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Tom Bushell is Sports Travel Tom. A sports travel journalist, writer and content creator and founder of My Planet Playground. Tom spent many years attempting to land his big break within sports TV before finally deciding to concentrate on his two real passions in life, sports and travel.

 

Tom’s career as a sports reporter saw him work for networks across the world including CNN and BT Sport as well as attempting to sail around the world in the Volvo Ocean Race as the Onboard Reporter for Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing. The high seas got the best of him after 6 months but it did begin a thought of wanting to tell the story of our world through its sport & adventure highlights. Becoming more and more interested in the experience of the events he was attending

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and how those sporting events and adventures added to the culture of that destination, Tom set about creating a platform that would tell the story of our world through sport & adventure, leading to My Planet Playground. ​

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Whilst Tom is often travelling hosting or experiencing the world's sporting events, when not travelling, Tom lives in Edinburgh, Scotland often frantically typing a new destination guide or filming multiple takes for his YouTube and social channels, @sportstraveltom and @myplanetplayground.

 

So how did Sports Travel Tom come to be? Read more here

My career in a nutshell:

Present Day: (Finding clarity)

  • Founding My Planet Playground - a sports & adventure travel platform 

  • Giorgio Armani Tennis Classic - Hospitality MC

  • Newcastle United Football Club - Match Day MC

  • Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open - Tournament MC

  • DP World Tour Championship - Tournament MC

 

2022 – 2025: (Trying new things)

  • Recast - Sports Editor

  • The Sports Explorer - Began YouTube channel which began life in
    Dubai before travelling across the USA and then moving to Scotland

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2018 – 2022: (Writing)

  • Coca-Cola Arena - Media Manager​

  • Head of Video - Motivate Publishing

  • + more event hosting at the likes of the Asian Sports Industry Awards,
    Middle East Sports Awards, DP World Tour Championship

 

2012 – 2018: (Sports reporting & attempting to sail around the world)

  • CNN - Sports Reporter

  • ITN - Sports Reporter

  • BT Sport - Football Reporter

  • Seven Media - Sports PR

  • Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing - Onboard Reporter

  • talkSPORT - Contributor 

  • + MC'ing at the likes of the Asian Sports Industry Awards,
    Middle East Sports Industry Awards, DP World Tour Championship

  • Dubai Eye 103.8 - Head of Sport

  • City 7 TV - Sport on 7 Presenter

 

2003-2012: (Music radio DJ trying to be cool)

  • Dubai 92 - Dubai - Presenter

  • Play 96.9 - Jordan - Presenter (briefly) 

  • Capital Radio Network - Presenter 

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My Story:

​I guess it was inevitable I would end up travelling the world for sport. Not that I showed any promising talents on the pitch, court or course whilst growing up. I loved playing tennis, and still do but was never going to make it to the top. I wasn't a bad right-back for the school football team but I was never called up for the county squad, the equivalent of a national team call up when at school and my golf talents amounted to being overjoyed at beating my parents at the local crazy golf.

 

Knowing I wasn't going to set the world alight and get anywhere near winning a Premier League title, Grand Slam or Major I had to quickly think about the road ahead. My first love in the working world, at the age of two(!) was broadcasting, thanks to Mum & Dad buying me a microphone. Although I have to say the salary was very low at that age...

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Read my full story here

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MY FAVOURITE EVENTS

  1. Yankee Stadium, New York

  2. AFL Grand Final, Melbourne

  3. Wimbledon, London

  4. Newcastle United, Newcastle

  5. Altoona Curve, Altoona

  6. Paris Saint Germain, Paris

  7. Scottish Open, Berwick

  8. Murrayfield, Edinburgh

  9. PNC Park, Pittsburgh

  10. D.C United, Washington D.C.

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MY FAVOURITE BOOKS

  1. Danny Wallace, Yes Man

  2. Michael Palin, Around the World in 80 Days

  3. Chris Eakin, A Race Too Far

  4. Levison Wood, Endurance

  5. Bill Bryson, A Walk in the Woods

  6. Jon Krakauer, Into Thin Air

  7. Robin Knox Johnston, A World on my Own

  8. Daniel Priestley, Key Person of Influence

  9. Bev James, Do It or Ditch It

  10. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Be Useful

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MY FAVOURITE ADVENTURES

  1. Ben Nevis, Scotland

  2. Appalachian Trail, USA

  3. South Lake Tahoe, USA

  4. The Lake District, England

  5. Jebel Jais, UAE

  6. Kayaking the Potomac, USA

  7. Cycling, Mallorca

  8. Sailing the Caledonian Canal, Scotland

  9. Hiking, Nepal

  10. Breakneck Ridge, New York

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