The GROGS
  • Home
  • About
  • News
  • Gallery
  • Caption Comp
  • Tribute Page
  • Contact

november 2014 lunch 

13/11/2014

0 Comments

 
Picture
For only the second time in its illustrious career, the GROGs had a female guest speaker. Something special must have motivated 116 members to brave the elements and trek to Braidholm to hear the attractive, and highly entertaining, sports commentator, Alison Walker. Perhaps, as Chairman Johnston Sime suggested, it was because he was resplendent in a white shirt!  As well as being very nice to look at, Alison was a delight to listen to. Being born into a sporting family with 3 football mad brothers, she didn’t have a chance and sport was in her blood from early days. She became, and remains, a Hamillton Accies fan but expanded her interest into other sports including, she was relieved to report (considering the company she was in), rugby.  Also, from early days, she had always hankered after a career in the media. It was this combination of interests and ambition which saw her become a reporter/presenter/producer with Radio Scotland, moving from there to BBC Scotland television where she became the first female broadcaster in Scotland to report live on football matches.  From there it was onwards and upwards for Alison as she travelled the world covering major events for both BBC Sports and Sky Sports and being able to interview some sporting greats.  The names she was most proud of included Sir Steve Redgrave, Sevvy Ballesteros, Pele and Usain Bolt who, from what she said (or didn’t say, more like) gave her a particular thrill!  All those superstars and here she was having to spend 2 hours sitting between Johnston Sime and Alasdair Graham.  Oh, how the mighty have fallen!  In spite of the great names she had met and the amazing places she’d visited in the course of her career, Alison came over as a likeable and entertaining Glasgow lass with, as they say locally, “no side to her”.  For her troubles in coming to GROGs, on a day she was moving house, she achieved another career first by being the only female ever to have been given a bottle of GROGs whisky!  As a punishment for referring to her favoured charity (Alzheimer Scotland) to a very sensitive audience on that subject, she was forced to accept a grateful kiss from Chairman Sime!


0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    March 2025
    February 2025
    January 2025
    December 2024
    November 2024
    October 2024
    September 2024
    April 2024
    March 2024
    February 2024
    January 2024
    December 2023
    November 2023
    October 2023
    September 2023
    April 2023
    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013

Copyright 2013 - Glasgow Rugby Old Geezers Society