Biography
My key skill is in Sports media; I enjoy following a wide range of sport, my favourite being American Football.
I am presently employed as the 'Media Man' for The Royal Engineers Rugby Team, the most successful Army Rugby team in recent years. I produce all pre and post game video; changing room art work and maintain their website; more on www.sapperrugby.com. All matches are recorded for the various Coaches to review and analyse in required game segment packages as well as producing highlight packages within 6 hrs of the game which is then uploaded onto You Tube and the club website. During the 2009/10 Season I will also be working for Reading RFC.
I have also carried out work for; The Army Rugby Union and League sides, recording the league games and also uploading the highlights onto You Tube.
I have written match reports, for the Royal Engineers team, many have featured in their bi-monthly magazine 'The Sapper.' www.army.mod.uk/625.aspx These match reports have also featured on the main Army Rugby Union website www.aru.org.uk . I have also had American football match reports featured on the highly successful American Football UK site www.footballdiner.com .
Educated to A level standard in Media studies, IT and Food Technology in Kent I then trained for a year at Farnborough college of Technology, earning a Certificate in Higher Education in Television and Radio production; this included working with industry standard software.
Examples of my work can be found on the Portfolio pages, with links to websites, etc on the References page.
General Info about me:
Interests: Sports, Music, Film
Favourite Sports Teams:
New England Patriots
Manchester City
Bath Rugby
Boston Celtics
Boston Red Sox
Colorado Avalanche
Heroes: Tom Brady, Roger Federer, Johnny Wilkinson
Favourite Music: Coldplay, Robbie Williams, John Mayer,
Queen, The Killers, Sting, Genesis, Blink 182, Timbaland,
Joshua Radin...and lots more
Favourite TV Programmes: Friends, Scrubs, CSI, Simpsons, Family Guy, ER...
Favourite Films: Black Hawk Down, Lucky Number Slevin, 300, Any Given Sunday
plus loads more
Favourite Books: Mostly Sports Biographies
Favourite Quotations:
'Dare to be different'
"You are here to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, and with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world."
-Woodrow Wilson-
'Nothing that's worth having comes easy'
'Don't think in a moment, think about the future'
Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down
and grieve. Find another way.
Satchel Paige
"It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey
that matters in the end."
"Always leave them wanting more"
Vince Lombardi Quotes:
'You're going to get hit anyway, you may as well catch the ball'
'The Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work.
Hard work is the price we must pay for success.'
'Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.'
'The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall.'
Me @ Wembley - New England Patriots vs Tampa Bay, 2009
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Helping teams turn into Championship Winners
