Episode 5 - Amanda Davies
In this episode hear Olly Belcher, President of the St Edmund Hall Alumni Association, in conversation with one of CNN’s main sport anchors, Amanda Davies. Amanda came up to the Hall in 1998 to read Geography. She played tennis for the University and rowed in Teddy Hall’s first boat. Hear how she missed being at the 1999 Champions League finals to watch her beloved team Manchester United in their greatest ever football game to instead represent Teddy Hall in the Summer 8s where they got bumped in the first fifteen seconds! Amanda was always determined to be a sports journalist and took any opportunity to get some work experience throughout her school and university careers. After the Hall, she joined Sky Sports as a runner, then the BBC and then CNN 9 years ago where she has covered, amongst many amazing events, the 2012 London Olympics. Amanda has managed to juggle her busy work schedule with motherhood and has spent the last year appearing on television with home-schooling going on in the background. Spirit of the Hall podcast is produced by the St Edmund Hall Association, the voluntary alumni body independent which represents all Aularians. The views and opinions expressed in the podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Association, St Edmund Hall or the University of Oxford