David Nossiter

British tennis star and seven times Grand Slam doubles winner Jamie Murray served up a treat for another sell-out SporTedd audience at The Wharf restaurant in May 2026. His cardboard cut-out also proved to be a big hit on the night with woman guests battling over who was taking ‘him’ home. and eagerly posing for photos too. Jamie himself, who had recently announced his retirement from his glittering 20-year tennis career, was in equal demand and happily posed for photos and talked about his plans for the future including a YouTube project with younger brother Andy and various tennis commentary commitments. He was joined by journalist Stuart Fraser, who covered tennis for fifteen years for The Times, and recalled some of his off-court experiences with the Murray brothers and gave examples of their competitiveness to interviewer Alison Kervin OBE. His cardboard cut-out was amongst the raffle prizes which included two of his signed rackets – one which he played with in the last US Open – and giant tennis balls, Murray mints, rugby tickets, a signed England rugby shirt and two big boxes of Walkers crisps. The event raised over £2000 to support local sport-themed projects and achieved a new milestone in attracting more female guests then men amongst the 88-strong audience.

SporTedd broke new ground with an impromptu auction at its March 2026 event attended by rugby stars Lawrence Dallaglio and Rob Henderson. Over 80 guests attended the dinner at The Wharf restaurant and lapped up the storytelling of the rugby double-act, especially so soon after what has been described as the ‘best Six Nations ever’ with Ireland picking up the Triple Crown and France topping the table. The traditional raffle and Rob’s generous auction of two tickets for Ireland v France and offer of two golf sessions with him and Lawrence combined to raise over £6000 – a record for any SporTedd event. Guests were told by SporTedd Chair Trevor Alldridge that SporTedd had raised and donated over £125000 to local sport-themed projects including clubs and schools.