Medway Dragons Rugby League Football Club
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Reece Price Club Captain
Following his outstanding performances on the field and his contagious personality off the field, Reece Price from Rochester (and a pupil at the Math School) has been nominated as the Dragons Club Captain and is looking like a promising future Rugby League star
Midweek Practice
Medway Dragons RLFC Midweek Practice will start on Thu 10 Apr 08 at The Garrison Stadium. This is a critical stage of the development plan and will enable all the teams to build upon the impressive start.
The aim of the sessions are to prepare the teams for the upcoming weekend fixtures, introduce improvements from the previous game, continue the Rugby League skills development and introduce a conditioning programme.
Dragons & Soldiers
The British Army Rugby League Team have made it to the third round of the oldest rugby competition in the world, The Carnegie Rugby League Challenge Cup. At this stage the professional teams enter and The Army have been drawn against Oldham. The match will be played at The Army Rugby Stadium in Aldershot on Sunday 09 March 2007, kick off at 1330 hrs.
The third round sees the entry of the professional clubs. Oldham are the leading club outside of the Super League at present.
Captain Richard Naivalurua REME, has invited Medway Dragons RLFC to the game and for our players to act as ball boys. This will hopefully be the first step towards a partnership between Army RL and Medway Dragons RLFC. Our lads will work the touchlines in (newly delivered) Dragons shirts and be a big part of the event.
I plan to leave the Medway area at around 1100 hrs on Sunday with a car full of players.
If anyone would like to join a convoy (travel time 1 hour & 15 mins), please get in touch – 07766 441974 – or see me on Saturday at the Garrison Stadium.
British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) hope to broadcast the full match live to all the Army bases throughout the world, including Afghanistan, Basra etc. BFBS will definitely do something on the game, but they are hopeful of getting the funding and the approval to go live full match to troops everywhere.
Representative Players
I am delighted to inform you of some great achievements by Dragons players at Rep level. Quins RL held the second part of the stage 1 U16 selection process today. Another tough session at Quins RL Training HQ at Roehampton has resulted in a decision to cut some of the players aiming for selection. Our three players have made it through to the next round and will be required to attend sessions at Feltham Community College, Roehampton and a final trial at Staines RUFC over the next two weeks. Our three reps are:
Simon Brooks
Ryan Ellis
Gavin Hyder
Also today, a member of our U13 squad, Tom Coyd, has been called up to the Quins RL U13 Scholarship. Tom participated in the London RL Elite Player Develop Camp last August and will be required to attend weekly sessions at Feltham Community College. Tom joins our existing Rep Players Lawrence Chittil and Luke Edwards as three of twelve on the Scholarship.
It is a great honour for our (very) new club to have recognition at such levels and a reflection of our potential. I am sure you will join me in congratulating and supporting the lads as they cut a trail into a very exciting and professional new world.
There is much we can achieve together.
