England Touch 2016 Calendar

National and Challenge Touch Series

Dates and venues for the UK's premier Touch series have now been confirmed. The countries top 28 teams, with 3 new additions to the line up will battle it out for silverware at each event and vie to become the crowned champions.

NTS/CTS Round 1 - Nottingham

Saturday 16th April(University of Nottingham, University Park Campus, University Blvd, Lenton, Nottingham NG7 2RD)

NTS/CTS Round 2 - Cambridge

Saturday 30th April

(One Leisure St Ives Outdoor, California Rd, Saint Ives, Cambridge PE27 6SJ)

NTS/CTS Round 3 – Coventry

Saturday 28th May

(Broadstreet Rugby Club, 105 Rugby Rd, Binley Woods, Coventry, Warwickshire CV3 2AY)

NTS/CTS Final – Manchester

Saturday 23 July

NTS 2016 Teams

1. Bareback Riders	9. London Scorpions
2. Hot Custard	10. Nottingham Hoods
3. Tumeke Sports	11. CSSC Phantoms
4. Cambridge Hornets	12. Manchester Chargers
5. Wigan Touch Warriors	13. Bristol Fijians
6. London Galaxy	14. Oxford Touch
7. Galaxy Knights	15. Cambridge Bees
8. Thames Valley Vikings	16. Canterbury Cougars

CTS 2016 Teams

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1. Galaxy CTS	7. Thames Valley Vikings
2. Custard Jägers	8. Turbo Chargers
3. Bristol Fijians	9. Oxford Geese
4. Percy Park Pirates	10. CSSC Phantoms
5. Wigan Touch Warriors	11. Green and Gold
6. Nottingham Mavericks	12. Halton Storm

More information will be added over the winter including payment schedules for 2016 (which will hopefully provide an easier way of administering across the summer).

All players looking to take part in the NTS /CTS will require to be an individual ETA member.

Details on how to purchase membership are on the membership pages.

Please ensure that the right people are receiving the official emails, by providing a “generic” email address that several people could access– eg touchclub@email.co.uk

Development Touch Series

The DTS is an open competition designed to progress the development of new and established clubs and players. Clubs can enter all or just one tournament during the season and all will be hosted by clubs that want to provide a great playing and social experience.

Below are initial "national" dates. All clubs across England will be invited to host more local series dates which will provide competition regionally with North, Midlands and South areas. Top clubs in each region will be invited to take part in the Series final in September.

Please note all clubs entering MUST be affiliated to England Touch which for some will be a new requirement.

DTS Round 1 - Manchester

Saturday 20th February

(Audenshawe School, Hazel St, Audenshaw, Manchester M34 5NB)

Entry Form - http://goo.gl/vQGFuE

DTS Round 2 - Southampton

Saturday 30th April

(University of Southampton, Wide Lane, Eastleigh, Southampton SO50 5PE)

Entry Form - Coming soon

DTS Round 3 - Warwick

Sunday 15th May

(Old Leamingtonians RFC, Bericote Road, Blackdown, Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire CV32 6QP)

Entry Form - Coming soon

DTS Round 4 - Lincoln

Saturday 18th June

(Lincoln RFC, Longdales Park, Lodge Ln, Lincoln LN2 2RS)

Entry Form - Coming soon

DTS Finals - September TBC

University Touch Series

Whilst being focused around the development of Touch at University level, all ETA registered clubs are welcome to join as invitational teams. Individual players do not need to be registered with ETA, however all teams/universities must be registered in order to compete.

Round 1 - ExeterSaturday 14th NovemberResults - http://goo.gl/vTKUCY

Round 2 - Bristol

Saturday 6th February

Entry - https://goo.gl/H5ccXe

Round 3 – Loughborough

Saturday 27th February

Entry - https://goo.gl/a7Ihxk

Round 4 – Bath

Saturday 19th March

Entry - https://goo.gl/KlCkzg

Finals - (Venue TBC)Saturday 16th April

Men’s & Women’s Touch Cup (MWTC)

Three bank holidays will be utilised to make the most of the extra days which will also allow the delivery of new Open Men’s and Women’s tournaments on the Sundays of NTS/CTS 2 & 3. We will be asking for expressions of interest for the Men’s and Women’s tournaments (MWTC) soon to provide the NTS/CTS clubs with first priority before other teams are given the option to enter.

It is an open champs and will not count for NTS/CTS points, so can be used in the best way possible to promote and support the progression of both the Men’s and Women’s game.

Sunday 1 May – One Leisure St Ives Outdoor, California Rd, Saint Ives, Cambridge PE27 6SJ
Sunday 29 May – Broadstreet Rugby Club, 105 Rugby Rd, Binley Woods, Coventry, Warwickshire CV3 2AY

England Touch Nationals 2016

The tournament will showcase the best players in England from each region and will be used as the selection pathway into the Open’s, Senior’s and Master’s squads for the 2017 Home Nations Championships.

All players looking to take part in the Nationals will require to be an individual ETA member. Details on how to purchase membership are on the membership pages.

Nationals - CambridgeSaturday 27, Sunday 28, Monday 29th August(One Leisure St Ives Outdoor, California Rd, Saint Ives, Cambridge PE27 6SJ)