We are excited to announce the appointment of Mr Steve Faulkner as the Seniors Head Coach. Steve will work closely with Steve Forsyth, who has taken on the role of Seniors Manager, to achieve a collective 2009 Goal to take the Men’s Premier Division 2 team to playing finals football; and their 2009 Stretch Goal being to win the Major Premiership, gaining promotion for the Club to Premier League Division 1.
Steve is one of the most respected and experienced Senior Coaches in Brisbane, holding Head Coach positions at Mount Gravatt, North Star, University of Queensland, Newmarket and Peninsula Power, winning premierships and promotion in 1997, 1999, and 2006.
On top of this he has 22 years coaching experience with Junior and representative football through Brisbane’s St Paul's School and with Pine Rivers, Albany Creek, Taringa and Newmarket Clubs. He has also worked with the Australian Soccer Federation for 3 years and was the coach of the Brisbane North Soccer Academy from 1996 to 1999. Welcome to Samford Rangers Steve.
The club is very excited to announce the appointment of Mr Aidan Boxall to the position of Director of Football. His role with the Samford Rangers will be to manage all Off Field Football activities to maintain and improve the environment and the standard of participation and coaching, including education and development of all coaches and coordination of all coaching activities within the club (for Boys, Girls, Men and Women) from Small Sided Games through to Masters. His goal for 2009 is to establish and implement the Clubs Football Operational Plan for the next 3-5 years that will ensure that all players are provided with the highest level of support to enable them to compete and perform at their highest level regardless of age or ability.
Aidan is moving to Australia from the UK where he has been running the UK arm of a sports recruitment agency, identifying and recruiting Student Athletes to go from the UK to the USA on Sports Scholarships across a number of sports. In his spare time Aidan has been delivering Football Coaching programs throughout Essex schools as Managing Director of Supreme Soccer, and with the Mid Kent and Redbridge College Football Academy’s, lecturing on sports studies to students from the age of 16-19 (on Anatomy & Physiology, Football Coaching and Psychology). He has also been teaching these subjects to the Leyton Orient Youth Team as part of their football scholarship contract.
From a coaching point of view, Aidan has held positions as Chelmsford City FC Youth Development Officer, Colorado Elite Soccer Club, Chelmsford City FC First Team Coach and was, as Caretaker Manager, the youngest Manager in club history and youngest Manager in the UK at step 3 at the time. He was appointed as Fisher Athletic First Team Coach in 2006 taking the club through promotion to the Conference South in that year, and as AFC Hornchurch’s Youth and Academy Manager.
He holds a Masters Diploma in Fitness Training & Sports Therapy, Advanced Personal Training, Advanced Sports Therapy and Advanced Personal Training as well as a Diploma In Fitness Training and Sports Injury Therapy. Welcome to the club Aidan.
The Management Committee has appointed Ms Stephanie Boss to the advertised salaried vacancy of Club Bookkeeper / Registrar. Through her appointment, Stephanie delivers the very specific skills, expertise and regular time commitment required for a club of our size which is no longer possible through the traditional volunteer approach. Also bringing the Registrar and Bookkeeper functions together greatly reduces duplication of effort for the clubs key revenue source.
Stephanie will immediately begin work on ensuring that a management and reporting system is in place and operable so the Club Management Committee has an accurate understanding of the financial and administrative status of the Club at all times; and that the clubs available funds are used most effectively through financial planning and management practices. Welcome aboard Stephanie.
Our Annual General Meeting will be held at our clubhouse at Richards Rd. Samford at 7:30pm on Monday the 17th of November 2008. With some of the existing committee members retiring from the committee after a number of years service to the club, all members are urged to seriously consider nominating for a position on the incoming committee for the rapidly approaching 2009 season. Feel free to browse through the various Committee Position Descriptions and the club's Organisational Structure. Please forward any nominations to our secretary by Monday the 3rd of November 2008 with candidates names posted on this web site on the 10th of November.
| Coaches & Managers Night - Under 6-10 |
| Mon 15 Mar, 6:00pm - 7:30pm |
| Coaches & Managers Night - Under 11-16 (Boys & Girls) |
| Mon 15 Mar, 7:30pm - 9:00pm |
| Commencement of Junior Training |
| Mon 22 Mar |
| Good Friday (School Holidays Start) |
| Fri 2 Apr |
| Easter Monday |
| Mon 5 Apr |
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