Tim Dellor


Timothy Paul Dellor is a radio presenter on BBC Radio

Biography

Born in Reading, Berkshire in 1975 to Ralph Dellor and his wife, he grew up in Woolhampton, Berkshire, and attended Bradfield College. Dellor graduated from the University of Gloucestershire with a bachelor's degree in Sport and Exercise Science and Geography and from the London Institute with a master's degree in Broadcast Journalism.
Dellor works for the England Cricket Board as their "Head Coach-Lead Tutor". He runs the Level 3 coaching programme, developing the skills of elite coaches.
He is now a Level 4 ECB-qualified coach, making him one of the most highly qualified cricket coaches at the ECB, and used to coach Berkshire Minor County Cricket first team and was once head of their Elite Player programme. He was also head coach to the Greece national cricket team for 9 years, winning the ECC Trophy in 1999.
Dellor is also a sports commentator and reporter with the BBC.
Dellor's position as Reading Football commentator gives him a huge amount of leverage over Reading FC. He was connected to the sacking of Brendan Rodgers as it was felt by some fans that the manager's outburst on air and rudeness to Dellor may have been indicative of his imminent dismissal.
He is one of the countries most accomplished rowing commentators, having covered recent World Championships, World Cups and Olympic Games. He covers rowing for BBC 5 Live. For his coverage of the Olympic Games he won the Gold Frank Gillard Award for best radio sports coverage in 2012. He is also a regular commentator at big flat horse racing meetings, and has covered every Royal Ascot over the past decade. He covered hockey for the BBC at the Commonwealth Games 2014 in Glasgow.
Dellor also reports on Championship football for BBC South Today and 5 Live Sport.
He is a regular public speaker, often acting as Master of Ceremonies and Presenting at cricket and other sports events.
He has written weekly columns for The Newbury Weekly News and The Henley Standard for 10 years.

Personal life

Dellor married Amanda Sutton at St Bartholomew's church in Nettlebed, Oxfordshire in December 2005. Sutton is a BBC Berkshire broadcast journalist, who often wrote sports reports on Reading Hockey Club. They had worked closely together in November 2004 covering the Ufton Nervet rail crash.