BBC Radio Leicester will have live commentary of South Africa's friendly match against Leicester at Welford Road on Friday night. Coverage will be presented by Martin Ballard with commentary from Bleddyn Jones and Sam Vesty.
Radio Sports Commentators and Reporters 2009-10 (non-football)
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Originally Posted by 4-4-2:
“BBC Radio Leicester will have live commentary of South Africa's friendly match against Leicester at Welford Road on Friday night. Coverage will be presented by Martin Ballard with commentary from Bleddyn Jones and Sam Vesty.”
“BBC Radio Leicester will have live commentary of South Africa's friendly match against Leicester at Welford Road on Friday night. Coverage will be presented by Martin Ballard with commentary from Bleddyn Jones and Sam Vesty.”
As Gloucester are playing South Africa (well a XV Select) tomorrow, I wonder if BBC Radio Gloucestershire will do anything?
Originally Posted by Me:
“As Gloucester are playing South Africa (well a XV Select) tomorrow, I wonder if BBC Radio Gloucestershire will do anything?”
“As Gloucester are playing South Africa (well a XV Select) tomorrow, I wonder if BBC Radio Gloucestershire will do anything?”
Australia turned up instead.
Thursday 5th November - Gold 990AM (Black Country), 1152AM (Birmingham) and 1359AM (Coventry)
The Sports Bar with Tom Ross
Draw for the 2009 PDC Grand Slam of Darts - conducted by Rod Harrington and Dave Allen
Coventry player Steve Beaton was interviewed via the phone about his draw after it had taken place.
No Barry Hearn or Phil Taylor as said in #50, both have been interviewed by Tom on the Sports Bar earlier in the week though.
The Sports Bar with Tom Ross
Draw for the 2009 PDC Grand Slam of Darts - conducted by Rod Harrington and Dave Allen
Coventry player Steve Beaton was interviewed via the phone about his draw after it had taken place.
No Barry Hearn or Phil Taylor as said in #50, both have been interviewed by Tom on the Sports Bar earlier in the week though.
Nick Webb doing updates of the Ospreys' game Vs Northampton Saints in the LV= (nee Anglo-Welsh Cup) for BBC Radio Wales.
Newport-Gwent v Sale - Anglo Welsh Cup Rugby Union
BBC Manchester: Roger Hughes & John Devereux (Commentary)
BBC Manchester: Roger Hughes & John Devereux (Commentary)
Friday 6th November - BBC Coventry & Warwickshire (IPlayer stream)
Rugby Union: The Championship
Coventry v London Welsh - John Butler and Richard Moon (online commentary, with FM and DAB pre-match, half-time and full-time reports)
That looks like a BBC Radio Wales commentary team - both commentators are Welsh and work/have worked for that station (Devereux is a Scrum V Radio regular, while Hughes is talkSPORT's Welsh football reporter but was a football commentator for Radio Wales in past years).
Interesting choice, any idea why Radio Manchester have gone with that pairing rather than some of their usual guys?
Rugby Union: The Championship
Coventry v London Welsh - John Butler and Richard Moon (online commentary, with FM and DAB pre-match, half-time and full-time reports)
Originally Posted by Andy Rimmer:
“Newport-Gwent v Sale - Anglo Welsh Cup Rugby Union
BBC Manchester: Roger Hughes & John Devereux (Commentary)”
“Newport-Gwent v Sale - Anglo Welsh Cup Rugby Union
BBC Manchester: Roger Hughes & John Devereux (Commentary)”
That looks like a BBC Radio Wales commentary team - both commentators are Welsh and work/have worked for that station (Devereux is a Scrum V Radio regular, while Hughes is talkSPORT's Welsh football reporter but was a football commentator for Radio Wales in past years).
Interesting choice, any idea why Radio Manchester have gone with that pairing rather than some of their usual guys?
Originally Posted by The Difference:
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That looks like a BBC Radio Wales commentary team - both commentators are Welsh and work/have worked for that station (Devereux is a Scrum V Radio regular, while Hughes is talkSPORT's Welsh football reporter but was a football commentator for Radio Wales in past years).
Interesting choice, any idea why Radio Manchester have gone with that pairing rather than some of their usual guys?”
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That looks like a BBC Radio Wales commentary team - both commentators are Welsh and work/have worked for that station (Devereux is a Scrum V Radio regular, while Hughes is talkSPORT's Welsh football reporter but was a football commentator for Radio Wales in past years).
Interesting choice, any idea why Radio Manchester have gone with that pairing rather than some of their usual guys?”
Well John Devereux has Rugby League connections up here having played for Widnes in the early 1990s for 6 years.
Roger Hughes did a Rugby League game for Radio Merseyside when Widnes played a welsh side a couple of years back. He used to commentate on Liverpool & Everton for Radio Merseyside as well in the past so I guess he's a freelance option in the south wales area for stations up here.
Radio Manchester cover every Sale home game (mostly online only) but rarely do away games. They give Sale FM coverage on the Friday Sports show when the Rugby League is not being featured and thats why they are covering the game tonight. On a Saturday or Sunday though they would generally not bother to do an "Online Only" away commentary, instead directing fans to the local bbc station that the game is being played at.
Sometimes they have aired the commentary from for example BBC Leicester when Sale visited Leicester but doesn't seem Radio Wales are covering the match tonight so they didn't have that choice. Not sure heavy welsh accents would go down to well on the station anyway.
Originally Posted by Andy Rimmer:
“Sometimes they have aired the commentary from for example BBC Leicester when Sale visited Leicester but doesn't seem Radio Wales are covering the match tonight so they didn't have that choice. Not sure heavy welsh accents would go down too well on the station anyway.”
“Sometimes they have aired the commentary from for example BBC Leicester when Sale visited Leicester but doesn't seem Radio Wales are covering the match tonight so they didn't have that choice. Not sure heavy welsh accents would go down too well on the station anyway.”
If you think those 2 speak heavy, don't even think about going down to Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire then!!
Originally Posted by The Difference:
“Friday 6th November - BBC Coventry & Warwickshire (IPlayer stream)
Rugby Union: The Championship
Coventry v London Welsh - John Butler and Richard Moon (online commentary, with FM and DAB pre-match, half-time and full-time reports)
That looks like a BBC Radio Wales commentary team - both commentators are Welsh and work/have worked for that station (Devereux is a Scrum V Radio regular, while Hughes is talkSPORT's Welsh football reporter but was a football commentator for Radio Wales in past years).
Interesting choice, any idea why Radio Manchester have gone with that pairing rather than some of their usual guys?”
“Friday 6th November - BBC Coventry & Warwickshire (IPlayer stream)
Rugby Union: The Championship
Coventry v London Welsh - John Butler and Richard Moon (online commentary, with FM and DAB pre-match, half-time and full-time reports)
That looks like a BBC Radio Wales commentary team - both commentators are Welsh and work/have worked for that station (Devereux is a Scrum V Radio regular, while Hughes is talkSPORT's Welsh football reporter but was a football commentator for Radio Wales in past years).
Interesting choice, any idea why Radio Manchester have gone with that pairing rather than some of their usual guys?”
Both men live in the South Wales area, and it would've been a sensible option. Roger Hughes is freelance and does a lot of work in print media as well.
Devereux isn't tied down by his Radio Wales work either, and has done at least one gamecovering the Celtic Crusaders for Sky Sports, and also gave his views on a Welsh rugby feature for ITV Wales News once earlier this year.
BBC Radio Leicester
Leicester v South Africa - Martin Ballard (presenter) with Bleddyn Jones and Sam Vesty (commentary)
Leicester v South Africa - Martin Ballard (presenter) with Bleddyn Jones and Sam Vesty (commentary)
Saturday 7th November - talkSPORT
Adrian Durham presenting Matchday Live, followed by Call Collymore with Stan Collymore from the City of Manchester Stadium
Rugby Union: Autumn Internationals
England v Australia - Russell Hargreaves
Wales v New Zealand - Hamish Stuart
I guess these guys are also reporting for IRN.
Thanks for the details about BBC Radio Manchester's commentary team last night guys.
Adrian Durham presenting Matchday Live, followed by Call Collymore with Stan Collymore from the City of Manchester Stadium
Rugby Union: Autumn Internationals
England v Australia - Russell Hargreaves
Wales v New Zealand - Hamish Stuart
I guess these guys are also reporting for IRN.
Thanks for the details about BBC Radio Manchester's commentary team last night guys.
Rugby League Four Nations: England v New Zealand
BBC 5 Live Sports Extra: Stuart Pyke (England Possession), George Riley (NZ Possession) & Ian Millward (Second Half Only)
Only Second Half coverage of this although Radio Sport New Zealand are taking full match commentary with the above commentators.
Sports Extra choosing to go with Wales v NZ union coverage even though Wales have their own national station and the game is on BBC 2 anyway whilst Rugby League is on Sky. Typical BBC! Thats why Sports Extra only has second half commentary.
BBC 5 Live Sports Extra: Stuart Pyke (England Possession), George Riley (NZ Possession) & Ian Millward (Second Half Only)
Only Second Half coverage of this although Radio Sport New Zealand are taking full match commentary with the above commentators.
Sports Extra choosing to go with Wales v NZ union coverage even though Wales have their own national station and the game is on BBC 2 anyway whilst Rugby League is on Sky. Typical BBC! Thats why Sports Extra only has second half commentary.
Saturday 7th November - BBC Radio Wales
Gareth Lewis presenting Sportstime and the Scrum V Radio Phone-In from the Millennium Stadium alongside Adrian Hadley
Rugby Union: Autumn Internationals
Wales v New Zealand - Gareth Charles, Garin Jenkins and Phil Bennett (FM, AM, DAB and online commentary), with Mark Taylor as touchline reporter, Nick Webb as post match interviewer and Phil Steele reporting from the Mochyn Du
England v Australia - Alun Jenkins
Rugby Union: Premiership
Newport v Cardiff - Pete Shepherd
Gareth Lewis presenting Sportstime and the Scrum V Radio Phone-In from the Millennium Stadium alongside Adrian Hadley
Rugby Union: Autumn Internationals
Wales v New Zealand - Gareth Charles, Garin Jenkins and Phil Bennett (FM, AM, DAB and online commentary), with Mark Taylor as touchline reporter, Nick Webb as post match interviewer and Phil Steele reporting from the Mochyn Du
England v Australia - Alun Jenkins
Rugby Union: Premiership
Newport v Cardiff - Pete Shepherd
Originally Posted by The Difference:
“talkSPORT
Wales v New Zealand - Hamish Stuart”
“talkSPORT
Wales v New Zealand - Hamish Stuart”
Originally Posted by The Difference:
“Saturday 7th November - BBC Radio Wales
Gareth Lewis presenting Sportstime and the Scrum V Radio Phone-In from the Millennium Stadium alongside Adrian Hadley
Rugby Union: Autumn Internationals
Wales v New Zealand - Gareth Charles, Garin Jenkins and Phil Bennett (FM, AM, DAB and online commentary), with Mark Taylor as touchline reporter, Nick Webb as post match interviewer and Phil Steele reporting from the Mochyn Ddu”
“Saturday 7th November - BBC Radio Wales
Gareth Lewis presenting Sportstime and the Scrum V Radio Phone-In from the Millennium Stadium alongside Adrian Hadley
Rugby Union: Autumn Internationals
Wales v New Zealand - Gareth Charles, Garin Jenkins and Phil Bennett (FM, AM, DAB and online commentary), with Mark Taylor as touchline reporter, Nick Webb as post match interviewer and Phil Steele reporting from the Mochyn Ddu”
BBC Radio Cymru - Eleri Sion host with Gareth Rhys Owen as stalker for the day, as he was with the Wales team all day from the hotel right down to being 'sideline reporter'.
Gethin Morris Williams reporting from Ruthin RFC, with Nia Roberts interviewing poeple from the CIA as part of 'Celtfest'.
Commentary from Cennydd Davis, Alan Lewis and Emyr Lewis, with S4C's Sara Elgan doing the postmatch interviews.
I guess Nick Mullins was updating score(s) for 5 Live listeners?
Saracens V Bath (LV= Cup)
Richard Hoskin studio host with commentary from Damien Derrick and Mike Tremlitt (94.9FM / 95.5FM / 104.6FM)
Richard Hoskin studio host with commentary from Damien Derrick and Mike Tremlitt (94.9FM / 95.5FM / 104.6FM)
BBC Radio Leicester
Martin Ballard presenting Sportstime Special.
Anglo-Welsh Cup
Leeds v Leicester - Bleddyn Jones and Steve Johnson (commentary)
Martin Ballard presenting Sportstime Special.
Anglo-Welsh Cup
Leeds v Leicester - Bleddyn Jones and Steve Johnson (commentary)
Originally Posted by Arthur Pringle:
“Five Live Boxing
Mike Costello (commentator)
Richie Woodhall and Steve Bunce (summerisers)”
“Five Live Boxing
Mike Costello (commentator)
Richie Woodhall and Steve Bunce (summerisers)”
To put a bit more meat on the bones...
Saturday 7th November - BBC Five Live
Ronald McIntosh presenting Five Live Boxing from the Nuremberg Arena
WBA World Heavyweight Championship
Nikolai Valuev v David Haye - Mike Costello, Richie Woodhall and Steve Bunce (commentary)
Originally Posted by The Difference:
“To put a bit more meat on the bones...
Saturday 7th November - BBC Five Live
Ronald McIntosh presenting Five Live Boxing from the Nuremberg Arena
WBA World Heavyweight Championship
Nikolai Valuev v David Haye - Mike Costello, Richie Woodhall and Steve Bunce (commentary)”
“To put a bit more meat on the bones...
Saturday 7th November - BBC Five Live
Ronald McIntosh presenting Five Live Boxing from the Nuremberg Arena
WBA World Heavyweight Championship
Nikolai Valuev v David Haye - Mike Costello, Richie Woodhall and Steve Bunce (commentary)”
Why are you being so pedantic?
I thought I'd add that Ron McIntosh was hosting and who was actually fighting (in case someone looks at this thread in months/years to come and is wondering) for posterity. No offence intended to Arthur, just wanted to make the addition.
I'm a stickler for completeness - sorry if that's a problem.
I'm a stickler for completeness - sorry if that's a problem.
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