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The England Touch Association (ETA) is the national governing body for touch football within England. It was granted membership to the Federation of International Touch (FIT) on 18 March 1995.[https://www.sportindustry.biz/news/rfu-expands-o2-touch-initiative RFU Expands O2 Touch Initiative]. The current Chief Operating Officer is Gregg Cropper. [https://www.internationaltouch.org/news/2018/jul/13/reflections-from-the-top/ FIT 2018 Article on ETA].
History
In 2013 the ETA formed a strategic partnership with the RFU's O2 Touch Rugby initiative to develop the sport of Touch Rugby within the UK in the build up to the 2015 Rugby World Cup. The England Touch Association submitted a Sport England pre-application document as of June 2018.
European Championships
The England Touch Association hosted the 2018 European Touch Championships in Nottingham, England. [http://www.toucheurope.org/etc/ European Touch Championships 2018]. The tournament was covered by the BBC, [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/44831932 BBC Euro Coverage 2018]. [https://twitter.com/bbcsport/status/1019507632422506496 BBC Euro Coverage Twitter 2018]. a milestone for the sport, with England crowned as overall champions. The ETA open mens and womens teams defeated Wales to be crowned champions in their respective divisions, whilst the ETA mixed open team narrowly lost their semifinal to Scotland, but defeated France in the playoff to achieve a bronze medal. [https://www.internationaltouch.org/events/euros/2018/ Euros Results 2018]. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/45288590 BBC Interview Osborne].
Touch Football World Cup
The England Touch Association submitted multiple teams to the 2015 Touch Football World Cup, where they placed fourth in the Mixed Open final. [http://websites.sportstg.com/comp_info.cgi?a=ROUND&compID=360315&c=1-9035-0-360318-0 World Cup results 2015].
Nationals
The final major, opens tournament for the 2018 season, the ETA Nationals, was held at St Ives, Cambridgeshire, in August, with the South East Taipans winning the mens and womens finals respectively.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/45176644/ BBC Nationals Coverage 2018].
Current
At the close of the 2017 season October rankings, and according to FITs ranking policy, [https://docs.internationaltouch.org/policy/world-ranking FIT Ranking Policy]. the ETA open mens team ranked fifth in the world, with the womens open team placing fourth. As of the close of the 2018 season, and the September rankings, the ETA open mens team have climbed to second on the world rankings, ahead of New Zeland and South Africa, with the womens open team placing third, ahead of Wales.