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LISTEN BACK TO REPORTS ON FOOTBALL,RUGBY,HOCKEY,RUNNING,PARKRUN VENUES AND A TALE OF TWO FRIENDS WHO RAN THEIR FIRST EVER MARATHON · The Folkestone & Hythe Sports Podcast

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Speaker 1: This is Kevin Sports very Daily. You're bringing you the
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Speaker 1: Folkstone and Hive Sports show right here on one of
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Speaker 1: five point nine Radio Folkstone. On today's show, we have
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Speaker 1: local football including FA Cup news news from Folkston Rugby
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Speaker 1: Club as their season gets underway. Folks Optimist hockey season
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Speaker 1: begins on Saturday. And I've got loads of running news
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Speaker 1: including the Dover Waterfront Park runs, second Birthday, My Day
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Speaker 1: in Riot on the mic at the Ancient Trails, thirty
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Speaker 1: and fifteen k run, the list of venues where our
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Speaker 1: local park runners have been around the globe, news of
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Speaker 1: a check presentation with money raised from the Virtual folks
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Speaker 1: Don ten mile Race, and a lovely story of two
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Speaker 1: great friends who trained together for their very first marathon
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Speaker 1: and are going to chuck in any other sporty snippies
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Speaker 1: I can find. So let's get this show on the
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Speaker 1: road with a belter now recently picked up that the
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Speaker 1: Rolling Stones are to call it a day. They have
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Speaker 1: planned in twenty twenty six a massive farewell tour called
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Speaker 1: One Last Riot. They'll be playing gigs in London, North
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Speaker 1: and South America, Asia and Australia. So what better way
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Speaker 1: to start the show with one of my favorites Black
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Speaker 1: turned this one up loud. They wanted to be into
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Speaker 1: the Rolling Stones. They're on the road for the last
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Speaker 1: time next year. And you know what the Rolling Stones
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Speaker 1: they started, they joined, They formed together in nineteen sixty two,
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Speaker 1: So next year it would be an incredible sixty two
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Speaker 1: years on the road. That's amazing, isn't it. That's that's
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Speaker 1: longer than a lot of our listeners I should think
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Speaker 1: have been alive. Right, So okay, time for some football
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Speaker 1: news now? Where were the cricket season over and the
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Speaker 1: football season well underway? Of loads of local football news today.
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Speaker 1: Last Friday, yes, a Friday evening focused in victor be
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Speaker 1: Maystone United to nil in the second the qualifying round
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Speaker 1: of the FA Cup in front of over twelve hundred
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Speaker 1: spectators at Chatham Towns Ground and by the sounds of
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Speaker 1: it it was no fluke result. In the third round
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Speaker 1: they'd been drawn away against it was either Westfield or
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Speaker 1: Horsham who went to a replay Tuesday evening, Worsham coming
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Speaker 1: out of the winners. So this time will be played
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Speaker 1: on Saturday, September the twenty seventh. Meanwhile, the back to
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Speaker 1: league action on Monday against Avery, which was away where
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Speaker 1: all the games are away at the moment, Hoday, where
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Speaker 1: the result was a five to two win, placing them
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Speaker 1: second in the table this coming Saturday. It's a way
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Speaker 1: to a purchase here in the league. And judging by
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Speaker 1: the fixture list, the first home game on the new
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Speaker 1: artificial pitch is scheduled for Tuesday the fourteenth, This also
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Speaker 1: against Avery as it happens, but of course this could change.
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Speaker 1: I'd probably get an update from Adriaan when he comes
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Speaker 1: in on Saturday and see just exactly if they are
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Speaker 1: on schedule. Meanwhile, elsewhere, high Town picked up three valuable
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Speaker 1: points against the Chiselhurst glebe Of beating them two to one,
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Speaker 1: both goals coming from Key and Scott, and I thought,
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Speaker 1: do you know what, I'm sure I know that name,
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Speaker 1: and yeah, right enough. Kean came into the studio with
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Speaker 1: his mum and dad and his teammate Leo when he
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Speaker 1: was playing for the Invictor Under Nines, which was nine
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Speaker 1: years ago, so it's good to see he stayed in
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Speaker 1: the game and he's doing well. Highest match this week
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Speaker 1: is in the second qualifying round of the FA Voles
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Speaker 1: against a team called Athletic Newman Newham Athletic Newham who
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Speaker 1: played their football in the Essex Senior League at the
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Speaker 1: Bobby Moore Sports Hub in Dagenham. Now that's just five
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Speaker 1: miles up the road from where Bobby was born in Barking.
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Speaker 1: So this game is scheduled for three pm kickoff at Reechfield's.
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Speaker 1: In the NLG Kent County Football League, Hawkins, who are
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Speaker 1: now third, lost four to one to home to Fulkenwood
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Speaker 1: who are currently top, and New Romney lost two on
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Speaker 1: away to Bexley. This week both teams turn their attentions
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Speaker 1: to the Kent Intermediate Challenge Shield where Hawkins are drawn
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Speaker 1: to AC Ashford, who play one division below them, and
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Speaker 1: they actually play at the Judy Row Stadium ian Ashford.
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Speaker 1: New Romney are at home to Sporting Club Thamesmead Reserves
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Speaker 1: who are thirteenth in the Premier whilst New Romney are fourteenth.
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Speaker 1: So that looks like a pretty close game. And last
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Speaker 1: Sunday the in Victor Ladies conceded a late goal against
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Speaker 1: Park regis As at Sittingbourne. Final score was one to all.
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Speaker 1: Their next matches at the stadium in Cheriton on Sunday
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Speaker 1: against Ramsgate. But just let me remind you Victor Ladies
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Speaker 1: have been promoted into a higher league. This will be
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Speaker 1: their third game of the new season, so they're currently
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Speaker 1: holding their own with one win and one draw. We'll
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Speaker 1: returning to the FA Cup. Several Kent clubs played last Saturday,
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Speaker 1: so here are the scores and as the draw was
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Speaker 1: made last Monday, the winner's opponents in the next round.
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Speaker 1: Ashford United nil Chathamtown three, Chersey two, Cray Valley Paper
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Speaker 1: Mills three, Deal two egg and one. Ebbsfleet United beat
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Speaker 1: Ashford Town. Now Ashford Town come from Middlesex. They beat
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Speaker 1: them by five goals to nil. Farbara beat Dover for one.
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Speaker 1: Faversham beat Maidenhead one nil. That's a great result and
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Speaker 1: there were three drawers. Standing drew two all with Tumbridge Angels,
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Speaker 1: but Tumbridge Angels won the replay six to one. Whitstable
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Speaker 1: drew one all with Chichester winning the replay one nil.
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Speaker 1: What is it about Whitstable and the Cup? Once again
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Speaker 1: there is another great result and Welling drew one all
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Speaker 1: with Slough but they lost one. They lost the replay
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Speaker 1: one nil, so the drawer threw up some interesting ties.
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Speaker 1: Faversham from the Isthmian Southeast League are drawn away against
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Speaker 1: the National League South Ebbsfleet two divisions are higher. Gray
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Speaker 1: Valley paper Mills are at home to Tunbridge Angels. And
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Speaker 1: now this is one I like. This is a real
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Speaker 1: choice fixture. Chathamtown are at home to deal Town and
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Speaker 1: which the ball are at home to Hungerford. And you
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Speaker 1: know what, I think it's worth giving. We don't hear
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Speaker 1: much about them actually, but lidd Town worth giving them
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Speaker 1: a mention as they slip down to the Skeffold League
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Speaker 1: First Division. But they are playing in the Favars on
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Speaker 1: the twentieth away to a team called AFC von Denians,
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Speaker 1: whose home ground is the historical with Dean Stadium. Now
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Speaker 1: that might ring a few bells with you guys out there. Now.
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Speaker 1: It's traditionally known as an athletics stadium, famous for being
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Speaker 1: the home track of a certain mister Steve Ovac, and
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Speaker 1: it was the home of Brighton ho Vale Win between
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Speaker 1: nineteen ninety nine and twenty eleven before the building of
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Speaker 1: their new Falmer Stadium now known as the Ames. But
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Speaker 1: with Danel like all football stadiums, it's really it's like
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Speaker 1: all football stays with a track round it. Even the
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Speaker 1: West Ham's London Stadium, which I've been to watch the
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Speaker 1: Diamond League. It's great for athletics, but you're miles away
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Speaker 1: from me all the action at a football match. Still,
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Speaker 1: I'm going to keep you an eye on this one,
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Speaker 1: that lid, and good luck to you in the vas.
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Speaker 1: One more thing. The FA Trophy second qualifying round is
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Speaker 1: on Saturday and the only local game of note is
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Speaker 1: Deal Town who are at home to Ashford United and
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Speaker 1: along Saturday they met in the league with the home team.
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Speaker 1: Ashford were the winners by two goals to one. So
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Speaker 1: which way will it go this time? Well? Do you
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Speaker 1: know what? We just have to wait and see. Okay,
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Speaker 1: So now let's keep the show rocking. It's time for
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Speaker 1: Abody to take that and with Lulu and relight my fight.
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Speaker 1: Take that with a little tajo Lulu there out of
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Speaker 1: a great track in it. Okay. Well it's time for
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Speaker 1: some rugby. Well the local rugby season has started and
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Speaker 1: both folks and teams began with a win. The first
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Speaker 1: fifteen played away against Medway. Second fifteen in the London
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Speaker 1: and Southeast Division Counties two in the Kent section. They're
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Speaker 1: a bit of a mouthful, but I'll do that once
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Speaker 1: and I won't tell you for the rest of the season,
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Speaker 1: just remember it anyway. They beat them sixty three points
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Speaker 1: to twenty four, whilst the Seconds were at home to
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Speaker 1: deal Betsanger Seconds and they beat them forty two points
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Speaker 1: to fourteen. Now the Seconds this season are playing in
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Speaker 1: the Kent Rural League. But what a start overall if
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Speaker 1: you look at it this one it was one hundred
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Speaker 1: and five points four and thirty eight against. Next Saturday,
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Speaker 1: the first team are at home two Thunny Wonderers in
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Speaker 1: the Papa John's Cup and the Seconds are away to
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Speaker 1: Sittingborn Well, it's hockey time again. This season sees the
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Speaker 1: start of the hockey season with eight men's fixtures and
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Speaker 1: five ladies. The men's first eleven travel away to Woking
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Speaker 1: and the Ladies first are at home to Mauldern Russets.
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Speaker 1: So if you've missed your hockey fix, there are six
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Speaker 1: home games scheduled at the Three Hills. The first one
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Speaker 1: is the Ladies' fourth team who are playing against the
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Speaker 1: Tunbridge Wells at eleven o'clock and it's back to back hockey.
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Speaker 1: Then the last game is the Ladies first team at
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Speaker 1: three point thirty. So one I pop down to the
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Speaker 1: Three Hills and support the ever growing teams of the
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Speaker 1: Folkston Optimist Hockey Club. I do have all the fixtures
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Speaker 1: in front of me, but well, i'll tell you all
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Speaker 1: day to read them out. So I'm going to rely
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Speaker 1: on Amy, a future guest of the show. She's promised
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Speaker 1: to come on the show, Amy Bumpstead. She is the
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Speaker 1: media guru. I don't know what the club would do
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Speaker 1: without Amy, or I really don't, but she will be
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Speaker 1: posting all the fixtures to me and to the rest
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Speaker 1: of the media in the town, and I'll be reading
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Speaker 1: them out next Thursday. So now, now, we've said on
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Speaker 1: the show several times about songs and what they mean
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Speaker 1: to you and what they remind you of where you've been.
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Speaker 1: It could remind you of growing up, your first girlfriend, holidays,
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Speaker 1: you know. But even some songs do remind you of
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Speaker 1: sad times. And the next one is coming up. It's
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Speaker 1: for me will stick in my mind for a long
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Speaker 1: long time because only a couple of days ago it
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Speaker 1: was a sad day when I said goodbye to a
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Speaker 1: colleague of mine from your tunnel, Mark Higgins. Now, the
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Speaker 1: crematorium up at Hawkins was absolutely rammed. It really was.
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Speaker 1: It was a very popular chap and it shows by
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Speaker 1: the amount of people that turned up to say goodbye
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Speaker 1: to him. I got a lot to thank for Mark.
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Speaker 1: When I moved from one job to another from freight's
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Speaker 1: train crew back in the day, Mark really helped me,
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Speaker 1: looked after me and his colleague Andy Andy Lewis, who
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Speaker 1: read a lovely eulogy out to Andy. He helped me
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Speaker 1: ever so much as well. So it was good to
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Speaker 1: catch up with Andy and a lot of other colleagues.
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Speaker 1: Always happens in it on a funeral or perhaps a wedding.
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Speaker 1: Sometimes you catch up with people sorry that you haven't
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Speaker 1: seen for a long time. Anyway, this was one of
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Speaker 1: the songs at the service, and I just felt it
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Speaker 1: was my little tribute to Mark. So rest in peace, Mark,
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Speaker 1: another turning by the box, stuck in the world done.
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Speaker 1: That's right. I hope you had the dime of your life,
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Speaker 1: green day, time of your life. And that was a
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Speaker 1: little tribute to Mark Higgins. And I've just remembered that
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Speaker 1: I must tell you about this little word touch that
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Speaker 1: the family did. There was a memorial card. Now, now
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Speaker 1: have you ever worked with Mark anyway? Is always put
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Speaker 1: the kettle on, let's have a cup of tea everywhere
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Speaker 1: you went. And what they did they clipped a little
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Speaker 1: little envelope if you like, with a little picture of
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Speaker 1: Mark and a tea bag inside it. What a great touch.
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Speaker 1: It really made me chuckle. That did. Okay, So let's
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Speaker 1: ramp the sharp a little bit, and we don't want
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Speaker 1: to be too sad. Things of life goes on, is
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Speaker 1: say to say, But now where were you? Do you
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Speaker 1: remember this video? Yeah, turn back time? Well, if share
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Speaker 1: could turn back time, it would be great, wasn't it.
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Speaker 1: Now you remember this video? Of course you do remember
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Speaker 1: that one with all the sailors on the battleship and
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Speaker 1: Chaer was dancing around and the group was playing in
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Speaker 1: the background, and I do believe her son was actually
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Speaker 1: on guitar. And can you remember what she was wearing? Well,
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Speaker 1: it wasn't much, I'll tell you that. Right. This is
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Speaker 1: a sports show, so we better crack on. Well now then,
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Speaker 1: I've had a very busy time at running events recently.
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Speaker 1: On Saturday, I headed over to Dover in the thunder
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Speaker 1: and the rain, wondering whether the Dover Waterfront Park runs
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Speaker 1: at Second Birthday will go ahead because it was really
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Speaker 1: bad day, you know. I was there at seven forty
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Speaker 1: five and found the solitary figure of run director Amy
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Speaker 1: Stimpson sheltering from the rain, glued to the weather forecast
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Speaker 1: on her phone. Was it on or was it off? Anyway,
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Speaker 1: just after fellow run director Max Ramsley turned up, the
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Speaker 1: weather changed and it was all systems go, so big
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Speaker 1: thanks for tuning up Max and stopping the rain. One
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Speaker 1: hundred and seven brave runners were on the start line
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Speaker 1: as I cheered them around with some classic tunes. Big
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Speaker 1: thanks to Amy, whose nails are quite a bit shorter
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Speaker 1: these days. And a big thank you to the Port
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Speaker 1: of Dover for the continuous use of their land for
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Speaker 1: the park run course. And well done to visually impaired
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Speaker 1: Hazel Groves. I love speaking to Hazel. Yeah where it was?
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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I love speaking to Hazel. She's such a
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Speaker 1: chirpy lady for someone that's visually impaired, you know, she's
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Speaker 1: a great inspiration. And it was a one hundred and
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Speaker 1: fiftieth milestone and run. Oh and by the way, how
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Speaker 1: lucky were we On the way home? The heavens opened
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Speaker 1: well Sunday it was an early star for the Rye
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Speaker 1: thirty K fifteen K ancient trail run. The start was
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Speaker 1: in the narrow Rye High Street, where we were joined
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Speaker 1: by the jovial town crier, who started the race with
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Speaker 1: the historic readout of Rye and the trails, and then
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Speaker 1: he roared when I ring my bell, run like hell.
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Speaker 1: The total of five hundred and fifty two finishes crossed
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Speaker 1: the line and once again the rain stayed away. The
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Speaker 1: only hazard on the course was a hornet's nest which
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Speaker 1: didn't like being disturbed in the middle of the countryside
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Speaker 1: as the runners went by, and took their revenge by
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Speaker 1: stinging several competitors. However, the fabulous First Day team were
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Speaker 1: on the scene, quickly administering antihistamine and Cole Compress's football.
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Speaker 1: Don't you just love a trail run anyway? Well donees
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Speaker 1: go to James Barney, Joe Carroll, Phil Haynes, Linnea Stockhol,
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Speaker 1: Paul Hannay and Phil Moore who completed the fifteen K.
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Speaker 1: I'm not sure about those shorts, Phil, and well done
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Speaker 1: to Simon Ramsay, Phil Heathfield and Jenny Heathfield who completed
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Speaker 1: the thirty K. Jenny picking up a couple of hornets
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Speaker 1: things on the way, but she's all right. Now, Okay,
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Speaker 1: time for some music now from two thousand and one.
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Speaker 1: Let's crack on with a bit of Shakira, Shakira, Shakira.
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Speaker 1: Who else puts their name in a song today? I'll
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Speaker 1: not saying Tom Jones Tom Jones anyway, right, So we're
17:45
Speaker 1: gonna crack straight on. This is Kevin Daly on the
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Speaker 1: Midweek Sports Show and we've got a bit more running
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Speaker 1: news coming up in the meantime. What about a bit
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Speaker 1: of a one republic No I could live. I don't
17:53
Speaker 1: tell him the truth where there's a shadow when republic
18:06
Speaker 1: in twenty sixteen, wherever I dove right? Some more part
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Speaker 1: run news now. Park run venues last Saturday saw Jason
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Speaker 1: Crockford at Gunnersbury in West London. Greg Dixon was at
18:19
Speaker 1: Lymington in the New Forest. John Eaton was at Tilgate
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Speaker 1: in Crawley, West Sussex. Debbie Jeffrey found her park run
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Speaker 1: at Ottershaw in Surrey. David Botting found his way to
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Speaker 1: Thomas Mills Park Run in Framing, Framlingham, also in Surrey.
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Speaker 1: Kevin and Anne Whitby were in Tottenhason Devon for the
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Speaker 1: Sharpham Estate Park Run. Andy Noble and Leslie clant Seed
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Speaker 1: did the Battersea Park Run and further afield, Lee Brewer
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Speaker 1: and Louis Major were in the USA at the same
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Speaker 1: venue as Simon Coffee attended recently, that was at the
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Speaker 1: Claremont Waterfront Park Run in Orlando. Brian Davis, after finding
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Speaker 1: a park running Dusseldorf, recently competed in the Vingis Park Run,
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Speaker 1: which is in the capital of Lithuania. And listen to
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Speaker 1: this one. Finally, Nikki Goodwin and Kai Yan run at
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Speaker 1: the West Coast Park Run, which was actually in Singapore.
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Speaker 1: So wow, where do these tourists find these part runs?
19:16
Speaker 1: I love this section of the show and I've got
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Speaker 1: to thank Folks and Running and Athletics Club. To be fair,
19:21
Speaker 1: they do put it on their website, but I kind
19:24
Speaker 1: of dig in a little bit deeper and find out
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Speaker 1: a little bit more about the park runs and there
19:29
Speaker 1: have been some fantastic venues around the world. So I'm
19:32
Speaker 1: sure that if you are a runner, you go away
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Speaker 1: on holiday anywhere, what's the first thing you do? Look
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Speaker 1: for a park run? Anyway, Tuesday evening I attended a
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Speaker 1: check presentation at the Three Hills. Now this is really interesting.
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Speaker 1: This is very clever at this one. With several medals
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Speaker 1: left over from the Folks to ten, Sonja May came
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Speaker 1: up with the idea of organizing a virtual ten miler
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Speaker 1: for the folks and running and Athletic club members to
19:57
Speaker 1: run in their own time and raise money for charity. Now,
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Speaker 1: South Kent Mind won the ballots of chosen charities and
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Speaker 1: present and South Kent Mind trustee and former Running Club
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Speaker 1: member Dave Warbrook with Eve. They presented him with a
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Speaker 1: check for six hundred and ten pounds. So what a
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Speaker 1: great idea, Sonya. Congratulations go to Sonya. So simple, isn't it.
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Speaker 1: It just needed a little spark and some think of it,
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Speaker 1: And so well done to you. Okay, so we've still
20:25
Speaker 1: got some more running news, but I'm going to break
20:27
Speaker 1: it up with a soul now. You might have heard
20:29
Speaker 1: me say that I do love powerful female vocalists and
20:33
Speaker 1: you can't get any more powerful than Celine Dion. When
20:40
Speaker 1: I was young, Nevin need got a voice. She's tiny,
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Speaker 1: isn't she. She hasn't been around for a while, she
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Speaker 1: hasn't been very well, but even at the peak of
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Speaker 1: her career, she's tiny. How can such perfect loud vocals
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Speaker 1: come out from such a tiny little frame. Amazing. Okay,
21:35
Speaker 1: so my final running story is about two good friends,
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Speaker 1: Lauren Hart and Amy Howard, who trained together for their
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Speaker 1: very first marathon. Now. They wisely chose Richmond in London
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Speaker 1: as their venue as this was one of the flattest
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Speaker 1: courses around. Now. Chatting with both of these determined ladies recently,
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Speaker 1: Lauren told me that even after twenty two weeks of training,
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Speaker 1: she felt a mental and a physical pain at twenty miles,
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Speaker 1: but always knew she was going to finish. She said
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Speaker 1: that the six weeks of school holidays was hard, juggling
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Speaker 1: the training with two young children, Wren and Madison, and
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Speaker 1: a shift working partner, but they were all waiting for
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Speaker 1: her at the finish, which was an incentive of course,
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Speaker 1: and with her eight year old son Wren, he was
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Speaker 1: holding up a card saying my mommy can do hard things.
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Speaker 1: Lauren finished safely and said it was a relief to
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Speaker 1: get over the finish line. Amy's training was going well
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Speaker 1: until she hit a calf injury. She wisely rested up beforehand,
22:32
Speaker 1: not wanting to make it worse, but it started playing
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Speaker 1: up after thirteen miles in the race, so she decided
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Speaker 1: to take it a little bit easier in the second half. However,
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Speaker 1: the training paid off and Amy told me there was
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Speaker 1: more highs than lose, and it was an amazing feeling
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Speaker 1: when she crossed the finish line. And added bonus knowing
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Speaker 1: that her boyfriend Adam, who's a fellow runner, so he
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Speaker 1: understands what she was going through, he was waiting for
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Speaker 1: at the end. And now this is a lovely story
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Speaker 1: of two friends who helped each other through the weeks
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Speaker 1: of training to complete their very first marathon, something they
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Speaker 1: will never forget. Now, it does take courage to sign
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Speaker 1: up and run that twenty six point two miles that
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Speaker 1: very first time. Okay, you know there are runners around
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Speaker 1: there that have done twenty odd marathons, but that very
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Speaker 1: first one is the toughest one mentally, you know when
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Speaker 1: you're in full of self doubt. But now I think
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Speaker 1: the reality of what they've achieved is only now slowly
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Speaker 1: sinking in. So a big thanks to Lauren and Amy
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Speaker 1: for letting me share their stories. Now this one's for you,
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Speaker 1: two ladies. This is another powerful vocalist but it's got
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Speaker 1: a little running theme to it. It's called run to you,
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Speaker 1: and it's by Whitney Houston. Well us well another powerful
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Speaker 1: female vocalists. You've gotta have mora minute. There aren't many
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Speaker 1: of them about it. Let's face it, Winnie Houston and
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Speaker 1: that was for Lauren and Amy run to you. They
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Speaker 1: were running to the finish line where their family and
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Speaker 1: boyfriends and children were at their very very first marathon.
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Speaker 1: So congratulations, enjoy the moment. Right So now, of course
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Speaker 1: this show Hour's really gone, has been a great hour.
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Speaker 1: You know, a lot of a lot of chat with me,
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Speaker 1: but a lot of great songs coming out now. I
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Speaker 1: have been talking in recent weeks about the firewalk right now,
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Speaker 1: I couldn't get down there. I wish, I really wish
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Speaker 1: I had it gone. But Joe Toldhurst from South Kent
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Speaker 1: mind send me in this report so I will read
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Speaker 1: it out exactly as it came in. As the sun
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Speaker 1: set On Friday, the twelfth September, flames lit up the
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Speaker 1: night as South Kent Mine hosted its sponsored Firewalk challenge,
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Speaker 1: raising vital funds to support mental health services across the community.
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Speaker 1: Dozens of brave participants faced the heat, walking barefoot across
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Speaker 1: burning embers in a powerful show of courage and solidarity. Together,
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Speaker 1: they raised a staggering amount for South Kent Mind, helping
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Speaker 1: the charity continue its mission to provide mental health support
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Speaker 1: for local people. A special thanks goes to Saga, the
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Speaker 1: event's headline sponsor, whose colleagues not only entered teams but
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Speaker 1: also took on the challenge themselves and even lit the
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Speaker 1: fire to start up the evening sorry, and to UK Firewalk,
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Speaker 1: who led participants safely and inspired them every step of
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Speaker 1: the way. Joe actually said and I quote the atmosphere
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Speaker 1: was electric and the bravery of our walkers was incredible.
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Speaker 1: We are so grateful to everyone who took part, to
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Speaker 1: Saga for their amazing support, and to UK Firewalk for
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Speaker 1: leading such an unforgettable event. The money raise will make
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Speaker 1: a huge difference for local people struggling with their mental health.
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Speaker 1: South Kept Mind would like to thank all who took
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Speaker 1: part and supported the event. Every step across the flames
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Speaker 1: has helped fuel hope and strength for those in need
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Speaker 1: of mental health support in South Kent. So there you go.
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Speaker 1: That was really successful and I'm sure I'll be catching
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Speaker 1: up with Joe very shortly. Does play hockey for the
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Speaker 1: Optimist first team. So I'm sure I'll see him somewhere
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Speaker 1: and just find out how much money they've raised. But
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Speaker 1: they've really come to the forefront, haven't they a South
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Speaker 1: kep mind, they've got the driving force now of Joe
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Speaker 1: and his team and that they are really out there
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Speaker 1: putting out events and getting their name known and of
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Speaker 1: course sharing their stories. And just want people know that
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Speaker 1: there is a place for you there to have a
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Speaker 1: chat if you've got any mental health problems. Okay, so
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Speaker 1: we're going to ramp it up a little bit. This
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Speaker 1: is a classic from nineteen eighty three. Have you ever
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Speaker 1: got up at the karaoke and sung this one? I
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Speaker 1: bet you have uptown girl, Billy Joel. I should have
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Speaker 1: changed that around really and played we didn't start the
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Speaker 1: fire that one right? Okay, where it's needy, time to go.
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Speaker 1: But I just want to say that if you want
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Speaker 1: to come into the studio you've got a sporty story
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Speaker 1: to tell, then you know, Doby Shy, get in touch
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Speaker 1: with me Kevin Day via Facebook and we'd love to
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Speaker 1: have you in. You know, you might you might have
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Speaker 1: a child, a son or a daughter that's excelling in
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Speaker 1: sport and you know you want to just bring them
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Speaker 1: in av a chat and promote what they're doing, promote
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Speaker 1: their club. It's great. That's why this is what community
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Speaker 1: radio is all about. So we'd love to see you, right,
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Speaker 1: So I think it's about it from me. Now. Next
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Speaker 1: week's show, we've got two guests. We've got a race
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Speaker 1: director from the Folks and Rotary Half Marathon, Ray Johnson,
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Speaker 1: which is happening on Sunday, the twenty eighth of September,
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Speaker 1: and we've got Tom Aspinall who will be one of
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Speaker 1: the team running the race raising funds for South Kent.
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Speaker 1: Mind I'll be back on Saturday between ten and eleven
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Speaker 1: with Ad who will, no doubt afloads to tell us
28:36
Speaker 1: about last week in Scarborough. But we will of course
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Speaker 1: have plenty of sport news for you, so stay dry
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Speaker 1: and you know we'll see you on Saturday