Spartans Twinned With High School In Billerica

08 May 2008

The Essex Spartans are pleased to announce that they have just been twinned with Billerica Memorial High School in Billerica, Massachusetts.

The Spartans home town of Billericay in Essex has been twinned with Billerica for the last 10 years. The local twinning society thought it would be good, as part of the twinning of the 2 towns, to have the 2 football organisations linked too.

Memorial High go by the name of the Indians and play in a uniform similar to the Green Bay Packers. On a recent visit Manager Tony Palmer met people from the Billerica society and exchanged game shirts and gave a family Spartans t-shirts. The Indians provided game tape from the schools athletic director and Coach Peter Flynn who looks forward to exchanging tapes and cementing relationships between the 2 programmes.

Tony Palmer said:
"Hopefully this will provide us with access to players and coaches that can help move the club in the right direction in future years. I'm sure Coach Barham will be looking forward to meeting his American counterpart, and the people of Billerica said they look forward to meeting and making the Spartans players welcome on visits to the States."

Spartans Announce New Sponsor

26 November 2007

The Essex Spartans are pleased to announce that for the 2008 season their game balls will be sponsored by one of London Underground's Infracos.

Tube Lines Limited have awarded the Spartans the money to purchase the balls for next season.

Team Manager Tony Palmer commented:
"Although people may think this insignificant, when you are not a fashionable club like us any sponsorship makes a difference to any expenditure for a season."

Spartans Start Schools Programme

25 November 2007

The Essex Spartans have been requested by Basildon District Council to provide players and coaches to go into schools around the area to promote what is to them a relatively new sport for youngsters.

Although the Spartans already have a good youth programme, providing four players to the seniors last year, local schools are not that aware of it.

Tracey Davies Sports Development Officer for Basildon Council commented:
"It would be great to run a programme of firstly class room sessions then practices to encourage the youth of the area to take up the sport."

General Manager Tony Palmer said:
"It is a good opportunity to take, as getting into schools with the sport during class time has always been quite hard what with so much time given to soccer and rugby."

The Spartans look forward to promoting the sport and also trying to swell the ranks of their youth and junior programmes and who knows even the seniors further down the line.