Press Release

6th May 2008

After a long association with Southend Rugby Football Club Kevin Harman, their Director of Rugby, is moving on to pastures new.

He has been appointed 1^st team manager of London Wasps; one of Europe’s leading clubs and the current European Champion’s.

Kevin has been at Southend for many years, both as a player and coach. He has taken the club from London 3 north east league to a successful year in the National 2 where we finished in mid-table. This has been achieved in 7 years, an unprecedented rise up the rugby leagues.

His hard work and support for the club will be remembered for many years and the club wishes him well in his new job. He will remain involved with the club in a Player Development Role and through his two sons who play in the Southend Mini Section.

We are pleased to announce that BEN GREEN has been appointed Director of Rugby with immediate effect. The 31 year old Yorkshireman has been a 1^st XV player and Club Captain before retiring from playing last season.

His former clubs include Moortown (Leeds), Leicester Tigers, Rochford Hundred and seven seasons at Southend.

“I am extremely pleased that Ben accepted our offer to become Director of Rugby, he is extremely capable and we expect a smooth transition from Kevin’s departure to the beginning of our training programmes that start from June 1^st”.

The club will be looking for a Senior Coach to take charge of the backs division, working with KEVIN SCULLY, Manager, GARY COOKE Forwards Coach and KRIS CHESNEY (Saracens) Forwards Coaching Advisor.

Neil Harding

Chairman

Charity Sevens

Friday 20th June 2008

Southend will be holding this event and have invited teams from around the region playing in aid of local charities. Kick off will be at 7pm. Come along and support a good fun evening of fun and mid summer madness.

Everything Rugby

Together with hundreds of other clubs around the country we now have a website published on this new web based rugby site.

As well as the website I am now able to post news about the club on their site. I have been doing this during the development stages. It si now up and running, follow the link to keep abreast of rugby news.

Southend Radio

The club has come to an arrangement with the new Southend Radio, based at Adventure Island.

They have agreed to cover our games for the rest of the season and the next and to broadcast a regular weekly round up of the previous and following fixture.

Club officials and players will represent the club in these activities.

Broadcasting on 105.1 FM the station reaches from Colchester to Barking and Kent to Hertfordshire, giving the club a wide range of listeners, and hopefully a bigger supporter base.

Good news for all sponsors, supporters and players.  

Club Shop

Is now stocking replica 1st. team shirts.

Open Sat & Sun 1pm - 4pm

Henry Paul with the under 9's

See Photo Gallery

Southend Carnival

The Club was represented at this years Carnival by the Mini's and Youth sections where they did very well. See the Youth website for details.

New Players

New Systems

Welcome to the new season that sees Southend playing in National Division 2 for the first time in their history. Along with the glory comes the responsabilty and cost. With this in mind the management committee have put in place a new computerised, epos based, till system together with reporting software to maximise revenues generated from all the clubs activities.

In addition subscription and entrance fees have been raised for the first time in three years. These fairly reflect value and are still below most of the other clubs competing in the National Divisions.

In order to help the club achieve it's goals, members, guests and spectators  are asked to pay the relevent gate fees for 1st team games at the club entrance using the new ticketing system.

PLAYERS SPONSORSHIP

Please let me know if you wish to sponsor a 1st team player this season.

It costs £100 and you get your name next to the players name in the programme all season.

Please contact Nathan Strange - 07908222005   marketing@southendrugby.com

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New quality players Wanted for season 07-08.

If you are a player of National league standard with a good team ethos, then please get in touch with our Director of Rugby, Kevin Harman at

Southend appoint first ever full-time Head of Marketing

We are extremely pleased to announce that Nathan Strange, has been appointedhead of marketing from 1st April 2007. Nathan has a fantastic knowledge ofthe club and has been at the heart of it since its revival up the leaguesfrom the season of 2000/01. Nathan has previously worked on a part timebasis for the club, where he was very successful. The club believe that thisappointment will help it meet the challenges of the future, so we candevelop both in the senior and the Junior sections of the club.

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