Spotlight: Italia Touch
This month, our Marketing Director Jane Gimber caught up with Italia Touch and their President, Stefano Emmi about the progress that his National Touch Association are making. Who? Italia Touch (IT) President: Stefano Emmi Number of clubs: 25 Insight: Since the 2012 European Championship in Treviso, Italia Touch (IT) has [...]
EFT Expansion
Over the past 2 months, the European Federation of Touch has had a major recruitment drive and expanded its volunteer force significantly. The EFT Referee, Women, Youth and Coaching Commissions all have new Commission Chairs at the helm and they are all excited to start in their roles. “It’s great [...]
SHANGHAI CALLING
In October 2017, I had the pleasure of attending the FIT Annual General Meeting to represent the European Federation of Touch. Whilst a quick trip, I was fortunate enough to sit down with FIT, TFA, TNZ and other major NTA’s within Asia and discuss some significant topics within our fast [...]
ONWARDS AND UPWARDS
The EFT is at a very exciting stage in its development. With a leadership team at the helm consisting of both old and new hands, our focus moving forward is really on developing touch across Europe, but also on enhancing the sport for each and every player. Over the last [...]
VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT
Delivering the largest ever European Touch Championships will require a dedicated group of volunteers to work as an efficient team across all aspects of the tournament delivery throughout the event in July 2018. England Touch and Touch Europe will provide support and guidance before and during your appointment and they [...]
THANKS TO DEREK FISHER
The EFT would like to thank Derek Fisher for his dedication and hard work over the last 6 and a half years in taking referee development across Europe to the next level. Thanks to Derek, we now have processes in place for much of the governance surrounding refereeing, coaching and [...]
THANKS TO FEDERICO BLACK
It is with a heavy heart that the EFT say goodbye to our Events Stalwart Federico Black. Last month Fed announced that he would be stepping down from his role as EFT Events Director as he moves on with the next chapter of his very busy life. Fed has been [...]