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Katie Woolf spoke with Reece from Darwin Gymnastics Club celebrating 40 years · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: If you want to know what's happening on the local
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  Speaker 1: political landscape, Katie Wolf has it covered on three sixty
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  Speaker 1: Every One is Listening Mix one oh four point nine.
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  Speaker 2: Well, if you want to know what's happening all around
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  Speaker 2: the place, you can tune into the show. And I
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  Speaker 2: always love catching up with different community groups and different
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  Speaker 2: sporting groups who are doing wonderful things in the Northern Territory.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm really excited because joining me in the studio
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  Speaker 2: right now is Reese Barden, who is the coach at
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  Speaker 2: the Darwin Gymnastics Club. How are you, Reese?
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  Speaker 1: I am good, thank you, good morning.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, lovely to have you in the studio. Also my
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  Speaker 2: daughter's gymnastics coach, which.
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  Speaker 1: Is longer course. Yeah, spending time with Bronte definitely.
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  Speaker 2: Now the Darwin Gymnastics Club is celebrating forty years this weekend.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, we are unbelievable.
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  Speaker 2: Forty years is such an amazing time for a sporting
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  Speaker 2: club to be operating.
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  Speaker 1: It's amazing. I've been busy taking photos of photos back
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  Speaker 1: from nineteen eighty one and throughout the years, yep, pulling
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  Speaker 1: out old VCRs, all the cob webs and everything, and yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it's just amazing seeing how much we've achieved in that time.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and reach you've actually obviously now you are a
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  Speaker 2: coach and you coach the juniors coming up through the squad,
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  Speaker 2: but you used to be one of those juniors as well.
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  Speaker 2: You were part of the club as an athlete.
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  Speaker 1: I sure did. Since two thousand and one I started
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  Speaker 1: my time at Darwin Gymnastics Club. So I celebrated my
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  Speaker 1: twentieth year last month. And yeah, it's just been amazing
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  Speaker 1: the experiences that I've been given. Yep, as a coach, judge,
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  Speaker 1: gymnast it's just been a ride.
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  Speaker 2: And I reckon that that's you know, that's such a
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  Speaker 2: wonderful thing about sport, no matter what sport you're talking about,
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  Speaker 2: but particularly with gymnastics, is there are so many different
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  Speaker 2: opportunities for young people as they come up through the ranks.
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  Speaker 2: You know, when you start off in those in kindo
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  Speaker 2: gym is that what it's called, Yeah, and then they
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  Speaker 2: work their way up. There are so many opportunities for
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  Speaker 2: those youngsters. And sport just does so much for our kids,
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  Speaker 2: not just when you talk about the fitness, but also
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  Speaker 2: when you talk about the social side of it.
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  Speaker 1: Social, the pathways, the opportunities for trips away, the just
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  Speaker 1: their life experiences, the commitment that's involved, Like really we
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  Speaker 1: provide stuff and gymnastics around Australia does for people who
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  Speaker 1: are happy for one hour a week all the way
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  Speaker 1: up to yeah, taking over your life.
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  Speaker 2: We're just about there.
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  Speaker 1: I think I've getting that, Yeah, definitely.
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  Speaker 2: Now, Reese, tell us what is planned for the celebration
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  Speaker 2: on the weekend. I know there's going to be a
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  Speaker 2: lot on.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, so it is an invitational, but for this weekend
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  Speaker 1: there's just Darwin Gymnastic Club athletes. So it starts in
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  Speaker 1: the morning at nine thirty on Sundays sixth the June,
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  Speaker 1: and it will go through all the way to about
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  Speaker 1: two thirty in the afternoon.
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  Speaker 2: Yep.
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  Speaker 1: So there is an acrobatic competition and a tumble competition
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  Speaker 1: in that, but most of it is display time. So
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  Speaker 1: from ten thirty to twelve we have all of our
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  Speaker 1: recreational and squad gymnasts doing displays. So it's jam packed
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  Speaker 1: two hours and then we finish off with the fortieth
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  Speaker 1: birthday cake. So come on down.
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  Speaker 2: Very cool now, if there is anybody out there listening
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  Speaker 2: who's maybe been part of the Gymnastics Club and they're
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  Speaker 2: keen to, you know, to come down on the weekend
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  Speaker 2: and sort of see exactly what's going on, or they
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  Speaker 2: want a little bit more information about the display and stuff.
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  Speaker 2: Can they just tend to the website or what's the
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  Speaker 2: best thing to do.
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  Speaker 1: So our website is darwingim dot com and we've got
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  Speaker 1: informations and flyers up there. Also you can just rock
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  Speaker 1: up on the day. So we will have our COVID
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  Speaker 1: scan at the front door, but other than that we'll
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  Speaker 1: provide seating ex members. Some of our life members are
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  Speaker 1: flying from interstate and so we're very excited about that.
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  Speaker 2: Have you got many live members?
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  Speaker 1: Is it qual many of life members? Yeah, so we're
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  Speaker 1: getting So there's two or three being awarded this year. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: they already know. So there's Rachel Bardon and Sharon Hartley.
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  Speaker 1: So Sharon Hartley has been there for a couple of
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  Speaker 1: years more than me as a coach, and yes, she
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  Speaker 1: has done amazing things for the Anti Gymnastics but definitely
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  Speaker 1: for darn gymasses well, and.
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  Speaker 2: I reckon a lot of people would know Sharon, wouldn't They.
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  Speaker 1: Everyone knows Sharon definitely, from the schools to the Kinney
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  Speaker 1: gym to like x trips away to nationals with acrobats
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  Speaker 1: and all sorts rhythmic connections.
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  Speaker 2: Now, I mean there will be some parents listening this
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  Speaker 2: morning as well, or maybe grandparents, aunties, uncles, karras who
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  Speaker 2: are thinking to themselves, I wouldn't mind getting my kids
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  Speaker 2: into gymnastics. Talk us through. I mean you start like though,
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  Speaker 2: literally you can start the kids from really quite young,
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  Speaker 2: can't you.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, yes, From twelve months onwards we have kindajyan programs.
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  Speaker 1: Then we have and that's with parents going out on
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  Speaker 1: the floor at the same time, lots of movement music,
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  Speaker 1: just fun climbing over everything. From four and up we
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  Speaker 1: have more structured classes, so mini gym, tumblers, and then
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  Speaker 1: for our preteens and teens we have things like girls
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  Speaker 1: only free g parkour classes, tumbling all sorts.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, and there's the boys classes as well, isn't there
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  Speaker 2: Because that's what a lot of people maybe don't realize.
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  Speaker 1: Too definitely, So we provide lots of different pathways because
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  Speaker 1: we know that getting the boys in the gym is
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  Speaker 1: a bit harder, but once they're end, they love it.
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  Speaker 1: Who doesn't love to flip and be outside down? So
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  Speaker 1: we have a four x four program which is kind
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  Speaker 1: of like a competitive boys program, but they can come
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  Speaker 1: in with that or the commitment. Then we've got our
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  Speaker 1: competitive men's gymnastics, men's artistic and also just one hour
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  Speaker 1: a week fun, good stuff.
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  Speaker 2: Well, Reese, I know there's so many kids that head
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  Speaker 2: to head to the dow And Gymnastics Club. I know
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  Speaker 2: that gymnastics is such a big sport in the Northern Territory.
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  Speaker 2: You know when you go along to a carnival you
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  Speaker 2: realize just how many young people do get involved in
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  Speaker 2: gymnastics in the territory. Great way to get the kids
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  Speaker 2: moving and if anybody years after some more info they
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  Speaker 2: can head to your website. But going to be a
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  Speaker 2: massive weekend with the Darwin Gymnastics Club celebrating forty years.
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  Speaker 2: Congratulations to you all, good to see you this morning.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you so much for your time.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you Katie.
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  Speaker 2: That's Rees Bardan there who is the coach, one of
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  Speaker 2: the coaches at the Darwin Gymnastics Club and they are
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  Speaker 2: a great club. All of the wonderful gymnasts around the
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  Speaker 2: territory do a phenomenal job, no doubt about it, training hard,
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  Speaker 2: but lots of fun as well