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KEVIN DALY CHATS WITH CHRIS AND JODY FROM CH TENNIS · The Folkestone & Hythe Sports Podcast

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This is Kevin Sports very Daily here on one oh five point nine Radio,
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Folkston, bringing you the Folkstone and Hive Sports Show. On today's show,
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we have cricket reports on Folkston, Hawkins High, Hythe Green, silt Wood
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and Sipton Park as the weather was kind to all our cricket matches at the
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weekend. During the week I caught up with senior event manager Sarah Jane Winding
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ahead of Sunday's cancer research Race for Life. So I'll be planning out our
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interview and our special guests today are Chris and Jody from c H Tennis and
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maybe were telling us all about the world of tennis coaching in our area,
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and no day I'll find a few random local sporty snippets to chuck in.
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So let's get this show on the roads with the Commitments and Mustang Sally.
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What a great way to start a show there, the Commitments and Mustang Sally.
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Okay, now I'm joined now by Chris Hollins and Jody Wood from c
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H Tennis. Good morning, Chrish and On. Let's just put some sound
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up there we go. Let's start get Hello Chris, how are you good?
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And Jody? How are you yeah. Really well, Now, I
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can't believe it's been a year Chris since he was in. It's almost to
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the week to the day actually. But last time you came in at the
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Academy school, you were on one leg and you hopped in very bravely.
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So how was the injury? What was your remind us of the operation was?
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Or he was a knee realignment at tibial transferal transfer, so it was
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a realignment and a slight shaving of the telor for some Maarth writis Yeah,
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all right, and your recovery, I know it's been a year, but
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it went smoothly. All's going well. I'm still having a few leaps forwards
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and a couple of knocks back every now and again, but I'm getting I'm
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getting there. Yeah, yeah, good. Is he still running around the
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kitchen, Jody, I mean as much as ever? Good good. It's
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good to see that you're back and raring to go. So, so,
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first of all, let's just recap your roles at c H Tennis. Now,
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I've been on the website and it really is growing, isn't it.
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And so so Chris, what's your your main function? So I'm I'm head
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coach of a few sites now, so I look after the coaching, the
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on court day to day with the team of coaches, and I get to
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enjoy myself. Yeah, okay, and jo So I'm coaching coordinator kind of
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most of the time, and I'm also an assistant coach, so I help
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kind of idea with the booking side of things, admin school liaison, coordinate
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our team of coaches, and then when I'm lucky, I get to go
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on court and help the coaches. Yeah. So you're a bit more of
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a behind the scenes coach. Yeah, and that's it, right, keep
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the wheels burning the industry right now, your big big venue, if you
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like, is down a hive. But it looks like you've got some other
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places you go to, is that right, Chris. Yeah, we're spreading
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across across the area, but we're looking to try and create the swell of
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tennis and increase the tennis population in the area. Yeah. So how far
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do you go? So? Why is we go from Margaret's over in Dover
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and we've recently taken on some coaching responsibilities in the lid okay lid all right,
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So whereabouts is that in a school or it's the bank's site is it's
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been a real regeneration of the existing courts that they had, but they've had
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a big investment recently and what have they got down there is a couple of
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courts or just the one three hard courts and it's on the same site as
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the cricket clob Ah. Right, excellent. That's good for the people down
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lid. Yeah, excellent. Good and so me Jody, you're sort of
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behind the scenes more so. But I mean the booking now does it?
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I think I've noticed since things have gone digitals, you're still digital. It
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does help you don't have to keep phonding your people back. Do they book
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up on Yeah? All our booking is online, so the website, the
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h Tennis tells you all you need to know. But I'll always pick up
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the phone or an email and help with the booking system because it's you know,
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we know the technology, the best way plans. But I'm always still
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the So it's very it's very personal, and't I get to lure a lot
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of the families because they're regular booking, So it's really nice. Right,
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Okay, Well, what I'm going to do now is it going to play
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a little record with you did have one request that you wanted us to play.
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You couldn't find and it's a bit tough trying to find some tennis songs.
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But I found this little song that my if we put tennis racket instead
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of rhythm stick in, I think people don't understand where we're coming from.
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Well that was indrury there, and we were pretending that the rhythm stick was
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a tennis racket. That was the closest we could get. Okay, now
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joined back in the studio by Chris and Jody. So Christian has come back
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to you. We've I've got down here a few little things, but start
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once again with the basics. How old are the children that you you teach?
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What sort of age groups do we Well, some of the youngest,
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some of the youngest we've got the program are four years old. And there's
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no limit to tennis goes all the way through there. I ask you this,
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what is the most senior player you've got? I don't ask I'm not
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going to situation customer. There are definitely players that hide in their eighties,
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are they? Yeah? Yeah, that's great. Yeah, And these they
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just have interest because certainly, I've been involved with a lot of running and
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find that there are several people that come into running late in life, whereas
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I've been running normal life, and they do some fantastic times. So these
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people that come in in their eighties in tennis, have they been playing all
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their life or have they come in late? So there was a study with
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the l t A that showed that some players that dropped out the age of
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eighteen would return back at the age of forty to forty five. So and
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then they stay a little bit longer within tennis. But there is a bit
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of a gap, yeah, in that bit between eighteen to forty. And
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are they I mean they talk about tennis elbow, but are there sort of
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common injuries that tennis players pick up, you know, like dodgynes and yeah,
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my dodging needs. There's a tennis toe. I've heard of a tennis
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toe. Okay, Joey, just while we're on that subject. You do
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actually play yourself when you can. I do now. I haven't been a
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tennis player for long. It's always been Chris's thing, but over recent years
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I play for fun and play more regularly now And I get it now,
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Yet your hooks are you? Yeah? Googe? Right? So the sort
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of things that you do. We've got the age of classes, but I
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understand you do other things, Jody. You will tell us about the schools
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initiative that you get up to. Yep. So we work with several local
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schools. We're working at the moment with the Beacon with Mandela in Folks in
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primary. We're doing many schools, but one that we're really proud of is
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Mandela. So we've been coaching Mandela for quite a few years now, breakfast
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clubs for the children, curriculum coaching and after school clubs and actually because of
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their commitment to tennis, we put them forward for Kent School of the Year,
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which we went to the awards with them and they won, which was
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amazing. Then they got put forward to Regional School of the Year which they
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won. So now they're actually through to LTA National School of the Year for
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their commitment to tennis and that's obviously a MESSI y a huge achievement. And
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is there a prison evening for that one? Yep. So they'll be invited
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along to ear Grass tournament, is that right, Chris, yep, yeah,
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and there'll be a presentation there. So yeah, it's a really big
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achievement for the school and the kids are really excited about tennis and it's part
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of their school life right now. When you go into the school, do
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you have to take all your own like equipment or do the schools provide that
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We mainly take our own. It varies. Some schools have a good bulk
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of equipment there, but we generally take our own so that we know what
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we've got and what we're working with. Yeah, and if you like,
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then why is Mandela You know, is it just because of the range of
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kids now that you've got They are just so enthusiastic about tennis. It's the
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combination of the kids and the staff's commitment. So the school have basically made
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a pledge to commit. You know, funding is tight for schools, but
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they've allocated funding to us. They bring the kids to tournaments and they've just
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embraced it as a school. They're a real tennis school now, brilliant,
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excellent. It's funny because in schools it's nice to hear that you're getting into
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schools because it's one sport. I don't know that in the past, perhaps
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is there's been a little a little niche for you to get in but yeah,
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fair place you're bringing tennis to. The people are folks and they are
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do also a half term you get up to some hairy old stunt side by
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the look of it, a half term with these holiday camps, so tell
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us about those. So our holiday camps are for children at age four.
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We run them at highs. We're running them at Saint Margaret's. We try
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to run it focused and when we can. But the weather isn't always on
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our side. But our team of coaches are brilliant and they'll use when there's
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indoors space available. They'll do games and quizzes. And we had kids designing
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tennis kits, so even when the weather's bad, there's always something right.
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And do the kids really let you onto it? You know, like when
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we Wooden comes along, they really get to know the players and the heroes.
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Are they or does it go over the head a bit? It's a
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bit of a mixed bag. Sometimes it's more the parents, but the kids
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that are really passionate about it will really get into it. Great. And
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so else have we go? Oh? Yes, now is there for the
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children a competitive side? It sounds like, you know, you all have
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fun playing tennis down there. But if you get you know, someone that
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wants to prove of sales, is there a league or competition that they can
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go into. So for the leagues we enter as a club. So Hielan
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Tennis Club has got at the moment we've got an under fourteen's boys and girls
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team and an under six teams boys and girls team and in fact one of
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the teams are playing this weekend. The girls under fourteens are playing the Kent
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the National Kent League are playing Mepham. So good luck to Florence and Lily
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this weekend. Brilliant Florence Lily. What lovely two old fashioned names. They're
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lovely. Yeah, I love that. Yeah, we should have more of
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those. And so you say National Kent League, that could be anywhere in
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Kent. Yeah. So we know that people are busy and lives are busy.
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So Kent Tennis have put together a day of tennis where they get to
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play, where teams get to play against a variety of teams. So on
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this occasion we know that they're going to be playing against oak Wood, Meper
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and Twist Fizz as well all mid Kent teams. It's just the name of
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the club twist fizz, All right, where did they hang out? Then?
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It's middle of Kent. That's the only information I hold on them at
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the moment. Oh no, that sounds really really good. And again I
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suppose you outdoors. You've got hope for the weather. Yep, fingers crossed
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for the weather this weekend. But it should be okay, yeah, okay,
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brilliant. So it was we got Now. I picked up on your
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Facebook page that there was a couple of weeks or awareness days or weeks that
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you did. One was a French open and one was a mental health So
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tell us about that. What what did you have people come in from these
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from the mental health and give you a talk? No, we didn't,
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but mental health is something I'm really really passionate about. The benefits of sport
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we all know are really widely known. And this week's mental health awareness was
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Movement for your Mental Health. So it was the perfect chance for us to
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invite people to have a go. A lot of people might think tennis is
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not accessible for them, or the tennis club isn't for them, so we
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wanted to offer like a really casual, friendly open dropping session. A lot
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of our members were there. They brought delicious cakes, we had tea and
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we just had a really nice friendly knock up on the courts and it was
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just a really nice opportunity for people who wouldn't normally get together to play to
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do so. So it's really good. That's good. So every time there
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is a like a big Grand Slam tournament, we run an LTA Team Challenge.
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So this is competition, but it's really fun, friendly competition within our
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clubs. So children from all our venues, so Folks and High Hawkin's,
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that Margaret's, our schools will get invited to come along for the morning and
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they do a range of challenges like we had building Eiffel towers on your racquets
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and you know, just seened challenges. We put on some themed food,
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there's panelsholave and they just compete in teams for points and they will get a
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medal. It's fun, excellent. So what else I was going to ask
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you? Oh yeah, so, I mean I've seen the facilities down at
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the grove from a distance, But can you suppose a parent wants to bring
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his or her child down to the high tennis place there? Just describe what
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you've got down there. Tell me about all the facilities, Chris. The
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facilities are high ver incredible. We're really lucky to have a supportive committee that
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are forward thinkers that are moving on to the next project. So at the
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moment, we've got eight courts down there, and we've just had a refer
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of four of the courts that we've now got four tiger turf courts, which
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are artificial grass courts and they're quite robust in in the wet weather and the
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frosts. So we're going to be on court a lot more going forwards.
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That's brilliant. Eight courts, Yeah, fantastic, and I bet a lot
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of people out there don't know that. So parents, if your child chose
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any interesting tennis then please please get in touch. Jody, you were turning
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me off. You've got a little open day coming up, is that right?
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We do. So we have just started working with a great organization called
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Bright Tideas for Tennis and they are all about making tennis inclusive. So they
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came and delivered some disability tennis training with us. We're working through them with
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the Beacon School delivering amazing sessions. But inclusive tennis needs funding, so they
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are coming down and we are hosting at high a charity fundraising funday. So
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they will be running coaching clinics for all ages, so right from the little
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ones to adults. They bring down two ex Davis Cup players and they'll do
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an exhibition match. They'll play against highest players, but it's going to be
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opened to everyone. We'll have barbecues, we'll have raffles, we'll have stalls.
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It'll be an amazing day. That's going to be on Sunday, the
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eighth of September, right, yes, so look out for that. We'll
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do lots of advertising. But that's going to be a really good opportunity if
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you haven't played for a while, or if you've got kids that might be
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interested, that could give them a real taster. They don't have to be
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members for that, and that will help raise some money for all our inclusive
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tennis going forward, so whether that's equipment, coaching, accessibility, and that
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will be amazing going forward. So it sounds like a really good day out
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and I think a bit nearer the time, you must perhaps come in or
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send us a little report just what's coming up again, that'd be great.
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That's really put the word out there. Okay, so now I think,
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is there anything else you want to cover before we go looking at her notes,
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just I think there are anything that we're really excited about that we haven't
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spoken about. Is we're getting some walking tennis going. So we know walking
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football is quite popular now and we're working with Age UK, We're working with
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the High Dementia Forum and with Pebbles down that lid and we're going to get
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dementia tennis going across as many venues as we can walk in tennis. That's
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accessible for those who want to get into tennis but a bit worried about it
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being fast pace or maybe in recovery or yeah, I just need it out
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a bit slow a pace. Well, once again, once you get that
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underway, and then please please drop us a line and we can spread the
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word. Okay. So I think we've covered everything and it's so good to
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have you back in again. And I want people to realize out there on
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radio focused on Land that these two people have got a passion for tennis and
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they're spreading it amongst their youngsters so that the game, you know, carries
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on and continues and that youngsters it's not just football and cricket. There's loads
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of other sports out there, and I think tennis has been a bit overlooks
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in recent years at in our area, but thanks to Jody and christ here,
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it sounds like it's really on the app. So how can people get
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in touch? So first and foremost I would head to our websitech tennis dot
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co dot UK. Lots of info on there, our social media as well
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ch Tennis, or you can email coaching at high Tennis dot com and I'll
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pick that up and get in touch. Brilliant. There you go, everybody,
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So there's no excuses now and we will keep close contact with Jody and
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Chris and tell you all what's coming along. So thank you Christopher coming in.
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It's really been good. Hopefully old recovers the recovery stays well. And
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thank you Jody for being the lady behind the scenes that keeps all the wheels
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in motion. Thank you Govin. How is there? It ended a bit
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sharpish and't it nearly called me out? Okay? Anyway, massive thank you
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to christ and Jody there for coming in and the passion and for tennis is
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rubbing off on the town of Folkston. Now is that time of year when
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race for Life comes to Folkston. And during the week I caught up with
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a lady who has the job event manager for the day. It's a massive,
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awesome day. So let's have a little listen to what we chatting about.
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Well, I'm up on the Lees in Folkston and I'm joined by Sarah
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Jane Winding from Cancer Research UK. Good morning, Sarah, how are you?
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Good morning? I'm very well, thank you. How are you lovely?
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Yeah? I really well and I'm so good to see you. Now
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tell us what your role is in Cancer Research UK. So I am one
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of the Senior area event managers for the teams. We've got a large event
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team that split into divisions and I sit in the South South division as one
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of the Senior area event managers. And there's a big event coming up on
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Sunday, and that's why we're here today, isn't it exactly? Yes,
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we've got folks and Race for Life this Sunday great. So at the moment
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it's nice and quiet and calm and peaceful, But on Sunday that'll all change,
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won't it. So how many of you expecting up here on Sunday?
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Yeah, so we're hoping it's going to be a little bit busier than this.
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We're expecting over on thy about eleven hundred across the across all three events.
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So yeah, a lot busier than it is now. Yeah, right,
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so tell us about tell us about Race for Life and what's going to
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happen on the day, how many runs are there, and just tell us
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all about it. Yeah. So there's three races that take part here,
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three distances. So we have a three k, a five k and a
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ten k here at Folkston and they all go off at the same time.
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So they all set off at ten thirty. They all head down the lees
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towards the memorial turn back and our ten kres drop down zig zagers. Some
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of our return in ten kres, I'm sure we'll remember them are probably cursingly
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for drop down, zigzag, head up towards Sangate, turn around, back
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up the dread and zigzag and then to finish here along the lees. Right,
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Okay, so now it's called Race for Life, but you don't have
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to race it, do you No, No, yeah, absolutely not.
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It's it's non competitive. You can walk, you can jog, you can
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run. You know, it's a family event. You can take part with
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your loved ones and stroll it if you like, or you can do it
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more competitively. Actually, a good point to note for this year, which
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is new, is our ten k is being chip timed for the first time.
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So for those more competitive runners that do want to you know, get
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their PBS or are really keen to know what their finished finished time is.
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Yeah, we're actually chip time in there. Yeah, it's a first for
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folks, and they've tried it in a couple of other events, but it's
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been so successful and the feedback is that our ten k participants like that.
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Again, they don't have to be runners though, but yeah, so we've
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rolled it out across all of our ten k's right across the board now.
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Years ago and it does seem like years ago it used to be ladies only
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and we changed it to a family event, and I think at first a
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lot of ladies were perhaps, you know, it wasn't quite the right thing
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to do. But it's proved successful, isn't it. Yeah, it has
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and no one really likes change, do they. So yeah, you know,
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some people are a little bit put out to start with, but I
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think it's so important because it is a family event and everyone's affected. It's
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not just women that are affected so and it makes it so much more inclusive.
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And like I said, already, for families to now be able to
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take part or to take part with your brother or your dad or your husband,
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just meant so much to us to make that change, and I think
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it's I think it's worked brilliantly. You're right. And now on the day
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in the past, for the past twenty odd years, we've had a lovely
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lady doing the warm up. Now, is that a lovely lady coming this
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year? Yes, Yes, we've got Joe Thompson coming back to do our
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Well, She's done it every year that I've been here, which is ten
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years, so I think Joe's been doing it. Think he started. Joe
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and I have been here since day one. We're part of the furniture.
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We've got Cob waves all over us. But yeah, Joe is fantastic.
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She brings a great team with along with her and then she jumps down and
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runs. No, she runs it every year. She's amazing. No,
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we wouldn't have it any other way. I wouldn't want anyone else do in
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the Walmart. No. Great. Now, when it comes down to entries,
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how can people enter so they can still enter online at Race Forlife dot
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org. They can still enter this week. The later they enter, they
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just might not receive their running pack in the post, but they can collect
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their running pack from the admin marquee on the day. And people can actually
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also sign up on the day. So if you think you've left it too
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late, and you wake up on Sunday morning and think I really fancy that
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you can come down and sign up, just give yourself enough time because there
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may be a bit of a queue at the admin marquee. Leave yourself enough
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time to get down and sign up, right they're talking about signing up.
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Another great thing that people might want to do when they get here is volunteer.
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Yes, so how do you think to volunteers. Yeah, so,
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we literally couldn't run our events without our volunteers. They do all of our
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marshaling for us. They hand out the water and the medals at the end,
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They help us set up in the morning. Absolutely vital for us.
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We are a bit low on the ground. Actually we're quite low on the
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ground. We do tend to be in folks, and we struggle. The
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team that we do have come along always absolutely amazing. And I've got some
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volunteers coming back this year that joined us last year, So that's sad that
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we could absolutely do with some more to make sure the course is safe,
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to make sure the water is handed out at the water stations, really important
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roles. So if you're at a loose end or if you can't take part
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but you want to help in another way, that is a great way of
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helping out. And again people can sign up online at racefulife dot org for
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that, or you can just rock up on the day come to our volunteer
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ten Big Blue one and we'll sign you up on the day And what sort
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of time that spend would you allow for volunteers to get here? So I
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mean if anyone can do just an hour at some point during the day would
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be helpful. But our volunteers arrive about nine am, about nine nine thirty,
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and we're expecting our last participant across the line about one thirty. But
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like I say, if you could come down and just help for an hour,
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it would be helpful. Okay, Well, well it's looking like it's
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going to be a fantastic day. I mean, it is nice and calm
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here and the weather forecast does look pretty pretty steady, which is what we
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want. We've done it too hot. We've come across all sorts of weather
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conditions here in folks, and haven't we bailing hot? The rain, the
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wind. That's for a good one this year. Yeah, it's looking okay,
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it's looking okay at the moment. Okay, Now there's anything else you
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want to add to No, I think the only other thing we haven't mentioned
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is the fundraising, because it's just important to stress to people so that they
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understand the cost of the sign up for the event actually just just puts on
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the event and the structures and the infrastructures. It's the just puts on the
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event itself. It's the fundraising that people do that goes directly towards towards the
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science and the research. And yes, the only other thing is just allow
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yourself plenty of time to get here on Sunday. There's no specific parking for
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this event, so people that are local will know the lees and know the
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areas anyway, and we do close a couple of roads around the lees,
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So just allow yourself enough time to park where you need to park, or
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get your public transport in or stroll up to us. The be a lovely
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day for a walk. Yes, yes, okay, Sarah, thanks so
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much for taking the time to speak to us today. It's going to be
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a fantastic day and we're looking for a really big turnout. Yes, so
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we see you on Sunday. Yes, thanks ever so much. Thank you.
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So that was Sarah Jane Winding. They're telling us all about Race for
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Life and the one thing she did mention that we could always do with more
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volunteers. I mean, if you're not doing anything Sunday morning, just come
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along. You could be marshaling, giving out water medals, just generally helping
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out. There's jobs, they're not difficult and it all helps the making the
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day go a lot smoother. As Sarah said, we're expecting over a thousand
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pe to take part. So if you come along about nine nine thirty,
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as she said, make your way to the admin tent, make yourself known
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and we'll give you a job. Okay, see you all on Sunday.
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In the meantime, here's some scouting for girls as famous there for scouting for
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girls. Okay, time for a local cricket scores, So let's start with
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Folkston. The first eleven traveled to Bromley to play Old Wilsonians. They won
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the toss, batted first and made three hundred and fourteen for six. Chinmesuta,
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who was just too short of his century a couple of weeks ago,
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went one better and made one hundred and twelve. Then Stuart Graham made eighty
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seven not out. They then proceeded to bowl out Old Wilsonians for just one
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hundred and thirteen, winning the game by a massive two hundred and one runs.
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This result keeps Folks on the top of the table, but second place
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Harville are breathing down their necks. Both teams still have identical records. Played
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four and one four this Saturday. Folks then traveled to Beckenham to play O
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D Quacko. Now I have to look this up every cricket season, and
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I had struggled this year actually, But in two thousand and one there was
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a team called the Old Dunstonians which was OD and they merged with a commercial
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union something or other. I managed to work the CU out but aco I'm
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not quite sure about it, but it must have a cricket word in there,
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so they're just known as O D Quacko. Now moving on to Hawkins,
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Well, they had a bad day at home to Sheppy, who won
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the toss, put Hawkins into bat and then bowled them all out for fifty
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two runs. Shepby then made fifty three runs, losing just four wickets and
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won the game by six wickets. This pushed Hawkins down into fourth place.
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So let's hope for better things this weekend when they welcome Minster. Now.
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By the way, there are two minsters. The ones that visit Hawkings on
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Saturday also come from the Isle of Sheppey and the other Minster Cricket Club is
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on the isle of Thanet. Now. In another low scoring game, Hyde
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Cricket Club won the toss against Kennington and decided to field. They then bowled
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out Kennington for sixty seven. Their highest scorer was Adam Leins who made ten.
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I've then achieved the sixty eight runs required, losing just the one wicket
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of Matt Ford who made twenty six. This Saturday and Nelson Cricket Club from
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Thanet are the visitors to the Grove. Hythe Green were put into bat at
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Willsborough and made one hundred and thirty five. Highest scorer was Oliver King,
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not out for twenty nine. Then Willsboro took to the crease and scored one
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hundred and thirty six, winning the game by three wickets. This Saturday,
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the Green are at home to worth Worth is a little place near Sandwich Saw.
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We're at home to Tentendon who batted first and made one hundred and fifty
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six sew Ward then scored one hundred and fifty seven runs necessary highest scorer was
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Arthur Leaver who made seventy four, helping Saltword to a four wicket. This
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Saturday, Saltwood are at home to Kennington now Sipton Park. They made a
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good start at up Church batting first, making two hundred and thirty three for
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three. Then they bowled out up Church for one hundred and sixty six,
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winning the game by sixty seven runs. This Saturday they're away to Ashford Town,
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who play their cricket at Stations Park in Kings North, just outside Ashford.
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Now the weather looks good for cricket at the moment for the weekend,
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so let's hope. I've got six more reports to bring you next time.
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Now time a bit of music now from Miley Cyrus and a song called Prisoner
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Prison. A prisoner lot can't get you on moment, let me go Miley
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Cyrus there, Miley Cyrus there and a song called Prisoner. Now we're going
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to talk about park Run now. The very first park Run took place in
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Bushy Park, which is near so Hampton Court and the River Thames, back
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in October two thousand and four, that's nearly twenty years ago, and folks
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then celebrate their tenth anniversary in August this year. Last Saturday, there was
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no focus in park Run due to other events on the lease, so it
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gave runners a chance to become tourists, which is where with your barcode you
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can visit any one of the other two thousand, three hundred locations worldwide or
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the one thousand, two hundred and sixty three in the UK. And don't
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forget it is free. Starts at nine o'clock anywhere around the globe, depending
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what times are on your intercourse. Now excuse me. Many try to do
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the eight Z of venues and many head for Bushy Park as it's become the
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mecca or the shrine of park runs, and they regularly get a thousand people
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they're turning up every Saturday. That's a thousand. I mean, just imagine
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that the infrastructure that they have to, you know, the volunteers. They
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have to get so many volunteers every single week and so they must have a
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huge pool of people that are really really keen up. There. Local runners
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became tourists for the day and we had headed off to Bushy Park. Others
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headed off to Eastbourne, Ashford, Canterbury, Tunbridge Wells, Thetford in Norfolk,
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Southwark in London, Margate, Pegwell Bay, water Grove which is in
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Rochdale in Greater Manchester, Tooting Common in London, Worthing, Mule Valley which
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is in Dowkin, As the Dawkins in Surrey, Fort William in Scotland,
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Warmer and Deal, the Cyclopark in Sittingbourne, Sutcliffe in Elton, Moat Park
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in Maidstone, and many went just down the road to Dover Waterfront, which
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is nice as they had run canceled recently due to the town being gridlocked with
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traffic. If you remember that bank holl of the weekend. Now, if
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you want to get into running and complete a park run which is three miles
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or five k, the best thing to do is to find a training program
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or better still, find a running group that do a couch to five k
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for beginner's course where you can take it gradually and finally peak and do your
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park run. Now, the one last thing, the very first part run
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in Folkston was on the sixteenth of August twenty fourteen. Were you there?
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I was, I wasn't running. I was there, though, I mean
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did you run it? If you did, and we'd be lovely to see
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you back at the tenth birthday anniversary. Now the nearest Saturday, because the
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things going on up the lease is on August to twenty fourth, so put
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that date in your diary and that would be the celebratory tenth birthday of the
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Folkstone Park Run. And we'd love to get as many people there that actually
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did the first part run. Even if you didn't run it, then please
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please come along and support these guys. Okay, coming up now, we
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got to sugar Babes and round round, sugar Babes round. Okay, I'm
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just going to squeeze in a bit of football news before we go. Who's
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gone so quickly today? What we interviews and redoubts and stuff. So now
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as managed to try and sort things out for the forthcoming season. Andy Drury
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at Folkson in Victor has made three new signers this week. Left back Frankie
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Morgan has joined in Victor from Sheppard United and Spanish player I'm sure he's try
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and get this right. Juan Luce who had experienced as a thirteen year old
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with Barcelona and in more recent times with Worthing and Maystone where he was a
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former and National League South Player of the Year. So that's a pretty good
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pedigree, isn't it. And also Dan Smith, forward from Bogner, who
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likes to hit the back of the net. I'm sure, so they might
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be three favorites there down at Folkston. Meanwhile, down to High though it
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was sad News, has experienced Frannie Colin and goalscorer Johann Kaney Brown both signed
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for Faversham and after twelve years in Victor, experienced physio Abby Winstanley has joined
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the team. Down at Hive. Hawkinstown have announced a new assistant manager in
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Mark Richards. Mark rejoins manager Andrew Crush where they both work together molding a
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very successful deal Town reserve side for the last two years. So things looking
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good up there in hawkinch Okay. That's it for me for another week.
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I shall be on the mic dressed in Pink Race for Life on Sunday.
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So if you've got a shout out, if you've got someone that's raised loads
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and loads of money, then please please come and see me and we'll do
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the best we can to give them a hearty shout out and put a smile
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on their face. Okay, so we say goodbye now and I'll see you
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all next week as we listen to you be fourty every