#BettingPeople

Interview: STEVE TILLEY: Steve Tilley couldn’t win as a fixed odds punter, but found his forte in spread betting. Since getting involved he’s won around £280,000 on horseracing with some cricket and football successful trades too. In this interview with Simon Nott he reveals the markets and strategy which has made him a man the spread firms are loathe to take business from. Meeting Steve Tilley.

Interview: JOE O’GORMAN: Joe is an on course bookmaker who has been in the game since the 1980’s, working for his father and grandfather as a tic-tac at Walthamstow. He would go onto take over the pitch in the mid 1990’s, standing there until the track’s closure in 2008, and then moving onto Harlow in the same year. O’Gorman has also stood at Aintree, Ascot, Brighton, Chelmsford, Cheltenham, Epsom, Fontwell, both Newmarket courses, Plumpton, Sandown, Windsor and will soon be on course when allowed back. Meeting Joe O’Gorman with William Kedjanyi.

Interview: ED HAWKINS: Ed is a cricketing analyst, journalist, anti-corruption expert and published author. Currently the cricketing correspondent for betting.betfair – and host of the ‘Cricket Only Bettor’ podcast on the same platform – he is a three time Sports Journalists’ Association Betting Writer of the Year award winner and won the Wisden Book of the Year award for ‘Bookie Gambler Fixer Spy’. After that book, which was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2013, he educated the ECB’s anti-corruption unit and advised the MCC. In 2019 he embarked on his second project, ‘The Men On Magic Carpets: Searching For The Superhuman Sports Star.’ He has written for The Times, Sunday Times and Daily Mail. Meeting Ed Hawkins with William Kedjanyi.

Interview: PAUL LAWRENCE Paul Lawrence has seen the sport of greyhound racing from many angles; kennel hand, racing manager, commentator/broadcaster and owner. All these roles have shaped the way that Paul has gambled on the sport for a living for the last twenty years. This interview with Julie Collier gives us an insight into the life of a pro-gambler; the good and the bad, overcoming challenges, changing tack when needed and trying to find an edge.

Interview: TOM STANLEY: Tom Stanley is a racing broadcaster and analyst who can regularly been seen on Racing TV and Matchbook.com as a lead presenter, guest, and columnist. Formerly a tipster for Oddschecker, Tom’s love affair with racing started when his father’s first horse, Cheval De Guerre, won first time out at Warwick for Kim Bailey in the mid-nineties and he hasn’t looked back, working his way through the ranks to become one of the most recognisable faces in the UK racing media. Interview with WILLIAM KEDJANYI.

Interview: ROD MILLMAN Cullompton trainer Rod Millman talks about his career as a jockey, working for Martin Pipe and taking the plunge as a trainer with limited funds. He explains to Simon Nott what he’s looking for at the sales when searching for bargain purchases like Betty’s Hope the 2019’s Super Sprint winner. Meeting Rod Millman.

Interview: WILLIAM WOODHAMS CEO of Fitzdares Bookmakers, William Woodhams has gravitated to the betting industry via marketing, fashion, Formula One and other high end brands. He’s not new to the world of gambling though, his lineage is strewn with colourful horseracing characters including trainers, professional punters and broadcasters. He’s grasped the bookmaking nettle with mettle and has his own ideas about how things should be done, properly. Meeting William Woodhams.

Interview: SIMON NOTT Simon Nott from Star Sports catches up with bookmaker Julie Williams about her fearless father Freddie and their careers in racing and betting. Meeting Julie Williams.

Interview: DICKON WHITE In this interview with Simon Nott, we talk to Jockey Club Group Betting Director Dickon White. Dickon talks of the challenges racecourses face getting the balance right between customer service and the interests of bookmakers. He covers some pertinent issues concerning bookmakers as well as his interest in a strong Tote competition. Meeting Dickon White.

Interview: JASON WEAVER Jason Weaver went from champion apprentice with 60 winners to amassing 200, including the 2000 Guineas, the following year. Weight problems cut his career as a jockey short aged just 30. In 2018 he won the HWPA Broadcaster of the Year and is now a familiar face on ITV and Sky Racing. Meeting Jason Weaver. (interview from Simon Nott)