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OFFICIAL EALING TRAILFINDERS MAGAZINE | AUTUMN ISSUE CONTENTS 5 8 12 BARTERCARD THE BIG INTERVIEW NEW SIGNINGS Find out all you need to know Lewis Thiede opens up about his Become familiar with some of our about our partners. move from Bristol Bears back to latest recruits. Ealing Trailfinders. 16 18 20 150TH ANNIVERSARY BACK AT IT TRAILFINDERS RUGBY ACADEMY Learn about how we’ll be Take a peek at how the players Get up to date with everything celebrating our big year! have been getting on in training. happening as we bring through the next generation of talent. 24 32 34 2 MAX BODILLY GUY THOMPSON CAREER IN PICTURES The former Exeter Chiefs star gives Another new arrival answers Quick Steven Shingler talks through his you an insight in to his life away Fire Questions! illustrious career. from the pitch. WWW.EALINGTRAILFINDERS.COM OFFICIAL EALING TRAILFINDERS MAGAZINE | AUTUMN ISSUE 3 EDITOR’S WELCOME Oli Shapley Well that wasn’t how we expected the of the squad entertained themselves during season to finish! lockdown and how we are building for the new season. There is a discount voucher for It’s been a pretty crazy few months to say the you to gain entry to one of our home matches least. When we flew to Jersey back in February and plenty of other content to increase the for a match and there were a handful of excitement for 2020/21. people starting to wear masks around the terminal it was scarcely believable what an The upcoming campaign is a very significant impact this would have on our lives. one for the club as it is our 150th anniversary. This means that throughout the year there will be In a rugby sense, of course it meant a a number of events put on to help celebrate, premature end to the 2019/20 campaign and so once we are made aware of the season we finished second in the Championship after it structure we will inform everyone of the plans. was calculated on a points per game basis. We were also well placed in the Cup with a home Our Community Team have been working semi final on the agenda, so all in all it will have tirelessly throughout the pandemic and have to be seen as a season of more progression. achieved some astonishing success during their “IT GOES WITHOUT Food Bank collections. There are four pages SAYING THAT WE The lockdown of course meant that we all inside which will hopefully fill you with immense CAN’T WAIT TO GET remained away from the club, but we are pride at how much the club has contributed to now back in full training and preparation is well the local area. BACK PLAYING underway for 2020/21. A normal weekly routine AGAIN, AND IN sees all players and staff tested on a Monday The Trailfinders Rugby Academy have also PARTICULAR morning, and then when the results come back been busy with a large amount of new arrivals HAVING OUR on Tuesday morning that means we can train to the programme with Brunel University SUPPORTERS BACK with contact and allows us to make significant London. As well as that our partnership with progress. Henley College has taken off, so you can find IN THE STADIUM out all of the Academy news in this magazine. There is still a daily COVID protocol which WATCHING.” The masks in the online store have been includes a temperate and symptom check incredibly popular so if you’re in need of some every morning, so there is no stone left unturned before heading in to shops then head to our as we build towards the new season. website, where you’ll also find the limited The question on everyone’s lips is a simple one, edition 150th Anniversary shirts to kit yourself out when is the season going to start? The answer ahead of the big resumption. at the moment is that we simply don’t know. It goes without saying that we can’t wait to get With the Premiership ending in mid October we back playing again, and in particular having hope that opens a door for an early November our supporters back in the stadium watching. start, but of course as soon as we are made Until then, stay safe and hopefully our next aware we will publish across our channels. mission towards the Premiership gets underway With all of the new signings in, the squad is as soon as possible! looking incredibly strong all will make for two I hope you enjoy this magazine! mouth-watering fixtures against Saracens. They have set the benchmark across European rugby in recent years, so it will be a memorable occasion when we host them here in front of a bumper crowd. In this magazine you can find out how some [email protected] WWW.EALINGTRAILFINDERS.COM OFFICIALOFFICIAL EALING EALING TRAILFINDERS TRAILFINDERS MAGAZINE MAGAZINE | |AUTUMN AUTUMN ISSUE ISSUE DIRECTOR OF RUGBY Ben Ward It seems like a very long time since our challenge. game against Yorkshire Carnegie in mid We believe in combining rugby and education, March was called off. At that stage no-one and our link with Brunel University London for our “WE ARE would have predicted the country going Senior Academy continues to grow. They are in to lockdown and furlough becoming the NOW BACK IN also back in training, and I have a broad smile most commonly used word in the English TRAINING AND on my face whilst I watch them as I know these language. ARE ALL WORKING players will be pulling on the first team jersey in TOWARDS THE Out of the negatives you must take the the coming years. RESUMPTION OF positives, and the lockdown has given me time to look in to all areas of the club and see how Our Community Team have been busy during FIXTURES WHICH we can continue to move forward. It is hard to this time, from food banks to sports camps IS MOST LIKELY TO imagine that just six years ago we were still part they have done brilliant work in the local area BE IN NOVEMBER time, but it just demonstrates how far we have keeping people active. Sport plays a crucial come in such a short period. role in the development of mental health OR DECEMBER.” and physical fitness, and participation helps Lockdown has been mentally tough for to develop their skills and confidence. We will everyone and in particular those living on their continue to get people active and encourage own. Athletes are used to having a weekly them to play all sports. schedule mapped out for them which includes what to wear, meal times and training sessions Throughout this period Mike and Fiona Gooley so it has been challenging with a lack of have been fantastic in continuing their routine. unwavering support. Trailfinders, like all travel businesses have been hit very hard and we We are now back in training and are all working should never take for granted how lucky we towards the resumption of fixtures which is are to have their support as well as what they most likely to be in November or December. provide for so many in the local community. The new signings have all settled in very well Trailfinders Sports Club is now central to the area and are learning our systems, it is great to have and their management team offer a fantastic proper team meetings rather than on Zoom facility for so many people to participate in which although a novelty at first, lacks the sport. camaraderie that builds team spirit. We have a vision of where we want our first The Trailfinders Rugby Academy is continuing team and academy to be in the future, and to go from strength to strength, our link with we continue to work tirelessly towards that. 4 Henley College has become the latest addition to our Under 18 programme. They will compete Ben Ward against Premiership Colleges in the RFU ACE Director of Rugby League, and we will be the only club outside of the top tier to be involved which will be a great Ealing Trailfinders WWW.EALINGTRAILFINDERS.COM OFFICIAL EALING TRAILFINDERS MAGAZINE | AUTUMN ISSUE 5 BARTERCARD IS A B2B TRADE EXCHANGE, WHO HAVE 55,000 MEMBERS GLOBALLY AND OPERATE IN 9 COUNTRIES! Members of their network pay for products account (similar to a bank account). You then and services… with their own products/ spend your credit balance (or draw on your services, this saves them cash, helps move interest- free line of credit) on goods or services excess stock or idle inventory and fills up from any other Bartercard member. 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