Elite Player Sponsorship Programme
Touch Superleague is proud to launch its Elite Player Sponsorship Programme. Through this exciting initiative Touch Superleague shall continue to contribute towards the development of Scottish Touch by financially assisting 3 selected national squad players of high potential. The Elite Player Sponsorship Programme shall provide a £200 cash payment per player for 3 players, one from each of the Scotland open squads, to assist in meeting the costs associated with participation at the 2013 Home Nations in Dublin.
The selected beneficiaries will be players who embody the ethos of Touch Superleague - striving to deliver to their potential and feeding back into the sport.
Training - Refs & Players
In the build up to the summer leagues Edinburgh Touch will be putting on the following courses:
Level 1 Referee - Tuesday 16th April from 6-9pm at Inverleith Rugby Club. Anyone interested in attending should email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it no later than Monday 15th.Beginner's Touch - Thursday 11th & 18th April from 7pm - 8:30pm @ Holyrood Par, Queens Drive between Holyrood Palace and St. Margaret's Loch. This is FREE. All players welcome, just turn up on the night.
Edinburgers in Aussie
At this year's National Touch League tournament in Coffs Harbour, Australia, Edinburgh were well represented with 7 players involved in the Scotland Mixed Open side touring and also head coach.
This was a great experience for all involved. The NTL is the regional championship for Australia, with the best players comig together to form regional sides. The level of touch at the tournament is incredibly high with all games played at a blistering speed and extreme intensity. The results were ok (Played 9, Won 3, Drew 1, Lost 5) with a few of the those losses being by only 1 or 2 scores. The Scotland team were definitely at the races!
From Left to Right; Iain Gray, Calum Anderson, Ru Clements, Eddie Sanjuan, Mikey Short, Cam Munro, Claire Hole, Robbie McKenzie
Scotland Training Squads 2013 - ANNOUNCED!
Last weekend saw the National Trials for the Scotland Training Squads for the Home Nations tournament in Dublin this June, with the final squads announced at the start of May. Edinburgh Touch would like to offer a huge congratulations to the following people for making squads:
Men’s Open
Sam Harding
Dave Heslop
Robin Johnson
Kyle McPherson
David Stevenson
Women’s Open
Frankie Alcock
Alison Freshwater
Joanna Harden
Emma Jones
Chloe Lane
Anna Matthew
Rhona Swain
Lesley-Anne Thomson
Mixed Open
Calum Anderson
Hannah Chrisp
Ru Clements
Daniel Fitzgerald
Iain Gray
Cameron Munro
Michael Short
