Madeleine McCann: Brian Kennedy Is Talking Balls With Mark Souster
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THE TIMES: “Brian Kennedy’s quest to find Madeleine”
Madeleine has turned up in the rugby pages. Mark Souster investigates…
There is no doubt that Brian Kennedy is a driven man. He has built a business empire with a turnover of more than £400million, as owner he has transformed Sale Sharks into one of the leading rugby clubs in Britain, who face Munster tomorrow in the second round of the Heineken Cup, and fathered five children.
But what’s he really famous for?
He is ultra-competitive. Only last weekend he raced Kingsley Jones, the club’s coach and former Wales captain, uphill and beat him even though there is more than ten years between them.
Eat yer heart out, Sisyphus. But what is Brian Kennedy all about..?
Family - he married at 19 - sport and the commercial world are his life blood. But over the past year he has also been consumed by another cause.
Here it comes…
Kennedy has been heavily involved in supporting Gerry and Kate McCann in the search for Madeleine, their missing daughter.
Indeed. What of it?
Kennedy 48, is reluctant to talk about his role or the reasons why he chose to put a chunk of his fortune, estimated at more than £250million, at their disposal.
But it’s headline-making stuff in the Times. It defines the man…
He has said before that he simply felt compelled to step in. “I have chosen to keep a low profile on this,” Kennedy said yesterday. “It is not about me. It is about Madeleine. I don’t want to comment personally on this except to say there is a big job still to do and we are focusing on getting it done.”
OK. Fair enough. The Times respects the man’s wishes. Back to the match…
Seventeen months after her disappearance in Portugal, Kennedy remains as committed as ever to discovering what happened to Madeleine and helping the family to end their torment.
Game on…
Kennedy has become friends with the McCanns and Gerry has been his guest at Sale. “He is a keen rugby man and really likes his sport”…
It’s a game of two halves. And their daughter…
There are a lot of people helping by putting in a lot of time. But as I have said, it is not about me, them, Kate or Gerry. It is about a poor little kid who might be out there needing to be found. So therefore we need to move mountains to find her.”
Indeed. OK. Let’s move on…
The discussion switches to rugby…
So, Brian, is this for Maddie..?
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October 18th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
Smilies are pish
Used by the functionally illiterate
October 18th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Montaillou Says:
October 18th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
And he’ll keep mwcompany while I’m wiaitng for other friends to come along, maybe 7 of them - raspy, garfy. spomgy, pammy, totty, yammy, gander ..
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russell, mike, fiona, dianne, david, rachel, and tanner???
October 18th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
Watcher
not many worked
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October 18th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
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A little experiment.
October 18th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
Montaillou
The pub would be the business. alas, I am all alone tonight. Well not quite true, kids in bed now
October 18th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
BTW WTF…do you realise this forun now has to run for at least another 9 months!!!!
October 18th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
It wasn’t so subtle surely-I just spelt his name wrong too! Doh………
October 18th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
I am sitting here slaving away over spreadsheets, how sad is that, and was hoping for some entertainment while we wait for Something To Happen.
October 18th, 2008 at 9:33 pm
Alas SpongeBob, we should get out more, everyone else is down the pub!
October 18th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
Oh it’s so, so quiet
Shall we talk about global economics or the X factor?
Myself, I like the chattering
October 18th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
When is Amoral’s trial? Pending I think?
October 18th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
Whoops that was right over my head…
October 18th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
Sponge Bob-It would seem Tontaillou is.
October 18th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
There is no M in my name Montaillou. And aren’t you being a bit familiar?
October 18th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
Cor, I thought I was one little anorak all alone and crying in the dark, how goes it wtf
October 18th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
evening all.
October 18th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
And he’ll keep mwcompany while I’m wiaitng for other friends to come along, maybe 7 of them - raspy, garfy. spomgy, pammy, totty, yammy, gander ..
October 18th, 2008 at 7:03 pm
BK is sooo sweet and caring and above all friendly
October 18th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
strif??