by merse btpir » 04 Oct 2018, 13:25
George Edwards is now the Operations Director responsible for running Torquay United and directly answerable to Clarke Osborne...
He was also a director of Tee Jay Leisure between 1997 and 2008; a company that operated a golf course at Ingol, near Preston and another at Thoulstone Park in Wiltshire which apparently closed following a rejected planning application. During the final years of his time with Tee, Jay George Edwards was joined on the board by Craig Hemmings with whom he had worked at Pontin's. Craig Hemmings is the son of Trevor Hemmings, owner of Preston North End. It seems to be a case of paths crossing within the Lancashire (and North Wales) world of piers, holiday camps and leisure attractions. The same names appear over and over again. Sometimes the same people are on a board of directors together; other times one familiar name replaces another. It's not helped by the fact that several versions of Pontin's later traded under completely different guises...Pontin's' property portfolio of course was acquired by Clarke Osborne.
George Edwards is named as Chorley Sporting Club's managing director in the link below. The structure incorporated Chorley Football Club, Victory Park Holdings and Chorley Sporting Club:
https://www.lep.co.uk/sport/football/wr ... an-1-93774
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haldonrambler writes:
'From a starting point of learning about Gaming International's involvement at Plainmoor I was expecting people such as George Edwards to have featured rather more. Instead we've seen Clarke Osborne steer the club into his personal ownership through his control of Riviera Stadium Ltd with Chris Rich taking the higher profile. You wonder if George Edwards will be acting on behalf of Torquay United, Gaming International or Riviera Stadium.'
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Chris Rich sitting with Clarke Osborne at Plainmoor
Chris Rich was the accountant who Osborne previously relied upon to oversee the week to week running of the club being that it was using his (Osborne's) money to function and with the daughter of Ian Hayman ~ Mel Hayman ~ as club finance controller. She can often be seen sitting at ther father's side during matches and in the past was doing so with Rich who has now departed the scene.
So Edwards has come aboard with his experience of football administration and appears to have been immediately involved in the change of football management at the Club.
George Edwards (right) in the aftermath of the Evesham Tea Bombing
[b]George Edwards is now the Operations Director responsible for running Torquay United and directly answerable to Clarke Osborne...[/b]
He was also a director of Tee Jay Leisure between 1997 and 2008; a company that operated a golf course at Ingol, near Preston and another at Thoulstone Park in Wiltshire which apparently closed following a rejected planning application. During the final years of his time with Tee, Jay George Edwards was joined on the board by Craig Hemmings with whom he had worked at Pontin's. Craig Hemmings is the son of Trevor Hemmings, owner of Preston North End. It seems to be a case of paths crossing within the Lancashire (and North Wales) world of piers, holiday camps and leisure attractions. The same names appear over and over again. Sometimes the same people are on a board of directors together; other times one familiar name replaces another. It's not helped by the fact that several versions of Pontin's later traded under completely different guises...Pontin's' property portfolio of course was acquired by Clarke Osborne.
George Edwards is named as Chorley Sporting Club's managing director in the link below. The structure incorporated Chorley Football Club, Victory Park Holdings and Chorley Sporting Club:
https://www.lep.co.uk/sport/football/wright-is-new-chorley-chairman-1-93774
Posting on [b]BTPIR[/b], well informed contributor [b]haldonrambler[/b] writes: [i]'From a starting point of learning about Gaming International's involvement at Plainmoor I was expecting people such as George Edwards to have featured rather more. Instead we've seen Clarke Osborne steer the club into his personal ownership through his control of Riviera Stadium Ltd with Chris Rich taking the higher profile. You wonder if George Edwards will be acting on behalf of Torquay United, Gaming International or Riviera Stadium.' [/i]
http://thelondonlabia.proboards.com/user/691/recent?q=george+edwards
[img]https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1944/44375719194_debca6b09d_o.jpg[/img]
[b][size=150]Chris Rich sitting with Clarke Osborne at Plainmoor[/size][/b]
Chris Rich was the accountant who Osborne previously relied upon to oversee the week to week running of the club being that it was using his (Osborne's) money to function and with the daughter of Ian Hayman ~ Mel Hayman ~ as club finance controller. She can often be seen sitting at ther father's side during matches and in the past was doing so with Rich who has now departed the scene.
So Edwards has come aboard with his experience of football administration and appears to have been immediately involved in the change of football management at the Club.
[img]https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1872/44259485402_f94332126f_z.jpg[/img]
[b][size=150]George Edwards (right) in the aftermath of the Evesham Tea Bombing[/size][/b]
