Chapman`s
assistant-manager Mark Holloway has been promoted to the senior role until the
end of the season when the situation will be reviewed.
Holloway
joined the Hawks in the summer of 2018 and has become an integral part of the management
set-up.
Since
the departure of Chapman, Holloway stepped into the role on an interim and has
moved quickly to bring in an experienced coach in David Collis to assist him.
Holloway
previously held coaching positions at clubs including Grays Athletic and, more
recently, Hornchurch.
He
is a very well-respected coach in the game.
Collis
worked his way through the ranks at Charlton Athletic before moving on to
Barnet and then an extensive playing career at non-League level with the likes
of Ford United, East Thurrock United, Hertford Town, Thurrock, Bishop’s
Stortford, Grays, Ware and Hornchurch where he worked alongside Holloway as player-coach.
Meanwhile,
following the arrival of Hector Mackie as Chapman`s final signing as Hawks
boss, Holloway has brought in Ellis Ashworth, Serge Erkarslan and Charlie
Collis to bolster his squad.
Mackie (pictured) came through the Tottenham Hotspur academy before having a number of trials with
League clubs.
He
signed for Stevenage Borough but failed to break into the first team and went
on to feature for a number of clubs, mostly in the upper reaches of the non-League
Pyramid, including Welling United, St Albans City, Bath City and Hayes &
Yeading United, Wingate & Finchley.
More
recently, Mackie has been playing in Canada for Vaughan FC and most recently
Toronto Irish.
He
returns to the Arena for a second spell, having been on the Hawks` books back
in 2012/13.
Ashworth
on a dual registration with Southern League Premier Division Central side
Royston Town.
Born
in Brentwood, Ashworth can play either at centre-back or right back and has
recently returned from the United States where he has spent the previous four
years with St Louis Lions and at Roger State University.
Erkarslan
is a midfielder who featured for the Hawks earlier this season after joining in
the summer of 2019, has re-joined the club after a spell with Isthmian League
Premier side Cheshunt.
Erkarslan
made 3 appearances and scored one goal in his first spell with the Hawks.
He
is a central or attacking midfielder who started out in the Tottenham Hotspur
academy before a spell with Swiss second division side FC Schnaffhausen.
After
returning back to the United Kingdom, he featured for Cockfosters and Potters
Bar Town before joining Harlow.
Also
signing is teenager Charlie Collis, a young central midfielder who joins the
Hawks from Southern League Premier Division Central outfit Needham Market where
he has mostly featured for the under-18 side.
He
is the nephew of new coach Dave Collis. |