Artistes of the Month
Also featured: Charlie Thomas, Neil Hanson
Sean
Fitzpatrick
One
of the most durable rugby union players of all time, Sean Fitzpatrick
was one of the very best.
Capped 92 times by his country, the abrasive hooker captained the All Blacks for almost six years and always led by example, just one of Sean's abiding qualities. After making his international debut for New Zealand on June 28, 1986, Sean took part in the inaugural World Cup in 1987 enjoying one of his best-ever rugby moments as the All Blacks went on to win the tournament final in Auckland against France.
His experience both on and off the field has generated vast knowledge and made Sean an inspirational leader. His phenomenal skill to motivate is passed on to those who meet him making him deal candidate for sporting and motivational speaking.
His contagious ability to:
Motivate
Team build
Innovate
Focus
Develop
Makes Sean the perfect candidate for inspirational speaking on all of
these key areas.
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here to see Sean's online Video Showreel
Charlie Thomas
Charlie
is familiar to millions as the key sports presenter on Sky News.
He started in journalism as a reporter for the Hounslow Informer in the mid 80s and went into broadcasting in 1988 as a sports reporter with Capital Gold.
In 1990 he started working for Sky. At the same time, he freelanced for other companies like Screensport and IRN. He commentated on the 1991 rugby world cup, and ATP tennis for Screensport.
For Sky, he was football reporter from 1992 to 94 for the next five years was the main cricket reporter, going on seven England cricket tours, plus covering the domestic seasons back home and the 1999 world cup.
Since 1999 he has presented on Sky News, as well as freelancing for independant companies like Octagon and ISL. He is very popular in the corporate market, hosting sporting dinners and events, drawing on his 16 years broadcast experience.
Neil
Hanson
Neil
Hanson is the prolific and successful author of an acclaimed series of
popular histories - The Custom of the Sea, The Dreadful Judgement and
The Confident Hope of a Miracle. Critics around the world have hailed
them as "astonishing", "brilliant", "compelling",
"gripping", "extraordinary", "marvellous",
"superb", "a triumph" and "a masterpiece".
He has also written over forty other novels and non-fiction books, published under a variety of different names, for as well as his own work, he is also a ghostwriter. His clients have included a number of travellers and adventurers, a treasure diver, a polar explorer, a round the world walker, a controversial historian, an England football coach, the captains of the England rugby union and Great Britain rugby league teams, an undercover investigator, an IRA informer, two jet-pilots and several SAS men.
Along the highways, byways and frequent cul de sacs of a very chequered career he has also been an Oxford graduate, a plasterer's mate, an ice-cream salesman, a holiday camp redcoat, an art gallery director, and simultaneously, a rugby league commentator and an art critic - a combination he's pretty confident is unique. He's been the editor of the drinker's bible, The Good Beer Guide, and the owner of the highest pub in Britain - within a week of taking it over his locals had re-christened him 'Basil' after the well-known Torquay hotelier - and has also found time to travel round the world twice, edit an assortment of obscure magazines, make a couple of television films, write two screenplays, be a radio broadcaster in Britain, Australia and New Zealand, and write for every British national newspaper and for media around the world.
An award winning after-dinner speaker, he has spoken at every type of
occasion - corporate events, conferences, festivals, luncheon clubs, sportsmen's
dinners and banquets - throughout the UK and in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne,
Perth, Auckland, Wellington, Dubai and New York. He has also made regular
appearances on television and radio in Britain, the USA, Australia and
New Zealand.
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