Mousehole AFC are pleased to announce an important appointment, confirming Jared Sims as their new Head of Youth as well as adding him to their First team playing squad.
Adam Fletcher, Director of Football, explains the “perfect timing” to Jared Sims’ arrival at the club:
“We searched the country for the right candidate – someone who would be a ‘good fit’, with coaching qualities, a good footballing pedigree and experience of playing at a higher level. As soon as we learned (thanks to his friendship with our player Andy Elcock) that Jared had recently returned to Cornwall from abroad, we met him, discussed what we wanted, watched him play and coach, and realised the ideal person was right on our doorstep!”
Truro-based Jared played representative football for both West Cornwall and Cornwall Schools. He began his early footballing career with Plymouth Argyle, where he progressed from the youth system to the First team and played nine games for the then League Two club.
A season then followed at Truro City in the Southern League Premier with 23 appearances, before moving on to St Austell, scoring 19 goals in 43 games.
He has recently returned from working overseas after a three-year period in an education role. He has a Level 2 coaching badge and is embarking on a UEFA ‘B’ qualification.
At Mousehole he will help to develop the quality of coaching throughout the Youth section, which currently consists of 13 teams across the age range.
Another aspect of Jared Sims’ role will be to expand football coaching at Penwith College, working with Matt James, who helped set up and develop Mousehole’s Youth section five years ago. He also has his eye on running school-holiday coaching courses and tournaments.
On the playing side, the 28-year old has already made three recent substitute appearances in Mousehole’s first-ever Western League campaign, making his mark by scoring shortly after coming on in the 5-1 win over Bridgwater United, and was in the starting line-up for the Les Phillips cup tie at Helston Athletic this week..
Manager Jake Ash, who played alongside Jared at Truro City, is delighted to have Jared on board:
“Jared has been an absolutely huge bonus to us, adding so much to the group already. We were made aware he was coming back home and, knowing him from our Truro days, it was a ‘no-brainer’ to invite him to training. You could immediately see the quality and intensity that show his footballing background”.
“I am certain that as he gets fitter and sharper, and adjusts to the way we play, he will be a massive asset on the playing side. Not only that, he is a tremendous character and I am really confident he will make a big success of his role within the youth section too.”
