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Exeter University showed their strength-in-depth as they convincingly beat the Bath Hawks 7-2 to take the first 2019/20 University National Touch Series Cup in Oxford. The Hawks, who had beaten Loughborough and Bristol earlier in the day, looked set to continue where they left off last season. However, they were unable to halt the creativity and pace displayed by Exeter who sho ...

As the end of a memorable year for England Touch comes ever closer the time has come to unveil the shortlists for the second annual England Touch Awards. Nominations have been made over the last few weeks, and the shortlists reflect the success achieved on the international stage, the growth of the National Touch Series, development of clubs across the country, and the range of ...

The 2019/20 University National Touch Series kicks off in Oxford this Saturday, with current holders Bath aiming for the top step once more. Bath took home the top trophy at four of the five Uni NTS competitions last season and showed how much strength they have within their squads, with the Bath 2nds taking 3rd place on two occasions. England Women’s Open International and Bat ...

A number of roles are now available within England Touch’s management that will all play an important part in helping the Association grow and maximise its opportunities over the next 12 months. Touch in England has grown rapidly over the last 24 months, with the internationals teams achieving success on the biggest stages, the Nationals and National Touch Series expanding, and ...

The European Touch Senior Cup has given England Touch’s Seniors and Masters a good fillip going into the winter training programme. Three England Lions teams headed to Lisbon to take on international teams from across Europe in two days of competition, with 90 percent of players having not played for an England representative or international team before. Coming so soon after t ...

The international competitions keep on coming for England Touch teams, with three Seniors and Masters teams heading to Lisbon for the European Touch Senior Cup. England Lions will be represented by a Senior Women team, a Men’s 40s team and a Men’s 45s team, who are set to come up against their peers from across Europe on Friday, October 11th and Saturday, October 12th. FIXTURES ...

The England Touch Junior squads have been named for the winter training programme. In all 27 clubs are represented by the 126 players, with the average age of the individuals selected still under-16. The squads will be steadily whittled down to the four teams – Mixed 15, Mixed 18, Boys 18 and Girls 18 – ahead of the 2020 Junior Touch Championships. England Touch is now recruiti ...

England Touch is sending three teams to the 2019 European Touch Senior Cup in Portugal over the weekend of October 10th-12th. The trio of England Lions teams will be coached by Gary Lambert (Senior Women), Niall Buggy (Men’s 40s) and Simon Ince (Men’s 45s), and they will be testing themselves against teams from both mainland Europe and the Home Nations. Players have been select ...

England Touch is sending two teams to Spain at the end of October for the inaugural European Touch Challenge Trophy. Each European Federation of Touch nation has been invited to enter one men’s and one women’s team into the Challenge Cup, which is being staged in Elche, on the outskirts of Alicante in south-eastern Spain. England Touch is using the tournament as the ideal oppor ...

The squads that will eventually become the Seniors and Masters teams at the 2020 European Touch Championships have been named. In all 226 players have been named across the seven squads, with 44 clubs represented. As with the Opens squads, the Seniors men and women have been grouped together for the initial training weekends, with the Women’s 27s, Men’s 30s and Mixed 30s coming ...