Mary Peters
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Oct 15, 2026
Steve HarmisonHOST
What was the decision on going back? Did you feel as though my life as a swimmer needed to continue?
Sharron DaviesGUEST
Yeah, I felt like I'd never really quite finished, you know, so I was sharing a flat with the wonderful Mary Peters, who is like everybody's grandmother in the world of sport.
Sharron DaviesGUEST
And Mary said to me, and this was in 1988, I think at the Olympics in Seoul, and Mary said to me, do not spend the rest of your life saying what if.
speaker_6NARRATOR
And I thought, God, I'm nearly 28 years old, Mary, and I've been
Fintan ReillyGUEST
So it's fantastic, yeah.
Conor CurranHOST
I've seen, I've seen her a couple of times up at the Mary Peters Track on, like, a, you know, Saturday morning in January with her dad and Tom.
Conor CurranHOST
You know, I've been down training with Cassie, and she's been doing sprint drills.
Conor CurranHOST
And then, you know, we'd be there maybe two hours between our warm-up and warm-down, and she's looking like she's probably even just halfway through a session.
17 MINS LATER
Fintan ReillyGUEST
Okay?
Conor CurranHOST
Mm-hmm.
Fintan ReillyGUEST
Facilities have a long way to go, but like when, when we were young, you had Mary Peters.
Conor CurranHOST
Mm-hmm.
Tony GordonGUEST
So let me tell you a story, if I may.
Tony GordonGUEST
Uh, I met, um, um, Mary Peters.
Tony GordonGUEST
We all know who Mary Peters is, don't we? The, the Northern Irish, the athlete.
Tony GordonGUEST
In 1968-- And I met Mary Peters in the, in the 1980s, and she told me this story.
Tony GordonGUEST
In 1968, she was selected to represent this country at the Olympics.
Tony GordonGUEST
Mary thought this was the pinnacle of her athletic career.
Shona ForbesGUEST
And yes, we have limited funding, but we do have a lot of support.
Shona ForbesGUEST
So from Mary Peters, who's a massive advocate of us and helps sponsor some of the girls, give some bursaries, sorry, support Northern Ireland with their investment that they give.
Shona ForbesGUEST
the athlete award.
Shona ForbesGUEST
Um, some of our girls get an athlete award as well.
Bill TancredGUEST
The great Mary Rand, who sadly departed, uh, a few weeks back, she won the gold.
Bill TancredGUEST
And a young lady was making her name, Mary Peters, actually put the shot and came second.
Bill TancredGUEST
And then when you came to Med- Med- Meadowbank, Edinburgh, we, uh, Mary Peters won the pentathlon gold.
Bill TancredGUEST
John Conteh, the boxer, won the middleweight.
Bill TancredGUEST
He then became a very good professional boxer.
Bill TancredGUEST
Well, what about the Stewarts? You had Ian Stewart, "Lackey" Stewart from Scotland winning the 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters.
Bill TancredGUEST
And the two Rosemarys, Rosemary Stirling in the 800 meters, and Rosemary Payne.
Bill TancredGUEST
And then when you got to Christchurch, well, you got Mary Peters doing really well again.
Bayo and JodyHOST
It's ridiculous because think of the people we wanted to meet.
Bayo and JodyHOST
There was Mary Rand, who we finally met Mary Rand at the British Trials a few years back, and then Anne Packer, also at the British Trials just, like, a couple of years back, and they were sort of the big two that we hadn't met, 'cause we'd done David Henry, and Lynn Davies, and all the Mary Peters, et cetera.
Bayo and JodyHOST
We'd done all those, so they were the last two.
Bayo and JodyHOST
But we've never met Cathy Cook.