Saints have just retained their High Performance Accreditation for the excellent and burgeoning work of their Scholarship Programme.

 

Since the formation of the scheme, the club has continued to hold the highest level of accreditation by the RFL.

 

Headed by High Performance Manager Mike Rush and Player Performance Manager Neil Kilshaw, the programme identifies elite players at under 13 to under 16 level and then looks at developing them further.

 

Alongside skills and education training, the Scholarship also focuses on tactical and technical issues.

 

Already James Graham, James Roby, Paul Clough, Matty Smith and Ste Tyrer have progressed through the programme as well as Ian Hardman, Kyle Eastmond, Scott Moore, Dean McGilvray, Gareth Frodsham and Gary Wheeler.

 

Neil Kilshaw said: “We are delighted to receive the accreditation and it is testimony to dedication of the team that we have retained it.

 

“The program couldn’t be run without the help of the volunteer coaching staff who work tirelessly on behalf of the performance team and club.

 

“They are Derek Traynor, Paul Molyneux, Eric Frodsham, Mick Oxley, Ste Leonard, Glynn Walsh, Ian Lomax and Matt Daniels.”