EAST HULL
Lee Hall, Player
Stuart, Director of Rugby
“I’m currently in my second spell with the club
having played for them from 2007 – 2009 during a
very successful period under the guidance of Lee
Radford. This was what attracted me to the club
because I knew that East Hull was a team that were
going places due to the success on the field and
with Lee coaching as well, his experience would
be good for me as a player and potential future
coach. The name East Hull was a big attraction in
itself as the history, success and backing from the
community, plus the quality of players at the club
has always been of a high standard.
“I’ve been involved for 38 years and have just taken
on the role as Director of Rugby. We’ve got a new
Committee together and have entered the Winter
Pennine League as summer rugby wasn’t really
working for us.
It’s a very tight knit club with some very committed
people involved in it who give up a lot of time to
keep it going. There are a lot of characters both on
and off the field with a great sense of humours and
whose company I enjoy a lot. The players at the
club are very talented and it’s a pleasure to play
with such a quality group.
It’s an honour and pleasure to put the shirt on, as it
comes with a lot of history, so game days are a very
good experience. Playing amateur sport is all about
enjoyment and loving your hobby and coming down
to training and spending time with the lads is what I
enjoy the most. Practice sessions on a Tuesday and
Thursday are very good and current coach Dean
Reacher does plan some enjoyable sessions which
makes training a pleasure for us.”
Its great being involved with the lads here and
seeing them come through the ranks. I get a real
buzz out of the success that they are getting out of
the game. There’s a really good atmosphere here
now. With dropping out of the Conference we had to
take a backwards step to move forwards and we’re
happy with where we’re going.
We’re very much a community club here – we have
a lot of local players and are committed to giving
anyone looking to play the game the chance to do
so. We never turn any players away. We get some
good support from the local community as well
through local businesses etc. which is vital for the
progression of the club.
The biggest challenges for us are keeping all of
the kids happy and off the streets. We want to
help them to reach their full potential. We’ve got a
really strong Committee in place and are excited
about what we will be able to achieve in the coming
years.”
Tony Elvin, Club Representative
“I have been involved with the East Hull club for
around 4 years on/off with the youth first and now
more recently the open age section of this very
successful club. Over the last few years I have been
doing talent spotting for a super league club not in
Hull though.
My role is PRO and I have come on board to
build a solid platform for the open age side of the
club. It can be really tough at the moment building
the club’s finances up. We have 3 big events in
September alone to cover the running of a team
in our local Hull District League with a lot of our
youngsters using this route to go forward into the
Pennine Winter League with our more experienced
players and a sprinkling of talented younger players.
We are very lucky to have one of the best youth
set ups in the country run by some fantastically
talented people with bags of ambition. We are
without a doubt a community club; where we are
based runs through 2 very big housing es FFW2f