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Ian Healy, 2014 “Face of the Relay” Roger Seccombe, Relay Patron Carl Rackemann and organiser Rowena Dionysius<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

May 23, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

Three of Australia’s most famous sportspeople will be coming to Kingaroy in August to help raise funds for the Cancer Council’s annual fundraiser, Relay For Life.<\/p>\n

The names of the guests for the “Dinner With The Captains” were officially unveiled at a South Burnett Mayoral Breakfast held at Wondai RSL on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

They are cricketer Allan Border, swimmer Libby Trickett and rugby league star Tommy Raudonikis.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The breakfast, which was a fundraiser for the South Burnett Regional Council’s Relay For Life Team, had a “cricket” feel.<\/p>\n

Ex-Kingaroy police officer, and 12-year cancer survivor, Roger Seccombe was sashed as the official “Face Of Relay” by guest speaker, former Test cricketer Ian Healy.<\/p>\n

The “Face Of Relay” is someone who has survived cancer and is willing to share their story.<\/p>\n

Roger used to be a fairly handy cricketer in his own right, playing for Queensland Colts. He became involved in South Burnett cricket when he was transferred to Kingaroy at age 36.<\/p>\n

He watched a young cricketer, Carl Rackemann, play junior cricket on Saturday mornings, B Grade on Saturday afternoons and then A Grade on Sundays.<\/p>\n

Carl was also sashed at the breakfast, as the official “Patron” of the 2014 Relay.<\/p>\n

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Ian Healy, the former Australian Test wicket-keeper, kept the breakfast guests laughing with anecdotes about his long career behind the stumps.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Healy touched on sledging (“it occurs a bit less than what people think – it’s a tag we just have to wear’) and cricket’s problems with match-fixing.<\/p>\n

He\u00a0sharied an incident that occurred in Karachi in 1994 when Australian bowlers Shane Warne and Tim May were offered $200,000 in cash.<\/p>\n

“Our cricket team was the first to dob some corruption in … for them to be so brazen to approach Aussies who were well-known for highly valuing integrity and honesty in sport, suggests to me that probably it had been going on a long time before ’94 so who knows how long it has been going on,” he said.<\/p>\n

Shane Warne’s incredible bowling skills also got quite a few mentions, but Healy said Warne’s bowling actually wasn’t that hard to pick.<\/p>\n

“But that’s what made him so special. You knew what was coming and he still got you out,” he said.<\/p>\n

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On a more serious note, Relay For Life organiser Rowena Dionysius, who has twice been treated for cancer herself, shared some statistics with those present:<\/strong><\/p>\n