WXV: London Royals

[Ringo]

The London Royals have appointed a new coaching staff to take them forward to the 2013 seasons.

The Chairman announces the following coaching staff:

Head Coach Ringo
Co Coach LF

[Ringo]

Here is the list of our on field staff at the Royals:

Leadership Group
To be confirmed

Squad for 2019
Def:Heath Grundy, Brad Sheppard; Adam Saad; Blake Hardwick; Darcy Gardiner; Dylan Grimes; Lewis Jetta; Neville Jetta; Kaiden Brand; Kyle Hartigan; Jed Bews; Ryan Lester; Sam Skinner; David Cuningham; Marty Hore; Lachie Young; Jason Carter (MID)

Mids Jared Polec; Luke Shuey; Dom Sheed;  Rhys Mathieson (FWD); Lin Jong (FWD); Joshua Schoenfeld; Willem Drew (FWD); Hamish Brayshaw; Trent Mynott; Jack Bytel; Tom Berry; Xavier O'Neill; Nick Hind

Rucks Jordan Roughead (FWD); Timothy English; Jordan Sweet

Forwards Orazio Fantasia; Tom T Lynch; Tim Membrey; Jack Higgins; Josh Bruce; Sam Gray; Jake Waterman; Conor Nash; Daniel McStay; Charlie Spargo ;Jack Lukosius; Tobin Cox (MID); Tory Dickson

[CrowsFan]

With the addition of the new head coach, will the Royals be looking at redesigning the look of the club with a new logo/shirt etc?

[Ringo]

We will be having discussions with our fans as well as th Board about whether to change our kit. Watch this space for more announcements.

[ossie85]

Has been added to the directory. I think! Hope it works...

[Ringo]

Thanks Oss Works fine.

[c4v3m4n]

We will be having discussions with our fans as well as th Board about whether to change our kit. Watch this space for more announcements.

More than happy to help you if required. :)

[Ringo]

Trade Players Availability

Following a review of playing stocks the London Royals have listed the following players are available for trade and are open to offers.  Please PM Head Coach Ringo with any offers you wish to table for consideration.

Available
Paul Bower
Joel MacDonald
Jayden Post D/F
Stephen Gilham
Peter Faulks
Mitch Brown
Rhys O'Keeffe
Mark Whiley
Rory Laird   
Brad Symes
Cale Morton
Jason Winderlich M/F
Nicholas Joyce
Tom Young
Nathan Wilson

May be available but will require good offer as retention is desired.
Ben Reid
Andrew Mackie 
Zach Tuohy
Brent Staker D/f
Danyle Pearce
David Mackay
Matthew Warnock
Tom Lonergan

[Ringo]

The London Royals attended the Inaugural Jim Stynes Medal Count last night and an enjoyable night was held by all.

The Royals congratulate the winner Gary Ablett and CF.

A special thank you to Purple 77 for hosting the night.  The night went fantastically and the standard has been set for other ward nights. Well done Purple.

Royals Captain Brent Stanton was among the early leaders but he failed to gain votes in the final rounds. Whether this is coincidence or not this seemed to match the drop off in the Royals Form. The club is pleased that our players scored points in all bar 4 games for the season. This is an encouragement for next season.

The club now formally congratulate the players who scored the following points in the medal.

Brent Stanton 18 points and finishing 4th overall in the count
Jarrad McVeigh 9 points
Dannyle Pearce 5 points
Robert Murphy 4 points
Matthew Broadbent 3 points
Brent Reilly 2 points
Chris Mayne 2 points
Luke Breust  2 points
Michael Hurley 2 points
Tom Bellchambers 1 point.

Again congratulations to all on a very successful night.
 

[BB67th]

Good job to all the Royals players for polling so well, especially to Stanton who did a great job to finish 4th!

[Ringo]

The London Royals held their best and fairest award last night in a low key affair for players and partners and club officials.

We congratulate Brent Stanton for adding to his 4 th Place in the Jim Stynes Medal by taking out the London Royals Best and Fairest award for 2012,  Points were awarded in all games for the season and we would like to congratulate all players who polled.

Rundown of points for best and fairest:

Stanton, Brent      50 points
Reilly, Brent          46 points
McVeigh, Jarrad    44 points
Breust, Luke        33 points
Douglas, Richard  27 points
Hill, Stephen        27 points
Mayne, Chris        27 points
Bellchambers, Tom 24 points
Broadbent, Matthew  23 points
Murphy, Robert       18 points
Garlett, Jeff            12 points
Mackie, Andrew     10 points
Hurley, Michael      10 points
Mackay, David       8 points
Bate, Matthew       7 points
MacDonald, Joel     7 points
Bower, Paul           5 points
Shepphard, Brad   5 points
Reid, Ben               5 points
McDonald, James   4 points
Swift, Thomas       4 points
Morton, Cale         3 points
Moore, Andrew     1 point

Watch for further exciting announcements concerning the London Royals.

[ossie85]

Well done Brent Stanton, Brent Reilly and Jarrad McVeigh!

[Ringo]

Press Release by London Royals

Following a season marred by controversy the London Royals are moving forward towards 2013.

The Club is pleased to announce that they have reached agreement to lease the London Olympic Stadium for their home games in 2013.  As Part of the arrangement the field interior will be extended to meet requirements for AFL and have similar dimensions to the Melbourne Cricket Ground. This will reduce the capacity of the ground to 60,000 and allow for the game to be promoted in London.  Great to achieve this agreement so soon after the Olympics.

The club will be developing state of the art facilities under the grandstands including large warm up areas.  The club looks forward to making the Olympic Stadium a fortress for home matches.






To coincide with the move we will be looking at redesigning our playing strips and invite fans to submit suggestions via this thread.  The one stipulation is that for our home strip we must retain the Royal Blue colour. So now is your opportunity to have a say in our design,


In other exiting news and in keeping with the Royals theme we are pleased to announce that Prince Harry has agreed to accept th position as Patron of the London Royals Australian Football Club.  He states that despite his love of Rugby he has a soft spot for the mans game of Aussie Rules.  We welcome his patronage and have issued him with our Number 1 ticket.  He has indicated he will be attending as many games as he is able to learn more about the game.

As we move forward towards next year the club is sorry to announce that there will be delistings and transfers of players. The coaching staff are involved in trade negotiations as we speak and whilst the decisions on some players may appear harsh it is essential to ensure that the club returns to the top 8. As the trade period progresses we will keep you informed of developments. 

We welcome new fans in these exiting times so feel free to sign up to our supporters club and support our climb into the top 8.

[CrowsFan]

Interesting you managed to get that agreement for the stadium considering West Ham gained the license for the stadium over a year ago. Bit harsh kicking out an EPL team for your own selfish use :P

[Ringo]

West Ham still not confirmed CF one of 4 applications to be finalised by October. West Ham were unable to complete the arrangements to run the Stadium and are now in the running to be main tennant.