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HARRY NUNN TELLS US ABOUT HIS NEXT GENERATION SPORTS COACHING AND THEIR FORTHCOMING TRIP TO BARCELONA · The Folkestone & Hythe Sports Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Well, I'm down at the Harvey Grammar School today. Are
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  Speaker 1: stumbled as I was coming along there on this event
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  Speaker 1: and with the Next Generation sign outside, and I'm joined
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  Speaker 1: by the owner Harry. Hello, Harry.
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  Speaker 2: How are you? Yeah? Good? Thank you? How are you good?
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  Speaker 1: I'm fine, thank you. Well I'm a bit croaky actually
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  Speaker 1: that's what becomes of talking too much. So now stumbled
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  Speaker 1: into the grammar school and your academy is called the
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  Speaker 1: Next Generation Coaching. So tell us about that and how
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  Speaker 1: it started.
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  Speaker 3: So it kind of started a few years ago. We
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  Speaker 3: started off by working in schools and then evening clubs
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  Speaker 3: as well, and it's gradually just expanded and now we
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  Speaker 3: run the academy as well alongside the evening and school clubs.
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  Speaker 1: So basically, is it just football or is it other
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  Speaker 1: things as well?
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  Speaker 3: So the evening clubs and the academy is just football,
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  Speaker 3: but when we are in schools we can teach any
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  Speaker 3: type of pe.
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  Speaker 1: So you go into schools as well. Do you still
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  Speaker 1: do that?
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  Speaker 3: Yes, yeah, we do so throughout the day generally me
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  Speaker 3: and the other coaches will be in a school for
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  Speaker 3: the whole day. We then go to our evening clubs
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  Speaker 3: for football, whether it's football for anyone, or whether it's
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  Speaker 3: the academy. Sometimes we separate off and do our own thing.
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  Speaker 1: Right, And does this go on all year round or
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  Speaker 1: you're indoor outdoor?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah?
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  Speaker 3: So generally all our sessions are outdoor. The only session
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  Speaker 3: that goes indoor is the Wildcat session. That's for girls only,
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  Speaker 3: so primary school girls. And that's because we just don't
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  Speaker 3: have a pitch with lights available, so we have to
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  Speaker 3: go inside and use the hall.
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  Speaker 1: And is the split is it boys and girls? And
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  Speaker 1: how old are they?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah?
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  Speaker 3: So the company to begin with, we focus on the
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  Speaker 3: girls quite a lot actually, and generally the sessions are
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  Speaker 3: all primary school, but we're looking to set up secondary
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  Speaker 3: school ones. The girls, we probably have one hundred different
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  Speaker 3: girls every week attend our clubs and then boys, probably
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  Speaker 3: about one hundred and fifty different boys as well.
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  Speaker 1: So that's grown, is it? Oh?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, it's getting there right.
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  Speaker 1: So now the big big thing that you're doing, apart
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  Speaker 1: from growing every week, by the sound of it, you're
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  Speaker 1: organizing this super duper trip to Barcelona.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, Now, how.
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  Speaker 1: Did that come about? Is that your idea?
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  Speaker 2: Yes?
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  Speaker 3: So I actually set out something I wanted from the
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  Speaker 3: academy for the kids, and I wanted to go on tour.
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  Speaker 3: Now I didn't really know where or what I wanted
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  Speaker 3: to do, but I actually done the Barcelona tour a
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  Speaker 3: few years ago and it was brilliant, So I thought,
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  Speaker 3: why not do that again where it's our first one.
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  Speaker 3: I kind of know the location, know where to go already,
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  Speaker 3: so I thought it'd be a bit easier. Yeah, from
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  Speaker 3: my point of view. So we're taking two teams to
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  Speaker 3: this one. We're taking our under tens and under elevens,
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  Speaker 3: and then hopefully next year I don't know if it
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  Speaker 3: would be Barcelona, but we're looking to take all our
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  Speaker 3: academy teams.
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  Speaker 1: Well, right, So I mean that is some undertaking, is it.
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  Speaker 1: So do you kind of hand this over You've got
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  Speaker 1: the use of a tour operator.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, so FTI Tours are kind of in charge of it.
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  Speaker 3: I just have to kind of send all our data
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  Speaker 3: across and then they deal with like the hotel bookings
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  Speaker 3: and getting us to them from the hotel to the
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  Speaker 3: football pitches.
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  Speaker 1: Right. So the one thing that strikes me straight away
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  Speaker 1: immediately is that because you're taking a lot of school children,
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  Speaker 1: this has to be during the school holiday.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, so this is actually over Easter weekend. Okay, yes,
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  Speaker 3: so parents, a lot of our parents are actually using
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  Speaker 3: it as a bit of a holiday and going out
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  Speaker 3: a few days early. Yeah yeah, a few days earlier exactly, exactly.
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  Speaker 3: But whether it's a day early or a few days early,
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  Speaker 3: everyone seems to be making the most of it.
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  Speaker 1: Oh great, that's great ideas bringing everyone together exactly, fantastic. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: So do you know you've had experience of this competition?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, what Wherebut will your opposition come from?
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  Speaker 3: So all over the world really, So we've got actually
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  Speaker 3: looked at the teams last night and there's a team
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  Speaker 3: from Abu Dabbie obviously, teams from Spain, France, Portugal, Holland,
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  Speaker 3: so it's mainly European teams, but it is worldwide as well.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah okay, so right, so now the thing is we're
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  Speaker 1: here at the grammar school today and there's a big
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  Speaker 1: event that you're obviously trying to raise funds to help them,
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  Speaker 1: you know, alleviate the cost of this trip. Tell us
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  Speaker 1: I've had a walk around, but tell their listeners what's
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  Speaker 1: going on here today?
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  Speaker 3: So we've got a twelve hour football match that's been
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  Speaker 3: happening since eight o'clock this morning and it's going on
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  Speaker 3: to eight pm tonight. So that's one of the main
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  Speaker 3: things that kids have been loving that.
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  Speaker 1: Hang On hang On twelve football match. So not expecting
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  Speaker 1: the kids to play.
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  Speaker 3: Football, right, but basically everyone's kind of they pay ten
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  Speaker 3: pound and they have a slot so they can stay
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  Speaker 3: for an hour or you can stay for two hours
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  Speaker 3: if you want to pay double the amount.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, completely up to the parents.
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  Speaker 3: So later on we've actually got some adults coming in
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  Speaker 3: and different businesses that are supporting the cause as well.
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  Speaker 1: Oh that's a great idea. Yeah, So so that anyway
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  Speaker 1: we're working, we'll do this sounds later, but that sounds
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  Speaker 1: like a really good basis for the fundraising, isn't it.
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  Speaker 1: So what else have you got along side of that?
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  Speaker 3: So obviously the football match, and then we've got cake sale,
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  Speaker 3: we've got a raffle, We've got people selling like hot sausage, rolls, refreshments,
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  Speaker 3: and then we've got like two challenges. Football challenges, so
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  Speaker 3: I have an inflatable dart board that people are trying
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  Speaker 3: to get the top score on to win prizes, and
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  Speaker 3: there's also a top bin challenge, so basically trying to
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  Speaker 3: take a penalty kick and trying to get it into
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  Speaker 3: the corners.
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  Speaker 1: I see right now, I've seen the football darts. I've
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  Speaker 1: seen it before, but just explain briefly what that is
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  Speaker 1: because people might think you're just playing a dartboard.
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  Speaker 3: So it's basically it's like a penalty shoot out, but
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  Speaker 3: rather than kicking it at a goal, it's kicking out
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  Speaker 3: at a big inflatable dart board. And they've got to
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  Speaker 3: try and get the best score. So you get free football,
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  Speaker 3: so like you'd get free dance, and they just add
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  Speaker 3: up their score. The top three scores from the day
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  Speaker 3: get a prize at the end.
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  Speaker 1: Right, So the ball actually sticks to it.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, it's like velcrow, so the ball will when you
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  Speaker 3: kick it, it will stick to the board and it's
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  Speaker 3: stay there until someone peels it.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, right, let's explain that. That's good. Okay, So now
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  Speaker 1: all the kids that are going along, you know, you
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  Speaker 1: see them every week. Now it's getting a bit closer
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  Speaker 1: if it's easter. They're getting a bit excited. Now.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think today has made it all real as well.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, and the parents getting a bit excited as well, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: more than the kids. Yeah, Okay, now, this is a
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  Speaker 1: brilliant project, Harry, and it's like an accumulation of all
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  Speaker 1: your hard work coming good and so I think at
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  Speaker 1: this point it's time to, if you like, name drop
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  Speaker 1: a few people, think a few people. I know it's difficult,
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  Speaker 1: but he's the only one you'd like to mention.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely.
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  Speaker 3: So we have a main sponsor for the Academy and
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  Speaker 3: to be honest, without them, probably wouldn't be doing it.
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  Speaker 2: So that's a leap flawing. They're our main sponsors.
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  Speaker 3: They've supported us from when we've set up to basically
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  Speaker 3: provide help provide the kit for all the teams, and
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  Speaker 3: then in terms of today obviously the Harvard grammar for
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  Speaker 3: letting us use the facility, land Out and KAP have
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  Speaker 3: also helped support some kit that's just for Barcelona and
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  Speaker 3: the kids are yet to get that. Oh yeah, so
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  Speaker 3: that might be a little bit of a surprise. Obviously,
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  Speaker 3: everyone that's donated a prize for our raffle, and of
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  Speaker 3: course everyone that's helped out throughout the day because everyone
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  Speaker 3: here today is a volunteer, so without them it wouldn't
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  Speaker 3: have happened.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, So now if people are listening to this and
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  Speaker 1: they think, you know, I'd like to know more about
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  Speaker 1: next generation. Yeah, I assume now that all your spaces
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  Speaker 1: are booked up for the trip, they might like to
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  Speaker 1: come along to the next gen and perhaps look to
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  Speaker 1: the future future trip. How can they get in touch
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  Speaker 1: with you?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, so there's there's links on our website, links on
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  Speaker 3: our social media for our website. Everything everything we do
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  Speaker 3: is on the website as well. Yeah, because I understand
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  Speaker 3: not everyone has social media, but I would say social
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  Speaker 3: media website. Everything will be on there and if not,
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  Speaker 3: my numbers on there so they can contact me.
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  Speaker 1: And what do they look for? Is the next generation
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  Speaker 1: something something or.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, so next generation sports coaching and then we actually
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  Speaker 3: run a separate one next Generation Football Academy, but they
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  Speaker 3: run side by side on the website.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, Harry, thank you so much for just taking five
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  Speaker 1: minutes away from the hectic day that you've got today.
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  Speaker 1: What time was you here this morning?
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  Speaker 2: About seven o'clock seven?
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  Speaker 1: And you won't be gone till probably Yeah, okay, Harry, really,
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  Speaker 1: thank you so much. And when you get back, hopefully
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  Speaker 1: if you get the time or we catch up again, Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: you can pop into the studio and I'd love to
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  Speaker 1: hear all about it and how you're representing the town
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  Speaker 1: and folks in Barcelona.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, no, brilliant. Thanks for having Melco Yeah, thanks, Harry