Georgia Thomson sky sports news flash
Georgia Thomson is actually a name that all Sky Sports news viewers associate with. A part of the Sky Sports Team at since 2001, she is a name that a person associates with all major sports activities. From the US Open Tennis Championship to the A1 Grand Prix, the Grand Prix Masters, Speedway World Cup, Race of Champions and Americas Cup, she has been there to cover all major sporting events.
Georgia Thomson, popularly often known as Georgie Thompson, lives in Essex. Educated at Queenswood Boarding School, she displayed her interest in sports from a very early age. She took part in several international junior tennis championships representing England. She went on to learn Broadcast Journalism at the University of Leeds graduating in 1999. Before moving to Sky Sports in 2001, she worked to be a production assistant at GMTV.
A self confessed motor racing addict, Georgia attributes her attraction to fast cars and motor racing to her father who built the same passion that he had for cars into his daughter. She believes that A1Grand Prix has got the possibility to become as popular as the Formula One. However she also feels that it will take some time for this to happen. With multiple channels accessible for viewing, it gets that much more difficult to nail viewers if things are not satisfactory enough. Hence she feels that given a little time and effort A1 GP has a prospect of becoming as popular as the F1.
She defends the A1GP by proclaiming that the competitiveness in A1GP is above anything else. Classifying it definitely as edge of your seat stuff, she says this is really what motor racing is about.
Georgia Thomson considers herself as a bit of a spender. Her investments are cautiously managed by her financial advisor who has a major say in deciding her investments. Her three bedroom terraced property in Chelsea cost 500,000. In today’s day, the house is estimated at 800,000. Her passion for property again extends back into her childhood. Her father profession that of a property developer, made sure they moved several times, each time to some larger house or even to a renovation project. The transformations that each property underwent drilled into her the passion for climbing up the property ladder.
Aside from property, she’s now begun considering other investment options including pension funds and makes annual contributions to individual savings accounts. Healthcare is another element of investment that she has considered. She has purchased an extensive medical health insurance policy that covers all critical illnesses since there is a history of cancer in her family.
On a lighter note it her Mini Cooper convertible that she loves zipping around in. On the occasional warm and sunny day, she likes to drive around with all the cars hood down and feel the wind in her hair.
A successful anchorwoman, she’s had the privilege of interviewing several stalwarts in sports such as Ian Botham, Sven Goran, Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski.