouth), Louis Carr (Thames Valley Vikings), Kate Hyde (Nottingham), K ...

The second round of the STEEDEN DTS took place in Manchester on Saturday, with mixed weather that saw lots of sun, thunder, lightning and heavy rain as well as mixed emotion.The 11 teams convened to pay their respects following the terrible attack in Manchester earlier in the week. The tournament organisers described the city as a place of joy, diversity and inclusivity and how ...