“I remember when I first presented Grandstand on the BBC my father being absolutely flabbergasted.“He didn't realise that was something any women could do let alone me,” she added.Clare recalled the first award she was won, which saw her go up against male peers whom she thought would win rather than her.She said: “I remember the very first award I ever won was the RTS award for a sports presenter.
I went to the dinner and was nominated but thought, 'I've got no chance [of winning]’.“I told dad that I was up against Steve Rider, who is the loveliest man, and another very famous man.
It wouldn't have been Jeff Stelling... but someone of that stature. “My father just went, 'You've got no chance, not against them'.
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