Saturday 20th oct 2007

London 3NE
Ipswich 10pts vs Romford & GP 22pts

BL Division One
Rochford II 7pts vs Romford &GP II 29pts

BL Division Three
Bancroft II vs Romford & GP III / Bancroft win/ walkover

BL Division Seven
Romford & GP IV 17pts vs Westcliff IV 17pts

Senior Fixtures for Saturday 27th October 2007

London 3NE
Romford & GP vs Rochford Romford & GP Rams - tba

BL Division Three
Romford & GP III vs Ilford Wanderers II

BL Division Seven
South Woodham Ferrers III vs Romford & GP IV

Romford & Gidea Park Rugby Club has announced the appointment of a new Head Coach for the coming season. The club, which narrowly missed out on promotion to London Division 2 last season have engaged Dave Paton (ex Dundee HSFP RFC and Hayward heath Forward ) as Head Coach for the senior squad for the 2007/2008 campaign.

Dave is a level 3 coach. Dave is one of the up and coming young coaches in Essex and is part of the talented Essex RFU set up where he was lead coach of a successful season with the U15s.this season he will be coaching the U15s and U17s.

Dave also comes to the club with a wealth of experience having played national rugby in both Scotland and England,and has been involved in club coaching on both sides of the border for the past six years. Most recently, last season with Millwall RFC he led them to champions of Essex 2 and the President shield victory.

Commenting on his appointment Dave said ' I'm delighted to have been asked to join the club as Head Coach. The club has big plans off the pitch and hopefully I can help in matching those ambitions on the park.' When asked his view on the new season and to outline his thoughts Dave commented ' Pre - season is going to be critical in preparing all the senior teams for their respective league campaigns and I'm looking forward to meeting the players from all the sides, including the Minis, Youth and ladies.

Winning leagues requires strong squads and will not be achieved with 20 players. Therefore it is vital that the 2nd and 3rd teams feel part of everything that is happening and I hope to see large numbers at the training sessions starting in July.

' Glyn Johns, Playing Committee chairman expressed his delight at the new appointment.' This is going to be a very exciting season Dave Paton is an incredibly talented young coach who will bring enthusiasm and new ideas to the squad. During our discussions it was clear that Dave had the ambition to match that of the club.'

With pre season starting July 3rd all existing Club members and any newcomers with ambition are invited to come down and be part of an exciting new season at Crow Lane All Club members express gratitude to the senior coaches of the last two seasons, Gary Powell, Andy Mason and Tony Richards whose commitment and enthusiasm was greatly appreciated.

Senior Pre-season training has started every Tuesday and Thursday 7.30pm start.