Gordy23
Registered user
Folks,
I work as a TV reporter with BBC Northern Ireland.
Because of my interest in bikes, once a year I get a welcome reprieve from the daily grind of the newsroom and am commissioned to do a series of bike-related pieces in the guise of 'BBC Newsline's biking reporter'.
These run out in the week leading up to the North West 200.
Previous pieces have included a profile of 'flying doctors' Fred McSorley and John Hynds, a piece about the Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club ahead of the NW200 classic parade, a piece about the police Bikesafe campaign which runs during raceweek, an explanation of a new tourist trail in Armoy based on the area's road racing heritage, a package where I travelled with some overseas visitors as they made their way to the event, a profile of Baja 1000 competitor Davy Patterson (the tenuous link being that he'd be among the crowd at the North West), a piece about a group riding from Malin Head to Mizen Head to raise funds for the MCUI medical team (handing over the cheque at a North West practice night) etc etc.
I'm just starting to plan for this year's series and am on the hunt for any possible features.
While a link to the North West is always an advantage, it isn't absolutely essential (just being about bikes is enough to justify a piece its place really). It's also preferable if it's something I can take part in - although it's always possible to fulfil the 'our biking reporter' criteria simply by having me ride to the story on my bike, complete with camera, tripod etc stowed away in the Ventura bag.
So, if you know of any interesting events, fascinating bike-related stories, characters worth a profile piece etc (and if you wouldn't object TOO much to sharing them with a KTM-riding type), then please let me know.
I'll check in with the site here every so often or you can email me directly at [email protected].
Best Regards
Gordon
I work as a TV reporter with BBC Northern Ireland.
Because of my interest in bikes, once a year I get a welcome reprieve from the daily grind of the newsroom and am commissioned to do a series of bike-related pieces in the guise of 'BBC Newsline's biking reporter'.
These run out in the week leading up to the North West 200.
Previous pieces have included a profile of 'flying doctors' Fred McSorley and John Hynds, a piece about the Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club ahead of the NW200 classic parade, a piece about the police Bikesafe campaign which runs during raceweek, an explanation of a new tourist trail in Armoy based on the area's road racing heritage, a package where I travelled with some overseas visitors as they made their way to the event, a profile of Baja 1000 competitor Davy Patterson (the tenuous link being that he'd be among the crowd at the North West), a piece about a group riding from Malin Head to Mizen Head to raise funds for the MCUI medical team (handing over the cheque at a North West practice night) etc etc.
I'm just starting to plan for this year's series and am on the hunt for any possible features.
While a link to the North West is always an advantage, it isn't absolutely essential (just being about bikes is enough to justify a piece its place really). It's also preferable if it's something I can take part in - although it's always possible to fulfil the 'our biking reporter' criteria simply by having me ride to the story on my bike, complete with camera, tripod etc stowed away in the Ventura bag.
So, if you know of any interesting events, fascinating bike-related stories, characters worth a profile piece etc (and if you wouldn't object TOO much to sharing them with a KTM-riding type), then please let me know.
I'll check in with the site here every so often or you can email me directly at [email protected].
Best Regards
Gordon
. Maybe we'll meet in McDonalds this year again 
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) and ever expanding waistline (no offence to me on that one
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O""" sorry thats for PAN men as well
