Anything but Footy

This is Beijing Bound from Anything but Footy - the countdown to the 2022 Winter Games...

Laura Deas is an Winter Olympic medalist already for Team GB as she heads to her second Games in the sport of Skeleton. She stood on the podium with double British Olympic champion Lizzy Yarnold four years ago.

Now Laura's the most experienced slider leaving her training base in Bath for Beijing in 2 weeks time - one of 4 skeleton athletes confirmed by Team GB today - all making their Olympic debuts. Congrats to Brogan Crowley, Marcus Wyatt and Matt Weston.

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The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics is just weeks away & we're now 50 days to go until the Paralympics - this is Anything but Footy Beijing Bound again!

There's a medal range - not a target - for Team GB and Paralympics GB - there's more athletes in different sports and disciplines - and there's still covid-19 and every danger that brings to the team, athletes and staff alike. But every single member is vaccinated and now ready to go for gold in the second Olympic and Paralympic Games in 6 months.

As well as UK Sport CEO Sally Munday, Paralympic GB's Phil Smith, we hear from Team GB's newest confirmed athlete - and his special tribute to an Olympic giant who sadly passed away just before Christmas.

Follow and download for all the latest news from Beijing as the Games go on!

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This is Great British Bosses from Anything but Footy - the podcast that hears from the women and men who run British sport in this country.

As we start another new year, and a further focus on getting fit and healthy following the covid-19 pandemic, we catch up with Natalie Justice-Dearn, CEO of Rounders England, formerly of British Cycling, British Triathlon and the Birmingham Football Association.

Rounders is a sport that's played by more than a million people every year and in schools up and down the country, but Natalie tells us of her plans to increase participation further, a national league, and with England having its own women's team, the dream of getting the sport into the Commonwealth Games in the next decade!

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Back to work this week? It's never stopped for the British athletes heading off to the second Olympics and Paralympics in six months...

Team GB have picked 27 year old Cornelius Kersten as their first long track speed skater since 1992 - we hear how he 'brewed' up his success at the recent World Cups...☕️

Paralympics GB Chef De Mission Phil Smith joins us too to discuss the first athletes confirmed for Beijing in 2 months times - the British wheelchair curlers - skip Hugh Nibloe, Gregor Ewan, Meggan Dawson-Farrell, David Melrose & Charlotte McKenna...

This is Beijing Bound from Anything but Footy - the countdown to the 2022 Winter Games...

(📸 Skater Cornelius Kersten credit: Vincent Riemersma)

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This is the 4th and final episode of the first season of Centre Pass from London Pulse - the podcast produced with Anything but Footy.

As Pulse head in a new Vitality Netball Superleague season, this episode shows why London's premier netball club is much more than just an elite franchise.

We spend an Evening with London Pulse - in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park - and catch up with players, new arrivals, sponsors, partners and even self confessed Pulse super-fans!

So as we head into the new year, download, listen and follow, and you'll understand why for London Pulse it's not just another new Superleague season...

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This is Beijing Bound from Anything but Footy - the countdown to the 2022 Winter Games...

Kathryn Thomson and Farrell Treacy both return for their second Winter Olympics for Team GB after named in the squad. Brother Niall Treacy will also make his debut in Beijing in February 2022, after reaching his first world final this year.

Farrell - now based in the USA - will go in both the 1000m and 1500m events and talks to John and Michael about his ongoing battles against injury, his love of competing and now his first ever Christmas away from home....

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Team GB now has 9 confirmed athletes for Beijing Winter Olympics in February 2022 - with 3 figure skaters joining the curlers!

After winning the British Championships in Sheffield for a 5th time, Natasha McKay, who we interviewed in an earlier episode of Beijing Bound, has been selected in the women's singles while Lewis Gibson and Lilah Fear will compete in the ice dance and caught up with John to celebrate their achievement so far...

This is Beijing Bound from Anything but Footy - the countdown to the 2022 Winter Games...

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This is Great British Bosses from Anything but Footy - the podcast where we speak to the people who lead sport in the country, behind the scenes.

The British Judo Association is one of those national governing bodies with the widest scope possible, from getting kids and adults onto the mat, overseeing clubs and coaches, staging events and ensuring the best judoka stars represent GB at the Olympics and Paralympics.

Andrew Scoular is the man in charge and has been for the past 8 years, having switched from developing community rugby and playing international hockey for Scotland!

And as he explains to John and Michael, this year's been a huge success for the sport following the despair of the covid pandemic...

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So much to talk to Nigel Holl about - his duel role as Executive Performance Director and CEO of British Curling, former CEO of Scottish Athletics and interim CEO of British Athletics, ideas for National Curling Day and the hand-made bike he made in lockdown!

There's obviously Beijing 2022 only a matter of weeks away and the hopes of more medals for Team GB from his world champion 'athletes' Bruce Mouat and Jen Dodds. And he has a real passion for the sport of Curling, but as we discuss the future of one of his former positions at British Athletics, he tells us "I don't think for a chief executive, you need to be from that sport."

This is episode 34 of Great British Bosses from Anything but Footy, the podcast speaking to the men and women who run sport in this country.

Listen, download and follow for much more!

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This is episode 3 of Centre Pass from London Pulse - a must listen for all those involved and invested in Pulse, but also for fans of world class sport and high performance!

We're joined by Pulse's new Performance Director Lisa Alexander and Head Coach & CEO Sam Bird for a coaching conversation that covers everything from preparation to playing and pathway to elite, plus the future hopes and aspirations for London Pulse, London’s only Vitality Netball Superleague side, but as we know, is much more than that!

Lisa, despite 30 years as a winning high performance coach, also explains how she still learns from the likes of England's rugby and football coaches, Eddie Jones and Gareth Southgate.

This is Centre Pass from London Pulse, the brand new podcast produced with Anything but Footy. Download and follow to ensure you will automatically hear our next episode coming soon!

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