DORCHESTER TOWN | EXPERIENCE ADDED TO MANAGERIAL TEAM

Killick makes Magpies return

Dorchester Town have added plenty of experience to their management team with the appointment of Tom Killick as first-team manager to work closely alongside Glenn Howes.

With just three wins from their opening ten Pitching In Southern League Premier South games, and a 5-0 defeat at Plymouth Parkway in their last outing, the club has turned to Killick who is fresh from a 20-year spell at the helm of Poole Town where he took charge of almost 1,000 games.

Killick served the Magpies as a player during the 1990s and links up once more with Howe after the pair played together at Basingstoke Town before having spells working together at Salisbury and then Poole.

“I had discussions with Tom not long after he had left Poole,” admitted Howes. “We as a club are always looking to ways of improving performance and creating a culture of high performance.

“This we all feel will give us an additional edge to continue to push on and improve on our previous season.”

Dorchester Town Chairman, Scott Symes added: “I have nothing but admiration and praise for Glenn’s initiative and the way he has approached his idea about progressing the team again from what was our best season last season for many years.

“Having then met with Glenn and Tom, the way they articulated how this would take the club forward was extremely impressive and it was very clear to see that they can work seamlessly together.”

For Killick it’s an immediate return to doing what he does best. “I am very happy to have been given the opportunity to come back to a club that I have always had great affection for,” he added. “I have great respect for the work Glenn and his management team have done since they arrived at the club and hope I can help continue that progress going forward.

“I want to emphasise that I have come into this role at the instigation of Glenn, and we believe that given time together alongside the current management team we can achieve the success the club craves and deserves.”

They have an opportunity to work with the players ahead of the next game, which comes on October 7th as they head to Merthyr Town in the Isuzu FA Trophy.

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