Tom Fordyce
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Tom Fordyce has been a BBC Sport
Interactive journalist since 2000. He authors text commentaries on cricket and tennis, also writing features on various other sports and blogging from a number of different events.
He started his career as a features writer on Total Sport magazine and as a writer on the Sported magazine. Both magazines are now out of print due to low sales.
During his time studying at Girton College Cambridge, he notoriously captained the Cricket team and never won a match as captain.
In 2007 he blogged 'my way round the Rugby World Cup
in a camper van' with BBC colleague Ben Dirs
. He drove 4,500 miles around France whilst producing written and video diaries of the matches and interactions they had during the 44-day tournament.
In 2008 he covered the Beijing Olympics on a number of different sports. Fordyce also acted as ghost writer for the columns of a number of athletes while at the games. His contributions for the Olympics also included experiments to observe how well he could run in the Beijing smog, and he also "road tested" the new Speedo
swimsuit.
Fordyce competes in many sports, and is a talented amateur triathlete. He won the Upton Classic Triathlon in July 2007.
Fordyce was a nominee for the best online journalist of the year in 2002, but lost out to Dan Milmo of the online Guardian
.
In June 2009 Fordyce published his first book entitled We Could Be Heroes with his BBC colleague Ben Dirs, charting the madcap escapades that resulted from trying to become the world champion in something.
He is a supporter of Sheffield Wednesday who currently reside in the third tier of the English Football League.
BBC Sport
BBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC. It became a fully dedicated division of the BBC in 2000. It incorporates programmes such as Match of the Day, Grandstand , Test Match Special, Ski Sunday, Rugby Special and coverage of Formula One motor racing, MotoGP and the Wimbledon Tennis...
Interactive journalist since 2000. He authors text commentaries on cricket and tennis, also writing features on various other sports and blogging from a number of different events.
He started his career as a features writer on Total Sport magazine and as a writer on the Sported magazine. Both magazines are now out of print due to low sales.
During his time studying at Girton College Cambridge, he notoriously captained the Cricket team and never won a match as captain.
In 2007 he blogged 'my way round the Rugby World Cup
Rugby World Cup
The Rugby World Cup is an international rugby union competition organised by the International Rugby Board and held every four years since 1987....
in a camper van' with BBC colleague Ben Dirs
Ben Dirs
Ben Dirs is a sports journalist on the BBC news website. He also writes about and provides live blogging on a variety of other sports including boxing, golf and rugby for people who cannot watch live television coverage, often for people who live abroad....
. He drove 4,500 miles around France whilst producing written and video diaries of the matches and interactions they had during the 44-day tournament.
In 2008 he covered the Beijing Olympics on a number of different sports. Fordyce also acted as ghost writer for the columns of a number of athletes while at the games. His contributions for the Olympics also included experiments to observe how well he could run in the Beijing smog, and he also "road tested" the new Speedo
Speedo
Speedo International Ltd. is a manufacturer and distributor of swimwear and swim-related accessories. Founded in Australia in 1914, the industry leading company is now a subsidiary of Pentland Group Plc. Today, the Speedo brand can be found on products ranging from swimsuits and goggles to wrist...
swimsuit.
Fordyce competes in many sports, and is a talented amateur triathlete. He won the Upton Classic Triathlon in July 2007.
Fordyce was a nominee for the best online journalist of the year in 2002, but lost out to Dan Milmo of the online Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
.
In June 2009 Fordyce published his first book entitled We Could Be Heroes with his BBC colleague Ben Dirs, charting the madcap escapades that resulted from trying to become the world champion in something.
He is a supporter of Sheffield Wednesday who currently reside in the third tier of the English Football League.