Anything but Footy

This is Beijing Bound from Anything but Footy - the countdown to the 2022 Winter Games...which is now just days away... We couldn't turn down the chance to speak to a real Olympic legend - and a skier hoping to rewrite the rules books too! Enjoy this episode of the podcast - it'll get you feeling 'Olympic'! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choic...

Team GB's confirmed the final 50 athletes to compete at Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games - which begins officially on Feb 4... Long track speed skater Ellia Smeding, who joins her boyfriend Cornelius Kersten in the team, will compete in the 1000m and 1500m in China. Cross country skier Andrew Musgrave returns for his fourth Olympics as part of an exciting blend of experience and young talent comp...

This is Beijing Bound from Anything but Footy - the countdown to the 2022 Winter Games... Laura Deas is an Winter Olympic medalist already for Team GB as she heads to her second Games in the sport of Skeleton. She stood on the podium with double British Olympic champion Lizzy Yarnold four years ago. Now Laura's the most experienced slider leaving her training base in Bath for Beijing in 2 weeks ti...

The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics is just weeks away & we're now 50 days to go until the Paralympics - this is Anything but Footy Beijing Bound again! There's a medal range - not a target - for Team GB and Paralympics GB - there's more athletes in different sports and disciplines - and there's still covid-19 and every danger that brings to the team, athletes and staff alike. But every single member...

This is Great British Bosses from Anything but Footy - the podcast that hears from the women and men who run British sport in this country. As we start another new year, and a further focus on getting fit and healthy following the covid-19 pandemic, we catch up with Natalie Justice-Dearn, CEO of Rounders England, formerly of British Cycling, British Triathlon and the Birmingham Football Associatio...

Back to work this week? It's never stopped for the British athletes heading off to the second Olympics and Paralympics in six months... Team GB have picked 27 year old Cornelius Kersten as their first long track speed skater since 1992 - we hear how he 'brewed' up his success at the recent World Cups...☕️ Paralympics GB Chef De Mission Phil Smith joins us too to discuss the first athletes confirm...

This is the 4th and final episode of the first season of Centre Pass from London Pulse - the podcast produced with Anything but Footy. As Pulse head in a new Vitality Netball Superleague season, this episode shows why London's premier netball club is much more than just an elite franchise. We spend an Evening with London Pulse - in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park - and catch up with players, new...

This is Beijing Bound from Anything but Footy - the countdown to the 2022 Winter Games... Kathryn Thomson and Farrell Treacy both return for their second Winter Olympics for Team GB after named in the squad. Brother Niall Treacy will also make his debut in Beijing in February 2022, after reaching his first world final this year. Farrell - now based in the USA - will go in both the 1000m and 1500m...

Team GB now has 9 confirmed athletes for Beijing Winter Olympics in February 2022 - with 3 figure skaters joining the curlers! After winning the British Championships in Sheffield for a 5th time, Natasha McKay, who we interviewed in an earlier episode of Beijing Bound, has been selected in the women's singles while Lewis Gibson and Lilah Fear will compete in the ice dance and caught up with John t...

This is Great British Bosses from Anything but Footy - the podcast where we speak to the people who lead sport in the country, behind the scenes. The British Judo Association is one of those national governing bodies with the widest scope possible, from getting kids and adults onto the mat, overseeing clubs and coaches, staging events and ensuring the best judoka stars represent GB at the Olympics...

So much to talk to Nigel Holl about - his duel role as Executive Performance Director and CEO of British Curling, former CEO of Scottish Athletics and interim CEO of British Athletics, ideas for National Curling Day and the hand-made bike he made in lockdown! There's obviously Beijing 2022 only a matter of weeks away and the hopes of more medals for Team GB from his world champion 'athletes' Bruce...

This is episode 3 of Centre Pass from London Pulse - a must listen for all those involved and invested in Pulse, but also for fans of world class sport and high performance! We're joined by Pulse's new Performance Director Lisa Alexander and Head Coach & CEO Sam Bird for a coaching conversation that covers everything from preparation to playing and pathway to elite, plus the future hopes and aspir...

Georgina Harland's not the first Chef De Mission we've had on Great British Bosses, but she's the first woman to ever be selected to do the job for Team GB! Just weeks after performing the deputy role in Tokyo in the summer, she'll be leading the 50+ athletes and GB staff at the Winter Games in Beijing - a real achievement for her, and a poignant one too, as you'll find out in this episode! Also,...

In this episode of Great British Bosses, the podcast speaking to the women and men behind the scenes of British sport, we hear from Fiona Stockley, Team co-ordinator for the Barbarian Women. Unlike their male counterparts, the club has only been set up for 5 years ago, and without a match for 2 years, the Baa-Baas now prepare to play a Springboks XV at the end of November. But how did this stalwar...

Bobsleigh, Skeleton, Curling, Ski-ing, Snowboard, Short Track, Figure Skating, time to forget Tokyo and prepare for the second Olympic and Paralympic Games within 6 months! In 100 days time, Beijing becomes the first city to ever stage both the Winter and Summer Games and Team GB has some big hopes for success! John and Michael discuss some of the names to watch out for over the coming weeks and a...

The fitness and leisure sector in this country is the engine room of activity, supporting millions of people to be active each day. But as ukactive Chair Tanni Grey-Thompson prepares to leave the role, she's calling on gyms and leisure centres to support millions more. She's also urged the Government to grasp the opportunity to ensure the Birmingham Commonwealth Games next summer leaves a greater...

In this special episode of the podcast with ukactive, we come live from the Guildhall in the City of London, with one of the sessions from the 2021 Conference that was opened by ukactive chair, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson. With a panel of guests, John and Michael explore what motivates people to adopt health-promoting behaviours, and identify the kinds of interventions the physical activity secto...

This is Anything but Footy the Olympic and Paralympic podcast - official episode no.65! Three time Olympic champion Max Whitlock heads into a gym for the first time since Tokyo, as John and he discuss inspiring people to get active, Sports Personality of the Year and what comes next, as he sits out the World Championships later this month. He was speaking at the opening of the Harpenden Leisure Ce...

This is Anything but Footy - the Olympic and Paralympic podcast - episode 64! When I get older, losing my hair...but what will be the future of swimming in this country - after a record breaking Tokyo 2020 in 2021 - real fears about the future of facilities across the country - and the cost of ensuring they exist by the time Brisbane 2032 comes along! Jane Nickerson CEO of Swim England joins us. A...

This is episode 31 of Great British Bosses from Anything but Footy, the podcast speaking to the men and women who run sport in this country. Listen, download and follow for much more! This time, we're joined by Brian Facer, who's been the Chief Executive of British Cycling for 9 months. After the best ever Paralympics for the sport, with 24 medals, and ground-breaking gold medals in the Olympics i...

This is episode 2 of the brand new podcast - Centre Pass from London Pulse - produced with Anything but Footy. We love netball, we love London, we love London Pulse, but we're much more than a Netball Superleague franchise and this podcast series, presented by CEO Sam Bird, aims to show why! In this episode, we discuss the topics that aren't talked about enough - periods and playing sport and the...

Tokyo 2020 delivered once again - Paralympics GB delivered too! The greatest British Paralympic ever in Dame Sarah Storey, the best ever performance by a cycling team, 8 medals for Para Table Tennis, 2 out of 4 golds for British Rowing, Hurricane Hannah Cockroft smashes it on the track again, Sir Lee Pearson and his dancing horses... So many stories so many good moments to discuss - we try and rou...

This is our daily podcast with an athlete who're competing for Para GB at the Tokyo Games! David Weir is a 6 time Paralympic champion having won 2 golds in Beijing and a fabulous unforgettable four in London 2012. Rio though was a different story. Hear how David got back on track - literally - after the nightmare in Brazil and why the time's right for another tilt at Paralympic glory in Tokyo... H...

Libby Clegg was like a number of athletes we've spoken too after Rio - delighted with two gold medals - but unsure of how to behave and what to do then! Fortunately, after becoming a mum, she's back on track for Tokyo and competing in the 200m again with her guide Chris Clark. This is our daily podcast with an athlete who's just about to compete for Para GB at the Tokyo Games! Hosted on Acast. See...

This is our daily podcast with an athlete who's competing for Para GB at the Tokyo Games! And Ellie Robinson was a teenage Paralympic champion in Rio but revealed after finishing 5th in the S6 Fly at the weekend she's been struggling with a condition that could see her have a hip replacement. Michael caught up with her to find out what's next... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...