ADELAIDE TEST WEEKEND, 1 to 4 Dec

Come and join Primary Club Members for brunch and a bit of a "chin-wag" about the state of Test Match Cricket in the Torrens Room at the Cathedral Hotel, a short stroll away from Adelaide Oval, on Day 1 of the Ashes Day/Night Test (Saturday 2nd December).  Mark Taylor and Jim Maxwell will be among the special guests.   The Primary Club is also playing a Test Warm-up Game at Adelaide Uni CC on Friday afternoon, 1st December, to which members and friends are invited.   We will also be arranging some matches at the magnificent Chateau Tanunda Oval in the beautiful Barossa Valley during the day on Sunday 3rd and Monday 4th.   For more information, and to book your place at any or all of these events, click on this link now.

SYDNEY TEST MATCH BREAKFAST, 4th Jan 2018

Come and join fellow Primary Club Members for our traditional Day 1 Test Match Breakfast on Thursday 4th January from 7:30am in the Eastside Dining Room of Allianz Stadium ("SFS"), a short stroll away from the SCG.  Special guests will be appearing along with President Jim Maxwell AM and Master of Ceremonies Mike Coward AM.

CLICK HERE to book online now.

$120 for Primary Club Members and their guests; or $1,200 for a table of 10.  We encourage Members to book early, because we are likely to be oversold for the Ashes Breakfast. If you require SCG seats - either a corporate box or ticket-only seats, go to THIS LINK, where you can also order your Breakfast seats.

SCG ASHES TEST TICKETS

Here is the advance booking site: www.trybooking.com/qnse.

Come and join fellow Primary Club Members for our traditional Day 1 Test Match Breakfast on Thursday 4th January from 7:30am in the Eastside Dining Room of Allianz Stadium ("SFS"), a short stroll away from the SCG.  Special guests will be appearing along with President Jim Maxwell AM and Master of Ceremonies Mike Coward AM.

The only allocation of Churchill Stand box seats we have are the fully-catered corporate boxes.  Contact Geoff on 0411 028 468 for further details.

However, we have purchased a block of ticket-only seats in the Gold Section in the upper deck of the Trumper Pavilion and in Silver Sections on the concourse level in front of either the Trumper or Brewongle Stands.  Day 1 Gold tickets may ONLY be purchased in conjunction with your Breakfast ticket at $290 for 'Breakfast+Gold' ticket, or $235 for the 'Breakfast+Silver' ticket.  STOP PRESS: FOR DAY 1, ONLY SILVER SEATS LEFT.

You may purchase Days 2 or 3 Gold ($170) or Silver ($115) tickets by themselves, but preference will go to PCA Members and Day 1 Brunch attendees, subject to availability.  There will be a maximum of FOUR (4) seats per order, unless other arrangements have been agreed.  STOP PRESS: NO DAY 2 SEATS LEFT, ONLY DAY 3 GOLD AVAILABLE.

TWENTY GOLDEN DUCKS IN 2016/17

Primary Club Members will be disappointed to learn that Aussie batsmen over the 2016/17 financial year suffered the first-ball duck, or 'primary', on 20 occasions in international matches - 15 by male players and 5 by females.  However, this of course has a positive twist in that all our members are 'fined' $10 for each such event, meaning our charity trust account should receive a healthy boost when our 2017/18 renewal notices go out in early June.

The offending Aussie batsmen were:

• Tim Payne, Jhye Richardson, Ashleigh Gardner and Megan Schmidt in Twenty/20s;
• Adam Zampa, Aaron Finch twice, Mitchell Starc, Steve Smith, Mitchell Marsh, Josh Hazelwood, Elyse Villani twice and Alex Blackwell in ODIs; and
• Peter Nevill, Mitchell Starc, Usman Khawaja, Adam Voges and Nathan Lyon twice in Test Matches.

All such fines are optional and therefore tax-deductible donations, which go straight into our charity account!

Waratahs Tickets – Home Games at Allianz (SFS)

Once again, the Primary Club has secured a limited number of premium seats in the Nick Shehadie Stand at Allianz Stadium for Waratahs home games.  Both options are available - either fully-catered seats ($220pp) or ticket-only seats ($65pp).  For more details, including opponents, dates and prices, click on this link.  Additional games available on request.

JIM MAXWELL’S NEW BOOK – “THE SOUND OF SUMMER”

Here's a great Christmas or Birthday present idea!  Purchase a hard back copy of Jim Maxwell's latest book, his personal memoirs titled "The Sound of Summer", via the Primary Club at the RRP of $46.95 including postage and handling within Australia; and by agreement with the publisher, all the proceeds will go to the Primary Club's charities. For more information, and to order one or more copies, go to this link.

Report: SYDNEY TEST MATCH BREAKFAST, Sunday 3rd January 2016

Under grey skies, on the first morning of the Sydney Test Match - Australia versus West Indies - the members and guests of the Primary Club of Australia joined President Jim Maxwell, newly appointed Patron and Twelfth Man Mark Taylor, special guest speakers Simon Katich and Fazeer Mohammed, respected West Indies journalist, along with MC Mike Coward. President Jim Maxwell invited new Patron and Twelfth Man Mark Taylor to the podium to partake in what was the highlight of the morning - the induction of Daphne Benaud, the widow of former Primary Club of Australia Patron and Twelfth Man Richie Benaud, as a Life Member of the Primary Club of Australia. Following the presentation, The Minister for Sport and frequent player of Marathon Cricket Stuart Laurence Ayres MP was introduced and he announced that the Government were donating $5000 towards Marathon Cricket. The rest of the breakfast saw MC Mike Coward interviewing guest speakers Simon Katich and Fazeer Mohammed about the state of test cricket. The breakfast concluded with Katie drawing the raffle - first prize - 30 mins in the ABC Commentary Box with Jim Maxwell. We invite you to lock in this event next year .. and every year. Day One of the Sydney Test Match - the 3rd January.