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Scrambled Sentences Exercise:
Mick Brewster - Professional Sportsman
Copy and paste the sentences below into Word. Move them around until they are arranged in a logical order.
The house had a huge garden, and in this garden, Matthew learned how to play rugby and cricket.
He lived with his older brother and younger sister in a large wooden house in a wealthy suburb of Auckland.
Mick Brewster was born on April 29th, 1964 in Auckland, New Zealand.
His father was a real estate agent and sportsman and his mother was a teacher.
He was so good at sports that in his senior year, which was in 1981, he was the captain of the school teams for rugby, cricket, basketball, rowing and athletics.
From 1982 until 1985, he studied Physical Education at university.
Then, in 1977, his parents enrolled him in a private high school because the sports program there was very good.
Matthew attended his local state primary school from 1969 to 1976.
He loved his high school because he was very good at every sport he tried there.
During his university years, he stopped playing all sports except for rugby, in which he became captain of the university team as well as the national junior team.
He had operations, but they were unsuccessful, so he decided to retire from all rugby and become a businessman.
He continued with the national team as well as playing for a professional rugby club in Italy for several years, until he received some serious knee injuries.
After he graduated from university, he started playing for the national rugby team.
Together, they have two children, and they spend most of their time running their businesses and trying to be good parents to their children.
The first business was a hotel, and it was so successful that he decided to buy some more.
He runs the sports management company with his wife, who he met in Italy in 1996 and married in 1998.
Now he has several hotels, as well as a sports management company.