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Add your Touch ministry venue

Nick — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:51:16 +0000

Touch Base UK is looking to support Christian ministries that use Touch Rugby by advertising their details for them, using a basic template like this.

If you run a Christian Touch ministry and would like to advertise publicly, please email Nick.

Corinthians RFC Rugged Rugby Weekend

Nick — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 11:20:53 +0000

For those interested in full contact Rugby, the Corinthians RFC (Christians in Sport Rugby) are having a Rugged Rugby Weekend, as they enter a team into the Heineken 10′s tournament at Matlock RFC in the beautiful Peak District.

When? … 6-8 August 2010
Where? … Cromford, nr Matlock, Peak District
Contact: … email Tim Friend (Corinthians steering group member) OR call 07887530751

The Big Church Day Out 2010

Nick — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:54:57 +0000

This May Bank Holiday saw another fantastic Big Church Day Out, with thousands of people converging on the Wiston Estate in Sussex to enjoy the likes of Switchfoot and Hillsong United, and many venturing behind the House to throw a Rugby ball around with us! We’d like to thank, from the bottom of our hearts, the wonderful helpers who came from London, Eastbourne, and Cambridge to welcome people, coach newcomers, and play our beautiful game! … Looking forward to next year already!

Cross Touch 2010 now open for registration!

Nick — Fri, 28 May 2010 19:40:46 +0000

Saturday the 24th of July has been announced as the date for this year’s Cross Touch, the annual social Touch Rugby tournament at Dulwich College! Hosted by SOLE (the sports ministry team at All Souls Langham Place), Cross Touch 2010 is now open for registration. Watch out for the early bird discount for registering before July the 1st … look forward to seeing you there!

Big Church Day Out Update

Nick — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:46:49 +0000

Sadly we have had to cancel the Touch Rugby games at the Loughborough venue ONLY (Saturday 29th of May only) due to unforeseen circumstances.

We will be coaching and playing Touch Rugby at the Wiston House venue (West Sussex), on Sunday 30th and Monday 31st of May, as advertised.

Do come and say hello!

Please email Nick for more information.

Big Church Day Out 2010

Nick — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:32:48 +0000

Touchbase UK has, again, been invited to provide some Touch Rugby coaching and games at the Big Church Day Out in Loughborough on Saturday 29th of May, and back at Wiston House, West Sussex, on Sunday 30th and Monday 31st of May.

We’re looking for Touch Rugby players near either location who would like to be a part of this Christian event, to help coach people who are new to Touch for the bulk of the afternoon. The evening would then be free for you to enjoy the rest of The Big Church Day Out’s line-up, which may include the likes of Hillsong United, Israel Houghton & New Breed, Switchfoot, TobyMac, Tim Hughes, Brenton Brown, Graham Kendrick, Lou Fellingham, and many more.

Please email Nick if you would like to help.

Get to know your neighbours better!

Nick — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:56:53 +0000

This Easter Saturday, come and learn a fun way of getting to know your neighbours better! From 3pm until about 5pm, All Souls Eastbourne Sports ministry and friends will be offering coaching in mixed, social Touch Rugby at their usual venue in Gildredge Park.

All are welcome; no previous experience of any Rugby code is required (and, frankly, no particularly high level of fitness is required either!); and we hope to head over to our friends at the nearby tennis club afterwards for some light refreshments!

Please contact nick@touchbaseuk.org for more details.

Website reconstruction

Nick — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:55:10 +0000

We are hoping to have a big overhaul of the structure and content of this site very soon, and would be very grateful to all users who might be able to email us some feedback as to what they like, what they don’t like, what’s helpful, and what more they would like to see – any exemplar site links also welcome. Many thanks!

Tournament Photos Available

Ross — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 18:41:49 +0000

Thanks to Simon Wardle the Crosstouch 2009 photographs are now available in the gallery. If you want a high resolution copy please let us know and we can make them available.

Thanks for playing!

Ross — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:58:03 +0000

So good seeing you all at the tournament on Sat and thanks for helping to make it such a fun day (despite the traditional summer weather!).

Want to keep playing?

The Cross Touch tournament might just be once a year but loads of us play socially every week in Wandsworth Common, Regent’s Park and Hyde Park. For details of these and other regular games further afield check out http://www.touchbaseuk.org/find-a-game/. There’ll also soon be photos of the day on the website but we’ll let you know when their up.

Feeling sore?

A huge thank you again to Nathalie, Natalie and Sue who used their osteopathy and sports massage skills to keep many of us running around. Their work details are attached so get in touch if you missed out on the day or need more help getting back to your sporting peak.

They gave their time for free and through your donations we were able to raise over £110 for a charity called Adventure Plus (www.adventureplus.org.uk) which runs outdoor pursuit holidays for kids from tough backgrounds.

Lost property

Call Chris on 07890 455790 if you’re missing any of these: Black Umbro shorts, small red rucksack (with Jessica Scott written on), green Regatta waterproof, green Eurohike water bottle, Samurai Rugby ball.

Thoughts?

Let us know if there’s things you’d like to see at the next Cross Touch tournament – bouncy castle has already been mentioned! Also if Ali’s talk got you thinking I’d recommend getting yourself on a Christianity Explored (www.christianityexplored.org) or Alpha (www.alpha.org) course as they’re great places to chat stuff though.

Congrats to the winners and if you didn’t win get training and you might beat them next year!

Cheers

The Cross Touch 09 team