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At the up-coming #TouchNationals the newly appointed England Touch Head Coaches and selectors will be assessing the talent on display with the aim to announce initial England squads for 2016. An announcement of squads is planned for September 2015.The following Head Coaching appointments have been formalised: Men’s Open: Ben Smith Men’s 40s: Lon Lovell Women’s Open: Simon Clare ...

Men’s Open:North West BladesLast Year’s Finalists will be looking to go one step further this year under the guidance of Clark Hobson. The squad has a good blend of Youth & experience with some exciting Rookies making their debut.The gun player to watch has to be the NTS top scorer for the last 2 years, Sam Grant, hard to believe he is still only 16 !  Midland Tig ...

Along side the #TouchNationals, open trials will run for those not playing in a regional team. The trials are the alternative pathway for selection in an England squad for the 2016 international season. Details below:.Date:Sunday 9th August.Time: Muster from 0930 for a 1000 start (duration will depend on numbers, Nationals finals commence at 1340 (these are well worth a watch). ...

The England Touch Association are excited about upcoming the 4th Annual Touch Nationals to be held at One Leisure in Cambridge on 8th & 9th of August 2015. Over the next 2 weeks, we will be publishing info on each region and highlighting players to watch out for.The 2 Day tournament will be the biggest National Championships held by the ETA, with the following divisions com ...

Manchester Chargers, the city's premier Touch club, were very proud to host round 3 of the National Touch Series (NTS) and Challenge Touch Series (CTS), laying host to c.a. 450 players as they amassed from around the British Isles and Mainland Europe, in a bid to be crowned winners of the penultimate Series competition. Alongside them were 25 full time referees, numerous physio ...

Following a very successful Touch World Cup campaign in 2015, England Touch has commenced the process to appoint Head Coaches for their National Squads. Coaching appointments will be for a two-year term – covering European Touch Championships 2016 and Home Nations 2017.All head coaching positions are to be considered open for appointment.It is highly desirable for Head Coaches ...

The first of three, day-long women’s ‘Super Sunday’ Touch tournaments, organised by the UK’s largest all-women, Midlands based Touch league was a big successThe event on Sunday 21 June at Old Laurentians Rugby Club was organised by the Midlands Ladies Touch League (MLTL) and 14 teams, out of 16 from across the Midlands played on the day, involving more than 160 women aged 13 an ...

The weather was typical of Manchester, as the sun shone down on us for the duration of the tournament, dismissing rumours that it only ever rains in Manchester!Thanks to everyone who helped out in the very successful running of the 3rd leg of the Steeden England Touch DTS in Manchester.New England Touch stash turned up in time for the NTS CTS in Maidenhead next weekend so we ha ...

The first of three day-long women’s ‘Super Sunday’ Touch (rugby) tournaments, organised by the UK’s largest all-women touch league, which is based in the Midlands, will be staged on Sunday 21 June at Old Laurentians Rugby Club.The event is being organised by the Midlands Ladies Touch League (MLTL) and any woman aged 13 and upwards can join one of the teams taking part in and ha ...

England Touch kept hold of a top four world ranking, bringing home 3 bronze medals in a terrific Touch World Cup in Coffs Harbour, Australia.Despite horrendous weather conditions, England battled it out against some of the best Touch teams in the World to keep their highly prized World position.Following an intense seven months training, a total of 112 players and 27 staff trav ...