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Sports 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.

Kym also has extensive experience in radio and is currently one-third of the 'Kym, Ali and Dzelde Breakfast Show' on Triple M.

 

 

MARK BICKLEY
From a youngster living in Port Pirie, Mark has taken on a variety roles from working as an electrical apprentice with the BHAS smelter and Mitsubishi Motors and a sales executive with SA Brewing to being one of our state's successful business owners, owning two AFL stores.

Mark Bickley is best known as dual premiership captain of the Adelaide Crows. Mark was a mainstay in Adelaide's line-up playing 272 games from the club's inception in 1991 to 2003 and was inducted into South Australia's Football Hall of Fame in 2007.

In 2004 Mark was appointed as the Chairman of SA Great for a three year term.

He is currently heard on Triple M Footy and is an All Australian selector for the AFL.

Mark is a regular on The Sunday Footy Show and makes guest appearances on Channel Nine's Postcards program.

Mark presents the sport on National Nine News every Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Mark is a father of three.