The week MN2S Talent Agency welcomes several men from the top of their game in various sports; Darren Clarke, Chesson Hadley, Ben Stokes and Bruce Grobbelaar.
Darren Clarke, OBE is a professional golfer from Northern Ireland who is currently active on the European Tour. His victories include 22 tournaments on a selection of the sport’s major circuits; the European Tour, the PGA Tour, the Sunshine Tour, the Japan Golf Tour and two World Championships. His win at the 2000 WGC-Andersen Consulting Match Play Championship saw him beat golfing legend Tiger Woods in a scintillating final. Clarke has represented his country both as an amateur and a professional at the World Cup and European Ryder Cup. In February of this year, Clarke was named as captain of the 2016 Ryder Cup team.
Chesson Hadley is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. Beginning his amateur career in North Carolina at his local North Ridge Country Club, he progressed to college golf at George Tech, where he experienced his first significant successes with his victory at the 2012 Atlantic Coast Conference and was selected three times for the prestigious ‘All-American’ team. Hadley turned professional in 2010, winning his first tour event at the Rex Hospital Open. He impressed in 2014 at the Puerto Rico Open and gained spots in several prominent tournaments: The Players Championship, PGA Championship and the Hyundai Tournament of Champions. That same year he placed 49th in the FedEx Cup Playoffs rankings and, in addition, won the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year.
Ben Stokes is a cricketer who currently plays for Durham County Cricket Club. Although born in New Zealand, Stokes plays internationally for England, having moved there at the age of 12 joining his local team, Cockermouth Cricket Club. Stokes debuted for Durham in ODI cricket in 2009 with a brilliant performance that saw him better seasoned batsman Mark Ramprakash, and went on to play in the Under-19 World Cup, scoring a century against the Indian U-19 team. His debut in first-class cricket for the national team came in 2010 in Abu Dhabi, where he made a half-century with the bat and took one wicket. His consistently strong performance in first-class cricket for the team saw him earn a place on the English Performance Programme and he travelled to Australia to compete in the 2010-2011 Ashes. In January of this year Stokes joined the Melbourne Renegades.
Bruce Grobbelaar is a now retired Zimbabwean international goalkeeper who played for Liverpool F.C. for a total of 13 years, from 1981 to 1994, making a total of 628 appearances for the team. He also won the Premier League six times with the club, as well as three FA Cups, three League Cups and the European Cup from the 1983-1984 season. Since 2014, Grobbelaar has been the goalkeeping coach for Ottawa Fury F.C. in the North American Soccer League since 2014. In playing for the Zimbabwean national team, Grobbelaar has earned a total of 32 caps over the course of 1980 to 1998. Upon his retirement, Grobbelaar returned to his birthplace of South Africa to coach a number of teams such as Seven Stars and Hellenic. He hopes to one day coach Liverpool at Anfield.
All of the above personalities have forged successful careers in their chosen fields, and as such make excellent inspirational after dinner speakers for a variety of private and corporate events. To book any of these celebrities, please contact London based booking agency, MN2S.
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