Rodney Walker (sports administrator)
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Rodney Walker | |
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| Born | 1 April 1943 |
| Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur, philanthropist |
| Spouse | Anne Walker |
| Children | 2 |
Sir Rodney Myerscough Walker (born 10 April 1943) is a British entrepreneur and philanthropist and the current Chairman of the British Basketball League.
He was Chairman of
Career
Sir Rodney has been Chairman of Goals Soccer Centres Plc since 2002. Goals is an operator of five-a-side soccer centres throughout Scotland and England, with 42 sites operational, further sites under development and with a long term "roll out" programme which envisages a minimum 4 new openings each year for the foreseeable future. The company has recently set up a joint venture in the United States & has licensed the Goals name into South Africa, Northern Ireland & the Republic of Ireland.
Sir Rodney is the controlling shareholder of Myerscough Holdings Ltd. Group companies are involved in property development, management, investment & architecture. At the request of
He is a trustee of the London Marathon Charitable Trust, a Trustee of the Wembley National Stadium Trust, Vice President of the Youth Charter for Sport and vice President of the Federation of Disability Sports Organisations. He was a Vice Chairman of the NSPCC Full Stop Appeal and was chair of the Sports Steering Group which raised £25 million for the campaign. He has recently been elected an Honorary Member of the Society in recognition of his contribution to the charity. He is Vice Chairman of the Yorkshire Sculpture Park & the Yorkshire Landscape Trust Ltd and was Chairman of Art Transpennine ’98.
He is Honorary Life President of the Wakefield Theatre Trust, and led the campaign to raise £¾m to enable the successful re-opening of the Theatre Royal and Opera House Wakefield in 1986. The Trust has now embarked on an ambitious plan to raise £8m to extend and improve the theatre. He is also President of Wakefield Little Theatre. He is Founder and Chairman of the Committee responsible for the organization of the Yorkshire Awards Dinner, now in its twenty third year, at which outstanding Yorkshire people are recognized for their contribution to life in Yorkshire in a variety of spheres. The dinner has, in addition, raised £150,000 for Yorkshire-based charities.
Sir Rodney is President of the Wakefield Branch of Yorkshire Cancer Research and was President of the £5m Yorkshire Spinal Injuries Appeal. He is Vice President of the Hospital Heartbeat Appeal which has, to date, raised £3.0 million for Yorkshire Hospitals. He is Trustee of the National Coal Mining Museum for England based in Yorkshire a member of the Council of the Order of St. John for South and West Yorkshire a Trustee of the St Oswald’s Charitable Trust and the Clarke Hall Farm Trust.
In July 2013 Sir Rodney was appointed as head of TDF 2014 Ltd., the organisation coordinating the opening stages of the 2014 Tour de France.[2]
On 1 September 2016, he was appointed as the new Chairman of the British Basketball League.[3]
Honours
Sir Rodney is an Honorary Life Vice President of the Rugby Football League, an Honorary Life Member of
As part of the 1996
References
- ^ "Sir Rodney Walker voted out as World Snooker chairman". BBC Sport. 2 December 2009. Archived from the original on 17 December 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
- bbc.co.uk. 9 July 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ Mark Woods (1 September 2016). "Walker to chair BBL". MVP 24-7.
- ^ "Sir Rodney Walker". www.ladyannewalker.co.uk. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "No. 54427". The London Gazette. 14 June 1996. pp. 1–2.
- ^ "No. 54663". The London Gazette. 28 January 1997. p. 1095.