Paul Stenhouse
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Occupation: Program Director – Queensland Government from Brisbane (Queensland). Partnered with Leigh and has 3 teenage children. Born in Rockhampton in Central Queensland, moved to Brisbane in 1986 to follow the cricket dream after making the Queensland U/23 Team. Played 15 years 1st Grade with Eastern Suburbs and Easts-Redlands in Brisbane, including a stint as Captain. Continues to play with the club in the Over 40s competition. Career highlights include winning a First Grade Premiership Paul Stenhouse – Captain Medal and XXXX One Day Final Medal, playing professionally in Lancashire, Nickname: Rock or Rocky taking part in the Over 50s carnival late last year in Sydney and being a Age: 51 member of and leading this tour to the UK. Life Motto: You can’t always get what you want, but if you try some times, RH Middle Order Batsman and well you might find, you get what you need. Medium-Fast Bowler Occupation: Business proprietor/semi-retired from Fairview (South Australia) Married to Gayle with 2 children. Tim has played cricket with only minimal breaks since 71 and for Adelaide University since 86. Played 1st Grade in the South Australian Cricket Association (SACA) competition between 86-97. Captained and coached at Grade level for a number of years. Cricket highlights are representing Australia and being named Vice-Captain of this tour to the UK tour of course! Tim Pellen – Vice Captain Also winning a 1st Grade premiership for Adelaide University in 94-95 and Nickname: TP taking most wickets in 1st Grade SACA competition in 91-92. Reaching 1000 Age: 57 wickets in various grades of cricket for Adelaide University. Life Motto: See the world, be the best you can, live life to the full and make RH Medium-Fast Bowler and Lower the most of your opportunities! Order Batsman Occupation: Business Owner from Perth (Western Australia) Married to Gloria with 2 children. His cricket career started at Hamersley Cricket Club (HCC) in the West Australian Suburban Turf Cricket Association (WASTCA) and made his 1st Grade debut at 24 as a wicket keeper. A switch of clubs saw more 1st Grade as a Keeper/Opening Batsman with Swanbourne Cricket Club. A return to HCC saw Ross play for many years in the top side as either a Batsman or Ross Belstead Keeper/Batsman. Ross has played 36 seasons in the WASTCA, 34 with Nickname: Pirate. Age: Turns 56 on HCC where he still plays. He is a life member of Hamersley Carine/ first day of the tour! Doubleview Carine Cricket Club, and served on the committee for many years, also captaining club sides and winning 4 premierships. RH Top Order Batsman and Pirate doesn’t have a life motto but believes in ‘Don’t worry about it, it might Slow/Medium Bowler not happen’. Occupation: Duty Manager Central Coast Leagues Club Gosford in New South Wales. In a relationship with Trudy and father of 3 daughters and grandchildren. Greg toured Pakistan with the Australian U/19s, was a member of the NSW Sheffield Shield squad and played 1st Grade with 3 leading Sydney Clubs, Northern Districts, Bankstown and Gordon. He was at Bankstown when two young 17-year-olds by the name of Steve and Mark Waugh came into 1st Greg Briggs Grade. Greg also recently toured with the Occidentals to India, New Zealand Nickname: Briggsy. Age: 55 and the West Indies. RH Middle Order Batsman and Left Life Motto: Have a go at anything and don’t be frightened to fail. Arm Spin Bowler Occupation: FIFO Train Driver in Newman (Western Australia) and residing in Cairns (Queensland). Married for 27 years with 3 children. Due to his work history of driving trains for 34 years, although he loves his sport, it is very hard for Chewy to play regular team sports at a high level. He has represented his state playing hockey in over 45s and over 50s. His oldest son has played 1st Grade cricket for Fremantle in WA since he was 16 and the second son is a pro golfer, although Alan is classified as a cabbage golfer! His Alan Chellew daughter and his wife are hockey players, so a sporting family. Life Motto: Don’t follow me, I’m going fishing! Nickname: Chewy Age: 54 RH Top Order Batsman/Keeper and Medium Pace Bowler Occupation: Farming and semi-retired Investment Bank Executive from Sydney (New South Wales). Sadly lost his beautiful wife Joann in May this year and has 3 adult children in their 20s. After school Mal played a season of Grade for UNSW and also for UNSW in U21 (Poidevin-Gray). Henry Lawson played in this side! He returned to cricket in 2011 playing Sydney Masters. Mal enjoys the onfield cricket banter with his buddies from Lane Cove and Roseville. He scored his maiden century a few Mal Coleman years ago in a shires game which was a real buzz by all accounts. Mal has Nickname: Leslie previously toured England in 2014 in a Masters side which was great fun. He Age: 57 enjoys others’ company, good food and wine, and endeavours to be a good role model for my kids. Being a keen runner, Leslie will get plenty being in the RH Top Order covers through the tour! Batsman/Wicketkeeper Life Motto: Life is mostly froth and bubble, Two things stand like stone: kindness in another’s trouble, Courage is your own. Occupation: Barrister from Adelaide (South Australia). Married to Kate with 3 pre-teen children. David studied journalism and worked in Adelaide, Melbourne and with The Times in London before commencing a career in law studying at Adelaide University in 1992, joining the Bar in 2003. This veterans’ Australian team aside, his cricketing highlights include taking 13 for 13 at Royal Tunbridge Wells for Fleet Street against the Lords & David Crocker Commoners’ team. Mojo now plays for Adelaide University CC in an Adelaide Nickname: Mojo Turf Association one day competition. He’s looking forward to meeting his Age: 54 touring teammates, playing good cricket in good spirit, making memories for RH Lower Order Batsman and a lifetime and not representing any of the squad at the Old Bailey! Slow/Medium Bowler Life motto: Enjoy the opportunities that come your way. Occupation: Digital Online Marketing Business Owner from Brisbane (Queensland). Married to Annette for 25 years with 2 children. Geoff has played in the Brisbane District Competition for several clubs, including Toombul and Sandgate/Redcliffe through his cricketing career. He also continues to play with a mix of old and young teammates through the Brisbane Winter. He is terribly excited to be going on the first O50s tour of the UK. It’s not the first time GD has represented his country, as previously he Geoff Doyle was an Australian Triathlon rep in the early 2000s and is looking forward to Nickname: GD or Vadar experiencing the passion and pride that comes from being part of an Australian Cricket Team. Age: 54 Life Motto: You never know unless you ask. RH Top order Batsman Occupation: Environmental Consultancy Business Owner from Sydney (New South Wales). Partner Carole and has two adult daughters. Warwick made his Grade with St George District Cricket Club in 1979 and has been a playing and committee member since, apart from short stints with Sydney University CC (91-92) and Western Suburbs DCC (01-02). He is currently the all-time leading run scorer for St George DCC (16,548 runs). In more recent times, Warwick has been a playing member for Burwood Briars Warwick Hayes CC in their Sydney Masters (O40s) and Classics (O50s) teams. Playing Nickname: Waz or Wazza highlights include NSW 2nd XI teams in 1988 and 1989, a 1st Grade Premiership Team in 08-09 with St George DCC and a member of the NSW Age: 52 ‘Harvey” Sydney 2016 O50s team. Other past sporting achievements include RH Top Order Batsman and Off Spin Sydney grade Australian football (St George Dragons Australian Football Club) Bowler and baseball (Cronulla Sutherland Major League Baseball Club). Life Motto: Experience is the name we give to our mistakes. Occupation: Senior Analyst – Ministry of Health from Sydney (New South Wales). Married to Maria for 25 years and has 3 children. Fabian was born in Chandigarh, India with his professional career starting aged 19 representing Tamil Nadu State in their Under 22 and Under 25 teams. He also represented the ‘Indian Railways’ making his First Class debut in 1990 as Wicket Keeper/Batsman. Migrated to Australia in 1991 and his first Fabian Heaton job was Captain/Coach for a Melbourne Cricket Club. A move to Sydney in Nickname: Fabs 1992 saw him play 13 years of grade cricket for Randwick Petersham Cricket Club winning 2 Grand Finals. Fabian is the founder of the Prince of Wales Age: 52 Hospital HEARTBREAKERS Team. He has been running with his team in the RH Keeper/Middle Order Batsman City to Surf for the past 10 years and raised more than $200,000! Life Motto: Don’t take anything for granted. Occupation: Major Project Manager with Coates Hire from Adelaide (South Australia). Married to Jane with 2 adult children. Clayton currently plays for Grange Cricket Club in South Australia and has played Australian Rules Football in the Northern Territory in the 80s. He had a 17yr break from playing to care for his children while his wife ran her hairdressing business on Saturdays. He moved to the NT in the early 80s to play Aussie Rules and work. He then returned to play 1st Grade in Adelaide as Clayton Johnson a 47-year-old – what a great effort against some first class cricketers.