The club is again delighted to get the services of Kells player Troy Armstrong. Troy is a quick lively player especially about the ruck and will add extra pace and dimension to our game. Coach Forster said "Troy is a live wire and his speed and quick thinking will certainly blend in with recent signings. He is also raring to go and he very sensibly sees signing for us as a natural progression in his career on leaving Kells. It's nice to see and hear that some young amateur players are willing to commit to the next level of Rugby. If only we had an intermediate level, I know this is something that in the medium term the BOD are wanting to bring in but of course it's an expensive step and needs a lot of consideration and funding. Signing players like Troy are the club's future and blending youth and experience with some of our Lancashire players will give the club a great platform to build on" whilst football committee director Mark Stamper added "I am so glad we have added another amateur to our set up, it goes without saying how grateful we are to clubs like Kells who dedicate so much work into young players in order to help them enhance their careers".
Troy said on joining Haven 'I'm Really looking forward to playing for my home town club and being given this massive opportunity, I loved every minute playing for Distington at open age and felt that playing for Kells where I started out at youth was a natural progression as I wanted to test my self in the NCL, this is another progression from that level and I'm looking forward to getting into training and being in a professional environment. I'd like to thank both Carl Hewer and Gary for there guidance at Distington and both Peter Smith and Mark Ryan at kells'.
Amanda Hewer G.M.
