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It gives me great pleasure to officially announce all of the England Touch Teams for the World Cup 2011.We are all very excited about the next 4 months and really looking forward to the great things that we can achieve together as a national squad.This is set to be an incredible journey and the World Cup in Scotland is yours and your team™s chance to achieve something special.  ...

ALL of the NTS dates have been confirmed as being:Round 1 “ Saturday April 16th “ NottinghamRound 2 “ Saturday July 9th - LondonRound 3 “ Saturday July 23rd - Thames ValleyRound 4 “ Saturday August 6th - BathRound 5 “ Saturday Sept 3rd (Finals) - ManchesterFor more details on each event, please see the Touch Series page or the Google calendar on the 'events' tab. ...

We've now created a Google calendar to aid in the scheduling of events for the year. It's colour coded too, to easily show at a glance the events you're interested in. ...

StretchingAre we achieving what we think we are when we stretch?The concept that stretching is non-beneficial or in some cases detrimental is, I suspect, alien to most.  Culturally the majority of us are schooled on stretching throughout our education, we are told as children to stretch by our teachers and it usually follows us through to our participation in sporting activitie ...

Referee CourseManchester Chargers in conjunction with In2Touch and Sale Sharks are hosting a Level 2 Referee Course, being run by England Touch™s National Director of Referees: Bruce Lockie.When: Sunday 20th FebruaryWhere: Active Lifestyles Centre, Denmark Road, Hulme, Manchester, M15 6FGTime: 10am start, the course is a whole day, which is mainly classroom based theory.Cost: £ ...

European championships DVD's now available to order:  DVDs of four of the European Championships finals are now available for order and distribution.The following finals are available: Men™s Open Women™s Open Mixed Open Men™s 30Cost of each DVD is £7.50. If four DVD™s are purchased (which can either be each of the finals, or four of the same final) the total cost reduces to ...

England Under 13, 11 and 9National Youth Touch SeriesMedway                                                                   Saturday, 2nd October 2010, 10:00am Fort Pitt Grammar School for GirlsFort Pitt Hill, Chatham, Kent, ME4 6TJ Touch is one of the fastest growing sports in England, played by people of all ages and skill levels. From the very social park game to highly co ...

England Touch announces today that they will be holding open trials for players wishing to be considered for selection to the National Squads for the FIT World Cup 2011.England Touch will be entering the following teams into next year™s World Cup and all squads are looking to increase their squad size:Open Grades - Men™s, Women™s and MixedSenior Grades - Men's, Women™s and Mixe ...

Please find below details of this year™s Women™s Touch Development Day “ Saturday 25th September 2010. The venue will be Percy Park RFC where they will have access to excellent facilities.The format of the day will be morning warm up and coaching in ability groups followed by an afternoon tournament.Food will be available in the bar afterwards and for those keen, an evening out ...

Great news, this week Michael Abromowitz (Abro) has agreed to become High Performance Director for England Touch, this role, and Claire McIntosh™s as High Performance Manager is in line with the australian™s set up.For those who know him, I'm sure you'll agree Abro is a hugely valuable addition to the team to help our elite sides and coaching move forward. His focus will be on ...