Being Cat One is a key element of our academy - Stuart Hunt - video Dailymotion

Director Stuart Hunt has spoken of the importance of the club once again being recognised as Cat One.

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00:00Being Cat 1 again is a key element to our academy.

00:03We need to be able to attract quality young players

00:06to be able to build and fill in our ranks, so to speak.

00:10And we want those players to be local.

00:12We want those players to be within our catchment area

00:15so that we can see the homegrown talent and keep them here

00:18and see them play on the first team eventually.

00:21It's one of our goals and objectives to become a developmental team,

00:26a developmental club.

00:27So whether that talent comes locally,

00:30we prefer it to come locally or from abroad,

00:32we want to bring them in, make them better,

00:35and if they choose to leave, then they'll leave a better person,

00:39a better talent, a better player,

00:41and if they choose to stay, fantastic.

00:43They'll be a great part of our club.

00:45We're just making the strides that we need to,

00:47and sometimes for us it doesn't go as quickly,

00:49but it is definitely remarkable to see the steps that we've achieved

00:53and that through his leadership it's been,

00:56and through the hard work of all of our staff,

00:59we've been able to see quite a difference since we've taken over.

01:03So that's one of them.