N e w s l e t t e R - Radley College
N e w s l e t t e R - Radley College
N e w s l e t t e R - Radley College
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Michael Sidders dribbles past two Abingdon players<br />
Hockey 2007 -<br />
Rod journeaux left Hockey at<br />
<strong>Radley</strong> very competitive and it<br />
was important to find the best<br />
replacement possible. We were very<br />
fortunate to find a coach with a formidable<br />
reputation, Graham King. He had been<br />
a top class player in South Africa before<br />
turning to coaching; he then coached<br />
a succession of western Province U18<br />
champion teams, a considerable number of<br />
whose players (8 in 2002 alone) went on to<br />
play for the South African U18 team. Four<br />
of that cohort became full internationals.<br />
Graham came to the UK in 2003<br />
to run the hockey at Bedford School,<br />
and there too had considerable success<br />
with the 1st XI. He started at <strong>Radley</strong> in<br />
September 2006 and describes his first 1st<br />
XI season here as follows:<br />
‘The 2007 season, which began<br />
with the customary pre season tour in<br />
Barcelona, will be remembered by many<br />
for the fact that the <strong>Radley</strong> <strong>College</strong> 1st<br />
XI was unbeaten on what has proved<br />
to be an extremely competitive circuit.<br />
Whilst this is a commendable feat, I prefer<br />
to concentrate on the attributes of the<br />
individuals and the team that resulted in a<br />
record of played 11, won 9 and drew 2.<br />
Every successful team relies on a<br />
combination of talent, attitude, team<br />
spirit and leadership and this one was no<br />
exception.<br />
Not only did we have in the squad<br />
highly skilled players – Charlie Davies,<br />
Jamie Stallibrass and Charles Wood were all<br />
2 THE RADLEIAN NEWSLETTER
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