The Primary Club of Australia held our annual Sydney Test Breakfast at the Sydney Football Stadium ("Allianz") on 3rd January 2025, with over 380 Members and Guests. Highlights were (a) the panel interview with Mark Taylor, Ed Cowan and ESPNcricinfo's deputy editor Andrew McGlashan, and (b) a chat with NSW Wheelchair Basketballers Rhys Baxter and Koen Jansens, the latter a Sir Roden Cutler Award winner in 2024.
At a glance
- ABC Grandstand's Brett Sprigg MC'd the event, sharing official duties with President Jim Maxwell.
- Special guests included joint founder Peter Howarth OAM, Senator Dave Sharma, former NSW Minister for Sport Stuart Ayres, Life Members Daphne Benaud and Rick Glover OAM and 15 members of the Australia India Business Council.
- $32,500 was raised for approved applications for special treadmill equipment at Cerebral Palsy Alliance, Orange and Wollongong.
But why read on?
Click right to watch a 5-min video of the Breakfast, as we all prepared to spend Day 1 at the SCG India vs Australia Test Match. And what an enthralling series it has been!
(Images: Andrew Frazer; Video: Nikki Oldroyd.)