13 Camelot Players Selected for Herts Developing Player Programme for 2016/17

Camelot RFC selected to serve as Herts Player Development Centre.

In July, schools & Clubs were invited to submit players for trials for the Herts County DPP (Developing Player Programme).  In addition to new player submissions, existing players were also required to re-trial.

It gives me great pleasure to announce that a total of 13 Camelot youngsters have been invited to join the Herts County 2016/17 squads from their various age groups.

Under-13s

Caolan Doherty

Freddie Fletcher

James Issacs

Edward Long

Under-14s

Max Allen

Jamie Brennan

Adam Jolly

Elliott Kitchener

Lewis Oliver

Under-15s

Jody Edwards

Josh Mansfield

Under-16s

Sam Jolly

Edward Maddern

These boys will attend monthly DPP training sessions throughout the season and later in the season there will also be fixtures / festivals against their counterparts from Essex and Kent.  The standard of the trials was exceptionally high across all age groups; as a result Herts Rugby and Saracens have decided to introduce a new venture for those not successful in the DPP trials or unable to attend due to injury.

These ‘Player Development Centre’ sessions will run every other month throughout the season. I’m sure this will give these boys the chance to catch the selectors eyes and therefore future successes.  Located at various Clubs across the County, there will be x4 Player Development Centres distributed across the County, covering East, West, Central & North Hertfordshire.  It gives me further pleasure to announce that Camelot RFC has been selected as the ‘Development Centre for West Hertfordshire.