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The England Touch Association hosted the combined XBlades NTS / SPORTTAPE CTS Finals this weekend – 12th July 2014 at Droitwich RFC. Playing in warm sunshine for most of the schedule, fast competitive play was the order of the day as clubs from across the country battled it out once more.XBlades NTSIt was a triumphant  day once more for Hot Custard as they mirrored their first ...

The ETA was fortunate enough to welcome ‘Mr Touch’ Peter Walters from Touch New Zealand to our Touch pitches in the last month. Pete is Head of National Coaching and Elite Development Manager of Touch New Zealand and came over to work with some old faces and plenty of new ones too!During Pete’s stay he delivered a coaching presentation on the Saturday evening of the Manchester ...

Officials and volunteers from England Touch, along with two affiliated clubs Halton Touch and Manchester Chargers recently organised and delivered an extremely successful Touch tournament as part of the World Corporate Games in Liverpool.The Corporate Games are the world's largest multi-sport festivals with organisations from across the globe competing to get fit for business a ...

2015Regional Coach - Leah CuthbertsonRegional Assistant Coach - Sam JonesRegional Assistant Coach - Dom TrippEmail - TBC2015 Training/Trial Dates: Sunday 17th of May @ Grasshoppers Rugby Football Club, MacFarlane Lane Off Syon Lane, Isleworth, Middlesex, TW7 5PNTime: 10.30 meet for 11am start, finish by 3pm. Cost: £5Saturday 23rd of May @ Maidenhead RFC, Braywick Park, Braywick ...

The SMX were all set ready for another training weekend. With past experiences fresh in their mind, the team knew that coach Wright would train them hard, and his recent gatherings hadn’t failed to impress.The venue this time was the beautiful rolling countryside of Gloucester.Unbeknown to the team, this scenery would not be the only thing to take the players breath away!Boots, ...

Last month, 14 people from Lincolnshire took part in an intermediate coaching course at Lincoln rugby club.  Organised by England Touch Association and Paul Farrington, the course was a great success and a huge stepping stone for touch development in the Lincoln area.The attendees gave some great feedback which will allow us to tailor the courses further and allow us to extend ...

When: August 23rd 2014Where: Northampton Casuals RFCCost: £60 per teamFormat: MixedContact: coystouchrugby@hotmail.co.uk ...

England Touch would like to introduce our new PR/Marketing and social media teamNancy Lyndhurst - PR/Marketing Director.Email: Marketing@englandtouch.org.ukNancy is our newly appointed PR/marketing Director. She is a marketing consultant and her background is mostly Products and Marketing Manager although she has also trained horses for a living! Her marketing experience is wid ...

For months the High Performance team have been preparing, in painstaking detail, the 'All Squad Final Preparation Camp'. Welbeck DFSC is the chosen location for Camp 4, and it promises to be exactly the kind of preparation camp that the elite sports people of England Touch need, prior to the European Championships.The facilities really are first class. Tim Osborne, HP says, "Th ...