He was employed in Queensland by Sky Channel and Sky Sports Radio, Sydney, for 22 years. His career spans 46 years in radio and television, including 13 years with Channel Nine. He is acknowledged as one of the best compares, guest and motivational speakers. He has interviewed some of the biggest names in world sport along with leading politicians.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
He was employed in Queensland by Sky Channel and Sky Sports Radio, Sydney, for 22 years. His career spans 46 years in radio and television, including 13 years with Channel Nine. He is acknowledged as one of the best compares, guest and motivational speakers. He has interviewed some of the biggest names in world sport along with leading politicians.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Commonwealth Games Brisbane 1982
Boxing Commentary with John Famechon
Horse Racing – Races nationally and internationally, including Hong Kong and South Africa.
Rugby League – Called 15 State of Origin Games from 1987-1992
Boxing – Called Jeff Fenech, Kostya Tsu and Jeff Harding World Title Fights
Golf – Covered International Golf Tournaments which included interviews with Greg Norman, Nick Faldo, Arnold Palmer, David Graham and a host of star players.
Cricket – Part of the Channel Nine Cricket Commentary Team for the 1980-81 Sheffield Shield Final at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Whilst a Sports Reporter for Channel Nine Alan also covered Rugby Union, AFL, Soccer, Swimming and most other sports. Alan is the consummate professional MC or keynote speaker with over 300 stories from his time commentating at the pinnacle of Australian sport.
Referees:
Alan Jones AO…. Radio 2GB Sydney, Ray Hadley……. Radio 2GB Sydney, Gary Pemberton…Former Chairman – Qantas, Sydney Olympics 2000, NSW Tab
‘Alan Thomas acted as our MC at The Carbine Club of Queensland Magic Millions Lunch attended by around 440 members and guests. The feedback was overwhelmingly favourable for the job that Alan had done for us that day from our members and their guests. He had spent hours the day before talking with the special guest Cory Brown (Melbourne Cup winning Jockey and champion international rider) and Lem Bann (Strapper for the legendary Tulloch). These interviews were some of the best in our club’s history.
The day was well run as a result of the planning and knowledge that Alan possesses. We will be using Allan again next year and he was so well received that he was invited to MC our CCQ NSW lunch in Sydney attended by 750 members and guests (Not Bad for a Queenslander).
Alan also did some interviews for our Race day in March this year. He knows a lot of people in racing and without a lot of notice was able to line up 4 interviews with a trainer and 3 owners involved on the day with Starters in the sponsored Carbine Club race. He also convinced one of our members to be interviewed whilst his horse was running live in a race in Melbourne. It was a great interview and quite comical as the horse ran unplaced even though it was expected to win. He made the owner feel good and the crowd laugh with his comment – Why would you want to own a horse in fact find someone you don’t like and gift a race horse to them.
‘I would like to say that Alan Thomas was an outstanding choice for our sportsman’s dinner in September. Alan was very funny and his interaction with the audience was fantastic. Alan was very easy to work with and gave his time generously
His knowledge of both racing and boxing was extremely factual and interesting. I would have no hesitation in recommending Alan for any function again.’
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