Alan Jones tutors his protege, 23, in tennis after retiring from radio
Alan Jones appears to be loving retirement as the radio legend is spotted in Sydney for the first time since quitting the airwaves – tutoring his 23-year-old protege in tennis.
Jones has spent the past week celebrating with friends since bidding farewell to his loyal listeners on Friday, after 35 years dominating the city’s airwaves and 226 consecutive ratings wins.
The 79-year-old partied with former PM Tony Abbott and One Nation state leader Mark Latham following his final show, and has spent his days relaxing at his farm in the Southern Highlands with friends.
Jones has since returned to his Sydney Harbour property and on Thursday used the time he would previously be behind a microphone to help his personal staff member Jake Thrupp improve his tennis game.
Alan Jones tutored his staffer Jake Thrupp on tennis early on Thursday morning – time that he spent just a week ago dominating the airwaves of Sydney and Brisbane
Jones was overheard giving his staffer tips on his tennis technique – lobbing balls at Mr Thrupp from a crate. The broadcaster is seen on left and right picking up the racquet himself and smashing a forehand
Jones is seen – apparently mid-instruction – during his practice match with Mr Thrupp about 8.30am on Thursday
Mr Thrupp is one of a handful of Jones’s staff to remain on his personal payroll. Above, he awaits a serve
Mr Thrupp, originally from Queensland, is one of a handful of Jones’s staff to remain on his personal payroll in the wake of his departure from Radio 2GB.
The young man caused a stir in Jones’s circle last year, when he was unfairly linked to the departure of the broadcaster’s long-time butler David Allan.
Mr Thrupp, a part-time student at Sydney University, has embarked on an impressive broadcasting career of his own since linking up with Jones.
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He has occasionally appeared on Jones’s Sky News show and launched his own weekly podcast where he has interviewed politicians including Barnaby Joyce, tennis star Mark Philippoussis and NSW government ministers.
And 더존카지노 without Jones having to spend time on air, Mr Thrupp today got the benefit of Jones’s tennis tutelage in the city’s east.
While Jones is best known for his rugby coaching career – in 1986 leading the Wallabies to their first Bledisloe Cup victory 39 years – he is also a tennis scholar.
He worked as a tennis coach while working as a teacher at boarding school and won a University Blue in the sport while studying at Oxford University.
Twenty-time Grand 더존카지노 Slam winner Roger Federer himself called into Jones’s show during his final week and on Thursday Jones was decked out in a Nike jacket and shorts decorated with Rafael Nadal’s logo.
An observer said most of the Thursday’s session involved Jones lobbing up balls for Mr Thrupp: ‘You could hear him giving him little tips,’ the insider said.
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Jones instructed Mr Thrupp on how to better his game while lobbing balls to him from a crate near the net. On right, Mr Thrupp moves to hit a backhand back toward Sydney’s most famous broadcaster
Jones, mid-instruction in a Nike get-up sporting Rafael Nadal’s logo, is an experienced tennis coach who was farewelled from his program last week by none other than 20 time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer
Life after radio: Jones and Mr Thrupp leave the courts after an hour long practice session
The broadcaster welcomed his retirement with the likes of cricketers Brett Lee and Shane Watson, posting over the past week that they were ‘celebrating good times! #offthelongrun’
Mr Thrupp was one of many staff in Jones’s ‘in house family’ who the broadcaster paid tribute to on his final program last Friday.
Jones paid tribute to his many former staff at length, several of his producers having worked for the breakfast host since the early 1990s.
Jones briefly described Mr Thrupp as ‘immensely talented’ and credited him and a colleague for their work on his social media platforms.
The apprentice has previously told News Corp he first connected with Jones while working for a Tweed Heads councillor.
‘I was nuts about politics and was around Alan a lot and then the Commonwealth Games happened (in April 2018) and Alan needed some extra help so he offered me a permanent part-time work with his show,’ he told columnist Annette Sharp, in order to clear up ‘vagaries’ about their relationship.
‘Alan works six days a week and we have built a structure around him to help manage his long days.
‘There’s always a job, whether it’s driving him — we never let him drive himself — or chasing things up for his show, or writing things for him.’
Jones has been kind to Thrupp – introducing him above to musical theatre following his 21st birthday and giving the politics-mad Queenslander a job
The young man was one of many staff in Jones’ ‘in house family’ who the broadcaster paid tribute to on his final program – some of his
Mr Thrupp loads up the car as Jones watches on after their morning hit about the court
Jones retired based on medical advice after decades of waking up at 2.30am on a mission to dominate the radio ratings at both 2UE and 2GB.
But his retirement, more than a year after his contract was due to end, came after 2GB was forced to pay a record $3.4 million to a Queensland farming family Jones had defamed and amid cost-cutting at the Nine Entertainment.
In saying goodbye to his loyal listeners, Jones read a Robert Lee Sharpe poem and said: ‘Together in spirit always, but for now goodbye.
‘All the best to everyone out there, thank you for 우리카지노 your company and we’ll see you somewhere I’m sure.’
While he has passed the breakfast radio reigns over to successor Ben Fordham, Jones’s media career isn’t over.
He appears on Tuesday and Wednesday on Sky News and WIN television and writes for various newspapers twice a week.