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The domestic club season starts this weekend in Banbury RFC with the 2023 Mens National Touch Series and Womens National Touch Series. This is the first of our new-format NTS weekends, where teams are ranked into divisions rather than the previous ‘Elite’ and ‘Development’ from previous years. Saturday sees divisions 1 and 2 take place, where teams will play 40-minute matches a ...

A year ago, England Touch launched our exciting initiative to make Touch a more sustainable sport. As the National Touch Series season fast approaches, we are thrilled to be launching the ETA Green Challenge Trophy. Every team playing in the upcoming Men’s, Women’s and Mixed NTS tournaments is eligible to compete in the Green Challenge Trophy as part of their NTS entry. Sponsor ...

As we navigate through this Mental Health Awareness Week, England Touch would like to emphasise the importance of mental health within our community. Too often in the hustle and bustle of our lives, mental health takes a backseat. We'd like to change that narrative. Our community is built on teamwork and camaraderie, with the bonds formed on the pitch extending far beyond the s ...

England Touch is announcing that unfortunately we won’t be streaming the Men’s National Touch Series and Women’s National Touch Series (MWNTS) this year. Despite excellent viewing numbers for the recent Nationals event, we must prioritise where we invest in the sport, and based on the commercials from last year’s MWNTS and the desire to keep entry fees for events the same as 20 ...

England Touch referees Laura Foulstone and Dominic Bes-Jeary from Warwick and Chris Dickson and Dan Adams from Nottingham joined forces on Saturday 15th April to help officiate the HMRC’s Social Touch festival at the University of Warwick. The quartet of England officials were joined by England Touch CEO, Chris Simon, who was delighted to be able to help support the event, sayi ...

The England Touch Association’s (ETA) progress across all areas of its organisation and operations has been recognised by the Federation of International Touch (FIT), which has awarded England with Tier 1 Nation status. England is one of only three tier 1 nations, the others being Australia and New Zealand, and the following criteria informed the FIT Board’s decision in awardin ...

The South East may have taken home the majority of the titles from the 2023 Nationals in Nottingham, but there were plenty of tight matches along the way. The South East Taipans retained the Mens Open and Womens Open titles they had won so memorably in 2022. This year’s Mens Open final might not have had as many tries as last time, but it was no less dramatic for it. The teams ...

It is with great sadness that we inform our community of the sudden passing of Issy Phipps. Issy was part of the Girls 18s England team that played at the 2022 Junior Touch Championships, winning Gold in a dramatic match. Many of our community will know Issy through either Touch, Maidenhead Rugby Club or Hartpury College. Issy was a much-loved member of the Girls 18s squad and ...

England Touch welcomes two new categories into the Masters Nationals in Nottingham this weekend. The Mens 50 category is already established at international level, with a GB team playing in the 2019 Touch World Cup and England being represented at last summer’s European Touch Championships, where they beat Wales, Ireland and Singapore on the way to winning the competition. But ...

The Seniors Division at the 2023 Nationals will include the Mens 30 and Womens 27 categories. After the dominance of the South East Sharks and Southern Samurai for most of the 2010s, the Mens 30 category has become more competitive in recent years, with the South West Saxons winning in memorable fashion at Lady Bay in 2021 and then the Midland Tigers took the title a year later ...