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Notes from the Chairman By Stuart Beech Hello and thank you for joining us today. This is my first season as chairman of the Staffordshire Surge and I can't remember being so excited about a season as this one. Having rejoined the team back in 2010, I have been on the committee and feel that all the hard work over the past 4 seasons by all the committee members and players behind the scenes is finally starting to show on the pitch and as a club as a whole. Last season I feel the club had relayed a solid foundation and this year we have been able to start building off them around a solid core of player and committee members. Since the end of last season we have been hard at work arranging - rookie tryout sessions, new training ground 3G pitch with storage, new sponsorships for game pants , signing up new and former coaches, setting up a new web site , buying new club equipment, streamlining the club payment system, marketing the club, 2 preseason season scrimmage , social evenings and laying the ground work for setting up a new youth team. All in all I think that the future of the Surge is looking good and we hope to keep on improving. If you want to help out or have any ideas which might help please contact us. Thank you Stuart Beech Staffordshire Surge American Football Team Chairman