Guest Speakers at Sportsman’s Dinner & Player Presentation

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Established 1888

Having started speaking at events back in 1998 at only 16 years of age, he has appeared at benefit dinners for many famous names including, Sir Alex Ferguson, Mark Hateley, Neil Lennon, Gordon Strachan, Artur Boruc, Lubo Moravcik and Maurice Malpas, he has also been the official guest speaker for the Clydesdale Bank SPL Awards Evening and The Scottish Sports Writers Dinner. Away for appearing at Sporting Dinners, Paul has starred on popular shows such as BBC TV's Hogmany programme "Only An Excuse", Hawksbee & Jacob's daytime show on Talksport, Match Of The Day Kick about, Football Focus, Question Of Sport and has also been the guest several times on Sky's Sports Soccer AM. Paul has had various video's of his work go viral on Youtube including one which received over 120,000 unique hits Worldwide in 0nly 4 weeks of upload. In 2012 Paul along with his screen partner Darren Farley brought out England's Euro 2012 song "7th Best Team In The World" with glamour model Rosie Jones (again a you tube smash). In November 2012, Paul was voted winner in the Performer Of The Year category for the North East of

Before starting comedy full-time in 1992, Joe Camay had been a telephone engineer, a bookie and ran a unisex clothing store. He is Glasgow born, married to Margaret, a dancing teacher and they have 3 adult children, 2 sons and a daughter. They currently stay in Newton Mearns with aforementioned daughter and a 10 year-old German pointer called Homer, after the character in the Simpsons not the author of the Iliad. Joe's comedy ''career'' began at the sharp end in social clubs and he had a quick taste of TV when he appeared in a comedy series with amongst others, Alan Stewart and Dave Spikey. Over the next few years more TV appearances followed with the likes of Alaistar McGowan, Bill Bailley, Lee Evans and Fred McAuley. Joe was also featured in 3 TV adverts for Belhaven beer. He has appeared on TV with Bob Monkhouse and Des O' Connor and in numerous theatres around Britain. Joe has performed on North sea oilrigs and in prisons. He has worked in N.Ireland, Dubai and Florida. Over the last few years Joe has mainly worked the Sportsmen's after-dinner circuit, where he has created a niche for his brand of grown-up humour. He is an award -winning after-dinner comedian (the award was for bee keeping). The plaudits from the organisations, associations and teams he has worked for are too numerous to mention (and Joe says ''they become bland and boring after a while, anyway''). Here are just a few from his fellow performers:- John Gahagan:   ''Awesome---like Chic Murray with a bad attitude'' Bill Copeland :   ''Currently my favourite comedian working in Scotland'' Alan Hansen:   ''never heard of him'' Abu Hamza:   ''I don’t think he’s funny at all'' Jan Venegoor of Hesselink:   ''Joe Camay is not a big name''

Joe Camay

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