Alan Chambers MBE

During 16 years service with Her Majesty’s Royal Marine Commandos Alan operated in the deserts, jungles and frozen tundra’s of the planet, travelling the world and visiting over forty countries.

Alan Hansen

Alan was one of footballs most elegant defenders of his generation and enabled Liverpool to dominate British and European football throughout the 1970’s-80’s.

Alex Hibbert

'Hibbert undertakes what is proving increasingly scarce in modern timesgenuinely ground breaking polar travel' Sir Ranulph Fiennes Alex Hibbert, aged only twenty-five, is the world-record holder for the longest unsupported polar journey in history.

Alistair McKean

Alastair started rowing in 1994 at Herne Bay Amateur Rowing Club.

Andy Townsend

The former Republic of Ireland skipper is carving out a new and blossoming career with ITV, having been commended for a very successful world cup.

Bob Anderson

It has been a remarkable career but the fact that Bob Anderson has spent the last 25 years in the top 20 darts stars in the world tells its own story.

Bob Champion MBE

Bob’s racing career took him to America where he rode several winners.

Brian Sims

Author of the recently published book Sports Sponsorship: Getting Your Share, Brian Sims has secured in excess of 50 million pounds of sponsorship, at all levels of international motorsport up to and including Formula 1.

Chris Cowdrey

Chris Cowdrey is the eldest son of Lord (Colin) Cowdrey, one of the great names of English cricket.

Chris Holmes MBE

Chris Holmes is Britain’s most successful Paralympic swimmer ever winning 9 gold medals, 6 at a single games.

Colin Jackson

Colin Jackson has won 19 international titles throughout an illustrious career.

David Gower

David Gower is England’s second highest ever runs scorer in Test Match history.

David Lloyd

Former England team coach David Lloyd has been one of the top sporting after dinner speakers for over 15 years.

Dean Macey

Dean Macey, the "Dean Machine", is undoubtedly one of the biggest personalities in British sport.

Dennis Amiss MBE

Dennis Amiss made his Test debut for England in the fifth Test of the 1966 series with West Indies, and he proved an accomplished Test match batsman, he was one of the first batsman to use a protective helmet.

Derek Redmond

A career that brought gold medals at World, European and Commonwealth levels and also saw more than its fair share of bad luck and heartache, most famously during the Barcelona Olympics when his hamstring snapped during the semi finals.

Duncan McKenzie

Duncan McKenzie will always be remembered as an entertainer both on an off the pitch, his career in soccer began at Nottingham Forest and when Brian Clough became Leeds United Manager for the famous 44 days, he signed McKenzie for the Elland Road Club.

Ellen MacArthur

Ellen Macarthur became the fastest woman to sail around the world, it was the culmination of years of hard work and determination.

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Gareth Edwards

Gareth is a former Welsh rugby union footballer who played scrum-half, considered by many to be one of the greatest players in the history of the game.

Gavin Hastings

Gavin was an outstanding rugby player of his generation, winning 61 caps for Scotland, 20 of which as captain.

Geoff Holt

Paralysed from the chest down at just 18 years old after a swimming accident, Geoff became an inspiration to thousands when he secured a place in the history books on 5 September 2007 when he became the first disabled sailor to go around Britain single-handed.

Henry Olonga

Henry Olonga was the first black cricketer and youngest-ever player to represent Zimbabwe at international level.

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James Gibson

James has proven himself to be one of the top breaststroke swimmers of all time, he has won Gold at every international level except the Olympics, which he is working hard to achieve in Beijing and London.

Jason De Carteret

Jason De Carteret is an Antarctic World Record holder and is an experienced Polar guide having skied to the both the North and South Pole four times each.

John Nichol

The first the world saw of RAF Navigator John Nichol was as a British prisoner of war, shot down during the Gulf War and paraded on TV.

Jonathan Agnew

A successful county cricketer with Leicestershire, Aggers went on to make three Test appearances for England as a fast bowler with the ability to swing the ball.

Justin Miles

Justin Miles is an inspiration to us all.

Karen Pickering MBE

Having represented her country at a senior level for 20 years, Karen Pickering is Britain᾿s most decorated female swimmer and England᾿s most decorated Commonwealth medallist in any sport.

Kevin Cahill

Kevin Cahill, 48, worked for the Royal National Theatre for 10 years before becoming chief executive at Comic Relief.

Kriss Akabusi

In a notable athletics career Kriss won three medals at the Summer Olympics and three World Championship medals, amongst others.

Lawrie McMenemy

Lawrie McMenemy, the current manager of Northern Ireland, is a distinguished public speaker, specialising in management motivation.

Lewis Gordon Pugh

In 2007, Lewis Pugh dove into the icy waters of the North Pole and swam for 18 minutes and 50 seconds, wearing only a Speedo and a pair of goggles, he emerged as the first person to complete a long distance swim at the top of the world.

Lord Digby Jones

Lord Digby Jones became Director-General of the CBI on 1 January 2000 to serve a five year non-renewable term of office.

Manley Hopkinson

Manley Hopkinson has had a colourful career.

Mark Eccleston

In 1986 at the age of 16 Mark Eccleston had an accident in which he broke his neck and severed his spinal cord.

Martin Corry

Martin Corry is an English rugby legend whose career achievements speaker volumes for his talent! Martin Ended his 10th season as a Leicester Tigers player by captaining the team in three grand finals and lifting the Guinness Premiership and EDF Energy Cup at the first Double of the games professional era.

Matthew Pinsent CBE

Matthew Pinsent took up rowing at Eton, aged 14 and within three years he and Tim Foster had claimed gold in the coxless pairs at the World Junior Championships.

Mette Bloch

Mette Bloch was a world class athlete now she is a world class motivator to businesses and organisations teaching her ᾿Winning Mentality᾿ and ᾿Team Building᾿ skills.

Michael Johnson

Michael Johnson is quite simply one of the greatest athletes on the planet.

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Paul Rose

Paul Rose was the Base Commander of Rothera Research Station, Antarctica for British Antarctic Survey for 10 years and was awarded HM The Queen’s Polar Medal.

Penny Mallory

Penny Mallory -whether she is presenting a TV show, driving a rally car or running a marathon she gives 100 per cent and gets amazing results.

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Ray Clemence MBE

Ray Clemence, MBE made his debut for Scunthorpe United in 1966 and was spotted and signed by Liverpool manager Bill Shankly a year later.

Richard Dunwoody MBE

Three times Champion jockey Richard Dunwoody is one of Britain’s most successful jockeys ever.

Richard Noble OBE

Richard Noble OBE specializes in developing high risk ventures, he was the holder of the land speed record between 1983 and 1997, and was the project director of Thrust SSC, the vehicle which holds the current land speed record, set at Black Rock Desert, Nevada in 1997.

Roger Black MBE

For fourteen years Roger represented Great Britain at the highest level in the world of athletics, both as an individual 400 metres runner and a member of the 4 x 400 metres relay team.

Rona Cant

What sets Rona apart is that she became an explorer and round-the-world yachtswoman later in life by racing a yacht the wrong way round the world, opening a 'thought to be impossible' dog-sled trail inside the Arctic Circle and trekking with bears and cougars on one of the world's toughest trails.

Rory Underwood MBE

Rory is England’s most capped player, with 85 appearances, and is the highest tryscorer with 49 tries, including a record 5 in one match (Against Fiji 1989).

Sally Gunnell OBE

Sally Gunnell OBE is arguably the greatest female athlete this country has ever produced and the only woman in history to have ever concurrently held all four major championship gold medals - Olympic, World, Commonwealth and European as well as the World record.

Sarah Webb OBE

Sarah Webb has been sailing from the age of seven.

Sean Chapple

With a life as inspirational as his achievements are measurable Sean brings a new dimension to motivational speaking and personal development.

Sharron Davies MBE

Swimming presenter Sharron first made the headlines at the extraordinary age of 11 when she was selected for the 1976 Montreal Olympics and instantly became a household name.

Sir Clive Woodward OBE

As the architect of England’s greatest sporting achievement since the 1966 World Cup victory, Clive’s visionary approach to ’winning’ has captured the imagination of the sporting world.

Sir Steve Redgrave CBE

Quintuple Olympic Gold Medallist Rower Sir Steve Redgrave has proved himself the greatest Olympian Britain has ever produced.

Steve Mills

Steve Mills is a professional speaker, marketeer and international sportsman.

Steve Parry

Steve Parry, the GB Swimming Team Captain achieved his lifetime goal of becoming an Olympic Medalist at the Athens Olympics in the summer of 2004.

Tarka L'Herpiniere & Katie Jane Cooper

In 2007, Tarka L’Herpiniere and his partner Katie-Jane became the first to walk the length of the Great Wall of China from West to East, a journey of more than 3,000 miles (4,300km) which took them 167 days.

Tessa Sanderson CBE

During her 26 years competing for Great Britain Tessa was voted Sports Personality of the Year and Athlete of the Year 3 times by the Athletics Writers Association.

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Willie John McBride MBE

Educated at Ballymena Academy, Northern Ireland, Willie J McBride was the boy from Ballymena who became the captain of Ireland and a British Lions legend.

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