Increased Resources for Community Rugby

With a couple of impending staff changes within the business, Harbour Rugby has taken the opportunity to re-look at its structure in light of its desire to provide more resources to our community game.

Alex O’Dowd, who has fulfilled the role of Assistant NPC Coach/Academy Manager as well as Community Rugby Manager has announced his departure from the Union, along with Callum McNair who has held the Marketing and Commercial Mangers role.

“Whilst Alex and Callum will no longer be fulltime employees, we will not lose them entirely, with both continuing to provide services to the Union in their respective areas of expertise.”

These staff changes have given the Union an opportunity to look at our overall structure and to consider how we can increase our presence in the community we serve.” comments CEO Brett Hollister “Alongside that we had already been in discussion with Russell Hilton-Jones, who was seconded onto the Board last year, about a more formal role overseeing the high performance area of our business, a part time position, which I am delighted to advise he has accepted”.

As most will know, Russell Hilton-Jones has an impressive rugby pedigree, and is a Union stalwart with outstanding knowledge of the game. We are excited about the skillset and capability he will bring to our High Performance area. Russell will work closely with Steve Jackson (Mitre 10 Cup Head Coach) to ensure that this critical area of our business continues to develop.

The Union will also look to employ a fulltime dedicated  Community Rugby Manager – bringing the number of staff directly involved “on the grass” to eight full-time staff - to ensure we continue to support our Club and School stakeholders and our player base. In addition, we will look to employ 6-8 part time staff in a new “players in clubs and schools” program. We will also be employing a Mitre 10 Cup Assistant Coach/Academy Manager and a Sponsorship & Commercial Assistant. These roles will be advertised shortly.

For any queries please contact Brett Hollister