Cheshire-based Brett was a professional photographer for more than 30 years, covering a range of sport from Alpine skiing to underwater hockey, but with much of his focus on his first-love, rugby
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2013
Ian Willars: funeral arrangements, May 23
The funeral of Ian Willars will be held this Thursday, May 23, at Emmanuel Church, Birmingham Road, Sutton Coldfield
Continue reading →Jonathan Overend, the former SJA Sports Broadcaster of the Year has accepted a new role with Radio 5Live that will see him doing more sport and news presenting
Continue reading →Terry O’Connor, who was chairman of the Association more than 50 years ago, has been unwell recently and is staying at the home supported by the Journalists’ Charity in Dorking, Surre
Continue reading →BT Sport, which will show 38 live Barclays Premier League matches next season, unveiled its team on Thursday from their new headquarters – the media broadcast centre at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
Continue reading →David Walsh has written four books about Lance Armstrong but this one, ANTON RIPPON says, is about more than the cyclist
Continue reading →The Cyclingnews website is reporting that more than £40,000 – well, $64,000 to be precise – has gone missing from a fund collected to pay for costs incurred by Paul Kimmage, the award-winning SJA member, in his legal battle with the world cycling body, the UCI
Continue reading →Brough Scott’s long-awaited biography of Sir Henry Cecil is published next week. ANTON RIPPON reviews it
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Paul Hayward: “Let us defend the reporters”
PAUL HAYWARD was declared the 2012 SJA Sports Writer of the Year while on assignment in Montenegro. Here, he calls on his colleagues to celebrate, and defend, our business of journalism
Continue reading →As the curtain came down at the end of a year that made us proud to be sports journalists – and especially British sports journalists – the cherry on the icing on the cake was provided by one of our greatest Olympic competitors, Ian Cole writes
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