Sport continues to provide us with inspiring stories – the latest being the incredible tale of Shane Lowry, who claimed the British Open by six strokes at the weekend. Stories like his drive all of us who choose elite sport as a way of life. I say this because at times it can be a very lonely job as athlete…
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The mother of two tennis superstars is coming to Ipswich as a special guest at a fundraiser to help more people get into the sport. Judy Murray, mum to Andy and Jamie Murray, is patron of the Elena Baltacha Foundation, launched in honour of the former Ipswich-based British women’s number one after her death from liver cancer at the age…
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As chairman of The Elena Baltacha Foundation I am involved in many areas of programme delivery for young people, this means lots of fund raising to ensure my team and I can continue to keep providing high quality opportunities for pupils in sport. Last year I delivered a presentation at Ipswich Town Business Breakfast Club, and I was approached by…
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As the Director of The Hub it’s my responsibility to ensure we connect with and support as many athletes across England as we can – our current portfolio stretches all the way from Liverpool down to London. One athlete who we have built an incredible relationship with, and who is actually now one of our official Hub ambassadors is a…
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If you’re a sports fan I think it’s safe to say that you were pretty satisfied with watching some world class performances last weekend. Sunday delivered a sporting feast – Lewis Hamilton winning a record sixth British Grand Prix at Silverstone, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer playing out the longest Wimbledon Final in history and, of course, England were crowned…
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We are now in the final days of the World’s most famous tennis tournament, Wimbledon, and the end of what has been a simply incredible experience for me, members of The Elena Baltacha Foundation, parents and players who we support. We are lucky enough to have a great relationship with the WTA, which means that we can take some of…
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This week saw the end of the footballing dreams for England at the semi-finals stage of the FIFA Women’s World Cup. But it would be fair to say that the achievement of the squad has impacted a nation of young girls who will now embrace the Beautiful Game, and be part of the growth that will undoubtably take place. It’s…
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My role as The Director of The Hub keeps taking many different twists and turns, the latest one seeing my life path trajectory crossing with a child prodigy. This has happened to me once before, with a junior tennis player called Holly Fisher, who was seen as many as a potential global super star. So much so, that she was…
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I always look forward to writing my blog, but this week was extra special – because I can talk about the amazing success story of Jo Konta, our top British tennis star, who capped an incredible clay court season with a French Open semi-final fight-off against the teenager Marketa Vondrousova. Considering clay is not Jo’s favourite or most successful surface,…
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I recently posted a blog about sport being a solution for those finding themselves straying off the straight and narrow and into unacceptable behaviour. I wanted to follow this up by using a high profile sports personality who found sport as their saviour. The person I want to focus on is Anthony Joshua, who currently is the heavyweight boxing world…
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