England beat off competition from both Germany and Portugal to secure hosting rights.England Touch are delighted to have been informed our extensive bid to host the 2018 European Touch Championships has been successful.The European Federation of Touch (EFT) announced earlier that England had beaten off competition from the Germany and Portugal to host the 9 division tournament ...
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Bath Hawks swoop the spoils
A cold and misty morning was the back drop for the first University Touch Series (UTS) tournament of the 2016-17 academic year. The mist lifted for tap off, revealing 4 immaculate pitches laid out by the host’s, Surrey, and 11 teams representing 8 University’s, all ready to get stuck in.The first round of games saw some of the familiar faces to the UTS circuit facing off; with ...
National Schools Touch Tournament
[av_textblock size='' font_color='' color='']The England Touch Association hosted their First ever National Schools Touch tournament on 1st October 2016.Canterbury Touch, Simon Langton Boys School and Ashford School co-hosted the event which saw over 180 juniors competing for the title of National School Champions.The venue was the Langton Boys School in Canterbury and was open ...
Women In Sport – By a Woman in Skort
My name’s Melissa. And I’m a referee. Not an alcoholic.But just like alcohol, refereeing can be fun, a massive buzz and also slightly addictive.I love sport and I love Touch in particular. It wasn’t until after I represented England in the Mixed Open team at the 2014 European Championships and 2015 World Cup though that I started to get involved with refereeing. Because I’m pre ...
Oxfest - Women's Touch
Ahead of 'Women In Sport Week' Oxford Touch hosted their 2nd Ladies Touch Tournament 'Oxfest'.Bad weather threatened the day but that didn't dampen spirits as teams from across the country arrived at Oxford's Gosford All Blacks RFC home. Players ranging from those with international experience to those playing their first competitive games of touch made set for a great day and ...
University Touch Series 2016/17
We are pleased to announce that the dates and venues are now all confirmed for the 2017 UTS season. They are as follows:• Surrey 22nd October• Exeter 12th November• Loughborough 18th February• Bristol 4th March• Bath 1st AprilUniversity Championships• London 15th AprilWith freshers week(s) in full flow across the country and University Touch clubs being high on their agenda, th ...
2017 Premiership Permits | Assistant Coaches EOI.
England Touch has commenced the process to appoint Assistant Coaches for our teams to compete in the new European Federation of Touch Permit Premiership (EFTPP) tournament in 2017.While names are still TBC, there will be three England Permits and six England EFTPP teams (see a map of the Permit boundaries here): Southern Permit Women’s Open Men’s Open Western Permit Women’ ...
England Announces Coaches for 2017 Permit Teams
England Touch is pleased to announce the following six coaching appointments for the inaugural 2017 European Federation of Touch Premiership Permit competition: Northern Women's - Jon Lovell Northern Men's - Tim Osborne Southern Women's - Doug Benzie Southern Men's - Jason Logan Western Women's - Gary Lambert Western Men's - Martin WrightThese coaches will work closely wi ...
England Men's 45s | An update for 2017
After a successful first outing, winning gold at this year's European Touch Championships, the England Men's 45s coaching and leadership team have ambitious plans to participate in international friendlies with other European countries in summer 2017.To qualify for this England squad you need to be 45 or older on 31st December 2016. The pathway for selection in next year's Engl ...
50th Consecutive NTS Appearance for Jon Lovell
A unique event occurred at the 2016 Belief NTS Finals in Manchester as not only did it not rain all day, it also marked a special occurrence that will be hard to top!Over many seasons Jon Lovell has competed in the tournament series, representing Cambridge Touch, and in taking part in the season Finale he completed an aim of many seasons as it marked his 50th Consecutive appear ...