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13th July:
We've looked at John White's family, his twin
treasures and his move to the USA ... to complete the picture,
Framboise met up with John's parents at the British Open in November |
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From
November 2004 |
Ian & Lynne White
Suzy with Sam in Sheffield
Helping hands in Manchester |
 WHITE’S
CORNER…
Call me a sentimentalist, whatever you wish, but I just love
meeting players’ parents. First of all, most players owe
their career to them, as they were the ones paying for
training, taking them to tournaments, making endless
sacrifices to see their babies arrive on the big stage…
And meeting the parents normally gives you the true picture of
who the players are inside. I truly enjoyed meeting Nick
Matthew’s parents, Thierry Lincou’s, and tonight, I was lucky
enough to spend time with John White’s parents.
Well, no need to be a clairvoyant to know where John takes his
persona from. His mum and dad are like him, straight to the
point, charming, warm and sensitive. They are obviously a very
close family, a relationship that John reproduced with his own
family, Suzie his wife, and his “four kids under 5”, as he
described them tonight.
“John was a lovely kid”, said Lynne, “and along with his
brother David, a few months older, we took them to every
tournament, every event in the country. And it’s wonderful to
see how far he has now gone. We are going to stay in
Nottingham until the 8th of November, and I hope to see him
lifting the British Open Trophy…”
I asked Ian what he was the most proud of about John. He
didn’t think twice:
“I’m proud of the fact John has been able to excel in his
private and professional life. And the two are linked very
closely, he couldn’t have one without the other. Without
squash, he wouldn’t be such a wonderful person to his family,
and without Suzie’s support, he wouldn’t be able to play at
the level he does.”
“The birth of the twins has been a huge step in John’s life,
and the emotional link is extremely strong. He can’t just walk
out of the house, and switch off the family side of his life.
I think that his next challenge is going to be able to spread
that emotional link to allow him to perform on the world
circuit”. |
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November 2004 |
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