London Skolars Head Coach nominated for Championship 1 Coach Of The Year Award

London Skolars are delighted to learn that Head Coach Joe Mbu has been nominated for the Championship 1 Coach of the Year award. Joe, and the other two nominees, will learn their fate at the Championship Awards dinner, which takes place in Leeds on Tuesday the 25th September. Also nominated are Doncaster Head Coach Tony Miller and Clive Griffith of North Wales Crusaders.

The nomination has been received on the back of a season that saw Skolars win seven and draw one of their eighteen Championship 1 fixtures. The club narrowly failed to win a place in the play-offs, being pipped to sixth place by Oldham by just two points.

2012 was Joe’s 2nd season as Skolars Head Coach and the team have undoubtedly grown and improved under his stewardship, winning plaudits for their performances from coaches and journalist alike. On hearing the news of his nomination Joe had this to say: “I’m honoured and flattered to have received this nomination. Everyone has worked hard this year to improve on the previous year’s performance and the challenge now is to keep the momentum going into next season. I think we were unfortunate not to make the play-offs but all eyes are now on next season and the goal will be promotion.”