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SSD 2011 Promo Video
- Date: 12/09/2011
Stumping Serious Diseases is the University of Wollongong's major fundraising intiative. 2011's event is set to be an unmissable weekend of sporting fun as Adam Gilchrist and the Gown XI team take on Wendell Sailor's Town XI in a thrilling celebrity Twenty20 cricket match.
SSD 2011 a Big Hit
- Date: 31/10/2011
Former international Andy Bichel’s massive six with one ball to spare clinched victory for the Town XI over the Gown XI in the University of Wollongong’s annual Stumping Serious Diseases fund-raising cricket match on October 15, but the ultimate winners will be the children of the Illawarra.
Stumping Sneak Peek
- Date: 14/10/2011
Pro-Vice Chancellor (Health) Professor Don Iverson talks about the research SSD supports and the excitement guests can look forward to on Saturday.
Clark signs up for stumping showdown
- Date: 11/10/2011
Guests can look foward to a star-studded match at Saturday's Stumping Serious Diseases event following the announcement that cricket legend Stuart Clark will join the already impressive lineup of sporting and entertainment personalities.
UOW sponsors join SSD excitement
- Date: 06/10/2011
Organisations affiliated with the University of Wollongong will join a host of corporate sponsors as they throw their support behind the Stumping Serious Diseases event.
SSD funds to assist paediatrics position
- Date: 06/10/2011
Over the past few years, with the establishment of the Graduate School of Medicine and Health and Medical Institute, dramatic steps have occurred to improve the health of our region.
Hudson and Bateup Join Cricket Lineup
- Date: 04/10/2011
Hockey legend Nikki Hudson and Ironwoman Hayley Bateup have joined the list of celebrity players gearing up to take the field at this year's Stumping Serious Diseases event.
Sponsors take the field for SSD 20011
- Date: 27/09/2011
A team of corporate sponsors from the Illawarra and across Australia are ready to bat for the region as they support UOW medical research at the Stumping Serious Diseases fundraising event.
2011 Cricket action draws closer
- Date: 07/09/2011
The celebrity line up has been announced, the grand stands are prepared and the good weather has been ordered. All that's missing in the lead-up to Stumping Serious Diseases 2011 is you!
Celebrations all round as celebrity cricket ends in a tie
- Date: 29/10/2010
University cricketer Richard Sykes was the unlikely hero when he scrambled two runs off the last ball of the innings by former Test fast bowler Glenn McGrath to force a tie in Saturday’s Stumping Serious Diseases Twenty20 celebrity cricket match at the University of Wollongong.
Stars Line Up
- Date: 01/10/2010
Adam Gilchrist leads a line-up of former Test and One Day International cricketers who have committed to play in the 2010 Stumping Series Diseases match, including Andy Bichel, Greg Campbell, Melanie Jones, Glenn McGrath and Julia Price...
Raffle Winner
- Date: 27/10/2010
Congratulations to Illawarra Business Chamber president Les Dion, who won the raffle at the Stumping Serious Diseases dinner on Saturday, 23 October.