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LISTEN AGAIN AS I TALK ABOUT LOCAL FOOTBALL,RUGBY,HOCKEY,HOWLETTS 5K FUN RUN,HALF MARATHON AND AN UPDATE ON ORFILA. · The Folkestone & Hythe Sports Podcast

• 0:05
  Speaker 1: Well, good morning, Folkestone.
• 0:16
  Speaker 2: This is Kevin, Sportswearer Daily, bringing you the Saturday Sports
• 0:19
  Speaker 2: Show right here on Radio Folkestone 105.9.
• 0:21
  Speaker 3: Good morning.
• 0:30
  Speaker 2: Well, I'm flying solo today as Adrian is in Salisbury
• 0:34
  Speaker 2: on Seasiders Radio, commentary duty, as in Victor having a
• 0:38
  Speaker 2: way game. No guests on the show today, but we
• 0:46
  Speaker 2: will be bringing you focused on football news, rugby and
• 0:49
  Speaker 2: hockey news. A recap of my day on the mic
• 0:53
  Speaker 2: at the Howlitz Cheetah 10K.
• 0:55
  Speaker 3: And a preview of tomorrow's half marathons.
• 1:10
  Speaker 2: And we've got something a little bit different from sport today,
• 1:13
  Speaker 2: but very local to our town of Folkestone. Now, back
• 1:22
  Speaker 2: in 2013, I was on the mic at the Folkestone's
• 1:25
  Speaker 2: Race for Life, and I invited two sisters, Louise and Abby,
• 1:29
  Speaker 2: to perform a couple of lively songs to get the
• 1:32
  Speaker 2: audience warmed up. Next thing you know, I'm dragged onto
• 1:35
  Speaker 2: the stage... where I was stuck in the middle of
• 1:38
  Speaker 2: Louisa and Abby in front of thousands of spectators and
• 1:42
  Speaker 2: roped into joining in with this song.
• 1:54
  Speaker 3: And this is so appropriately named.
• 1:56
  Speaker 2: Because for about three minutes, three minutes, 20 seconds, I
• 2:02
  Speaker 2: was stuck in the middle of Louisa and Abby. So
• 2:05
  Speaker 2: sit back and enjoy it. Steelers will. Stuck in the
• 2:09
  Speaker 2: middle with you.
• 2:11
  Speaker 4: ¶ ¶ ¶ ¶.
• 2:37
  Speaker 5: Clowns to the left of me Jokers to the right
• 2:40
  Speaker 5: Here I am stuck in the middle with you.
• 2:44
  Speaker 4: Yes I am And I'm wondering how I'll get down
• 2:48
  Speaker 4: the stairs Clowns to the.
• 2:51
  Speaker 3: Left of me Jokers to the.
• 2:53
  Speaker 4: Right Here I am stuck in the middle with you
• 2:57
  Speaker 4: Yes I'm.
• 2:58
  Speaker 2: Stuck in the middle So Stuck in the Middle with
• 3:01
  Speaker 2: Louise and Happy That was a song from 1973.
• 3:08
  Speaker 3: You know, I haven't heard it for ages.
• 3:09
  Speaker 2: And straight away, every time I hear that song, bang,
• 3:11
  Speaker 2: it goes straight back to the Lees and Race for Life. Now,
• 3:15
  Speaker 2: I've had an email from a lady called Julie Wallace.
• 3:18
  Speaker 2: Julie is the grandmother of Louise, Abby and Matt Ophelia.
• 3:22
  Speaker 2: Julie is a great fan of Radio Folkestone, going back
• 3:25
  Speaker 2: to the early days of Academy FM. And she's really
• 3:28
  Speaker 2: pleased Ophelia songs are still in the playlist. I mean,
• 3:32
  Speaker 2: it must be so rewarding, mustn't it, to hear your
• 3:33
  Speaker 2: very own grandchildren's music. still being played on your very
• 3:37
  Speaker 2: own local radio station. Now, Julie wondered why nothing was
• 3:42
  Speaker 2: ever mentioned about them after one of their songs was played. Well, Julie,
• 3:46
  Speaker 2: there might be two reasons. One is because it's slotted
• 3:49
  Speaker 2: into an automated playlist with no presenter. Or two, the
• 3:54
  Speaker 2: presenter hasn't any knowledge of them. Well, that's about to change,
• 3:58
  Speaker 2: at least for today. Now, my first contact goes back to, well,
• 4:03
  Speaker 2: I've been trying to rack my brains really. It was
• 4:04
  Speaker 2: around about 2011 when it was basically just Louise on
• 4:08
  Speaker 2: her own. Now, she used to come into the KMFM
• 4:13
  Speaker 2: studios with myself and Adam Dowling. Then later into the
• 4:16
  Speaker 2: Academy FM with myself, Adam, Wayne Conyers, Chris Kirkham, who
• 4:21
  Speaker 2: were all lurking about on various shows. Eventually siblings, Abby
• 4:26
  Speaker 2: and Matt joined Louise and they performed under the name Orfila.
• 4:30
  Speaker 2: From their beginnings in Folkestone, they created a distinctive three-part
• 4:34
  Speaker 2: harmony style and went on to support singer-songwriter Ben Montague
• 4:38
  Speaker 2: on BBC Radio 2, later on supporting UK rock band Dodgy,
• 4:43
  Speaker 2: Irish folk legend Sharon Shannon, whilst continually gigging around Kent
• 4:49
  Speaker 2: as they became more and more popular. Now, 2013 saw
• 4:53
  Speaker 2: them giving support to people like real accomplished artists such
• 4:58
  Speaker 2: as Beverly Craven and the legendary singer-songwriter Albert Hammond. And
• 5:03
  Speaker 2: I will say that both of those gigs I was
• 5:04
  Speaker 2: actually in the audience. 2014 saw them on the main
• 5:09
  Speaker 2: stage at one of Europe's major summer events, the Gibraltar
• 5:13
  Speaker 2: Music Festival. Now, remember in those days, they were still
• 5:16
  Speaker 2: quite young and what can you say, you know, kind
• 5:19
  Speaker 2: of life got in the way. COVID was the main
• 5:22
  Speaker 2: downfall of entertainment and live concerts absolutely everywhere. And they
• 5:26
  Speaker 2: chose different directions as they grew older. Now, I wouldn't say,
• 5:30
  Speaker 2: I don't like using this word, I wouldn't say they
• 5:32
  Speaker 2: split up as the whole family was really very close
• 5:35
  Speaker 2: under the guidance of mum and dad, Andy and Julie,
• 5:38
  Speaker 2: and extra support from grandparents, Julie and Philip. So we've
• 5:44
  Speaker 2: been in touch with all three of them to find
• 5:46
  Speaker 2: out what they're doing with themselves these days. So we've
• 5:49
  Speaker 2: got little snippets to tell you. about all three of them.
• 5:53
  Speaker 2: First of all, Louise. Now, Louise continues to follow her
• 5:56
  Speaker 2: love of music. She is a professional qualified vocal coach
• 6:00
  Speaker 2: and singing teacher, owns and runs her own award-winning theatre school,
• 6:04
  Speaker 2: as well as helping aspiring singer-songwriters achieve their goals through
• 6:09
  Speaker 2: her very own artist development programme and artist management company.
• 6:14
  Speaker 2: Louise's love of singing, songwriting and music, coupled with her
• 6:17
  Speaker 2: passion for teaching and vast performance experience, underpins all the
• 6:22
  Speaker 2: work that she does, encouraging and supporting her students in
• 6:25
  Speaker 2: all that they do. So there you see it. Louise
• 6:29
  Speaker 2: is still very... Music is in their blood, these people.
• 6:32
  Speaker 2: You just can't take it away from them. Now, her
• 6:35
  Speaker 2: sister Abby was introduced to the Folkestone Rock and Roll
• 6:38
  Speaker 2: Wall of Fame, featured as BBC Introducing Track of the
• 6:42
  Speaker 2: Week for International Women's Day. And she opened Smoked and
• 6:46
  Speaker 2: Uncut Festival with Supergrass as the headliner. Abby also performed
• 6:51
  Speaker 2: with Matt at the Cavern Club in Liverpool alongside Ashley Campbell,
• 6:55
  Speaker 2: who was Glen Campbell's daughter, and headlined the Troubadour in London. Additionally,
• 7:00
  Speaker 2: her singles Here I Come, which I did discover actually,
• 7:04
  Speaker 2: Abby is in our playlist.
• 7:06
  Speaker 3: So there you go.
• 7:07
  Speaker 2: And streamlined to reach number one in the QH Sounds
• 7:10
  Speaker 2: top charts in collaboration with Rough Trade and HMV. Abby
• 7:16
  Speaker 2: was also one of eight selected for the Country Calling
• 7:18
  Speaker 2: UK Festival's Female Rising program, and a TikTok video of
• 7:23
  Speaker 2: her singing Jolene went viral, surpassing over 350,000 views.
• 7:29
  Speaker 3: Abby's still very.
• 7:30
  Speaker 2: Active in the country music scene, planning her next single release,
• 7:34
  Speaker 2: and she teaches piano and vocal coaching in and around
• 7:37
  Speaker 2: Folkestone and Kent.
• 7:39
  Speaker 3: And I saw Abby a few months ago, actually.
• 7:42
  Speaker 2: I used to work for Eurotunnel, and they kind of,
• 7:45
  Speaker 2: drag me out and dust me off if there's a
• 7:46
  Speaker 2: show and they want someone to compare it. And to
• 7:49
  Speaker 2: my pleasant surprise, Abby was singing on the guest list
• 7:54
  Speaker 2: and it was so nice to see her and have
• 7:55
  Speaker 2: a chat.
• 7:56
  Speaker 3: And it's nice to know that she's still doing well
• 7:58
  Speaker 3: in the music world.
• 8:01
  Speaker 2: Now, Brother Matt, he goes on to say that he
• 8:03
  Speaker 2: continues to write and play music and has gigged with Abby.
• 8:06
  Speaker 2: This is kind of a bit of a repeat because
• 8:08
  Speaker 2: it's two reports and they've been working together, so you
• 8:10
  Speaker 2: understand that. He's geeked with Abbey over the last few
• 8:13
  Speaker 2: years at some very cool venues. They played the Cabin
• 8:16
  Speaker 2: Club in Liverpool and the Troubadour in London, playing on
• 8:19
  Speaker 2: the same stage that Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Elton John
• 8:23
  Speaker 2: and Led Zeppelin had played on previously. Matt has been
• 8:26
  Speaker 2: busy in other areas of his life in recent years,
• 8:29
  Speaker 2: but he hopes to get involved with music again in
• 8:32
  Speaker 2: the next few months.
• 8:33
  Speaker 3: So there you have it, a bit of an update
• 8:35
  Speaker 3: on Orfila, who come from Folkestone.
• 8:37
  Speaker 2: And it's kind of brought back some really happy memories
• 8:40
  Speaker 2: for me because they were such a fun trio, you know,
• 8:44
  Speaker 2: and we're always in local radio in the studio, either
• 8:47
  Speaker 2: here or back in the days of Academy. So it's
• 8:49
  Speaker 2: nice to just jog everybody's memory. And it's so nice
• 8:54
  Speaker 2: that Julie, the grandmother, can still listen in to her
• 8:58
  Speaker 2: grandchildren's songs. So what I'm going to do, something I
• 9:01
  Speaker 2: have never, ever done on radio before, I'm going to
• 9:04
  Speaker 2: play two songs by one artist, yes.
• 9:06
  Speaker 3: You've guessed it, Julie Orfila.
• 9:09
  Speaker 2: And so we've talked about them and hope you've really
• 9:12
  Speaker 2: enjoyed it. And so I want to say good morning
• 9:14
  Speaker 2: to Julia, Philip, Abby, Louise and Matt and everybody in
• 9:20
  Speaker 2: the Orfila family. So sit back and enjoy these two
• 9:22
  Speaker 2: songs back to back. Draw a line writing on the
• 9:25
  Speaker 2: wall and then we might even do some sports.
• 9:39
  Speaker 4: I never thought that we would be here again And
• 9:45
  Speaker 4: there was me thinking we were closest friends.
• 9:50
  Speaker 5: I'm sick and tired of feeling this.
• 9:55
  Speaker 6: Way Feeling so close but drifting so far away away.
• 10:02
  Speaker 6: I know sometimes I just can't take my own advice.
• 10:07
  Speaker 5: When you're out of sight, you're out of mind. Do
• 10:12
  Speaker 5: you realize just how much this hurts?
• 10:18
  Speaker 3: We can't compromise.
• 10:21
  Speaker 5: When I'm face down in the dirt, I'm begging no
• 10:25
  Speaker 5: more lies. Cause I've heard them all before. Why don't
• 10:30
  Speaker 5: you draw a line?
• 10:34
  Speaker 4: I guess I didn't see the writing on the wall.
• 10:48
  Speaker 5: So that's Ophelia there writing on the wall.
• 11:05
  Speaker 2: So you know all about them now and what they're
• 11:07
  Speaker 2: up to. And they are continuing in their role in music.
• 11:12
  Speaker 3: And do you know what? It's been a lovely journey.
• 11:14
  Speaker 3: I'm really, really pleased.
• 11:15
  Speaker 2: That Julie wrote to me and just wondered why no
• 11:18
  Speaker 2: one ever said anything about them. So there you go, Julie,
• 11:21
  Speaker 2: that's especially for you as well. But it brought back
• 11:23
  Speaker 2: some really fantastic, happy memories, you know. In the early days,
• 11:27
  Speaker 2: I mean, Ophelia and Louise, especially in those very early days,
• 11:31
  Speaker 2: were finding their feet in music. And I must admit,
• 11:34
  Speaker 2: I was finding my feet in local radio. And it
• 11:37
  Speaker 2: just was so much fun. And I'm so glad. And
• 11:41
  Speaker 2: something I've never, ever done before, play two songs by
• 11:43
  Speaker 2: one artist back to back. So I hope all the
• 11:46
  Speaker 2: Orfila family totally enjoyed that just as much as I did. OK, well,
• 11:51
  Speaker 2: this is a sports show, and I suppose we'd better
• 11:53
  Speaker 2: do some sport, mustn't we? Right, let's do some football now. Well,
• 11:57
  Speaker 2: after all the hype leading up to the Dover-Foxton FA
• 12:00
  Speaker 2: Cup game, it wasn't to be for Foxton, with Dover
• 12:03
  Speaker 2: running out winners by four goals to two. Foxton went
• 12:07
  Speaker 2: in 2-1 up at half-time, but the second half belonged
• 12:09
  Speaker 2: to Dover, and it would seem Invicta at the moment
• 12:12
  Speaker 2: don't seem to apply the dominance in the second half
• 12:16
  Speaker 2: like they do in the first. And it's something Jay
• 12:18
  Speaker 2: Saunders is well aware of and will have to do
• 12:20
  Speaker 2: something about it because they've got a really tough game
• 12:22
  Speaker 2: down at Salisbury today. That trip is actually a round
• 12:25
  Speaker 2: trip of 300 miles. And it's one reason why Odie
• 12:28
  Speaker 2: isn't here today. He went down there yesterday, I believe,
• 12:32
  Speaker 2: as he's commentating for Seasiders Radio, which you can catch
• 12:36
  Speaker 2: live on Seasiders Radio.
• 12:39
  Speaker 3: This afternoon, 3 o'clock kick-off.
• 12:42
  Speaker 2: In the Southern Counties East Football League Division 1, Hive
• 12:44
  Speaker 2: are looking to gain promotion at the first attempt. And
• 12:48
  Speaker 2: so far this season, it's going well. Last Saturday, they
• 12:51
  Speaker 2: were away beating Croydon at 3-2. Today, it's away again
• 12:54
  Speaker 2: as they travel to Lewisham Borough. And I was talking
• 12:58
  Speaker 2: to a Hive supporter this morning, actually. I popped up
• 13:01
  Speaker 2: the park run. And do you know what? He's really
• 13:03
  Speaker 2: enjoying the season. And he said, well, some of the
• 13:06
  Speaker 2: games on paper, the results look very close. they have
• 13:10
  Speaker 2: been playing really, really well and could have scored a
• 13:12
  Speaker 2: lot more goals. Now, Hive are currently third in the
• 13:15
  Speaker 2: table with 15 points, having played four games less than
• 13:19
  Speaker 2: Rochester United, who are second with 19 points, and three
• 13:23
  Speaker 2: games less than leaders Lordswood, who have also picked up
• 13:26
  Speaker 2: 19 points. So they're in a very comfortable position. In
• 13:31
  Speaker 2: the NRG Kent County League, Hawkins lost 4-2 to Kings Hill.
• 13:35
  Speaker 3: That was at home.
• 13:36
  Speaker 2: Today they're away to Sporting Club Thamesmead. New Romney had
• 13:40
  Speaker 2: a week off last week and today they're at home
• 13:42
  Speaker 2: to Cuxton 1991. Both Hawkins and New Romney will be
• 13:46
  Speaker 2: desperate to pick up points today as they are both
• 13:49
  Speaker 2: rooted at the bottom of the table. Let's hope that
• 13:51
  Speaker 2: changes very shortly. OK, now we've got a bit of
• 13:55
  Speaker 2: a birthday boy today.
• 13:57
  Speaker 3: A couple of days ago, Mr.
• 13:59
  Speaker 2: Certain, the boss, I think they used to call him,
• 14:02
  Speaker 2: Bruce Springsteen was 77 years old. And so we've got
• 14:09
  Speaker 2: to play a song for him, haven't we? So happy
• 14:11
  Speaker 2: birthday to you, Bruce.
• 14:12
  Speaker 3: Love this one, Dancing in the Dark from 1984. MUSIC PLAYS.
• 14:38
  Speaker 5: I go to bed feeling the same way.
• 14:56
  Speaker 2: So happy birthday to Bruce Springsteen, dancing in the dark
• 14:59
  Speaker 2: there from 1984. And he was 77 a few days ago.
• 15:03
  Speaker 2: And it's funny, you always think that your musical heroes
• 15:07
  Speaker 2: don't age, you know, but.
• 15:08
  Speaker 3: Sadly, they do.
• 15:09
  Speaker 2: You know, you think of Bruce Springsteen, you just picture
• 15:12
  Speaker 2: those sort of powerful videos that used to.
• 15:15
  Speaker 3: Come out in the 80s.
• 15:16
  Speaker 2: But yeah, he's 77. He's older than me. Not many
• 15:19
  Speaker 2: people out there are older than me. Right, so now,
• 15:23
  Speaker 2: what are we going to do now? Oh yeah, I'm
• 15:26
  Speaker 2: going to tell you about last Sunday. Last Sunday, I
• 15:29
  Speaker 2: was on the mic at Howlett's Wild Animal Park. And
• 15:33
  Speaker 2: I keep getting told off for saying Howlett's Zoo. It's
• 15:37
  Speaker 2: not a zoo, Kev. It's a wild animal park. Well,
• 15:41
  Speaker 2: the runners actually run around the grounds past the animals
• 15:44
  Speaker 2: before the park was open to the public. 550 runners
• 15:48
  Speaker 2: took part after joining in an energetic warm-up by Jenny,
• 15:52
  Speaker 2: our enthusiastic warm-up lady, who was dressed up, I don't.
• 15:55
  Speaker 3: Know, like a cheetah, like a lion. She was brilliant,
• 15:57
  Speaker 3: she was. Now, I.
• 16:02
  Speaker 2: Was quite subdued on the mic, actually, and there is
• 16:05
  Speaker 2: a reason for this. I was asked to keep the
• 16:07
  Speaker 2: noise to a minimum as in the lion's cage there
• 16:09
  Speaker 2: were three young cubs who were beginning to get a
• 16:12
  Speaker 2: bit disturbed by the sound of my voice. Now I
• 16:16
  Speaker 2: haven't had that before but we respected that and we
• 16:20
  Speaker 2: kept the noise to a minimum but we kept the
• 16:22
  Speaker 2: sort of fun to a maximum.
• 16:25
  Speaker 3: Now this is no way a PB course but it
• 16:28
  Speaker 3: really is a fun run.
• 16:30
  Speaker 2: The runners were then allowed free entry to go back
• 16:32
  Speaker 2: into the park and their families were offered a discounted price.
• 16:36
  Speaker 2: The runners called the Cheetah 5K and the proceeds go
• 16:39
  Speaker 2: towards helping to rehouse Edie the Cheetah back into the wild.
• 16:44
  Speaker 2: Three lady runners from the Folkestone Club took part. Nicole Dodd,
• 16:47
  Speaker 2: Julie Apps and Rachel Smith. And one runner from South
• 16:51
  Speaker 2: Kent Harriers, John Clayson. Now a group I'd never met
• 16:55
  Speaker 2: before called Biggin Runways from Biggin Hill entered nine runners,
• 16:59
  Speaker 2: eight ladies and one man.
• 17:01
  Speaker 3: First of all, I thought there was an all ladies
• 17:03
  Speaker 3: running club, but no, there was one gentleman with them.
• 17:07
  Speaker 2: Now, I went over and had a chat with this
• 17:09
  Speaker 2: enthusiastic bunch, and one lady told me that she came
• 17:12
  Speaker 2: last year on her own, and she enjoyed it so
• 17:14
  Speaker 2: much that she roped in eight of her running friends
• 17:17
  Speaker 2: into it, and they were going to make a day
• 17:18
  Speaker 2: of it. And they were so nice to talk to,
• 17:21
  Speaker 2: you know. They just loved their running, and they were
• 17:23
  Speaker 2: good fun together. Do you know what? This Howlitz is
• 17:26
  Speaker 2: a unique venue for a running race, and I'm sure
• 17:29
  Speaker 2: everyone had a great day. So a big thanks go
• 17:32
  Speaker 2: to Rachel Wood and her nice work team for staging
• 17:36
  Speaker 2: such a race. And a big thanks to the former
• 17:38
  Speaker 2: guest of the show, Amy Bumstead, and her team from
• 17:41
  Speaker 2: Howlett's for marshalling, you know.
• 17:43
  Speaker 3: And there really was a really, really good vibe about
• 17:47
  Speaker 3: the place. You know, it was lovely.
• 17:49
  Speaker 2: Everybody wanted to be there and just enjoy themselves. Now,
• 17:53
  Speaker 2: I've just spotted this one in the playlist from 1991. Now, actually,
• 17:58
  Speaker 2: staying with the Orfila theme, I think it was Louise
• 18:02
  Speaker 2: and Abby did this as a duet. And I got
• 18:06
  Speaker 2: a little I don't know if it was a picture
• 18:08
  Speaker 2: or a video of them down at the, years ago
• 18:10
  Speaker 2: down at the Sandgate Hotel. And they made, because their
• 18:13
  Speaker 2: voices blend so much, you'd understand why this song suited them.
• 18:17
  Speaker 3: This is Extreme and More Than Words.
• 18:21
  Speaker 1: ¶ ¶.
• 18:36
  Speaker 2: Is not the.
• 18:37
  Speaker 4: Words I want to hear from.
• 18:41
  Speaker 3: You it's not that.
• 18:43
  Speaker 4: I want to not to say but if you only
• 18:52
  Speaker 4: knew how easy it would be to show that.
• 19:01
  Speaker 5: Your love for me.
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: Is real 1991.
• 19:26
  Speaker 3: Extreme, More Than Words. Do you know what?
• 19:31
  Speaker 2: When I saw a video of those two guys, I
• 19:34
  Speaker 2: just couldn't believe that these two guys had such long
• 19:36
  Speaker 2: hair and they looked couple of scruffy dudes to be
• 19:39
  Speaker 2: honest just sitting there playing guitars and harmonising but what
• 19:43
  Speaker 2: a magnificent sound that came out of that I think
• 19:46
  Speaker 2: it was a one-hit wonder, actually.
• 19:47
  Speaker 3: It's a shame they didn't do a bit more. But
• 19:50
  Speaker 3: there we go, a lovely song.
• 19:52
  Speaker 2: OK, time for some, well, hockey news now. Well, we
• 19:56
  Speaker 2: still can't get over the fact that this season, Folks
• 20:00
  Speaker 2: and Optimists are fielding 15 teams. They've got seven ladies'
• 20:04
  Speaker 2: teams and eight men's teams. So it could take up
• 20:08
  Speaker 2: all the rest of the show, talking about their results,
• 20:10
  Speaker 2: but I'm just going to quickly whip through the results.
• 20:14
  Speaker 2: I won't go through all the fixtures, because we'll be
• 20:17
  Speaker 2: here until next week. So let's start with the men's. Well,
• 20:22
  Speaker 2: they didn't have such a good start. They lost 3-2
• 20:25
  Speaker 2: to Marden Russets, and apparently Amy, a guest of the show,
• 20:30
  Speaker 2: was telling me that it was so close right until
• 20:32
  Speaker 2: the very last hit of the game. The men's second 11,
• 20:37
  Speaker 2: they beat Cliftonville 7-1. The men's third 11, they had
• 20:42
  Speaker 2: a great result. They beat Maidstone seconds 9-0. The men's fourths,
• 20:48
  Speaker 2: they lost to New Beckerhamians 4-2. Men's fifth team, well,
• 20:54
  Speaker 2: the men's fifth team were playing the sixth team, and
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: the men's fifth team beat the sixth team by seven
• 20:59
  Speaker 2: goals to nil. Now, jumping to the men's seventh team,
• 21:03
  Speaker 2: they drew all. Drew 2-all with Sissingbourne. And the men's
• 21:07
  Speaker 2: eighth team, they beat Maidstone 6-2. So not too bad
• 21:12
  Speaker 2: for the men's. Ladies' team had a good win. They
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: beat Eastbourne 2-1. The ladies' second team, they lost 3-1
• 21:20
  Speaker 2: to Mildon Russes. The ladies' third team drew 2-all with
• 21:25
  Speaker 2: Canterbury fourth team. The ladies' fourth team, they lost 3-0
• 21:29
  Speaker 2: to Ashford. The ladies' fifth team lost 4-0 to Mildon Russes.
• 21:35
  Speaker 2: The ladies' sixth team, well, they got what they call
• 21:37
  Speaker 2: a walkover win. Now, a walkover win is normally when
• 21:41
  Speaker 2: the team, the opposition can't get a team up. It
• 21:45
  Speaker 2: might be a number of reasons, you know, especially a
• 21:48
  Speaker 2: University of Kent, if they're all away on holiday or
• 21:52
  Speaker 2: illnesses going through the team. But at the end of
• 21:55
  Speaker 2: the day, it's a walkover. So basically, it goes down
• 21:58
  Speaker 2: on paper as a 5-0 win to the ladies' sixth team.
• 22:01
  Speaker 3: And the ladies' seventh team.
• 22:03
  Speaker 2: Now, I do believe this is a new team It's
• 22:05
  Speaker 2: their very first game of the season.
• 22:08
  Speaker 3: As a new team.
• 22:10
  Speaker 2: I do believe the ladies in the seventh team are
• 22:14
  Speaker 2: not old enough to play what you might call a
• 22:16
  Speaker 2: proper hockey in the sixth team because of their being
• 22:20
  Speaker 2: so young. And listen to this, their first game, they
• 22:24
  Speaker 2: won 17-0.
• 22:25
  Speaker 3: They beat Herne Bay fourth team.
• 22:28
  Speaker 2: And I've got a list of the goal scorers here.
• 22:31
  Speaker 2: Darcy got a hat-trick. Mimi got a hat trick. Lily
• 22:35
  Speaker 2: got a hat trick. Wendy got a hat trick. Harley
• 22:38
  Speaker 2: got two. And Lucy and Claire got one each. So
• 22:42
  Speaker 2: what a great start to the season.
• 22:44
  Speaker 3: That is brilliant. Well done. Okay, so we've got a
• 22:48
  Speaker 3: full house of fixtures today.
• 22:49
  Speaker 2: We'll just go through a couple, the pick of the bunch. Ladies,
• 22:53
  Speaker 2: first 11, they are at home at 12.30, the Three
• 22:57
  Speaker 2: Hills to Oxted. And the seconds are away. to Sevenoaks,
• 23:02
  Speaker 2: Hollybush Lane at 1 o'clock. The men's, well, the men's,
• 23:06
  Speaker 2: they're at home today as well. They've got Guildford's second team.
• 23:10
  Speaker 2: They're at Three Hills. They pitch one at 3.30. And
• 23:13
  Speaker 2: the men's second team are also at home to Gawcourt
• 23:17
  Speaker 2: at 2 o'clock. And I probably say this every week,
• 23:21
  Speaker 2: but with 15 teams, just think of the logistics of
• 23:24
  Speaker 2: trying to find a pitch, find a time for the pitch,
• 23:27
  Speaker 2: time to tell the opposition when to turn up. And
• 23:30
  Speaker 2: it's just amazing what goes on behind the scenes. And
• 23:34
  Speaker 2: there's also something else. I was at the park run
• 23:36
  Speaker 2: today talking to Phil King, who plays for the third team.
• 23:39
  Speaker 2: He's a former guest to the show, and he recently
• 23:41
  Speaker 2: completed a marathon in Vilnius, which I told you about
• 23:44
  Speaker 2: last week. Well, he was telling me that the folks
• 23:48
  Speaker 2: at Optimist are doing what they call a park run takeover.
• 23:52
  Speaker 2: So it's basically the Optimist, because it's their 100th year,
• 23:57
  Speaker 2: and I think Phil did say to me, It was
• 23:59
  Speaker 2: actually today that the Optimist was started, 100 years ago.
• 24:04
  Speaker 3: That is amazing.
• 24:06
  Speaker 2: So the parkrun takeover is where members of the hockey
• 24:09
  Speaker 2: club take over the roles of the parkrun. Now, there
• 24:13
  Speaker 2: are certain roles that they won't take over because they're
• 24:15
  Speaker 2: kind of, if you like, specialist roles. For example, the
• 24:18
  Speaker 2: race director. Phil was up there this morning learning a
• 24:21
  Speaker 2: bit about the timing. And some of the other roles
• 24:23
  Speaker 2: will be just like marshalling. And there's what they call
• 24:27
  Speaker 2: a first-time First timers briefing. So someone will be dedicated
• 24:32
  Speaker 2: to welcome the first timers. And just tell them where
• 24:35
  Speaker 2: the course is. And so all this will be undertaken
• 24:38
  Speaker 2: by folks and optimists. But under the supervision if you like.
• 24:43
  Speaker 2: The watchful eye of the parkrun experienced volunteers. So I
• 24:48
  Speaker 2: haven't quite got the date in front of me. But
• 24:50
  Speaker 2: it's around about November. I'll let you know a bit
• 24:51
  Speaker 2: nearer the time. Okay time for a bit of music now.
• 24:55
  Speaker 2: And we're staying with the 90s. This is Mike and
• 24:58
  Speaker 2: the Mechanics. And I saw this lot up the Leeds
• 25:02
  Speaker 2: Cliff Hall. The lead singer was a great, great singer,
• 25:05
  Speaker 2: Paul Carrick. So sit back and enjoy another cup of coffee.
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: And she pours herself.
• 25:10
  Speaker 2: Another Mike and the Mechanics there, the vocals of Paul Carrick.
• 25:40
  Speaker 3: And like I said, I saw them.
• 25:42
  Speaker 2: I do believe myself and Adam Dowling got complimentary tickets
• 25:46
  Speaker 2: because we were like radio geeks, you know. And yeah,
• 25:51
  Speaker 2: we went along and what a brilliant evening. And I
• 25:53
  Speaker 2: do believe, yeah, we took Neil Redding with us as well, yeah. Oh,
• 25:56
  Speaker 2: back in the day, what great fun. There's some great,
• 26:00
  Speaker 2: great music being played on the show.
• 26:01
  Speaker 3: Today, even if I say it myself.
• 26:04
  Speaker 2: Okay, sporting rugby time. Well, the local rugby season, or
• 26:10
  Speaker 2: the season proper, you might call it, starts tomorrow.
• 26:13
  Speaker 3: After a two-week delay. Hang on, no, it starts today.
• 26:17
  Speaker 3: What day is it? Saturday, isn't it? I'm getting all
• 26:19
  Speaker 3: my days mucked up. It starts today.
• 26:21
  Speaker 2: And they've had a two-week delay due to the condition
• 26:23
  Speaker 2: of some of the pitches because of the hot summer.
• 26:26
  Speaker 2: They really were like scorching, you know. And the first
• 26:29
  Speaker 2: 15 are away to Old Elanians, which means a trip
• 26:32
  Speaker 2: to Dulwich in South East London. Whilst the second 15
• 26:37
  Speaker 2: are home to Sittingbourne. And the ladies, yeah, we've had
• 26:41
  Speaker 2: all these people in the show.
• 26:42
  Speaker 3: It's great, isn't it? We've had the ladies.
• 26:43
  Speaker 2: They start their campaign tomorrow at home to Thanet Wanderers.
• 26:48
  Speaker 2: Like I said, over the years, we've had several guests
• 26:50
  Speaker 2: from the rugby club on this show support us. And,
• 26:53
  Speaker 2: you know, it's great that this club, they support, they've
• 26:57
  Speaker 2: got the heart of the community in this area. They
• 27:00
  Speaker 2: love mixing with the community and doing stuff from all ages, really, from,
• 27:05
  Speaker 2: I don't know, four-year-olds to the veterans. I mean, just
• 27:08
  Speaker 2: last Saturday, I was asked to be a quiz master
• 27:10
  Speaker 2: at the club where they were very thoughtfully raising money
• 27:13
  Speaker 2: for the Nepalese flood disaster. That was really nice of them,
• 27:16
  Speaker 2: wasn't it? It was a lovely evening, but as most
• 27:20
  Speaker 2: quizzes go, it was not just them. At halftime, the
• 27:22
  Speaker 2: PA volume had to go up after a little drinks break.
• 27:27
  Speaker 2: Another former guest to the show, Ashley Trinder, was the
• 27:30
  Speaker 2: mastermind of the quizzes and a great job she did too.
• 27:33
  Speaker 2: So it's good to get the season underway and I'll
• 27:35
  Speaker 2: certainly be keeping an eye on all the results from
• 27:37
  Speaker 2: this weekend.
• 27:39
  Speaker 3: I just love finding out how they're getting on.
• 27:41
  Speaker 2: OK, 1993, Phil Collins, both sides of the story. He
• 27:47
  Speaker 2: hasn't been too well, so let's play him a song
• 27:49
  Speaker 2: to cheer him up.
• 28:20
  Speaker 3: Find myself in the gutter In.
• 28:24
  Speaker 1: Our lonely part of town.
• 28:33
  Speaker 5: White man turns.
• 28:33
  Speaker 2: The clock Well, we're going to fade Phil Collins out
• 28:36
  Speaker 2: just a little bit there. I didn't realise it's five
• 28:39
  Speaker 2: and a half minutes long, that song, and we are
• 28:40
  Speaker 2: running out of time because I do want to tell
• 28:42
  Speaker 2: you about the half marathon. Tomorrow I'll be on the
• 28:46
  Speaker 2: mic at the Folkestone Rotary Half Marathon. which start on
• 28:50
  Speaker 2: the Lees opposite the Grand. We've got a junior race
• 28:53
  Speaker 2: at 9.30 and a senior race at 10 o'clock. Now,
• 28:57
  Speaker 2: this race is raising funds for the Gurkha Memorial Fund,
• 29:01
  Speaker 2: so a great cause there. Now, with the road of
• 29:04
  Speaker 2: remembrance still shut, it's been shut for a couple of
• 29:06
  Speaker 2: years now, and obviously the issues down at the Burst Inn,
• 29:10
  Speaker 2: we'll be taking the course that we've done for the
• 29:12
  Speaker 2: last couple of years, which is from the Lees down
• 29:15
  Speaker 2: the Sandgate Hill. It kind of doubles back and eventually
• 29:19
  Speaker 2: gets onto the lower prom and then goes off towards Hythe,
• 29:22
  Speaker 2: where they do a loop and then they return.
• 29:24
  Speaker 3: The same way.
• 29:26
  Speaker 2: Well, last year, over 650 runners completed the course. And
• 29:31
  Speaker 2: race director Ray Johnson is expecting another sellout entry. So
• 29:36
  Speaker 2: let's remind you, it's the junior race at 9 30
• 29:38
  Speaker 2: our parents your children your children will need to be
• 29:42
  Speaker 2: registered so get there early and the senior race will
• 29:45
  Speaker 2: start at 10 o'clock um just check social media there
• 29:50
  Speaker 2: might not be entries on the day because it's such
• 29:53
  Speaker 2: a busy one and this is the bugbear isn't it
• 29:56
  Speaker 2: now all around the town you just can't get anywhere
• 29:59
  Speaker 2: near the place Please leave plenty of time for parking.
• 30:03
  Speaker 2: I mean, especially if you end up choosing the harbour arm,
• 30:07
  Speaker 2: which I did hear that the harbour arm are charging
• 30:13
  Speaker 2: £ 5 all day. Normally, if you stay there for a
• 30:15
  Speaker 2: couple of hours, it costs you a fiver. But just
• 30:18
  Speaker 2: be aware of that because there is a diversion around
• 30:21
  Speaker 2: the back of the bursting. So just keep your eyes
• 30:24
  Speaker 2: peeled out for that. Leave plenty of time. Now, believe
• 30:28
  Speaker 2: it or not, this is the 21st time that this
• 30:31
  Speaker 2: race has been run, you know, 21 years. And it's amazing.
• 30:36
  Speaker 2: I find it hard to believe that actually I have
• 30:38
  Speaker 2: got to hold my hand up. I've been to every
• 30:40
  Speaker 2: single one. You know, we've had we had the one
• 30:44
  Speaker 2: just off the back of Covid where the runners were
• 30:47
  Speaker 2: really keen to get going. And we sent them off
• 30:51
  Speaker 2: in waves of runners. The weather was awful. So it
• 30:54
  Speaker 2: looks like it's going to be a nice day tomorrow. Okay,
• 30:56
  Speaker 2: so we're going to finish. We haven't played many female
• 30:58
  Speaker 2: songs apart from Orfega today, but I love Whitney Houston,
• 31:02
  Speaker 2: so have a little listen to this.
• 31:04
  Speaker 3: 1997, Step by Step.
• 31:05
  Speaker 5: Well, there's a bridge and there's a river That I
• 31:11
  Speaker 5: still must.
• 31:12
  Speaker 6: Cross As I'm going on my journey Though.
• 31:20
  Speaker 4: I might be lost.
• 31:34
  Speaker 3: Well, there you go.
• 31:34
  Speaker 2: That's Whitney Houston there. What a great track to finish
• 31:37
  Speaker 2: the show. It's been a great, great show. That's it
• 31:39
  Speaker 2: from me for today. I'll be back on Thursday where
• 31:42
  Speaker 2: I have two guests on the show. Hannah Harvey is
• 31:45
  Speaker 2: a fundraiser for East Kent Hospital's Charity Trust. and she'll
• 31:48
  Speaker 2: be joined by hospital porter Paul Cousins, who'll be telling
• 31:52
  Speaker 2: us why, why on earth why, he's decided to run
• 31:55
  Speaker 2: between three East Kent hospitals, William Harvey to Canterbury to QEQM.
• 32:01
  Speaker 3: So join me on Thursday between 1 and 2.
• 32:03
  Speaker 2: On 105.9 FM, online at radiofolkston.com and on your smart speaker.
• 32:12
  Speaker 5: Play Radio Folkston.
• 32:13
  Speaker 3: This is Radio Folkston.