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Katie Woolf spoke with Cricket NT CEO Joel Morrison · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Three sixty with Katie Wolf thanks to Joyce Main Darwin
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  Speaker 1: Homes own Stuart Highway Beerrima. Now, as you heard on
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  Speaker 1: the show a little bit earlier this morning we caught
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  Speaker 1: up with the Lord Mayor convat Scalas and heard that
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  Speaker 1: Garden's Oval will be lit up with five hundred luck
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  Speaker 1: strong lighting for three evenings a week from now on
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  Speaker 1: after the Darwin Council approved their ongoing use and that
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  Speaker 1: followed on from a successful trial where they did not
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  Speaker 1: receive any complaints and we know that an application from
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  Speaker 1: NT Cricket to continue that use. Will continue to use
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  Speaker 1: the higher powered lights from Thursday to Saturday it has
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  Speaker 1: been approved. And joining us in the studio to talk
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  Speaker 1: more about this the NT Cricket CEO Joel Morrison. Good
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  Speaker 1: morning to.
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  Speaker 2: You, Good morning Katie.
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  Speaker 1: Great have you in the studio. And this is good
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  Speaker 1: news for cricket, isn't it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's been a long journey to get here, but
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  Speaker 2: I think we've gone about it the right way with counsel.
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  Speaker 2: There were some serious concerns raised by residents when they
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  Speaker 2: started talking about lights at gardens Oval, and the troll
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  Speaker 2: has shown that the impact has been minimal or negligible
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  Speaker 2: at all because there were no concerns raised by residents
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  Speaker 2: during the trial, which is great to see because it
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  Speaker 2: means we can now maximize the use of the lights
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  Speaker 2: and get more games of cricket played at nighttime so
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  Speaker 2: that people are out of the heat of the day.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and doesn't mean so obviously some nights of the
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  Speaker 1: week the lights are turned down a little bit lower,
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  Speaker 1: or the lux on those lights is a little bit
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  Speaker 1: lower for training, but then for those matches it's up higher.
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  Speaker 1: Is that right?
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  Speaker 2: That's right, So it's all a little bit technical, but
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  Speaker 2: really Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday will be training only and
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  Speaker 2: then from Thursday, Friday and then Saturday we can use
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  Speaker 2: the lights at maximum capacity. So it's not to say
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  Speaker 2: that games we've played every single Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
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  Speaker 2: But the option is there to play senior cricket at night,
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  Speaker 2: and senior cricket needs to be played under that five
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  Speaker 2: hundred lux level to ensure it's safe for the people playing.
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  Speaker 1: The game, and obviously these hours of the day as
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  Speaker 1: well hours of the night. I should say when it's
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  Speaker 1: allowed and when they need to stop. Nine o'clock is
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  Speaker 1: that cutoff? Isn't it.
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  Speaker 2: That's right. Lights come on at six and go off
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  Speaker 2: at nine and there's no way to circumnavigate that. That's
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  Speaker 2: hardwired into those lights. So we're going to hit those
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  Speaker 2: timings set by council well.
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  Speaker 1: And no doubt this has made such a difference for
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  Speaker 1: cricket in the territory. I mean even when you look
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  Speaker 1: at training and I'm assuming it means that a greater
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  Speaker 1: participation as well.
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  Speaker 2: It's certainly allowed for two key things this year as
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  Speaker 2: part of the trial, which is the growth of the
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  Speaker 2: women's competition. We now have six of the seven clubs
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  Speaker 2: with the women's team and we've been able to play
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  Speaker 2: Friday night fixtures at gardens over which is fantastic. But
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  Speaker 2: it's then also enabled us to capitalize by playing T
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  Speaker 2: twenty cricket on a Thursday night with the Mental Beach
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  Speaker 2: markets across the road. So it's helped to expose the
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  Speaker 2: game to more people. But it's also a great atmosphere
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  Speaker 2: to help activate the area where you can wander across,
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  Speaker 2: watch the sunset, get a buy to wheat and then
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  Speaker 2: see some good quality cricket as well under lights.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and what's been the reaction from the various clubs
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  Speaker 1: upon finding this news.
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  Speaker 2: Out very very happy in reliefs. We intuitively felt that
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  Speaker 2: it wasn't going to be problematic with this trial, but
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  Speaker 2: you don't know until your trial or something. So relieved
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  Speaker 2: it gives them more flexible options with fixtures, but also
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  Speaker 2: means we can showcase the game on those Thursday nights
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  Speaker 2: and also cater for the growth of particularly the women's
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  Speaker 2: competition and our junior numbers which are up at record
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  Speaker 2: levels at the moment, which is great to see.
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  Speaker 1: That is great to see now how things going more
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  Speaker 1: broadly with cricket at the moment in the.
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  Speaker 2: Territory going very well. Our Cricket three six five program
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  Speaker 2: starts this Sunday which sees some of the best young
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  Speaker 2: cricketers in Australia spending ten weeks in the top end
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  Speaker 2: to play some high level cricket. And we're actually playing
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  Speaker 2: a game of cricket today with a couple of supercars
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  Speaker 2: drivers with the Dick Johnson Racing Boys with Anton d
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  Speaker 2: Pasquale and Will Davison out the Dexter at Marara to
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  Speaker 2: help promote the supercars this weekend, but also the start
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  Speaker 2: of Cricket three six five.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, that's fantastic. I love it when there's you know,
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  Speaker 1: when you team up like that to promote something. With
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  Speaker 1: that cricket three six five. Has there been much of
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  Speaker 1: an impact With the situation out.
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  Speaker 2: Of Victoria, a little hiccup, it's put a couple of
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  Speaker 2: our Victorian players into quarantine how it springs, but they
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  Speaker 2: come out this week and they'll be available in time,
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  Speaker 2: and they've been very compliment of the experience out there
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  Speaker 2: as well. Rather than being stuck in a hotel room
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  Speaker 2: there bitterly for them to be able to get out,
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  Speaker 2: get some fresh air, go for a bit of a run,
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  Speaker 2: go for a swim, as help them keep in tiptop
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  Speaker 2: shape for the cricket starting this Sunday.
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  Speaker 1: That's good to hear. And look for those of us
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  Speaker 1: who don't know exactly what that cricket three to six
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  Speaker 1: y five is all about, just explain it to us.
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  Speaker 2: It's basically capitalizing on the advantage that we have to
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  Speaker 2: play cricket three hundred and sixty five days of a
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  Speaker 2: year in Australia. Traditionally cricket has played over summer in
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  Speaker 2: the southern States, but in the North we play cricket
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  Speaker 2: in winter because we have the wet season, so it's
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  Speaker 2: a great opportunity for us to deliver a high quality
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  Speaker 2: cricket to help play development and as an international sport,
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  Speaker 2: Australia has a competitive advantage as the only country that
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  Speaker 2: can play cricket year round in its own backyard, so
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  Speaker 2: that now helps us to be able to have a
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  Speaker 2: competitive Australian team on the international scene. And all the
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  Speaker 2: best young players who will eventually play for Australia have
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  Speaker 2: an opportunity to come through Darwin on their journey.
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  Speaker 1: That's awesome. So how many are we expecting to come
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  Speaker 1: through Darwa.
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  Speaker 2: We've got thirty interstate players are up for the next
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  Speaker 2: ten weeks. So in terms of impact on the economy,
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  Speaker 2: we think that's going to be somewhere in the sin
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  Speaker 2: live about eight hundred thousand dollars economic impact because it's
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  Speaker 2: bed nights, it's money being spending local businesses and we've
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  Speaker 2: been working with some great supporting partners to help us
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  Speaker 2: bring that to life because it's an expensive exercise, but
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  Speaker 2: we think it's great to have an opportunity to not
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  Speaker 2: just have great cricket but also to promote the North end.
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  Speaker 2: All the wonderful things that happen in the top end
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  Speaker 2: at this time of year.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, wonderful stuff. And do you see it like, do
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  Speaker 1: they have a bit of engagement with the juniors and
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  Speaker 1: with the young kids as well.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, they will. They're out doing coaching clinics and a
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  Speaker 2: few of them are going to Katherine next week as
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  Speaker 2: well to visit some schools and have a hit of cricket.
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  Speaker 2: And then we've got players will be floating around our
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  Speaker 2: local clubs as well, So it's great to get the
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  Speaker 2: whole community involved, but also great for our young local players,
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  Speaker 2: coaches and umpires who will play in the Cricket three
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  Speaker 2: six five program and it will help build a strong
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  Speaker 2: pathway for them to play with and against some of
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  Speaker 2: the best young cricketers around the country.
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  Speaker 1: Well, that is wonderful to hear, will Joel, no doubt
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  Speaker 1: we'll catch up with you again very soon. Always good
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  Speaker 1: to speak with you. Thanks so much for coming in
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  Speaker 1: this morning. Thanks Katie, Cricket Into CEO there, Joel Morrison