28 August, 2009

PRESS RELEASE

Hemel Stags Rugby League Club and Hemel Aces Youth FC are pleased to announce a formal link up between the two clubs to further sporting opportunities for the youth of Hemel Hempstead.

The link up sees Aces, who were the first club in Hemel to achieve the prestigious FA CHARTER DEVELOPMENT CLUB status, changing their name to

Hemel Stags Aces FC and taking up a place on the Management Committee of the Pennine Way based Hemel Stags.

Last year the Stags received planning permission for a stadium at Pennine Way. Chairman of Hemel Stags Bob Brown commented that “ PennineWay is an important sporting venue in the town for both rugby league and football and we are delighted that the Hemel Stags brand now accommodates both sports”.

Chairman of Hemel Stags Aces FC Justin Stevens “welcomed the move as a terrific opportunity for our 20 youth teams to have a permanent home and to be part a progressive sporting organization such as Hemel Stags.”


For more information please contact:

Bob Brown 01442 219799

Justin Stevens 07764 177395

No far from it. Its a good amateur club nothing more just yet.

Nailed on for super league then!!

From little acorns as they say!

Far more going for it than a certain Cheshire club

They've been either a good standard amateur side or a borderline semi-pro side for about 20 years, they were a much higher standard in the 90s than they are now playing in the professional reserve grade (and winning the non-SL part of it in 1998 before it got scrapped) and competing in the premier division of the NCL for 3 years in between spells there. The ground has always held them back from joining the semi-pro ranks though