Sports News Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Botham honoured with knighthood.... Ian Botham, Ryan Giggs and Teddy Sheringham are among the sports stars on the Queen's Birthday Honours List..... Sporting honours: Knighthoods Ian Botham - services to charity and to cricket CBE Timothy Dewe Phillips, chair All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club - services to sport Alison Gail Odell, life vice president British Universities Sports Association - services to sport OBE Ryan Giggs, footballer - services to sport Geoffrey Thompson, former chair Football Association - services to sport Terry Griffiths - services to snooker, Jacqueline Wood, chief executive British Showjumping Association - services to sport John Vernon Ayling, trustee Lord's Taverners Charity - services to sport MBE Teddy Sheringham - services to football Kristian Radlinski - services to rugby league Graham Price - services to rugby union in Wales Jane Couch, boxer - services to sport Jim Leishman, manager Dunfermline FC - services to sport Dr Robert Appleyard, founder Yorkshire County Cricket Club Charitable Youth Trust - services to sport Michael Uzebu-Asije, coach Eastleigh Amateur Boxing Club - services to sport Margaret Borley, coach Tonbridge Bobcats youth baseball team - services to sport Dee Caffari - services to sailing Carolyn Christophersen - services to skiing Joseph Cohen - services to Maccabi Youth Sports Trust Alan Fennell, coach Glossop Amateur Swimming Club - services to sport Tommy Gilmour - services to boxing and to the community in Scotland Mitsusuke Harada - services to karate Katherine Edith Hardman - services to school sport Eric Hardwick - services to the Hastings Half Marathon Jean Mary Hawes - services to hockey Samuel George Henderson - services to youth football in Northern Ireland James David Hendry - services to cycling Ivan Leslie Jones - services to charity and to sport in Minehead, Somerset Lynsey Denise McVicker - services to hockey in Northern Ireland Madge Morgan- services to lawn bowls for visually impaired people Joan Slater, chairman British Ice Teachers Association - services to ice skating Maurice Edward Sly - services to swimming Clasford Stirling, manager Broadwater Farm Football Club - services to sport Michael Wilkins, lately director of sports, University of Kent - services to higher education and to sport What do you think of above sporting news item?.... source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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