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Hit n Run continued in Northampton where they left off in Manchester by taking home the Cup title in the third round of the 2017 STEEDEN DTS.Hit n Run’s squad has a heavy Pacific Island influence and they showed plenty of tricks and skill en route to a perfect afternoon of results.Regular showers swept across Northampton – no surprise, given that there seems to be rain every ti ...

There was twice the celebration for England Crusaders at the inaugural EFT Premiership Permit competition.Both the Men’s and Women’s Open teams took home the Cup finals after four days of intense action, but there were different ways to the titles for the respective sides.The Women had an outstanding weekend, and aside from a draw with Scotland Kelpies at the end of day one had ...

The inaugural European Federation of Touch Premiership Permit is nearly upon us!Teams from across Europe are heading to Scotland’s capital city for four days of stiff competition to decide who will have bragging rights in 2017.The Men’s Open competition features three teams from England (Knights, Royals, Crusaders), two from Scotland (Kelpies, Stags) and one from each of Irelan ...

Touch Football Australia hall of famer Peter Bell says that getting Touch played in schools is important in growing the sport in the future.Since 2010 Touch in Australia has seen an explosion in participation numbers, with nearly 700,000 people playing the sport in 2016. This growth has been underpinned both by Touch Football Australia’s partnership with the National Rugby Leag ...

Last week the first ever Berkshire All Schools Touch Tournament took place in Reading.Six girls teams and five boys teams took part, with the majority of the Year 8 and Year 9 students trying out Touch for the first time. The winners of both the boy’s and girl’s divisions came from Pangbourne College, with the girl’s division final going to a tense 3 v 3 drop off which lasted o ...

By Gary LambertLast Weekend saw the England Royals Women’s Open squad convene for their final preparations before heading to Edinburgh for the inaugural Premiership Permit Tournament next week. All three England Women’s Permit Squads met in Nottingham alongside the Men’s Knights and Royals to put finishing touches to this season’s campaigns. Well supported by a strong contingen ...

The England Scholars Women’s and Men’s teams have been announced for the upcoming Championship Permit competition in France.The groups, who had their first training session last Saturday, June 17th, will be travelling to Fontenay-le-Comte to take on teams from across Europe. England is sending the only all-students teams in the competition, which will be an excellent opportunit ...

Last weekend in Edinburgh Nathan Joyce became the first player to represent England in every available category – Men’s Open, Mixed Open, Men’s 30s, Mixed Senior, Men’s 35s and Men’s 40s.We caught up with him for some reflections on his career.How did you first get into Touch?I first got involved in Touch in 1994 when a New Zealander called Paul Napier came to our rugby club in ...

Staff from the England Touch Association were at Twickenham last weekend as part of the O2 Touch Takeover of the national stadium.Tim Osborne, Dom Tripp, Will Serocold and Gareth Hinds provided expertise and support to help grow this code of rugby, refereeing games, giving guidance about refereeing to club representatives, and getting into the relaxed, social spirit of the day ...

It is Women’s Sport Week, and the England Touch Association is leading the way to get women and girls picking up the oval ball.All four of the ETA’s national competitions – the Belief National Touch Series, SPORTTAPE Challenge Touch Series, Steeden Development Touch Series, and the Men’s and Women’s Touch Cup – are geared at having women at the heart of the game, with the mixed ...