Feb 1 newspaper standard

Lord Botham in the Woddy Pub

IT was standing room only at the Wood side Beach Hotel on Wednesday Jan uary 25 as Lord Ian Botham, English cricketing great and charity worker spoke about his cricketing career and his volunteer charity work to a captive audience. The night, which was announced in No vember last year, sold out within days of it being advertised. But just how did The Woodside Beach Hotel manage to get someone as high pro file as Lord Botham to Woodside was the question on everyone’s lips. Lord Botham’s manager is a friend of one Woodside Beach hotel Clint Hillas. “We thought it was a great opportuni ty to get him down to Woodside given his passion for fishing and regional pubs,” Clint said. Lord Botham enjoyed the very best of the region, he enjoyed a great day out on the water fishing, before coming back to the hotel and enjoying the spoils of their fishing trip with his new acquaintances. Botham was relaxed as he spoke at length about his cricketing career, his work as a media commentator and his political career as well as his charity work which has seen him raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for research into childhood leu kaemia. Botham was knighted in 2007 by the late Queen Elizabeth II for that charity work and services to cricket. The owners of the Woodside Hotel are hopeful about holding more nights like this with Merv Hughes tipped to be the next spe cial guest

Lord Ian Botham, English cricketing great, was a special guest at Woodside Beach Hotel on Wednesday, January 25.

After a great day out fishing the waters off Port Welshpool, Lord Ian Botham was able to feast on the spoils of the day with his hosts from The Woodside Beach Hotel.

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