News - Asia

The 2013 Asian Club Championships & International Club Challenge is a regional tournament that has been staged annually since 2002. The event has been held in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok over past years; with this year's tournament being staged in Malaysia over the period 7-9th June.

The Hong Kong Touch Association is proud to host the 2013 Hong Kong International Touch Championships on Saturday 4th May at King's Park Sports Ground, immediately followed by an after-match party at Lan Kwai Fong/Wan Chai.

Touch in China took a huge leap forward recently, when 40 x physical education (PE) teachers from Shanghai Public Schools attended a series of coaching sessions, driven by Laurent Villemeur (Shanghai Touch) Cao Ziying (Nanjing), & Xu Bo (Shanghai Touch). Supported by the local government's sport bureau, these sessions were set up to allow PE teachers a better understanding of the game of Touch.

The fastest growing sport in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Touch, made its debut on the Abu Dhabi Schools fixture recently with the commencement of the Abu Dhabi Schools Touch Super Series. This competition will run for 10-weeks every Monday afternoon from 21st January.

Touch Football Malaysia is pleased to announce the appointment of Brendon Lester to the position of General Manager / Technical Manager.