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Open Trial for Scotland national training squad

The Scottish Touch Association will be holding an Open Trial for players wishing to be considered for the National Training Squad ahead of selection for the 2011 Touch World Cup in Edinburgh.

The trial will be held on Sunday September 26 in Edinburgh, subject to sufficient numbers of players putting themselves forward. Further details will be announced shortly.

Interested players should contact the STA national squad management committee at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with their name, age, place of residence and a short summary of their playing history.

Please note that in order to be selected to the national training squad (and subsequent national teams), a player must satisfy the following criteria:

• They must meet FIT eligibility criteria. This criteria can be downloaded from this FIT website page
• The player must be a financial member of the STA through affiliation with a Scottish regional touch association*
• All players are expected to attend all national training sessions pre- and post-final national team selections
• Players not resident in Scotland are to discuss their attendance at training ahead of time. Please note there will be a strong expectation of attendance, and we will address each player’s case individually
• Players must sign and agree to terms of the 2010/11 national squad player agreement at the first opportunity
• Players need to be at zero financial balance with the NSMC or have previously agreed an arrangement for their outstanding balance.

Scotland's Mens Open team are now the Champions of Europe! After defeating all comers in the pool stages, including England & Wales they beat France 10 - 1 in their semi and Wales 8 - 3 in the final. Well done to all members of the team and in particular the Edinburgh players.

Elsewhere in the squad the Womens Open finished 3rd and the Mixed Open 10th. This tournament provided some fantastic building blocks for next year's World Cup. The Mens team also plan to attend the State Cup this December in Australia in their preparations.

This year's autumn leagues are now accepting applications, get in quick as places for this comp get snapped up quickly!

For details contact: Mark Keeble - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or Peter Faassen - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

 

Edinburgh Touch held its inaugural AGM on Wednesday 23rd June. The Management Committee is now comprised of the following:

President                               Eddie Sanjuan

Secretary                               Ali Freshwater

Treasurer                               Dougie Mclaren

Ref Co-ordinator                      Ian Hewitt

Coaching Co-ordinator              Not yet filled

Development Co-ordinator        John Beaton

Team Manager                        Michael Short

Ordinary committee members    Iain Gray & Jane Wilson

 

Edinburgh Touch will holding its first AGM on 23rd June 2010 @ 9:15pm. This will take place at Broughton RFC clubhouse, the current location of the Brewin Dolphin Touch League and Edinburgh Touch Superleague.

Edinburgh Touch is once again launching a campaign of free coaching for all teams taking part in affiliated leagues, currently the Edinburgh Touch Superleague and Brewin Dolphin Touch League. If you are interested contact Eddie - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Whether you are one of the number of teams playing in Edinburgh who have bags of talent but still can't quite string together the passes and plays to put the opposition away or a team of total beginners we are happy to help. We will show you everything you need to know from the basic roll ball and the rules of the game to more advanced plays used by international sides. All our coaches are current or former international with a wealth of experience and knowledge that they are keen to share.

Make the most of this opportunity and contact Eddie - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  - for details.

Scottish invitational side the Bareback Riders competed in the 2 annual Valencia touch tournament this weekend. There were 16 teams involved and after finishing 3^rd last year the Bareback Riders were gunning for the top spot. The team started in 2003 and have adopted a Barbarians style ethos and although Edinburgh based they regularly invite players from other European nations, on this occasion the side comprised of 4 Scottish players (Eddie Sanjuan, Robbie McKenzie, Gary Reynolds (all Edinburgh)& Larry Irwin (Stirling)), 3 English and 2 Welsh. They are the only European club to have this selection process and although they cannot train together they have consistently delivered results, last year finishing amongst the top 8 European clubs.

Feb 20th saw the first one day tournament of the Scottish touch season held in the new Aberdeen Sports Village; a new multi purpose sports venue. 8 teams competed in the event, five local clubs and three travelling teams; Glasgow Lions, Wallace Monumentals (from Stirling) and Galaxy Scotland (from Edinburgh). The eventual winners were Galaxy Scotland, captained by Eddie Sanjuan. Galaxy had a strong line up boasting a number of current Scotland representative players, including Gary Reynolds & Robbie McKenzie, the Scotland Men’s and Women’s coaches respectively.