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DAVID LLOYD... EX ENGLAND NATIONAL COACH, TV COMMENTATOR AND EX LANCS AND ENGLAND CRICKETER WHOSE GREAT TALES OF TOURS ABROAD, DRESSING ROOM INCIDENTS AND RECOLLECTIONS OF THE SPORT'S BIG NAMES MAKE HIM AN IDEAL CHOICE AS GUEST SPEAKER.
PAULA RADCLIFFE ...CLOCKED THE SECOND FASTEST WOMEN'S TIME EVER WHEN WINNING THE 2002 LONDON MARATHON.
PAT CASH ...AUSSIE
TENNIS PLAYER
BEST REMEMBERED FOR HIS 1987 WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONSHIP WIN BUT NOW HAS MANY
BUSINESS INTERESTS AND IS PRESIDENT OF A RELIEF AGENCY THAT HELPS STREET
CHILDREN ACROSS THE WORLD.
RONAN RAFFERTY ...WAS A TEENAGE GOLF PRODIGY, WINNING THE BRITISH BOYS'
TITLE AT 15 AND PLAYING IN THE WALKER CUP AT 17. HIS AMBITIONS IS TO PLAY EVERY
LINKS COURSE IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
ALEX COOMBER ... HAS BEEN HAILED "THE BRAVES WOMAN IN SPORT"
AFTER SHE WON A BRONZE MEDAL IN THE 2001 WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES DESPITE NURSING A
BROKEN ARM. THE SKELETON IS THE MOST EXCITING FORM OF BOBSLEIGH INVOLVING
TRAVELLING AT SPEEDS OF UP TO 80 MPH HEADFIRST DOWN A MOUNTAINSIDE ON A TINY
SLED RESEMBLING A TIN TRAY
GABBY LOGAN ...TV PRESENTER AND NEWSREADER MUCH IN DEMAND FOR AWARD CEREMONIES,
MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKING AND PERSONAL APPEARANCES.
JACK CHARLTON O.B.E..."BIG JACK" HAS SOME EXTREMELY FUNNY ANECDOTES OF HIS LENGTHY CAREER AS A WORLD CUP STAR AND FOOTBALL MANAGER.
TOMMY DOCHERTY...SOCCER LEGEND WHO SAYS HE HAS HAD MORE CLUBS THAN JACK NICKLAUS., HAVING MANAGED SOME OF THE GAME'S TOP TEAMS, INCLUDING MAN UTD., CHELSEA, QPR, DERBY AND SCOTLAND.
IAN ST. JOHN.. TELEVISION’S THE SAINT....SPENT 10 SUCCESSFUL YEARS WITH LIVERPOOL AND PLAYED 21 TIMES FOR SCOTLAND. GORDON BANKS...ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST EVER GOALKEEPERS AND MEMBER OF THE ENGLAND WORLD CUP WINNING SQUAD.
DUNCAN MCKENZIE...STARRED WITH LEEDS, EVERTON, CHELSEA AND NOTTS FOREST. NOW HE STARS ON THE AFTER DINNER CIRCUIT AS A VERY ENTERTAINING SPEAKER.
PETER SHILTON MBE OBE - LEGENDARY ENGLAND GOALIE WHO MADE OVER 1000 LEAGUE APPEARANCES.
PAUL FLETCHER...IS ANOTHER REGULAR ON THE CIRCUIT THANKS TO HIS FUNNY STORIES FROM HIS PLAYING DAYS WITH BOLTON AND BURNLEY FC
GARETH CHILCOTT...THE LEGENDARY "COOCH". FORMER BATH, ENGLAND AND BRITISH LIONS RUGBY STAR NOW TV PRESENTER, PERFORMER AND ACE AFTER DINNER SPEAKER.
IAN ROBERTSON...BBC RUGBY UNION COMMENTATOR AND RACING CORRESPONDENT. ALSO FORMER SCOTTISH VICE CAPTAIN, EX CAMBRIDGE BLUE AND BARBARIAN. SUPERB STORYTELLER.
TONY GUBBA...ONE OF THE FACES AND VOICES OF BBC SPORT FOR OVER 25 YEARS.
DAVID TRICK... FORMER BATH AND ENGLAND RUGBY UNION STAR WITH A LOOK AT THE GAME AND ITS MANY CHARACTERS.
MARTIN BAYFIELD...FORMER BRITISH LION AND ENGLISH RUGBY UNION PLAYER. EX RUFC PLAYER OF THE YEAR. GREAT RUGBY ANECDOTES.
JIM WATT...FORMER BRITISH, EUROPEAN AND WORLD LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION, NOW MAIN TV BOXING COMMENTATOR.
JOHN H STRACEY...EX BRITISH, EUROPEAN AND WORLD WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPION. GREAT BOXING STORIES.
JOHN CONTEH...EX WORLD LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CHAMPION LENDS HIS LIVERPOOL HUMOUR TO HIS SPORTING STORIES.
BOB THE CAT BEVAN...THE LEGENDARY OLD WILSONIANS SIXTH ELEVEN GOALIE AND TELEVISION PERSONALITY WHO HAS SPOKEN FROM MONTE CARLO TO THE WEST INDIES.
PAUL STEVENS... THE SINGING GOLF CADDY. HE HAS CADDIED FOR FALDO, WATSON, CRENSHAW, STRANGE AND MANY OTHERS. NOW HE TALKS ABOUT LIFE "ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BAG"
HAROLD "DICKIE" BIRD...LEGENDARY FIGURE FROM THE CRICKET WORLD, HAVING UMPIRED IN OVER 100 TEST MATCHES IN EVERY CRICKETING COUNTRY, TALKS ABOUT HIS CAREER AS ONE OF THE GAME'S TOP CHARACTERS.
HENRY BLOFELD...BBC COMMENTATOR "BLOWERS" LIFTS THE LID ON BEHIND THE SCENES AT RADIO’S TEST MATCH SPECIAL.
BILL FRINDALL...ALIAS THE BEARDED WONDER OF TEST MATCH SPECIAL AND AUTHOR OF MANY BOOKS ON CRICKET.
GEOFF MILLER...EX. DERBYSHIRE AND ENGLAND CRICKETER AND FORMER IAN BOTHAM ROOM-MATE WITH VERY FUNNY CRICKET STORIES. ALWAYS IN DEMAND.
MIKE COWAN...FORMER YORKSHIRE FAST BOWLER IS NOW A SUPERB SPEAKER WITH GREAT CRICKET AND SPORTING HUMOUR. ALSO TALKS ABOUT HIS UPBRINGING IN A SOUTH YORKSHIRE PIT VILLAGE.
MIKE WATKINSON... FORMER LANCASHIRE CAPTAIN AND ENGLAND CRICKETER.
PETER PARFITT...IS THE FORMER MIDDLESEX AND ENGLAND LEFT HANDER - ALWAYS IN DEMAND FOR HIS WEALTH OF EXTREMELY FUNNY CRICKET STORIES.
CHRIS COWDREY...EX CAPTAIN OF KENT AND ENGLAND.
JOHN STIRLING... FORMER CAPTAIN OF THE PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS' ASSOCIATION AND PGA "EUROPEAN PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR" TALKS ABOUT HIS CAREER IN THE GAME AND THE STARS HE HAS WORKED WITH.
ALEX HAY...BBC GOLF COMMENTATOR AND FORMER RYDER CUP REFEREE TALKS ABOUT TRUE STORIES INVOLVING FAMOUS PLAYERS AND THE FUNNY INCIDENTS WHICH HAVE HAPPENED IN HIS CAREER AS ONE OF THE COUNTRY’S FOREMOST GOLF PRESENTERS.
JEREMY DALE ... TRICK GOLF SHOT EXPERT
RON YEATS...FORMER CAPTAIN OF LIVERPOOL TALKS ABOUT " THE STORIES THAT NEVER MADE THE PAPERS".
ALAN KENNEDY - FORMER LIVERPOOL AND NEWCASTLE SOCCER STAR.
STEVE KINDON...FORMER WOLVES, BURNLEY AND HUDDERSFIELD SOCCER STAR WITH SOME CRACKING TALES ABOUT HIS SOCCER EXPLOITS. A GREAT FOOTBALL CHARACTER.
WILF MCGUINNESS...SPENT 18 YEARS AS A PLAYER WITH MAN UTD AND 18 MONTHS AS THE MANAGER. FUNNY STORIES ABOUT THE GAME AND ITS HARD MEN.
FRANK MCCLINTOCK MBE...EX SCOTLAND AND ARSENAL CAPTAIN.
JOHN LLOYD - 10 YEARS A FIFA REFEREE IN 20 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.
JEFF WINTER... FORMER PREMIER LEAGUE REFEREE.
PHIL BENNETT...LEGENDARY WELSH FLY HALF AND FORMER BRITISH LIONS CAPTAIN
LES CUSWORTH...ENGLAND RU ASSISTANT AND FORMER CAPTAIN OF LEICESTER, ENGLAND AND BARBARIANS.
RAY FRENCH...BBC TV RUGBY LEAGUE PRESENTER WHO HAS REPRESENTED ENGLAND AT BOTH CODES.
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