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LISTEN BACK TO HOW POWERLIFTER JARED JOHNSON TURNED HIS LIFE AROUND PLUS LOCAL FOOTBALL,HOCKEY,RUGBY,DEAL 5 AND PARKRUN VENUES · The Folkestone & Hythe Sports Podcast

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Speaker 1: This is Kevin Sports very daily, bringing you the midweek
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Speaker 1: sports show on Radio Focus on one oh five point nine.
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Speaker 1: On today's show, we have new reports on football, rugby, hockey,
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Speaker 1: the deal five Miler Park run venues, and we've also
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Speaker 1: got a special feature on a young man, Jared Johnson,
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Speaker 1: who has turned his life around through powerlifting. So let's
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Speaker 1: crack on the show with a built as usual. Do
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Speaker 1: love to start the show with a really powerful song
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Speaker 1: to get you in the mood, So once again, get
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Speaker 1: those ear guitars out, tune them up and play along
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Speaker 1: to this one zz top and sharp dress man, Sharp
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Speaker 1: dress man there nineteen eighty three, remember that one. All
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Speaker 1: I can visualize now is three dudes with long beards
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Speaker 1: down to their waists just driving off in a big
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Speaker 1: red te forward dregstar and it's always a lovely girl
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Speaker 1: in the back or filling up with pair trot or
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Speaker 1: something like that. Anyway, welcome to the show. This is
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Speaker 1: Kevin Sports for a daily hill on radio folks and
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Speaker 1: bring you sports show and we've got loads of stuff
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Speaker 1: to do, so let's get cracking, shall we. Let's start
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Speaker 1: with football. Now, you have to excuse me a bit
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Speaker 1: if I do a bit of coffin. I'll try and
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Speaker 1: sort of fade it out, and God, I think it's
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Speaker 1: that Adrian, you know. I'm sure he's given me a cough,
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Speaker 1: so you will excuse me for I do a report
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Speaker 1: and it sounds a bit crog So ere we go,
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Speaker 1: Folks to the new Victor. Well, they bounce back from
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Speaker 1: the hashtag United defeat by beating Biller Ricky to one
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Speaker 1: at home in front of one tho two hundred and
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Speaker 1: ninety five fans. And I'll tell you what, it was
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Speaker 1: a really wet day. I was in the PA box
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Speaker 1: that day. I was lucky. Dean Rance opened the scoring
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Speaker 1: for In Victor in the nineteenth minute and that's how
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Speaker 1: it stayed until halftime. Biller Ricky scored in the fifty
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Speaker 1: ninth minute, but Folks can hit back almost straight away
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Speaker 1: with a fine glancing header man of them hatch Jake Hutchinson,
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Speaker 1: so the game finishing two one win for Folkston. Tuesday evening,
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Speaker 1: it was a way trip to well In United and
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Speaker 1: it seems In Victor had a comfortable three nil victory
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Speaker 1: goals coming from Dean Rance, Mikey Berry and Joe Piggott.
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Speaker 1: And it's nice to see that the goals are coming
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Speaker 1: from players all around the pitch. Actually, I mean perhaps
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Speaker 1: in the past you've had one striker that's got an
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Speaker 1: eye for goal when he's banging in the goals, but
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Speaker 1: if he's not fit, you know. But no, the goals
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Speaker 1: are coming in from all round the pitch, Sady. It's
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Speaker 1: another league away fixture, this time they travel to potters
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Speaker 1: Bar Sammy Moore as their new manager. Hi have Town
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Speaker 1: remain in the relegation zone after losing an away fixture
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Speaker 1: to Holmesdale by four goals to two. Now this isn't
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Speaker 1: This isn't the best preparation for a tough fa Var's
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Speaker 1: second round tie on Saturday at Reachfield against Burnham FC,
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Speaker 1: who are having a really good season so far. They
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Speaker 1: are currently fourth in the Combined County's Premier League North
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Speaker 1: with thirty points, but they have three games in hand
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Speaker 1: over the current leaders, who have just thirty four points.
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Speaker 1: In the NRG Kent County League. Hawkinstown had a close
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Speaker 1: five to four away victory against Kent United and this
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Speaker 1: Saturday have another way fixture, this time against and it
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Speaker 1: must be under flood lights as it's a five point
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Speaker 1: thirty kickoff. They are playing Alsford United who are fourth
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Speaker 1: and Hawkins a third, so there won't be much to
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Speaker 1: choose between that game or there. Hawkins reserves beat A
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Speaker 1: Bromley Green two one in the Ashvid District Division one
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Speaker 1: and this Saturday is a way against Staplehurst Monarchs who
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Speaker 1: are always there under twenty one side. Actually that's also
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Speaker 1: a league fixture. New Romney first team are they're slowly
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Speaker 1: creeping back up the lead. They had a really bad
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Speaker 1: start and they're in two fourteenth position now. Last Saturday
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Speaker 1: they beat sixth place at kings Hill three to one.
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Speaker 1: This Saturday is a home game with a two pm
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Speaker 1: kickoff against A Bexley who are sixteenth. And last week
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Speaker 1: the Romney reserves well I couldn't find a fixture for them,
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Speaker 1: but this week they are at home to Faversham Athletic.
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Speaker 1: New Romney is interested in this. Actually they've got more
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Speaker 1: than one pitch, but now they've got the new a
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Speaker 1: Maud pavilion that's got four changing rooms, so they are
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Speaker 1: able to stay two games at home. On the same day,
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Speaker 1: the folks in the Victor Ladies team had a fine
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Speaker 1: six Niil home victory on Sunday against Faversham Athletic. Their
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Speaker 1: next game is in the Cup of this Sunday away
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Speaker 1: at King's Hill, which that's going to be a tough
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Speaker 1: one as King's Hill are second in the Premier Division
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Speaker 1: and Folks on our fourth in Division one East. So
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Speaker 1: can they cause an upset? Well, let's hope so. Garran
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Speaker 1: Wilson's Folks in the Victor Disability team headed over to
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Speaker 1: Faversham for the Kent Disability Football League tournament. Two teams
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Speaker 1: in attendance, one in Championship Division one and the other
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Speaker 1: in Championship Division Two. The first team played four games
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Speaker 1: at beating Kingshill one nil. They beat Charlton two nil.
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Speaker 1: They drew nil Neil with Ancourion's but they suffered their
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Speaker 1: firsty feet of the season in this competition where they
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Speaker 1: lost one nil to Tyler Hill. Manager Garrant was pleased
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Speaker 1: with his team, pleased to get points on the board,
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Speaker 1: but disappointed that the lads failed to take their charm
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Speaker 1: Man of all those matches goes to Kyle Chapman. The
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Speaker 1: second team lost to Dover Rangers one nil, Kent Lions
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Speaker 1: Blues one nil, they beat Chelton Blue one nil, and
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Speaker 1: they drew Neil nil against Swanscombe and Kent Lions Red.
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Speaker 1: Now I'll tell you what I've noticed. These games are
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Speaker 1: very very close and they're a low scoring meaning they
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Speaker 1: must be extremely competitive. Man of the Matches for the
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Speaker 1: Championship Division two team goes through Jack Connor Johnson and
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Speaker 1: this Sunday is back to the eleven side game where
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Speaker 1: the lads travel to Littlebourne near Canterbury to face Tyler
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Speaker 1: Hill and if they win this one, they go top
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Speaker 1: of the league. So good lunk to a garrant and
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Speaker 1: the guys there. Okay, so it's time for another belter really,
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Speaker 1: and it's nice to every now and then. It's nice
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Speaker 1: to have a female strong vocalist, you know. And I
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Speaker 1: think you're going to enjoy this one. This is Bonnie
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Speaker 1: Tyler and holding out for a hero. It's the glue.
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Speaker 1: Oh let me go, slowing things down again. It's from
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Speaker 1: a Rose. Do you know what film that was from?
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Speaker 1: Do you know what? I had to google it. I'm
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Speaker 1: totally wrong, but apparently it was from Batman Forever doesn't
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Speaker 1: seem to go, does it, you know? But there must
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Speaker 1: have been a soft moment in that film when let's
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Speaker 1: see all sung that song? Okay once again? Excuse me
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Speaker 1: if I'm a bit croaky. I'll do my best. So
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Speaker 1: here we go. Now sit back and listen to the
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Speaker 1: following story. It's the kind of story, do you know what?
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Speaker 1: I love telling where somebody has turned their life around
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Speaker 1: thanks to sport. In this case, it's God and sport. Now,
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Speaker 1: years ago, there was a family living next door to me.
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Speaker 1: There was a mum, Liz, daughter Olivia, and son Jared. Jared.
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Speaker 1: Growing up, he was always seemed to be in trouble,
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Speaker 1: you know, but most boys at a young age always
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Speaker 1: do seem to be in trouble, didn't they? But his
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Speaker 1: mum told me he was a right handful. Well, they moved,
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Speaker 1: but I was friends with Liz on Facebook, so as
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Speaker 1: you do, you keep in touch. But recently I've been
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Speaker 1: in touch with Jared, who's nineteen now, I think he
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Speaker 1: was only about eight annoying when he lived next door
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Speaker 1: and he told me, now, listen to this. This is
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Speaker 1: really important that he told me this. He was eventually
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Speaker 1: diagnosed with autism ADHD. Now, everybody uses that term ADHD
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Speaker 1: and it kind of rolls off the tongue, didn't they,
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Speaker 1: But does anybody really know what it stands for? What
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Speaker 1: it means, well, I was in that category and I
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Speaker 1: looked it up. What it means is a tension deficit
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Speaker 1: hyperactive disorder. And on top of that, he had a
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Speaker 1: mild touch of tourettess. Nothing too serious, but you can
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Speaker 1: just tell from that little lord no under his mum
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Speaker 1: mallow handsfull Now. Jared, or Jazz as he's known a
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Speaker 1: loved sport at school and a friend suggested he join
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Speaker 1: a jim and that's where the changes in him started.
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Speaker 1: He found something to focus on. As a teenager, he
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Speaker 1: was on medication, but as time went by found the
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Speaker 1: love of gym work, especially powerlifting, helped him to concentrate
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Speaker 1: more and more and eventually the medication wasn't necessary. At
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Speaker 1: the age of fifteen, Jared realized that he had a
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Speaker 1: great strength to weight ratio and was proud of the
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Speaker 1: fact that as a fifteen year old, he managed a
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Speaker 1: one hundred kilogram benchlift. Now one hundred kilogram to me,
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Speaker 1: I can't imagine that amount of weight, but if you
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Speaker 1: said sixteen stone, then I can put that into context. So,
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Speaker 1: at that young age, he entered his first competition and
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Speaker 1: came third. Not bad start, was it, considering he lifted
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Speaker 1: a two hundred and ten kilogram deadlift and do you
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Speaker 1: know how much that is? Thirty three stones. At seventeen
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Speaker 1: he entered two more competitions, finishing third both times. Than
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Speaker 1: at nineteen, he came first in the Pure Jim Push
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Speaker 1: Paul pageant. Only last month Jared entered the Southeast Qualified
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Speaker 1: Powerlifting competition, where he came first. Now what a journey
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Speaker 1: that's been, eh. Jared told me that his current goals
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Speaker 1: are to qualify for the British Nationals next year and
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Speaker 1: eventually work his way towards international competitions, and he would
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Speaker 1: love one day to represent the UK. In the meantime,
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Speaker 1: he shares his love for powerlifting with his job as
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Speaker 1: a chef in one of the restaurants at Portland Zoo. Now,
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Speaker 1: Jared wants to thank his mumbles and grandparents for supporting
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Speaker 1: him every step of the way, as their encouragement meant everything.
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Speaker 1: He also stated that his faith had a big part
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Speaker 1: in his life. So there you have it. Jared has
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Speaker 1: gone from a misunderstood, naughty little boy driving his mum
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Speaker 1: up the wall to a mature young man whose mind
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Speaker 1: sometimes still goes at one hundred mile an hours. So
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Speaker 1: his mum tells me. But through it all, through his
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Speaker 1: faith and the sport, he's turned his life around. Jared
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Speaker 1: was just more than a naughty little boy with his
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Speaker 1: health issues. But I think friends and family and Jared
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Speaker 1: himself now understand that those issues. They understand those issues
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Speaker 1: and they support him. Now I'll be keeping an eye
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Speaker 1: on this up and coming local powerlifter and who knows
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Speaker 1: will his dream come true of representing the UK? Well,
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Speaker 1: let's hope. So so I want to thank mum Liz
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Speaker 1: for you know, sending me some information there. It is
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Speaker 1: a bit personal, isn't it, you know, but she sent
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Speaker 1: it to me. And a big thanks to Jared for
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Speaker 1: owning up. And he actually told me that he had
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Speaker 1: the autism and the ADHD, so he's come to light
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Speaker 1: faces fears, if you like. And he also told me
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Speaker 1: that people didn't understand him when he was growing up,
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Speaker 1: and I don't think he could understand himself why, if
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Speaker 1: you like, he was such a naughty boy. But how
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Speaker 1: things can change, isn't it? And this is the sort
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Speaker 1: of story that I love. Now we're going to keep
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Speaker 1: an eye on Jared and we do hope that he
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Speaker 1: does progress for his love of powerlifting and uh, there's
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Speaker 1: a final end to this great story and his dream
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Speaker 1: comes true, representing the UK. Well, I've got a story here. Sorry,
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Speaker 1: I've got a song here for Garev. Now I put
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Speaker 1: lift in the in the playlist didn't come much, come
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Speaker 1: up with much, but I've put lifted in And this
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Speaker 1: is a lovely song and I love this, so Jared
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Speaker 1: and all the family, this is for you. This is
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Speaker 1: lifted from the Lighthouse Family. I really love to be
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Speaker 1: alone with out, but he goes, that's the Lighthouse Family.
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Speaker 1: That's a great track, you know, and that sums up
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Speaker 1: the family there. So well done to Jared, Liz, Olivia
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Speaker 1: and the grandparents. And there's one little bit in there.
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Speaker 1: I loved that said lifted from the shadow. He's come
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Speaker 1: out from the shadow into the spotlight. So we're going
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Speaker 1: to be chilled out again. Now we're going to play
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Speaker 1: this one from ninety eight, and we're really relaxing this hour, right,
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Speaker 1: we're building out songs, but you can probably hear it
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Speaker 1: in the background. This is the Cause, The Cause from
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Speaker 1: nineteen ninety eight. No dar much about them, actually, but
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Speaker 1: they made a massive impact when they hit the scene.
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Speaker 1: It's like one family and they three sisters and one brother.
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Speaker 1: Cracking looking Irish lasses hockey news now, so what I'm
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Speaker 1: gonna do. I'll start with the summary of it if
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Speaker 1: you like. Because they fielded fourteen teams played fourteen, they
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Speaker 1: won five, they lost five, they drew four, and the
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Speaker 1: goals scored were thirty seven and the goals against were
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Speaker 1: twenty seven. So that's the folks and optimists all the
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Speaker 1: fourteen teams. So we go through each team now and
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Speaker 1: we will start with the men's now. Unfortunately they lost
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Speaker 1: two to one two Canterbury Matt Mannering's getting the goal.
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Speaker 1: The second team drew a three all with Hulcombe Alex
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Speaker 1: Wizzart he got two, Nick Hopkins got one, and the
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Speaker 1: third team they beat burnt Ash one nil, Ben Allen
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Speaker 1: getting the solitary goal. The men's fourteen they drew one
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Speaker 1: all with Tunbridge Wells Charlie Pepper getting the goal. The
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Speaker 1: men's fifteen they drew three all with the gillinghaman Courian's
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Speaker 1: Ross dreiber Are getting two and Joseph Allen getting one.
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Speaker 1: The men's sixteen they lost four to one two Gravesom
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Speaker 1: and Welcome Steve Rowe getting the goal and the men's
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Speaker 1: seventh team. I love this score. Listen to this. They
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Speaker 1: beat the Blackheath Highwayman and it wasn't daylight robbery. It
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Speaker 1: was nothing to it because they beat him nine to four. Okay,
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Speaker 1: we've got Matt Goodwin he got three goals, Matt Carter
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Speaker 1: got two, Riley Gordon got two and John ger Man
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Speaker 1: got one and Adam nord Done got one. And the
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Speaker 1: men's eighth team they drew three all with Herne bay
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Speaker 1: Warwick White getting the goal, Leo Davey and Herbie Simpson
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Speaker 1: getting the other two. The Ladies first team, while they
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Speaker 1: had a good result. They'd beat Ashford three Neil Claire
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Speaker 1: Carter getting two and Meg Scott getting one. The Ladies
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Speaker 1: seconds unfortunately he lost two to one to Old Williamsnians
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Speaker 1: as Emily Hamlin getting the solitary goal. The Ladies thirteen
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Speaker 1: they beat Ashford the two to one, Richie and Empuling
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Speaker 1: getting the goal. The Ladies fourteen they lost to one
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Speaker 1: two Gillingermancourian's tes Huegen getting the solitary goal. The Ladies
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Speaker 1: fifteen they lost to nil to Ashford, but the Aladies
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Speaker 1: another high score. The Ladies sixteen they won eight nil
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Speaker 1: against kay Sports. Okay, here we go, Roll of honor.
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Speaker 1: Poppy Rockall got two. Janet Fuller, former guest of the show,
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Speaker 1: she got to. Rona Frai got one, Joe Craig got one,
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Speaker 1: Immy Richie got one, and Pixie got one. I couldn't
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Speaker 1: pronounce it a surname, but that's a lovely first name,
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Speaker 1: isn't it, Pixie? So that was eight nil against Kaye Sports.
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Speaker 1: So there's a full set of fixtures today. Sorry on Saturday.
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Speaker 1: What am I talking about on Saturday? So check out
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Speaker 1: the Folks and Optimist Hockey Club Facebook page. Add a
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Speaker 1: massive thank you once again to the media guru at
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Speaker 1: the club that is Amy Bumpstead, former guest of the show.
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Speaker 1: Been in here several times and I've don't know where
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Speaker 1: the club would be without I really don't. Okay, we've
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Speaker 1: had a couple of quiet songs. Now we're really going
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Speaker 1: to ramp it up a bit. This one was a great,
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Speaker 1: great hit when it came out. It's got a bit
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Speaker 1: of a slow intro, but you'll soon pick it up.
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Speaker 1: Get those guitars out again. Dust off that air guitar.
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Speaker 1: One of the best riffs to start a song. If
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Speaker 1: you go into a guitar shop and someone picks the
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Speaker 1: guitar up. This is certainly one intro. They all want
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Speaker 1: to play dires traits. That's when all the music channels
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Speaker 1: started coming out, wasn't it You remember that MTV? There's
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Speaker 1: loads of a man there, But that was the pioneering
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Speaker 1: song with the what do you call the animation version?
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Speaker 1: It was a groundbreak right Switching back to sport now.
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Speaker 1: Last Sunday, I was on the mic at the Deal
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Speaker 1: five miler, which included a fifteen hundred meters junior race. Well,
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Speaker 1: it was absolutely bucketing down as the team set up
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Speaker 1: the gantry the finish finals time in mats and me
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Speaker 1: with my PA system. It died down a bit for
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Speaker 1: the thirty juniors who took part, but it didn't dampen
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Speaker 1: their spirits at all. Leo Sargood was first junior boy
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Speaker 1: home for the White Cliffs Athletics and Running Club and
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Speaker 1: the first girl home was a Macy Godden for the
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Speaker 1: home club Deal Trya. Taking part from Folkston in the
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Speaker 1: junior race were Hugo slingsby my local Thorpe and his
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Speaker 1: sister Emily. That was great to see because despite the
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Speaker 1: drizzled appearans and the spectators cheering the children in, and
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Speaker 1: nearly all the kids loved it. There's always one, though,
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Speaker 1: isn't there you know, Oh, don't like running mommy, or
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Speaker 1: don't want to be here, But I don't think we
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Speaker 1: have one. This time it was really really good fun. Now.
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Speaker 1: The Senior race was due to start at ten thirty,
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Speaker 1: and at ten twenty five it was as if by
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Speaker 1: magic the rain stopped and the sun come out. Two
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Speaker 1: hundred and fifty nine runners crossed the finish line, and
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Speaker 1: I suspect many checked out the forecast and didn't bother
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Speaker 1: turning up because to be fair, it did show eighty
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Speaker 1: percent rain, and not everybody loves running in the rain.
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Speaker 1: But it was five minutes before I can believe it.
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Speaker 1: It's like someone that turned the switch. At twenty five
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Speaker 1: passed and the rain stopped. Home club runner Toby Smith
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Speaker 1: was in fine form, finishing three minutes ahead of Folkston's
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Speaker 1: Guy Slingsby. But you must remember a guy is only
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Speaker 1: fifteen and he'd run a tough senior park run the
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Speaker 1: day before. It was a double whammy for Toby as
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Speaker 1: besides coming first, he broke the club twenty year old
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Speaker 1: record and listened to this how close can you get?
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Speaker 1: He beat the club record by just one whole second.
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Speaker 1: Well don't Toby now. The home club had forty two
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Speaker 1: of their members entered and the Folkston Club had around
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Speaker 1: forty at least, which just goes to show the popularity
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Speaker 1: of this race as there aren't many five five miles
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Speaker 1: around and there were twenty four runners from the Coastal
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Speaker 1: s drivers at Ramsgate. They took part. Now I mentioned
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Speaker 1: them because their clubs got their race. It's got a
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Speaker 1: ten k and a ten miler that takes place on Sunday,
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Speaker 1: November sixteenth, one that I am really happy to have
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Speaker 1: been invited to. So check out a nice work Coastbuster
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Speaker 1: ten k and Tight ten k and ten miler facebook
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Speaker 1: page for all the information and there's also a kilometer
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Speaker 1: junior run, So excuse me. A big mention must go
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Speaker 1: to the Folks and Running and his club. They had
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Speaker 1: a clean sweep. They won the a men's team and
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Speaker 1: the ladies team and a lot of individual prizes. So
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Speaker 1: well done. I think Luisa, he got one form of
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Speaker 1: guest of the show, so we'll done, Luisa. But congratulations
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Speaker 1: must go to the race director Margaret Reedy and her
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Speaker 1: team of volunteers who will help this race so enjoyable.
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Speaker 1: And a special mention goes to a gentleman called Simon Reid. Now,
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Speaker 1: Simon is just like a jack of all trades. He's
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Speaker 1: got this van, his builders van. He turns it into
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Speaker 1: a deal Try run van, he calls it. And before
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Speaker 1: the start of the race, but you think, where's Simon,
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Speaker 1: where are you been? Simon, I've been up the course
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Speaker 1: delivering the water and just checking out a few things.
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Speaker 1: And then he puts the gantry up and he does
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Speaker 1: the race briefing and then he takes the gantry down.
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Speaker 1: He does just about everything, helps out with the finished funnels.
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Speaker 1: So a big, big thank you to Simon Reid for
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Speaker 1: the dedication he's shown over the years to Deal Try club. Right,
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Speaker 1: let's have a bit of me, Is it that? All?
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Speaker 1: My word? Is that the time? Yeah, we better crack
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Speaker 1: this one in. This is losing my religion by IRMRM
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Speaker 1: ninety one. That's me in the corner right now. This Saturday,
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Speaker 1: I'll be in bex Hill for the twenty twenty five
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Speaker 1: Remembrance Run, which is a distance to suit all. There
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Speaker 1: is a youth mile at nine point thirty, a ten
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Speaker 1: k at ten o'clock, a half marathon at ten past ten,
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Speaker 1: and a five k at ten point fifteen. So it's
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Speaker 1: going to be a busy morning and I should be
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Speaker 1: linking up with my old buddy a Liam Burke, who's
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Speaker 1: the race director. Now. The event will take place along
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Speaker 1: the seafront promenade of Becks Hills, so let's hope for
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Speaker 1: fine weather. You never know when there's a seafront run there,
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Speaker 1: you just do not know. First of all, we have
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Speaker 1: to check the course in case it's a been a
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Speaker 1: high tide and the stones are all over the promenade.
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Speaker 1: But you're very interested in this one, which does make
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Speaker 1: a donation to the Royal British Legion. I believe it
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Speaker 1: was formerly known as the Poppy Run. I compared it
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Speaker 1: many years ago pre COVID and it didn't really come
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Speaker 1: back after COVID, but it did come back last year.
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Speaker 1: But they want to ramp it up a little bit
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Speaker 1: this year, so it's going to be a really big
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Speaker 1: busy day. But yeah, it's good they do make this
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Speaker 1: donation to the Royal British Legion, which as we all know,
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Speaker 1: is just one day on Saturday, before Remembrance Sunday. So
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Speaker 1: if you want to learn more about this race, please
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Speaker 1: enter Sports System Events into the search box for all
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Speaker 1: the irrelevant information. Right, I've got a bit of rugby
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Speaker 1: news that I want to squeeze in. The only result
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Speaker 1: I could find from Folks and Rugby Club at the
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Speaker 1: weekend was the Ladies team who traveled to Beckenham and
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Speaker 1: beat them by twenty four points to seventeen. This Sunday,
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Speaker 1: the Ladies travel around the coast to play Thanet Wonderers.
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Speaker 1: The men's Fir fifteen are at home to Beckenham and
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Speaker 1: the Seconds are away to Graves End. So let's hope
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Speaker 1: that the good news keeps coming from the Burlington fields.
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Speaker 1: So they're having a really good season there, the first
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Speaker 1: team and the second team and the Ladies. So it's
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Speaker 1: just they've been through a bit of a sticky patch
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Speaker 1: and they the last couple of seasons. But yeah, it's
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Speaker 1: good to see that they are on the way back. Okay,
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Speaker 1: we'll be gone now a bit of shell crow. Every
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Speaker 1: day is a winding road. I has to ride with
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Speaker 1: a vending machine reverman that has been down this road
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Speaker 1: more than twice one. We're just going to fade Sheryl down.
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Speaker 1: There is not much left of that song, but I
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Speaker 1: do want to get this little bit in. It's about
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Speaker 1: the park run venues now. Our local athletes were out
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Speaker 1: and about at the following park run venues last Saturday.
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Speaker 1: Martin Salmon was at Pegwell Bay. Hattie Whitman traveled to Guernsey.
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Speaker 1: Jason Crockford was at a Dinton Pastures park run. Never
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Speaker 1: heard of that one, but that is in Wokingham in Berkshire.
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Speaker 1: Caroline Curtis ran at lance In Beach Green, West Sussex.
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Speaker 1: Jacob Henwood was the other side of the world at
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Speaker 1: Pirrama Park Run, Sydney, Australia. Kay Evans ran at Beckel's Quay,
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Speaker 1: which is about ten miles inland from Lowestoff on the
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Speaker 1: East coast. There and finally Henry and Amy Axon and
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Speaker 1: Beth good Child found the Z in the park run alphabet.
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Speaker 1: Now many runners like to do the ater Z of
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Speaker 1: park run alphabet and the only Z around is Zida
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Speaker 1: Park at the Hagen Holland. This is the nearest park
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Speaker 1: run beginning with Z to England. There's no Z park
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Speaker 1: runs in the UK. The other ones available if you
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Speaker 1: want to travel further and you're really adventurous, you can
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Speaker 1: go to zandalev z Then I was somewhere in Cape Town,
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Speaker 1: South Africa, Ziola Gora Park Run in Poland and Zelmia
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Speaker 1: Park Run in Brisbane. Okay, so we do not have
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Speaker 1: much time left, so we're just going to crack on
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Speaker 1: with a bit of ace of base yarry a little
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Speaker 1: world when Levy raises rather than an a days and
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Speaker 1: don't trap out the world. Well that's in me for today.
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Speaker 1: Ad will be flying solo on Saturday between ten and eleven,
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Speaker 1: I will be down in Bexhill on Sea comparing the
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Speaker 1: Poppy Run. I'll be back next Thursday where my guests
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Speaker 1: will be Joe Toldhers from South Kentmind where we will
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Speaker 1: be discussing, amongst other things, the Festive and Mental Wealth Run,
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Speaker 1: which takes part on Sunday the seventh of December. So
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Speaker 1: from me, Kevin Day, see you next week point nine FM,
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