Stuart MacGill of Sydney, Australia

Kingsgrove Sports Centre Customer of the Month

This month we chat to Australian Cricket Legend, Stuart MacGill, one of the world's great Leg spinners and on the rare occassion no slouch with a cricket bat in hand





1. Name and current date – STUART MACGILL JULY 2007

2. Date of Birth – 25 FEBRUARY 1971

3. Place of Birth – PERTH, WA

4. Current Location – SYDNEY

5. Who do / did you play cricket for – SYDNEY UNI, NSW, AUSTRALIA

6. In what capacity – RIGHT ARM WRIST SPIN

7. Best Cricket feats – BATTED AFTER MCGRATH UNTIL HE DECIDED HE WAS A SPECIALIST No XI

8. Greatest Cricket moment / memory – 3RD TEST AUS V WI 2003 IN BARBADOS. WE ENFORCED THE FOLLOW ON AND WON THE TEST AFTER FIELDING FOR 233 OVERS; ROUGHLY 17.5 HRS!

9. Tell us little about your cricket Pedigree – FATHER & GRANDFATHER BOTH PLAYED FOR WA

10. Favorite Football Teams – NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS, SYDNEY SWANS, SYDNEY UNITED, SYDNEY UNI FC

11. Favorite Players – VVS LAXMAN, STUART CLARK, MICHAEL CLARKE

12. Favorite Commentator – DAVID GOWER

13. Favorite Cricketing Publication - WISDEN CRICKETER

14. Favorite Cricketing Website – CRICINFO

15. Favorite Cricketing Brand – DUKES CRICKET BALLS

16. Tell us about the best bat you've ever had – NONE OF THEM WORK WHEN I PICK THEM UP

17. What is your most treasured cricketing item – MY NSW CAP

18. What ideas would you propose to improve the game of cricket – HAT RACK INSTEAD OF AN UMPIRE

19. Rate the following three -
Test - 100% THE SYMBOL OF CRICKET
One Dayers – 65% MORE CLOSE GAMES NEEDED
Twenty20 – 90% GREAT INTRO PACKAGE, LOTS OF LAUGHS

20. What are your thoughts on the sledging issue – THERE IS MORE SLEDGING IN CLUB CRICKET THAN AT HIGHER LEVELS

21. Who do you rate as being the best in the last 20 years -
Batsman – BRIAN LARA
Bowler – GLEN MCGRATH / SHANE WARNE
WK – IAN HEALY
Allrounder – WASIM AKRAM / IAN BOTHAM
Captain – STEVE WAUGH / TREVOR BAYLISS

22. Who do you rate as being the greatest cricketer of all time – BRADMAN/WARNE, BUT PONTING COULD OVERTAKE THEM BOTH AT THIS RATE

22b. That you have played with – WARNE/PONTING

22c. That you have played against – BRIAN LARA

23. What is the best tip you've had or given – WHEN I TOLD SWAUGH ABOUT WATCHING ALDERMAN SMILE AS HE RAN INTO BOWL TO ME, HE SUGGETSED THAT I MIGHT WATCH THE BALL INSTEAD OF THE BOWLER’S FACE

24. Is there are song you love that you relate to cricket -BED’S ARE BURNING by MIDNIGHT OIL... I HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO BUTCHER THE LYRICS (.....WHEN THE PITCH IS TURNING)

25. Best Cricket Video you've seen – ANYTHING ON WSC

26. Best Cricket Book you've read – CRICKET FOR DUMMIES

27. Best Cricket After dinner speaker you've seen – BILL LAWRY

28. Best / Nicest cricketer you've met - ARTHUR MORRIS

29. What other interests do you have outside of cricket –EATING, DRINKING, READING, MUSIC & FILMS, SLEEPING

30. How did you come across Kingsgrove Sports Centre - HARRY HAS TREATED ME VERY WELL SINCE 1995 WHEN I MOVED FROM WA, AND HE IS VERY LUCKY THAT HAMISH CAN TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS NOW THAT HE IS SO OLD.

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A Message to you from Stuart

Hi everyone,

I would like to invite you to join me in a small fundraising activity that I have set up for my friends and I. I hope that you like the sound of it and get involved.

I am a huge fan of a charity called Books in Homes which raises money to provide students at participating schools 3 new books each per term. I have presented books to kids at a number of underprivileged schools now and the impact of this programme is astonishing. The majority of the students I have met are completely stunned when they realise that the books are theirs to keep.

The goal for us as a group is to sponsor the students at Lewisham Public School in Sydney's inner west, just one of the schools which lacks the funding to currently benefit from this programme. If you think you might like to be a part of this project, please visit the following myfundraiser page:

http://www.myfundraiser.com.au/charity/scg

The site is secure, and all funds will be automatically forwarded to Books in Homes Australia. Donations are tax deductible within Australia. If you have any good friends that you think may be interested please feel free to send them the link. Thanks

stuart

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