Raiders Appoint New Head Coach

'Reading Raiders' new Head Coach, Alex Fox in his Leighton Park attire'

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READING Raiders Rugby League Club have appointed a new Head Coach ahead of the 2017 season.

Acting Head of Rugby and PE Teacher at Leighton Park School in Reading, Alex Fox, has agreed to take charge of the Raiders for the next two years.

The 24-year-old from Staffordshire has extensive experience in rugby having captained Burton RFC at 16, played openside flanker and in the centres for various teams including Reading RFC and gained Level 2 coaching qualifications in the sport.

He played for the Raiders for the first time last year in their defeat against Hemel Stags’ Merit team and showed an interest in taking on the vacant Head Coach role which led to him taking Level 2 rugby league coaching qualifications in the winter with the support of the club.

Fox said: “It’s a relatively new sport to me but I learnt so much during my coaching course and I can’t wait to meet the squad and get us primed and ready for the new season.

“We won our only home game in our first season last year so I’m keen to keep our 100% home record intact and I would love for us to win our first silverware when we contest the Kennet Cup against Swindon.”

Always keen to improve in his profession, Fox recently completed Advanced CPD courses in Planning and Periodisation and Performance Analysis.

Raiders Chairman, Andrew Belt, said: “Chatting on the way back from Hemel, Alex showed great enthusiasm for what we were doing as a club and was keen to get involved.

“I was impressed by his ambition to improve his CV and throw himself into the sport and the Raiders so it made great sense to get him on board and I’m looking forward to seeing him whip the boys into shape ready for matchdays.”

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