Latest / 360 with Katie Woolf / Emma Stark took home Junior Sportsperson of the Year at the NT Sports Awards for her efforts playing and umpiring footy

Transcript

Emma Stark took home Junior Sportsperson of the Year at the NT Sports Awards for her efforts playing and umpiring footy · 360 with Katie Woolf

• 0:00
  Speaker 1: Now over the weekend, I was really fortunate to be
• 0:03
  Speaker 1: the Master of Ceremonies for the Northern Territory Sports Awards. Now,
• 0:07
  Speaker 1: I love my sport. I think everybody that listens to
• 0:09
  Speaker 1: the show knows I love my sport, but I also
• 0:12
  Speaker 1: love seeing juniors do really well in their sports. And
• 0:16
  Speaker 1: I was so impressed firstly by the list of finalists
• 0:19
  Speaker 1: for the Junior Sportsperson of the Year, but then when
• 0:22
  Speaker 1: this young woman was presented her award, I was totally
• 0:26
  Speaker 1: impressed by well how great she was when she got
• 0:30
  Speaker 1: up on stage and when she spoke about her family
• 0:33
  Speaker 1: and the support that she's received in doing incredibly well
• 0:36
  Speaker 1: with her footy. Now she isn't just an impressive young
• 0:40
  Speaker 1: football player, she is also a well an up and
• 0:44
  Speaker 1: coming umpire in the NTFL. Emma Stark joins me on
• 0:48
  Speaker 1: the line right now. Good morning to.
• 0:50
  Speaker 2: You, Emma, Good morning Katie.
• 0:52
  Speaker 1: How are you really well? It is lovely to have
• 0:55
  Speaker 1: you on the show this morning. And like I said,
• 0:57
  Speaker 1: I was so impressed when you got up on the
• 1:00
  Speaker 1: weekend and received the award for the Northern Territory Junior
• 1:03
  Speaker 1: Sportsperson of the Year. Emma, what was your reaction when
• 1:08
  Speaker 1: you won.
• 1:09
  Speaker 2: Oh my god, when my name looks when my name
• 1:12
  Speaker 2: got caught out as a finalist. First of all, I
• 1:16
  Speaker 2: was just still so stunned to be picked in the
• 1:18
  Speaker 2: top three of the anti like that just amazes me still.
• 1:22
  Speaker 2: But to have my name then called out as the winner,
• 1:25
  Speaker 2: I was just beaming. I got up on stage and
• 1:29
  Speaker 2: the first word I said was Wow. I couldn't believe
• 1:33
  Speaker 2: it. It was so awesome.
• 1:34
  Speaker 1: You were so impressive, and you were so gracious in
• 1:38
  Speaker 1: your speech, you know, in terms of thanking your coach,
• 1:41
  Speaker 1: thanking your fellow umpires, thanking your mom and your family,
• 1:46
  Speaker 1: your grandparents as well. I thought it was wonderful the
• 1:49
  Speaker 1: way that you jumped up there, and you were so
• 1:52
  Speaker 1: confident and proud of your achievements, but also humble at
• 1:55
  Speaker 1: the same time, which is an incredible attribute for a
• 1:59
  Speaker 1: sixteen year old woman.
• 2:02
  Speaker 2: Thanks so much, Katie. Yeah, I just I'm still I'm
• 2:06
  Speaker 2: so grateful with the support that I have around me,
• 2:08
  Speaker 2: from family, friends, umpires, coaches, and of course everyone else.
• 2:13
  Speaker 1: Now, Emma sixteen years old, you have played three Premier
• 2:18
  Speaker 1: League games so far. I'm sure that there is plenty
• 2:21
  Speaker 1: more to come. But you also you madeor TiO INTFL
• 2:26
  Speaker 1: Men's Premier League umpiring debut when you were just fifteen
• 2:31
  Speaker 1: so last season.
• 2:33
  Speaker 2: Yeah, so that's great. I've made my debut on the
• 2:37
  Speaker 2: sixteenth of October last year and then from there I
• 2:40
  Speaker 2: managed to actually become the youngest female field umpire, which
• 2:44
  Speaker 2: is crazy.
• 2:45
  Speaker 1: That is wild. Do you love your umpiring as much
• 2:48
  Speaker 1: as you love your footy?
• 2:50
  Speaker 2: Yeah? Look, people always ask me, They say, oh, hey, Emma,
• 2:53
  Speaker 2: come on sinte last do you like umpiring better? You
• 2:56
  Speaker 2: like playing better? And I honestly can't tell. I can't
• 2:59
  Speaker 2: tell them. They're answer, I love them equally as much.
• 3:02
  Speaker 1: And does your umpiring help your footy as well in
• 3:04
  Speaker 1: different ways?
• 3:06
  Speaker 2: Oh, one hundred percent. So, you know, being able to umpire,
• 3:10
  Speaker 2: so they kind of compliment each other basically, So being
• 3:13
  Speaker 2: able to umpire it really helps my footy in terms
• 3:17
  Speaker 2: of knowing the rules and knowing where the ball could
• 3:20
  Speaker 2: go next, and then playing footy and then being an umpire,
• 3:24
  Speaker 2: I know where to position myself and I get up
• 3:27
  Speaker 2: behind the scenes looking of the rules, which is great.
• 3:30
  Speaker 1: So the youngest, well were the only female as well,
• 3:34
  Speaker 1: Who's who's umpired at that level? When it comes to
• 3:37
  Speaker 1: the field umpiring.
• 3:40
  Speaker 2: I think I've seen a few other female field in
• 3:46
  Speaker 2: the Anti Filment's Premier League. But look, obviously female umpires
• 3:52
  Speaker 2: the percentage isn't that great at the moment, so it
• 3:54
  Speaker 2: would be really really good to see a rise in
• 3:57
  Speaker 2: that in the next couple of years.
• 3:59
  Speaker 1: Now, I also know that you were the TiO ntfl
• 4:03
  Speaker 1: Under fifteen leading goal kicker for the competition. Last season.
• 4:08
  Speaker 1: You kicked a whopping fifty four goals for Saint Mary's.
• 4:13
  Speaker 2: Yeah that's great. Look, just being able to kick that
• 4:18
  Speaker 2: many goals in eleven games, it's just outstanding. Like, I
• 4:22
  Speaker 2: have no idea how I did that. The support of
• 4:25
  Speaker 2: my team was crazy.
• 4:26
  Speaker 1: So yeah, oh you are a legend. Now. What a
• 4:28
  Speaker 1: lot of people listening this morning will not know is
• 4:32
  Speaker 1: that you're also in mister Bayment's class on a Friday
• 4:35
  Speaker 1: when we do the match challenge.
• 4:38
  Speaker 2: Yeah so, mister bamit's from Fis Pitcher at a Lockburn
• 4:42
  Speaker 2: Catholic College. Yeah. Look, he's great in terms of teaching
• 4:46
  Speaker 2: and support. But yeah, so he actually, you know, he
• 4:50
  Speaker 2: goes on and he has a chat with you. I
• 4:53
  Speaker 2: think it's like what eleven to twelve, Yeah, yeah.
• 4:56
  Speaker 1: A bit after eleven.
• 4:57
  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, so he actually does that during my class
• 5:01
  Speaker 2: every Friday, which is a wheel chuin and sometimes pretty funny.
• 5:05
  Speaker 1: Oh that is so cool. Well, we're gonna have to
• 5:07
  Speaker 1: give you all the shout out next time. We've got
• 5:09
  Speaker 1: him more now, Emma. I also had the privilege of
• 5:12
  Speaker 1: meeting your mum and your grandparents on Saturday night, and
• 5:16
  Speaker 1: I tell you what, what a wonderful group of people,
• 5:19
  Speaker 1: and how proud they are of you, and rightly so, yeah.
• 5:24
  Speaker 2: I know when we meet people on the night, like
• 5:27
  Speaker 2: they tend to, they're like, try and boast about me,
• 5:30
  Speaker 2: and then I'll just have a little bit of a
• 5:33
  Speaker 2: laugh and I'll tell them, oh, I'll tell them people
• 5:36
  Speaker 2: with just Matt, I'll just go, I'll give them a
• 5:38
  Speaker 2: nightge and say, oh, they're not proud at all, are they?
• 5:42
  Speaker 1: They were gorgeous. They were absolutely gorgeous. And I love
• 5:45
  Speaker 1: it that your grandparents listen to the show every day
• 5:48
  Speaker 1: as well, and they love mister Batement's Math's Challenge. But
• 5:52
  Speaker 1: I'll tell you what, all of that really pales in
• 5:54
  Speaker 1: comparison to the pride that they have for you, which
• 5:56
  Speaker 1: is just wonderful to see and they should be proud
• 5:59
  Speaker 1: of you. Like I said right at the start, you
• 6:01
  Speaker 1: are an incredibly impressive young woman. What you've done at
• 6:04
  Speaker 1: the age of sixteen is wonderful and I just think
• 6:08
  Speaker 1: the future is so bright for you. It's great to see.
• 6:12
  Speaker 2: Thanks so much, Katie, Thank you.
• 6:14
  Speaker 1: So much for your time this morning. Wonderful to talk
• 6:16
  Speaker 1: to you and so great to meet you on the weekend.
• 6:19
  Speaker 1: And a massive congratulations on being named the Northern Territory
• 6:23
  Speaker 1: Junior Sportsperson of the Year.
• 6:27
  Speaker 2: Thanks so much, Katie, and thanks for having me.
• 6:29
  Speaker 1: Thank you