But the only winners on this occasion will be the audience.
This is the keynote speaker line-up at a medical conference at a magificent country house hotel, outside Birmingham next week.
He will kick off and I will blow the final whistle with my ‘Best is yet to come.’ blockbuster.
My rugby story started, when I achieved early notoriety in 1960 – holding up Ken Scotland”s second half kick-off when a booming stadium announcement pierced the cold January air with the words:
“Would MIke Stevenson from Kirkcaldy please go the Police Office at the back of the main Grandstand.
I had been taken by my dad, but deliberately detached myself from him so I could sneak down to a vacant seat near the pitch.
He was frantic, while my mum at home heard it on the telly and was in a state of high anxiety. I knew then my life was going to be different.
A CALCUTTA CUP OF SPEAKERS
