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JOE TOLHURST TELLS US ABOUT SOUTH KENT MIND AND A 5K ELF FUN RUN PLUS FOOTBALL RUGBY HOCKEY RUNNING AND FOLKESTONE SKI RACE CLUB REPORTS. · The Folkestone & Hythe Sports Podcast

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  Speaker 1: This is Kevin Sports very daily here and we're bringing
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  Speaker 1: you the folks down and Hide Sports show. On today's show,
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  Speaker 1: we have the usual suspects, football, rugby and hockey. We've
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  Speaker 1: got news from our folks and park runners who as
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  Speaker 1: tourists have been running locally and listen to this all
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  Speaker 1: over the world. So we were here where they've been.
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  Speaker 1: And I found out this week that some of the
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  Speaker 1: Radnah Park Junior park runners have been hitting a notable milestones.
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  Speaker 2: We tell you how to.
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  Speaker 1: Folks on Ski Race Club are managing to carry on
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  Speaker 1: without a slope to practice on since the sports center
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  Speaker 1: closed down. And I will be chatting to Joe Toldhurst
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  Speaker 1: from South Kent Mind about exactly what they do and
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  Speaker 1: asking him about a new fun fundraising idea, the Mental
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  Speaker 1: Health five k fun Run. So we better get cracking.
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  Speaker 1: There's a lot to get through, so let's get you
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  Speaker 1: in the mood to get up. And this is a
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  Speaker 1: great favorite warm up song Maroon five moves like Jagger
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  Speaker 1: there from two thousand and eleven. I'll see you what
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  Speaker 1: that takes me straight back to the warm up days
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  Speaker 1: of Race for Life, you know, because it's just it
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  Speaker 1: was such a good song to get people in the
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  Speaker 1: mood now when you've got to like well, back in
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  Speaker 1: the days it was ladies only, but we probably had
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  Speaker 1: in some venues like two thousand ladies really really rock
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  Speaker 1: in it to that Maroon ve film.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, great days. Okay.
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  Speaker 1: So now then during the week I was out and
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  Speaker 1: about and caught up with my special guest. So so
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  Speaker 1: no more sit back and have a listen. Journey today
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  Speaker 1: brings me to the offices of South Kent Mind, where
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  Speaker 1: I'm joined by Joe Tolhurst morn of Joe.
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  Speaker 2: How are you?
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  Speaker 3: Thank Kevin? Very good, thanks, how are you?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah?
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  Speaker 1: Excellent and thanks for inviting me in today. The charity
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  Speaker 1: South Kent Mind, and I understand has been going a
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  Speaker 1: long time and you've got a lovely agenda of weekly activities,
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  Speaker 1: so tell us about that.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. So here's South Kment Mind.
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  Speaker 4: We're a local mental health charity here to support anyone
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  Speaker 4: with mental health challenges in our community. We're dedicated to
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  Speaker 4: improving the lives of people with any challenges to do
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  Speaker 4: with mental health. Is south Kent guiding you along a
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  Speaker 4: path to better mental health through a range of support
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  Speaker 4: services such as money, guidance, advice and the range of
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  Speaker 4: weekly activities that you mentioned.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, so the weekly activities, whereabouts to do those and
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  Speaker 1: where do they end?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah?
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  Speaker 4: So each week we run a range of activities across
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  Speaker 4: Folks and Hive and Dover that are fun and formative
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  Speaker 4: and aim to support all our service users on a
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  Speaker 4: longer path to better mental health. Our cooking and baking sessions,
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  Speaker 4: which are really popular, take place in our Folks and Center,
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  Speaker 4: which is at the top of Time Time Street where
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  Speaker 4: we have the Abercrombie's Cafe.
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  Speaker 3: Where all of our cooking and baking takes place.
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  Speaker 4: We'll also have a reading group in Hive, Mindfulness and
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  Speaker 4: sessions in Deal and a walk and talk in Dover,
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  Speaker 4: just name a few. So we spread all across the
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  Speaker 4: South Kent area and all on the community that we serve.
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  Speaker 4: And if you're interested in any of these weekly activities,
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  Speaker 4: you can see our websites south kentmindor dot uk and
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  Speaker 4: give us a ring to acquire first about joining.
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  Speaker 1: So the South Kent Mine it covers a lot of areas.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, if.
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  Speaker 2: People how far out does it go?
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  Speaker 1: And if you like along the marsh, you've got branches
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  Speaker 1: in where Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: So really it's spanning from Sandwich to Dungeon. Ess.
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  Speaker 4: So if you're a resident within the Folks and the
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  Speaker 4: High District Council area and the Dover District Council area
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  Speaker 4: support We're here to support you with any mental health
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  Speaker 4: problems that you may have, so along those areas.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, I know you linked up with the National Mind
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  Speaker 1: the organization.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, so it's an important it's an important distinction to
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  Speaker 4: get across Kevin because although we're affiliated with National Mind,
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  Speaker 4: we're actually a totally independent mental health charity. So what
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  Speaker 4: what essentially is is that we're federated with Mind, but
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  Speaker 4: we're run by our own constitution, have a board of
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  Speaker 4: trustees which allows us to support and represent our community
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  Speaker 4: in the best possible way. But that obviously means that
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  Speaker 4: we're totally funded independently too, so we rely on the
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  Speaker 4: generous donations of fundraising support for our local community. So
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  Speaker 4: that's essentially my role to engage that fundraising element and
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  Speaker 4: really sort of engage in the local community in fundraising.
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  Speaker 4: So if you're planning any challenge events and you'd be
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  Speaker 4: interested in working with a great cause, supporting a great cause,
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  Speaker 4: and please do get in touch. All of our contact
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  Speaker 4: details are on our website, Southkmind at org dot uk
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  Speaker 4: or through our feel free to check us out in
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  Speaker 4: our social media channels as well.
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  Speaker 1: Right now, want to talk about this later, but you've
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  Speaker 1: got a lovely local challenge coming up. I'm really looking
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  Speaker 1: forward to this one because he's right up my street.
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  Speaker 1: But we'll have a chat about that just after a
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  Speaker 1: bit of music. But carrying on, let's talk about I'm
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  Speaker 1: mean mind. Have they got any charity shops?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, we actually have three charity shops across the South
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  Speaker 4: Kent area. We got Shops and Folks and Hive and
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  Speaker 4: Dover run by an amazing team of volunteers and led
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  Speaker 4: by brilliant managers. So our High shops on the High
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  Speaker 4: Streets it actually turned nine years old this year and
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  Speaker 4: our Dover folks and shops both opened last year. It's
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  Speaker 4: a really busy year for the charity last year as
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  Speaker 4: we opened our Dover shop in August twenty three that
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  Speaker 4: can be found on forty four big In Street and
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  Speaker 4: our Folks and Shop opened in December twenty twenty three
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  Speaker 4: and is on a forty six Sandgate Road. So who
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  Speaker 4: shout out to everyone involved with the opening of those
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  Speaker 4: shops and the every day running because they play a
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  Speaker 4: vital role in raising funds for our charity and it
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  Speaker 4: takes the support of donations from the public to keep
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  Speaker 4: those shops to live because you know, the proceeds are
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  Speaker 4: a vital aspect of our charity. And if you're thinking
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  Speaker 4: of a clearout before Christmas or even after, if you
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  Speaker 4: get something you don't like, you can drop off your
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  Speaker 4: donations at our shops. All the information can be found
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  Speaker 4: our websites or if you if you acquire a collection,
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  Speaker 4: you can find you find our phone number on our website,
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  Speaker 4: give us a ring and we can arrange a collection
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  Speaker 4: of of your of your donations.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, so the shops, et cetera.
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  Speaker 1: And a lot of organizations like Mind do rely on volunteers.
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  Speaker 1: So tell us a little bit about volunteers and if
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  Speaker 1: you like, how many people do actually engage with Mind
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  Speaker 1: at the shops and elsewhere.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, so the volunteering side side of our charity is true.
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  Speaker 4: Live with main chainity is the backbone of our charity.
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  Speaker 4: Can we can run our sessions, our shops, everything that
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  Speaker 4: we do without without our volunteers, which we have seventy
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  Speaker 4: three registered volunteers across our charity and we couldn't help
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  Speaker 4: the people that we do without them, so huge thanks
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  Speaker 4: to every single one of them. And if you're looking
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  Speaker 4: to become a volunteer, this would be a great help
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  Speaker 4: to our charity. If you're looking to get involved with
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  Speaker 4: our sessions in our shops or just help out our
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  Speaker 4: fundraising events, then feel free to get in touch on
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  Speaker 4: our website or through our social media channels as running
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  Speaker 4: find the information. But if you're not looking to do
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  Speaker 4: a full time volunteering role, we also have a great
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  Speaker 4: ambassador program where you can essentially means you just give
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  Speaker 4: up a few hours of your time each year to
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  Speaker 4: help out with a few projects that we have on
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  Speaker 4: a few events, a few fundraising events such as mental
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  Speaker 4: health fun run coming up, so it's a bit less
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  Speaker 4: intense than being a volunteer full time, but it still
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  Speaker 4: allows you to be a real great help to our charity.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, now I will say I did pick up that
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  Speaker 1: somebody put on social media that if you're having a clearout,
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  Speaker 1: then instead of getting after getting rid of all your
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  Speaker 1: toys and bits and pieces for the kids of Christmas,
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  Speaker 1: why not get rid of them before Christmas? Wouldn't that
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  Speaker 1: be a good idea to just like all your shops
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  Speaker 1: absolutely bulging with Christmas toys and things just before Christmas
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  Speaker 1: instead is the big aftermath you get afterwards. So before
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  Speaker 1: we go any further, let's tell us about the people
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  Speaker 1: that use your services.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, definitely, ken So we have.
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  Speaker 4: Last year we had over twenty five hundred local people
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  Speaker 4: use our services, and we're always seeing new people in
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  Speaker 4: our folks at Center and across our services, which is
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  Speaker 4: really important because it just shows to us that we're
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  Speaker 4: really engaging with our community and helping with their mental health,
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  Speaker 4: which is obviously the whole point of our charity. We
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  Speaker 4: also visited many local schools and supported pupils and young.
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  Speaker 3: People last year.
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  Speaker 4: That's a great program that we have visiting local schools
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  Speaker 4: helping young children with their mental health because it is
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  Speaker 4: such important age to get into, to get into them
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  Speaker 4: about and stress the importance of good mental health and
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  Speaker 4: focusing on themselves. But we're dedicated to supporting as many
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  Speaker 4: people as possible, as many people who need us in
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  Speaker 4: our community. So get in touch if if you need
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  Speaker 4: help with your mental health, if you're struggling with if
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  Speaker 4: you have mental health challenges, please do get in touch
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  Speaker 4: and see how we can help you.
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  Speaker 1: Do you know what I've bit on a point there
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  Speaker 1: visiting schools. I think it is so important now for
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  Speaker 1: youngsters because perhaps back in my day, if you like,
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  Speaker 1: if people had mental health problems, the children didn't quite
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  Speaker 1: understand it. But now there's more awareness, isn't there, And
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  Speaker 1: it's good to get the children talking about it.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, definitely, Kevin.
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  Speaker 4: There's so much more awareness and so much better understanding
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  Speaker 4: around mental health and how to improve it and how
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  Speaker 4: to how to combat feelings that in the past weren't
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  Speaker 4: really understood. And it's so important that when people are
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  Speaker 4: feeling emotions that you know, are confusing, are challenging them,
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  Speaker 4: it's important to speak out and to seek services that
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  Speaker 4: can really help you. And I think that's the sort
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  Speaker 4: of real step that's occurred in the last years or
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  Speaker 4: obviously generationally that really is important towards better mental health
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  Speaker 4: for everyone.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, Joe Lot, we're going to take a little break.
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  Speaker 1: Their played a bit of music, and then we're going
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  Speaker 1: to come back because we've got to talk about a
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  Speaker 1: little the fun runners coming up.
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  Speaker 2: Well, a little less conversation there. Do you know what?
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  Speaker 1: I was trying to fire a song in a playlist
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  Speaker 1: anything to do with elves and elves there was no
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  Speaker 1: chance so yet to set.
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  Speaker 2: Off for Elvis Presley.
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  Speaker 1: Dear, they've got a straight ahea a Christmas crack of
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  Speaker 1: that one. Anyway, let's go back and continue our chat
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  Speaker 1: with Joe Tolhurst.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, so, welcome back.
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  Speaker 1: Joe, and now we've learned about the background and what
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  Speaker 1: you do here at South Keep mind. But you've another
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  Speaker 1: event coming up on December the one, so tell us
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  Speaker 1: all about that.
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  Speaker 3: We do we do?
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  Speaker 4: So yeah, on the first of December, Kevin, we're hosting
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  Speaker 4: a family fun focused run or jog or even walk
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  Speaker 4: event along the LEAs. It's a five kilometer course roughly
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  Speaker 4: following the local park run route, open to all ages
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  Speaker 4: and ability and hint of the name, it's called Mental Elf.
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  Speaker 4: So we're strongly and encouraging all participants to dress up
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  Speaker 4: in their best elf attire.
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  Speaker 2: Well that's great.
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  Speaker 1: I mean Christmas time people kind of step outside the salves,
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  Speaker 1: don't they, And they don't really care what they look like,
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  Speaker 1: especially if we're all in it together. So okay, so
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  Speaker 1: it's a five k run. Have you done one of
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  Speaker 1: these before personally?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, A couple of them through the years.
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  Speaker 4: But as a charity, we haven't organized something on this
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  Speaker 4: scale before, so it's so it's a real it's a real,
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  Speaker 4: great opportunity for us to to get out there in
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  Speaker 4: the charity, with the charity and do something different, engaging
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  Speaker 4: in the local community.
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  Speaker 2: And does it take as it?
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  Speaker 1: Have you hit any barriers you know on the way
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  Speaker 1: to organizing this? Is it a logistical night there or
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  Speaker 1: has it been a piece of cake?
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  Speaker 3: Well, I would say piece of cake.
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  Speaker 4: But you know, this is our first year organizing, so
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  Speaker 4: there's been lots to get our heads around as a team.
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  Speaker 4: But thankfully we have a brilliant network of other local
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  Speaker 4: minds we've provided guidance around navigating this event. We also
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  Speaker 4: received valuable advice and guidance from our friends at Channel Rotary,
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  Speaker 4: especially mister Bill Flavel whose experience organizing events such as
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  Speaker 4: this was a huge help, along with of course their
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  Speaker 4: generous assistance with Lennigan Gazebo for our registration desk on
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  Speaker 4: the day, along with a group of volunteers who will
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  Speaker 4: marshal the course. So a big thank you to everyone
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  Speaker 4: involved there and of course big thanks to the council
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  Speaker 4: who helped with arrange all the applications that we need,
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  Speaker 4: which you know, it was a great experience doing and
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  Speaker 4: with of course helping organize the use of the band
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  Speaker 4: stand of the day which is where which is where
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  Speaker 4: you are DJ compared beyond the day.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's my job, but I've been on the bands
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  Speaker 1: then it's quite handy. Actually ives porn a rhino. I'm
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  Speaker 1: the only dry person on the lease. So what can
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  Speaker 1: we expect on the day?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, on the day, Kevin, we're looking to open registration
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  Speaker 4: from ten to thirty am, so everyone's brought in it.
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  Speaker 4: Turn up from ten thirty am to register and pick
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  Speaker 4: up your race number from our registration desk which will.
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  Speaker 3: Be at the lees Cliff Hall.
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  Speaker 4: From then the wilter grab a coffee or a drink
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  Speaker 4: or even a cake if you can start with that
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  Speaker 4: before the run, before or after from a mobile vendor
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  Speaker 4: who'll be there on the day. Huge thanks to the
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  Speaker 4: Truffle Pig of High for helping out on that one.
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  Speaker 4: Then from eleven thirty we'll have music playing from the
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  Speaker 4: bandstand and the warm up session to make sure no
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  Speaker 4: one pulls a muscle on the run, and then the
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  Speaker 4: run proper will begin from twelve and it'll be from
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  Speaker 4: the bandstand and we'll follow a version of the route.
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  Speaker 3: The five kilometer Park Run routes.
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  Speaker 4: So from the bandstand up towards Sandgate to the end
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  Speaker 4: of the lease, turn around, head all the way along
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  Speaker 4: the leaze towards the memorial arch, and then back again
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  Speaker 4: to that first turnaround point and then back to the
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  Speaker 4: bandstand where you started. So it's a five kilometer course,
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  Speaker 4: but there's no obligation to complete the whole distance or
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  Speaker 4: even to run or jog, as you can walk part
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  Speaker 4: of the course if you'd like. It's all about having
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  Speaker 4: fun and supporting so kep mind, which is you know,
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  Speaker 4: which is the whole point of fundraisers like this and
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  Speaker 4: we yeah.
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  Speaker 3: We're really look forward it.
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  Speaker 4: So after the run, will give everyone their medals as
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  Speaker 4: of course, everyone gets a medal for taking parts and
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  Speaker 4: hand out some of the awards for the best dressed
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  Speaker 4: elves on the day, So big incentive to dress up there.
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  Speaker 2: Right, good, sounds like it's going to be fun.
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  Speaker 1: But I mean for families, you're right to bring the
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  Speaker 1: buggies and the dogs along.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah. Of course, of course both dogs, buggies and wheelchairs
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  Speaker 4: were allowed, but we asked that dogs are kept on lead,
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  Speaker 4: don't interfere with other runners and with wheelchairs and pushchairs
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  Speaker 4: people who are especially especially careful and aware of other
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  Speaker 4: participants doing the run.
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  Speaker 2: So that's good.
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  Speaker 1: And so you haven't been doing this on your own
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  Speaker 1: obviously there's a team of you. So is anyone you
• 14:45
  Speaker 1: want to thank for helping you out?
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  Speaker 3: Quite a few, Kevin, with these things that don't happen individually.
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  Speaker 4: It's all so big thanks to the staff, trustees, volunteers
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  Speaker 4: everyone here at South Kent Mind who helped organize the
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  Speaker 4: event and will give their time very generously on the
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  Speaker 4: day on the first of December. Again big thanks to
• 15:02
  Speaker 4: Channel Rotary for their help and advice in the build
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  Speaker 4: up on the day. We could have done it without
• 15:06
  Speaker 4: their experience of doing fun runs like this, and of
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  Speaker 4: course to Trove Devauce or the Park Run and Ray
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  Speaker 4: Johnson of the Rotary Club of Folkstone, two individuals who
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  Speaker 4: have had many questions who I personally have had many
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  Speaker 4: questions for over the past couple of months and have
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  Speaker 4: been really really helpful throughout.
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  Speaker 3: So thank you very.
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  Speaker 4: Much, and of course yourself Kevin having me on the
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  Speaker 4: show firstly and giving up your time to Djail and
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  Speaker 4: compare on the day.
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  Speaker 2: Well, thank you very much. It's very gracious of you
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  Speaker 2: and Joe.
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  Speaker 1: I just want to say that Trevor de Vous and
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  Speaker 1: Ray Johnson are both former guests of the show, so
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  Speaker 1: very enthusiastic about what they do.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: So okay, so how can people book? Is time to
• 15:45
  Speaker 1: find out how people can sign up?
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  Speaker 4: Yes, so if this is something interesting if you look
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  Speaker 4: into book. We're selling tickets on event Bright this year,
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  Speaker 4: so online, the links of which can be found on
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  Speaker 4: our website and that's south Kentmind dot org dot UK.
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  Speaker 4: You can also reach this page through our social media channels,
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  Speaker 4: which is at south Kent Mind on Instagram where the
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  Speaker 4: event Bright link is in our bio, or search south
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  Speaker 4: Kent Mind on Facebook.
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  Speaker 2: We look forward to seeing everyone there. Excellent.
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  Speaker 1: So so this is a first for you, But I mean,
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  Speaker 1: if you've got any other sort of Christmas type or
• 16:17
  Speaker 1: anything events coming up with people that you want to
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  Speaker 1: share with people.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: So December is obviously really busy month for the charity.
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  Speaker 4: We've got lots of collection days coming up throughout that month.
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  Speaker 4: You can see us in Asda in Folkeston on the
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  Speaker 4: sixth and seventh of December and then dos around the town,
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  Speaker 4: including the Living Advent Days as well that they have
• 16:34
  Speaker 4: coming up. We also in terms of fundraising events, we
• 16:37
  Speaker 4: have a Twistmas Quiz on the twenty seventh of December
• 16:42
  Speaker 4: at Holy Trinity Church in Folkeston. The idea of this
• 16:45
  Speaker 4: being that it breaks up that that period between Christmas
• 16:48
  Speaker 4: and New Year and gives it gives everyone something to do,
• 16:51
  Speaker 4: because obviously that can be a bit of a be
• 16:52
  Speaker 4: of a lost be of a lost time.
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  Speaker 3: So the twenty seventh of December we have a quiz.
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  Speaker 4: We just had one on the first November which went
• 16:59
  Speaker 4: down really really well, had a great raffle and everyone
• 17:02
  Speaker 4: really enjoyed themselves. So next one coming on the twenty seventh. Joe,
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  Speaker 4: I think we've just about covered everything.
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  Speaker 1: There's so much to learn, and I've learned so much
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  Speaker 1: by just speaking to you today. So is there any
• 17:13
  Speaker 1: final words from you, anything that we've forgotten the whole
• 17:16
  Speaker 1: that we want to mention everything.
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  Speaker 4: But like I said, further information on all of our
• 17:20
  Speaker 4: services and especially how to book mental health can be
• 17:23
  Speaker 4: found in our event Bike can be found through the
• 17:26
  Speaker 4: event Bike page can be found on our website or
• 17:29
  Speaker 4: social media channels, which is again South Kentmind does all
• 17:32
  Speaker 4: dot uk or search South Kent Mind on Instagram and Facebook.
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  Speaker 4: So first of December mental Health. Looking forward seeing everyone
• 17:39
  Speaker 4: there and the relevant links and pages to everything I've
• 17:41
  Speaker 4: talked about in terms of fundraising, donation, volunteering, anything to
• 17:46
  Speaker 4: do with our services or how you can get evolved
• 17:49
  Speaker 4: can be found on our website. We'd really love to
• 17:51
  Speaker 4: hear from you, especially if this is something that if
• 17:54
  Speaker 4: South Kent Mind can provide a service that would really
• 17:56
  Speaker 4: benefit your mental health. And that's the big thing about
• 18:00
  Speaker 4: get getting out here and til you say, Kevin to
• 18:02
  Speaker 4: to again stress the point that we're charity here for
• 18:05
  Speaker 4: everyone who's struggling with mental health challenges. So please do
• 18:10
  Speaker 4: get in touch if we can help you, because because
• 18:13
  Speaker 4: it's it's something that's really important to speak out about.
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  Speaker 3: And we really need everyone to know that.
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  Speaker 4: They have a charity, a local charity that they can
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  Speaker 4: turn to when when their mental health is really struggling.
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  Speaker 5: So just just to that final point there, Okay, excellent,
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  Speaker 5: So well, we look forward to seeing you on the
• 18:31
  Speaker 5: first Joe, I will just say that I did order
• 18:34
  Speaker 5: my ILF costume yesterday, so if I'm going to dress
• 18:37
  Speaker 5: up then anywhere else that comes along, and I know
• 18:39
  Speaker 5: a lot of people that will be coming along will
• 18:41
  Speaker 5: enter into the spirit of things.
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  Speaker 2: You've got your costume, Joe. All sort is good, EXE,
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  Speaker 2: health is.
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  Speaker 4: Right.
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  Speaker 1: We see you on the first and thanks for having
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  Speaker 1: a check Jo.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks, Keren, really appreciate see you there. Thank you very much.
• 18:52
  Speaker 1: So that was Joe told us there from South Kiment Mind,
• 18:55
  Speaker 1: telling us exactly what they do at South Kip Mind
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: and bring us news of the mental ilth of Festive
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: fun run. So please come along and support it. I'll
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: be on the mic and I've got my elf costume
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  Speaker 1: on order. I'm sure there'd be. I want to see
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: loads of runners in their elf costumes. So yeah, we'll
• 19:10
  Speaker 1: see you there. Okay, it's time for a bit of
• 19:12
  Speaker 1: music now, and we've got a bit of boys owner
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: and this one for Ages. He's got a picture of you.
• 19:16
  Speaker 1: Always reminds me of mister Bean for some reason. There
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: we go, boys own their picture of you. Okay, we've
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: better do some local sport now, So some football news
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: in the It'sbian Premier League Glass Saturday folks, and in
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: Victor B. Craig Wanderer's one dail at Home for the
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: news of the match, listening to our man Adydwks, who
• 19:53
  Speaker 1: will be bringing you a full report on the Saturday
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: sports roundup between ten and eleven. This week is FA
• 19:59
  Speaker 1: Trophy at in the second round proper as in Victor.
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: Welcome Hanwell Town FC to Chariton Road. Handwell come from
• 20:06
  Speaker 1: Perryvale in the London borough of Ealing and are currently
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: in thirteenth place in the Southern League Premier South Division
• 20:13
  Speaker 1: and their form record looks very similar to Folks doings
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: you know, so should be quite an even game and
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: at stake we've got the winners stand to pocket three
• 20:23
  Speaker 1: seven hundred and fifty pound and the losers one thousand pound.
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: Ivetown lost four too at home to seven Oaks last
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: week and their next game is a way to Area
• 20:32
  Speaker 1: of Town who are seventh hievering eighteenth spot, just one
• 20:36
  Speaker 1: place outside the relegation zone. But I have to keep
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: plugging away and picking up points as three bages three
• 20:42
  Speaker 1: of Bridges in the place below them or just one
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: point behind. But they've got two games in hand. New
• 20:49
  Speaker 1: Romney beat Burmersey Town two to one in the Interregional
• 20:52
  Speaker 1: Challenge Cup. This week is a different competition. It's the
• 20:56
  Speaker 1: Ken Intermediate Challenge Shield where they face a trip to Cuckton,
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: which is near Rochester. Hawkins beat idle Hill five one
• 21:04
  Speaker 1: away in the Kent County Premier League and this week
• 21:07
  Speaker 1: they are also in the Challenge Shield at home to
• 21:10
  Speaker 1: Metro Gas who traveled down from southeast London. Now the
• 21:14
  Speaker 1: folks don't laid is They just carry on winning, you know.
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  Speaker 1: But this must have been quite a close game as
• 21:19
  Speaker 1: last Sunday they beat Hawkins four to three. Their next
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: game is at home on the twenty fourth November, where
• 21:26
  Speaker 1: once again they meet Betshanger, this time in the league.
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: Now they've got some news from the Folkston Ski Race Club.
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: This has been sent in by former guests of the show,
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: Claire Gravener, remembering their last they lost their home dry
• 21:41
  Speaker 1: Ski Sclope when the sports center closed. So Claire goes
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: on to say, despite some significant changes this season, Folks
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: and Ski Race Club has shown remarkable resilience and achieved
• 21:52
  Speaker 1: impressive results. This past weekend, several races took part in
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: the annual end of season Night Race at Chatham, where
• 21:59
  Speaker 1: this secured five podium finishes, also having both the youngest
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: and the oldest racers, showing that ski racing is a
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: sport for all. Now, that is a fantastic way to
• 22:09
  Speaker 1: close the season. Another Folks the racer Alicia, competed in
• 22:15
  Speaker 1: the National Schools at Snowsports Outdoor Championships and achieved third
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: under twelve. Even more exciting, she's now been selected for
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: the National school squad. Wow, that's a huge accomplishment. So
• 22:27
  Speaker 1: well done to Alicia there. Now, last month at the
• 22:30
  Speaker 1: London and Southeast Regionals there were many overall season placings.
• 22:35
  Speaker 1: Miler in the under eighth came fifth amber and the
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: under tens was fifth plus the winner of the annual
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: Bursary award.
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  Speaker 2: Selina was the first.
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: Under twenty one's Jane was the first Masters, Richard was
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: the third Masters. Olivia and Alicia both won the Chairman's
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: Cup and Tom sorry Tom won the Effort Cup. Now
• 22:56
  Speaker 1: these successes are especially meaningful given the last few difficult months.
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: With Folks and Sports Center going into administration, Folks and
• 23:04
  Speaker 1: Ski Race Club were left with no home slope for training.
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: This has had an enormous effect with no local facility
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: for regular training. Thankfully, the fantastic ski community has run
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: it around and Chatham has generously offered a space to
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: train with them in the meantime. However, this solution comes
• 23:22
  Speaker 1: with its own challenges. Chatham is over an hour away,
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: which means long trips for members, too much for some
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: of the younger racers. Plus the increased travel time and
• 23:30
  Speaker 1: session courts have added financial pressure. So in spite of
• 23:34
  Speaker 1: all this, the team spirit and determination continued to shine through,
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: proving that hard work and determination our races are still
• 23:41
  Speaker 1: achieving results. So the end of season on a high
• 23:45
  Speaker 1: and can only hope that the sports Center reopens as
• 23:48
  Speaker 1: they carry on with the sport that they love in
• 23:51
  Speaker 1: her hometown. And Clara said she will come into the
• 23:53
  Speaker 1: studio once more when we might have a bit of
• 23:56
  Speaker 1: an update on the sports Center, so perhaps in the
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: new year. Now, I just love this track because it's
• 24:02
  Speaker 1: just one word and it's unbelievable.
• 24:17
  Speaker 2: You're unbelievable.
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: It's great and it's one word and it just plays
• 24:22
  Speaker 1: on your mind, isn't it.
• 24:23
  Speaker 2: What a great track that was.
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: I can can't kind of picture it now, go back
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: probably top of the Pops where everybody in the audience
• 24:30
  Speaker 1: was jumping up and down having a great time to
• 24:32
  Speaker 1: that track. Okay, so we've got some running news now
• 24:35
  Speaker 1: because it was a busy weekend for our local runners.
• 24:39
  Speaker 1: Recent guest of the show Amy Seeger was in fine form.
• 24:42
  Speaker 1: She was third overall and first female in the Chatham
• 24:45
  Speaker 1: Maritime ten k where she was pleased to get under
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: thirty eight minutes. Tristan Upton from South Kent Harrier's run
• 24:51
  Speaker 1: a PB time of fifty one forty one, be in
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: his previous best time by over half a minute. Rebecca
• 24:58
  Speaker 1: Pownee from the Folkston Club run a fast forty four
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  Speaker 1: oh seven seconds time at the same Chatham race as
• 25:05
  Speaker 1: she finished fourth female and this was following on from
• 25:08
  Speaker 1: her recent second that female category finish in the Deal
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  Speaker 1: five miler. So Rebecca is really on form at the
• 25:17
  Speaker 1: moment now. Kate Clipstone from the Folkston Club send me
• 25:20
  Speaker 1: a report on their runners and I was staggered to
• 25:23
  Speaker 1: see some of the venues that the runners ended up
• 25:26
  Speaker 1: doing their Saturday morning park run the previous week. I
• 25:29
  Speaker 1: noticed the South Kent Harriers are out and about, so
• 25:31
  Speaker 1: let's start with them. They had runners at Margate Hasting's
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: Catford Chase Water which is in the West Midlands, and
• 25:38
  Speaker 1: former guests of the show Amy Stimpson and her boyfriend
• 25:41
  Speaker 1: Jared Dobson were I hope I get this right. It
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: was just it looks like the why Promenade park Run,
• 25:47
  Speaker 1: which is in the Brecon region of Wales. So last
• 25:51
  Speaker 1: week the other local park runners hit some neighbouring venues
• 25:54
  Speaker 1: such as Ashford, Margate, Pegwell Bay, Warmer and Deal, then
• 25:58
  Speaker 1: further afield to East Grinstead, Sean Woods that's in Gravesend,
• 26:03
  Speaker 1: Preston Park in Brighton, Label Lakes, Pamclive Allen visited family
• 26:08
  Speaker 1: and did the Barnstable Park Run in Devon. Eight runners
• 26:11
  Speaker 1: did holy Rood in Edinburgh, three made it to Keswick
• 26:16
  Speaker 1: in Cumbria, two visited University of Northampton, then even further afield.
• 26:22
  Speaker 1: Jacob Henwood was thirteenth at the Donneale Park park Run
• 26:26
  Speaker 1: in Vienna. Meanwhile, Linnea Stockhol found a park run in Montreal, Canada,
• 26:33
  Speaker 1: and also in Canada by in Quebec. Henry Ackson came
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: top tourist in the first place and his fiancee Amy
• 26:40
  Speaker 1: Owen was also the first lady. So what a weekend
• 26:44
  Speaker 1: for park runners. What has park run done? It's just
• 26:47
  Speaker 1: put runners on the map, searching out new venues and
• 26:51
  Speaker 1: just having a really good time. Now on Sunday, I
• 26:55
  Speaker 1: popped over to watch the Radna Park Junior Park Run,
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: where are and eleven young runners took part under the
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: guidance of former guest to the show. How many times
• 27:05
  Speaker 1: have I said that today we must have had half
• 27:06
  Speaker 1: a folks and in this this studio anyway, former guests
• 27:09
  Speaker 1: of the show run director Trevor devout. It was an
• 27:13
  Speaker 1: exciting mix of juniors and parents who run and encourage
• 27:16
  Speaker 1: their children. But what was new to me was a
• 27:18
  Speaker 1: little a recognition ceremony to youngsters who had reached park
• 27:23
  Speaker 1: running milestones. Run director Trevor told me that forty one
• 27:27
  Speaker 1: milestones had been achieved since the event started fifteen weeks ago.
• 27:32
  Speaker 1: Last week, six youngsters were recognized for an accumulated mileage
• 27:36
  Speaker 1: that he called a half marathon and that's eleven park runs.
• 27:40
  Speaker 1: One youngster had accumulated an ultra marathon distance of one
• 27:44
  Speaker 1: hundred k. That's fifty park runs, and there are recognitions
• 27:48
  Speaker 1: for the marathon distance. There's twenty one runs. Then it
• 27:51
  Speaker 1: switches to well done for one hundred and two hundred
• 27:54
  Speaker 1: and fifty junior park runs. Now you've probably been working
• 27:57
  Speaker 1: out that the Radnagh Park Junior Park Run as only
• 28:00
  Speaker 1: held fifteen events. But these totals have been achieved by
• 28:04
  Speaker 1: being a tourist before the Rednam Park Run started and
• 28:07
  Speaker 1: visiting other events elsewhere and all add up to the total. Now,
• 28:11
  Speaker 1: don't forget these youngsters are only between four and fourteen
• 28:15
  Speaker 1: years of age, So well done to all your youngsters.
• 28:18
  Speaker 1: Keep on pumping out those milestones. Now a bit of
• 28:21
  Speaker 1: important news. There is no Dover Park Run this week.
• 28:25
  Speaker 1: They've got some work being carried out on the promenade.
• 28:27
  Speaker 1: There so no Dover Park Run, so I expect all
• 28:32
  Speaker 1: the other park runs will have a few extra runners.
• 28:36
  Speaker 2: Now is time.
• 28:37
  Speaker 1: I just love female vocalist, powerful ones and they don't
• 28:41
  Speaker 1: get much more powerful than Whitney Houston.
• 29:06
  Speaker 2: Whitney It's near.
• 29:12
  Speaker 1: Oxford nineteen ninety. They are Whitney Houston. I'm your baby tonights.
• 29:18
  Speaker 1: I just love Whitney song with powerful female vocalists. That's
• 29:21
  Speaker 1: right out, maistreet. I could do a whole hour if
• 29:24
  Speaker 1: they let me. Okay, time for some rugby news. Now
• 29:27
  Speaker 1: the folks do first fifteen lost eighteen ten away to
• 29:30
  Speaker 1: Vigo in Rochester and this Saturday they're at home to Maidstone.
• 29:34
  Speaker 1: Folks on are currently ninth and Maidstone are eleventh out
• 29:38
  Speaker 1: of twelve teams. The second fifteen lost twenty nine to
• 29:41
  Speaker 1: seventeen away to Cranbrook, and I don't think they've got
• 29:44
  Speaker 1: the game this week. Checking the league tables, there are
• 29:46
  Speaker 1: eleven teams in their division, so it looks like it's
• 29:49
  Speaker 1: folks and turned to miss a game. And the third fifteen, well,
• 29:53
  Speaker 1: you know what, I can't find neither a result or
• 29:55
  Speaker 1: a fixture and I'm a bit worried because they've been
• 29:57
  Speaker 1: struggling to raise aside just lately. So I've decided not
• 30:00
  Speaker 1: to chase anybody at the rugby club and just see
• 30:03
  Speaker 1: what unfolds. Well, a last bit of good news and
• 30:05
  Speaker 1: it comes from the Ladies team who put on a
• 30:08
  Speaker 1: stonkin performance and beat Sheppy ninety three nil.
• 30:12
  Speaker 2: Ninety three nil.
• 30:13
  Speaker 1: What a victory. But you've got a feel for the
• 30:16
  Speaker 1: Sheppey ladies, haven't you. You know it's one thing getting
• 30:20
  Speaker 1: ready and training and all of a sudden Saturday or
• 30:23
  Speaker 1: Sunday comes along and you get absolutely hammered. So Sheppy Ladies,
• 30:28
  Speaker 1: I hope it hasn't put you back too much and
• 30:31
  Speaker 1: you still got your enthusiasm for the game. Now, the
• 30:34
  Speaker 1: Ladies Folks and Ladies' next game is on the twenty
• 30:37
  Speaker 1: fourth November away to Tunbridge Wells. This latest victory has
• 30:41
  Speaker 1: put Folks in second place, with Tunbridge Wells in third. Okay,
• 30:46
  Speaker 1: time for some hockey news now, well, I pop down
• 30:49
  Speaker 1: once again to see the live streaming of matches into
• 30:52
  Speaker 1: the Three Hills. But once again it wasn't to be.
• 30:55
  Speaker 1: I spoke to club chairman and former guests of the show.
• 30:58
  Speaker 1: There you go another former guest of the show, Lead Marshall,
• 31:00
  Speaker 1: and he was what can I say? He was somewhat
• 31:04
  Speaker 1: displeased with no transmission so far, especially as England Hockey
• 31:09
  Speaker 1: as one eye on this project, which is quite quite groundbreaking.
• 31:12
  Speaker 1: Actually at this level the installers are having, as they
• 31:15
  Speaker 1: say in Inverted Comma's teething problems. But he wasn't a
• 31:20
  Speaker 1: wasted journey. I stayed and watched the Ladies thirteen draw
• 31:23
  Speaker 1: two all against seven Oaks, where they twice had to
• 31:25
  Speaker 1: come from behind and worked hard for the drawer goals
• 31:28
  Speaker 1: coming from Sophie at Well and another form of guests
• 31:31
  Speaker 1: to the show, Vicki Baxter. Overall, the club fielded twelve teams.
• 31:35
  Speaker 1: They won four, drew three and lost five The best
• 31:39
  Speaker 1: result of the day came from the men's four to eleven,
• 31:41
  Speaker 1: who beat Martin Russett's three nil. Goalscorers were Matt Bates,
• 31:45
  Speaker 1: Theo Coombs and Ben Allen. Now it looks like it's
• 31:48
  Speaker 1: back to thirteen fixtures this week. The reason it was
• 31:51
  Speaker 1: only twelve last week was because Oxted they've withdrawn from
• 31:55
  Speaker 1: the league, which has left the men's second team without
• 31:58
  Speaker 1: a game. So I've got a little line up here
• 32:01
  Speaker 1: of the fixtures this week and they've got seven home
• 32:04
  Speaker 1: games at the Three Hills if you want a bit
• 32:07
  Speaker 1: of a fix of hockey. And the first game kicks off.
• 32:11
  Speaker 1: I don't suppose it kicks off, really does it?
• 32:13
  Speaker 2: What does it do? Is it bully offer?
• 32:15
  Speaker 1: Anyway, the first game starts at eleven o'clock and the
• 32:18
  Speaker 1: seventh game starts about three o'clock. So it's back to
• 32:22
  Speaker 1: back water wall hockey there and hopefully.
• 32:27
  Speaker 2: It be streaming into the Three Hills.
• 32:30
  Speaker 1: Now the men's first team, they've got Ashford first team
• 32:33
  Speaker 1: that's on the Three Hills. That's two o'clock start. And
• 32:38
  Speaker 1: I'll tell you what, I had a lovely morning with
• 32:40
  Speaker 1: Joe Joe Tolhurst because I found out that he actually
• 32:43
  Speaker 1: plays for the men's first team hockey, and so we
• 32:47
  Speaker 1: spoke about for about half an hour before we got
• 32:50
  Speaker 1: actually chatting recordings about hockey, sport and the sport in
• 32:54
  Speaker 1: this area. So yeah, so back to back hockey and
• 32:59
  Speaker 1: you got the ladies have got one, two, three home games,
• 33:03
  Speaker 1: so it's quite a mixture there to go down and
• 33:06
  Speaker 1: get your fix of hockey. Okay, so we rung it
• 33:09
  Speaker 1: out of time, and so we're gonna crack on, hopefully
• 33:12
  Speaker 1: a short song. This is called Thunder in My Heart
• 33:15
  Speaker 1: Again by Mech