Aside from an appreciation of Latvian music, Eddie Norenbergs gave his son Craig two gifts. A love of reading, and a love of sport. He continues that tradition in his role as Executive Producer of sport at Sky News.
Craig's long career has taken him around the world, and to almost every network in Australia. He's worked as a journalist and producer for Channel 10, Channel 9, SBS, and BSKYB in London. He also holds graduate and post graduate university degrees in Sociology, History, and Professional Broadcasting.
He was part of the production team which won a prestigious BAFTA award at BSKYB in 1998, produced the top rating 2002 FIFA World Cup and the 2001 World Athletics Championships from Canada for SBS. He was also in charge of the multicultural network's award-winning "World Sports" program for four years.
More recently, he has produced and hosted Sky News' 2003 and 2007 Rugby Union World Cup, 2004 and 2008 Olympics, 2006 Commonwealth Games coverage and 2006 FIFA World Cup coverage.
One of Craig's earliest memories is of packing down at hooker in the local Canberra under 6s rugby competition. It started a life-long love affair with the game. He has also played rugby league, football and AFL with varying success. Sadly, two broken collarbones, a broken cheekbone, dozens of rib injuries and three knee operations mean he's restricted to the sidelines these days. He makes up for it by avidly supporting the Canberra Raiders, ACT Brumbies and Geelong Cats. He's also waiting for the ACT to enter a team in the A-League.
His sporting idols are soccer players Pele and Johnny Warren; cricketers Doug Walters and Greg Chappell, rugby union legends Mark Ella and Cliff Morgan and his father Eddie for teaching him that all of life's values and lessons can be found in sport.
