Rugby Union Archives - Page 2 of 2 - After Dinner Speakers & Comedians

David Trick

David Trick represented England at every level, from under-16’s through to International. He joined Bath in 1978 whilst still at school and played almost three hundred games, scoring 191 tries. David also briefly ventured into athletics and was the National Junior 100m sprint Champion with a best time of 10.4 seconds. After this brief encounter, David decided that he was a rugby man at heart.
He toured Argentina and South Africa with the England team and played twelve games (scoring eleven tries) between 1980 and 1986.
David is a light hearted after dinner speaker and never fails to entertain with his stories and charm. The upmost gentleman, his feedback is consistently outstanding from all audiences.

Ryan Jones

Ryan Paul Jones is a Wales international rugby union player who plays at number eight, blindside flanker or second row for Bristol Rugby. He has been involved in three Grand Slam wins, in 2005, as captain in 2008, and 2012. He is one of a small group of Welsh players to have won three Grand Slams

Shane Williams MBE

Shane Mark Williams MBE is a Welsh rugby union player most famous for his long and successful tenure as a wing for the Ospreys and the Wales national team. He also played scrum-half on occasion.[1] Williams is the record try scorer for Wales, and is fourth on the international list of leading rugby union test try scorers.

John Inverdale

John is an English radio and television broadcaster who works for the BBC, mainly covering sporting events. John Inverdale has presented a variety of sports programmes including Grandstand – which was one of the BBC’s longest running sports shows and his own BBC One sports chat show, Onside. John recently signed a four year freelance deal with BBC TV and Radio to present Rugby 6 Nations, Wimbledon Tennis, Championship Athletics and the Rowing World Championships. John was a presenter for the BBC coverage of the 2012 Olympics.

Howard Nicholson

Formerly Senior project manager on the Sellafield Nuclear site and President of both Netherhall RUFC & the Cumbria athletics association. Obviously it is due to a computer error that he missed out when the honours list was released.

From humble beginnings of speaking at local sporting functions his presence quickly became much in demand at both sporting and corporate functions throughout the length and breadth of the country.

Equally at home in any environment, over the years he has graced top tables with celebrities such as Gordon Banks, Nobby Stiles, Willie John McBride and John Conteh to name but a few from the world of sport, and has regaled audiences from the corporate sector with his inimitable style of wit and humour.

Specialising in personalisation and tailoring his material perfectly to suit the occasion, customer satisfaction has been substantiated by the number of times that he has been immediately re engaged for future functions.

A successful athlete of international standard, in a previous life he was the British Professional half mile champion, he won the prestigious Powderhall New years day athletics meeting and has the distinction of being a member of the exclusive sub Four minute milers club.

A non celebrity speaker with many years of experience he has simply learned the art of addressing and relating to his audience by sheer experience.

Billy Wheadon

Comedy corporate or sports host and superb quizmaster.

Neil `Billy` Wheadon played tight head prop for Halifax Rufc. and Heath Rufc represented Calderdale/Kirklees Rufc and played cricket in the Huddersfield Association with Birkby and is a truly an all round “all rounder”.

Never happier than when he is in the Gym on his favourite machine (the one with the Mars Bars in).

A humour based host, Billy is able to do a 30minute stand up spot if required, or will mix comedy into the whole routine – ideal when encouraging the audience to part with money for fundraising!

Billy’s latest idea, creating a quiz night based around many popular television shows, including Play Your Cards Right, Blankety Blank and Mr and Mrs has also been going down a treat at organisations across the UK.

Pete Emmett

Pete burst onto the comedy scene in 2007 and his unique humour has seen him make rapid strides on the circuit.

This much in demand comedian has already worked alongside the likes of Johnny Vegas, Mike Tyson, Jonny Bairstow, Phil Tuffnell, Thomas Bjorn, Bruce Dickinson, Tony Bellow, Paul Gascoigne, David Gower, Dame Kelly Holmes and Sugar Ray Leonard.

Whilst a fantastic comedian, Pete has excelled in the role of host comedian – establishing himself as one of the UK’s most in demand comic hosts, where his skills ensure he does a professional job to time and brief, keeps things light hearted where appropriate using comedy or quips when necessary, uses his natural warmth as a superb auctioneer. Despite having interviewed countless sports stars, he is equally at home with television stars and business leaders. A stickler for detail ,he will often spend hours in background research on the guest.

He is now the corporate host at Liverpool FC – the owners and shareholders private box, plus holds a similar role at both Everton FC and St Helens RLFC.

Whatever your requirements, you can be certain that Pete will adapt to your brief and provide exactly what you are expecting.