Player Spotlight
John Doran
- Name:
- John Doran
- AKA:
- Not that I knew of
- Team:
- VP
- Position:
- Utility
- Born:
- Maryport, Cumbria
- Age:
- 67
- Comes from:
- London
- Previous Clubs:
- Mill Hill, Harwell, Olton, Chester - now lives near Bath
- Hockey Honours:
- None to speak of
- Best Hockey Memory:
- Helplessly laughing at the spectacle of a totally drunk, very rotund, naked, Indian Jewish hockey player trying to fathom out a dignified way to enter an apple pie bed made for him on my first hockey tour
- Claim to fame:
- One time Chief Umpire Coach for West of England, and Level 3 Umpire Coach
- Known for saying:
- Far too much too often
- Most enjoys:
- Playing bridge
- Absolutely hates:
- Background music on radio traffic reports, football results etc
- Super hero power:
- Sean Kerly at 1988 Olympics
- Worst hair cut:
- Wayne Rooney
- Famous person met:
- Prince Charles
- Worst subject at school:
- Chemistry
- Favorite teacher:
- WPC Davies "Beef", my son's headmaster at Cheltenham College Junior school who seemed to me to embody all that is good in the teaching of small boys. They adored him.
- Secret talent:
- If I told you, you'd be as wise as me - and it would no longer be a secret, would it?
- Favourite thing to do in Cheltenham:
- Watch hockey
- Favourite night out in Cheltenham:
- The theatre
- Favourite film quote:
- "Give me something to put on!" - naked blonde Bond girl "caught" in the shower by James [Sean Connery] as he hands her a pair of shoes
