Kenny Reid

I loved this book. A great story about real people in often dire straits, oh, and cricket 🏏

YouTube video by Pitch Publishing Seve Ballesteros Ryder Cup Legacy - Book Extract by Kenny Reid

Here's a @rydercup @RyderCupEurope excerpt from my book - Seve Ballesteros's Touch of Class - on @PitchPublishing 's YouTube channel. Link to the book in my bio and at the below #golf #RyderCup2025 #books #publishing #Seve #SeveBallesteros
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That time Lee Westwood and Mark Foster ⛳️🏌️‍♂️ were spectators @rydercupeurope.bsky.social @TheBelfryHotel
1993, watching Seve and José María #RyderCup #golf

Thanks to @ToppingsStAs for the most welcome coffee and chance to sign some more books in their beautiful shop two weeks ago #Seve #books #bookshops #publishing @PitchPublishing #golf #RyderCup

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A legendary European pairing.
Two artists at work ⚽️⛳️

A legendary European pairing.
Two artists at work ⚽️⛳️

With golf's majors at an end for '25, channel your withdrawal symptoms via Seve Ballesteros, from me and Pitch Publishing
here: bit.ly/3xrZjJi
#golf #books

Jürgen Said to Me: Jürgen Klopp, Liverpool and the Remaking of a City Jürgen Said to Me is a human-interest story centred around Liverpool FC's most successful and charismatic leader of recent times. It charts Jürgen Klopp's impact on Liverpool through the voice of the ...

Been on a @PitchPublishing bender. 5/5: I devoured this book like a plate of scouse. A fascinating, engaging story on the power of sport and of community. #football #books #LFC

Bring Me That Horizon: A Journey to the Soul of Portuguese Football Bring Me that Horizon is a quest into the heart and soul of Portuguese football. From Eusebio's glorious career to Cândido de Oliveira's adventures as a British intelligence agent, the book reveals a ...

Been on a @PitchPublishing bender. 4/5: cracking⚽️history from @Miguel_LPereira and a great way to learn a few things about Portugal, that most friendly of countries #football #books www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/bring-m...

Pasión: A Journey to the Soul of Spanish Football Pasión explores the rich diversity of Spanish footballing culture and how the game unites the nation. Whether talking to World Cup-winning managers, elite players and journalists or travelling around ...

Been on a @PitchPublishing bender. 3/5: smashing ⚽️history from @Miguel_LPereira and super journey around Spain #football #books pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/pasion

Triumphs, Treachery and Toilet Rolls: The Francis Lee Autobiography Triumphs, Treachery and Toilet Rolls is the astonishing life story of football legend Francis Lee. With searing candour, Lee reveals how he overcame treachery and betrayals to prevail. It's the story ...

Been on a @PitchPublishing bender. 2/5: a super tale. There's a certain skill to ghosting a book and very quickly I could sense Franny Lee sitting opposite me regaling me with his entire life story. What a journey. #book #football @ManCity buy it here:
www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/triumph...

Getting Out: The Ukrainian Cricket Team's Last Stand on the Front Lines of War Getting Out tells how Ukraine's cricketers escaped from Russia's invasion in February 2022, including first-hand accounts of the war. As the foreign-born players fled the bombings, the team’s Ukrainia...

Been on a Pitch Publishing roll. Loved this from @jonathancampion.com: humanity, grim luck, sport and its power to bring people together. Uplifting and at times sad, it played out in my head like a moving BBC Storyville documentary. #books #cricket #ukraine pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/getting...

Sunningdale GC is so good even the stuff you see on the way to the loo is iconic. Or in Bob Hope's case, in a stall / cubicle in the Gents. I'm sure he'd've loved that #golf

With reposts, on X > 100k people saw this story last year. A good @TheOpen Seve tale is a tale worth repeating, I think. ⛳️🇪🇸💪📚Book link - bit.ly/3xrZjJi
- from @PitchPublishing
#Seve #SeveBallesteros #golf #golftwitter #golfinsta #book

Lovely spying the book in Toppings Edinburgh. If you need a fix beyond #TheOpen #SeveBallesteros's Touch of Class (Pitch Publishing) can also be found Topping & Company Booksellers of St Andrews (of course!) Bath and can be ordered from Ely #Seve #SeveBallesteros #golf #golftwitter #book #theopen

A nice last-minute Father's Day gift, Sunday 15 June: buy the book here bit.ly/3xrZjJi 🇪🇸📷#Seve #SeveBallesteros #golf #FathersDay #books #publishing
@PitchPublishing

Seve Ballesteros's Touch of Class: The 1984 Open Championship and the Meaning of Europe's Greatest Golfer After witnessing first-hand the Spanish golfer's famous Open Championship win at St Andrews in 1984, Seve Ballesteros was the only golfer who mattered to Kenny Reid. Uniquely centred around Seve's gre...

It'd be a touch of class to treat Dad to some Seve for Father's Day - Sunday 15 June: buy the book here bit.ly/3xrZjJi 🇪🇸⛳️💪
#Seve #SeveBallesteros #golf #FathersDay #books #publishing @PitchPublishing

The results are in!
From powerful memoirs to unforgettable sporting moments, meet the 2025 Charles Tywhitt Sports Book Awards winners!
A huge congratulations to this year’s incredible authors and titles, & thank you to everyone who’s championed great sports writing with us.
#CTSBA25 #ReadingForSport

Well done to Kevin Cook (@EburyPublishing) on the Golf Book victory on May 1. And congrats on the shortlisting for @sportsbookawards.bsky.social #CTSBA25 to Beef Johnston (@HarperNonFic), @iaincartergolf (@BloomsburySport) @AlanShipnuck(@simonschusterUK) @domholland @pitchpublishing.bsky.social

I'm so proud to have been part of the @sportsbookawards.bsky.social at the Oval last night, where 12 superb books won awards.

Khalida Popal took the overall prize with My Beautiful Sisters. David Kynaston won cricket book of the year for Richie Benaud's Blue Suede Shoes.

#CTSBA25 #ReadingForSport

8 Lives. 8 Journeys. 1 Award.

This year’s Charles Tyrwhitt Autobiography of the Year shortlist, in association with @thetimes.com, is packed with grit, vulnerability, and the kind of storytelling that sticks with you.

The VOTE IS OPEN for you to choose the winner: form.typeform.com/to/uGUcZsxu

The Masters Tournament: Thursday, 1984. Seve @ No.13, Azalea #TheMasters #golf #Seve #SeveBallesteros

The Masters Tournament: Thursday, 1984. Seve @ No.13, Azalea #TheMasters #golf #Seve #SeveBallesteros

#BOTD 1957 : Severiano Ballesteros Sota 🏌️‍♂️💪
Here's peak Seve, peak golf swing: form, control, power and beauty. #Seve #SeveBallesteros #Golf

#BOTD 1957 : Severiano Ballesteros Sota 🏌️‍♂️💪
Here's peak Seve, peak golf swing: form, control, power and beauty. #Seve #SeveBallesteros #Golf

Have you had your say? The public vote is OPEN for you to vote for your favourite book. Plus, be in with the chance of winning a £150 @charlestyrwhitt voucher and a set of 6 shortlisted books.

VOTE HERE: form.typeform.com/to/uGUcZsxu

#CTSBA25 #ReadingForSport

😆 @jonathancampion.com I'll let Seve take any and all credit for that

EIGHT PITCH TITLES ON 2025 SPORTS BOOK AWARDS SHORTLIST We’re thrilled to announce that eight of our books have been shortlisted for the 2025 Sports Book Awards

Delighted to be included in this list with @pitchpublishing.bsky.social shortlisted for @sportsbookawards.bsky.social at the Kia Oval, May 1 👇 #ReadingForSport #CTSBA25
www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/content/eigh...

Trailblazing stories from the world of sport. 🌟 The 2025 Vikki Orvice Award for Women’s Sports Writing, in association with LoveReading, shortlist is here...

#CTSBA25 #ReadingForSport