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The Muster- Andrew Tripp: Whiskey Creek Challenge · The Muster on Hokonui

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  Speaker 1: And you know it's true and.
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  Speaker 2: That's a fact.
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  Speaker 3: This is the muster on Hokonui. Andrew Tripp joins us next.
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  Speaker 3: Talking the Whiskey Creek Challenge happening in a few weeks'
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  Speaker 3: time out there at the world-famous Dollamore Park just out
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  Speaker 3: of Gore. Some events there that are going to push
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  Speaker 3: you beyond your limit. There's a 24-hour one for Pete's sake.
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  Speaker 1: Andrew, good afternoon. 24 hours of running. Do many people
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  Speaker 1: contemplate this?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, g'day, Andy. Well, in fact, we've had just under
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  Speaker 2: 30 entries just for the 24 hours so far, so
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  Speaker 2: there's certainly some pretty serious contenders out there. But also,
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  Speaker 2: having said that, there's some people out there that are
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  Speaker 2: just going to walk and to see how many laps
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  Speaker 2: they can do in 24 hours. They won't be going
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  Speaker 2: the whole time you're allowed to stop in between laps,
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  Speaker 2: so they might even go home and have a bit
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  Speaker 2: of a sleep in between times, so.
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  Speaker 1: 24 hours running, though.
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  Speaker 3: It sounds like you're being an absolute sucker for punishment,
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  Speaker 3: if you don't mind me saying.
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  Speaker 1: It's unreal.
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  Speaker 2: Well, yeah, yeah. It's not all running. Like, the Whiskey
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  Speaker 2: Creek Trail itself, it's about 200 metres elevation, uphill from
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  Speaker 2: Dollarmore Park, and then it's sort of good downhill back
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  Speaker 2: to the park. So most people.
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  Speaker 1: Will be walking.
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  Speaker 2: I think after a few laps, everyone will be walking uphill. So...
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, there's a lot of serious ultra runners out
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  Speaker 2: there now. It just seems to be a growing sport
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  Speaker 2: in New Zealand and people out there just wanting to
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  Speaker 2: do it and go those longer distances. But then this
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  Speaker 2: event's not designed just for them. We've also got people
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  Speaker 2: that want to walk and we've got a couple of kids'
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  Speaker 2: events as well. So we're sort of trying to make
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  Speaker 2: it family-friendly too.
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  Speaker 3: So how did the Whiskey Creek Challenge come about? What
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  Speaker 3: was the catalyst behind it, Andrew?
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  Speaker 2: It was probably something I was quite keen to do
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  Speaker 2: for a long time. We started up a Hokonui running group.
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  Speaker 2: It's a Facebook group. We go for a run on
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  Speaker 2: Wednesday nights. It's been going for about four years now.
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  Speaker 2: The Croydon Bush Reserve out there in Donalmore Park is
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  Speaker 2: an amazing asset for gore.
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  Speaker 3: Lots of trails.
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  Speaker 2: A lot of them are sort of along trapping lines
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  Speaker 2: as well. So we thought it'd be a great place
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  Speaker 2: for sort of an endurance event. And so we had
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  Speaker 2: our first one last year. We had to get permission
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  Speaker 2: from DOC to use the reserve and obviously permission from
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  Speaker 2: Gore District Council. So both those partners have been right
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  Speaker 2: behind us and backing this event. So that's been really cool.
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  Speaker 2: And this year we actually got a 10-year concession from DOC.
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  Speaker 2: So this will be here to stay. So it's just
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  Speaker 2: a an annual endurance running, walking, family-friendly event for the
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  Speaker 2: people of Gore, and not just runners but walkers and
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  Speaker 2: families as well.
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  Speaker 3: And all the profits are going back to the Hoki
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  Speaker 3: Nui Runanga as well regarding trapping work in the reserve,
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  Speaker 3: plus a $ 1, 000 donation to the Gore Kids Hub, so
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  Speaker 3: everything's staying local.
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  Speaker 1: That's cool.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so certainly it's been organised by the community. We've
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  Speaker 2: got about 40 local businesses behind it. We've got heaps
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  Speaker 2: of prizes. We've got cash prizes of about $ 3, 500. So
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  Speaker 2: if there are any serious runners out there, like we've
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  Speaker 2: got a cash prize for the first place in each event,
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  Speaker 2: plus we've got the fastest lap for male and female.
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  Speaker 2: So even if you just want to come out and
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  Speaker 2: do a hot lap, there's $ 200 up for grabs for that,
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  Speaker 2: plus heaps of spot prizes. Yeah, there's going to be
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  Speaker 2: a lot of people go away with something pretty cool
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  Speaker 2: as well as good memories.
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  Speaker 3: With this being an ultra-distance event, are you anticipating people
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  Speaker 3: from coming from far and away to participate?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, that's been the dream. Obviously, last year was
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  Speaker 2: the first event. We sort of thought, let's see how
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  Speaker 2: it goes. We got over 100 entrants last year. And
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  Speaker 2: that was on a weekend, sort of mid-September. It was
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  Speaker 2: just terrible weather. But we pulled it off and it
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  Speaker 2: went really well. And people said they'd come back. And
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  Speaker 2: that's what's happened this year, a lot of return entries.
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  Speaker 2: So people are really keen to have a crack. And
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  Speaker 2: we've got people coming from Dunedin this year. So there's
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  Speaker 2: about six or seven coming. And I know two or
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  Speaker 2: three of them are actually very good ultra-distance runners and
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  Speaker 2: very fast. So So the competition's heating up and there's
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  Speaker 2: a few locals who are hoping to maybe sort of
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  Speaker 2: nab that first place, but they'll be under a bit
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  Speaker 2: of pressure this year.
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  Speaker 3: And there'll be a lot of fit farmers out there
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  Speaker 3: after sloshing through the mud, chasing lambs and ewes recently,
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  Speaker 3: calves and cattle in the lakes as well. So the
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  Speaker 3: fitness level should be pretty good at the moment, truth
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  Speaker 3: be known.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think so. It might be a good break
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  Speaker 2: for the farmers too. Last year we had it in September,
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  Speaker 2: which didn't really suit a lot of farmers. The dairy
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  Speaker 2: farmers were calving and the sheep farmers were lambing. We've
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  Speaker 2: still got a farm out in this dale myself, but
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  Speaker 2: I'm not involved hands-on now, so I've got an opportunity
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  Speaker 2: to get out there and organise events. But we thought
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  Speaker 2: we'd shift it through into October, so it does suit
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  Speaker 2: farmers better. We've actually had a few more farmers enter
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  Speaker 2: so far, which is really cool.
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  Speaker 1: Do you have to.
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  Speaker 3: Cap numbers for the event, or are you encouraging whoever
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  Speaker 3: wants to turn up?
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  Speaker 2: Well, we've got, for the DOT concession, for the 10-year concession,
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  Speaker 2: we went big. So we've actually got numbers capped for that,
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  Speaker 2: for 300. So obviously we're not going to get close
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  Speaker 2: to that this year or even next, but it gives
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  Speaker 2: us room to grow. With the kids' fantail loop, that's
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  Speaker 2: just the kids' event, that's just a 3K loop around
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  Speaker 2: the fantail loop, so that's actually free. free for kids.
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  Speaker 2: So that's going to be a great opportunity for them
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  Speaker 2: to do that too. We're really looking forward to it.
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  Speaker 2: We've just been out there doing a bit of track
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  Speaker 2: maintenance yesterday on the Fantail Loop, so it'll be a
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  Speaker 2: great place for the kids just to walk around with
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  Speaker 2: parents and caregivers. If they're over a certain age, if
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  Speaker 2: they're over eight, they can just do it themselves. All
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  Speaker 2: the other entries close on the 14th of October, so
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  Speaker 2: if you're keen to enter, just go to our website, whiskycreekchallenge.com,
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  Speaker 2: and all the information is there, plus the entry.
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  Speaker 3: I like how you use the term Think Big. I
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  Speaker 3: don't think I've heard that saying since Rob Muldoon.
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  Speaker 2: Well, it gives us the opportunity to grow. In an
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  Speaker 2: event like this, it'll just keep building, and as people...
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  Speaker 2: take part and they tell their friends and I've been
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  Speaker 2: using Facebook as well and Instagram and I'm not sort
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  Speaker 2: of so hot on that. I probably need to do
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  Speaker 2: a course on how to use it properly but we
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  Speaker 2: started up a Facebook page a couple of weeks ago
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  Speaker 2: and there's 450 people following it now so it's only
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  Speaker 2: going to grow and as people compete or actually enter
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  Speaker 2: it and participate they'll tell their mates and next year
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  Speaker 2: it'll be even bigger.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, good on you, Andrew.
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  Speaker 3: All the best for the event. It's happening in a
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  Speaker 3: couple of weeks. The Whiskey Creek Challenge. So once again,
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  Speaker 3: for people to get in touch regarding entries, where do
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  Speaker 3: they go?
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  Speaker 2: So whiskeycreekchallenge.com is the website. So just Google Whiskey Creek Challenge.
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  Speaker 2: It'll take you there. And all the information's on the website.
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  Speaker 2: We've got a heap of stuff there, plus a bit
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  Speaker 2: of facts and history, some fun information about Dollarmore Park
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  Speaker 2: and the reserve itself and just how it all came about.
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  Speaker 3: Nice.
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  Speaker 1: Good on you, Andrew. Thanks for your time.
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  Speaker 2: No, thanks, Andy.
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  Speaker 3: Andrew Tripp, talking about the Whiskey Creek Challenge happening at
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  Speaker 3: Dolemore Park on the 17th and 18th of October. So
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  Speaker 3: various events there, and if you're feeling pretty keen and
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  Speaker 3: want to run for.
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  Speaker 1: 24 hours, well, here's your opportunity.
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  Speaker 3: The Whiskey Creek Challenge happening very soon on the Southern Landscape.
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  Speaker 1: Our resident sporting guru, Nathan Burden, is up next. You're
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  Speaker 1: listening to The Muster. And some natural coordination