Warwick Hadfield

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Warwick John Hadfield OAM is an Australian sports journalist, songwriter, playwright, author and poet.

Hadfield was born in Sydney. In 1997, he moved to Geelong when his wife Alison Hadfield took up a senior management role at Deakin University where with Professor Pip Hamilton she helped create and raise the University's research profile. [1]

After completing high school, he spent ten years working in the New South Wales public service. [2] His love of sport led to Hadfield to working for local Sutherland Shire newspapers and the AAP, covering grade cricket in Sydney. [2] He moved to England and worked for The Daily Telegraph covering sport. [2] On returning to Australia, Hadfield was employed as a journalist with The Australian in the 1980s and early 1990s and held the positions of Chief of Staff, Editorial Writer and Chief Sports Correspondent. [3] He covered major international sporting events involving Australian athletes and teams, including the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, international cricket and rugby union. [1] [2] Between 1992 and 1997, he was employed as Marketing Manager for ABC Tasmania. Since 1996, he has been with ABC Radio National including The Sports Factor presenter and RN Breakfast sports editor and presenter. [3]

Hadfield was Geelong Football Club communications manager for three years. [3] He has volunteered his expertise to several Geelong organisations – Newtown and Chilwell Cricket Club and Friends of Barwon Side Quarry in terms of administration and publicity. [3]

Hadfield stated that "Mentorship from cricket commentary doyen Richie Benaud and learning respect from legendary AFL coach Kevin Sheedy" had inspired his sport journalism career. [1]

He founded the musical group Dancing with Socrates and it has released three EPs. [4] In 2022, the song The Old River Knows written by Hadfield and recorded by Lindsay Field, Sam See and Glyn Mason was released. [5]

Hadfield's book Never Short of a Word contains a collection of his writing including short stories and poems. [6]

In 2019, Hadfield was awarded OAM for service to broadcast media as a journalist and to the arts, music and the community. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Grams, Jacob (26 January 2019). "Lessons from sport heroes". Geelong Advertiser. p. 7.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Interview with Warwick Hadfield". SportsMed Journey. 30 November 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Medal (Oam) Of The Order Of Australia In The General Division – June 2019" (PDF). Governor General of Australia. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  4. ↑ "Bio". Dancing with Socrates. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  5. ↑ Coeur, Sidonie Bird de la (2023-02-02). "The Old River Knows: A collaboration between Warwick Hadfield and three champions of Australian music". Beat Magazine. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
  6. ↑ "WOCKA: Never Short Of A Word". Tasmanian Times. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
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