Pictured - back row L-R Dave "Valhalla" Winter, Richard "Chudy" Chudyk-Williams, Clint "Token" Heacock, Coach Smith - front row L-R  Tony "Big Tone" Cotto, Danny "Pancake" Cotton

The Romans were approached by the father of a young NFL fanatic to see if we could put on something for his son Patrick's birthday.

As we are always up for a challenge, we were delighted to help to make this young man's birthday party special for him and his friends

Coach Smith and the Romans met up with Patrick and his 12 friends at Christleton Sports Centre on the 13th February where they tried on some of the youth kit and were given a run through of the activites for his day.

The boys and the Romans went through a series of warm up drills to get a flavour of what an American Football team goes through and then onto mini versions of drills for the boys to do, such as taking hand-off, catching the ball and running through tackle bags.

For just over an hour the boys competed against the Romans, with the boys coming outon top, at the end all involved were tired but very happy.

As part of this fantastic event for Patrick, the Romans have invited him to be their mascot for the 2010 season opener at home to Redditch Arrows on May 9th.

The Romans were very happy to make Patrick's birthday a very special day and we look forward to welcoming him, his family and friends to the home of the Romans at Chester Rugby Club

Coach Smith