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England Touch Chair, Tim Loveridge, reviews the biggest year in the Association’s history. For all of us involved in England Touch, at whatever level, 2024 will go down as one of the best years in our history. I say ‘one of’ because I believe that there are many more fantastic years to come, but for the time being we can all safely say how proud we are of what we have all achie ...

England Touch is proud to launch the England Touch Youth Academy, an innovative programme dedicated to shaping the next generation of Touch talent. This initiative marks a transformative step in our approach to youth development, offering young athletes a structured pathway to excel on and off the field. The Youth Academy adopts a holistic and inclusive approach, combining worl ...

The new international calendar of events published this month (December 2024) by the Federation of International Touch (FIT) will give the England Touch greater opportunity for strategic planning throughout the Association’s player pathways, according to High Performance Director, Ben Powell. FIT’s new events structure sees a gradual building of intensity within a World Cup cyc ...

The England Touch Association has today made the significant announcement of the appointment of former Chief Executive Officer of British Universities Colleges Sport (BUCS), Vince Mayne, to lead the organisation into the next chapter of its growth and development. Vince, who will be joining the England Touch leadership and Board of Directors as Chief Executive Officer, will bri ...

The Junior Nationals growing with each passing year. Rapid expansion of school events. Regional School Games organisations proactively including Touch in their programmes. More universities joining the BUCS University Touch Championships. The single biggest age group of individual members for the England Touch Association. And a 9.2 Net Promoter Score from teachers stating they ...

Try Sports is delighted to announce that the 2025 School Touch Championships will be taking place over seven regions from March 21st 2025.  The Championships will be held in the West, North East, Midlands, South West, South East, North West and the East, with the finals taking place on June 27th 2025. Dates for each region can be found here.  A delivery partner of the England T ...

England Touch has published the 2025 domestic calendar, including the Nationals, National Touch Series, BUCS University Touch Championships, Try Sports National Schools Competition, In2Touch Junior Touch Cup, and other invitational events. England is not hosting an international event in 2025. An Atlantic Youth Cup has been confirmed nearby, however, with the University of Lime ...

As we come into the final few weeks of 2024, here is a reminder of the National Touch Series final rankings. Plus the Annual Survey results are in, and England Touch is listening and delivering! Mixed National Touch Series Divisions 1 & 2 Pos Team Points Try diff 1 London Scorpions 1 (Champions) 138 +62 2 Nottingham Hoods 138 +55 3 NQ ...

Dates have been announced for the 2024/25 BUCS University Touch Championships. As in previous years, the autumn term will have regional rounds – two each in the North and South – with three National rounds in the spring term, after which the all-important BUCS points will be awarded. Nottingham Trent University won their first BUCS University Touch Championships title last seas ...

After leading England Touch through a transformative five years and spearheading the successful delivery of the largest ever Touch World Cup earlier this summer, Chief Executive Officer, Chris Simon, has been appointed as the first Chief Operating Officer of the Federation of International Touch (FIT). Simon will be joining FIT from 1 December 2024 but will continue to assist E ...