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INSIDE THIS ISSUE >>COURTNEY DAVIES >> TODAY’S OPPOSITION >> JUNIOR GOLDIES ALL GOLDS Vs. SOUTH WALES SCORPIONS PRINCE OF WALES STADIUM KICK OFF - 3PM | 03/04/2015 OFFICIAL MATCHDAY PROGRAMME UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE ALL GOLDS SEASON 2015 PRICE £2.50 ALL GOLD CONTENTS AND INFO 04 WELCOME 05 GAFFER’S NOTES 06 CLUB DIRECTORY 07 COURTNEY DAVIES DREAM XIII 08 SOUTH WALES SCORPIONS 12 HUNSLET HAWKS REPORT 14 2015 FIXTURES CUT OUT 15 JUNIOR GOLDIES 16 BEV JAMES ARTICLE 18 COURTNEY DAVIES 20 CAPTAIN’S LOG 22 GLOUCESTERSHIRE WARRIORS 25 JUNIOR GOLDIES 26 UOG BUCS CHAMPIONS 08 28 PLAYER SPONSORSHIP 2015 SOUTH WALES 30 FIXTURES & RESULTS SCORPIONS CLUB INFORMATION UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE ALL GOLDS Oxstalls Campus, Gloucester, GL2 9HW CLUB CONTACT MEDIA DEPARTMENT PHOTOGRAPHY Tel: 01242 715332 Adam Blackmore, Patrick Lewis Mitchell Official Website: Baines, Ollie Williams, Hallam & Heather Stanley Bickell & Elliot Owens www.allgoldsrugby.com ALL GOLDS TV CREW HEAD OF COMMUNITY Jeremy Power, Tim PRESIDENT Sanderson, Dan Smith, Lionel Hurst LL.B DEVELOPMENT Daniel Garbutt Richard Walker, Tom Coker- Jones, Liam Taylor, Jess DIRECTOR OF SPORT Taylor, Billy Hendle, Billy Dr Andrew Pitchford MATCH DAY MANAGER 12 Chris Chatten Kendall & Jack Suttie ALL GOLDS OFFICER VIP LIAISON Robert Webber STADIUM MANAGER HUNSLET Matthew Clapham Nicola Stewart, Sarah Grocott & Kelly Conibere COACH REPORT Lee Greenwood GROUND SAFETY OFFICER PROGRAMME DESIGNER Craig Paul Design Ltd ASSISTANT COACH Peter House Dan Garbutt DISABLED MATCH DAY CATERING Lisa’s Kitchen S&C COACH SUPPORTERS LIAISON Patrick Evans Robert Webber MEDICAL COORDINATOR CLUB WELFARE OFFICER Chris Blake David Friend DOCTOR TEAM MANAGER Dr Richard Gale Joe Gill PHYSIOTHERAPIST MATCH DAY OPERATIONS Angela Sells Martin Lovegrove 18 COURTNEY DAVIES The views expressed in this programme are not necessarily those of the University of Gloucestershire All Golds, the Editor, or Craig Paul Design Ltd. twitter: @AllGolds | facebook.com/AllGoldsRugby P3 WELCOME FROM THE DIRECTOR OF SPORT Our visitors today hail model of ownership, and Welcome to from the home of the are only just beginning to co-operative movement, grow our fan base. It will be our 2nd home and it is interesting to note interesting to compare the league game that Hornets are actually two models as time goes run as an Industrial and by. Personally I feel that of the season. Provident Society - as a fan both will have a great deal based club operating as to offer professional rugby Good Friday gave us a co-operative. Although league in the C21st. a fantastic local derby this model is common in against South Wales Special thanks this week to Scopions, and now we a new face at the Prince of are delighted to welcome “LEE IS AN Wales, Ollie Williams, who one of the most famous AMBITOUS is fronting our All Golds and historic names in TV coverage and acting professional rugby league, COACH as matchday announcer. Rochdale Hornets. We hope WITH HIGH Ollie is a student on that their players, staff, STANDARDS the University’s Sports directors and supporters Journalism course and enjoy their first trip to the AND WE CAN has made an excellent Cotswolds and see some ALREADY SEE impression at the All Golds. exciting and entertaining Keep up the good work EVIDENCE OF Ollie! rugby. HIS IMPACT” There were some mixed Get behind Lee and the views about our victory boys and I’m sure they last week. It was obviously professional football, with will deliver an excellent a long Good Friday for the most famous examples performance. Scorpions but despite the including Portsmouth, AFC margin of victory, Head Wimbledon and FC Utd of #COYAG Coach Lee Greenwood was Manchester, Hornets are not entirely happy with one of the few clubs in Andy Pitchford our performance. Lee is rugby to have taken this Director of Sport an ambitious coach with bold step. As a long term at the University of high standards and we can admirer of the work of Gloucestershire already see evidence of his Supporters Direct, I wish impact. I’m sure the players Hornets the very best of will have listened to his luck with their venture, assessments this week and and hope that it secures a will be looking to improve successful future for their #COYAG on their first performance club. Here at the All Golds, of the season. we have a very different @AllGolds P4 THE UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE ALL GOLDS WELCOME FROM LEE GREENWOOD HEAD COACH they play. They have some break so hopefully Mark Good big units in the middle of won’t be out for long. Our the pitch that we will need squad is starting to get afternoon to contain coupled with some depth about it now everyone. though. If you look at some of the players that missed Today sees us “TOBY TOPHAM out against South Wales then we are not short of at home again HAD HIS BEST options. Toby Topham had GAME FOR his best game for the club for the second THE CLUB SO so far at loose forward, while Jamie Murphy, week running FAR AT LOOSE Casey Canterbury, Jamie FORWARD” Crowther and Nathan at the start of Rainer weren’t involved at all. Brett Scriven and Brad our League some talented halves and Mais are getting closer to outside backs. selection by the week too. season. One player missing for us is #COYAG Going forward we want to Mark Bowen. He only lasted make the Prince of Wales 20 minutes of his debut last Lee Greenwood stadium a difficult place for week before he sustained Coach University of opposing teams to come a collar bone injury. X-Rays Gloucestershire All Golds and play. We got off to a have shown there is no winning start last week against South Wales but the performance wasn’t great. We know we must improve today if we want to give Rochdale a game. Rochdale will be under a bit of pressure to get the win today. They lost in their derby last week versus Oldham and every coach wants to get those first league points on the board as quickly as possible. There is a big St Helens influence at Rochdale and you can see that in the way twitter: @AllGolds | facebook.com/AllGoldsRugby P5 UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE ALL GOLDS CLUB DIRECTORY HERE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE ALL GOLDS WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OFFICIAL PARTNERS AND SPONSORS THAT HEAVILY SUPPORT THE CLUB AND, AS AN ALL GOLDS FAN, WE ARE SURE YOU WILL FIND THIS CLUB DIRECTORY VERY USEFUL. If you are interested in contacting any of our partners or sponsors but you feel that you need more information then please don’t hesitate to contact our Commercial Department on (01242 715 332 or [email protected]). P6 THE UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE ALL GOLDS MY DREAM XIII COURTNEY DAVIES reveals his dream xiii. shaun wane HEAD COACH Jamie Peacock Paul Gallen PROP PROP Jarryd Hayne FULL BACK Eliott Whitehead Sonny bill williams 2ND ROW 2ND ROW Jonathan Thurston Shaun Johnson HALF BACK 5/8 Greg Inglis Justin Hodges CENTRE CENTRE Issac Luke Sam Burgess HOOKER LOCK Roger Tuivasa- Sheck Manu Vatuvei WING WING THE OPPOSITION SOUTH WALES SCORPIONS the original idea was for this THE IDEA OF to be from one of the exisiting A SECOND Welsh Conference Premier clubs. PROFESSIONAL The idea was also talked about SIDE IN WALES in mid-2009 when the Crusaders were told be the RFL that WAS MOOTED Super League Reserves would be turned into an under 20 SCORPIONS BEFORE CELTIC competition, a move that could CRUSADERS have halted the development CLUB INFO of rugby league players in the FOUNDED: 1995 HAD EVEN area after they turned 21 years old and according to the RFL’s NICKNAME: Scorpions KICKED A BALL. chief executive, Nigel Woods, GROUND: Mountain Ash RFC the formation of Celtic Crusaders It was always the Crusaders’ plan in Bridgend led to an increased ON TWITTER to help to form a new club in the participation in Welsh rugby @ScorpionsRugbyL National Leagues should they league of 300% during their first reach Super League. Although four years as a club. P8 THE UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE ALL GOLDS HEAD COACH MIKE GRADY Mike joined the Scorpions at the start of the 2014 season. Mike started his The formation of the Scorpions consisted of Welsh-qualified was accelerated after the players with 24 of them being coaching career, after a Crusaders moved north to Welsh-born. successful playing career, Wrexham. Some players will at Warrington Wizards in be dual-registered with the Before a ball was kicked, 2010. He coached them to a Crusaders but the Scorpions the club celebrated its first league title in 2011 bringing are a seperate entity in their international players, Loren through players like current own right and are owned by a Quick and Lewis Reece (now of North Wales Crusaders star consortium of businessmen led the All Golds), who played for Jono Smith. In 2013 he was by businessman Phil Davies. Wales and Great Britain at under 18 level. appointed head coach of On 22 December 2009 the The Scorpions finished their the Wales Dragonhearts, club adopted the name South inaugural league season winning the representative side for Wales Scorpions RLFC folowing nine of their 20 games and the Welsh Conference, in a competition to name the team qualifying for the play-offs. addition to a Wales Select won by James Bowes. XIII who took on the full In the second season, the Wales side in a World Cup The initial batch of players were Scorpions failed to qualify for selected from an open trial plus the play-offs but achieved a warm-up game.