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The Road to the 2026 Special Olympics National Games | Series Introduction · The BJ Show

• 0:00
  SPEAKER_01: We've got plenty to cover as we head towards the 2026 Special Olympics National Games.
• 0:06
  SPEAKER_01: In this short series, I'll be sharing my journey to the National Games which were held in Melbourne.
• 0:14
  SPEAKER_01: We'll go right back when I first found out I had been selected and I'll be sharing my experience line up to the Games.
• 0:26
  SPEAKER_01: This is the road to the 2026 Special Olympics National Games.
• 0:46
  SPEAKER_01: Hello and welcome to the very first episode of the short series, The Road to the 2020 Special Olympics National Games.
• 1:00
  SPEAKER_01: I am BJ Orban.
• 1:03
  SPEAKER_01: So one of them.
• 1:04
  SPEAKER_01: I am your host, and I'm going to be showing our first episode of our number seven short series of the Road to the 2026 Special Olympics.
• 1:15
  SPEAKER_01: Stray National Games.
• 1:17
  SPEAKER_01: And I'm going to break down how we got there.
• 1:20
  SPEAKER_01: So in this episode, I'll be showing how I was selected to be selected for South Australia, the National Games.
• 1:30
  SPEAKER_01: It all started back in about roughly about March, April.
• 1:34
  SPEAKER_01: I received some very exciting news.
• 1:36
  SPEAKER_01: I have been to Rescent South Australia at the National Games in Melbourne in October.
• 1:45
  SPEAKER_01: But this time it wasn't basketball, it was Nitpool.
• 1:49
  SPEAKER_01: I felt very excited when I found out I have been selected.
• 1:54
  SPEAKER_01: Now, how did I feel about being selected for Netball?
• 1:58
  SPEAKER_01: I'm gonna tell you I am proud, not just being proud, but different sport as well.
• 2:03
  SPEAKER_01: And that's well overall.
• 2:05
  SPEAKER_01: I am most important that I am a bit surprised.
• 2:10
  SPEAKER_01: But I'm happy to play a different sport.
• 2:13
  SPEAKER_01: I've done Aussie Wolves football, so that's like Australian Football League, in a local in Adelaide from my life of basketball now netball.
• 2:22
  SPEAKER_01: It was a fantastic opportunity to rent and sent South Australia and be part of something special.
• 2:31
  SPEAKER_01: Now why something why wasn't just about playing netball?
• 2:35
  SPEAKER_01: Well, I'll tell you right now, the 2026 National Games will also have an opportunity to celebrate the 50th year of Special Olympics in Australia.
• 2:46
  SPEAKER_01: Now that is just an achievement and many more to come from other 50 years for Special Olympics.
• 2:54
  SPEAKER_01: Now that made the experience even more special for me and and and all around Australia come together in Melbourne.
• 3:02
  SPEAKER_01: Now, how also how I feel, I share all my friends and family and all who I know who have supported me.
• 3:09
  SPEAKER_01: The the fundraising was not gonna be easy, and it was just such a great chance.
• 3:15
  SPEAKER_01: So that's a bit of a lookout of our first episode.
• 3:19
  SPEAKER_01: That is my selection.
• 3:21
  SPEAKER_01: This will be a seven-part series, so stay around.
• 3:25
  SPEAKER_01: If you do like and follow my podcast, thank you so much.
• 3:29
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• 3:38
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• 3:42
  SPEAKER_01: And believe me, it's gonna be a fun series.
• 3:46
  SPEAKER_01: As well, hardly off that we'll have our usual Australian Football League, the women's competition.
• 3:51
  SPEAKER_01: We'll have the final series coming that's coming around the corner.
• 3:54
  SPEAKER_01: We have the A-Leagues, that's a brand new series, and we'll be sharing all of that.
• 3:59
  SPEAKER_01: We will also share the National Basketball League in the strain and as well the women's, and I hopefully we can add a little bit of NBA and a little bit of international sport as well to the podcast as we are in the offseason of the AFL, the men's competition.
• 4:16
  SPEAKER_01: So that's more the trade series, and I won't go through all that because that's too much data to share my thoughts and all that.
• 4:23
  SPEAKER_01: So um, anyway, I am BJ being your host for this first episode, and stay tuned because next time we'll be sharing how how did we share about the camp and how the training started.
• 4:36
  SPEAKER_01: Well, that's to come.
• 4:38
  SPEAKER_01: We'll also have the road to Melbourne as well.
• 4:41
  SPEAKER_01: Alright, that's all folks.
• 4:42
  SPEAKER_01: We'll see you next time.
• 4:44
  SPEAKER_01: Peace.