Sean Sowerby

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Sean Sowerby
Born (1983-06-28) 28 June 1983 (age 41)
Geelong, Victoria
OccupationSport Presenter & Reporter
SpouseBianca
Children3

Sean Sowerby (born 28 June 1983) is an Australian sports presenter and reporter.

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Career

Sowerby's media career began at 3AW as a producer and reporter after graduating from Melbourne University and Australian Catholic University. [1] He produced a number of programs at the station including Sports Today, Glossing Over as well as majoring sporting events such as the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games and 2004 Athens Olympic Games. [ citation needed ]

In 2006, Sowerby allowed an incorrect attribution of himself as a Melbourne Victory fan in a TV interview for Nine News, withholding that he was in fact a producer at 3AW at the time. He provided mobile phone video footage of fans singing as proof of "violence" in the crowd that he alleged. [1]

In December 2006, Sowerby moved to WIN TV where he held a number of positions on WIN News including head sports reporter, sports presenter and bureau chief. [2] He also worked as host of the popular country football show Off The Bench alongside Danny Frawley, Liam Pickering, Wayne Schwass, Terry Wallace and Craig Hutchison. [ citation needed ] In July 2012, Sowerby resigned from WIN TV after 5 years with the station before joining Network Ten in Melbourne to become a senior news reporter on Ten News . In December 2012, Sowerby moved to the Seven Network to join Seven News as a sports reporter before being appointed to be a weekend sport presenter on Seven News Melbourne replacing Tim Watson. He remained in the position until September 2018, when he was replaced by Jacqueline Felgate. Sowerby remains a sport reporter and fill in sport presenter. [3]

It announced in the early 2021, that Andrew McCormack is going to take-over Sowerby’s space to present sport from the Seven Network. [ citation needed ]

In May 2021, Sowerby resigned from the Seven Network after almost 9 years.[ citation needed ]

Personal life

In January 2012, Sowerby married Bianca Earle at St Peter's Anglican Church in Brighton. [4] They have three children. Sean is a keen golfer and a two-time winner of the annual Mosh McKew championship. [ citation needed ]

On 4th February, 2025, during Rd 1 of the SBA Domestic basketball season, Sean was the victim of a brutal shot rejection by Tim McColl, who was subsequently sin-binned for a separate, but no less brutal hip and shoulder while contesting the ball [ citation needed ]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Melbourne Victory fans pick a fight with News Ltd". 19 December 2006.
  2. ↑ "Sean Sowerby - Yahoo News". news.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 7 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "Sean Sowerby". Yahoo News. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  4. ↑ "Lauriston Life April 2012". Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
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