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Katie Woolf spoke with NT Major Events CEO Tim Watsford about the million dollar fish competition · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Joining us in the studio right now is the CEO
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  Speaker 1: of NTA Major Events, Tim Watsford.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, morning, Katie.
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  Speaker 1: How are you very well mate? I was just saying
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  Speaker 1: off their obviously Territory Day on Sunday, the million dollar
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  Speaker 1: Fish competition kicks off today and then you've got the
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  Speaker 1: Red Center Nats as well. It's all happening.
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  Speaker 2: It is all happening. The guys are busy, and I
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  Speaker 2: guess Territory Day went off really really well. I thought
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  Speaker 2: this year some of the celebrations right across the territory were amazing.
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  Speaker 2: But no, no, we're literally a month out now from
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  Speaker 2: Million dollar Fish kicking off. So registration's open today. So
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  Speaker 2: just just making sure people are actually it's October one.
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  Speaker 1: I might have jumped agun.
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  Speaker 2: We go out there and we a line and then yeah,
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  Speaker 2: we're down to Alice Springs tomorrow to kick off Red
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  Speaker 2: Center NATS for all things in the center.
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  Speaker 1: And so with the million dollar Fish, you've got to
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  Speaker 1: you can start registering from today, but you cannot catch
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  Speaker 1: a million dollar fish for another month.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's correct. So literally jump online million dollar Fish
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  Speaker 2: dot com, dot you, and we've still got a month
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  Speaker 2: until October one. So the season runs October one through
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  Speaker 2: the thirty on March next year. Look, there's one hundred
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  Speaker 2: chances to catch a ten thousand dollar tag. Now there's
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  Speaker 2: eight chances this year to catch that elusive million dollar
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  Speaker 2: barrelmundays to sports Bet, So all the previous years are
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  Speaker 2: still alive. So we're in season seven and they punked
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  Speaker 2: on in in season four to double up. So there's
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  Speaker 2: literally eight chances out there to catch the million dollar fish.
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  Speaker 1: We really want this to go off, ak, We actually
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  Speaker 1: want it.
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  Speaker 2: To be caught with season seven. Now I've been talking
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  Speaker 2: about it for seven years. So now look, we're working
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  Speaker 2: with our great partners in sports Bed and they've been
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  Speaker 2: through the think and thing of it. They want to
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  Speaker 2: give aways million bucks as much as we do. So look, obviously,
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  Speaker 2: in addition to the ten thousand dollars tags, hopefully this
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  Speaker 2: is the year that someone's dreams are made.
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  Speaker 1: It would be phenomenal, like what it would do for tourism,
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  Speaker 1: I think for the Northern Territory. And I know it's
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  Speaker 1: tough going at the moment for tourism in the territory,
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  Speaker 1: but what it would do in terms of really creating
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  Speaker 1: that chatter, right across the nation would be just phenomenal.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think so, And it's a very interesting time
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  Speaker 2: for tourism, like you mentioned. But I think what what
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  Speaker 2: we're hearing is feedback is that barren Monday is a
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  Speaker 2: bucketle this item, or fishing a barre Mounday is a
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  Speaker 2: bucket this item. So we're expecting more people to come
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  Speaker 2: out this year than probably ever aren't because they've got
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  Speaker 2: the opportunity to, I guess come to the top end
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  Speaker 2: when traditionally they might have gone overseas or done something
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  Speaker 2: different or put that, you know, chasing Barromunday down the
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  Speaker 2: list a little bit this year, expecting plenty to come.
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  Speaker 2: Fingers Cross lockdowns kind of finish up soonlier and later
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  Speaker 2: in the Southern States, and you know, we're ready to
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  Speaker 2: welcome to what I've been told is going to be
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  Speaker 2: a pretty good fishing season.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and what about that charity fish? Is that still
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  Speaker 1: all that charity side of it is? Good question?
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  Speaker 2: So there's a there's a bit of a change to
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  Speaker 2: how we how the charity previous tags have worked. So
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  Speaker 2: this year we've kind of put our heads together once
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  Speaker 2: again with sports Bet and worked out kind of how
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  Speaker 2: do we give as much cash away to charity as possible.
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  Speaker 2: So what this year, any any ten thousand dollars tags,
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  Speaker 2: there's one hundred of them simming around. The Lucky Angler
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  Speaker 2: will also be able to donate one thousand dollars to
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  Speaker 2: a chair of their choice. So effectively, you catch a
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  Speaker 2: ten ten grand tag for yourself and you give a
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  Speaker 2: thousand bucks away for charity. So you know, we're hoping
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  Speaker 2: to try and get around that fifteen to twenty mark
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  Speaker 2: in terms of ten to thousand dollars fishes caught, So
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  Speaker 2: that means you know, twenty thousand dollars up two twenty
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  Speaker 2: thousand dollars going to charity this year. WHI would be great?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I reckon. That's a really nice thing to do,
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  Speaker 1: you know, a really good sort of added extra for
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  Speaker 1: those charities to be able to benefit.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it is, and I think with sports but trying
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  Speaker 2: to help us develop the product and support charities at
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  Speaker 2: the same time. It's a great little change that we've
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  Speaker 2: done this year. And you know, hopefully more fish can
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  Speaker 2: be caught and as I mentioned before from I'm not
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  Speaker 2: a Fis show, but apparently they're going to be.
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  Speaker 1: Biting, so good stuff.
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  Speaker 2: Get out there. About and so much caatch something.
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  Speaker 1: Now, what about the red scentin Nats It looks like
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  Speaker 1: it's going to go off on the weekend.
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  Speaker 2: It's mental. They're literally coming from everywhere, so which is
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  Speaker 2: great excluding New South Wales and Victoria obviously, but look huge,
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  Speaker 2: huge traveling contingent for that event. Year in year out,
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  Speaker 2: we get a big draw from Queensland and South Australia.
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  Speaker 2: They love their motorsports. The guys are in Alice Springs
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  Speaker 2: right now already to start scrutineering and prejudging ours of
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  Speaker 2: this afternoon and it's buzzing already. So yea, I'm pretty
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  Speaker 2: excited to get down the tomorrow morning and see what
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  Speaker 2: the weekend's going to hold.
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  Speaker 1: Great stuff and then what else is lined up for
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  Speaker 1: the end of the year or did things finally start
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  Speaker 1: to quieten down somewhat for you?
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  Speaker 2: No funding programs in full swing, so you know we
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  Speaker 2: support about seventy events for a funding program at major
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  Speaker 2: events kicking off this weekend with the Mighty Beercan Regatta,
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  Speaker 2: so you've got to give them a shout out. And
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  Speaker 2: starting at ten am down at the shores of Mindle Beach,
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  Speaker 2: everything from Pencastle to BERCN boats to thong throwing, so
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  Speaker 2: it's obviously it's obviously a dar and staple from nineteen
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  Speaker 2: seventy four. And then let me look, we're back in
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  Speaker 2: the slot ready to go for next year, I think
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  Speaker 2: so the guys who have a bit of a brother
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  Speaker 2: and then and then full steam ahead into twenty twenty two.
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  Speaker 1: Good stuff. Well you're certainly keeping busy, Tim Watsford, no
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  Speaker 1: doubt about it, and all the team at NT Major
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  Speaker 1: Events who do a great job. Good thanks, che thank you,
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  Speaker 1: thanks so much for your time this morning. And that
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  Speaker 1: number if you'd like to call through eight nine four
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  Speaker 1: one one four nine and that was Tim Watsford, who
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  Speaker 1: is the CEO of NT Major Events,