Steve Walls Hosting The NECC Annual Tees Dinner 2011

Steve hosted the NECC Annual Tees Dinner at Middlesbrough Town Hall in June 2011. After an opening welcome from Steve, he then introduced Chief Executive of the NECC; James Ramsbotham. Steve then introduced Keynote speaker, and director of Tata Steel (UK) - Jon Bolton. Jon gave a fascinating talk on the history of steel making on Teesside. His passion for the industry, and his love of Teesside was evident. After a lovely dinner, Steve then introduced Joanne Fryett; Head of NECC Partners. This then set the stage for the after dinner speaker, and what a superb speaker he was. Olympic athlete Roger Black MBE was funny, engaging and had the guests hanging on his every word. It culminated in a DVD of Roger and fellow team mates; Derek Redmond, John Regis and Kriss Akabusi winning gold at the Tokyo World Championships in 1991. It had everyone clapping and cheering.


The chosen charity for the evening was the "Chalkland Plodders" who will take part in a 40 mile trek across the Yorkshire Wolds. It will commence in the dark at midnight on the 9th July. They will do the trek in aid of Action Medical Research. £1100 was raised on the evening. Steve would like to say a big thank you to NECC Events manager - Cheryl McCarrick, who said after the event....... "Hi Steve, Thank you once again for being the MC for yesterday's dinner. The content of the links was absolutely perfect, and covered every aspect that needed to be included, with the right emphasis on elements of the evening at exactly the right time. I hope on reflection, the evening was a good one for you, and I do hope that when we are looking to book the event again, we can contact you for your services again."