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News and selected assignments - 2005
December 2005
Lucinda Green presents Zara Phillips with the Pat Besford trophy for the year's outstanding sporting performance - following her success in the European Three-Day Event Championships - at the prestigious Sports Journalists' Association's Annual Awards.
Sue Mott presents the annual 'What the Papers Say' TV review of the sporting year.
Jim White, Patrick Barclay and James Lawton are all signed to contribute to Sky TV's tribute
to George Best.
November 2005
Patrick Barclay and Jim White add weight to Bravo's increasing commitment to football coverage with appearances on their Italian and World Cup Shows.
September 2005
Patrick Barclay and Sue Mott sign for the Guardian Saturday Sports show on Channel 4,
hosted by Clive Anderson
David Walsh provides a timely lead article for GQ Sport Magazine on the ill-fated triple Gold Cup winner,
Best Mate.
August 2005
Jimmy Nesbitt as he appears in the
Manchester United Opus.
Picture courtesy of Kraken.
Kraken come calling: Jim White, James Lawton and Jonathan Northcroft are contracted to write the 500,000 word, Manchester United Opus. DWM later arranges for Hugh McIlvanney, Patrick Barclay and James Nesbitt to make significant contributions.
Stephen Jones, David Walsh and Brendan Gallagher agree to produce a similar Opus on England rugby (pub. 2007).
Sue Mott, Alan Smith and David Miller sign for Arsenal Opus on closing of Highbury (pub. Spring 2007). Contributions later arranged from Patrick Barclay and Tom Watt.
July 2005
Jim White writes, and presents, a highly-acclaimed, hour-long, TV documentary for Sky on Jose Mourinho (with another to follow, a year later, on Sven Goran Eriksson).
June - July 2005
Sue Mott
Sue Mott provides ESPN's US television viewers with the British perspective from the Wimbledon championships... as well as presenting features on
Elena Baltacha and the 2012 London Olympics for the BBC.
June 2005
Elena Baltacha takes part in an exclusive picture spread for the Daily Mirror.
Stephen Jones enlightens NZ rugby readers with regular columns in the Sunday Star-Times during
the Lions tour.
Martin Johnson and Sue Mott appear on Sky's Sporting Legend series hosted by Sir David Frost
and Des Lynam.
May 2005
David Welch represents the Corinthian Casuals Football Club in their negotiations with Wembley and Stoke Park over use of the name Corinthian Club at the new Wembley stadium (eventually to prove successful). Also signs to present series of media-awareness sessions for the Lawn Tennis Association.
April 2005
Elena Baltacha becomes an Ambassador for Sports Leaders UK.
March 2005
Paul Kimmage (top, right) receives the Sports Interviewer of the Year trophy from Ian Botham at the 2004 Sports Journalism Awards, while David Conn (bottom, left) collects his Sports News Reporter prize from Robert Charles, Head of Sport at Channel Five.
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David Welch Management launched... initially with 14 members. Others to have joined since include
Paul Hayward
Hugh McIlvanney, Stuart Barnes,
Tom Watt,
Will Buckley,
John Taylor,
Laura Williamson
Ben Jacobs
Sarah Stirk
Lisa Dobriskey and
Ivan Ponting
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