“I am delighted to let you know that the club has secured the services of Richie Williams as A&C Head Coach for next season. Richie's rugby CV is below but in short he is a Level 3 RFU coach currently coaching Antwerp in Belgium, the Belgian Women's 7s squad and the England U20s squad.

He has played top class rugby in Wales and played for Chinnor and was their backs coach working with Jason Bowers. He comes highly recommended and I am sure will be a huge asset to Amersham & Chiltern going forward.

He will be starting with us for pre-season in July and will work with Gibo, Jason, Dave Neale and Jonny Hutchings covering senior coaching. I know you will make him feel really welcome as we look forward to continuing the Club's progress.”

Charles Owen-Conway
Chairman of Rugby

“I would like to take this opportunity to express my excitement and enthusiasm about starting the next chapter of my coaching career. I am grateful to the committee at Amersham & Chiltern for showing confidence in my ability and I am already looking forward to repaying that loyalty.

I will be moving back to the area after a two year sabbatical in Belgium where I am now proficient in making ‘world class’ waffles and eating fries with mayonnaise. Jason Bowers already has the recipe! On a more serious note, one of my main roles will be to build on the success of last season and continue to work with a talented and dedicated coaching and management team. Craig Burgess is leaving the club in a good place and I would like to thank him for all of his efforts over the past few seasons.

Next year will be an exciting one for the club moving across to the National 3 London & SE league. It will provide us with some new challenges but at the same time reduce our travelling times. As a management team we are already working tirelessly in hope of creating a powerful squad of players that will allow us to compete at the top end of Level 5 rugby.

I look forward to meeting you all over the summer in what will be an ‘enjoyable’ pre-season together.”

Yours in rugby,
Richie Williams

Richie Williams - CV (précis)

Coaching philosophy: “to provide ALL players with a simple framework which encourages GOOD decisions in both attack and defence. To play an open and expansive game which requires ALL players to have strong core skills.”

Key skills
• An effective communicator with players and coaches
• Strong leader
• Excellent tactician
• Innovative
• Excellent organisational skills
• Excellent analytical skills
• Empathy with players
• Reflective

Coaching qualifications
• RFU Level 3 Qualified
• RFU Coach Educator
• IRB Sevens Level 1
• Level 3 Certificate in Introduction to Assessment Practice in Sport
• Level 3 Certificate in Tutoring in Sport

Coaching experience
• PE Teacher (Master I/C Rugby) King Alfred’s Sports College, Wantage 2002-2006
• Director of Rugby at Oxford Brookes University/CRC Oxfordshire 2006-2012
• Assistant Coach at Cokethorpe School (part-time) 2008-2009
• Lead Coach at Oxfordshire School of Rugby U16 (Elite Group) 2008-2012
• Coached Southern Universities at England Students Trial (part-time) 2008
• Backs Coach for Oxfordshire U20s 2009
• Head Coach for Oxfordshire Senior County Team (County Shield) 2009-2012
• Backs Coach for Chinnor RFC (National 2) 2011-2012
• Consultancy Coach for Oxford University Colleges XV 2011
• Head Coach for South West U20s 2012
• Head Coach for England Universities 7s 2012
• Head Coach for Antwerp RFC (Belgium Div 2) 2012
• Backs Coach England Counties U20 2013
• Head Coach Belgium 7s Ladies (Europe Top12) 2013

Playing experience
• Trinity College 1st XV 1999-2001
• Carmarthen Quins (Div 1) 1999-2000
• Welsh Students (2 Caps) 2000-2001
• Aberavon RFC (Welsh Premier) 2000-2001
• Maesteg RFC (Welsh Division 1) 2000-2002
• Oxfordshire County RFU 2004-2007
• Chinnor RFC 1st XV (National 2) 2004-2012