SporTedd

Thanks to everyone who came last night to see Rob Andrew and Wayne Barnes entertain us with stories from the world of rugby. If you enjoyed the evening and want to join SportTedd, please take a look on:
Www.sportedd.com
If you are already a member, thank you for your support, and we will be in touch very soon with details of the next dinner.

Alison

We are delighted and privileged to welcome to SporTedd, the author, journalist and broadcaster JOHN MCCARTHY.

John was one of the hostages in the Lebanon hostage crisis, and became the United Kingdom's longest-held hostage in Lebanon when he was held as a prisoner for more than five years.

John has agreed to share his story with us as well as answer questions from our guests.

It’s the usual SporTedd dinner format and priced at £75 per head.

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Dear SporTedd members

What a summer of sporting excitement it’s been so far - Wimbledon, the Ashes, the Open and, of course, the Women’s FIFA World Cup. A summer when heroes will be made and names etched in history…

…but we haven’t forgotten that in less than seven weeks’ time, it will be the eve of the Rugby World Cup. Twenty teams battling for the other pineapple-topped trophy: the Webb Ellis Cup, 200 years on from the moment William himself picked up the ball and ran at Rugby School.

And you can be assured SporTedd is not letting this momentous occasion pass us - or our members - by!

We invite you to “scrum down” to The Wharf on Wednesday, 30 August, for an evening previewing one of the most exciting and competitive Rugby World Cups ever. Our star-studded guests include broadcasters and rugby experts Jill Douglas and John Inverdale, alongside our very own Bill Sweeney, CEO of the RFU. We will be announcing more in the coming weeks.

This event is sure to be a hot ticket and is the perfect opportunity to sign off summer and turn our attention to the biggest event of the autumn.

So don’t miss out - get your name on the team list now!

WHEN: Wednesday 30 August, 7pm
WHAT: A SporTedd preview of the Rugby World Cup 2023
WHO: Jill Douglas, John Inverdale, Bill Sweeney and others
WHERE: The Wharf, Teddington
COST: Standard SporTedd .. £75pp to include three-course meal and a half bottle of wine

A big thank you to our members and to everyone who comes to the SporTedd events. Between dinners, we've been busy offering donations to worthy causes, including Orleans Park school Twickenham.
-Unity

We made a contribution of over £1,500.00 worth of equipment that will significantly enhance the students at the school, enriching their experiences and providing them with opportunities to participate in activities that may otherwise be challenging to afford or access. We are particularly delighted that students with special educational needs and disabilities now have equal access to sports and recreational activities, fostering their physical well-being, social interaction, and overall personal development.

Look out for the next SporTedd event, a rugby dinner at the end of the month...

It's our pleasure, Park Lane Stables RDA. Wishing you all the best for the future. From all of us at SporTedd x

Thank you for SporTedd for our new mucking out tools. Our Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) volunteers are super happy and life will be much easier now.

Three top guests lined up for tonight. See you later
PS stairs are available

Exciting new development for SporTedd...

For our event at the end of June, we are going slightly off-piste and are organising a non-sport focussed event.

Our guest on Tuesday, 28th June will be ROBERT HANNIGAN, a former Director of GCHQ in Cheltenham, which is one of the three Security Services (plus MI5 and MI6) which keep us safe and secure and plays a key part in the global security network on behalf of the UK, especially currently in the Russian conflict with Ukraine.

It is obviously unlikely you have heard of Robert, and although he will need to be careful about offering details about the precise workings of GCHQ, I am sure that people will find his views and insights into the working of the Security Services and especially GCHQ’s role in the areas of terrorism, major crime as well as the scale of threats and ambitions of China and Russia to be interesting if not compelling.

We are also hoping that a former member of the Special Forces (SBS or SAS) will also attend to give more of a view from the operational frontline.

The event will be in a private room at The Anglers and will be £40 for the evening (including a two-course dinner and wine).

Ladies & gentlemen.... We are delighted to announce that tennis star TIM HENMAN will be our SporTedd guest at The Wharf restaurant in Teddington on Tuesday, June 7th.

Availability is limited so please book now to avoid disappointment. The timing is perfect for Tim to offer his unique insights into this year’s Wimbledon Championships as well as the big warm-up tournaments at Queen’s and others.

If you are already a member you can bring guests and if you would like to be a member you can join today by paying a £100 annual subscription. It promises to be another memorable SporfTedd evening. Don’t miss it…

OUR fund-raising efforts have been going well. If you know of any charities or sports groups in the area in need of support, tell them to get in touch with us. https://teddington.nub.news/news/local-news/calling-all-local-sports-related-projects-sportedd-are-on-the-lookout-for-deserving-causes-132977?utm_source=sendgrid.com&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=website

Thanks to everyone who came to SporTedd last night. Damon Hill was engaging, witty, and insightful. Lots of F1 chat, discussion of the Bob Mortimer scotch egg story which featured on Would I Lie to You & analyses of all the top drivers. Loads of money raised for charity. Roll on Tim Henman... more details coming soon!

*IT'S TONIGHT*

SporTedd presents:

Dinner, drinks and Damon Hill

See you at The Wharf.

7pm for drinks
8pm for dinner
9pm interview with Damon Hill
followed by questions from the floor

Remember to bring £20 for the raffle

Look forward to seeing you all there...

Drum roll...

The next two SporTedd events will be:

DAMON HILL, former F1 Champion: Tuesday, April 5th

TIM HENMAN - former British number 1: Tuesday, June 7th

Please Save The Dates now and we will be in touch again with details of costs.

We are also looking at a members-only event with the former Director of GCHQ, probably to be held at the function room at The Anglers Pub.

Alison

SporTedd is in the news...

https://teddington.nub.news/n/more-than-3000-raised-for-teddington-community-projects-at-latest-sportedd-event

More than £3000 raised for Teddington community projects at latest SporTedd event THE LATEST SporTedd event aimed at raising funds for local sport-themed projects in the Teddington area raised over £3000 despite a last-minute hitch.

Thanks to everyone who came along to the SporTedd dinner with Gary Lineker last week. It was a tremendous night, despite Mr Lineker falling ill with covid on the morning of the event.
By the simple use of a laptop, Alison Kervin was able to interview him on zoom, and by some technological wizardry, it was all broadcast loud and clear on a large screen.
Also, a huge thank you to Wayne Barnes and Craig Joubert for their fabulous rugby tales and their views on the Six Nations.
Lots of fun, and loads of money raised for charity.

MORE SPORTEDD EVENINGS COMING SOON...

We're looking forward to seeing everyone a week today for the Gary Lineker evening.
Don't forget to bring a £20 note for the raffle (we have some truly incredible prizes).
See you next week.

NEW EVENT!! This month...

Dear SporTedd Members

We have pleasure in announcing our latest member and guest evening on a sporting theme, to take place on Wednesday 27th October.

An Evening with John Jackson will see SporTedd’s own Alison Kervin in conversation with renowned journalist John Jackson, who will entertain us with frank and revealing stories from 35 years in Fleet Street during which time he covered 22 Olympic Games (12 Summer, 10 Winter), 10 football World Cups and 55 Wimbledons, as well as any number of Test tours, FA Cup Finals and Commonwealth Games.

This ‘not to be missed’ occasion will have an intimate feel, with numbers capped and limited to members plus one guest each. Operating under Chatham House Rules we can look forward to unique insight into many sporting triumphs along with the inside story about some of our greatest sporting icons and how their worlds inevitably intertwined with royalty, politicians, movie stars and the rich and famous.

Venue: The Private Upstairs Room at The Anglers, Teddington

When: Wednesday 27th October

Time: 7.00pm

AN EMAIL CONTAINING ALL THE DETAILS WILL BE WINGING ITS WAY TO MEMBERS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Reflections-Mirror-Man-Streets-Rotter/dp/B094L7FFYB/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=JOHN+JACKSON+ROTTER&qid=1632921939&sr=8-1

Reflections of a Mirror Man: The Life and Times of Fleet Street's Chief Rotter Reflections of a Mirror Man: The Life and Times of Fleet Street's Chief Rotter

We've been busy helping local schools and sports organisations with kit & equipment through the pandemic.

Here, Heathfield Junior School proudly display their SportTedd kit which helped them to a fabulous victory in the Hampton School 5-a-side festival last weekend. Well done to everyone who competed.

If you know of any school or sports organisation that needs our help, please send them this link to the website where they can download an application form.

Thanks to everyone who supports SportTedd. More exciting dinners coming soon...

https://sportedd.co.uk/how-to-apply/

Good afternoon. I am delighted to confirm today that Christine Ohuruogu - Olympic and World 400m Champion - will be joining us for our Olympics evening. If you haven’t got your ticket for the great event, do so today!!

Tuesday June 29th
The Wharf, Teddington

Featuring: Roger Black, MBE. former Olympic and World Championship 400 metre silver medallist, Mark Hunter MBE, Olympic gold medal winning rower in Beijing in 2008 and silver medallist in London 2012, Mark Foster, former Olympic swimmer and World Champion. and now Christine Ohuruogu - Olympic and World 400m Champion.

The three course dinner will cost £67.50 with half bottle of wine and the price includes, as usual, a donation towards SporTedd.
We can gather at 7pm for drinks beforehand (!!) and aim to sit down by 8pm.
There will be an opportunity for a Q and A session as well.
Alison Kervin

Good afternoon. I am delighted to confirm that SporTedd will host its next event on Tuesday June 29th at The Wharf, Teddington. As originally planned last year we are intending to have an Olympic Games preview.
We are delighted that Roger Black, MBE. former Olympic and World Championship 400 metre silver medallist, Mark Hunter MBE, Olympic gold medal winning rower in Beijing in 2008 and silver medallist in London 2012 and Mark Foster, former Olympic swimmer and World Champion.
As ever we will have limited space for this fantastic night and I hope you will show your support.
We will be having an auction and a raffle so any items or prizes will be very well received.
The three course dinner will cost £67.50 with half bottle of wine and the price includes, as usual, a donation towards SporTedd.
We can gather at 7pm for drinks beforehand (!!) and aim to sit down by 8pm.There will be an opportunity for a Q and A session as well.

Hello, we’re almost out of lockdown...and there will be SporTedd events coming very soon. In the meantime, take a read of this, and give yourselves a hearty pat on the back for all the good you are doing in the community by being part of this fine organisation...

https://www.richmond.gov.uk/news/may_2021/sportedd_announces_new_funding_grants

SporTedd announces new funding grants - London Borough of Richmond upon Thames The community group SporTedd have announced it's latest round of financial grants for local projects around Teddington taking the group’s total donations to over £30.000.

Hi everyone, I hope you’re all well. We’re starting the process of setting up dinners ready for when lockdown lifts, and hope to have one all ready to go as soon as we’re allowed, with another one or two later in the year. Looking forward to catching up with everyone very soon & sharing fun, wine & food in the presence of a sporting great. 

While we’ve been in lockdown, and unable to meet, we’ve been distributing funds to these worthy causes.

Meadlands Primary School, Richmond - £1053.03 to purchase PE equipment

Teddington Womens’ Rugby Club - £1300 to purchase tackle bags

The Horse Rangers Association - £2000 to help fund the acquisition of a mechanical horse

Lowther Primary School, Barnes - £1350 to Lowther Primary School for basketball hoops, football goals and dance kits

Teddington Torpedoes - £2370 to fund the training of swimming coaches

The Friends of Murray Park, Whitton - £2500 for cost of setting up and running junior Park Run

Half Backs Rugby, Teddington - £1000 to purchase rugby balls and equipment.

Thanks for your continued support.
From all at SporTedd

The equipment is at Teddington RFC, all ready to use... Good Luck to everyone at the club in 2020! Alison Kervin & all at SporTedd

Hello,

As 2020 comes to an end, a quick note from all of us at SporTedd to say a huge 'thank you' for your support through this most difficult of years.

We had to shelve all of our plans for the dinners we had organised with Gary Lineker, a panel of Olympians and a scrum rugby players. Hopefully we'll be able to host them in 2021.
We have continued to distribute our grants, though, and are keen to keep helping any clubs or organisations in need,
Have the best New Year's Eve possible, and here's to meeting up as soon as we can in 2021.

Cheers!

Alison Kervin & all at SporTedd
https://teddington.nub.news/n/new-kit-for-teddington-womens-rugby-thanks-to-sportedd-grant

New kit for Teddington Women’s Rugby thanks to SporTedd grant The local community group SporTedd, which supports sport-themed projects in the area has continued its work throughout the pandemic and has now handed out more than £23.000.

The lottery which supports our community has gone live TODAY!

GET LUCKY LOCAL (www.getluckylocal.co.uk) was the brain-child of SporTedd chairman, Stuart Higgins, and is supported and run by the SporTedd committee and members.

What makes the lottery stand out from others is that you can nominate a charity to benefit directly from your money. Plus you have a chance to win great prizes and substantial sums of cash.

See the website below for more details... Please do support the venture and get your ticket today!

*Play Get Lucky Local and support good causes close to your heart in YOUR own community – it’s that simple!*

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Friends of much-loved SportTedd member David Hogg, who sadly passed away in Kingston Hospital on April 4th, probably from COVID-19, have been urged to turn out on Teddington High Street tomorrow morning to pay tribute to his life.

David, aged 61, had been ill for several weeks and his funeral will take place at Kingston Crematorium with only his immediate family in attendance because of the current government guidelines.

His close friend, Simon Lamb said: “I know it would be a great comfort to his wife Angela to see some familiar faces if people can take their socially-distanced exercise along The High Street at 11.45am next Monday morning so they can say goodbye to him en route to Kingston.”

Another friend, Martin Waldouck said: “David was such a joyous and lovely man and lived his life with so much enthusiasm and energy. He’s going to be hugely missed.”

Those who wish to pay their respects should gather near the King’s Head pub on the High Street and adhere to the 2-metre social distance guidance.

A memorial service will be held at a later date so his many friends can join his family for a celebration of his life and say their own farewells.

11.45am, 20th April 2020, Teddington High Street.

https://teddington.nub.news/n/pay-your-respects-to-david-hogg-on-teddington-high-street-on-monday

Pay your respects to David Hogg on Teddington High Street on Monday Friends of the late and much-loved David Hogg, who sadly passed away in Kingston Hospital on April 4th, probably from COVID-19, have been urged to turn out on Teddington High Street on Monday morning to pay tribute to his life.

I hope everyone's staying safe in lock-down. We're looking forward to organising more SportTedd events as soon as the virus has passed. If you are in the Teddington area, and want to be kept abreast of local news, see Teddington Nub, a news site run by our chairman, Stuart Higgins...reporter par excellence and former editor of The Sun.
Here's today's story, about the RFU stepping in to help with coronavirus testing. See you all soon, Alison

https://teddington.nub.news/n/twickenham39s-rfu-headquarters-tackles-covid-19-battle?fbclid=IwAR3Yq-P56rcqj0BZdxdZNn697Qb07YUFqVMTg1u2_N8HCoek9mcO740G5rE

Twickenham's RFU headquarters tackles COVID-19 battle Twickenham Stadium has been deployed as a drive-through COVID-19 testing centre for NHS staff and key workers.

POSTPONEMENT NOTIFICATION * POSTPONEMENT NOTIFICATION


The Gary Lineker evening on 19th March is postponed. Emails will be sent out to everyone who has bought tickets.

Here is a note from our Chair:

Dear all,

After much consideration we feel that in the current climate it is both responsible and sensible to postpone our SporTedd evening with Gary Lineker, which was due to take place on Thursday, March 19th.

We had a sell out evening which would have raised a significant amount of money for SporTedd. Please do say if you’d like to be refunded if you have paid or if you are comfortable with us holding your monies for our next event. Gary Lineker has committed to a re-arranged event.

We had tentatively planned a pre-Olympic event for June but it’s probably best not to commit to another event until it is clear how long this crisis will last.

Thank you for your continued support.

Stuart Higgins, Chair, SporTedd

POSTPONEMENT NOTIFICATION * POSTPONEMENT NOTIFICATION

If you want to become a member of SporTedd, all the information, and details of who to contact, is here: https://sportedd.co.uk/membership/

Membership Community fundraising for sport-related causes in Teddington, Hampton, Twickenham and the borough of Richmond upon Thames

If you run a sports club in the area and would like to apply for funding, please let us know. You'll find all the information here: https://sportedd.co.uk/how-to-apply/

How to Apply Community fundraising for sport-related causes in Teddington, Hampton, Twickenham and the borough of Richmond upon Thames

SporTedd updated their website address.