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The PCR Sports Show - Friday 13th June 2025 - The Charity Sports Special with Alicja from NewWave Events and Georgina, Reece and Hannah from the Women’s Aid Charity Football Commitee · The PCR Sports Show

• 0:16
  Welcome to PCR Sports. Good evening, I'm Dipam, and
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  welcome to the PCR Sport Show this week.
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  It's the start of your sporting weekend and it's the start of a
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  gloriously warm and hot summer weekend as well.
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  Lots going on in our city and we'll be speaking to two of the
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  parties that are involved in some great events that are
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  taking place this weekend. We'll be speaking with Georgina
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  Parrott, Rhys Hills and Hannah Johnson who are organising the
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  Women's Aid charity football match this weekend.
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  It's the third year they've been running it and every year it's
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  got bigger and better, so we'll be speaking to them later in the
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  show. But we kick off first speaking
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  to Alicia, who's The Who is the director at the new New Wave
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  Events Company who are paramount to organising the Dragon Boat
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  Festival that's taking place in the city again tomorrow as well.
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  Alicia, good evening. Hello.
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  How are you good? Thank you.
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  Thanks for having. Me no pleasure.
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  Thanks for joining us and good to have you talking to us this
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  evening. And it's a it's a massive,
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  massive event that takes place every year in the city.
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  And it's a milestone event as well, isn't it?
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  Yes, it's a 2013 this year, so I'd be comfortable for us.
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  So lots, lots to kind of be proud of and obviously you work
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  with an organization called New Wave Events who are kind of key
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  to organising the event. So tell us a little bit about
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  New Wave and and your role at it.
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  Yeah. So I'm one of the directors of
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  New Wave events. We specialized in dragon boat
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  racing, but we also. They should.
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  You're, you're fading out a little bit, Alicia.
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  Then if you can get a better signal in the area, is that
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  right? Oh yeah, so we had one of the
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  one, one of the directors at New York events and we do lots of
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  charity and corporate dragon boat racing and lots of other
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  team building events. But yeah, organising dragon boat
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  festival happening. Excellent.
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  And you're, you're fairly local to Peterborough as an
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  organization as well, aren't you?
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  Yes, yeah, not at all. Brilliant, brilliant.
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  And obviously the event this year, so they say it's the 25th
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  event that the city has held. So it's a it's a long standing
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  event in the calendar every year and you know, this year's no
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  different and it looks to be a a massive event this year and and
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  glorious weather as well, which is which is awesome.
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  Yeah, we're going to have five boat racing so it's definitely
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  going to be bigger, but there's got to be more the water, the
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  water and we've got to be catering and charity and
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  sponsors on the day across 20 daytime.
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  Fantastic and and dragon boat racing itself give us a little
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  bit more information about how dragon boat racing works and why
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  it's so popular. Yeah.
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  So that's basically it's very good to get a lot of corporate
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  groups that for a great day out with family and colleagues and
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  you basically have the paddlers and the and the roads on the
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  back, so you go straight. So yeah, basically you have to
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  paddle with the beat as fast as you can.
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  Brilliant. So for those amount, because it
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  broke a little bit, but to kind of recap this year, there's
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  there's multiple people in long boats that race up and down the
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  lake and basically paddle as fast as you can and, and and get
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  to the end and, and win. Hopefully that's yeah, it's kind
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  of like canoeing, but a bit like the the Oxford Cambridge Boat
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  Race, but in in a fancier boat, isn't it?
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  Yeah, so we've got dragon heads and tags, so the odds look very
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  colourful on the water. Fantastic, good stuff.
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  And the event? For those that don't know, where
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  does the event take place in the city?
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  It's peaking Bowling Lake, so not very far.
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  It's quite local and we can get to them.
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  Yeah, we tend to get quite a lot of expectations on Monday, but
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  yeah, it's going to be a great hot day tomorrow, so hopefully
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  it'll be a great. Brilliant.
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  And what's the timings? When when, when can people turn
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  up and when how long does the event to go on for?
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  So the start of the day is first races at 10 AM and then the
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  presentation is at 4:00 PM So and we also have a drive back up
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  in the room 1, I believe if you want to see an airplane in the
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  sky, have a look. Fantastic.
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  And it's obviously nearly a full day event which so people can
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  kind of dip in and out I suppose, or even come for the
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  whole event, whatever takes their fans.
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  Yeah, we have quite a lot of people who have found this out
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  particularly and, you know, enjoy the racing throughout the
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  day and music and commentary and yeah, just spend the day at the
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  running day. Brilliant.
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  And in terms of other attractions at the event, stalls
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  or or other kind of features of the event, what what takes
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  place? Yeah, so we will have a fun time
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  for the children and and then you'll have, if you fancy some
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  food, we'll have a caricature who will basically draw up
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  something fancy for you and then want to add charity support as
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  well with plenty of competitions happening.
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  Brilliant, that's good. And that's all sounds fun and
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  fantastic, but overall it's for a fantastic cause, isn't it?
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  Because it's, it's a, it's a, it's for a 'cause that's local
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  to the charity and, and the heart in the heart of the city,
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  not far from the actual boating lake itself.
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  Yes, basically, right. The football Hospice is
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  literally from the Springlets Drive from the rowing Lakes.
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  So yeah, very local charity that everyone loves and supports
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  every year. So we tend to make quite a lot
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  of money every year for them. Brilliant.
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  And that's a well worthy charity and a well known sort of care
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  home in the city, isn't it? That it has helped many, many
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  people. Yes, definitely.
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  It does a lot of great work and we are proud to support it.
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  And, you know, and they've been a partner for several years now.
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  And yeah, we're very happy to be continuing to work with them to
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  help them as much as we can. Fantastic and shout out to other
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  kind of partners and sponsors that you have as well.
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  Yeah. So we've got Castle as our
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  sponsor this year. So they're the first time this
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  year. But yeah, they've been fantastic
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  in lead up to the event and I'm sure they'll do a great job on
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  the day and promoting the event and obviously supporting.
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  And then we also have ESP Magazine and you guys who also
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  supported us throughout the year.
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  So it's very beautiful. Good.
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  And we're proud to be partner this year and hopefully we can
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  support you again next year as well.
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  And it's been fun obviously working with you.
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  In terms of the participants this year, how many teams are
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  you hoping that will be partaking tomorrow?
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  Yes, it requires that 40 teams have been participating.
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  Yeah, tomorrow. So there can't be an event for
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  us. Yeah, plenty of going on, plenty
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  of stuff going on and. Brilliant.
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  That's good stuff. And and I guess one, once a team
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  ends, because teams can be entered either it could be a
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  group of friends, it could be a company that you know, there's a
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  corporate boat. So there's no kind of
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  limitations to who can enter, is there?
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  We've had some family said that was charity or we have, you
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  know, corporate groups that want to have a Sunday out.
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  Yeah, anyone is welcome to enter a team.
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  Fantastic. So watch out for next year.
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  When do you start promoting the next year's event so people can
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  watch out for it? We.
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  We sent our event even December and it's quite a popular event
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  that sells out pretty much every year.
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  So yeah, we we've got more entries available next year.
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  Hopefully we can grow it bigger and bigger.
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  Excellent. I'm sure we'll give a shout out
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  to it on this station or on this show when you when you open up
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  the applications again later this year.
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  So, but once again, just as a reminder, tomorrow's event
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  timings and locations please, Alicia.
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  Yes, so you're 3:50 PM at Peterborough Rowing Lake.
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  Come and join us. Bring plenty of water and sun
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  cream. Who have a barrel size of those
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  fancy drinks and plenty of kitchen sauce if you fancy food.
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  Yeah, enjoy. Fantastic.
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  And once again, it's for an absolutely fantastic 'cause that
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  you're doing this for and just again, give us a quick update on
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  that. So it's an aid of throwing a
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  football Hospice and the event raises in around them 35,000
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  each year or even over. So yeah was there approach that
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  and we've got supporters and sponsor Castle Lodge and you
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  guys don't need to see magazine as their media partners.
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  So fantastic. Lots of, you know, organization
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  supporting the event and. Wonderful.
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  It's great to hear that it's going to be a big event tomorrow
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  and it's going to raise a size of amount of money as always,
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  and wishing you all the best with that.
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  I'm sure it'd be a fantastic event for anyone who goes along.
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  So get along to the event, support it.
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  Just have a good day out, a Family Day out actually, and
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  lots going on for kids as well as as adults.
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  So and the weather will be fantastic.
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  So there's there's no reason not to to attend and it'd be like a
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  a small regatta really, won't it?
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  I think Alicia's broken up there.
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  So Alicia, if you can just thank you very much for joining us
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  this evening and wishing you all the best for the event tomorrow.
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  And we'll speak to you soon. Take care.
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  Thank. You very much.
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  Bye. That was Alicia from New Wave
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  Events we could just about hear. I think we got the message of
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  what she was saying. So the Dragon Boat Festival
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  taking place tomorrow at the Boating Lake in the heart of
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  Peterborough and get along there from 10:00 in the morning till
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  around 4:00 in the afternoon series of races for the people
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  who've entered in the boat entered a boat into the
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  competition and there's lots to do aside from that attempt for
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  kids activities, other stores and features.
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  You can get food drink there. So make a complete day out and
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  it's a worthwhile cause raising money for the Sue Rider Thorpool
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  Hospice, which is obviously close to to the venue and has
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  been a long standing care home in the heart of the city.
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  So that's the Dragon Boat Festival tomorrow right back
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  into the studio and we'll be speaking to Georgina Rees and
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  Hannah in a moment to running another charity event tomorrow,
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  the 3rd year running, it's the Women's Aid charity football
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  You're listening to PCR sports. Good evening and welcome back to
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  the PCR Sport Show with myself, Dipam.
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  This evening we're just speaking to Alicia just before the break,
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  who is part of the New Wave event organization running the
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  Dragon Boats Festival taking place in Peterborough tomorrow
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  during the day from 3:50 at the Boating Lake in Peterborough.
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  So get yourself along there and support that event because
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  they're, they are raising money for charity for the Sue Ryder
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  Hospice, right? Another charity event is taking
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  place tomorrow as well, which is fantastic to hear about all
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  these good causes for local the local people are doing for for
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  local charities. We're in the accompaniment of
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  Georgina Reese and Hannah who are from the Women's Women's Aid
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  charity football match organization committee.
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  Welcome guys to the show. Hello, Hello.
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  Good to have you back you you were on the show last year.
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  It was the second football match that you did last year and now
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  on to the third one. So clearly you're not giving up,
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  which is great for the charity and great for the city of
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  Peterborough. So, Georgian, tell us a bit
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  about the history of, of, of, of this event.
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  Yeah, of course. So initially it all started from
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  a silly little idea of mine, which I swiftly passed over to
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  Hannah who was fully on board. So we decided to go full force
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  ahead and we created our first. Well, we hosted our first match
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  at Neverton, which was a success to us because we've never done
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  it before. However, we knew we could
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  obviously make it even better. So last year we moved over to
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  Whittlesea and then yeah, this year we're having it at
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  Peterborough Rugby Club. So we've built on it every year.
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  We're hoping this year will be even bigger than last.
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  But yeah, all to raise money for such an important charity within
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  Peterborough. Fantastic.
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  So tell us a bit about the charity.
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  Actually it's the Women's Aid Peterborough branch or however
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  you would describe it. But it's a local charity that
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  helps local women, obviously. Yeah, it does.
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  So in Heaterboro Women's Aid, the work that they do is
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  absolutely vital. So they've actually seen an
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  increase of 25% in referrals. So they're more reliant on than
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  ever on donations and fundraising to keep to keep
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  supporting those that need them really.
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  So a really vital charity that is definitely used in our in our
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  community and, and what sort of support does it provide for
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  women? What?
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  What when you say referrals, tell us a bit more about that.
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  So it's a special response service to domestic abuse and
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  violence against women and children, and it empowers the
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  victims to be in control of their own future.
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  So that's specifically what they do, but they do so much more.
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  They have groups, they do little outreach projects, but we can
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  tell you more about that as we go on, can't we?
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  So it obviously helps win to, to, to kind of be pulled away
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  from dangerous situations, doesn't it effectively?
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  Yeah, that's right. They have like a essentially A
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  refuge where the women can go and obviously be safe if they're
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  fleeing domestic violence or, or whatever issues that could be.
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  So it's like a safe haven for them.
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  So, yeah, as you said, they've seen a 25% increase in
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  referrals, which means that they're relying on, you know,
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  fundraisers such as us for things like quilts, pillows,
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  duvets, things like that, general things that they can use
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  down at the refuge. And yeah, so the refuge is
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  obviously is to give shelter to women who are escaping at a
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  potentially bad or a bad or a potentially bad situation.
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  And therefore you need facilities, equipment, come home
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  comforts for the for the refuge to to, to help the people who go
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  there. Absolutely.
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  Yeah. Fantastic.
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  And why, why this charity, if you don't mind me asking?
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  So it's a charity that's close to all of our hearts, really.
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  Yeah. It's, it's such an important
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  charity that means a lot to a lot of people within
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  Peterborough and outside of Peter.
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  People that have come in from other, you know, counties that
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  have fled that, I feel like they are underfunded.
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  So it needs people like us to really pump the fundraising up
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  to make sure we're making as much money as possible for such
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  an important charity and just giving back a little bit,
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  really. So yeah, that's why, yeah, it's
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  brilliant, brilliant. And so people who live in other
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  cities or other counties can sometimes obviously escape that
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  situation but then gain refuge in in Peterborough and therefore
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  the Peterborough charity would obviously support them.
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  Exactly. Yeah, that's correct.
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  Yeah. So Peterborough was able to then
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  support them with anything like essentials they need, you know,
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  to housing and things like that. That's actually what our money
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  went to last year. So they helped two women flee
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  and they provided them with white goods, a safe place to
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  live, pots and pans, all the basic essential things that they
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  needed to to kind of be successful in in their next
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  move. Amazing, fantastic.
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  And just I was keeping with the charity for a moment and, and,
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  and the refuge. So have you, have you visited
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  the refuge yourself? Have you seen around it or have
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  you been described what it's like or anything like that?
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  Do you know the sort of features there or?
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  No, we actually haven't been to look around, which actually is
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  something that we probably should do and could do.
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  Seeing how your money's being spent are your agents.
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  Yeah, we do. We have, we have a good line of
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  communication with them and they let us know where the money's
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  being. Yeah, which is good.
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  Which is really nice because last year it went towards
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  Christmas, didn't it? And the children.
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  We got pictures of of that and obviously they they got gifts
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  and things with the donations that we raised, which was really
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  nice. But they do other things as
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  well, so it's not just that pit. So I obviously I got an e-mail
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  from them and they kind of said to us about how they're
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  currently supporting 49 women and children through their
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  specialist service for South Asian victims, the Dahlia
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  Project, and 19 families are receiving support through their
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  Lithuanian project. And they've also got a new, new
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  project that they've received over 300 referrals for and
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  they're working with Cambridgeshire Victim and
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  Witness Hub to support victims who have been reported domestic
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  abuse to the police, which it's, it's all really powerful stuff.
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  And it shows you how prominent, you know, domestic abuse is and
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  the effort and the impact that that they they have in their
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  lives. And as Georgina mentioned in in
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  the in the stat, she was talking about their 25% increase in
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  referrals, which obviously means it's unfortunately a growing,
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  it's a growing problem, isn't it?
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  Which is why they rely so much on fundraising stuff.
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  So that's why we do what we do just to make AI mean we make a
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  small dent, don't we? But we do we make a dent.
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  But I think that's the thing with charity and fundraising, is
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  that you know you. Sadly, none of us can solve the
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  whole problem in one go, but your contribution makes a
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  valuable difference to, to, to, to the overall cause, doesn't
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  it? And it raises awareness as well.
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  It's really important that, you know, people then are talking
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  about Peterborough Women's Aid and they're getting to meet
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  people from Peterborough Women's Aid because they come down to
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  the event. And I think that's really
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  important to show face and, and get get names to faces and
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  things like that. And then it just creates
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  conversation, and I think that's really powerful, too.
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  Yeah, absolutely. So going back to the event
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  itself, this is the third year you're running it, as I
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  mentioned and you've raised some from some high sums, haven't
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  you? And and it's gone beyond your
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  own expectations I think from from previous conversations.
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  So tell us about the, the history of, of the amounts that
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  you've been raising and what you hope for for this year.
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  Yep. So initially the first year I
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  think we raised around £800, which to us was massive from
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  never doing a charity event before to, you know, just making
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  something out of two months that we thought, we thought that was
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  amazing. However, last year we pushed it
• 20:39
  even further and we raised £2700.
• 20:44
  And then obviously we also had a whole lot of donations brought
• 20:47
  on the day, which we're also doing this year for people in
• 20:50
  the refuge to make use of. And this year we hope to push
• 20:54
  that even further. We haven't got a target.
• 20:58
  Anything better than nothing so. But the, the biggest thing I
• 21:04
  think we talked about like we obviously raising the money and
• 21:07
  stuff like that, but it's, it's about bringing people together
• 21:09
  and getting them to enjoy a day together.
• 21:11
  And, and I think so we, we hope to raise more, don't we?
• 21:15
  But, but at the same time, like we hope that everyone comes and
• 21:18
  has a really good day and learns a lot about PWA and, and what
• 21:21
  they do. And so it's, it's kind of about
• 21:24
  everything. So raising the money is really
• 21:25
  important, but at the same time it's also raising the awareness,
• 21:27
  which is just as important to us.
• 21:29
  Yeah, absolutely. So.
• 21:31
  And it could be that obviously then other people may make
• 21:33
  private donations outside of your event, which then again,
• 21:36
  the awareness then helps do things like that, doesn't it?
• 21:39
  Yeah. So which is amazing.
• 21:40
  They can also go and raise their own money if they want to as
• 21:42
  well. They're they're owed to other
• 21:44
  people doing donations. But if you don't know about a
• 21:46
  charity, you're not going to raise.
• 21:47
  Money for them, yeah. So people could, I don't know,
• 21:49
  in theory running the Great Great Eastern Run or the London
• 21:51
  Marathon or whatever and, and and and get sponsored and and
• 21:55
  raise money that way amongst other countless ways as well, as
• 21:58
  you mentioned, Hannah, so brilliant.
• 22:01
  So event taking place tomorrow. Tell us a little bit about the
• 22:04
  house, how's the organization going and what's the what's the
• 22:08
  shape of the event? I hopefully ready to go at this
• 22:11
  stage. Headless chickens.
• 22:15
  Go on. How's that?
• 22:15
  How's the journey been to this to this day so far?
• 22:18
  Who wants to take that question? Well, it has been quite a
• 22:21
  journey, Yeah. It's been a lot of work.
• 22:25
  Obviously we're all parents that here, we all work hard doing one
• 22:32
  thing or another and we've got busy lives.
• 22:35
  So yeah, it's been, it's been hard work, but we do it because
• 22:39
  we want to do it, which is the most important thing.
• 22:42
  So yeah. But we, we, we found a different
• 22:46
  venue this year. We needed something a bit bigger
• 22:50
  with more car parking because obviously we looked to expand
• 22:53
  it, didn't we? This year with with stalls and
• 22:55
  Peterborough Rugby Club, the one at Fengate, they kind of got on
• 23:00
  board with us and they have been fantastic.
• 23:03
  Really, really good, really helpful, really supportive.
• 23:06
  So that's been that's been really nice.
• 23:08
  So we're holding it there this year.
• 23:09
  So it's in Peterborough, whereas last year we were out of
• 23:11
  Peterborough slightly, weren't we?
• 23:13
  Yeah. So I think it's more accessible
• 23:15
  for people in Peterborough to to attend to.
• 23:17
  Absolutely. Yeah, it's great facility there
• 23:19
  because the Peterborough are you FCR friends of the show?
• 23:21
  They've been on a few times and we exactly what you said there.
• 23:24
  They're a great club, run really well and are right in the heart
• 23:27
  of the cities. And aren't they?
• 23:28
  So they're they're a big feature in this city.
• 23:30
  So it's great that they've teamed up with you to to allow
• 23:32
  you to use their facilities. And by all accounts, their
• 23:35
  facilities are are, are a very good standard as well.
• 23:38
  So which is which is right in centre of Peterborough as well.
• 23:41
  So, so in terms of the event organization, then how does this
• 23:45
  journey start? At what point in the year or or
• 23:48
  how long does it? Take to get an idea.
• 23:52
  I mean, this idea obviously is more than three years old now.
• 23:54
  So in some ways it's become a bit of a repeatable process,
• 23:57
  hasn't it? Yeah.
• 23:58
  So we start a few months before, don't we?
• 23:59
  Well, this year, I think it was after Christmas we started and
• 24:03
  we start speaking to players though throughout and we get
• 24:06
  messages from players to our Facebook page and then.
• 24:10
  So that's when it sort of starts and we we sort of go from there
• 24:13
  really. You take on the raffle pit and
• 24:15
  getting prizes, don't you? And I speak to players and we
• 24:18
  create group chats and then we have our own group chat with a
• 24:22
  list that's getting longer and longer and longer we get so we
• 24:25
  can take it off and stay organised.
• 24:27
  And that's kind of how it's done, isn't it?
• 24:28
  And we rely on the support of other people and local
• 24:31
  businesses and, and football players and non football
• 24:34
  players. So yeah, it's it's a bit of a
• 24:37
  process, but we're there now. Brilliant.
• 24:40
  And this year's event slightly later in the calendar from last
• 24:43
  year, is there a reason for that or is it, is it just because?
• 24:46
  We needed more time. OK, fair enough.
• 24:48
  Availability as well, isn't it for the club and everything.
• 24:51
  Else and the season went on longer, didn't it?
• 24:53
  The football season this year it seemed to go longer.
• 24:55
  So we, we obviously didn't want to do it while players were
• 24:58
  still playing matches on Sundays and do this on a Saturday
• 25:00
  because then you lose potential players.
• 25:03
  So yeah, we we pushed it a bit late for that reason.
• 25:05
  And then the club, we worked with them as well, didn't we?
• 25:07
  Yeah. Obviously, we're thinking our
• 25:09
  workload is going to increase because we are looking to expand
• 25:13
  and potentially do a kids tournament okay throughout the
• 25:16
  year as well. So we're looking to do 2 events
• 25:21
  instead of 1. So yeah, it'll just be about
• 25:23
  expanding so. Brilliant.
• 25:25
  I love it. It's the creative pieces of
• 25:27
  flooding, aren't they? Fantastic.
• 25:29
  Really good stuff, right? Let's take another short break
• 25:31
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• 25:35
  Hannah a bit more about the event, the actual structure of
• 25:37
  the match and how they define players and how the what to
• 25:41
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• 28:06
  Sports. Welcome back to the PCR Sports
• 28:14
  Show with myself, Dipam. I'm in the company of Georgina,
• 28:18
  Reese and Hannah from the Women's Aid Charity Football
• 28:21
  Match Organization committee. Just been talking about the
• 28:24
  charity itself and the, the great work they do as a women's
• 28:27
  refuge to get women out of dangerous situations and, and to
• 28:32
  protect their well-being and, and possibly their lives as
• 28:36
  well. So it's, it's a fantastic cause.
• 28:37
  And they have started doing an annual football match.
• 28:40
  So this is the third year it's running and tomorrow's the next
• 28:44
  one taking place at the Peterborough IUFC Stadium in
• 28:47
  Fengate. So on to the actual match
• 28:50
  itself. Starts at 2:00 PM Kick off.
• 28:54
  Is that kick off or the event itself?
• 28:56
  Kick off at 2:00 PM what what time kind of gates open what
• 29:00
  time can people can kind of start getting there and so.
• 29:03
  The gates open at 12:30. You will have to pay on the
• 29:07
  gate. It's cash only, £3 for adults, 1
• 29:10
  LB for under sixteens and then under twos are free.
• 29:14
  There will be someone there to guide you in the car parking so
• 29:17
  you know where you're going. There is a.
• 29:20
  The rugby club will kindly put on a BBQ so don't bring your own
• 29:23
  watermelons. As much as it's a hot day, the
• 29:27
  they've also got a bar with refreshments for everybody.
• 29:31
  The BBQ will be card only. The bar is cash and card.
• 29:34
  We've got stools going on, they'll be all set up and ready
• 29:37
  to go, but some of them will be a mix of cash and card.
• 29:40
  There's a bouncy castle which is a 5 LB wristband and you can
• 29:43
  just bounce as much as you like which is going to be lovely in
• 29:45
  32° heat. We'll have the raffle and then
• 29:51
  once the game finishes at about four, we're going to have the
• 29:55
  raffle, aren't we? And a couple of speeches that we
• 29:57
  normally have let people and the players peruse the stools and
• 30:02
  things like that. And then we'll sort of filter it
• 30:04
  off and and finish at six. Fantastic, so the BBQ is
• 30:07
  throughout the day? Was it post match or how it
• 30:09
  will? Be going throughout the day and
• 30:11
  they've obviously got a vegetarian option and stuff like
• 30:13
  that as well. So they've they've been really
• 30:14
  good, good with that in that respect.
• 30:17
  So the BBQ will be going throughout the event, the bar
• 30:19
  will be open the whole time. Amazing.
• 30:21
  There was, I think there's we've got a cake stall, we've got
• 30:23
  sweet stalls, we've got there's all sorts.
• 30:25
  So we just hope that everything lasts in heat.
• 30:28
  Fantastic. Sounds like a superb event and
• 30:30
  this is, you know, at least half the day, isn't it from from
• 30:32
  around just after lunchtime through to the evening.
• 30:35
  That's your afternoon taken care of and you'll be fed and watered
• 30:37
  and everything. So the.
• 30:38
  Kids will be exhausted. Absolutely.
• 30:40
  Bouncing on a castle, he's making a surprise appearance.
• 30:42
  Who's that? Louie, Louie, go on, explain
• 30:44
  more. Children's character.
• 30:46
  Obviously I've got a children's. I'm completely alien to this.
• 30:50
  Yeah, it's just a popular children's character, little
• 30:53
  little Australian character. So I think the children would be
• 30:55
  very happy on the day to see Bluey there.
• 30:58
  Superb. So it was an attraction for the
• 31:00
  kids as well. So on to the match itself, then
• 31:04
  you'll have obviously one team against another.
• 31:07
  How does that, how do you structure that and how does that
• 31:09
  work? How do you put it all together?
• 31:10
  What? How do you select teams,
• 31:11
  players, et cetera? So we go by, we have players
• 31:15
  message just that wants to play and then we reach out this year
• 31:18
  with it's really lovely to have players come back.
• 31:21
  We love that. But we also want to reach out
• 31:24
  and have like a really good mix of players every year and and
• 31:26
  variety and, and bringing other people in Cambridgeshire.
• 31:29
  So I went to a couple of managers from other teams this
• 31:33
  year and they gave us some players and asked their players
• 31:35
  who want to be involved. And we had so many messages,
• 31:38
  didn't we this year of people that wanted to play, not played
• 31:40
  before or played before, but they just wanted to play, didn't
• 31:43
  they? So we did actually have to to
• 31:46
  put out a cut out post, Didn't we cut out post because we just,
• 31:49
  we were still getting messages And then we sort of split up the
• 31:53
  players that we do know of, don't we?
• 31:55
  And equal them out a little bit and then we we wing the rest.
• 32:00
  That's all you can do on the day, charity.
• 32:02
  And everyone loves it and everyone has a good day and
• 32:03
  everyone gets some good minutes because.
• 32:05
  You're going to have fun as well.
• 32:06
  You can't make it too stuffy and loved last.
• 32:09
  Year, so we're hopeful that the same will happen again and it's
• 32:12
  just nice to see smiling faces and people enjoy the day.
• 32:15
  Excellent. And obviously you're you're all
• 32:16
  footballers yourselves. Will you partake yourself at
• 32:19
  some point or are you going to be doing the administration off
• 32:22
  the pitch? I think we're administration
• 32:26
  this year. Are we last?
• 32:28
  We've been above the last two years.
• 32:30
  But it's really difficult to to meet people, talk to people,
• 32:33
  enjoy the, you know, and answer people's questions.
• 32:36
  Plus play. I, I would like, I might, you
• 32:39
  know, make a cameo. You never know.
• 32:42
  But yeah, we'll, we'll be about this year to get to, to talk to
• 32:45
  people, won't we? Yeah.
• 32:48
  No, it's good, it's good. And so the players themselves,
• 32:51
  you said you reached out to to some clubs and, and obviously
• 32:53
  players have have then reached back out to you as well.
• 32:57
  What kind of clubs, what sort of level of players have you kind
• 33:00
  of attracted for for the event and what can people expect?
• 33:03
  Can you name drop or is it a surprise?
• 33:04
  A. Surprise, so we've got players
• 33:06
  from Tier 4, which is Posh level and not just Posh, we've got
• 33:11
  another player from that same level, right down to women who
• 33:14
  have never played football before.
• 33:16
  And so that's really nice, isn't it?
• 33:18
  I think your sister's obviously playing, isn't she?
• 33:20
  She plays for Posh me. And then we've got a couple of
• 33:23
  other Posh players and then we've got a player from Lincoln
• 33:27
  United, women's first team, King's Lynn.
• 33:31
  We've got players from King's Lynn, Neverton United,
• 33:36
  Whittlesey Athletic, the development side, yeah, so so
• 33:40
  lots of so. Players who are kind of often
• 33:41
  rivals and play against each other will be playing alongside
• 33:44
  each other. Yeah, Ruth comes all the way
• 33:45
  from Biggleswade. She plays for Biggleswade, but
• 33:47
  she's played for like Cambridge United and things like that.
• 33:50
  So she's come in and she travels every year to come.
• 33:52
  So that's really lovely. And she's actually one of our
• 33:54
  captains this year, isn't she? And then we've got Jenna, who's
• 33:57
  our ever captain and they're they're both players that have
• 33:59
  shown lots of support every year that they've come.
• 34:01
  And Jenna's often bought items and they're really good players,
• 34:04
  you know, to have on the pitch. So.
• 34:05
  So we made them captains this year.
• 34:07
  And it's, yeah, it's such a diverse teams this year.
• 34:10
  It's good though, isn't it? Because you want to keep that
• 34:12
  local interest obviously, but at the same time, like say, raising
• 34:15
  the awareness of the charity, you want to spread it a little
• 34:17
  bit more as well, which is, which is great.
• 34:18
  And it sounds like you're doing that.
• 34:19
  You're, you're going across out to the county, but you've
• 34:23
  maintained that local interest with, with Peter United players
• 34:25
  as well, which is, and we also have some players that are
• 34:28
  directly affected through domestic violence.
• 34:31
  So it's nice for them to get involved too and to feel like,
• 34:35
  like empowered by it almost. So, yeah, it's a really nice
• 34:39
  mix, like Hannah said, because that's the thing, isn't it?
• 34:42
  And, you know, in Donna delve in the details.
• 34:45
  But there'll be players there who have perhaps been in
• 34:48
  situations that this charity helps with, doesn't it?
• 34:51
  And I imagine there. So therefore they've got a real
• 34:53
  vested interest in it and and and a personal reason for doing
• 34:56
  it. Well, I think everyone, you
• 34:58
  know, will know someone, Yeah. You know, someone who's suffered
• 35:00
  domestic violence or been in an abusive relationship or, you
• 35:04
  know, no children that have experienced it.
• 35:06
  So I think it affects everybody in one way or another.
• 35:08
  Yeah. I agree.
• 35:09
  Brilliant, brilliant. So in terms of yeah, the match
• 35:14
  will take place kicking off like you say, at 2:00 PM, full match,
• 35:18
  45 minutes each way, 90 minute game, extra time penalties or
• 35:21
  anything like. That we won't be doing extra
• 35:23
  time penalties. Not in this heat, but it.
• 35:25
  Will be a full 90 minutes but with lots of water breaks.
• 35:28
  For the players, because. Obviously it's really hot and we
• 35:30
  have got 15 players for each team this year so it gives for
• 35:33
  lots of roll on roll offs. Yes, which is a good idea.
• 35:36
  And if it ends up five all, it ends up five all.
• 35:38
  There's no need to decide the matches.
• 35:40
  It's just a fun event, isn't it? Yeah, it's just, it's just for
• 35:43
  fun and we, we don't have a trophy.
• 35:45
  We did discuss getting a trophy, didn't we, for the winner and
• 35:47
  bragging rights, But we've decided to stay away from that.
• 35:50
  We do have medals though, don't we?
• 35:53
  Yeah, we do so for like to to acknowledge participation or is
• 35:56
  it is it winners one of the medals?
• 35:58
  Yeah, we've been kindly sponsored then by well one of
• 36:03
  our sponsors. So yeah luckily this year
• 36:06
  players will receive medals, which is a really nice match.
• 36:10
  Yeah, it's good because it, again, it's a memento for the
• 36:12
  player acknowledges their efforts to partake.
• 36:15
  They take something in a way which again, potentially raises
• 36:18
  a conversation and awareness in another way elsewhere, doesn't
• 36:21
  it? So it just starts doing that.
• 36:23
  So which is fantastic. So, OK, so tomorrow's event in
• 36:29
  terms of plans for the future, then what?
• 36:31
  What looks like you're going from strength to strength every
• 36:34
  year. So I guess you're not going to
• 36:37
  stop where you are. I guess you you clearly enjoy
• 36:41
  because you do it every year, you put on a great event and
• 36:44
  each year seems to get bigger and better and you raise more
• 36:45
  money every year as well. So what's what's the plan for a
• 36:48
  feature would you foresee in the next sort of few years?
• 36:52
  As I say, I think we'll be moving to 22 events a year, so
• 36:57
  obviously we'll be increasing from the one to the 2.
• 37:01
  So yeah, that would definitely give us something to look
• 37:04
  forward to in the future. And also, you know, if we can
• 37:09
  raise double the amount, that's that's even better, isn't it?
• 37:12
  So of. Course and also the Peterborough
• 37:15
  Rugby Club after speaking with Tina there, she's also said that
• 37:21
  well kindly said that like. From the foreseeable.
• 37:24
  From the foreseeable that it's basically our home, so all of
• 37:29
  our future events we can hopefully work really closely
• 37:32
  with Peterborough Rugby Club and potentially even do stuff like
• 37:36
  balls in the future that's been talked about.
• 37:39
  So yeah. We'll be doing another one of
• 37:41
  these next year. They won't because we got our
• 37:43
  shirts kindly sponsored this year.
• 37:45
  So last year we had shirts made, didn't we?
• 37:48
  And then the players took them. But this year we decided to go a
• 37:52
  bit different and we got sponsors.
• 37:54
  So we got Streamline, Streamline IT solutions and we're obviously
• 37:59
  Round Table and they've sponsored the shirts this year,
• 38:03
  so you'll see their logos and we've we're keeping those for
• 38:06
  two years, aren't we? Yeah.
• 38:07
  And then we also had our match balls sponsored by AD Sports
• 38:10
  Coaching. And he said that if we can get
• 38:13
  players to sign the balls, he's going to auction one off to
• 38:16
  raise us some more money. And he will kind of do that each
• 38:19
  year, which is lovely. So more and more sponsors and
• 38:21
  people are getting involved. So we can only but grow up.
• 38:23
  Yeah, I was to say just grow and and, and obviously we should
• 38:27
  mention about more than one event.
• 38:29
  So one will obviously be a game of this type.
• 38:31
  What, what what? What?
• 38:32
  Could be a second event or another event?
• 38:34
  So the second option we're looking into is a kids
• 38:37
  tournament. If Hannah will speak more on
• 38:41
  that, she knows more about the kids tournament.
• 38:44
  Why not get the kids involved? We give them for women and
• 38:47
  actually, you know, Women's Aid and and things like that empower
• 38:49
  children too. And you know, I think one of the
• 38:52
  things that. Could be better with.
• 38:53
  Football is making it more accessible for families on low
• 38:56
  incomes. That's always been a thing of
• 38:58
  mine. So actually to make it
• 38:59
  accessible for kids and for everyone who wants to get
• 39:01
  involved would be quite nice, wouldn't it?
• 39:03
  Yeah. Yeah, That's that's another
• 39:06
  another Ave. we'd like to go. Yeah.
• 39:07
  Go down. Amazing.
• 39:09
  I'm just going to throw something out there because I'm
• 39:10
  going to put you on the spot a little bit again.
• 39:12
  Now, if, like you say, you're getting inundated with players
• 39:16
  who want to play, is there a chance that you play two matches
• 39:19
  of this kind in one day? So you kick off at 1:00, finish
• 39:21
  by three, have a second match from 3:00 to 5:00 or something
• 39:24
  like that? Is that a potential?
• 39:25
  Oh, we turn it into some sort of tournament.
• 39:27
  Yeah, absolutely. 5A side. Four teams, yeah, yeah, who
• 39:31
  knows? Who knows where we'll end up,
• 39:33
  But yeah, there are lots of players and we've already got a
• 39:35
  wait list for next year, so we definitely have to keep going.
• 39:38
  With the growth, I think that's definitely something we could
• 39:41
  consider in the future as as long as we keep growing like we
• 39:45
  do, really I don't see an issue with that at all.
• 39:48
  We could definitely get the players together.
• 39:51
  We haven't had an issue this time so.
• 39:54
  And I think that's the main thing is it, it's about a people
• 39:56
  having fun on the day, playing the sport they love.
• 40:00
  But the main thing is obviously raising lots of money for the
• 40:02
  for the charity and, and long as you could do that in what,
• 40:04
  whatever shape or form. That's it.
• 40:06
  You know, you're ticking so many boxes.
• 40:08
  You, you go and get spectators. They would come in there to
• 40:10
  watch, support the event, have a BBQ, you have a drink.
• 40:13
  There'll be players who participate and we'll have their
• 40:15
  friends, family with them. They'll have fun.
• 40:16
  And that's it. People can walk away and think,
• 40:19
  yeah, I've had a really good afternoon.
• 40:20
  So yeah, I mean. Volunteers, haven't we?
• 40:21
  We've got fantastic. Volunteers we have, I mean for
• 40:24
  us as well, like we're me and Georgina are always looking for
• 40:27
  things to do. I'm sure it's Hannah, you know,
• 40:30
  she's got children. So yeah, it's, you know, there's
• 40:34
  not always loads of things to do around Peterborough.
• 40:37
  So definitely for children it's going to be one that you should
• 40:40
  definitely come to. It's going to be lovely weather.
• 40:43
  So it's, yeah, definitely one to look out for.
• 40:47
  Double bonus tomorrow, absolutely.
• 40:48
  With the weather, you can never guarantee the weather and
• 40:50
  tomorrow it's as guaranteed as it can be, which is great.
• 40:53
  So. And there will be photos because
• 40:55
  we have a photographer this year, Joe Richardson, who's
• 40:57
  kindly offered to, you know, give up his time.
• 40:59
  So we, we like having the photos, don't we?
• 41:01
  Because we can use them for next year And and people like to
• 41:03
  share them on social media, which again creates more
• 41:06
  awareness and more conversation. So fantastic, right?
• 41:09
  Let's just take a final break, then we'll be back with a wrap
• 41:12
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• 43:36
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• 43:38
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• 43:49
  So we've been speaking about charity and how sports effects,
• 43:54
  charity and good causes in the city started the the show off
• 43:57
  with the Dragon Boat Festival. Now we're speaking with Georgina
• 44:00
  Rees and Hannah about the Women's Aid charity football
• 44:03
  match taking place tomorrow at Peterborough RUFC.
• 44:07
  So an event like this obviously takes effort.
• 44:10
  You mentioned there, Georgina, you start organizing probably
• 44:12
  around the start of the year, around Christmas.
• 44:15
  It takes a lot of effort. You, you know, like you say,
• 44:17
  everyone's busy. You, you, you we have jobs, we
• 44:19
  have families, we have kids. How important is it to get
• 44:23
  support from others and, and volunteers in, in, in, in this
• 44:25
  sort of setup that you, that you have?
• 44:27
  Yeah, Well, it's crucial really for us to be able to do what we
• 44:30
  do. There's only three of us.
• 44:33
  And I think it would be almost impossible without the help of
• 44:36
  others to get this show on the road.
• 44:39
  So, yeah, give a shout out to some people who, who, who who,
• 44:43
  who are kind of key supports for you and Reese personally.
• 44:46
  Our two little kids, Layla and Romeo, they just push us.
• 44:50
  And drivers have a little inspiration for you.
• 44:53
  Yeah, absolutely. Obviously our family, our
• 44:57
  immediate family, always supporting us.
• 45:01
  My dad will be on the mic speaking about the raffle and
• 45:05
  doing various speeches, etcetera.
• 45:08
  Yeah, I'm. Sadly not managing.
• 45:11
  Stepped down for managing this. Year for a while.
• 45:13
  For a while. Around sorting out raffle prizes
• 45:18
  and also sorting the raffle tickets for various people as
• 45:23
  well. My mum will be doing her own
• 45:25
  stall which adds to the day, alongside my daughter who will
• 45:28
  have her own little stall. Yeah, and obviously the likes of
• 45:33
  the rugby club. So they've they're letting us
• 45:36
  host the event there, which is more than we could ever ask,
• 45:40
  because that's the main thing that we need streamline IT
• 45:44
  solutions and Whittlesey round table.
• 45:46
  Without them, we won't be able to have the shirts and also all
• 45:50
  the stall holders that are also, you know, turning up on a day
• 45:55
  that's going to be really hot and, you know, just adding that
• 45:58
  extra element to our event. So there's lots more people that
• 46:02
  I could mention, but I don't want to bore people.
• 46:04
  OK. Cheers, Lino.
• 46:06
  Yeah. Absolutely.
• 46:07
  We also do need to throw a shirt out to our managers this year.
• 46:10
  So Dan, Dan Nola, who's doing it again for us, didn't he?
• 46:14
  And then Lee and Parrish, we've got who's managed me before
• 46:17
  doing it this year. But it literally takes a
• 46:19
  village, doesn't it? So we've got people, we've got
• 46:21
  people from our incredible sponsors who've sponsored the
• 46:23
  shirts right down to like my little boy Archie, who wants to
• 46:25
  hand out the medals and Layla who's having a stall.
• 46:28
  So it's literally brings everyone together.
• 46:30
  And we're so grateful. You know, Ramsey bouncers as
• 46:33
  well have been with us since the beginning, haven't they?
• 46:36
  And, and we're just so grateful for the support that they give
• 46:38
  and, and they want to help us every year.
• 46:40
  Ramsey bouncers are bouncy castles.
• 46:42
  They are not a security firm, no.
• 46:44
  Bouncy castles, although we might get that big, we might get
• 46:47
  that big where we need some of them.
• 46:50
  Just wanted to clarify that because I'm not sure your event
• 46:52
  doesn't get that rowdy, no. Hopefully not.
• 46:57
  In terms of your kind of personal stories in the sport, I
• 47:01
  know Georgina, you're from a family of of with a legacy in
• 47:05
  sport and football. Tell us a little bit about your
• 47:08
  kind of journey in sport and football and and, and why you do
• 47:11
  what you do today. Yeah, so obviously my sister
• 47:15
  plays football. She has done from a very young
• 47:19
  age. She made loads of friends
• 47:21
  through through it and I always, always for all that I think
• 47:25
  that's a bit of me. So yeah, mum and dad took me
• 47:29
  down for my first session and ever since I I didn't, I didn't
• 47:33
  ever want to leave except from obviously when I had kids.
• 47:36
  I sort of, I need my weekends now to spend with them and
• 47:39
  breathe. So yeah.
• 47:41
  But my family are huge football, massive football supporters.
• 47:46
  So yeah, we live and breathe football, really.
• 47:48
  And my daughter's just started playing for Posh as well.
• 47:52
  So brilliant. So that legacy is going to
• 47:54
  continue, isn't it? Hopefully, Hopefully so, yeah.
• 47:56
  And for those that I know, your sister Meg Lawler plays for, for
• 47:59
  Peter United. Yeah.
• 48:00
  And my brother-in-law, Dan Lawler, he plays for Spalding
• 48:04
  United. So yeah, it's definitely in, in
• 48:08
  our blood. Excellent.
• 48:09
  It's going to looks like it's going to continue with with your
• 48:11
  daughter as well, which is amazing.
• 48:12
  So, Hannah, what about your story?
• 48:14
  It's not as fiery as that. I just started playing football
• 48:18
  when I was younger. There wasn't any girls teams
• 48:20
  about. So we made one and then it just
• 48:23
  went on from there really. I love football and it helps me
• 48:27
  get my, when I was a teenager, get my aggression out in a
• 48:29
  healthy way. And I made friends, which, you
• 48:32
  know, was really, really nice. And I've, I've continued to do
• 48:34
  so along the way. That's actually how we met,
• 48:36
  wasn't it? It was we We met at Neverton
• 48:39
  United when your dad was my favorite manager.
• 48:43
  Just get out there. Yes, my favorite manager.
• 48:46
  And then we've just been friends ever since.
• 48:47
  So it really does bring people together.
• 48:50
  That's what I love about it. Yeah, brilliant race.
• 48:52
  What about you? What's your what's your
• 48:54
  involvement in football or or? Or well, to be honest, yeah,
• 48:57
  I'm, I'm not really a footballer myself.
• 49:00
  I don't get involved in too much football now playing wise.
• 49:03
  No, not playing, literally just help all organise the event and
• 49:09
  work hard. Really, that's all I really do.
• 49:11
  Yeah, that's brilliant. I'm.
• 49:12
  Not as active as. These you do the social media
• 49:15
  don't sell yourself. I was about, I was just about to
• 49:17
  say what? Yeah, I'll say what's your roles
• 49:18
  within this committee then? Yeah.
• 49:20
  So I deal with the social media side of things, the organic
• 49:24
  marketing, things like that because obviously, you know, we
• 49:27
  can't really afford to be funding any sort of marketing.
• 49:31
  So it's all done organically. We don't pay for ads or anything
• 49:34
  like that. So which this month for loan,
• 49:38
  we've pulled in 70,000 views to the Facebook page.
• 49:41
  Incredible. So from, from a small, from
• 49:45
  where we were to what we are now, it's, it's, it's
• 49:47
  incredible, isn't it? So what what's just go quickly
• 49:50
  run through your social media channels?
• 49:51
  Where where, what channels have you got on social media?
• 49:53
  You mentioned Facebook there. Yeah, so obviously we're on
• 49:56
  Facebook, Peterborough Women's Aid charity football match.
• 50:00
  You'll be able to find us on there and on there is also our
• 50:05
  GoFundMe page where you can donate directly to us or you
• 50:10
  can, like I say, donate on the day.
• 50:13
  But yeah, everything really is on our Facebook page.
• 50:17
  It's where we do most of our sort of posting and everything
• 50:21
  like that, isn't it? Yeah, we would like to get an
• 50:22
  Instagram and stuff like that, wouldn't.
• 50:24
  We I think in the future we get so busy, but it yeah, it's, it's
• 50:28
  an extra thing to deal with at the moment and juggle everything
• 50:32
  that you need in terms of information about a day will be
• 50:35
  on our Facebook so and. 9 out of 10 times people have Facebook.
• 50:39
  Yeah, of course, it's probably still the most popular or widely
• 50:41
  used. Yeah, obviously in the future we
• 50:43
  will branch out. You know, we've got an X and
• 50:46
  things like that. It's definitely in in the
• 50:49
  pipeline. In your future, yes it is.
• 50:51
  In my future, yeah. Not for.
• 50:53
  The girls, but. Thoroughly shoving that
• 50:54
  responsibility back at him. Yeah, they have a lot of other
• 50:58
  responsibilities. Yeah, of course you do.
• 50:59
  Of course you do. So just before we finish and
• 51:03
  another reminder of the event tomorrow, third event, third
• 51:09
  Charity 4 match that you're running and just again give us a
• 51:12
  rundown of where it's taking place, what time, how can people
• 51:16
  come and watch and what can they expect.
• 51:19
  So they can expect a lot. Football, there'll be bouncy
• 51:23
  castles, BBQ, we've got stall holders, there's, there's loads
• 51:27
  going on. We've got a raffle, you just
• 51:31
  find me tombola. So yeah, there's all sorts.
• 51:34
  Come down and have a look, that's what I'd say.
• 51:36
  Gate's open at 12:30. It's £3 for an adult cash, 1 LB
• 51:40
  for under sixteens and anyone younger than that is 3 under 2.
• 51:44
  And it's at. Peterborough Rugby Club.
• 51:47
  Fengate. Fengate one?
• 51:48
  Yes, that's it. Fengate 1.
• 51:49
  Get it right, Peterborough, our UFC Fengate, a great venue at
• 51:53
  the heart of the city and it's going to be a super event.
• 51:58
  Thank you guys again for coming in.
• 51:59
  It's been an absolute pleasure meeting you again and talking to
• 52:02
  you and wishing you continued success with with what you're
• 52:05
  doing because it's absolutely tremendous and anyone listening
• 52:08
  who who fancies football and A and a good afternoon out.
• 52:11
  Get yourself along to Peterborough FC tomorrow
• 52:14
  starting at 12:30 for a BBQ, a football match and just some fun
• 52:18
  and some great weather. So it's your entertainment,
• 52:21
  entertainment done for Sun Saturday afternoon if you're
• 52:23
  looking for something and you'll get the kids occupied as well,
• 52:26
  which is a bonus. So thank you for listening.
• 52:29
  Thank you for joining us. We'll be back again the same
• 52:30
  time, same place where next week we'll be starting off the Peter
• 52:34
  United pre season. We'll be speaking with Caroline
• 52:36
  Brooks and Natty Clifford, 2 huge fans of Peter United and
• 52:40
  we'll be speaking pre season transfers and all the other
• 52:43
  stuff that goes with it. Fixtures I think will be
• 52:44
  announced by then as well, so do join us at 6:00 PM next week on
• 52:49
  PCRFM. Have a great 1 Leslie on next
• 52:52
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• 52:55
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• 52:58
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