Mark Croston, the Chair of England Touch, has joined the leaders of more than 100 other sports in urging the Prime Minister to ringfence funding for the recovery of the sports and activity sector in the nation’s ongoing response to Covid-19. To mark the Great British Week of Sport, a letter has been sent to Boris Johnson highlighting the contribution of the sports and physical ...
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New Touch rules - open online workshops
With full training well underway across the country and fixtures just around the corner - lockdowns permitting, of course! - the England Touch referees team is running a series of online workshops for players, coaches and referees to update them on the changes which have been made to the rules in 2020. Each session lasts one hour and will be an opportunity to go over the main c ...
England Touch expanding paid workforce
England Touch is expanding its paid workforce as part of a restructure of its operational team. Three new and exciting opportunities have arisen as we seek to more widely engage with those that already play and to work collaboratively across the sport and physical activity sector to provide more participation opportunities. The new roles are all initially part-time and cover th ...
England Touch moving to Stage 4 and inter-club competition
England Touch can confirm that based on feedback during August and the already agreed action plans for Touch activity, we can now move to the next phase of our Return to Play – Stage 4: LOCAL. This will enable inter-club competition and is effective from Saturday, September 5th, 2020. In Stage 4: LOCAL, club activity should be restricted to no more than four clubs and should mi ...
Growing the game in the north east
England Touch Chair Mark Croston and CEO Chris Simon visited Kingston Park, home of Newcastle Rugby, last week to discuss how the Association can work more closely with the north east’s leading professional oval ball sports club. Newcastle Rugby is home to both Thunder (League) and Falcons (Union) and runs an extensive community programme through its charity, The Newcastle Rugb ...