On The Pegs June 2020 - Volume 5 - Issue 6 | Page 148

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scene, but Jake could see untapped potential and the pair embarked on a relationship
– once, that is, he had convinced Dougie’s now late dad Martin – that to
this day is still going strong.
“I knew the Lampkin family from working with them and I saw what Dougie
was doing. I will always remember the meeting with him and Martin around their
dining room table. Dougie had won two World championships by then, but after
being around motocross grands prix with Ray and seeing his PR work I thought
he was under-exposed.
“I told Dougie and Martin that he should have a website and be a bit cleverer
with communications. It was obviously an interesting conversation, convincing
Martin that his son needed to spend £500 on a website and have an Essex boy
communicating on his behalf, but to be fair to Martin he grasped it and Dougie
was our first client. That was it and managing Dougie and the spin-offs from that