
Tony Adams
Tony Adams made his debut for Arsenal in November 1983 and played his last match
in May 2002. During this time he competed in 669 matches and became universally
recognised as the most successful captain in the history of the club. Born in Romford,
Tony joined Arsenal on associated schoolboy forms in 1980; four years later Terry
Neill gave him his first full contract. On New Year’s Day 1988 at the age
of 21, he became the club’s youngest ever captain. In just over a year and
under the guidance of new Arsenal manager George Graham, the trophy-winning success
began. Tony went on to play in 66 matches for England, captaining his country on
15 occasions even scoring five goals! He played in World Cup and European Nation
matches and had the honour of leading his country in the final match ever played
at Wembley Stadium against Germany in 2000. In 1996 Tony also had the courage to
deal with his addiction to alcohol and is now committed to helping fellow sports
people cope with the illness through Sporting Chance Clinic.

Peter Kay
Chief Executive Officer
Peter began life as a highly acclaimed professional chef, working around the world
in Michelin-starred restaurants and achieving great personal success, all achieved
whilst in active addiction. He nearly lost his life to addiction and only became
fully aware of his problems after waking from a twenty-one day coma. Prolonged drug
and alcohol addiction caused two cardiac arrests, collapsed lungs, kidney failure
and the loss of 2/3 of his pancreas. As in Tony Adam’s case, most people did
not understand the scale of Peter’s problem, nor did he have any idea where
to turn. Eventually he sought help through a Twelve Step programme and has remained
clean and sober since 1992. Through a long period of convalescence, Peter resolved
to study the reasons his body had been so severely damaged through alcohol and other
drugs, resulting in his putting together a seminar on alcohol and drug awareness,
which now forms the basis of our Preventative Educational work. Peter has a high
level of expertise in this field through his work as a board member for Alcohol
Services in Richmond and through his involvement working in prisons via the RAPT
programme. He has also developed processes and skills acquired through The Mankind
Project where he is a senior facilitator. In 2003 Tony Adams decided to appoint
Peter as Chief Executive for the Sporting Chance Clinic, and he is committed to
promoting its work among all sporting bodies as well as within football.

James West
Dip.Psych Dip.Couns
James West has been our Clinical Director since the Sporting Chance Clinic first
opened for residential treatment in the spring of 2003, and has overseen the clinic’s
move to its current home in Forest Mere and the expansion of the range of services
it can offer. James is an experienced psychotherapist, who trained at Regent¹s College
School of Psychotherapy and at the Westminster Pastoral Foundation. James was Co-ordinator
of the Highbury Counselling Service and was Project Manager of a probation and bail
hostel, where he worked with offenders and ex-offenders. He is also a joint founder
member of Counselling Initiatives, a national non-profit service which provides
low cost psychotherapy for those in need. James has a private practice in London,
where he provides counselling and aftercare for Sporting Chance Clinic clients.
James comes from a musical rather than sporting background, but it was though working
with Tony Adams, and helping him overcome his drink problems that James came to
be involved with Sporting Chance Clinic. James’ early life was badly affected
by his own addiction to drugs and alcohol. In 1979 he received a six-year prison
sentence for drug-related offences. On his release he sought help for his problems
and has been in recovery since 1985. James’ own experiences served to give
him the passion and enthusiasm to help others, his extensive training gave him the
necessary skills, and Sporting Chance Clinic has given him the rewarding opportunity
to be able to enable those seeking help to turn their lives around.

Julian Keeling
Senior Therapist
Julian joined Sporting Chance Clinic in 2004. Initially providing cover and session
work his role has expanded due to the clinic becoming busier. Julian is a qualified
addiction counsellor, with over four years experience of working in rehabilitation
units, firstly at HMP Wandsworth and then at a day programme in West London. He
has a private practice in London, where he supports clients from Sporting Chance
Clinic as well as providing assessment and referrals. A journalist for many years,
Julian manages to balance his work at the clinic with a successful writing career.
His decision to re-train as a counsellor was borne out of his own experiences of
drug and alcohol addiction. Julian has been in recovery since 1997 and this drives
his desire to help others as he himself has been helped.

Chris Mordue
Director of Training and Education
In June 2004, while working at Jamie Oliver's Fifteen, Chris watched Peter Kay deliver
an alcohol and other drugs seminar. Here he identified the seriousness of his alcohol
and drug addiction, made the important 'phone call and reached out for help. We
pride ourselves on our flexibility and ability to support all cases and were able
to provide a shortened treatment at Sporting Chance Clinic. Thankfully he has remained
sober since and now manages and develops our Preventative Education Programme, delivering
seminars to clubs and academies and offering additional support the clinical team
during the rehabilitation process. Chris also continues to work within the hospitality
industry, delivering similar education through the Ark Foundation.
He is currently in Australia having got married, exploring possibilities for Sporting
Chance to open there in 2011. He is not directly involved with SCCUK but we the
staff and board of SCC fully support him putting his vision into practice and living
his life dedicated to helping and supporting people asking for help with combating
addiction. He has a mission in life and leads his life accordingly, therefore with
our support and his expertise we anticipate great work taking place next year.

Henrietta Bowden-Jones
Consultant Psychiatrist
Dr. Bowden-Jones is a Trustee of Sporting Chance Clinic. She is a consultant psychiatrist
working in the field of substance misuse in Westminster. Her outpatient work is
at the Soho Rapid Access Clinic where she leads a multi-disciplinary substance misuse
team looking after the homeless and vulnerably housed. In her private practice she
works as a general and addictions adult psychiatrist. Her passion for the field
of occupational psychiatry has covered all professions from addicted musicians and
traumatised war correspondents to stressed footballers.

Jon Goodman
Sports Fitness Instructor
Jon's credentials speak for themselves. He reached the pinnacle of his career at
Wimbledon FC and played internationally for The Republic of Ireland. Jon's ThinkFitness
programme offers a unique service of one-to-one physical and mental conditioning
for professional footballers with other problems aside from addictions. ThinkFitness
offers a continual base of support throughout players' careers and operates in conjunction
with Sporting Chance Clinic. For more information please visit
www.thinkfitness.net.

Bobby Childs
MSST Adv.Dip
Bobby is a member of the Society of Sports Therapists and works at Kingston Chiropractic
Plus. Bobby's expertise is in dealing with sporting injuries and he has had extensive
experience with footballer's having spent 12 years at Wimbledon FC and brief spells
at Watford FC & Wycombe Wanderers.

Tony Sabey
MA MBACP [Accred]
Tony has been involved in the voluntary sector since the mid seventies, first as
a user – he was a founder member of the Islington Mental Health Forum for
survivors of the State Mental Health System - then as a provider of disability arts
and mental health services in the community. He has run the Equine Assisted Psychotherapy
and Learning program for Sporting Chance since setting it up in 2003.
He is EAGALA trained in EAP and an experienced and accredited psychodynamic/humanistic
psychotherapist with private practices in London and Surrey. He lectures on the
BA in Counselling at the College of North East London and is Clinical Director of
Counselling Initiatives which he co-founded with James West in 1999. Tony recently
completed a Masters in Transpersonal Psychotherapy and looks forward to commencing
a Doctorate in Psychology in Autumn 2010. For more information please email
Tony Sabey

Andy Puddicombe
Clinical Meditation Consultant
Andy Puddicombe is the co-founder of Headspace. He is a former Buddhist monk and
a registered Clinical Meditation Consultant with the UK Health Care Commission. As
a former monk, Andy trained under some of the most eminent meditation masters in
the world. In 2001, following a one-year cloistered retreat, he was authorised to
teach meditation, later developing a clinical private practice in the UK. Alongside
this work, Andy works as a presenter and writer. For more information please visit
www.getsomeheadspace.com.

Julie Gates
M.R.S.S.t., I.T.E.C., C.M.H
Julie has been fully-qualified Shiatsu-do therapist and member of the Shiatsu Society
since 1993, and as well as running her own general practice has specialised in the
area of addiction recovery. Julie takes weekly sessions during our residential treatment
and our clients enjoy and benefit from her experience and skill. Julie also teaches
Shiatsu introductory courses at the North Kingston Centre for Adult Education. For
more information please visit
www.shiatsu-do-therapy.co.uk
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Linda Marshall-Ward
We are very fortunate to have Linda providing overnight / weekend care and support
to our residential clients. Linda is highly qualified in counselling and social
care. She draws on long experience with the NHS Primary Care Trust, voluntary sector
work and her own private practice. Linda has a person-centred approach to encounters
with clients and offers invaluable empathy and experience to them during their treatment
for more information please visit
www.lindamarshallward.com