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2025 calendar

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 Limerick welcoming youth teams from Europe and beyond between July 31st and August 3rd.

We do expect there to be two adult international events, a European Opens Cup and European Seniors Cup, the dates and venues for which are to be confirmed.

The Nationals returns to Highfields Sports Complex on the first May bank holiday.

This will be followed by the National Touch Series, which this year will be predominantly based at Old Leamingtonians RFC in Royal Leamington Spa, a venue which received plenty of positive feedback from those who played there in the Mens NTS and Womens NTS in 2024. Other venues will be confirmed in due course.

2025 also sees a wide range of youth competitions, including regional and national Try Sports School Tournaments, and an In2Touch Junior Touch Cup, which will also be played at Old Leamingtonians.

All relevant links are in the table below.

For any specific queries please email events.manager@englandtouch.org.uk

Dates

Competition

Venue

October 2024

Sat 26/10

BUCS University Touch Championships R1 North

University of Nottingham Riverside

November 2024

Sat 09/11

BUCS University Touch Championships R1 South

Surrey Sports Park

Sat 16/11

BUCS University Touch Championships R2 North

Dinningham RUFC, Sheffield

Sat 23/11

BUCS University Touch Championships R2 South

University of Reading SportsPark

February 2025

Sat 22/02

BUCS University Touch Championships R1 National

University of Nottingham Riverside

March 2025

Sat 08/03

BUCS University Touch Championships R2 National

University of Nottingham Riverside

Fri 21/03

Try Sports Schools Tournament - West

Oxford RFC

Sat 22/03

BUCS University Touch Championships R3 National

University of Nottingham Riverside

29-30/03

BUCS Reserve Dates

 

April 2025

Sat 05/04

Women's Touch Festival

Wasps RFC, Acton, London

15/05 - 19/04

Deepdish Touch Festival (University teams)

Portugal

Weds 30/04

Try Sports Schools Tournament - North East

Harrogate

May 2025

Fri 02/05

Try Sports Schools Tournament - Midlands

Nottingham

Sat 03/05 - Mon 05/05

Opens, Seniors and Masters Nationals

University of Nottingham Highfields

Weds 07/05

Try Sports Schools Tournament - South West

Bristol

Fri 09/05

Try Sports Schools Tournament - South East

Reigate

Weds 14/05

Try Sports Schools Tournament - North West

Wigan

Fri 16/05

Try Sports Schools Tournament - East

Cambridge

Sat 17/05

Mens and Womens National Touch Series R1

TBC

Sun 18/05

Mens and Womens National Touch Series R1

TBC

Fri 24/05 - Mon 27/05

Bournemouth 7s Touch Festival

Bournemouth

Sat 31/05

Mens and Womens National Touch Series R2

Old Leamingtonians RFC

June 2025

 

 

Sun 01/06

Mens and Womens National Touch Series R2

Old Leamingtonians RFC

Sat 14/06

Mixed National Touch Series R1

Old Leamingtonians RFC

Sun 15/06

Mixed National Touch Series R1

Old Leamingtonians RFC

Sat 28/06

Mixed National Touch Series R2

Old Leamingtonians RFC

Sun 29/06

Mixed National Touch Series R2

Old Leamingtonians RFC

July 2025

Sat 05/07

In2Touch Junior Club Cup

Old Leamingtonians RFC., Leamington Spa

Sat 12/07

Mixed National Touch Series R3

TBC

Sun 13/07

Mixed National Touch Series R3

TBC

August 2025

Thurs 31/07 - Sun 03/08

Atlantic Youth Touch Cup

University of Limerick, Ireland

Sat 30/08 - Sun 31/08

Junior Nationals

TBC

September 2025

 

 

Sat 06/09

In2Touch Social World Cup

London

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