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NT Athletics Executive Officer Leanne Chin says 2,009 people took part in the NT City 2 Surf, with Tim Hewitt claiming the men’s title for a fourth year in a row · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Thousands turned out well to pound the pavement on the
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  Speaker 1: weekend for the nt City to serve and joining us
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  Speaker 1: on the line to tell us a little bit more
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  Speaker 1: about how it all went. It is Lian Chin, who
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  Speaker 1: is the executive officer of NTI Athletics. Good morning to you, Leanne.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning Katie, Good morning listeners.
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  Speaker 1: A wonderful morning of running yesterday. How many did we get.
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  Speaker 2: In the end? We had two thousand and nine participants yesterday,
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  Speaker 2: absolutely smashing our fortieth record of eighteen eighteen hundred and sixteen.
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  Speaker 1: Wow, that is a phenomenal number, two thousand and nine people, Leanne.
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  Speaker 1: What was the most popular race to take part in?
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  Speaker 2: Well, we had a thousand, one hundred and one in
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  Speaker 2: the twelve kilometer. I think that would have to be
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  Speaker 2: the most ever, so obviously our most popular event. And yes,
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  Speaker 2: I know it's a little bit further, and then twelve
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  Speaker 2: kilometers twelve point seven is probably more precise.
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  Speaker 1: I tell you what I felt every seven hundred meters
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  Speaker 1: after twelve cas yesterday.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, you and everybody else I'm getting I've been reading
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  Speaker 2: everybody else's Facebook posts and there's twelve point three, twelve
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  Speaker 2: point five, twelve point seven so maybe it's time that
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  Speaker 2: we formerly got the course measured and ratified.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, well, we could almost call it thirteen. Then we'd
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  Speaker 1: feel like we've gone extra you know, extra fast, doing
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  Speaker 1: an extra kilometer.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe maybe we run all the way to the beach front,
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  Speaker 2: as it happened in the past.
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  Speaker 1: No, that's too far. That seems like just I don't
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  Speaker 1: know if I could do that, Leanne. It was a
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  Speaker 1: fantastic event. Now, Tim Hewittt won the twelve point whatever
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  Speaker 1: it is, for the four time.
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  Speaker 2: That's correct. I mean, the man's a machine here. We
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  Speaker 2: know that he is training for the Gold Coast Marit.
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  Speaker 2: But wow, you know, forty one minutes, not quite the
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  Speaker 2: course record that we had last year, but still a
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  Speaker 2: very fast time.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it was incredibly fast, and it was pretty warm yesterday.
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  Speaker 1: I think we're all expecting, you know, we weren't sort
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  Speaker 1: of expecting it was going to be as cool as
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  Speaker 1: what we've seen in recent days and weeks. But it
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  Speaker 1: was a little bit more humid, which may have had
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  Speaker 1: an impact.
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  Speaker 2: I guess that's exactly right. I think that humidity was
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  Speaker 2: a little bit higher than anticipated. But you know what,
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  Speaker 2: you just get what you get in the dal and
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  Speaker 2: dry season, it didn't rain.
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  Speaker 1: That's exactly right. Now, still in the men's category with
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  Speaker 1: the twelve K I understand that it was a bit
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  Speaker 1: more inclusive maybe than what we've seen in previous years.
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  Speaker 1: And was there somebody who came in second too, was
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  Speaker 1: in a chair in a wheelchair?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, so that was Clive Baxter, an amazing athlete. Ye,
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  Speaker 2: his second time doing the City to Serve and he
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  Speaker 2: did cross the line second and we acknowledged him in
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  Speaker 2: a that he won the para event in addition to
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  Speaker 2: the three able bodied winners.
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  Speaker 1: I reckon, that's awesome. Do you think that we may potentially,
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  Speaker 1: you know, down the track, see more power athletes taking
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  Speaker 1: part in the City to Serve?
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, I think we will. You know it is it's
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  Speaker 2: pretty tough going up Darwin Hill, Darren High Hill, but
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  Speaker 2: you know, if Klieb can do it in a hand cycle,
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  Speaker 2: I think I think it can be achieved by everybody.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, now, thank you for correcting me, because I wasn't
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  Speaker 1: too sure what it was called. So a hand cycle,
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  Speaker 1: I'll tell you what I can't imagine. I thought it
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  Speaker 1: was hard trying to run up the Darwin High Hill,
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  Speaker 1: but that would be absolutely incredibly difficult stuff.
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  Speaker 2: Oh absolutely, I mean, you know, the men must have
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  Speaker 2: shoulders of steel to a pedal cycle up that hill.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah for sure.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, Now in the women's twelve k event, Corrine, it was,
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  Speaker 1: wasn't it who had won that event?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, absolutely, it's great that we'll have a new name
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  Speaker 2: on the trophy. You know, her first time. She's been
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  Speaker 2: doing some training down here at Arafira Stadium, so I'm
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  Speaker 2: going to say it paid off.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, good honor. What a legend. And then we saw
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  Speaker 1: in the four kilometer event a couple of juniors one
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  Speaker 1: the men's and women.
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  Speaker 2: And that's right. Can you believe that the two winners
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  Speaker 2: of the four k are both under the age of fifteen?
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  Speaker 2: I mean actually, I think all of the winners under
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  Speaker 2: the were under the age of fifteen. Phenomenal. Look at
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  Speaker 2: the talent that we're raising up here.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it is absolutely awesome. And I know I said
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  Speaker 1: it earlier. Obviously the little girl was my daughter Bronte
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  Speaker 1: and the young fella Gilbert Cox, absolutely smashing that full
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  Speaker 1: kilometer time.
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  Speaker 2: That's exactly right. Both members of the Darwin Athletics clubs
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  Speaker 2: So and Yes, Bronchi are coached by Roger so clearly
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  Speaker 2: some of the trainings pain it is.
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  Speaker 1: It's wonderful, Leanne. It was such a great event. You know,
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  Speaker 1: so many Territorians turning out to take part. You must
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  Speaker 1: be pleased that that it went off and and and
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  Speaker 1: went so well with that number of runners.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, it did go extremely well. We did have a
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  Speaker 2: couple of incidents where Saint John's were needed record. I
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  Speaker 2: will certainly be following up with that today to ensure
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  Speaker 2: that those two participants are safe and well. But you know, overall,
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  Speaker 2: you know, it went off without a glitch. In saying
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  Speaker 2: that we are having some issues with timing, we acknowledge that,
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  Speaker 2: and we are following that, following that up today and
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  Speaker 2: people who hadn't received a time are having that fix today. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Right, as a few just a little bit didn't didn't
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  Speaker 1: see their times come up or whatever.
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  Speaker 2: That's correct. And we did notice that when people were
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  Speaker 2: crossing the line, they either weren't wearing their bib on
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  Speaker 2: the front on their front, some people had it sort
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  Speaker 2: of rolled up and folded up in the pocket or
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  Speaker 2: tucked into their pants. And if that chip on the
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  Speaker 2: back of the bib is damaged in any way, it
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  Speaker 2: becomes very hard for the reader those big rubber mats
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  Speaker 2: that are on the ground to read it. So we're
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  Speaker 2: trying to rectify that. If people have not received the time,
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  Speaker 2: if they email us through or message us on Facebook,
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  Speaker 2: and if they have a Strava time, we're happy to
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  Speaker 2: input that into the system for them. All.
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  Speaker 1: Good stuff, Willie, and good on you. Well done to yourself,
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  Speaker 1: to the small team that you guys have working on
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  Speaker 1: such a massive event, and all the volunteers and sponsors.
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  Speaker 1: It was a great event. I'm getting messages coming through
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  Speaker 1: people given a bit of a shout out to their
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  Speaker 1: to their kids and others who had taken part, so
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  Speaker 1: I'll read those messages out a little later on. But
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  Speaker 1: thank you so much, Leanne for having a chat with
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  Speaker 1: us this morning.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, Katie. And as you said, I couldn't do
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  Speaker 2: this event without all of the volunteers, the people on
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  Speaker 2: the water station, the people at race pack pickup this.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I'm a one, one person show, so I
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  Speaker 2: really appreciate every single person that helped us out over
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  Speaker 2: the weekend.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, good stuff, Lenne, Thanks so much for your time.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks Katie, have a great day. Make sure your I
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  Speaker 2: spark get those muscles.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know, and I'm also struggling to not get sick.
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  Speaker 1: So let's see how it all ends up. Leanne, I
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  Speaker 1: could fall in a heap. Good luck that.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you,