My life in sport has without doubt been varied, and has taken me the length and breadth of the UK, and around the globe. I am proud to say that I have some incredible clients in my portfolio, past and present, Manchester United Football Club, England Cricket, The UK PGA, England Boxing, Premiership Club owners, celebrities, millionaires and billionaires. I’m…
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The Championship Play-off Final between Aston Villa and Derby County at Wembley Stadium on Monday was the end of an incredible first season of management for Rams’ boss Frank Lampard and a cause for celebration for Villa players and their fans across the globe. This match was also a significant event for ex-Ipswich Town star Martyn Waghorn who fulfilled a…
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So I am going to practice what I preach, and do my little bit to salute the incredible young gymnasts who go about their relentless training regimes here in Ipswich, and then compete their hearts out on a British level. During my coaching role, locally and nationally, I present on the subject of athlete development and I talk about how…
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I will soon be able to announce an event that I will be involved in which celebrates women in sport and business, led by one of the world’s most well-known women, who has had a significant impact on sport. It will be an event of national importance, and will be held at a major venue in our region, and I…
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My past sporting life has been full of incredible memories, working in some of the greatest arenas on the planet, from Centre Court at Wimbledon to the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne. And this weekend gone I had the opportunity to add another arena experience to my list – the most famous football stadium in the world, Wembley – and…
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Ipswich now has its very own equivalent of an EIS (English Institute of Sport) World Class Centre – it might not be as big as the mega venue in Sheffield, but we are slowly making a serious noise in the world of elite programme support through The Hub, Centre of Excellence. As Director of The Hub, I am super excited…
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As Director of The Hub, I am meeting some incredible and inspirational individuals who are searching for world class programme support. The latest sporting hero that has crossed my life path is a very determined woman called Ramla Ali. She lives in London and recently heard from one of my associates in London all about The Hub and what we…
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My role as the Director of The Hub, Centre of excellence in Ipswich, has become a very important part of my life, for so many different reasons. The Hub support Team, are based at the Ipswich Waterfront Innovation Centre (IWIC), its facilities in terms of meeting rooms, boardroom and presentation areas gives us outstanding facilities to create innovative and exciting…
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As I find myself committing to more projects utilising sport as a positive influencer in children’s lives, I am becoming more and more interested in athletes who are using their position and achievements to inspire and motivate young aspirational athletes who are working their way through the ranks. British sprinter Dina Asher-Smith, currently one of our athletics stars and a…
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Its been a fantastic week for global tennis with the Miami Open in full swing, but also an incredible week for Ipswich tennis, seeing us celebrating a great performance this Sunday just gone, by one of our Elena Baltacha Foundation supported players, Saul Hindmarch, coached by Richard Daynes (Framlingham Tennis), and Mike Lunt, (EB Foundation Head of Player Support) who…
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