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Waratah player Lauren O’ Shea pays tribute to team mate Heather Anderson and invites Territorians to take part in a run and workout for her this weekend · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: This Saturday. Of course, Warritar Football Club, the women's sides,
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  Speaker 1: organized an event. This event is something that we are
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  Speaker 1: told that Heather Anderson, you know, she'd undertake many times
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  Speaker 1: while she was residing in the Northern Territory. So in
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  Speaker 1: just a moment we're going to be finding out a
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  Speaker 1: bit more about it when we catch up with Lauren
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  Speaker 1: O'Shea and she was listed for the Crows together with
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  Speaker 1: Heather and played with her for the war Retars where
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  Speaker 1: she still plays right now. So we're going to get
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  Speaker 1: her on the line and find out a bit more
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  Speaker 1: about this game. And as I did mention earlier on
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  Speaker 1: the show, we know that Heather Anderson was an Australian
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  Speaker 1: Army medic who did indeed serve in the top end
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  Speaker 1: for three years. She was also an AFLNT player who
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  Speaker 1: played for war Retar Football Club and was then drafted
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  Speaker 1: to the AFL w Adelaide Crow's side in twenty seventeen,
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  Speaker 1: where she played eight games and was a premiership winner.
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  Speaker 1: She was the first to be drafted from the territory. Now,
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  Speaker 1: Heather was a well known, respected and loved person in
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  Speaker 1: the football community and as I'm sure that you have
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  Speaker 1: heard in the news throughout this week. She passed earlier
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  Speaker 1: this week. Now joining me on the line is Lauren Oshay.
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  Speaker 1: Good morning to you, Lauren.
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  Speaker 2: Hi Katie, how are you?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, really good? Thank you so much for your time
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  Speaker 1: this morning. Now, Lauren, you guys were listed to play together,
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  Speaker 1: as I understand it, for the Crows and you also
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  Speaker 1: played for the Tars together. What was Heather like as
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  Speaker 1: a teammate?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely so yeah. When she was obviously posted today world,
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  Speaker 2: she come along and joined the Warritar Football Club as
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  Speaker 2: soon as you as soon as she popped down to training,
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  Speaker 2: you could just see her eliteness. I guess she was
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  Speaker 2: just a step above everyone probably and still hand on
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  Speaker 2: heart to this day, would say she's the fittest person
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  Speaker 2: I've ever seen. And in that AFLW culture as well,
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  Speaker 2: she was just yeah, absolutely phenomenal, but such a although
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  Speaker 2: she'd break record, she'd be lapping people, she'd be miles ahead.
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  Speaker 2: She was probably one of the most humble and caring
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  Speaker 2: people that I've come across as well.
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  Speaker 1: So an incredible teammate and an incredible friend by the
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  Speaker 1: sounds of it.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely absolutely she was. She would yeah, beat the pants
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  Speaker 2: off everyone, but yet get to the end and get
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  Speaker 2: around every one, and so I think you did really
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  Speaker 2: well and YadA YadA. But I'm like, and you just
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  Speaker 2: want this all mate.
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  Speaker 1: Well, tell me about how fit she was, because I've
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  Speaker 1: seen you guys at training and you're all pretty bloody feet. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I guess if you look at the base level
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  Speaker 2: of fitness it is, it's pretty good. But she was
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  Speaker 2: just a step above. I think she was so regimented
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  Speaker 2: in her fitness and exercise and nutrition that she really
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  Speaker 2: just kind of put everyone the shame. To be honest,
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  Speaker 2: she would, yeah, she would. She would probably hire the
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  Speaker 2: exercise session she did, to be honest, so people didn't know.
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  Speaker 2: But she Yeah, the amount of gym and strength where
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  Speaker 2: she would have done and excelled in the strength and
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  Speaker 2: conditioning as well. She was phenomenal. And she do like
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  Speaker 2: just random things. Wake up one morning and go, oh,
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to run run to this place or do this,
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  Speaker 2: and it's yeah, kilometers and kilometers on end. We compete
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  Speaker 2: and you're a run a cadie, you know, the city
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  Speaker 2: of Surfing events like that. She'd enter in and we'd
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  Speaker 2: all start together there in our task singlets and she'd
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  Speaker 2: finish kilometers ahead of us and then turn round, job
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  Speaker 2: back and took out the rest of us and runs
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  Speaker 2: through to the finish line.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, she sounds like she was awesome.
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  Speaker 2: She she truly was, And yeah, just I think her
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  Speaker 2: humbleness is what made her such a great person as well,
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  Speaker 2: that you would never hear a brag or promote herself
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  Speaker 2: in any way, shape or form, but so caring of others,
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  Speaker 2: and yeah, she was. She was not a huge social person.
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  Speaker 2: She just got on with her job and did her thing.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, such a such a great teammates, a great teammate,
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  Speaker 2: and such a great person to have around.
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  Speaker 1: And I understand as well that she was recognized for
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  Speaker 1: wearing that pink head gear, and it was for a
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  Speaker 1: very kind reason. Wasn't ash it sure was, it sure was.
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  Speaker 2: It wasn't actually for head protection, but her so growing up,
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  Speaker 2: And yeah, was interested in football and played as a kid,
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  Speaker 2: which not a whole lot. It's happening more and more
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  Speaker 2: now is fantastic, but at her age it wasn't a
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  Speaker 2: common thing for girls to be playing football. I don't
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  Speaker 2: think her mum was a big fan of her playing football,
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  Speaker 2: but let it happen, And I don't think he mum
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  Speaker 2: would attend many games or watch, but her mom does
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  Speaker 2: have a vision impairmitent. It sort of started as a
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  Speaker 2: bit of a joke and I saw this bright pink
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  Speaker 2: helmet and sad, I'll buy that and whack it on.
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  Speaker 2: And she's not a pink not really her color, but yeah,
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  Speaker 2: bright pink helmet on the ground. That meant her mum
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  Speaker 2: could could pick her out on the ground and see her.
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  Speaker 2: And it was kind of a bit of a deal.
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  Speaker 2: If I wear this, then you'll be able to see me?
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  Speaker 2: Can you come and watch a few more games? So yeah,
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  Speaker 2: very very special story with that helmet.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it does sound that way now. I mean this
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  Speaker 1: week must be a really difficult week for you guys.
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  Speaker 1: But what I love is that the clubs, you know
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  Speaker 1: I come together and you've organized something really special for
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  Speaker 1: this weekend.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah we have. So. Yeah, it has been a tough
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  Speaker 2: week with yeh her death on Sunday and then hearing
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  Speaker 2: the news Monday. But just yeah, they're reaching out of
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  Speaker 2: local individuals and football clubs has been magnificent, but also
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  Speaker 2: on a national level as well, AFLW clubs reaching out
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  Speaker 2: to Crow's and pass players. I'm just to check in
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  Speaker 2: and say that they're thinking of it, So that's magnificent.
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  Speaker 2: Our current captain at the Warrital Football Club for our
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  Speaker 2: Premier League team, Lisa Roberts. I guess you'd started with
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  Speaker 2: a sort of well, in Honorvando, this a run would
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  Speaker 2: be something suitable. So she's put together this run with
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  Speaker 2: some assistance from a few people. So we're going to
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  Speaker 2: run from Robinson Barrats which is where lived when she
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  Speaker 2: was in Darlan, to Gardens Oval, which was the Warritur
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  Speaker 2: home ground, So that will be that run will take
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  Speaker 2: place tomorrow morning. But at the Oval at Gardens there's
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  Speaker 2: some options there as well, so there'll be people running
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  Speaker 2: twenty eight laps of the football Oval in honor of Ando.
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  Speaker 2: And there's been a cross TA session designed around Ando
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  Speaker 2: as well that involves her the date of her passing
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  Speaker 2: the month so thirteen eleven, her age twenty twenty two.
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  Speaker 2: So there's lots lots of options for people to get
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  Speaker 2: involved and it's definitely something that Ando, being the fitness
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  Speaker 2: freak that she was, we thought we're a great way
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  Speaker 2: to honor her.
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  Speaker 1: It sounds like an incredible way to honor her, you know,
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  Speaker 1: for you guys, and I understand that the runner is
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  Speaker 1: going to be wearing pink. Do you reckon she'd be
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  Speaker 1: happy about that? Or do you reckon you think it's funny.
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  Speaker 2: Well, we've said a touch of pink, so she probably
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  Speaker 2: would turn her nose up at that to be honest
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  Speaker 2: and have a bit of a giagle. But some of
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  Speaker 2: us will be donning her number two guernsey from Warritas.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, there'll be bits and pieces of pink getting
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  Speaker 2: around to What.
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  Speaker 1: A beautiful way to honor your friend. I think it's
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  Speaker 1: a really incredible thing to do such, you know, is
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  Speaker 1: such a wonderful thing to do. So is anybody able
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  Speaker 1: to get involved or is it mostly just the footing community?
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  Speaker 2: No, it's it's absolutely open to everyone and Ando being
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  Speaker 2: such a big part of the football community here but
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  Speaker 2: also the defense course as well, so it is open
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  Speaker 2: to anyone. There's details on Facebook and we've had a
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  Speaker 2: lot of people jump on board to help us in
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  Speaker 2: this short week to get it together as well. So
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  Speaker 2: Leah f and Ochiario member first still it has contributed.
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  Speaker 2: Mark Turner member for Blaine has also donated mates for Mates.
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  Speaker 2: We want to shout out to them for their support
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  Speaker 2: as well. And yes, soldiers around the country tomorrow will
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  Speaker 2: be doing activities in remembrance to Vano. So there's lots
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  Speaker 2: happening and we've even had girls doing the Andos session
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  Speaker 2: is what we're calling it, the workout in other places
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  Speaker 2: across Australia and they've sent us pictures and things like
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  Speaker 2: that as well. So another Imra and North has done
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  Speaker 2: a lot. Who was a close friend of Ando's. You've
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  Speaker 2: been the army together with her. He's put a lot
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  Speaker 2: of time and efforty in behind the scenes as well,
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  Speaker 2: and obviously Lisa Robertson getting this together through the support
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  Speaker 2: of our Warrantur football class. So I guess we want
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  Speaker 2: to get out, yeah, do this in honor of Vando.
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  Speaker 2: But there's the message that goes along with it as
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  Speaker 2: well as is to always seek help and don't be
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  Speaker 2: afraid to ask when you need help. We know the
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  Speaker 2: mental health organizations out there, they're all there for assistance.
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  Speaker 2: We can we know where to find them, we can
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  Speaker 2: see them. But we've also got to know if we
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  Speaker 2: are in that dark place that we need to reach
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  Speaker 2: out because people, friends and family and these organizations can
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  Speaker 2: help us get out of.
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  Speaker 1: That that's so such an important message, Lauren. Before I
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  Speaker 1: let you go, can you please tell me what these
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  Speaker 1: ANDO workout includes.
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  Speaker 2: I sure can just give me two seconds.
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  Speaker 1: Is it sounds like it's tough if she was, if
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  Speaker 1: she was a fitness break it would be tough.
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  Speaker 2: It is, it is so hers, it is so passing
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  Speaker 2: away on the thirteenth of the eleventh, twenty twenty two,
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  Speaker 2: at the age of twenty eight, and she wore the
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  Speaker 2: number two guernsey. So it's thirteen push.
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  Speaker 3: Up, eleven butterfly sit up a too, twenty twenty two
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  Speaker 3: meter run, so just over two point two k's and
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  Speaker 3: twenty eight lunders and it's two times through.
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  Speaker 2: So all those special numbers for Ando. We've had some
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  Speaker 2: red faces in the photos that have come back, so
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  Speaker 2: I'll dare do it for the quickest time you can.
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  Speaker 1: Oh good on you guys. Like I said before, I
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  Speaker 1: think that this is such an incredible way to really
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  Speaker 1: to honor your friend that you've lost, such a wonderful
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  Speaker 1: thing to do. And I really appreciate you coming on
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  Speaker 1: this morning and speaking more to us about and oh
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  Speaker 1: and and you know, telling us about what an incredible
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  Speaker 1: person she was. I really appreciate your time, no worries.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you Katie, and appreciate you and getting that word
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  Speaker 2: out there with all of the yeah, the message is
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  Speaker 2: behind this.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Laura and Osha, thank you and no doubt we'll talk
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  Speaker 1: to you again very soon. All the best with everything
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  Speaker 1: that's happening tomorrow.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks Katie, Thank you,