Anything but Footy

This is Brum's the word, a podcast from Anything but Footy, brought to you with Kukri Sports, the official kit provider for Team England. We're counting down to the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham this summer and the anticipation is high for the defence of the Netball gold medal - spectacularly won for the first time in 2018 by Team England in Australia, beating the world's best, in their own backyard!

Now Birmingham plays host and in this episode of Brum's the word, we're joined by new Head Coach Jess Thirlby and Superleague player of the season - and Avengers wanna-be - Layla Guscoth!! Also, in our 'News from the Games' we talk Athletics, Swimming, Diving, Judo, Hockey, Cycling, Gymnastics and we talk table tennis with a trio of Team England stars Jack Hunter Spivey, Charlotte Bardsley and world number 14 Liam Pitchford!

You can also explore the full range of official Team England merchandise at kukrisports.com and if you use the code 'ABF2022' you'll save 10% on the price just for listening to this podcast. And standby, it's a month to go to the Games - so we've an extra special episode building up to Birmingham 2022 dropping this week - stay tuned!

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Anything but Footy's Brum's the word with Kukri Sports is the only podcast counting down to the Commonwealths this summer every week!

In this episode, we focus on three sports that have been major medal winners during the history of the Games - swimming, hockey and cycling!

Three GB Olympic champions, Tom Dean, Freya Anderson and James Guy tell us they're well up for Birmingham, as they compete in the World Swimming Championships in Budapest this week! Lily Owsley has won Olympic gold and bronze, and is now ready for her first Commonwealths in 8 years with Team England's Women's Hockey squad! And why are hosts John and Michael some 120 miles away from Birmingham but at a 2022 Commonwealth Games venue?

There's the rest of the 'News from the Games' and while you're listening, you can look the part too by exploring the full range of official Team England merchandise at kukrisports.com. If you use the code 'ABF2022' you'll save 10%!

Listen and follow 'Anything but Footy' as we build up to Birmingham 2022 - see you next week!

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Welcome to another edition of Brum's the word, a podcast from Anything but Footy, brought to you with Kukri Sports, the official kit provider for Team England, and counting down to the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham this summer.

In this episode, we're beach ready! With a bumper Beach Volleyball edition, as we hear from Team England's mens and women's teams - Jess Grimson & Daisy Mumby and the Bello brothers of Javier & Joaquin. Both teams face the respective bronze medalists from 4 years ago in their groups and both pairs are looking for a place on the podium, in front of a home crowd at a specially built facility in Smithfield, the heart of Birmingham City Centre.

Also, in our 'News from the Games' find out about an English world number one in Judo, a European champion in Weightlifting and some of the other Home Nations athletes selected to compete against Team England!

Don't forget you can explore the full range of official Team England merchandise at kukrisports.com and just for listening to this podcast, if you use the code 'ABF2022' you'll save 10% on the price! You'll also look the part!

And don't forget to tell a friend, we're the only podcast building up to Birmingham 2022 every week - download and follow 'Anything but Footy' - see you next week!

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The Commonwealth Games is the fourth largest sporting event on the planet, and as well as bringing the best sports stars together from across the world, it's a wide sporting spectrum too, as it also stages top class Para events throughout the 12 days.

This is Brum's the word, a podcast from Anything but Footy, brought to you with Kukri Sports, the official kit provider for Team England, and counting down to the Commonwealths!

In this episode, as Team England announce their biggest ever number of competitors in Weightlifting and Powerlifting, we hear from Louise Sugden, the 2018 Commonwealth silver medalist and Tokyo Paralympic bronze medalist. She tells us how the extra exposure of Para sport helps all athletes, 'it's exciting, it is interesting and we work damn hard!' Listen up for the full squad announcement! And while you're listening, you can look the part too by exploring the full range of official Team England merchandise at kukrisports.com. If you use the code 'ABF2022' you'll save 10%!

PLUS with 50 days to go until the Opening Ceremony, rehearsals are underway and we talk Diving, Hockey, Triathlon, Athletics and Rugby 7s.

Listen and follow 'Anything but Footy' as we build up to Birmingham 2022 - see you next week!

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This is Brum's the word, a podcast from Anything but Footy, brought to you with Kukri Sports, the official kit provider for Team England, and building up to Birmingham 2022.

In this episode, we catch up with Sarah-Jane Perry, a Commonwealth Games silver medalist from 2018 and former Squash world number 5. She was born and bred in Birmingham, still lives there, and is now ready to compete for her country in her home City. And she tells us the best places to eat and hopefully celebrate in the City too!

Also, in our 'News from the Games' find out about the first gold given out, before the Games even begin!

Don't forget you can explore the full range of official Team England merchandise at kukrisports.com and just for listening to this podcast, if you use the code 'ABF2022' you'll save 10% on the price! You'll also look the part!

Download and follow 'Anything but Footy' as we countdown to the Commonwealths - see you next week!

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To quote the Bryan Adams famous song 'Summer of '69' 'those were the best days of my life'...and episode 69 of Anything but Footy and the summer to come of 2022 could be just as rockin'!

We've a bumper Birmingham edition of the podcast - as Diamond League crowds returned to the second city and the new and improved venue for the Commonwealth Games this July/August! Dina Asher Smith, Keely Hodgkinson and Laura Muir all won and spoke to Michael afterwards - local 400m man Matthew Hudson Smith set a marker for the outdoor season too - we catch up with another GB superstar Katerina Johnson Thompson and Robbie Grabarz who ten years on finally gets an Olympic silver medal!

We round up the groundbreaking European Taekwondo Championships in Manchester and hear from 2 British canoe slalom Olympic stars - Mallory Franklin and Joe Clarke - ahead of their Euros too - plus a new world for British Boxing - the chair and CEO talk to us.

PLUS Tennis, Wimbledon, Russia, Ukraine, Hockey, Netball, Cycling, Rowing and have we mentioned its 9 weeks til Birmingham 2022 ??!

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Coaching helps a person change and guides them in the direction they want to go. British Triathlon coaching courses have been developed to ensure Great Britain remains a leading nation in the sport at all levels, from local clubs to the Olympics and Paralympics.

In this special edition of the podcast, produced for British Triathlon, we hear from Olympic champion Georgia Taylor-Brown and former national champion now Paratriathlon pathway coach Mark Buckingham. We want to find out what makes a successful coach and what opportunities are available for everyone, from an elite athlete, an experienced racer wanting to give something back, to parents supporting their child.

British Triathlon courses and qualifications are open for anyone who wants to get involved in supporting others to swim, bike, run. For more information check out www.britishtriathlon.org/coaching

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Season 3 of Great British Bosses, the podcast from Anything but Footy speaking to the men and women behind the scenes of sport in the UK, continues with a pair of special Paralympic and Olympic guests.

As well as rowing for Paralympics GB, Benjamin Pritchard sits on the board for Welsh Rowing, which along with British Rowing, is behind the staging of the World Rowing Coastal Championships and Beach Sprint Finals this year in Wales. Jack Beaumont is a rare Team GB rower who won a medal at the delayed Tokyo 2020.

We catch up with them both ahead of the events in Saundersfoot over two weekends in October - and Benjamin praises the greatest PR1 Para rower Ukrainian Roman Polianskyi.

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This is Great British Bosses - the podcast from Anything but Footy speaking to the men and women behind the scenes of British sport.

In this episode, we hear from Ed Clancy and Graham Briggs - a three time Olympic cycling champion and a former British professional road racing cyclist - on their cycling academy for children, based in Doncaster, and their big ambitions...

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This is Brum's the Word - a podcast from Anything but Footy - focusing on the sports and stars competing at this summer's home Commonwealth Games - Birmingham 2022.

Host nation Team England are likely to have around 400+ able-bodied and Para athletes competing in the red and white this July and August.

10 of them will be trying to win medals in badminton - across singles, doubles, mixed doubles and the mixed team event.

Marcus Ellis is one of the most successful competitors of recent years, having bagged an Olympic medal in Rio, and his partner on and off the court Lauren Smith has 5 Commonwealth medals to her name heading into her home games...

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