The England Touch Association (ETA) is delighted to announce that Bristol will host the 2010 European Touch Championships. The Tournament will take place from Thursday 22nd July until Sunday 25th July at Bristol’s WISE Filton College. This will be the eighth time the biannual European Touch Championships will be contested, and the third time the event has been hosted by England - the last was in 1998!

The competition will involve, amongst others, European nations England, Jersey, Scotland, Wales, Guernsey, Belgium, France, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Spain and Switzerland; who will all compete for the coveted European trophy. Invitational teams travelling from New Zealand and Australia may also be present including an Australian School rep side.

The 2008 European Championships was held in Massy, France. These Championships involved 700 players, 45 teams, and 50 referees from across Europe. It is anticipated that these numbers will significantly increase for the 2010 Championships as countries look to send additional teams, and more countries get involved.

The 2010 European Touch Championships is anticipated to build on the success of previous events and help promote Touch to a wider audience through local, national and international media attention in what will be a festival of the sport of Touch.

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Get involved

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This is a very exciting event for Bristol to host. It is the aim of Bristol Touch to get as many people from the Bristol league involved in some way and there will be plenty of opportunity, especially during the championships itself.  But, there is a lot of planning to be done before then.

There are a great range of disciplines and contacts out there in the Touch league so we would like to tap into that. Initially we are looking for people who have experience or contacts in the following:

• PR

• Marketing/Sponsorship

• Events Management

• Media

• Finance

• Administration - I need people to look after the administration of certain aspects.

If you have anything else that you think you could offer, please get in contact.

Sponsorship

If you work for a company or have contacts who would be keen to get involved through sponsorship then please get in contact.

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