Anything but Footy

As Noddy Holder would say 'It's Christmas......' and even covid-19 can't stop the Darts at Alexandra Palace and what's even better for CEO of the Professional Darts Corporation Matt Porter, there's spectators in attendance too - admittedly slightly differently and socially distanced! Matt tells us all the rules and regulations and the only reason you can leave your seat this year!

As well as leading the world of darts through this particularly tough year, Matt's also the former CEO of Leyton Orient Football Club - find out why running darts is a breeze in comparison!!!

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

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Lauren Price is super talented! Not only is she the world's number one middleweight boxer, but reigning World, European and Commonwealth champion, having been European kickboxing champion and winning more than 50 caps for Wales in football too!

After not fighting at all in 2020, it's confirmed she'll return to the ring to compete in London again at the Olympic Boxing qualifying event in the Copperbox in the Olympic Park from 22–26 April 2021, but is likely to be behind closed doors.

It does mean though she's back on track for Tokyo 2020 and talks about how Anthony Joshua and Rio bronze medalist Joshua Buatsi are helping her and her GB Boxing team-mates prepare.

This is Back On Track from Anything but Footy. The podcast series where we speak to Team GB and Para GB athletes preparing for Tokyo 2020 in 2021.

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Like most of us, and the sporting world, 2020 didn't turn out the way the Sport & Recreation Alliance was planning. Representing hundreds of sports and activity organisations, including the FA, ECB & RFU, many are now fighting for their own survival following a series of lockdowns and tiered restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Millions of pounds worth of funding has been allocated to help the sports and recreation sector, but for many it's not enough while some grassroots and community sports clubs might not even know it's available to access.

It's Lisa Wainwright's job as CEO to work with and lobby government and then spread the word. And she's doing all this, months after shielding in her own home during lockdown, following months of treatment for cancer.

In an informative and inspirational episode, Lisa talks about everything - from cash to coming out and from discrimination to distributing cash. This is Great British Bosses from Anything but Footy - the series where we hear from the men and women running British sport and the key roles they have in many of our lives. Listen & subscribe and spread the sporting word!

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In this episode, who and what is the British Athletes Commission? We speak to its chair two time world champion and Paralympic bronze medal rower Victoria Aggar.

She reveals the BAC has had to employ more staff to cope with the rising number of athletes reaching out and asking for support, following several high profile abuse and bullying scandals in British sport. And wishes she could've supported Rio 2016 medal winning gymnast Amy Tinkler in her relationship with British Gymnastics, but told us BAC never got to speak to any athletes at that organisation.

Since retiring from rowing, Vicki’s also held roles with the British Paralympic Association and now works with the English Institute of Sport. She's also a strong campaigner against drugs in sport, working with the independent Athletics Integrity Unit but recently quit her role at the World Anti Doping Agency. She tells us she remains unconvinced WADA is listening to athletes and doing enough to prevent cheating in sport.

This is Great British Bosses from Anything but Footy, the podcast where we profile the men and women responsible for running sport in this country, from grassroots participation to those medal moments at Olympic, Paralympic and elite level.

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In this episode, multi Paralympic medalist Claire Cashmore calls on film makers and actors to think, and do more, to help fight the prejudice against those with a disability. It follows the latest 'Witches' movie depicting a witch with three fingers, a change from the original Roald Dahl text. Claire says it's a massive step backwards and recalls her experiences as a child of being called 'Captain Hook'.

After the postponement of the Games to 2021, Claire is back on track for Tokyo for what will be her 5th Paralympics, but has switched sports from swimming to triathlon despite winning gold in 2016. She talks about the challenges the first lockdown brought her - including the squiggly worms! - but her determination to succeed again next summer shines through.

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This is Great British Bosses from Anything but Footy, the podcast where we profile the men and women responsible for running sport in this country, from grassroots participation to those medal moments at Olympic, Paralympic and elite level.

In this episode we speak to Huw Edwards who is the CEO of UK Active. They are the body that is responsible for improving the healty of the nation by getting more people more active. In 2020, this aim has never been more important as participation levels in sport dropped dramatically during the first lockdown.

This episode was recorded on the first day of the second lockdown and Huw pleads with Government to hear and heed the message UK Active promotes, as he believes the closure of sports and leisure facilities is having a massive detrimental effect on the nation's health and wellbeing.

Huw also reflects on his time as part of the team who delivered the London Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012 and discusses what the true legacy of the event was, especially in light of the global pandemic.

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In this podcast series, from Anything but Footy, we speak to Team GB and Para GB athletes preparing for Tokyo 2020 in 2021, following the historic delay to the Games because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Jessica Learmonth is set to make her Olympic debut in Tokyo in 2021 after being officially named by Team GB in November 2020 as part of the triathlon team. She will travel to Japan alongside Jonathan Brownlee, Georgia Taylor-Brown and Vicky Holland. Further triathletes, including two time Olympic Champion Alistair Brownlee, could still be selected.

She describes how strange is was to be officially named for her first Olympic Games whilst sat in her dining room on a zoom call and how she became emotional when she heard the news formally for the first time. She also reveals that her partner John has been helping her prepare in lockdown by constructing a home gym and kayaking alongside her when open water swimming.

This is Jessica Learmonth - back on track for Tokyo 2020

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In this new podcast series, from Anything but Footy, we speak to Team GB and Para GB athletes preparing for Tokyo 2020 in 2021, following the historic delay to the Games because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Charlotte Henshaw is a double Paralympic medalist, after winning silver and bronze in the swimming pool in London and Rio respectively. But the 33 year old has now swapped sports for Tokyo and is aiming for gold with British Canoeing. 

She reveals the challenges she's overcome during the first lockdown and Games cancellation, how the London Paralympics didn't just change the sport in the UK, and the support she's received as an elite athlete since the switch to canoeing. 

This is Charlotte Henshaw - back on track for Tokyo 2020.

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This is Great British Bosses from Anything but Footy, the podcast where we profile the men and women responsible for running sport in this country, from grassroots participation to those medal moments at Olympic, Paralympic and elite level.

In this episode we speak to the man responsible for delivering one of the biggest sporting events on the planet. And, in 2022 it returns to England for the first time in 20 years when Birmingham will stage The Commonwealth Games.

Ian Reid is the CEO of Birmingham 2022 and describes the challenges his team has been faced with since agreeing to take over the staging of the event from Durban who were named as the original host city.

Despite the limited preparation time, Ian is confident the new Alexander Stadium and Sandwell Aquatics Centre will be ready in time, but expresses his disappointment at how the proposed athletes village in Perry Barr had to be scrapped. He confirmed the regeneration of the area will still go ahead but will not be ready for July 2022.

Ian also faces up to the lack of diversity on the Birmingham 2022 board, and whilst this inequality is being tackled, he commits to a diversity drive across all levels of the organisation and with the volunteer programme too.

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This is Great British Bosses from Anything but Footy, the podcast where we profile the men and women responsible for running sport in this country, from grassroots participation to those medal moments at Olympic, Paralympic and elite level.

Coronavirus and lockdown has dominated our lives in 2020 and for our guest, in this the 21st episode, he faced the unenviable task of closing 1800 golf clubs just 9 weeks after starting his job.

Chief Executive of England Golf Jeremy Tomlinson, started in January, and admits his organisation was inundated in the first three weeks of the cover-19 crisis in the spring with all the uncertainty, but since an early easing of lockdown in mid May, the success of the return to golf has been ‘overwhelming’ and it's now his key focus to "make sure we come out of this with substance" and keep and engage the 20,000 new members and participants, which has seen the number of rounds increase this year by 40%.

Jeremy tells us golf is a top 5 sport in this country and it's for everybody, for all ages, gender and ethnicity. He also reveals he’s a huge fan of the Olympics and thinks its great golf is now part of it again but also wishes for more coverage of the sport on terrestrial TV.

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