Tuesday, 9 June 2009

Jon Kynaston becomes Rays Head of Community and Commercial Development

In a move that clearly marks out the Excel Hull Stingrays new found ambition and confidence in a new era, the team today appointed current Peterborough Phantoms Director of Hockey Operations, Jon Kynaston, as Head of Community and Commercial Development.

Kynaston, who has been involved in Peterborough for 20 years, will split his time next season between the Phantoms and Stingrays, and will hold the position for three years.

According to a Stingrays press release he will focus his efforts on developing stronger community links within Hull as well as making the Stingrays a commercially successful business.

The statement read:
"Over the next three years we want to be competitive and develop our organisation in new areas and having been the major driver behind the recent successes at Peterborough, Jon was clearly the right person to target.

We will use Jon’s expertise to become a stronger part of the sporting community in Hull and also to take ourselves forward in the commercial area. With Jon working alongside ourselves and Sylvain Cloutier we feel we have a strong team in place to take the club forward off and on the ice."