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   Ben Harvey (HEAD COACH)
England 7’s, Richmond, Bristol, Worcester The Barbarians
SPONSORED BY:- ASHBURTON
 

Guy Hinks (CLUB CAPTAIN/ASSISTANT COACH)

Previous Clubs - Jersey United Banks

Representative Honours - RAF U19s, RAF

Played for Jersey 1st XV until a bad cruciate ligament injury affected his playing abilities.

Lisa Mann MCSP. RHPC (PHYSIOTHERAPIST)
Les Small
   Les Small holds the record for the number of Siam Cup appearances, playing 20, on the winning side 18 times, drawing once and losing once; I would be interested to know how many 1st XV games he has played in over the years.
   Les has always maintained a high level of personal fitness and has been injury-free for most of his career. He has always played in his favoured position at centre, prefering to focus on perfecting that discipline rather than being a utility back. For the same reason he never took on the captaincy of the island side.
   He has not got line-breaking pace nor a huge step; his outstanding quality is his ability to straighten the back line, commit his opposite number and time his pass to perfection - he very rarely wastes an overlap. It is no coincidence that some of the most successful try-scoring wingers, Jimmy Jordan, Steve Lund etc, played outside Les over the years.
   Although he restricted himself to centre when playing, he has a great knowledge of back play generally and would pass this on to less experienced players. Les was always the tactician, always thinking about the game, always working out ways to outwit the opposition; he worked on a building site in the seventies with Dick Allan and Tommy Mee where the whole topic of conversation was rugby, rumour has it the team was selected on the job! 
   Once he had finished his 1st XV career Les gave up playing; he enjoyed top competition but did not get fulfillment playing in the Jersey local leagues. He now passes on his knowledge and experience to younger players and is part of the coaching team for Jersey 2nd XV.
   The only problem with having such a successful career is that Les appears on large numbers of 1st XV photos on the club lounge wall and, Les being a slave to hair fashion, his image reflects the  tonsorial fashion of the time; the picture showing Les with a ’Mullet’ still draws admirers. His other main characteristic is his inability to purchase personal hygiene items, meaning that his team-mates had to supply him in soap and deodorant for twenty years.
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Rai Garcia-Singh - Strength and Condition Coach
 Rai’s website is www.teameltoro.co.uk

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 League Positions (6/03/10) 


Pos Team Pl Pts
1 JERSEY 22 102
2 Old Albanians 22 91
3 Hertford 21 71
4 Bracknell 19 65
5 Basingstoke 21 60
6 Havant 20 54
7 Bishops Stortford 21 54
8 Dorking 21 53
9 North Walsham 21 37
10 Tring 21 30
11 Diss 20 30
12 Sutton & Epsom 21 23
13 Portsmouth 20 21
14 Haywards Heath 20 18

Results/Fixtures

National 3 London League

Saturday 6th March 2010

Basingstoke 37-22 Diss

Bishop's Stortford 40-0 Haywards Heath

Havant 20-8 North Walsham

Hertford 31-12

Portsmouth 12-90 Old Albanians

 Tring 33-15 Sutton & Epsom

Saturday, 13th March 2010
 Bracknell Vs.  Tring    
 Diss Vs.  Dorking    
 Haywards Heath Vs.  Portsmouth    
 Jersey Vs.  Havant    
 North Walsham Vs.  Hertford    
 Old Albanians Vs.  Basingstoke    
 Sutton & Epsom Vs.  Bishop's Stortford    
Saturday, 20th March 2010
 Basingstoke Vs.  Haywards Heath    
 Bracknell Vs.  Sutton & Epsom    
 Dorking Vs.  Old Albanians    
 Havant Vs.  Diss    
 Hertford Vs.  Jersey    
 Portsmouth  Vs.  Bishop's Stortford    
 Tring Vs.  North Walsham

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