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LISTEN BACK TO LOADS OF FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE SPORTS REPORTS. · The Folkestone & Hythe Sports Podcast

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Speaker 1: This is Kevin Sports for it daily, bringing you the
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Speaker 1: Folkestone and Hive Sports Show right here on 105.9 Radio Folkestone.
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Speaker 1: On today's show, we have cricket news as our local
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Speaker 1: teams go into the last game of the season. Football news,
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Speaker 1: plus my visit to the Dover Waterfront Park Run, helping
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Speaker 1: former guest to the show, Summer Louise, as we promoted
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Speaker 1: 5K Your Way for Cancer Research UK. We have news
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Speaker 1: from the Folkestone Saints Basketball Club after their return from
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Speaker 1: a competition in France with a trophy. We have a
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Speaker 1: list of park run venues where our local runners have
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Speaker 1: been at the weekend. We've got news about an open
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Speaker 1: day at Folkestone Rugby Club. My report on the Don
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Speaker 1: Thompson Mile plus a special interview. We're going to start
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Speaker 1: the program with a bit of netball news. Put off
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Speaker 1: the press. It popped into my inbox just this morning.
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Speaker 1: Also on the show over the next hour, I shall
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Speaker 1: be playing some songs from the world of music by
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Speaker 1: artists who have their birthdays this week. So let's start
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Speaker 1: with this classic track. We want to wish Barry Gibb
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Speaker 1: a happy 80th birthday. We don't care if you sit,
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Speaker 1: you stand, you jog or you dance to the Bee Gees.
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Speaker 1: You should be dancing, yeah. BJ's, you should be dancing,
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Speaker 1: would you? Come on, the boss won't mind. Just have
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Speaker 1: a little jig around the computer. Come on. Right, so
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Speaker 1: that's happy birthday to Barry Gibb. He's 80, believe it
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Speaker 1: or not. Oh, he's older than me. I didn't think
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Speaker 1: there was many people older than me out there, but
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Speaker 1: happy birthday, Barry. OK, sport time now. We're going to
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Speaker 1: start with netball because this came hot off the press
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Speaker 1: into my inbox because only last night, it was the
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Speaker 1: first night back of the netball season. And I want
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Speaker 1: to thank Gemma Harbour for being so efficient sending me
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Speaker 1: the results. So here we go. Now, let's just remind
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Speaker 1: you how it goes. We're going to give you the result,
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Speaker 1: the score of the team and then the name of
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Speaker 1: the star player of that team. And then we do
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Speaker 1: the same for the opposition. Three, four, five, six. We
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Speaker 1: had six matches last night, so let's crack on. Okay. Ice, 46.
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Speaker 2: Gemma.
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Speaker 1: Jets, 18. Anna. Phoenix, 11. Sarah. Resilience, 73. Amy. Ashford Magic, 23. Grace. Vipers, 24. Carmen.
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Speaker 1: Resilience Diamonds, 19. Kayleigh. Scorpions, 21. Oh, this is shared, actually.
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Speaker 1: Molly and Jess. Stingrays, 13.
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Speaker 3: Eva.
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Speaker 1: Storm, 30. Nikki. Black Widows, 13. Rachel. And finally, Jaguars 52, Nicky.
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Speaker 1: So there you go. A big thanks to Gemma Harbour there. Now,
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Speaker 1: Gemma said she was going to be listed in, so hello, Gemma.
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Speaker 1: I hope I got all those right. Thank you for
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Speaker 1: those results. And do you know what? I think we
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Speaker 1: must try and get Gemma in. You know, we've had
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Speaker 1: quite a few people over the years from the netball team,
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Speaker 1: and I love speaking to it because it's a sport that,
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Speaker 1: I don't know, it's very popular, but it doesn't get
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Speaker 1: much promotion, does it? And I love promoting it, so...
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Speaker 1: I've been down there and I've watched them over the years.
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Speaker 1: And I was pleased when they got their pitches, courts rather,
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Speaker 1: don't call them pitches, courts I think, upgraded a couple
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Speaker 1: of years ago. And we had Rachel Hayden in. And
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Speaker 1: we've had Angie in. We've had Ashley in. And so
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Speaker 1: come on Gemma, it's your turn. Right, so that was netball.
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Speaker 1: So now we're going to move on to basketball. Now
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Speaker 1: this is a report from Steve Clegghorn, who was recently
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Speaker 1: qualified as a coach for And this was his first
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Speaker 1: time coaching the team fully in a game. It was
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Speaker 1: in fact a tournament. So let's have a listen back
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Speaker 1: to his report that he sent me in. Now a
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Speaker 1: super early start on a fresh and windy morning saw
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Speaker 1: us leave our hometown of Folkestone, jump on the Eurotunnel
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Speaker 1: to arrive in France to the under-13s mini tournament in
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Speaker 1: Vimereau in France. Saints' first game was against Europar. And
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Speaker 1: in the first half, Saints dominated to take a comfortable
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Speaker 1: lead into the second half. The second half saw the
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Speaker 1: home team make a rallied comeback, giving a final and
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Speaker 1: fair result of 30-21 to the Saints, and it was
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Speaker 1: taking them to their first victory of the day. Zach Robbins,
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Speaker 1: Eddie Roach and Filip Milikic, representing the Saints, stood up
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Speaker 1: as the different playmakers in the game. Now after a
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Speaker 1: one-game break, Saints were back in the hot seat again
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Speaker 1: against Saint-Martin. Saint-Martin had previously lost to Europel earlier in
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Speaker 1: the day, but came out really trying to lock Saints down.
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Speaker 1: A quiet score in first half saw Saint-Martin put Saints down,
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Speaker 1: but with only five players, the pace that Saints started
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Speaker 1: to set was too much, and the second half saw
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Speaker 1: a rush of baskets from Saints to take them to
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Speaker 1: a second victory, 28-6. Now this is interesting, I love
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Speaker 1: this little bit. The only girl of the tournament, Saints
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Speaker 1: player Lila Knight put in a fantastic performance in this
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Speaker 1: game and stood out against the boys. Josh Elo was
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Speaker 1: on top form too. His offence and defence belying his
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Speaker 1: limited experience on the court. Now with places for 3rd, 4th,
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Speaker 1: 5th and 6th being contested before the final, Saints had
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Speaker 1: to wait for their final game against Calais. Calais came
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Speaker 1: out strong and for the first time showing Saints what
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Speaker 1: it feels like to be behind, taking their small lead
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Speaker 1: into the second half. 10-15 to Calais. With only four
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Speaker 1: minutes left on the clock, Saints' physical advantage started to show,
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Speaker 1: and they closed the difference to one point, finally taking
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Speaker 1: the lead with three minutes to go. An amazing three-point
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Speaker 1: effort from Calais made the crowd believe it was their day,
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Speaker 1: but Saints just had the edge in their determination to
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Speaker 1: walk away with the win. And this was by the
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Speaker 1: narrowest of margins, 23-22. Imagine that in a final! So
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Speaker 1: it was a wonderful team effort, The Saints were then
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Speaker 1: able to proudly lift the trophy before the long journey home.
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Speaker 1: Steve goes on to say, our players, coaching staff and
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Speaker 1: parents that followed us would like to thank the organisers
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Speaker 1: for all of their hard work and to keep the
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Speaker 1: event running so smoothly and to time. So that was
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Speaker 1: a great effort from all those involved. And that's a
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Speaker 1: big thank you to you, Steve. That's a great report
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Speaker 1: and well done on your first coaching outing. And I'm
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Speaker 1: sure there's more to come. And we've got to get
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Speaker 1: somebody in from the Saints. I tried to get old
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Speaker 1: coach Mark, but he's always busy. So perhaps Steve will
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Speaker 1: come in and give us an update on what's going
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Speaker 1: on at the club. It is one of the biggest,
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Speaker 1: over the years, honestly, since I've been doing this, I've
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Speaker 1: seen this club grow and grow and grow. Right, time
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Speaker 1: for another birthday boy. This time, Billy Ocean. Do you
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Speaker 1: remember Billy Ocean? Well, he's 76 this week. So have
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Speaker 1: a little listen. You'll love this one. Caribbean Queen.
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Speaker 2: Billy Ocean, Caribbean Queen.
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Speaker 1: Makes you want to go away.
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Speaker 3: On holiday, doesn't it? All the kids are going back to.
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Speaker 1: School now, so let's... Jump on a cruise ship so
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Speaker 1: we can go off somewhere. Why not? Right, OK, we're
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Speaker 1: going to do the Don Thompson Mile now. Tuesday evening
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Speaker 1: saw the running of the Don Thompson Mile by the
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Speaker 1: Folkestone Running and Athletics Club. Now, the mile is located
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Speaker 1: along the Hive to Seabrook Promenade with a plaque at
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Speaker 1: each end measuring exactly one mile. Well, it was a
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Speaker 1: breezy evening Tuesday as 56 runners from the Folkestone Club
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Speaker 1: took up the mile challenge. First male home in a
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Speaker 1: time of 4 minutes 42 seconds was Jo Bruce. And
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Speaker 1: first female was Kirsty Wilson in 5 minutes 43 seconds.
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Speaker 1: And then they came right through until the final athlete
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Speaker 1: crossed the line in 9 minutes 17 seconds. Now before
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Speaker 1: the runners started, former member of the club Tina Eke
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Speaker 1: told the runners a little bit about Don's build up
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Speaker 1: to the gold medal before she took up timekeeping duties
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Speaker 1: with her husband Graham. Thanks go to the rest of
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Speaker 1: the Finish Line team with Chris Walgar on clock duty,
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Speaker 1: Jane Wren and Beth Goodchild on manually recording and videoing
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Speaker 1: the runners to assist with their times. Now it is
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Speaker 1: really a unique event, so it's nice that Don is
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Speaker 1: remembered this way. So well done to chair Margaret Whittam,
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Speaker 1: she was there, and of course all the runners who
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Speaker 1: took part. So what I'm going to do now, I'm
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Speaker 1: going to turn the clock back a little bit, I'm
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Speaker 1: going to play out an interview between myself and a
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Speaker 1: gentleman called Steve Ladner. Now, we recorded this earlier. tells
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Speaker 1: you a bit more about the man himself.
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Speaker 2: I'm on the coast today for the story of one
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Speaker 2: of Kent's sporting heroes the man I'm on the trail
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Speaker 2: of was the only GB male athlete to win a
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Speaker 2: gold at the Rome Olympics of 1960 Don Thompson.
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Speaker 1: Well, my name's Kevin Daly. I'm a volunteer sports reporter
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Speaker 1: on local radio. I compare running races around the county,
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Speaker 1: sometimes further afield. I've been doing that for nearly 20
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Speaker 1: years now. And I also compare Cancer Research UK's Race
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Speaker 1: for Life, which happens once a year. But at its peak,
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Speaker 1: I was doing six races around the county. And I'm
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Speaker 1: a former member of Folkestone Running Club.
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Speaker 2: We are on the beach at Hythe, in front of
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Speaker 2: the Hythe Imperial, but we're also in front of the
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Speaker 2: Don Thompson Mile. What's that all about?
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Speaker 1: Well, Don Thompson Mile was dreamt up after his death, sadly.
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Speaker 1: He passed away in 2006. But somebody came up with
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Speaker 1: the idea of doing something to stand the test of
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Speaker 1: time so we could remember him every year. So the
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Speaker 1: Don Thompson Mile was dreamt up. So we've got a
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Speaker 1: plaque at one end of the Hythe Promenade which says,
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Speaker 1: in memory of Great Britain's only gold medalist at the
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Speaker 1: 1960 Rome Olympic Games in the 50 kilometre walk. And
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Speaker 1: exactly a mile away is another plaque saying the same thing. Well,
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Speaker 1: every year, Folkestone Running Club come down here and all
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Speaker 1: the runners start at one end. And normally, they make
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Speaker 1: sure the wind is behind them so they don't have
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Speaker 1: to run against the wind. I remember I did it
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Speaker 1: one year, got a personal best because the wind was
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Speaker 1: behind me. But then there's another team at the far end.
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Speaker 1: The two teams are in communication and all the runners
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Speaker 1: go off together. So when they get to the other
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Speaker 1: end of the Don Thompson, well, they all get a
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Speaker 1: time and it goes down. And it really is a
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Speaker 1: good fun evening. It brings the runners together. And to
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Speaker 1: be fair, as time has passed by, a lot of
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Speaker 1: runners don't know who Don Thompson is. Even though he
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Speaker 1: was a local man, he was in Hyde for a
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Speaker 1: very long time.
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Speaker 2: Well, let's find out a bit more about Don Thompson.
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Speaker 2: He wasn't born here, but he made his life here.
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Speaker 2: for many years. He was a teacher. He was an
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Speaker 2: insurance clerk as well, wasn't he? But he started off
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Speaker 2: as a runner, didn't he?
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Speaker 1: He did start off as a runner. And then I
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Speaker 1: do believe that he got talked into doing a race
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Speaker 1: walk for his club at the time, which was Thames
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Speaker 1: Valley Harriers. And he thought, oh, do you know what?
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Speaker 1: I quite like this. And he just went from strength
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Speaker 1: to strength. And, well, the climax of his career was
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Speaker 1: the 1960 Olympics. But there are some stories about that walk.
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Speaker 1: I mean, on the day itself, it was a very
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Speaker 1: hot day. And he didn't start at the front. He
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Speaker 1: picked his way off. But he was going head to
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Speaker 1: head with a gentleman, a Swedish chap called John Lundgren.
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Speaker 1: But John was, if you like, at the time, he
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Speaker 1: was 10 years older and he was starting to clag.
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Speaker 1: And so Don took the opportunity and he finished the
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Speaker 1: race 17 seconds ahead of John.
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Speaker 3: It wasn't until near the end of the race that
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Speaker 3: the 27-year-old insurance clerk had shaken off the Swede and
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Speaker 3: all other competition. Coming home in tremendous style, 17 seconds
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Speaker 3: ahead of Lundgren, and setting a new Olympic record of
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Speaker 3: 4 hours, 25 minutes, 30 seconds. Well done, Walker Thompson.
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Speaker 1: And he said he could hear the second cheer of
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Speaker 1: the crowd because he knew John had just come into
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Speaker 1: the stadium, so he had to up his game. And
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Speaker 1: sure enough, he won that gold. But I will say
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Speaker 1: that race walking is a really tough sport, believe it
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Speaker 1: or not. And it looks so uncomfortable. And the rules
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Speaker 1: are you have to keep one foot on the ground
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Speaker 1: at all times. And this is really tough because when
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Speaker 1: you go neck to neck heading towards the finish, the
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Speaker 1: temptation is to go faster. And they have umpire judges,
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Speaker 1: along the final straight especially, and if you've got two feet,
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Speaker 1: and you've just walked 20, 50 kilometres, and you've got
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Speaker 1: two feet off the ground, the flag goes up, and
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Speaker 1: you are out, and there's no second chance.
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Speaker 2: And that happened, didn't it, in that final?
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Speaker 1: Yes, it did, yeah. I mean, there's judges all along
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Speaker 1: the course, and it's only, you know, you might think
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Speaker 1: you've got a quiet section, so just go a little
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Speaker 1: bit faster, but someone will jump out behind the hedge,
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Speaker 1: put a flag up, bang, you're out. But I look
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Speaker 1: in at the pictures, and it looked like he was
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Speaker 1: doing it in a pair of brogues. LAUGHTER I mean,
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Speaker 1: the technology was like so in its infancy, as was
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Speaker 1: shown in his training method. He was a little bit
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Speaker 1: ahead of his time. He was trying to assimilate the
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Speaker 1: heat and humidity that he might find in Italy. So
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Speaker 1: he went into his bathroom. He got some steaming hot kettles,
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Speaker 1: boiling steam all over the place. He put a heavy
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Speaker 1: tracksuit on. He got a paraffin heater going. And he
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Speaker 1: was just doing exercises in the bathroom. But after half
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Speaker 1: an hour or so, he thought, oh, God, this is
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Speaker 1: really tough. And it turned out that the paraffin heater
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Speaker 1: was actually giving off carbon monoxide fumes. It's like doing
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Speaker 1: exercises in the garage with the car engine running, you know.
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Speaker 2: He was certainly very dedicated, wasn't he, to the sport? Well,
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Speaker 2: to sport, to running, to walking in general.
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Speaker 1: Oh, yes, without a shadow of a doubt. I mean,
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Speaker 1: he competed in the 1983 Thanet Marathons. He could walk
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Speaker 1: as fast as a lot of runners. But he fell over,
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Speaker 1: he took a tumble and he broke his collarbone. He
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Speaker 1: did finish the race and his dedication was such that
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Speaker 1: he really wanted to get out and do his training
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Speaker 1: because he was a strange one. He got up at
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Speaker 1: four o'clock in the morning to go out for his
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Speaker 1: race walk and he had a very small loop around Hythia.
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Speaker 1: But he used to do it, go round and round
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Speaker 1: and round for two hours. But being a four o'clock
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Speaker 1: in the morning starter... What he did, he actually built
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Speaker 1: a little cage over the foot of his bed and
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Speaker 1: he used to get his wife to put his trainers
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Speaker 1: on at night because he couldn't bend down to do
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Speaker 1: the laces up. So he actually slept in his trainers
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Speaker 1: before four o'clock, before he went out for his walk.
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Speaker 1: So he really was just amazingly dedicated, driven, there's no
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Speaker 1: other word for it really.
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Speaker 2: Absolutely not. Nothing was going to stop him from pursuing
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Speaker 2: what he enjoyed doing.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, he was an amazing man. But he was
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Speaker 1: such a, I mean, as you said, he was an
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Speaker 1: insurance clerk. And that is what he looked like. He
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Speaker 1: wasn't a superstar, all muscles bulging, powerful athlete. He was
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Speaker 1: only 5'5. And the Italians took to him and they
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Speaker 1: called him Il Topolino, which loosely translated was Little Mouse.
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Speaker 1: And he was very distinctive when he came in the stadium.
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Speaker 1: He had a pair of really, really dark sunglasses on.
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Speaker 1: And his mum made him a hat with like a
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Speaker 1: Foreign Legion white handkerchief sewn onto the back of the
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Speaker 1: hat so that it would keep the sun off the
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Speaker 1: back of his neck. So he really was a character
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Speaker 1: in his own little way. He really was, yeah.
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Speaker 2: I love it.
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Speaker 1: And you met him as well, didn't you?
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Speaker 2: What was he like?
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Speaker 1: Oh, yeah. I found him very inoffensive, very quiet man.
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Speaker 1: I was a member of Folks and Running Club for
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Speaker 1: many years, and he was also. And we used to
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Speaker 1: have a Christmas dinner, and he always used to bring
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Speaker 1: his gold medal along. And there might be a few
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Speaker 1: new runners come to the club, we're absolutely in awe
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Speaker 1: of him. And he was a character, though, in himself.
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Speaker 1: He used to say that, oh dear, every four years
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Speaker 1: they'll dust me off and the BBC will get me
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Speaker 1: out for another interview. But even in his latter years,
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Speaker 1: myself and my partner Sue we would always go running.
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Speaker 1: We'd look for runs that were quite a drive away,
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Speaker 1: but Don always used to be there. It was amazing.
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Speaker 1: The amount of times we turned up and a run
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Speaker 1: miles away, and there he was in his Focus on
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Speaker 1: Running Club kit. But he wouldn't run it, he'd walk it,
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Speaker 1: and beat a lot of runners. He was such a,
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Speaker 1: as we said, a driven man. It was amazing that
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Speaker 1: he kept going for so long. In fact, he was
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Speaker 1: one of the oldest athletes. He was an oldest British athlete,
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Speaker 1: 58 years. years and 89 days, and he took part
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Speaker 1: in a 200-kilometre walk in France when he was 58,
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Speaker 1: 200 kilometres.
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Speaker 2: We're here on the Don Thompson Mile. Do you think
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Speaker 2: he's been forgotten about a bit?
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Speaker 1: Well, he's gone under the radar because of his, if
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Speaker 1: you like, his quiet personality. He wasn't one that was
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Speaker 1: looking for headlines, and so his name has perhaps been forgotten.
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Speaker 1: But this is why we do the Don Thompson Wild
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Speaker 1: once a year, just to remind athletes that are coming through.
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Speaker 1: I mean, he passed away in 2006. We've got, or
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Speaker 1: the club have got members that were born after that
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Speaker 1: and wouldn't have a clue about him. And so it's
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Speaker 1: nice to keep that legacy going. So there you go.
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Speaker 1: That was myself and Steve Ladner talking about Don Thompson.
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Speaker 1: And what a character, eh? And some of those stories.
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Speaker 1: And I'm sure there's plenty more there as well. But, yeah,
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Speaker 1: we celebrated the Don Thompson Mile just on Tuesday evening
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Speaker 1: with 56 runners running in his memory. So well done
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Speaker 1: to the folks at Running and Athletics Club. OK, time
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Speaker 1: for another birthday, but sadly this gentleman is no longer
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Speaker 1: with us. Now, Freddie Mercury would have been 80 today. Now,
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Speaker 1: he actually died, and this is another thing. I can't
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Speaker 1: believe he died 35 years ago. Now, can you.
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Speaker 1: Can you remember where you were when you heard the
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Speaker 1: news about Freddie Mercury? I'll tell you, I can. I
19:42
Speaker 1: was in a television shop in Canterbury and they had
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Speaker 1: all these televisions on all showing something. All of a
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Speaker 1: sudden they all changed and it was a newsflash. Freddie
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Speaker 1: Mercury had passed away. And I'll never forget that day.
19:55
Speaker 1: And so what we're going to do, we're going to
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Speaker 1: play a song that was pretty much him singing on
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Speaker 1: his own. This is Freddie Mercury and Living On My Own.
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Speaker 2: Sometimes I feel I'm going to break down and cry.
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Speaker 2: Nowhere to go, nothing to do with my time.
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Speaker 1: I get lonely.
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Speaker 2: So lonely.
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Speaker 1: Living on my own. Freddie Mercury, Living On My Own, 1993.
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Speaker 1: Got to be.
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Speaker 3: Some good times ahead.
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Speaker 1: We would have been 80 this week. Right, so time
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Speaker 1: for some cricket news. So what I'm going to do
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Speaker 1: is I'm going to tell you all the cricket scores
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Speaker 1: from last week. Well, in fact, there weren't any, because
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Speaker 1: if you remember last Saturday, it poured down. So every
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Speaker 1: single game was abandoned. But this Saturday sees the last
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Speaker 1: day of the local cricket season, so let's have a
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Speaker 1: look at some of our teams are doing. Is it promotion?
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Speaker 1: Is it relegation? Well, sit back and have a listen.
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Speaker 1: Folkestone First XI in the Championship play their final game
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Speaker 1: against Dartford. Folkestone eventually had a good spell which kept
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Speaker 1: them out of the relegation zone. In this division there
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Speaker 1: are 10 teams, the bottom two going down. Folkestone having,
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Speaker 1: after that little good spell, they've been hovering safely in
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Speaker 1: 8th position. And Saturday's opponents are 9th. But even if
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Speaker 1: Dartford win this game and gain maximum 18 points, Folkestone
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Speaker 1: will still stay up. So next season sees another one
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Speaker 1: in the championship. Hawkins and Hythe both play in Division
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Speaker 1: 7 hurrican section. Hawkins, who are fourth, play their last
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Speaker 1: game against Broadstairs, who are third. The best Hawkins can
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Speaker 1: hope for is a win, which would mean they swap positions,
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Speaker 1: but no promotion. Hive, however, if they beat Sandwich, will
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Speaker 1: gain promotion for the third year run-in. In Division 9's
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Speaker 1: Shepherd section, Hive Green have a local derby against Saltwood,
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Speaker 1: but nothing really on this game, just except the local
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Speaker 1: bragging rights. The Green are currently fourth and Saltwood are fifth.
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Speaker 1: So if Silver win, they could swap places, but no
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Speaker 1: change or promotion. So a steady season for both teams.
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Speaker 1: And in Division 5 Hurricanes section, Sibton Park are currently
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Speaker 1: sitting in fourth position. If they beat Addington on Saturday,
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Speaker 1: they could end up third, but no promotion. So another
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Speaker 1: good old season. So our teams, the first teams of
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Speaker 1: the ones we've been on about all year long, are
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Speaker 1: pretty steady. And nothing too much to shout about. They
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Speaker 1: stay where they are, except possibly for Hive. If they
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Speaker 1: win on Saturday, then they go up. So well done
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Speaker 1: to Hive, and well done to the rest of the
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Speaker 1: teams for maintaining the status quo. Now next week will
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Speaker 1: be a final summing up of the season, and I'll
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Speaker 1: try and track down the progress of the second and
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Speaker 1: third XI's of some of these clubs to let you
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Speaker 1: know how their season ended. From a weather point of view,
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Speaker 1: it's been one of the hottest seasons for years, isn't it?
22:54
Speaker 1: Oh dear, the Saturdays have been so hot. So please
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Speaker 1: bear a thought for the players who've been out there
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Speaker 1: for several hours in the extreme heat. Now, this led
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Speaker 1: me to investigate if a cricket match had ever been
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Speaker 1: cancelled due to extreme heat. Well, one day-night game was
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Speaker 1: halted for 45 minutes. Due to the extreme sunshine more
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Speaker 1: than the heat, the players were complaining they had problems
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Speaker 1: seeing the white ball in the sunshine. So this threw
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Speaker 1: up really a host of questions and reasons why cricket
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Speaker 1: matches were either halted for a period of time or
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Speaker 1: abandoned completely. In the Headingley Test Match in 1988, Kirtley
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Speaker 1: Ambrose had bowled four balls to Graham Gooch. But on
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Speaker 1: his fifth, he stopped halfway through the run-up and told
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Speaker 1: umpire Dickie Bird he could see water oozing up out
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Speaker 1: of the ground. On further investigation, it appeared that a
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Speaker 1: drain had burst and it took some time with plenty
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Speaker 1: of sawdust to make a temporary repair. Apparently, the papers
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Speaker 1: next day were quoting that Wait for this. Drain stop play. Now,
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Speaker 1: various countries had animals holding up play. They have had... Now,
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Speaker 1: these are in various lower leagues as well, where it's
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Speaker 1: perhaps easier to gain access to the pitch. Anyway, they've
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Speaker 1: had sheep invasions in Wales, kangaroos on the pitch in Australia.
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Speaker 1: They've had escaped circus camels in Cornwall. Ducks turned up
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Speaker 1: at a test match in County Durham. Various cats and
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Speaker 1: dogs have wandered onto the pitch worldwide, in fact. And
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Speaker 1: in India, a local wild monkey named Jacko decided to
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Speaker 1: join in and started fielding in mid-wicket. He was quickly
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Speaker 1: rounded up and scooted off. So who said cricket's boring, eh?
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Speaker 1: No chance of that. So there you go, that's the
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Speaker 1: cricket round-up. There'll be a massive round-up next week or
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Speaker 1: next time I'm on air, just as the season finishes. OK,
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Speaker 1: what have we got now? Oh, we've got another birthday. Yes,
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Speaker 1: we've got another birthday. Now, this lady, I can't believe
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Speaker 1: they're all... Like, this one is 75. This is Chrissie Hyne.
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Speaker 1: Remember the Pretenders? Well, we're going to play a track now,
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Speaker 1: and you'll love this one. This is called Don't Get
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Speaker 1: Me Wrong. MUSIC PLAYS Here we go, Chrissie Hynde and
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Speaker 1: the Pretenders, and a big happy birthday to you, Chrissie.
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Speaker 1: 75 this week. Right, so we're going to do a
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Speaker 1: bit of rugby news. I want to get this in now. Sunday,
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Speaker 1: season open day at the Folkestone Rugby Club, showcasing junior rugby. Now,
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Speaker 1: if you remember, recently we had two under nines and
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Speaker 1: their parents came in. There was a girl, Pippa, and
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Speaker 1: a boy, William, and they told us just how much
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Speaker 1: they enjoyed the sport. Now, there's no contact, just tag
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Speaker 1: rugby from reception until year three. So parents, don't worry
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Speaker 1: about it. If your child, boy or girl, wants to
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Speaker 1: try rugby, this is a perfect opportunity. For more information,
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Speaker 1: please visit the Folkestone Rugby Club website or their Facebook page.
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Speaker 1: It's all down there. So that's today, this Sunday, get
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Speaker 1: up the rugby club. If you get up there for about,
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Speaker 1: I think it's about nine o'clock. And, you know, just
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Speaker 1: show an interest. The facilities are great up there. And
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Speaker 1: I will tell you, I haven't got all the details,
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Speaker 1: but they are having a quiz night on the 19th
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Speaker 1: of September. I know that because I've been rubbed into
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Speaker 1: being the quiz master. And what a lovely thought this is.
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Speaker 1: All the proceeds are going to the people of Nepal
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Speaker 1: and Tibet after those terrible floods. Right, so as the
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Speaker 1: old time, it's flying away as normal, so we'd better
26:45
Speaker 1: get this in. This is some football news. Well, folks
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Speaker 1: in Evicta have made an excellent start in the National
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Speaker 1: League South. They've played 5-1-3, drawn two, and remain unbeaten,
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Speaker 1: sitting in third place behind Maidstone United and Dagenham and Redbridge,
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Speaker 1: who are top. OK, it's early days, but what a
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Speaker 1: great start. But let me remind you, this is a
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Speaker 1: big league and they have another 41 games to go.
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Speaker 1: But the main thing at the moment, the fans are happy.
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Speaker 1: Now they had a great bank holiday weekend. They beat
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Speaker 1: Slough 2-0 away on Saturday. Then Hemel Hempstead 2-0 at
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Speaker 1: home on Monday. The next game is this Saturday when
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Speaker 1: they travel down to Torquay. This is a 500 mile
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Speaker 1: round trip for the fans. And our man Adi will
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Speaker 1: be there. Aidy's going down for the weekend to commentate
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Speaker 1: on the match for his beloved Seasiders Radio. So he
27:36
Speaker 1: won't be on the sports show on Saturday. I'll be
27:38
Speaker 1: flying solo between 10 and 11. And I'll tell you
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Speaker 1: a little bit more about that as we do have
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Speaker 1: a special guest coming in. Now, whilst Hive Town seem
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Speaker 1: to be having problems with the laying of their artificial surface,
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Speaker 1: that's on the pitch. Sorry, that's off the pitch. On
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Speaker 1: the pitch, they're doing really well. Remember, all their games
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Speaker 1: are being played away because they've got no home ground
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Speaker 1: at the moment. But they've started well, they've played three
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Speaker 1: and they've won three. Some of their fixtures have been
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Speaker 1: postponed due to rock hard and bumpy pitches, obviously due
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Speaker 1: to the lack of rain. Last Monday in the local
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Speaker 1: Derby game against Lid, they beat them 3-1. Rochester United
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Speaker 1: are currently top of the league. This league is such
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Speaker 1: a mouthful. Southern counties to East, first division. Some teams
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Speaker 1: with decent pitches have already played six games. But high
28:27
Speaker 1: this week are away to Greenways. There we go, Greenways FC,
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Speaker 1: which means a trip to a grave's end. Now in
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Speaker 1: the Kent County League, mixed weekend for Hawkins and New Romney.
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Speaker 1: On Saturday, Hawkins' home game against Aylesford was cancelled due
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Speaker 1: to the state of the pitch after all that rain. Remember, Saturday,
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Speaker 1: we were saying, washed all the cricket out and obviously
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Speaker 1: upset the rain, the game up at Hawkins. Their last then,
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Speaker 1: they lost heavily 6-2 on Monday against Snodland Town Reserves.
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Speaker 1: On Saturday, New Romney lost 4-1 against Falconwood, but picked
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Speaker 1: up their first point of the season with a 0-0
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Speaker 1: draw against Tenterden. Hawkins go again on Saturday, but that's
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Speaker 1: at home to Sporting Club Thamesmead. However, I couldn't find
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Speaker 1: a fixture for New Romney, so something might pop up.
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Speaker 1: I think it's a cup weekend. And I don't know
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Speaker 1: whether there's an odd number of teams in the Cup
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Speaker 1: and New Romney haven't got a game. I haven't quite
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Speaker 1: got that yet. So what else have we got? Well,
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Speaker 1: what we're going to do is play a bit of music,
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Speaker 1: I think. Oh, yeah, I love this one. Oh, this is...
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Speaker 1: It's nothing to do with football, but this is Chelsea
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Speaker 1: Dagger and the Fratellis.
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Speaker 2: MUSIC PLAYS Oh, yeah.
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Speaker 1: I tell you what, I must get the lyrics to
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Speaker 1: that song. I haven't got a clue what they're singing about.
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Speaker 1: They're singing about Chelsea. The only bit I know is... Right,
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Speaker 1: so on the track of the lyrics of that song. Right,
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Speaker 1: so we've got a bit more sport to squeeze in.
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Speaker 1: It's so much today. It really has been a great show.
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Speaker 1: Last Saturday, I was on the mic at 5K Your Way,
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Speaker 1: which is held within the Dover Waterfront Park Run. Now,
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Speaker 1: 5K Your Way celebrated their first birthday and founder member
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Speaker 1: and former guest to the show, Summer Louise, read a
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Speaker 1: short speech at the start of the run highlighting that
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Speaker 1: 5K Your Way is a support group for anyone living
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Speaker 1: with or who have been touched by cancer in any
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Speaker 1: way or form to come along, do a bit of exercise,
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Speaker 1: have a chat over a coffee. Well, it was a
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Speaker 1: cloudy morning, but we dodged the main downpours, which came
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Speaker 1: a bit later. 266 runners and 25 volunteers took part.
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Speaker 1: The volunteers were mainly from the Ashford Tri Club who
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Speaker 1: were doing what they call a takeover. There was loads
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Speaker 1: of cakes to be eaten after the run. We had
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Speaker 1: a bit of music and it was a very buzzy,
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Speaker 1: uplifting morning. So a big thanks goes to cancer survivor
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Speaker 1: Summer Louise for all her hard work over the last
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Speaker 1: year and to Run Director Max Ransley for bringing along
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Speaker 1: loads of enthusiastic members of his Ashford Tri Club for
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Speaker 1: the takeover. Now, I'll be going along to the Dover
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Speaker 1: Waterfront Park Run when they celebrate their third birthday for
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Speaker 1: a bit of music, a bit of chat, keep everybody going.
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Speaker 1: That's on the 12th of September. And another former guest
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Speaker 1: to the show, Amy Stimson, will be the run director. Now,
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Speaker 1: I love this part of the show. After a few weeks,
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Speaker 1: folks and athletes have been touring around the different venues,
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Speaker 1: so it's time for a catch-up to see where they've been.
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Speaker 1: Andy Noble found his park run in Wakehurst in West Sussex.
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Speaker 1: Martin Salmon was in Ashford. Marty Murray and his brother
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Speaker 1: Tomo were in visiting family in Northern Ireland and found
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Speaker 1: a park run called the Ross Trevore Mountain Park Run,
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Speaker 1: which was hilly and raining. Tony Scott was at Penrith
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Speaker 1: Park Run, which is just outside the northern edge of
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Speaker 1: the Lake District. Simon Coffey was in Burnley in Lancashire.
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Speaker 1: Elizabeth Chew run at the Warmer and Deal Seafront Park Run.
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Speaker 1: Jake Harvey was in Birkenhead. I have to say it
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Speaker 1: like that. I've been watching Heartbeat and things like that. Birkenhead,
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Speaker 1: which is just west of Liverpool. James Barney was at
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Speaker 1: the Munsell Trail Park Run in the Peak District. Kay
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Speaker 1: Evans was at the Avery Hill Park Run, which is
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Speaker 1: in the Greenwich Eltham area of London. And finally, Sarah
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Speaker 1: Silver was at the Medina Park Run on the Isle
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Speaker 1: of Wight in Ryde. And basically, if you look at
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Speaker 1: the map, it's pretty much opposite Portsmouth. So, big thanks
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Speaker 1: to Dan McCarthy there for collating all that information in
33:08
Speaker 1: his role as the Folkestone Running and Athletics Club Press Officer. Now,
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Speaker 1: I actually love reading out all these venues. It just
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Speaker 1: shows you how far Parkrun has spread over the recent years.
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Speaker 1: And for me, it's becoming more like a geography lesson.
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Speaker 1: It really is. So if you've got a sport, you
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Speaker 1: want a bit of coverage, or you've got a budding
33:29
Speaker 1: protege that's good at the sport, or you've got an
33:32
Speaker 1: unsung hero that really doesn't want to be in the
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Speaker 1: front line, but likes being, you know, beavering away, supporting
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Speaker 1: the club, whatever it is, and just wants to stay
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Speaker 1: in the background. Bring them along. Tell me about them
33:45
Speaker 1: and bring them along to the show. You know, just
33:47
Speaker 1: send me a little private message on my Facebook Messenger
33:51
Speaker 1: or send me an email at sportsdesk at radiofolksling.com and
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Speaker 1: we will do our best to get you in. It
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Speaker 1: might be a new club, you know, a new member,
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Speaker 1: new to the area. You just want a little bit
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Speaker 1: of a push. So now we've got another birthday. Now,
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Speaker 1: this is a gentleman. He was... Well, to me, I
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Speaker 1: think it was a bit of a one-hit wonder, to
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Speaker 1: be honest. But the song is really a long song.
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Speaker 1: And this is... I'm just trying to look up his...
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Speaker 1: There we go. He's 81 this week. Now, you might
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Speaker 1: remember this one. This is Al Stewart and The Year
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Speaker 1: of the Cat. Well, that's Al Stewart, the year of
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Speaker 1: the cat in 1976. And a happy birthday to Al.
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Speaker 1: He's 81 this week. And I think next year should
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Speaker 1: be the year of the ferry, don't you? This is
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Speaker 1: Kevin Daly on Radio Folkestone. And, well, that's it from
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Speaker 1: me for today. Saturday I'll be back in the chair
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Speaker 1: between 10 and 11. And my special guest will be
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Speaker 1: our very own Radio Folkestone Steve Bede. And he's going
35:17
Speaker 1: to be talking about the local table tennis scene. So
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Speaker 1: there you are. It's amazing, isn't it? I was chatting
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Speaker 1: to him the other day and I didn't realise how
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Speaker 1: much he was into table tennis. So tune in on Saturday.
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Speaker 1: And that's it for me. Bye for now. We'll play
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Speaker 1: you out with the Year of the Cat. See you Saturday.