Draft:Neil Perkins (journalist)

Draft article not currently submitted for review.

This is a draft Articles for creation (AfC) submission. It is not currently pending review. While there are no deadlines, abandoned drafts may be deleted after six months. To edit the draft click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.

To be accepted, a draft should:

Show the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article by using multiple sources that meet four criteria. The sources should be (1) reliable (2) secondary (3) independent of the subject (4) talk about the subject in some depth. For some topics, there are alternative criteria.
Be written from a neutral point of view
Respect copyright and do not plagiarize. Do not copy-paste.

It is strongly discouraged to write about yourself, your business or employer. If you do so, you must declare it.

Where to get help

If you need help editing or submitting your draft, please ask us a question at the AfC Help Desk or get live help from experienced editors. These venues are only for help with editing and the submission process, not to get reviews.
If you need feedback on your draft, or if the review is taking a lot of time, you can try asking for help on the talk page of a relevant WikiProject. Some WikiProjects are more active than others so a speedy reply is not guaranteed.

How to improve a draft

Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia – a basic overview on how to edit Wikipedia.
Help:Wikitext – how to use the markup
Help:Referencing for beginners – how to include references
Wikipedia:Article development – how to develop your article
Wikipedia:Writing better articles – how to improve your article
Wikipedia:Verifiability – make sure your article includes reliable third-party sources

You can also browse Wikipedia:Featured articles and Wikipedia:Good articles to find examples of Wikipedia's best writing on topics similar to your proposed article.

Improving your odds of a speedy review

To improve your odds of a faster review, tag your draft with relevant WikiProject tags using the button below. This will let reviewers know a new draft has been submitted in their area of interest. For instance, if you wrote about a female astronomer, you would want to add the Biography, Astronomy, and Women scientists tags.

Add tags to your draft

Editor resources

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
Easy tools: Citation bot (help) | Advanced: Fix bare URLs

Last edited by Citation bot (talk | contribs) 3 months ago. (Update)

Submit the draft for review!

Neil Perkins (born 12 September 1965) is a British sports journalist who has written for numerous national and international publications, specialising in motor sport and powerboat racing since 1986.

A former TV presenter for Sky Sports’ World of Motorsport programme ^[1] and an interviewer for numerous international news organisations, he is a regular editorial contributor for the FIA, FIM, sports publications, private teams and H2O Racing, the promoter of the Formula 1 Powerboat World Championship and Aquabike World Championship.

Career[edit]

Perkins joined the staff of motor racing weekly newspaper Motoring News (now Motorsport News ) as an editorial assistant in 1986 after starting out working in finance at Staffordshire County Council.

The newspaper was owned by Teesdale Publishing and later acquired by Haymarket Magazines.

After moving up to the position of Deputy Rallies Editor, Perkins left the publication in 1990 to set up NDP Publicity Services^[2], initially handling the media for Peugeot Talbot Sport and the Peugeot GTi Rally Club in the British Rally Championship.

He was also an integral part of the rise of the Middle East Rally Championship and has handled press and publicity for select events in the series since 1990.

A contributor to the Rallycourse annual for several years, he also co-wrote Stage by Stage^[3], the story of two-time British Rally Champion Russell Brookes, that was published by Motor Racing Publications (MRP) Ltd. in 1991.

A long-term member of the Midland Group of Motoring Writers (MGMW)^[4], he was appointed editor of Rally Sport magazine in 1996 and edited the monthly magazine for three years until A&S Publishing sold the title to Link House Publishing in 1999.

He managed and promoted the Škoda Trophy one-make rally championship for Škoda GB Limited ^[5] for two seasons before moving into the world of cross-country rallying, the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) and the Dakar Rally^[6] at the start of 2000.

Perkins worked for the Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.), Nissan Motors Europe N.V., X-raid BMW and Mitsubishi Motors on the African Dakars between 2000 and 2007 and then joined forces with Mitsubishi, X-Raid Mini and Toyota when the event moved to South America and then to Saudi Arabia.

The official English content writer for event organisers on rounds of the WRC in Cyprus, Poland, México, Chile, Portugal, Spain, Turkey and Jordan and FIA off-road events in Jordan, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, he became involved in the world of international powerboat racing and handled the global media content for the Qatar Marine Sports Federation ^[7] (2003-2015) and the Abu Dhabi International Marine Sports Club (ADIMSC) in Class 1 Offshore, XCAT, F1H2O, F2, F4-S and H1 Unlimited racing for several years.

He is also a content writer for the FIA, FIM and H2O Racing, the official promotor of the Formula 1 Powerboat World Championship and the Aquabike World Championship.

Perkins is divorced and lives in Newport, Shropshire. ^[8]

He has a small collection of classic cars and has a life-long passion for Ipswich Town F.C. and coarse fishing on the River Severn in Shropshire ^[9], the Ebro River in Spain ^[10] and a local carp syndicate he has run since 2010.

Books[edit]

Stage by Stage, Russell Brookes and Neil Perkins, 1991. ^[11]

References[edit]

^ "Sky Sports' World of Motorsport programme". YouTube.
^ "NDP Publicity Services".
^ "Stage by Stage book review". 7 July 2014.
^ "Midland Group of Motoring Writers (MGMW)".
^ "Škoda Trophy one-make rally championship for Škoda GB Limited". 30 July 1998.
^ "Dakar Rally". 23 January 2009.
^ "Qatar Marine Sports Federation". 3 July 2017.
^ "Modern living". 15 February 2008.
^ "Perkins hauls in a REAL monster". 24 September 2015.
^ "Neil Perkins tackles the mighty River Ebro".
^ "Stage by Stage book review". 7 July 2014.

Category:Journalists Category:British journalists Category:1965 births

[1] "Sky Sports' World of Motorsport programme". YouTube.

[2] "NDP Publicity Services".

[3] "Stage by Stage book review". 7 July 2014.

[4] "Midland Group of Motoring Writers (MGMW)".

[5] "Škoda Trophy one-make rally championship for Škoda GB Limited". 30 July 1998.

[6] "Dakar Rally". 23 January 2009.

[7] "Qatar Marine Sports Federation". 3 July 2017.

[8] "Modern living". 15 February 2008.

[9] "Perkins hauls in a REAL monster". 24 September 2015.

[10] "Neil Perkins tackles the mighty River Ebro".

[11] "Stage by Stage book review". 7 July 2014.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]