Tiger History
The club was founded with the idea of being a wholly Irish/Welsh club to compete in 4NCL. The idea was hatched by four Swansea-based students in 2005: Senan Bannon, Craig Evans and Peter Kitchen, who then went back to their respective clubs to bring in more founders.
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The other founding members were Nick Larter, Mike Kitchen, Dougie Spencer & Paul Tew.
Nick Larter designed the first club logo.
The first season the Celtic Tigers competed in was the 2005/06 4NCL season.
Robert Thomas joined mid-season and in terms of the club’s future development was the key, as he was the link to most of the other London-area English players who became to core of the club for many seasons thereafter. (as well as one-off members for weekends when the team was short)
Hendrik was tapped up for the second season by Senan and Nick, while he was studying in Ireland for a short period.
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Below you will find the results from the first ever weekend that Celtic Tigers competed, along with the biggest upset win (which is still a record as at today).
A tiger is born, the first weekend results of the Celtic Tigers in 2005:
The largest win of the club, beating opponents with an average rating 253 higher. (2006)
Managers
Here we celebrate the brave people who led the tigers into battle:
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2017/18 - current: Christopher Skulte
2012/13 - 2016/17: Peter Kemp
2010/11 - 2011/12: Angus French, Peter Kemp
2005/06 - 2009/10: Craig Evans, Senan Bannon, Nick Larter
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