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Official Website of New Brighton Football Club (R.U.)	SUPPORTERS AND SOCIAL

Thurs 05 Apr 2007

NEW BRIGHTON FC(RU)

19^th SPORTSMAN’S DINNER

in the Marquee Wednesday, 16th May 2007

Corporate Tables: --- £420 for a table of 10.
Members enjoy a small discount.

To book a table please contact: Tom Calderbank (01925 726666), Alan Kettell (0151 678 2229), Peter Torgersen (0151 677 2745) or Beryl Bowes (0151 678 2654).
Guest Speakers as outlined below.

Guest Speakers

ANDY GREGORY Rugby League Star Sports Personality

Great Britain International. Clubs include Wigan, Widnes, Warrington & Salford.

Andy Gregory was born in Wigan and had played junior rugby league in the town before signing for Widnes. He had a successful time at Naughton Park before making the short trip to Warrington in the mid eighties. Wigan finally signed Andy from Warrington in 1986 for a reported £130,000 fee and he helped lay the foundations for Wigan’s monopoly of all the major trophies.

Andy played a big part in the inaugural World Club Championship win over Manly in 1987 and although only small in height he dominated games on the field from scrum half. In his time at Wigan he won five Challenge Cup Winners medals, two John Player winners medals and two Lancashire Cup winners’ medals. Andy also won 16 Great Britain caps whilst he was a Wigan player to add to the 10 he won as a Widnes and Warrington player. Andy was able to make the transformation from club rugby to international rugby with ease and in his finest performance for GB was in 1988 when he was man of the match in the third Test in Brisbane, helping Great Britain to their first win over the Aussies in 16 starts. Andy also won the Lance Todd Trophy twice for match winning displays in the Challenge Cup final, against Halifax in 1988 and Warrington in 1990.

Andy was transferred to Leeds in 1992 and finished his playing days as player-coach at Salford. He led Salford to the First Division Championship in 1995 but twelve Super League clubs had already been chosen for 1996, but in 1996 he led the Reds to their second consecutive championship and a place in the Super League.

Salford started off well in 1997 and topped the Super League and also qualified for the Semi-Finals of the Challenge Cup. In 1998 he took Salford to the Semi-Finals. But Salford struggled for most of the season and started off 1999 in trouble again, rooted to the bottom of the league. In May 1999 Andy left Salford by mutual consent to concentrate on his pub business in Wigan, also in the same year, he was nominated as a new member of the Wigan Hall of Fame.

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IAN IRVING
TV Personality and after dinner speaker extraordinaire

Ian has entertained the Corporate world at Twickenham and Wembley

Ian started his show business career in 1986 winning many talent shows at various venues around the country. He has appeared in some of the most prestigious venues supporting performers such as Lionel Richie, Jim Davidson, Bonnie Tyler and The Four Tops.

As a regular on the After Dinner circuit he has worked around the world with luminaries from various sports such as Sir Bobby Charlton, Sir Henry Cooper, Lennox Lewis, Frank Bruno, Phil Tuffnell, Barry McGuigan and Bill Beaumont.

Ian has experience on both sides of the camera working as a warm up artist for Blankety Blank, Fast Friends, Bread, In Sickness and In Health, Pebble Mill and Kilroy which led in turn to a walk on part in the TV series, The Chief. Ian also appeared on Celebrity Squares with Bob Monkhouse which led to his own half hour TV show, Stand and Deliver.

Ian supports several charities including The Variety Club of Great Britain and rugby's own Wooden Spoon.

Learn a lot more about this remarkable comedian/after dinner speaker and his previous engagements on his very own web site: click here


Anyone wishing to book a table please contact : Tom Calderbank (01925 726666), Alan Kettell (0151 678 2229), Peter Torgrsen (0151 677 2745) or Beryl Bowes (0151 678 2654)