Pembroke County versus Valero Charity Match:
 
Valero Coaches:

 
After featuring the four well-known and respected coaches of the Pembroke County squad yesterday PembrokeshireSport.co.uk is delighted today to tell you a little more about their opponents in the Valero squad, who are just as eager to win the game but also to see that their players give everyone a match to remember as well!
 

Nathan Williams

 
Known to everyone as ‘Gully’, 38-year old Nathan has travelled a lot to accumulate a great deal of experience and high skill levels which he now puts into practice as head coach with Milford Haven at The Observatory, where he works in tandem with Steve Martin, who for this match will be in the opposing camp.
 
Until he was 16 Nathan played for The Mariners’ juniors and played for Wales at under 16 level after being converted from No 8 to prop - and then a scholarship took him to Llandovery College before a two-year apprentice with Llanelli as they changed their name to The Scarlets.
 
He then had two years at Narberth with a season at Carmarthen Quins sandwiched neatly in between – and then had four seasons of professional rugby in the English set-up with Moseley – followed by three years in the Welsh full-time region of The Dragons before going back to Carmarthen Quins before retirement from the game at semi-pro level.
 
Since then he’s been back with Milford Haven as head coach and is enjoying that role and occasionally turning out as a player if they are down on personnel. As a process operator at the refinery he was also involved in the Valero coaching for the first match – and had a 10-minute playing cameo at the end!
 
 

Chris James

 
Popularly known as ‘Cone’ (stop me on the day, make a small donation and I’ll tell you why!), Chris is now 38 and after many years playing at quite a high level is now team manager at Narberth, where he does a good job as part of a coaching team also comprising Sean Gale, Deiniol Evans, Liam Gadd and Jonathan Dodd.
 
He played second or back row for Tenby United as a youngster before he switched to The Otters and played about 140 times as second row regularly with Emori Katalau, a Fijian international from whom he learned a lot – and then was joined by another ‘Seasider’ in Alex Jenkins, who is still going strong today.
 
During his time with The Otters he played for the Wales Amateur team against Germany, Scotland France and took part in a four-nations championship in Belgium.
 
He had one last season as captain for Tenby United before he finished playing and took over as coach and then rejoined Narberth to do the team manager’s role, and enjoying every minute of his involvement there.
 
 

Gareth Scourfield

 
No-one could be more associated with a club than Gareth Scourfield at Pembroke Dock Quins because he started there when he was five and played for over 30 years at various levels, captaining the first team for four seasons and following his father Lenny and big brother Mike.
 
Now 40 and a qualified coach, ‘Gags’ is involved with the Quins’ minis and enjoys the fact that his son William is involved and looks sure to be the next generation of the family to play.

He is a big believer in the value of restoring a county team at senior level and was influential in organising the previous charity match between a Pembrokeshire XV and Valero, where he works, and was delighted by the response when it raised a huge sum for a good cause after all the hard work he had put in.
 
 

Lee Scourfield

 
A cousin of Gareth and another Quins’ former player who followed his late dad Roy ‘Skinny’ Scourfield into playing well at Bierspool, but in the three-quarter line rather than the front row!
 
Lee had immense pace alongside the ability to charge through would-be tacklers, and was a potent threat from deep positions and a regular top scorer.
 
He represented Wales at under 17 level and then played youth rugby for both Swansea and Llanelli but a knee ligament injury halted his ability to play at that level, but he still came back to give good service for a while at Bierspool.
 
Now 38, Lee also works at Valero and is keen to be involved on the ‘big day’ and there is no doubt that he will be help their back division with sound advice about their patterns of play.