News - Europe

The upcoming England Touch Association's 2013 Touch Nationals will showcase the best of Touch from each region in England. ETA elite squad staff will also be present at the champiosnhips and will use the tournament as a basis for player selection to the Open, Senior and Masters squads for the forthcoming Home Nations tournament.

Italia Touch proudly presents "Alpago in Touch 2013" - on Saturday May 25th - a Mixed Open tournament for clubs; played in the Dolomiti mountains, close to the beach of Santa Croce Lake, in Puos d'Alpago near Belluno, Italy.

French Club, TR91, have released details of the teams registered for their 2013 Gif-sur-Yvette Touch Tournament. The annual "Touch in Paris" tournament, which is entering it's 8th year and attracts a myriad of teams from across the european continent, is arguably the most popular club competition in Europe.

Manchester are once again holding their season-opening February tournament, to take place on Saturday 23rd February. The tournament has Men's, Women's and Mixed divisions and has attracted teams from all over Europe (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France and Switzerland) for its 4th annual Touch-fest.

It is with pleasure that the Federation of International Touch (FIT) announces the appointment of Erick Acker (France) as FIT President through until AGM 2015, as well as the appointment of two new FIT Board Directors: Mel Mallam from Switzerland (legal and international sport expertise) and Angela Calder from Australia (sport development and international sport expertise).