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Katie Woolf spoke with Adam Walo and Tim Few regarding the NT Swimming Championships kicking off tonight · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Mix one O four point nine dot com DOTU for
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  Speaker 1: Katie Wolf. Everyone is listening Mix one oh four point
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  Speaker 1: nine one hundred.
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  Speaker 2: It's going to be a massive weekend in sports up
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  Speaker 2: here in Darwin on the weekend because the NT Championships
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  Speaker 2: are set to take place for swimming and joining us
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  Speaker 2: in the studio right now, well from the Darwin Swimming Club,
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  Speaker 2: we've got the club president, Adam Wallow. Good morning to you.
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  Speaker 3: Adam, good morning to you.
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  Speaker 2: And we've got the Northern Territory Coach of the Year.
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  Speaker 2: I know he's a bit embarrassed by me saying that,
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  Speaker 2: Tim for for you. Good morning Hey Katie, Yeah, good
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  Speaker 2: wonderful to have you both in the studio because it
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  Speaker 2: is going to be a massive weekend of swimming. You know,
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  Speaker 2: we hear lots about plenty of other sports around the territory,
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  Speaker 2: but I think swimming is a phenomenal sport and four
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  Speaker 2: days of action, isn't it.
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  Speaker 3: Adam, Yeah, it's going to be a big week and
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  Speaker 3: it's the biggest meet in the territory calendar up here.
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  Speaker 3: Is It's something that a lot of our kids hard
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  Speaker 3: for and they deserve a lot a little bit of
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  Speaker 3: recognition that goes in towards the results that come out
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  Speaker 3: of and it's all about the team building and the
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  Speaker 3: team spirit as well and the atmosphere that that creates
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  Speaker 3: as well.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, Tim, how many kids are we expecting to compete
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  Speaker 2: this weekend, not just from the Darwin Swimming Club, but
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  Speaker 2: across the board.
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  Speaker 4: I think from memory there's about two hundred and forty
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  Speaker 4: competitors from There's some from star Plex down and Essays,
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  Speaker 4: some from Queens ANDWN I think New South Wales, a
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  Speaker 4: couple from all over the place. We've got the team
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  Speaker 4: from Kannanara coming across as well.
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  Speaker 2: Awesome, So kids from all around Australia basically, and it
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  Speaker 2: is the biggest event realistically on the territory swimming calendar.
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  Speaker 4: Is Nash Yeah, probably the only thing that would come
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  Speaker 4: close second or equal would be off your games when
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  Speaker 4: it was on. But especially for our juniors and that
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  Speaker 4: this is the largest thing any of our kids under
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  Speaker 4: the age of twelve really get.
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  Speaker 2: Now, how hard are kids really training to, you know,
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  Speaker 2: to be part of this event on the weekend. I
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  Speaker 2: know the level varies. My daughter's here's one of them
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  Speaker 2: it's not a probably should be, but how hard are
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  Speaker 2: the kids training for this event all.
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  Speaker 4: Depends on what they're aiming for. The ones who are
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  Speaker 4: actually aiming to meet national qualifying times, yep, they're in
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  Speaker 4: the water between six to eight times a week plus
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  Speaker 4: two gym sessions. And then you go all the way
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  Speaker 4: down to our little nine year olds like Bryanti, who
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  Speaker 4: are in twice a week. I think, yeah, times a
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  Speaker 4: week maybe well, And that's kind of.
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  Speaker 2: The nice thing, isn't it, Adam. You know, there's kids
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  Speaker 2: of all different ages, all different levels, and that's a
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  Speaker 2: great thing about swimming, and.
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  Speaker 3: That's the thing as a club that we try to promote.
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  Speaker 3: We've got a whole range of swimmers right from your
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  Speaker 3: littlies that are starting off in their thing, right through
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  Speaker 3: to your national age group as national adult swimmers through
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  Speaker 3: to your thirty and forty year olds are just keeping fit.
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  Speaker 3: And the good thing about our club is it's pretty welcoming.
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  Speaker 3: It's we encourage all to join in and it's not
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  Speaker 3: just about the results. It's about getting in there and
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  Speaker 3: enjoying your team spirit and celebrating the results when they
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  Speaker 3: do come to.
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  Speaker 2: That's the thing and keeping our kids active. You know,
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  Speaker 2: we talk a lot on this show about some of
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  Speaker 2: the young people in the territory that maybe aren't doing
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  Speaker 2: the right thing, you know, that very small minority that
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  Speaker 2: aren't doing the right thing. But then you head along
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  Speaker 2: to the perhaps swimming pool in the afternoon and you
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  Speaker 2: see so many kids and havevy kids, happy kids that
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  Speaker 2: are doing wonderful stuff, staying active, and it's just such
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  Speaker 2: a great community.
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  Speaker 1: It's good.
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  Speaker 3: The one thing I also do like about especially our club,
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  Speaker 3: but the sport up here in general, is it's very inclusive.
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  Speaker 3: So for example, I'm a father of four daughters and
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  Speaker 3: it's good to see the kids around the pool interacting
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  Speaker 3: with each other. There's no body shaming, there's no bullying.
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  Speaker 3: We it just finds a very welcome environment. And it's
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  Speaker 3: just as a dad, it's just good to see that
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  Speaker 3: sort of environment for the kids to grow up. And
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  Speaker 3: I really watched mine develop over time through under Tim
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  Speaker 3: and through other coaches, just turn from young girls into strong,
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  Speaker 3: confident young adults. And it's pleasing as a parent to watch.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely. The other thing I really like that you guys
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  Speaker 2: do at the Darwin Swiming Club, and I'm not sure
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  Speaker 2: if they do this at other clubs around the territory
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  Speaker 2: as well. Tim, you've got you know a lot of
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  Speaker 2: the coaches that you've got sort of assisting you with
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  Speaker 2: some of those junior swimmers that are coming up through
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  Speaker 2: the ranks as well, and some of your all I guess,
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  Speaker 2: some of some of the kids that are part of
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  Speaker 2: the club. So they're then coaching the little ease and
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  Speaker 2: the little ones are sort of seeing those great role models.
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  Speaker 4: Yep. So we get our older swimmers as best we
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  Speaker 4: can to help out with the coaching and that that way,
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  Speaker 4: they give him back to the club in their own aspect.
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  Speaker 4: But then it's also trying to get that connection between
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  Speaker 4: our younger guys to our older guys. It works. Some
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  Speaker 4: of the older ones aren't very good at it, most
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  Speaker 4: of them are.
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  Speaker 1: We'll just do it.
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  Speaker 4: They'll get along and do so. Yeah, it's all about
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  Speaker 4: just trying to connect the team as best you can
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  Speaker 4: from top to bottom.
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  Speaker 3: Really, club nights as well, we get the older kids
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  Speaker 3: involved in running the club nights, doing some of the
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  Speaker 3: official jobs, so they get used to and it's good
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  Speaker 3: for the little kids to see the old ones participating
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  Speaker 3: in that sort of thing as well.
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  Speaker 2: Now, obviously this weekend is going to be a bit
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  Speaker 2: of a showcase of the territory swimmers. You know in
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  Speaker 2: the glory I guess you'd say all their wonder full
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  Speaker 2: events and all of our wonderful young athletes out there.
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  Speaker 2: But if there's anybody out there listening who's maybe thinking
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  Speaker 2: about getting their kids into swimming and they're wondering, you
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  Speaker 2: know what it all looks like, what a carnival might
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  Speaker 2: look like, can they just pop down this afternoon or
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  Speaker 2: over the weekend and get a bit of a feel
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  Speaker 2: for it.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, of course they can. More than we're going to
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  Speaker 3: come down and have a feel for them. The Swimming
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  Speaker 3: and Tea web page and Facebook page will have all
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  Speaker 3: the times, but anyone's welcome to come down and have
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  Speaker 3: a look at any of the sessions, even if they're
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  Speaker 3: just interested in seeing how some works. To come down
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  Speaker 3: and have a bit of a look. Anyone's welcome to
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  Speaker 3: come down and join them.
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  Speaker 2: And then when it comes to joining the club, anybody
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  Speaker 2: can sort of come down and do that as well,
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  Speaker 2: can't They obviously talking about the Darwin Swimming Club today,
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  Speaker 2: but no doubt similar for other clubs around the top end.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, I know for us we've got a two week
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  Speaker 4: trial period that they can come down easiest as if
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  Speaker 4: they come down to the pool. I'm terrible at answering
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  Speaker 4: phone calls. I will admit it. Most clubs, if you
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  Speaker 4: just go down to the pool, you can talk to
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  Speaker 4: whoever's down there, whether it's a coach, president or whatever
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  Speaker 4: committee member or even the older swimmers, and they'll be
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  Speaker 4: able to direct as to the easiest way to get
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  Speaker 4: a part of it and see what's going on.
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  Speaker 2: And Tim, your name's the Northern Territory Coach of the
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  Speaker 2: Year and that was towards the end of last year.
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  Speaker 4: It was Nash.
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  Speaker 2: How are you using your newly held crown.
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  Speaker 4: I'm not.
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  Speaker 1: I haven't yet found anything to use it for.
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  Speaker 4: It will get used.
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  Speaker 1: No mate.
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  Speaker 2: We think it's wonderful that swimming has been recognized in
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  Speaker 2: this way, because sometimes it can be difficult with awards
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  Speaker 2: like that when it comes to an individual sport, you know,
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  Speaker 2: to really recognize some of the wonderful work that coaches do.
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  Speaker 2: So I think it's fabulous that you have been recognized
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  Speaker 2: because you've done a lot in terms of building up
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  Speaker 2: the club as a real team sport, even though it's
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  Speaker 2: ultimately an individual one and.
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  Speaker 3: Tim does a lot of work with not just swimmers
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  Speaker 3: from our club when he goes away on teams, the
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  Speaker 3: swimming and tea teams or school sport teams and swimmers
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  Speaker 3: fround the clubs and other coaches as well. Good at
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  Speaker 3: working together with each other and mean swiming is the
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  Speaker 3: largest participation sport in the territory, so it's good to
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  Speaker 3: see the results and the rewards going to a coach
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  Speaker 3: that puts a lot of effort in the behind the
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  Speaker 3: scenes that sometimes doesn't get recognized or get noticed.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, oh, good on you guys. Good to have you
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  Speaker 2: in the studio this morning, and no doubt we'll see
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  Speaker 2: you on the weekend.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you both, thank you very much, thank you.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you from the Darwin Swiming Club there Adam and Tim,
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  Speaker 2: and as I said, the NT Championships are on over
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  Speaker 2: the course of the weekend, kicking off this afternoon.