When it comes to sport, there's no beating
the team from Nine News. Kym Dillon and Troy Gray head up an
experienced department dedicated to bringing you the very latest from
the wide world of sports. If it's playing in South Australia,
interstate or overseas, sport with Nine News has it covered.
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Team Personal Profiles
KYM DILLON
Kym Dillon's infectious, happy-go-lucky style has won him
legions of adoring fans - young and old.
Following two years presenting sports news on the ABC, Kym joined the
National Nine News team as the weekday sports presenter in August 1991
and he continues in this position today.
His
unbridled passion for sport, he admits, is contagious.
Kym
has been involved with a variety of TV programs including KG's Football
Show, Adelaide Today, The Racing Show and is currently a guest reporter
on Postcards.
Kym
has been calling football games since the late 1980's and was co-host
and commentator of Nine's local AFL matches on Sunday afternoons.
A
State middle-distance runner and league footballer with North Adelaide
and West Torrens before injury and 21 operations shattered his
promising career, Kym has called league and reserve football games for
channels Seven, Two and Nine.
Kym
also excelled at cricket, tennis, golf and loves to spend his spare
time fishing.
TROY
GRAY
In December 2008, Troy Gray joined Nine's weekend news team, presenting
the sport from Friday through to Sunday.
Troy
is an accomplished television presenter, producer, documentary maker,
keynote speaker and radio presenter. He is the founder and host of
Feeling Good, which is in its tenth series and he's been hosting
Building Ideas since 2002.
He
produced and presented the award-winning documentary Adelaide to
Everest and the highly acclaimed Adelaide to Kokoda and his third
charity documentary Highlights of the Heysen will be seen on Nine in
2009.
Troy
is a former AFL player. He was drafted by the Sydney Swans at the end
of 1991 and stayed there until being traded to St. Kilda in 1997.
Troy
is an ambassador for 'Kick in 4 Kids' (a freedom and mobility program
run by Variety the Children's Charity). Troy raises money for this
project each year by filming an annual TV documentary with all proceeds
going to this charity.