Dear All,

As you may well know there have been lots of developments on and off
the pitch at Virginia Park over the last few months and I thought I
would take this opportunity to let you all know what is going on
with signings, coaches and pre season.

Players In:

Sam Feehan No 8 Glamorgan Wanderers
Randall Bowen 2R / No 8 Clifton / Formely Neath
Chris Payne 2R Newbridge (Newbridge Captain last season)
Gareth 'Milo' Miles Centre Ebbw Vale
Huw Lock 15 / 10 Bedwas
Gareth Davies Hooker Bedwas
John Beddow Winger / Centre UWIC
Mike Silcox Winger Bedwas
Rob Phillips No 9 Bedwas

Players Out:

Ian Jenkins (Jenko) Bargoed
Tommy Guy Beddau (apparently)
Grant Robson (TBC)

Coach:
We have recently assigned a new squad forwards coach for the
forthcoming season and I am sure you will all join me in giving Ian
Greenslade a very warm welcome to the club. Ian is very well known
amongst the rugby world for his playing days at Bridgend and brings
with him a wealth of knowledge.

Chris Ferris has decided to commit himself fully to the playing side
of things this year and I am sure that everyone at the club will be
fully behind him. I have no doubt that he will be giving some advice
to his old team mate and new coach Compo somewhere along the way and
will remain a true and committed asset of Caerphilly RFC.

Team Bonding Weekend:
Some of the squad attended a team bonding camping weekend last
weekend in West Wales and thoroughlly enjoyed themselves. It was a
pleasure to take such a great group of lads away for the weekend.

Pre-season:
Pre-season training has already started and with 30+ turning out for
each session, the future looks very bright indeed. Training takes
place on Tuesday and Thursday down the club and normally starts
around 6.45pm, we welcome support of any kind.

A preseason match against Wrexham has been scheduled for the 18th
August 2007 and another match against Bridgend Athletic will take
place the following Thursday Evening. We are still trying to confirm
another friendly slightly earlier than these two games, but this
information will be confirmed as soon as I know all the details.

We look forward to the fast approching season with open minds and
hopefully with all the hard work that has been put in over the past
few months, we won't do too badly this year.

If anyone has any questions then please do not hesitate to e-mail me
or just post them on here and I will do my best to answer them the
best I can within reason.

Many thanks,

Jonathan Pritchard - 1st Team Manager