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LISTEN BACK TO HARRY WALL'S STORY AS TO WHY HE IS RUNNING THE LONDON MARATHON + LOCAL FOOTBALL HOCKEY RUGBY NETBALL AND SCHOOL CAMPS · The Folkestone & Hythe Sports Podcast

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  Speaker 1: This is Kevin Sports very Daily, bring you the Folkstone
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  Speaker 1: and Hive Sports show right here on Radio Folkston.
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  Speaker 2: Today's show we have football, hockey, rugby.
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  Speaker 1: News on the Easter holiday camps for kids, some netball news,
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  Speaker 1: news of a charity football match raising money for Pilgrim's hospices,
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  Speaker 1: and a special report on what drives Harry Wall to
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  Speaker 1: run the London Marathon. So what a glorious day is
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  Speaker 1: out there? It's still a little bit chilly, don't be fooled,
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  Speaker 1: but it's lovely, isn't it. You know, lit't soak up
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  Speaker 1: the sunshine today. So I hope to be playing some
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  Speaker 1: summary sunshine songs and you know what, I love this one.
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  Speaker 1: This has got a long introduction, but it's well worth
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  Speaker 1: listening to. This is Jerry Rapidee and get it right
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  Speaker 1: next time. Nineteen seventy nine Jerry Rapido. Did you know
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  Speaker 1: Jerry Rapidee was in Steeler's Wheel, wrote some lovely songs
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  Speaker 1: for them. And also I was finding out today that
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  Speaker 1: in his early career he was actually in a group
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  Speaker 1: with Billy Connolly. Yeah, Billy Connolly was into folk music
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  Speaker 1: before he became a comedian. He left the wild in
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  Speaker 1: situation up in Glasgow and he was in a group
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  Speaker 1: for a while but it didn't suit him and he
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  Speaker 1: turned to comedy and never looked back. Let's face it, okay,
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  Speaker 1: So let's crack on with the show now. London Marathon
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  Speaker 1: not too far away, is it if you look kicking
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  Speaker 1: those days off if you're running. So I've been reading
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  Speaker 1: out reports for people that are sending in their little
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  Speaker 1: story about how they hope to achieve and what they're
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  Speaker 1: hoping to achieve at the London Marathon. And my first
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  Speaker 1: report of the show today was sent in by a
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  Speaker 1: London Marathon runner, Harry Wall. So what I'm going to
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  Speaker 1: do without further ado, I'm going to read it out
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  Speaker 1: as it came to me. Harry obviously wrote this from
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  Speaker 1: his heart, and I think it's only fair to share
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  Speaker 1: the whole story. So this is what Harry sent me. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: I'm finally achieving a bucket lit dream and running the
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  Speaker 1: London Marathon this year for a cause which is quite
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  Speaker 1: personal to me. My dad, Steve Wall, in January of
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  Speaker 1: last year unfortunately suffered a life changing stroke. He was
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  Speaker 1: a very fit individual in his fifties who was into
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  Speaker 1: his running, doing local park runs and The stroke actually
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  Speaker 1: took place while he was at the gym. He was
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  Speaker 1: leading a healthy lifestyle and hadn't touched alcohol in years
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  Speaker 1: in order to try and remain in good health into
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  Speaker 1: older age, so the stroke came completely out of the blue.
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  Speaker 1: It's been life changing not only for him, but also
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  Speaker 1: for his family, mostly my stepmom and his two younger children,
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  Speaker 1: who were both teenagers, as well as my daughter, Steve's granddaughter,
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  Speaker 1: who was only four years old and struggles.
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  Speaker 2: To understand the change in her granddad.
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  Speaker 1: I'm raising money for my dad to continue with some
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  Speaker 1: of the treatments which have helped him so far. The
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  Speaker 1: initial prognosis followed the stroke was pretty bleak and we
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  Speaker 1: were told there was a higher probability that he would
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  Speaker 1: be unable to walk, unable to move his arms, or
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  Speaker 1: unable to verbally communicate. Thankfully, following a round of fundraising
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  Speaker 1: we did last year, things have improved. A huge thanks
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  Speaker 1: goes to Steve's friends who arranged fundraising events, but also
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  Speaker 1: to followers of his Kent weather page. He has over
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  Speaker 1: ten thousand followers on his Facebook page and has developed
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  Speaker 1: a strong local following. On that page, he used to
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  Speaker 1: deliver free daily weather forecasts and video forecasts. Even now,
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  Speaker 1: I still get people coming up to me asking if
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  Speaker 1: I'm Steve's son and talking about the Kent Weather page,
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  Speaker 1: which people found genuinely useful in their lives. We did
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  Speaker 1: an initial round of fundraising on that page, which generated
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  Speaker 1: a great deal of money and was really helpful for
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  Speaker 1: his treatment. This latest fundraising activity from my marathon is
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  Speaker 1: partly to continue some of those treatments which he wouldn't
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  Speaker 1: be able to get on the NHS. The treatments he's
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  Speaker 1: already received have helped to communicate again. He is now
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  Speaker 1: able to walk short distances and has regained some of
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  Speaker 1: the use of his arms as well, and that's completely
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  Speaker 1: thanks to the money that's been raised in the past.
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  Speaker 1: He's even been able to get back to doing some
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  Speaker 1: weather forecasting on his page by some assistive technology. Any
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  Speaker 1: further progress from this point will be massively beneficial to
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  Speaker 1: be ensuring that he has a better quality of life,
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  Speaker 1: and hopefully the donations will help with that now. In
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  Speaker 1: addition to that, I'll also be donating money from my
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  Speaker 1: marathon fundraiser to two local charities which have been amazingly
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  Speaker 1: supportive to my dad and his wider family. The first
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  Speaker 1: is the Kent Association for the Blind. Now, while my
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  Speaker 1: dad has made progress with speech and walking, one long
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  Speaker 1: lasting impact of the stroke is that unfortunately he's been
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  Speaker 1: left and mostly blind. He's completely blind in one eye
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  Speaker 1: and only has partial vision in the other. The Kent
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  Speaker 1: Association for the Blind have been really helpful in unlooking
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  Speaker 1: resources for my dad and my stepmom and have been
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  Speaker 1: very supportive throughout that journey.
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  Speaker 3: Now.
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  Speaker 1: The other charity is care and Support is Kent. My
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  Speaker 1: dad is now completely unable to work and as such
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  Speaker 1: my stepmom as had to give up full time work
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  Speaker 1: to become his full time career again. They have been
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  Speaker 1: hugely supportive in helping her understand what funding is available
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  Speaker 1: and in providing general help and support. In terms of
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  Speaker 1: the London Marathon itself, I've been applying for the last
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  Speaker 1: ten years to get into the event without success, and
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  Speaker 1: this just so happened to be the year I've got
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  Speaker 1: lucky in the ballot. It certainly feels like a twist
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  Speaker 1: of fate, considering now that I have such personal calls
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  Speaker 1: to raise money for. It's always been something I've watched
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  Speaker 1: on TV, even from a really young age, and well
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  Speaker 1: before I was inter running, and it's always been something
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  Speaker 1: I've wanted to do and I'm really excited to finally
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  Speaker 1: have the opportunity to take part. And having a personal
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  Speaker 1: cause to raise money for this has certainly made all
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  Speaker 1: the training a lot easier through the wet and cold weather.
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  Speaker 1: So it's a huge, huge thank you from the whole
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  Speaker 1: family to everybody who has donated and supported. Now, Harry
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  Speaker 1: goes on to say that he'd be catching the first
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  Speaker 1: train up to London in the morning and quite a
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  Speaker 1: few family and friends who'll be lying in the route
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  Speaker 1: at various points, and as part of his training, he's
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  Speaker 1: not at a single beer, no alcohol at all, and
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  Speaker 1: he doesn't plan to have one until after that marathon
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  Speaker 1: is done, so they're all going to meet up at
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  Speaker 1: a pub and have a nice plant. He's very ambitious, actually,
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  Speaker 1: he's hoping for a target of less than three hours,
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  Speaker 1: which is pretty good. Running training is going well. He's
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  Speaker 1: got his fingers crossed that the day itself isn't too hot,
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  Speaker 1: and even more fingers crossed that he doesn't get injured
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  Speaker 1: in the last few weeks of training.
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  Speaker 2: Now having a.
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  Speaker 1: Ballot place is so lucky really, because there's no pressure
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  Speaker 1: on you to raise money. But having said that, Harry's
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  Speaker 1: raised one five hundred and thirty pound of a two
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  Speaker 1: thousand pound target, and he wants to thank everybody that
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  Speaker 1: has already donated to the fundraiser, and he especially wants
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  Speaker 1: to thank the family around him. He's doing this on
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  Speaker 1: his own, but he does need a team behind him
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  Speaker 1: to back him, you know, to listen to him waffling
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  Speaker 1: on the bell, his racing and he's running, and his
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  Speaker 1: stats and how he's feeling. So a special special thank
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  Speaker 1: you goes to step Mumblin's younger siblings Archie and Annabel,
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  Speaker 1: and his daughter Isabella, and I hope they're all going
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  Speaker 1: to be there on that finish line to cheer your home.
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  Speaker 2: So there you go.
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  Speaker 1: That's the story from Harry, and what a lovely story
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  Speaker 1: it is too. It's a bit double edged, doesn't it,
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  Speaker 1: Like these stories are. It's sort of happy sad stories
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  Speaker 1: are so sad about his dad only fifty, but the
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  Speaker 1: family are backing Harry to have a great day and
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  Speaker 1: raise some money.
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  Speaker 2: So there you go. What a lovely, lovely story that was.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, So I'm hoping I'm going up to London actually
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  Speaker 1: to watch the race so, and I'm hoping this is
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  Speaker 1: going to be on that Sunday. It's going to be
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  Speaker 1: a lovely day. So what better tune to play than
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  Speaker 1: this one by You're with.
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  Speaker 4: Us when a wake up in the morning.
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  Speaker 1: Been with us a lovely day like today, unless hope
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  Speaker 1: it's a lovely day on the marathon, but not too hot.
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  Speaker 1: We don't want it too hot for him, you know,
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  Speaker 1: especially they've been training in the cold weather and the
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  Speaker 1: wet and that we do want him to to dehydrate
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  Speaker 1: on the day. So that was a lovely story about
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  Speaker 1: Harry and his dad Steve. And I hope that all
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  Speaker 1: the group on the WhatsApp there and are listening in.
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  Speaker 1: And a big thank you to Cleo for putting me
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  Speaker 1: in touch with Harry. Okay, so it's time for some
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  Speaker 1: hockey news now, So we're going to start with the
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  Speaker 1: men's first eleven. Well, it's not been a good season
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  Speaker 1: for them. You know, they've got promotion last year and
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  Speaker 1: they've found it really tough in the Premier Division. They
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  Speaker 1: lost five too on Saturday to seven Oaks and it's
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  Speaker 1: looking bleak. They must now win the last two games
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  Speaker 1: and hope other results go their way. But I mean,
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  Speaker 1: it's been a learning curve, hasn't it. I mean, if
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  Speaker 1: it's not meant to be, it's not meant to be.
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  Speaker 1: But I'm sure they're bounce back and have a good
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  Speaker 1: season next year now. The second men's second eleven eleven
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  Speaker 1: they beat Ashford five to two. Alex Wisha got Hatrick
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  Speaker 1: Haul Cheap and a Brendan Cheeseman got one each. The
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  Speaker 1: third team they beat Gore Caught for to one. Lorcan
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  Speaker 1: Doyle got two goals and after Ireland he got two
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  Speaker 1: as well. Men's fourth team they beat They beat Herne
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  Speaker 1: Bay seven to four. Listen to this, Charlie Pepper has
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  Speaker 1: got four times, Ben Allen, Kyle Mackett and Johnny Benson
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  Speaker 1: getting the other three. The fifth team they beat Suton
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  Speaker 1: Valence three to two. Ben Taylor, Ray Semondini and Gem
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  Speaker 1: Michott all got one each. The men's sixteen they beat
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  Speaker 1: seven Oaks three to two, Taylor Russell, Evan Carter and
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  Speaker 1: Herbie Simpson on the score sheheet. The fourth teen no sorry.
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  Speaker 1: The men's seventh team they lost to Sitting Born at
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  Speaker 1: fourteen the two to one, Riley Gordon getting the single goal.
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  Speaker 1: And the men's eighth team they drew four all. Now
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  Speaker 1: that's the score you don't often see in hockey four
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  Speaker 1: all draw Tim Beggs, Will Smith and Warrick Ware Wrerick
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  Speaker 1: Wait Oh Tim got too. Tim Begg's got two there,
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  Speaker 1: so not too bad for the old men. They've done
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  Speaker 1: really well. The Ladies Ladies first team were they've already
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  Speaker 1: won the league, probably took their off the peddler a
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  Speaker 1: little bit. They drew one or with Maidstone on Saturday,
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  Speaker 1: Beckashaw getting the goal. The second team they drew a
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  Speaker 1: too all Emily Allen, Izzy Timmings getting the goals. Third
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  Speaker 1: team they beat seven Oaks four, Neil em pull And
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  Speaker 1: getting two, Pully Richie and Siena Craig getting the others.
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  Speaker 1: Ladies fourth team they beat seven Oaks three to two.
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  Speaker 1: Susie Hill scored twice and Imageen Richie he got the
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  Speaker 1: third Ladies fifteen well they lost five to one to
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  Speaker 1: Deal unfortunately. Christina Gridsey Bovska. I've been back all day
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  Speaker 1: the nights practicing that name. I've got it right, Christina
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  Speaker 1: Christine Grizzy Bobska and the Ladies sixteen where they did
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  Speaker 1: navigame but a massive game was on Sunday. A well
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  Speaker 1: done to the under sixteen girls team who beat Trojans
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  Speaker 1: under sixteen girls who come from Eastleigh near Southampton.
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  Speaker 2: This was at the Three Hills.
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  Speaker 1: They beat him in the National plate semi final. So
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  Speaker 1: yet junior team from the Folks and Optimius Hockey Club
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  Speaker 1: reaches another national final. It seems that it's every year,
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  Speaker 1: isn't it. At least one team a different age group
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  Speaker 1: goes up to goes up to the final. Now the
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  Speaker 1: game must have been very close in fact, because the
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  Speaker 1: final score was one all. Now the competition. In this competition,
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  Speaker 1: the result was decided on shuffles. Now do you know
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  Speaker 1: what a shuffle is? Well, I didn't know either. I
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  Speaker 1: had to contact Amy from the club to tell me.
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  Speaker 1: But there was a little video on the Facebook page
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  Speaker 1: and it's you could see what it is. It's like
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  Speaker 1: a there's no penalties. It's a one to one with
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  Speaker 1: the keeper to try and try and score instead of penalties.
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  Speaker 1: But the player only has eight seconds of play allowed.
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  Speaker 1: So the final score of the shuffles was Optimus three
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  Speaker 1: a Trojans one. So the date and venue of the
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  Speaker 1: final was yet to be published, and indeed the oppositions
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  Speaker 1: are known at the moment. Well, I don't know anyway.
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  Speaker 1: I expect it will be announced soon. But be fair,
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  Speaker 1: if it's an under under sixteens, the national team doesn't.
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  Speaker 2: Really matter about the opposition, does it.
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  Speaker 1: I mean they've both they've got to be good, they've
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  Speaker 1: got to be good and they're going to be as
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  Speaker 1: equal standing as the oorps. So it's just to get
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  Speaker 1: to the final. It's a great achievement. And the Folks
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  Speaker 1: and Optimists Club keep churning out these junior teams that
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  Speaker 1: make these finals.
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  Speaker 2: So what a great achievement.
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  Speaker 1: So well done to everybody at the under sixteens, all
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  Speaker 1: the parents, the coaches and of course the team themselves.
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  Speaker 2: Right, Oh, another summer song? Do you remember this one
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  Speaker 2: summer of sixty nine? Was you were around in sixty nine?
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  Speaker 2: I was?
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  Speaker 1: This is Brian Adams a cover first real sistrum.
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  Speaker 3: What it out? The father and played?
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  Speaker 5: It's in the fingers play the Summer of sixteen.
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  Speaker 1: Summer of sixty nine, recorded in eighty five. Lovely summer track. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: so what have we got now? He got some netball news? Yes,
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  Speaker 1: now the summer season. The netball summer season started last night,
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  Speaker 1: in fact, Wednesday, the eighteenth of March because they play
• 15:24
  Speaker 1: on Wednesdays at either six forty five or eight pm.
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  Speaker 2: And now they've got two venues.
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  Speaker 1: They've recently expanded and they were at the Three Hills,
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  Speaker 1: but now they hold in the competitions at the Turner
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  Speaker 1: School as well. And this is just because netball has
• 15:39
  Speaker 1: become so popular and it's great to see any sport
• 15:42
  Speaker 1: in Folkston have becoming more and more popular.
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  Speaker 2: They've now got.
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  Speaker 1: Two new teams joining us this season, so they've got
• 15:51
  Speaker 1: thirteen teams which is split into two divisions and ours.
• 15:55
  Speaker 1: They are having their annual Easter Tournament that's on Saturday,
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  Speaker 1: the fourth of March at where they've got ten teams entered.
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  Speaker 1: They're also holding a raffle to raise money, so if
• 16:05
  Speaker 1: you know of anyone who could raise money, that would
• 16:07
  Speaker 1: be amazing, the sponsors or anything like that. Now they're
• 16:11
  Speaker 1: raising it for the National Development Trust, which was founded
• 16:14
  Speaker 1: in twenty twelve and this delivers projects in five countries Uganda, Kenya, India,
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  Speaker 1: Pakistan and Ghana using netball to educate, create opportunities and
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  Speaker 1: prove the health of the communities they serve. So I mean,
• 16:30
  Speaker 1: if you fancy giving netball a try. Please please just
• 16:32
  Speaker 1: get in touch with the folks the Netball League. They're
• 16:34
  Speaker 1: on Facebook and Instagram and they're always looking out for
• 16:40
  Speaker 1: people that love this. Might want to be a floater. Now,
• 16:45
  Speaker 1: if you want to be a netball floater, that means
• 16:47
  Speaker 1: someone that can't commit to being in a regular team.
• 16:52
  Speaker 1: There's every chance that you could get a game every
• 16:54
  Speaker 1: now and then you put your name down on the list,
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  Speaker 1: and you know, perhaps you might be working one Wednesday
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  Speaker 1: but not working another Wednesday and there's a team short.
• 17:03
  Speaker 1: Then the you know you could get again. So and
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  Speaker 1: the good thing is that I've been in touch with Ashley.
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  Speaker 1: Ashley is the folks with netbaw League chairperson and she
• 17:14
  Speaker 1: has said she's going to come in. So we're just
• 17:15
  Speaker 1: trying to work out a date and because there's a
• 17:18
  Speaker 1: lots more going on and she's got loads to tell us.
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  Speaker 1: So stay tuned and keep an eye on my Facebook
• 17:24
  Speaker 1: page to find out when Ashley is coming in right
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  Speaker 1: next coming up. These songs are just reminded me of
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  Speaker 1: summer so much. You know this was This came out
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  Speaker 1: in nineteen seventy two and I love this song. This
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  Speaker 1: Lovely Lady Carly Simon and you're so.
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  Speaker 3: Vain you are to the party.
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  Speaker 2: Carly Simon.
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  Speaker 1: And I've always reckoned that that's Mick Jagger in the
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  Speaker 1: background singing on the on the lyrics there.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm sure of it.
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  Speaker 1: I've been shot Dann in Flames a few times about
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  Speaker 1: the people in the background, but I reckon that's Jack
• 18:22
  Speaker 1: okay some of for some football news now, Well, folks
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  Speaker 1: and in Victor had a really tough game on their
• 18:27
  Speaker 1: hands last week when they entertained playoff chasing Dartford, going
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: into one down at halftime in Victor mister penalty in
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  Speaker 1: the second half, but equalized shortly afterwards.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks to a Joe Pigott goal.
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  Speaker 1: The crowd of one four hundred and eighty eight saw
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  Speaker 1: a very competitive game, but life for in Victor fan
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  Speaker 1: these days is very frustrating as they seem to find
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  Speaker 1: it that not the fans, but the team find it
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  Speaker 1: harder to bang in the goals than they did earlier
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  Speaker 1: on in the season. But they've got a luxury of
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  Speaker 1: a thirteen point cushion. But they head off to third
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  Speaker 1: place the Brent With on Saturday for another tough game.
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  Speaker 1: Everyone's trying to knock them off the top spot, aren't they,
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  Speaker 1: And rightly so, and that's what you've got to face
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  Speaker 1: when you are so far ahead in the league. But
• 19:08
  Speaker 1: they've just got to keep their noses in front. Five
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  Speaker 1: Towns away game at Tunbridge Wells has postponed due to
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  Speaker 1: a water log pitch, and the only good thing to
• 19:17
  Speaker 1: come out of Saturday was a relegation candidates. Stansfield lost
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  Speaker 1: one deil against Chiselhurst, leaving a three point gap between
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  Speaker 1: between them and High but Stansfield have a game in hand.
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  Speaker 1: Third from bottom Faversham Strikeforce, which good news for Hive
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  Speaker 1: also lost one neil, but they are still seven points
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  Speaker 1: clear of Hive and they've also got a game in hand,
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  Speaker 1: so it's I just got to keep on going, haven't they.
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  Speaker 1: They've got focused at one end and Hive at the
• 19:45
  Speaker 1: other end. It really is a battle for both clubs
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: to keep their noses in front. Third place Hawkins made
• 19:53
  Speaker 1: an excellent four nail home win against the fourth place
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: Aylesford in the Kent County Premier Division. Els New Romney
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: suffered a two nil away defeat against Stansfield Reserves.
• 20:05
  Speaker 2: This Saturday.
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: Hawkins are home to attended in Town and New Romney
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: are away to Canterbury City, both in the league. Now
• 20:13
  Speaker 1: sadly the Evictor disability team. It's the first time I've
• 20:17
  Speaker 1: ever remember this. They had to concede the scheduled eleven
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: a side game against Tyler Hill due to too many
• 20:23
  Speaker 1: injured players and unavailabilities. They could only have raised nine
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: fit players, so they now must wait on a decision
• 20:31
  Speaker 1: from the league and the FA for the outcome. You know,
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: sometimes it could be a fine, they could be dot
• 20:36
  Speaker 1: the points. We don't know, So we just got weight.
• 20:39
  Speaker 2: And see on that one. And the in victil Eadies
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: where they had a good result.
• 20:42
  Speaker 1: They beat Deal the last Sunday one nil away and
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: this Sunday they're at home to Faversham Faversham Strikeforce with
• 20:49
  Speaker 1: a two pm kickoff.
• 20:51
  Speaker 2: And talking about Faversham. Now, the Kent.
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: Disability team play in a disability Football League and they
• 20:57
  Speaker 1: have a monthly tournament over at Faversham, but they're not
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: in it this week. There is a junior tournament, but
• 21:03
  Speaker 1: I must just tell you that this has been canceled
• 21:06
  Speaker 1: and this is due to the meningitis outbreak. So the organizers,
• 21:12
  Speaker 1: in their wisdom, I think, have just said take no
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: chances you know a group of youngsters altogether, and so
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: I always think perhaps you know, in the weeks to come,
• 21:22
  Speaker 1: until this is all quite and down, there could be
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: other sporting type events that are canceled. So if you're
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: training for anything, or you've put your name down for
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: something in the Canterbury Fabusham area, please check the websites
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: or any social media before you travel, before you even
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: think about going, because this is a grave situation. Some
• 21:47
  Speaker 1: people are treating it lightly, but believe you me, it's
• 21:50
  Speaker 1: a really grave situation, especially for youngsters.
• 21:55
  Speaker 2: Right, So moving on now another summary listening sound. I
• 21:58
  Speaker 2: love this one.
• 21:59
  Speaker 1: This is the Eagles there in the Hotel California. Eagles
• 22:22
  Speaker 1: there in nineteen seventy seven. And if you get a chance,
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: I think they're coming back to the league. Cliffall, go
• 22:27
  Speaker 1: and see the illegal close your eyes and you think
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: you are listening to the original genuine Eagles.
• 22:34
  Speaker 2: They are really awesome. They really are.
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: Okay, so we've got a bit more sports squeeze in.
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: We're going to go with a bit of a local rugby. Now,
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: well it was a day well, in fact, there wasn't
• 22:42
  Speaker 1: any local rugby because it was a day full of
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: six Nations and what a day it was. Now the
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: TV pundits were running out of superlatives to describe the
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: whole tournament and indeed the final game, which went down
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: to the very last kick of the match, France were
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: crowned the champions, but it was so close. England were
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: winning by two points with just a couple of minutes
• 23:03
  Speaker 1: to go, but they conceded a penalty and Thomas Ramos
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: has slotted it in between the posts for the forty
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: eight to forty six victory. If he'd have missed that kick,
• 23:13
  Speaker 1: Ireland would have been overall tournament winners. And can you
• 23:16
  Speaker 1: imagine being an Irish fan in Ireland in a pack
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: bar in Dublin and you're watching the last second tick
• 23:24
  Speaker 1: away and you're willing him to miss that kick, and
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: he does and he slots it over and that trophy
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: is snatched away from you.
• 23:32
  Speaker 2: Oh what a feeling. It must be awful, wasn't it,
• 23:35
  Speaker 2: you know?
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: But fair play to the French. They had their noses
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: in front throughout the whole tournament. Now, if you follow
• 23:41
  Speaker 1: the six Nations, it'll be a day of It was
• 23:43
  Speaker 1: a day of world class rugby to be remembered for
• 23:45
  Speaker 1: a lifetime. Meanwhile, turning to the local rugby scene. This
• 23:50
  Speaker 1: coming Saturday, the folks then at first fifteen they are
• 23:52
  Speaker 1: a way to Westcombe Park, second fifteen which means a
• 23:55
  Speaker 1: trip to Orpington Folkstone, second fifteen are at home to
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: a Medway fourth fifteen and on Sunday the ladies are
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: at home to Ashford. So a busy local weekend of
• 24:08
  Speaker 1: rugby there. But why not try and get down to
• 24:12
  Speaker 1: the Burlington Fields on Sunday because it's more than just
• 24:16
  Speaker 1: a game with the ladies. They've got a girl's rugby
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: open day, so why don't you, you know, parents, take
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: your daughter down there, get a friend to go along
• 24:26
  Speaker 1: and try a rugby. There's food, fun and community activities
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: and they're also delighted to welcome former England Captain Catherine
• 24:35
  Speaker 1: Spencer as the guest speaker, inspiring the next generation of
• 24:39
  Speaker 1: girls to get into rugby. So get down there on
• 24:42
  Speaker 1: Sunday and just go to the local folks on Rugby
• 24:46
  Speaker 1: Club Facebook page and all the information is on there.
• 24:50
  Speaker 1: I'll tell you what Catherine Spencer, I've read her book.
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: Actually a local girl never forgotten her roots, turned out
• 24:56
  Speaker 1: to be England captain. I must get her on the
• 24:58
  Speaker 1: show What's Your Reckon? Right over two minutes of seventeen
• 25:02
  Speaker 1: seconds of the Beach Boys now Surfing USA.
• 25:11
  Speaker 6: The USA. Then everybody.
• 25:22
  Speaker 1: Still conjuring up summer sounds there nineteen sixty three Surfing USA.
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: They made them some short in those days. Do you
• 25:37
  Speaker 1: want to say two minutes seventeen whereas the Eagles was
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: six minutes fifteen. So it's thee en up a bit
• 25:42
  Speaker 1: of time. So I've got a couple more reports to
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: get through, and we're going to start this one with
• 25:46
  Speaker 1: the Eastern school holidays camps approaching. Now, I found three
• 25:50
  Speaker 1: different organizations that have a program of activities. Now I'm
• 25:54
  Speaker 1: not going to go into great detail detail about them
• 25:57
  Speaker 1: as they all offer slightly different activities, so we'll just
• 26:00
  Speaker 1: say a little about them all and leave the parents
• 26:02
  Speaker 1: to decide what's best for their child. So we have
• 26:05
  Speaker 1: the school camps at Three Hills organized by the Sports Trust,
• 26:08
  Speaker 1: which offer Bounty Castle football, creative sessions and much more.
• 26:13
  Speaker 1: These are held from the thirteenth to the sixteenth of April,
• 26:16
  Speaker 1: so just contact the Sports Trust via the website or
• 26:19
  Speaker 1: the Facebook page. Next Generation Sports Coaching offer dodgeball and
• 26:24
  Speaker 1: a football camp and a multi Sports Camp. These are
• 26:28
  Speaker 1: held at the Harvey Grammar School, covering days the seventh, eighth, ninth,
• 26:32
  Speaker 1: plus the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth of April. Same again,
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: visit Next Generation Sports Coaching facebook page where there's a
• 26:39
  Speaker 1: link to their website. And the third is the Elite
• 26:43
  Speaker 1: Community Coaching who offer basketball, cricket, archery, inflatables, arts and
• 26:49
  Speaker 1: crafts and much more.
• 26:50
  Speaker 2: And they around. They are around all over the area.
• 26:54
  Speaker 1: Actually they are at the following venues Shepherds Wild Primary,
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: Steward Center, Ashford, christ Church School in Folkeston, jim Church Primary,
• 27:04
  Speaker 1: the Juli Ro Stadium and Saltwood Primary. They cover from
• 27:08
  Speaker 1: the seventh to the sixteenth of April. But for further
• 27:11
  Speaker 1: information you guessed it, go to the Elite Community Coach
• 27:14
  Speaker 1: in UK Limited facebook page where there's a link to
• 27:18
  Speaker 1: their website. So the only advice I'd give parents is
• 27:21
  Speaker 1: to check out all the information pages and find out
• 27:24
  Speaker 1: what is suitable for your budget and of course what
• 27:26
  Speaker 1: is best and most interesting for your child.
• 27:31
  Speaker 2: Right, I'm going to move straight on.
• 27:32
  Speaker 1: I do want to get this one out the way
• 27:34
  Speaker 1: because last night I had a meeting about this one
• 27:36
  Speaker 1: with two lovely ladies. Now I want to bring your
• 27:39
  Speaker 1: attention to a forthcoming charity football match raising money for
• 27:43
  Speaker 1: Pilgrim's Hospices. It's in memory of local man Alex Miles
• 27:47
  Speaker 1: and is organized by his widow Ruth and her friend Fran.
• 27:51
  Speaker 1: It will consist of two teams with a strong connection
• 27:54
  Speaker 1: with Alex. It's the Blue Light Legends, a team of
• 27:57
  Speaker 1: policemen as Alex was in the Force, Owls All Stars,
• 28:01
  Speaker 1: which is made up of Alex's friends and family. It's
• 28:05
  Speaker 1: going to take place at the Folks in Evictor Ground
• 28:08
  Speaker 1: on Saturday, the eighteenth of April. Dates open at twelve
• 28:11
  Speaker 1: thirty with the kickoff at two twenty two. Now this
• 28:15
  Speaker 1: is because there's going to be a two minute silence
• 28:17
  Speaker 1: at two twenty and then they're going to start the game.
• 28:21
  Speaker 1: There'll be a bouncy castle for the kids and singer
• 28:24
  Speaker 1: Ellie Luise will be entertaining the crowd for an hour
• 28:27
  Speaker 1: before the game. There'll be an after party at the
• 28:30
  Speaker 1: dugout from seven thirty with a disco for anyone that
• 28:32
  Speaker 1: wishes to join in. Tickets are aready five pounds for
• 28:36
  Speaker 1: adults that's sixteen and upwards, two pounds for children that's
• 28:40
  Speaker 1: ages two to fifteen and under twos are free. And
• 28:44
  Speaker 1: as I said, this is a raising money for Pilgrim's Hospices.
• 28:49
  Speaker 1: Last year they did a football match and they raised
• 28:51
  Speaker 1: money for Cancer Research UK. But these two charities are
• 28:55
  Speaker 1: special to the family, and the hospice is a special
• 28:59
  Speaker 1: place in a lot people's hearts in this area. So
• 29:02
  Speaker 1: why not come along have a great football fun day
• 29:04
  Speaker 1: and at the same time support of Pilgrim's Hospice. And
• 29:07
  Speaker 1: the good news is I'm pleased to say that Ruth
• 29:10
  Speaker 1: and Fran are coming in on the Saturday Show with
• 29:12
  Speaker 1: Me and Ady on Saturday the fourth of April to
• 29:15
  Speaker 1: tell us all about it.
• 29:17
  Speaker 2: So more summer songs. Now here we go. We've got
• 29:19
  Speaker 2: to play.
• 29:19
  Speaker 1: This one is the Beatles, and let's hope that it
• 29:22
  Speaker 1: stays with us because here comes the Sun, he comes.
• 29:26
  Speaker 3: The Sun, he comes a sud.
• 29:33
  Speaker 5: It's all right, okay.
• 29:44
  Speaker 1: So that was the Beatles there nineteen sixty nine three.
• 29:46
  Speaker 1: I was just having a bit of a cough affair
• 29:49
  Speaker 1: there and I just want to say hello.
• 29:53
  Speaker 2: To Cleo there.
• 29:54
  Speaker 1: Cleo and she was the lady that's former guests of
• 29:57
  Speaker 1: the show that put me on to Harry actually, because
• 30:01
  Speaker 1: they're friends of the family, and she's just texting to
• 30:04
  Speaker 1: say it sounds like I've got a bit of a
• 30:06
  Speaker 1: sore throat. You're right there, Cleo. It seems that all
• 30:09
  Speaker 1: the time I'm getting a bit croaky. I think it's
• 30:11
  Speaker 1: all these years of talking on the microphone and shouting
• 30:14
  Speaker 1: at people, you know, cheering them in across the line.
• 30:16
  Speaker 2: I think it's taking its toll.
• 30:18
  Speaker 1: You know, we'd love to perhaps get down to the
• 30:20
  Speaker 1: doctors and and what does she say, Let's see what.
• 30:23
  Speaker 2: Does she recommend?
• 30:25
  Speaker 1: Drink lots of lemon and ginger and with a little
• 30:28
  Speaker 1: hot whiskey in between. I think right so nearly at
• 30:31
  Speaker 1: the end of the show now, and it's just suns
• 30:36
  Speaker 1: out and it just makes everyone that little bit bounce yere,
• 30:38
  Speaker 1: doesn't it. And it's it's you know, it's so important
• 30:41
  Speaker 1: that people keep happy. And I've got to go around
• 30:45
  Speaker 1: to my partner Susan now and think about she've been
• 30:48
  Speaker 1: going on at me for ages. Cut that grass? Well,
• 30:50
  Speaker 1: it must have be's getting long. I'll only just take
• 30:52
  Speaker 1: the top of it. Have you cut your grass yet?
• 30:54
  Speaker 2: You know it's a.
• 30:56
  Speaker 1: It's a job once you start, She said, Oh, can
• 30:58
  Speaker 1: you just you know, low the blade a little bit more.
• 31:01
  Speaker 1: Yeah right, okay, do you know what, I've just realized
• 31:04
  Speaker 1: the time we are running totally our time.
• 31:07
  Speaker 2: That's it for me for today.
• 31:08
  Speaker 1: I'll be back on Saturday between ten and eleven with Ady.
• 31:12
  Speaker 1: And if you fancy watching thirty six teams of under
• 31:14
  Speaker 1: tens playing hockey, then come along on Sunday to the
• 31:17
  Speaker 1: Under tens County Championship.
• 31:19
  Speaker 2: At the Three Heels. They've got girls in the morning,
• 31:22
  Speaker 2: boys in the afternoon.
• 31:23
  Speaker 1: When as a parent you might have a child under
• 31:25
  Speaker 1: ten who's wanted to try hockey, or Sunday is a
• 31:29
  Speaker 1: perfect day to come along, watch and enjoy the enthusiasm
• 31:32
  Speaker 1: of these youngsters in what is an ever growing sport.
• 31:36
  Speaker 1: And it's a chance to chat to some of the
• 31:38
  Speaker 1: optimists junior coaches.
• 31:40
  Speaker 2: But there you go. I'm going to see you Sunday, Saturday.
• 31:43
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• 31:51
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