Publications: Fiction

I am a sportswriter who knows frighteningly little indeed about any kind of sport. But this doesn’t stop me from writing in great depth about it; whether this be as demanding fan, overlooked GOAT or enthusiastic wannabe. My experience as an enthusiastic tennis player in which tennis itself is the winner of every match I play; my fantastic memories of playing football at primary school in which World Cups have been lost in the flick of a wrist; and my decades of dealing with demanding swimming training regimes have all contributed to a unique sports voice in which imagination triumphs over reality on every occasion.

Bringing all this experience to bear in his ‘Sporting Confessions’ series, I offer some rare insights and humour into what it is to be an athlete at the top of their game. Recent publications (all available here or on Amazon) include:

• Les Conquêtes Normandes d’un Tennisman Vieillissant

• The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player

• Confessions of the Ageing Swimmers

• Confessions off an Ageing Figure Skater

• Confessions of an Aspiring Basketball Player

• Confessions of an Ageing Football Player

• Confessions of an Ageing Tennis Player

When I’m not conquering my next sporting challenge, I write plays, poetry, short stories and songs often in collaboration with other esteemed colleagues including:

• Adolonia and other Escape Routes: The Not-The-30th-Reunion Reunion Community Arts Anthology

• Walking Through My Head (with TJ Bradley)

• Tabloid!!! (with Gary Carpenter)

• A Spell in the Army (with Mike Kenny)

• No Such Thing as an Englishman (with Janice Owen)

• Racing Trains

• Mess Theory

• The Business Allotment: Tips for Business Start Ups, Lessons for Life