Woombye FC are
delighted to announce the appointment of Gareth Thomson as our Full Time
Technical Director for 2021 and beyond.
Originally from
Glasgow, Scotland. Gareth will be a familiar face to many on the Coast from his
previous role as Academy Director at the Sunshine Coast Fire, along with
spending this season as the Fire’s Senior Coach.
The AFC B Licence
holder comes to us with extensive high-level academy experience from his time
at Glasgow Celtic, Dumbarton and Queens Park FC. After emigrating to New
Zealand in 2016, Gareth spent two years working at club level in a similar role
before moving to the Coast at the end of 2018. As part of his role, Gareth will
be responsible for junior coach & culture development, ensuring we are
effectively mentoring our volunteer coaches & delivering consistent best
practice across all our age groups.
Gareth will also be
coaching our U14 & U18 teams as part of our new ground-breaking academy program, there
will be an information evening next Thursday (29th) at 6:15pm in the
clubrooms for parents of our current u13’s, 16’s & 18’s to outline the
program.
We caught up with our
new Technical Director to find out his thoughts on joining the Snakes:
“I’m delighted to be
joining Woombye, it’s a fantastic family club with great values that align
perfectly with my own. Everyone deserves the best coaching and learning
environment no matter what their age or ability. We want to inspire our
aspirational players to take their game to the next level but also give the
same level of support to players starting out or playing socially without
compromising our core values of affordability and inclusion” he added.
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