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JANET FULLER TELLS US ABOUT THE KENT U10s HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIPS HOSTING AT LEAST 360 CHILDREN. · The Folkestone & Hythe Sports Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Okay, so let me set the scene now down at
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  Speaker 1: the Three Hills on a Sunday, a very lovely sunny
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  Speaker 1: Sunday afternoon, and there's one hundreds of kids playing hockey.
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  Speaker 1: So I'm joined now by Janet Fuller. Hello, Jenny, how
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  Speaker 1: are you?
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  Speaker 2: I'm good? Thank you good?
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  Speaker 1: So what's your role here today?
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  Speaker 2: I'm one of the league coaches and the organizer of
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  Speaker 2: this tournament. It's a county tournament under ten county champs.
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  Speaker 1: And I mean this is massive. So we're into the
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  Speaker 1: boys now, but you had a morning of girls.
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  Speaker 2: How did that go? Really well? So for each competition,
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  Speaker 2: the girls and the boys, we've got a total of
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  Speaker 2: eighteen teams, six in the championship and twelve in our
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  Speaker 2: plate competition and the two competitions running together.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, so what's the format of the game. How long
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  Speaker 1: is the game itself?
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  Speaker 2: The games are twelve minutes one way. The championships, they
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  Speaker 2: all play each other in their competition to decide the
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  Speaker 2: leader and the runner up, and the two teams will
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  Speaker 2: go off to regionals.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, to regionals? So he carries on afterwards? Yeah yeah,
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  Speaker 1: So when you say regionals, what does that mean to
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  Speaker 1: the listeners?
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  Speaker 2: So they'll go on to another tournament which will include
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  Speaker 2: all the regions.
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  Speaker 1: Oh what sort of Northeast South? Okay, right, I mean
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  Speaker 1: behind the scenes, you've obviously been working so hard and
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  Speaker 1: they're just what's involved. I mean you have to contact
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  Speaker 1: all the teams or they contact you.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, I contact all the teams and they and we
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  Speaker 2: get their entries in and it goes from there depending
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  Speaker 2: on the number of teams. This year in total, we've
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  Speaker 2: got thirty six.
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  Speaker 1: That's brilliant. I mean, are you actually turning teams away
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  Speaker 1: or do you struggle to find teams?
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  Speaker 2: We did have to turn two teams away. Some clubs
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  Speaker 2: like to enter more teams but we just can't fit them.
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  Speaker 1: In on No. And it's a testament to the fact
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  Speaker 1: that you've got the facilities here. I mean there can't
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  Speaker 1: be many other clubs in Kent that have organized this.
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  Speaker 1: I know this isn't your first time, but how many
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  Speaker 1: times have you been doing the under tennis?
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  Speaker 2: Probably ten times, so I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: Really, Yeah, since they were just born then yeah, okay
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  Speaker 1: now and now, I mean it's it's a great coup
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  Speaker 1: for the club and and we do the club volunteers
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  Speaker 1: and get stuck in and help you out.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, yes, I have to thank all of the volunteers,
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  Speaker 2: old and you. We've got juniors that are here helping
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  Speaker 2: out all the time, all day. Yeah. It takes a
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  Speaker 2: lot of organization and a lot of volunteers, but it's
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  Speaker 2: running quite sweet.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. So on me. So you've got thirty six teams? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: so how many players in the team up to ten?
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  Speaker 2: I'd have up to three hundred and.
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  Speaker 1: Sixty two three, that's what I was getting at three
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  Speaker 1: hundred and sixty children. Oh my word, that is something
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  Speaker 1: to look after. Anyway, Jayia, you've done a fantastic job,
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  Speaker 1: and you know, you know, long may it go on.
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  Speaker 1: But I just got to ask you on a personal note,
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  Speaker 1: how did you get on yesterday with the ladies sixteen?
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  Speaker 1: And I'll go on tell I know the score. We'll
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  Speaker 1: tell the listeners what the score was. We won sixteen
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  Speaker 1: l sixteen and I know you was on the score seet.
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  Speaker 1: How many goals did you get?
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  Speaker 2: Three?
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  Speaker 1: Well, well done, so you're still banging in the goals, Janet,
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  Speaker 1: thanks so much for taking the time. I know you've
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  Speaker 1: got to shoot off to your next game, and I'm
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  Speaker 1: sure that everybody at the club and throughout Ken in
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  Speaker 1: the hockey circles appreciate what you do.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you very much, thank you, thank