Midlands Dinner Birmingham

Location

Birmingham Town Hall

Speaker

Ed Smith

Ed Smith is a former England cricketer, who was forced to retire through injury aged 30, and has since turned bestselling author and journalist.  Ed was educated at Tonbridge and Peterhouse, Cambridge where he took a double First in History. In 1996, aged eighteen, he became the youngest ever Cambridge undergraduate to score a century on his first class debut. After becoming the first batsmen to reach 1,000 runs in 2003, he was selected to play three Test matches for England against South Africa, and captained Middlesex in 2007 and 2008. After breaking his ankle in 2008, Ed was forced to retire. He has written three books: 'Playing Hard Ball', 'On and Off the Field', a diary of the year he played for  England, and most recently, 'What Sport Tells Us About Life' exploring sport's intellectual hinterland.  Ed has written for Prospect, The Spectator and Intelligent Life.  He is now a leader writer at the Times, and before that, he wrote 'MindGames', his weekly column in the Daily Telegraph.

Non-Member Price

This event is now open to non-members:
Cost per place: £191.40 + VAT
Cost per table: £1914.00 + VAT
Please contact events@bvca.co.uk for more information about booking.

Earlybird Booking Offer

Book a table at each regional dinner (Birmingham, Leeds, Bristol, Edinburgh and Manchester) and receive one table free! Please contact tnguyen@bvca.co.uk if you would like to take up this offer.

Chairman's Charities

A percentage of the event profit goes towards support the Chairman's chosen charities, namely Impetus Trust, PEF Foundation and Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.  For more information about these charities click here

Accomodation

For special rates contact the Hyatt Regency Birmingham call  0121 643 1234 ext 4000 and quote G-BV11.  Rates are available from £164.00 per room per night, including breakfast and VAT.