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WELCOME TO<br />
THE ALL GOLD<br />
WRITTEN BY CHRIS WILSON<br />
4<br />
Welcome to this issue of<br />
the <strong>All</strong> Gold. It has certainly<br />
been a busy week since we<br />
played so well against the<br />
Crusaders.<br />
Just prior to the Crusaders<br />
match, the news broke<br />
that our Head coach Lee<br />
Greenwood would be<br />
leaving at the end of the<br />
season. Lee has been with<br />
us since 2015 and he has<br />
put his mark on the club<br />
as it makes its way in the<br />
professional game.<br />
He can certainly look back<br />
with pride at the work<br />
he has done in instilling<br />
values throughout the<br />
organisation and his<br />
services will no doubt be in<br />
demand in the future.<br />
Former Parramatta and<br />
Wigan coach John Monie<br />
always used to say that a<br />
coach’s life at a club was<br />
three years and while there<br />
are obvious exceptions<br />
(Arsene Wenger and Sir<br />
Alex Ferguson to name<br />
but two) Lee has clearly<br />
felt that he has given all he<br />
could to set the club in the<br />
right direction in his three<br />
years at the helm.<br />
Lee has put in the mileage<br />
(literally) travelling the<br />
motorway to and from<br />
Yorkshire and with a young<br />
family to consider, he felt<br />
the time is right to seek<br />
opportunities closer to<br />
home.<br />
The <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> have much to<br />
thank Lee for and we wish<br />
him every success in the<br />
future<br />
The players rewarded him<br />
with a performance against<br />
the Crusaders but these<br />
have been all too rare. The<br />
demolition of Keighley at<br />
the start of the season<br />
seemed to be the herald of<br />
a brighter <strong>2017</strong> but there<br />
have been too few repeats<br />
of that performance. The<br />
club has, though achieved<br />
a record 10 wins during<br />
the season and, with five<br />
games still to play, ought<br />
to increase that tally before<br />
season’s end.<br />
Lee has been a positive<br />
advocate for links with<br />
the community game and<br />
though it is not as strong or<br />
robust as that in the north<br />
it is an important element<br />
in the growth of the <strong>All</strong><br />
<strong>Golds</strong> as a professional<br />
club.<br />
In this issue of the<br />
<strong>All</strong> Gold, we have an<br />
interesting reflection from<br />
George Cowburn on the<br />
geographic spread of the<br />
game over its 122 years and<br />
a preview of the West of<br />
England Finals which take<br />
place this Saturday.<br />
The Gloucestershire<br />
Warriors take on Swindon<br />
St George’s reserve side<br />
in the Plate Final while<br />
Oxford Cavaliers (who<br />
beat Cheltenham Phoenix<br />
in their semi final) take on<br />
Swindon’s first team. Good<br />
luck to all involved.<br />
As usual it is thanks to all<br />
our contributors and to<br />
Craig at Craig Paul Design<br />
for crafting the disparate<br />
parts into a coherent<br />
whole.<br />
I hope you enjoy our<br />
offering and here’s hoping<br />
that the boys can carry<br />
last week’s form into this<br />
weekend’s game.<br />
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