The Paddock and The Pavilion - The Horse Racing and Cricket Podcast

Are you all ready for the men’s Ashes? After our three-part ‘Memories of the Ashes’ series with Rick McCosker, Dennis Amiss and Richard Ellison joining us on today’s show is our regular cricketing pundit Roland Butcher, the former England International.

I caught up with Roland in Nottingham after day 3 of the county championship match between Nottinghamshire CCC and Warwickshire CCC to preview the most anticipated Ashes Test series on home soil since 2005.

Roland discussed the current topical issues, Moeen Ali’s return, Ben Stokes’s troublesome knee and the decision to replace Ben Foakes with the England hero of 2022 Jonny Bairstow.

Can the Aussies match the Bazball Test? Roland gives his valued opinions on the question all cricket fans are waiting to find out. Roland also reveals who he thinks will be the key players during the five-match series. 

Find out if Roland has changed his 2-2 prediction from an earlier podcast for the series and much more…

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In the third part of our ‘Memories of The Ashes series I was joined by former England swing bowler of the 1980s Richard Ellison.

Richard only played two Ashes Test matches, both in 1985, but few players have ever made a bigger impact. Player of the Match in his Ashes debut at Edgbaston, Richard took 17 wickets in his two Test matches to help England win the Ashes. 

Capture the magic of his debut when Richard ripped through the Aussie batting line up. “I had 15 minutes in the sunshine,” said Richard.

Richard ended the podcast with an insightful look ahead to the 2023 series which is due to start on the 16 June at Edgbaston, the scene of Richard’s greatest Ashes memory.

This interview was recorded on 29 May

Parts 1 and 2 featured Rick McCosker and Dennis Amiss.

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In the second part of our ‘Memories of The Ashes series I was joined by former England opening batter of the 1960s and 70s Dennis Amiss.

Dennis’s ‘Memories of The Ashes’ went back to watching his hero Denis Compton winning the Ashes on television in 1953.

His Ashes career began and ended at Old Trafford (1968-1977). In his opening Ashes Test in 1968 he bagged a pair and Dennis talks philosophically about the troubles he experienced against Australia, who proved to be his nemesis during his Test career.

After 1968 his next Ashes Test came in the winter of 1974/75 where the England team and Dennis took a battering as they suffered a 4-1 series thrashing. We hear what it was like to face the fearsome duo of Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson on some fast bouncy wickets.

Dennis continued to play for England in the home series against the Aussies in 1975 and 1977.

The podcast ended with Dennis’s views on the much-anticipated 2023 Ashes series which will begin at his adopted home, Edgbaston on 16 June.

This interview was recorded on 25 May

Part 3 coming soon with former England swing bowler Richard Ellison.

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In the first part of our ‘Memories of The Ashes series I was joined by former Australian opening batter of the 1970s Rick McCosker.

Rick a previous guest on the podcast recalled his Ashes memories which went back to playing imaginary Test matches in the back garden with his brother and listening to the wireless on cold winter’s nights with his parents in the 1950s.

Rick’s Ashes journey included series wins in 1974/75 and 1975, but disappointment in 1977.

You will hear about his debut at Sydney in January 1975 in that dramatic series where England took a pummelling from Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson together with his views on the captaincy credentials of brothers Ian and Greg Chappell, and much more, from this modest but successful opening batsman of the 1970s.

The podcast ended with Rick’s views on the much-anticipated 2023 Ashes series.

This interview was recorded on 22 May.

Part 2 coming soon with former England opening batter Dennis Amiss.

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In the Paddock

What was it like to…. Win at Royal Ascot?

In Episode 10 of a series where I pose the question ‘What was it like to…. I spoke to young Newmarket based trainer Harry Eustace about his win at the 2022 Royal meeting in the Palace of Holyroodhouse Stakes with Latin Lover in only his second season as trainer. Latin Lover was Harry’s first runner at Royal Ascot.

This episode is brought to you in collaboration with Great British Racing International.

GBRI is British horseracing’s dedicated service provider, committed to helping international parties navigate the networks that make up this world-leading industry, and promoting stories from within British racing to a global audience.

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Fifinella was the last filly to win the Derby in 1916. She won the Oaks only two days later.

Our main guests are Sarah Childs, the great granddaughter of Royal jockey Joe Childs, who rode Fifinella to glory, and her partner Zac Watkins. And we have an interesting story for you which covers Joe Childs, a three-time Derby winning jockey, who had classic success for King George V, a painting based on a cigarette card and a log cabin with beautiful views in Herefordshire.

Joining Sarah and Zac you will hear from equine artist and the resident artist at Cheltenham racecourse Emily Johnson, who painted Fifinella and Tim Cox, a former Trustee of the National Horse Racing Museum and owner of the Cox Library. 

Emily talked about the challenges of painting ‘The Flying Filly’. Her painting now resides at the Fifinella retreat in Herefordshire.

Meanwhile Tim gives us excellent insight about the riding career of Joe Childs, the racing career of Fifinella, and the impact of cigarette cards in Britain during the early part of the 20th century. Add a connection with Disney and Roald Dahl and you have a fascinating horse racing story.

If you are interested in finding out more about the Fifinella retreat (log cabin), perhaps even making a booking at this beautiful setting click on the link below.

www.canopyandstars.co.uk/britain/england/herefordshire/the-woodlands/fifinella-retreat

Emily Johnson previously appeared on the podcast in Episode 172.

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In this episode I caught up with Bill Adamson a qualified coach at March Town Cricket Club in Cambridgeshire who has just released a new cricket coaching aid onto the market called Crickbox.

A passionate cricket coach Bill talks about the seven-year journey to manufacture.

To quote Bill’s new website Crickbox Ltd

CRICKBOX is a system, a combination of bespoke equipment designed by us, and training techniques created by us to get the most out of the players. Using all elements of CRICKBOX allows all players to improve their basic skills in Bowling, Batting, Fielding and developing the whole Team. 

Crickbox is now available at major cricket kit outlets. Fearnley Cricket, Gray Nicholls, Mr Cricket, SM Cricket & VS V-Sports.

Bill discussed the benefits of Crickbox a view supported on the show by Lois Hopkins captain of the March Marvels, a successful women’s cricket team, who Bill also coaches.

To find out more about this exciting new product watch the promotional video on the Crickbox website designed by DMJ Imagery.

This podcast was produced by DMJ Imagery. 

 A video version of this podcast produced by DMJ Imagery will shortly be available on YouTube.

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The 2nd Fairbreak invitational tournament was held in Hong Kong between April 3rd and the 16th .

In this 2nd part with my co-host German international Tina Gough, we discovered the off-field highlights of our featured players Roberta Moretti Avery, Kathryn Bryce and Shizuka Miyaji.  Plus, we found all about Tina’s visit to Disney!

The writer of Fairbreak the book Karen Motyka gave us an update on how the book has been received in Hong Kong as well as an inspiring story about Bangladesh and Falcons bowler Jahanara Alam. 

Women’s cricket is now a global game. Tina, Kathryn, Roberta and Shizuka fill us in on their own cricketing plans for 2023.

Our final guest is the founder of FairBreak Shaun Martyn who gave his insightful thoughts on the event. Looking ahead to September Shaun enthused about the prospect of taking Fairbreak to Dallas, Texas in September.

If you missed Part 1, click the link below.

https://chrt.fm/track/4F8ACF/traffic.megaphone.fm/COMG2534962578.mp3?updated=1684699086

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Fairbreak is a movement which the Paddock and The Pavilion is pleased to support.

FairBreak’s mission is to progress gender equality on a truly global scale, using cricket as their primary vehicle.

The 2nd Fairbreak invitational tournament was held in Hong Kong between April 3rd and the 16th . In this podcast of two parts I was joined by German international and Falcons player Tina Gough a regular guest on The Paddock and the Pavilion to chat about this popular cricketing event which featured many of the world’s leading players.

In this first Part Tina with the help of playing guests Kathryn Bryce from Scotland, Shizuka Miyaji from Japan and Roberta Moretti Avery from Brazil alongside Karen Motyka, the author of Fairbreak the book and Lady Barmy Army discussed how Fairbreak 2023 compared to last year’s inaugural competition. You will hear Kathryn Bryce’s thoughts on the final where a Hayley Matthews masterclass secured victory for the Warriors. Kathryn also played a major role in their victory while off the field Lady Barmy Army became part of the action. Listen in if you don’t know the full story.

Together with or guest’s individual highlights you are in for a packed show before we hear from the Fairbreak founder Shaun Martyn, who joins our star cast in Part 2.

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John Buchanan was a highly successful Ashes and World Cup winning coach of the Australian men’s cricket team between 1999 and 2007.

But what many people may not know is that he played two years for Cambridgeshire CCC in the late 1970s.

Buchanan talks fondly of his two seasons, 1978 and 1979, playing for the Minor County side where he played alongside the West Indian Test player Derick Parry and against ex England legend John Edrich in his Norfolk CC days.

Former Cambridgeshire CCC captains Alan Ponder and Nigel Gadsby, who made his debut in the then young Aussie’s second match for the county add their thoughts on Buchanan’s qualities as an all-round cricketer.

With the Ashes now only a month away Buchanan gives some insightful views on the series, including the key areas together with his views on Bazball.

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