The Medway Touch Association is looking to continue to support local sports development bodies and schools to encourage children and adults from all backgrounds to play sports.

Trevor Jefferies created and ran the Medway Rugby Football Club community coaching programme for 4 years and is looking to continue to provide the support and encouragement to local sporting activities.

If you would like the community coaches to be involved with your school or club please contact us

June 2009

Medway Touch ran it's first community coaching events in June on behalf of Burnt Oak Primary in Gillingham in June/July

July 2009 

St Andrews School & Halling School. Medway touch also showcased touch and ultimate at the Medway Mile afternoon event.

August 2009

Day rugby camp  on behalf of Greenacre Partnership.

Weekly have a go sessions featuring touch and ultimate held at Chatham Grammar School for Boys. All sessions were open to the general public

September 2009

Lordswood Juniors, Parkwood and Kingfisher join the MTA patnership with afterschool clubs being run for terms 1 & 2 (September/December) 

Walderslade Girls are also taking part in a touch development day on 28th September.

Ultimate is also being showcased at Copperfields Park on 26th September.

October 2009

Ongoing coaching sessions with Lordswood, Parkwood and Kingfisher including support at the mini youth games tag rugby event

1st October tag rugby delivery session at Chatham Grammar on behalf of Medway Sports Development

Welcome to St Marys Island School to our community schools partnership. MTA is running weekly sessions each Friday afternoon and supporting the school at the mini youth games

Also a half day touch development day at Chatham South school

November 2009

Weekly indoor touch,ultimate,dodgeball and fitness training every Monday evening in support of Medway Sports Development "Medway gets Active" programme

Delivering ongoing coaching touch afterschool sessions at Kingfisher, Lordswood and Hempstead  for the Greenacre Partnership. Also mentoring St Marys Island as part of Medway Sports Developments teachers cpd programme.

We are delighted to be able to support the MEND programme and deliver an hours free touch coaching to local participants  

December 2009

Continued support for Kingfisher, Lordswood and Hempstead Junior school afterschool touch clubs. St Andrews School also benefitted from a multiskills coaching session.

 2010

January 2010

Fort Pitt Grammer, Walderslade Girls School and Warren Wood afterschool clubs. Every Saturday morning the Touch Academy.

January will see the post christmas blues fitness & fun sessions

Will see a junior schools touch league starting 23rd February and finishing 30th March an the inaugural Medway Touch Schools Cup on 24th April.

We will also be lending our support to the running of a secondary schools league which will culminate in a finals night at Medway Park. Details TBC