Author(s): Peter Newlinds, David Brewster

New Books | Biography, Memoir | Sport

In Around the Grounds Peter shares his favourite magical sporting memories and insights that will fire sparks of nostalgia in all sports enthusiasts. He provides the reader with numerous insights into life one step away from the action, working with many of the great broadcasters and crossing paths with the great athletes of our times.

In Around the Grounds , Peter shares memories and insights that will fire sparks of nostalgia in Australian sporting enthusiasts. In this marvellous memoir, Peter recalls teenage years working inside the grand scoreboard of the SCG, to the pressure of auditioning for the ABC in front of a childhood hero, and then through a long career with the national broadcaster. It's the story of the sporting fan who manages to live out the ultimate sporting fantasy: working as a commentator with one of the world's great sporting broadcasters.

Peter describes his numerous experiences with Grandstand covering everything from international cricket to air-pistol shooting on the outskirts of New Delhi. In doing so he provides the reader with numerous insights into life 'one step away' from the action, working with broadcasting legends and crossing paths with sporting greatness at regular intervals.

After reading Around the Grounds, readers will never listen to radio sport coverage in quite the same way again.