Who is organising it?
The Sticky Wicket steering group is a collective of event and exhibition industry people who are passionate about events and sport and want to raise money for a fantastic charity.
We are not a business but we are commercially driven!
Neither are we exclusive. Anyone who is in the event or exhibition industry is welcome to get involved, support, contribute, help, sponsor and be a networking spectator.
However, if you want to throw on the whites and rub shoulders with the great and good, set foot on the Sticky Wicket and experience an excellent day of cricket, you will have to sponsor a team or be invited by a sponsor to play.
Mervyn Ramsay
Mervyn spent over 20 years in IT before falling into the Events Industry in 2000 during a mid life crisis. The last 8 years have been spent at Centaur, the AEO, Aztec Event Services and now at Leading Edge Design (www.leadingedgedesign.co.uk) where he is responsible fro Business Development and he is a great believer in bringing the events industry together where ever possible.
On the cricket front, Mervyn has played cricket since he could walk and is passionate about the game.
He is also on the Middlesex Region Committe of the Lord's Taverners to whom all proceeds from Sticky Wicket will be donated.
Rob Morley
Rob has spent the last 5 years as Technical Director of Event Advantage Solutions, the database management and registration company fighting it out for its patch in the events industry. In that time, EAS has acquired an impressive list of clientele that includes London Fashion Week, Labour Party, Single Market Events and CMPi.
In rare moments of spare time between work and family, Rob plays cricket for Hertford Cricket Club - attempting to remain the snarling fast bowler of his younger years! Despite being born in Australia, he remains true to his family roots and is an avid New Zealand cricket fanatic - his hero being the great Sir Richard Hadlee.
Andrew Evans, Managing Director Fresh RM
Andrew Evans, Chief Operating Officer, Brand Events
Andrew has spent 23 years working within the exhibition and events industry. During this time he has held senior posts at Montgomery Exhibitions, Brintex, Reed Exhibitions and now Brand Events.
By his own admission Andrew has a limited cricketing ability, preferring as he does, the more physical contact sport of football. Andrew has a competitive and winning character which was marred at the inaugural Sticky Wicket when he was knocked for 6 by a then unknown cricketing force in Trevor Foley. Andrew has spent the past 12 months recovering in a Surrey clinic which specialises in sporting depression.
Andrew has 2 children, Millie and Ben and a beautiful wife called Jo.
Jeremy Rees
Jeremy is currently Sales Director for Exhibitions at Earls Court & Olympia Group.
For the past 5 years Jeremy has worked for ECO Venues. Previous to his current job, he had various roles at Clarion Events/P&O Events and event industry IT solution provider expocentric.com. He started his career selling classified ad space for IPC magazines some 15 years ago!
Jeremy enjoys most sports and plays cricket for the Saints Cricket Club.
He recently joined the Lords Taverners Middlesex Committee as Sticky Wicket representative.
Jeremy is married with one child.
All rounder
Favourite cricket moment: "My birthday 1997 playing against Tobago U19 side, final over, I was bowling, 3 wickets left - 6 runs for Tobago to win. Taking three wickets in 5 balls for 4 runs... the party was immense!"
Paul Robin
Paul has worked in the Exhibition Industry for 15 years, organising trade and consumer exhibitions in Europe, Russia, Central Asia and the Asia-Pacific.
For the past 7 years he has worked for UK-based media group Centaur Media plc where is Director - Travel Portfolio. His responsibilities include the Business Travel Shows, the Travel Technology Show and the recently acquired web site and newsletter Air & Business Travel News (ABTN).
Paul is also Chairman of the Middlesex Region of the Lord's Taverners Charity.
A batting all-rounder, his favourite player of all time is Viv Richards, and his favourite personal cricket moment is hitting Michael Holding for six in a benefit game.
Anna Anson, Operations Director – IQ Events Ltd
Anna has spent nearly 20 years working in the Exhibition Industry, eight years of which was spent as Head of Operations for Penton Media working on events including Leisure Industry Week, Internet World, Computers in Manufacturing and many more.
Two years ago after a period working freelance Anna teamed up with Vicki to set up IQ Events Ltd – a company that offers Organisers operational help for a huge variety of events from Civil Service Live and London Triathlon Expo to The Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair.
With regards to cricket Anna has very little playing experience but loves to watch anything from 20Twenty to test match. In fact she is so keen that she even booked a holiday in the West Indies in 2007 to be able to watch the World Cup matches in St Kitts. It was perfect to see Herschelle Gibbs scoring the famous six 6’s!
Vicki Evans, Operations Director – IQ Events Ltd
Vicki’s event and exhibition experience began when she worked for Air Miles before moving to William Reed Business Media where she ran the operations for Food & Drink Expo, Foodex Meatex, CRS and IFFE.
Since setting up IQ Events with Anna they have built up a number of clients including IMG, MCM London Expo, Touchstone, IDEX Media, Baby Products Association and Palace Gate Communications.
Vicki has no cricket experience but is currently learning the rules and requirements for football with her son, Kelli, who is an aspiring goalie.
