England Touch Association - Annual Report 2014 England Touch Association - Annual Report 2014 | Page 22

ETA Annual Report

EVENTS (Review)
Touch Series Overview
By delivering NTS and CTS in combined tournaments, 2014 provided a fantastic
focus for the Touch clubs in England and produced very competitive and
enjoyable occasions for all levels played. We freed up weekends in the already
busy Touch calendar, allowed the pooling of referees from UK and Europe and
also gave Regional and National coaches an opportunity to see new and
emerging talent over the season.
Manchester hosted 18 CTS clubs and in doing so delivered the largest ETA clubs
event ever, with 36 teams, over 450 players and over 35 referees from across Europe. The great work that
Nottingham started with a very well executed initial tournament (and stepping into the unknown with the new
tournament format) continued across the summer with the numbers at Oxford and the Droitwich hosted finals
also increased in well delivered events.

XBlades NTS
At the top of the table teams were constant in their progression in the Cup competition.
A bright start by Hot Custard in the first tournament gave way to an extremely
competitive Bareback Riders squad over the two days in a wet Manchester. London
Galaxy came back stronger in series 4 and the end of season Final, but both of these
tournaments were again won by Hot Custard to claim the overall title for the first time.

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