| Touch started in Australia as a social 'park game', specifically to enable female participation and as a training technique for rugby league teams during the 1950s and 60s. There are currently over 270,000 registered touch players in Australia with approximately 500,000 schoolchildren also playing the sport. Touch is also very popular in New Zealand, and these two countries dominate international competition. The game has expanded rapidly in recent years, especially in the South Pacific and United Kingdom. The 1999 World Cup in Sydney attracted teams from over 20 nations including South Africa, Japan, USA, England, Scotland and Wales. The game has increasing appeal within the UK. There are 12,000 people playing touch in organised leagues around the UK with Bristol hosting the European Championships in 2010 and Edinburgh hosting the 2011 Touch World Cup. Perfect Motion's Chris Simon represented England in the Over 35's category at the World Cup where he was joined by Toby Reid, who plays in the Nottingham league. But it doesn't stop there! Another Perfect Motion Touch player, Rohan Lee, represented England in the Men's Open category while Nick and Alex Carroll played for Wales in the Over 35's. One of the best aspects of the sport of touch is its broad appeal. It is played by both gender and in age divisions from primary school children, to age 50+ masters. The mixed version of the game (where both male and female players are on the field at the same time) is particularly popular. History of Perfect Motion Touch Perfect Motion launched touch in Nottingham, in the summer of 2003 following England's historic victory in the Rugby World Cup. Structured leagues started in 2004 and participating team numbers have reached as high as 50 in recent seasons. Touch leagues were also launched in Derby and Luton in 2006, Leicester in 2007 and Doncaster in 2009 by Perfect Motion, while January 2007 saw the launch of the of the first winter touch league in Nottingham, which attracted eight teams for a six-week league and has continued to develop each year since. In 2008 the England Touch Association launched the National Touch Series as a way for the best teams int he country to compete with each other. The competition comprises of a league format with competitions hosted in six locations around the UK. The team with the most points at the end of this is crowned champion. Perfect Motion have hosted a leg in all four years since the inception of the competition. Perfect Motion also organise a variety of bespoke social festivals for clubs and corporate clients, the most recent of which was for the Testimonial of Nottingham Rugby Club's Neil Fowkes and David Jackson. All the proceeds went to the charity Balls to Poverty. Perfect Motion have recently introduced Beach Touch to Nottingham's Riviera giving people the chance to get a taste of Bondi Beach in the middle of Nottingham. | 