Due to the dramatic growth of Touch in England, and the number of clubs wanting to play Touch, a review of the NTS has been undertaken to ensure it maintains its status as the highest level club tournament.
In a bid to maintain the high standards of the NTS, and allow for new and developing clubs to establish themselves on the Touch scene, a new two tier system – the Challenge Touch Series (CTS) – was launched for the 2012 season.
The 2013 season sees the CTS in its second year with its popularity on the increase as it is now also attracting some European club entries. The aim of the CTS remains to develop the club game and encourage more club sides to get involved at a national level. This will be tied in with development days for referees, grass root players and more elite players running alongside each Touch event.
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2013 CTS Round 1 – Hosted by Thames Valley Vikings – Finalist Results:
Shield: Portsmouth Destroyers Touch Club beat Lincolnshire Touch 3-0.
Bowl: Blue Coats School beat Halton Touch 4-1.
Plate: Nottingham Touch Club beat Canterbury Cougars 2-0.
CUP: CSSC Wookies beat Wigan Touch Warriors 4-2.
2012 NTS/CTS Legacy information:
- The NTS consists of 16 teams.
- The 16 teams offered a place in the NTS for 2013 will be the top 16 teams from the 2011 series that had the highest average points per event (Total NTS points/number of NTS events participated in) and have shown a commitment to the NTS in 2011 by entering 3 or more NTS events. These teams will be:
| Bareback Riders |
Coast to Coast Custard |
Hot Custard |
Oxford Touch |
| Bristol Fijians |
Durkas |
London Galaxy |
Phoenix Touch |
| Cambridge Hornets |
Galaxy II |
London Otters |
Statue Bro |
| Cardiff Raptors |
Gurus |
Manchester Chargers |
Thames Valley Viking |
- These teams will be required to pay a bond of £180 early in 2012 to commit to all five events and secure their place. The money will go towards the NTS Finals fee in July and will be non-refundable if they do not take part in all five NTS events. Those that do not pay will lose their place and it will be offered to the next best NTS team from 2011.
- The Finals for both the NTS and CTS will be held over the weekend of July 28th/29th at the flagship Lilleshall National Sports Centre at the newly established Series Finals weekend.
- The CTS will be run on a similar basis to the NTS and will grow to be a strong competition in its own right.
- No NTS sides will be able to participate in the CTS. There will also be player restrictions that will be announced soon.
- At the end of the NTS/CTS there will be promotion and relegation of teams for the 2013 competitions.
- Venues to be announced in early February.
Clubs hosting an NTS/CTS
- In 2012 there will be a new way of allocating events. All ETA affiliated venues/clubs can nominate to host an NTS/CTS event.
- Clubs are encouraged to affiliate if they wish to host an NTS/CTS event.
- Nominations must be in by 25th January 2012. Announcement of the venues will be made in early February.
- Details on how to nominate your club as a host venue will be available in the near future.
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2 Comments
Renee Nero
(@Twitter) 16 Apr 2011 05:04 am
Hello, I was just wondering if u had a list of touch rugby tournaments for 2011?! Or wheres thd best place to find one….We are a group of Aussie/kiwis who live over here and can never find any tournaments!! Any help would be greatly appreciated… Kind regards
Renee Nero
gregg
(@Gregg@englandtouch.org.uk) 17 Apr 2011 03:04 pm
Hey Nero,
Check out the calendar here for a list of all the affiliated Touch comps for 2011
http://www.englandtouch.org.uk/wp/index.php/latest-events/eta-dates/
Hope that's of help, drop me a line if you need any more info.
Gregg