1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:03,840 Speaker 1: So we had Isabelle and Layla from Ashburton Collegen a 2 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:07,120 Speaker 1: little earlier talking about just the plethora of stuff that 3 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:09,840 Speaker 1: keeps happening. And I say that next week is some 4 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:13,119 Speaker 1: tournament week. So that's the cricketers and the tennis players. 5 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:17,960 Speaker 1: Does that include basketball as well? Sophie Brass morning, good morning. 6 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:19,800 Speaker 2: I don't she knows. 7 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:22,640 Speaker 1: That's more of a winter sport, really, isn't it. Yeah? Yeah, 8 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 1: those fresh Saturday mornings at the aptually named fridge on 9 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 1: Oxford Street. So you are a basketballer. How do you 10 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 1: find this sport? Why is this the one for you? 11 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:35,280 Speaker 2: I started off by playing many ball when I was younger, 12 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:36,879 Speaker 2: just kind of got thrown into it. 13 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 1: Is that the one that's a bit like softball but 14 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:40,519 Speaker 1: you put the ball on the on the like the 15 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:41,279 Speaker 1: rubber tee thing. 16 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:45,920 Speaker 2: No, it's pretty basketball, just not as sed I guess, okay, 17 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 2: got youa right, But yeah, I started off there and 18 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:51,479 Speaker 2: then quite enjoyed the sports. I kind of just followed 19 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 2: it through with different schools that I've been at, and yeah, 20 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 2: just picked it up through that. 21 00:00:55,840 --> 00:01:02,000 Speaker 1: And there are opportunities here in mid Canterbury to hollow basketball. Yeah, sweet, 22 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 1: you've built yourself up to a rip level. Now. Is 23 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:07,240 Speaker 1: there a mid Canibury rip team this year? 24 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 2: There's not for under eighteen for females. But however, we 25 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 2: are traveling to christ Church, some of us to train 26 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:15,760 Speaker 2: and trial for Cannbury teams. 27 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:17,039 Speaker 1: When's that season start? 28 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:21,080 Speaker 2: Five weeks? 29 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:24,039 Speaker 1: Okay, so we're getting there. So you're training at the moment. 30 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:26,319 Speaker 1: That's a big commitment. How many trips up the road 31 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:27,480 Speaker 1: each week would you be taken for that? 32 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:31,560 Speaker 2: We have been doing about two a week at the moment, 33 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:33,760 Speaker 2: and then it will drop to one and then go 34 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:34,960 Speaker 2: back up again. Yeah. 35 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 1: Right, So you've been playing for a number of years now, 36 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:40,080 Speaker 1: and I'm assuming that it was last year. Were you 37 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:43,520 Speaker 1: sort of headhunted as such? Were you picked up by 38 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 1: a talent scout? What happened here? 39 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 2: I was playing down and tomorrow for the Ashburn College 40 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:53,920 Speaker 2: Senior Bees and we kind of had like me and 41 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:57,640 Speaker 2: mum had received an email to say there was like 42 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 2: a wider group of girls selected for a team to 43 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 2: five at America and we had to sign contracts to 44 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 2: say if we were keen or not. 45 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 1: Oh my god, they just came out of the blue. Yeah, 46 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:09,359 Speaker 1: did you just Bennett thinking it was scam. 47 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:11,520 Speaker 2: No, we applied to it, and I'm like, oh, we'll 48 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 2: see what happens, because I had heard of a couple 49 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:14,919 Speaker 2: of girls that did it a couple of years back. 50 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 1: Okay, so it is a thing. 51 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:20,399 Speaker 2: Yeah, And then I sent that back off and then 52 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:23,919 Speaker 2: came back with another email saying I had been selected 53 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:25,919 Speaker 2: and kind of just to conferm everything to make sure 54 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:28,680 Speaker 2: I was keen before like announcing that I was definitely 55 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:30,359 Speaker 2: in the team. And then yeah, got announced I was 56 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:30,919 Speaker 2: part of them. 57 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:32,800 Speaker 1: So when you say the team, is this a New 58 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:34,239 Speaker 1: Zealand team? 59 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:38,799 Speaker 2: Yeah, there was a team like teams selected across a 60 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:41,400 Speaker 2: whole of New Zealand. Yeah, and I think there's like 61 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 2: four or five of us from down south and then 62 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 2: the rest are. 63 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:46,520 Speaker 1: From up north. Wow. And you're off to the stakes 64 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 1: for this tournament? What at the end of July. Yeah, crikey. 65 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:53,680 Speaker 1: So I can understand why you need to raise a 66 00:02:53,680 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 1: few fund See, what's the opportunity here? Is this sort 67 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 1: of like something that could come from this tournament. 68 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:07,840 Speaker 2: We have got scouts watching over that. We also had 69 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 2: to say if we were keen to be watched to 70 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 2: go to like colleges and stuff over there. 71 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:16,079 Speaker 1: Wow, No, way. This is the stuff of movies when 72 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:18,080 Speaker 1: you think of the likes of Steven Adams and how 73 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 1: much money he's making over in the States, because that's 74 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:25,119 Speaker 1: where basketball is the thing, right, definitely, this is so cool. 75 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 1: Where are you going to be playing? 76 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 2: We're going to play in Las Vegas at one of 77 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 2: the big stadiums, over the air, against that all. 78 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:34,880 Speaker 1: Of their high schools cheap as creepers. Before we get 79 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:38,760 Speaker 1: to the fundraising that we've got going on to obviously 80 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:40,920 Speaker 1: get you over the air, I hope you don't mind 81 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:43,480 Speaker 1: me observing that you're not overly tall. That is this 82 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 1: sort of a usual stereotype, isn't it that to be 83 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 1: a basketballer, you're going to be pretty tall. What position 84 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 1: do you play? 85 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 2: I'm kind of in the point guard and just guard 86 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 2: type of area and kind of yeah, I do my 87 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:58,320 Speaker 2: more defense than offense, so so. 88 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:04,680 Speaker 1: You jump a lot or yeah? Wow? So to get 89 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 1: you to the States, a bit of fundraising. Were you 90 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:09,400 Speaker 1: the ones selling onions? Yeah? 91 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 2: Sure? 92 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 1: How did they go? It was very good. 93 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 2: We actually sold them really quick, which was good, and 94 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 2: had amazing local business help and let us fundraise them. 95 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:21,840 Speaker 1: It's a pantry staple. It's an essential right, it's not 96 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:24,279 Speaker 1: the toilet paper that we're doing for the relay. I thought, Yeah, 97 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:27,840 Speaker 1: practical guy, practical thing. Everybody needs it. Yeah, if you're 98 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:29,279 Speaker 1: going to panic buy, you might as well get toilet 99 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:31,920 Speaker 1: paper and onions. So that's great. And then the set 100 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:33,480 Speaker 1: today you're hosting what a quiz Night? 101 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 2: Yeah? 102 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:35,159 Speaker 1: See, how's this going to work? 103 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:37,719 Speaker 2: So we're having a quiz night at the Timil Rec 104 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 2: Rooms on Saturday night. Yeah, and he's going to be 105 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:44,720 Speaker 2: food provided a bar for people to go and buy 106 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:46,720 Speaker 2: drinks and stuff like that. And then we're also going 107 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 2: to have raffles to raffle off for different prizes. 108 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 1: Yeah. Great, and can get you over the line. How 109 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:54,120 Speaker 1: do we sign up for the quiz? 110 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:59,360 Speaker 2: If there is a Facebook page that I've got, but it's. 111 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 1: Through the we can probably give this a share, oh humanitics? Right, 112 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 1: and you go and search Sophie Brass it should come up. 113 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:07,800 Speaker 1: Tell you what will make it super simple? We'll get 114 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:09,280 Speaker 1: a photo that'll go up on our how can it 115 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:11,920 Speaker 1: wey Ashburton Facebook page? Little Edges today and then the 116 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:14,280 Speaker 1: link to go and support your quiz and then I'm 117 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:16,120 Speaker 1: sure we'll stay in touch between now and the end 118 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:17,920 Speaker 1: of July. Can you believe it's a happening thing? 119 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:22,080 Speaker 2: Kind of That was quite scary to find out, but 120 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:23,280 Speaker 2: they start. 121 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 1: Feeling real when you're getting on that plane. But it's 122 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:27,880 Speaker 1: the journey to get you there that we're certainly happy 123 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 1: to support. And how wonderful we've mentioned many times on 124 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 1: this program. Ash Strawbridge bring an example of it too. 125 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 1: She must be an inspiration for you, you know, the incredible 126 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:39,520 Speaker 1: pathways and the opportunities to travel the world that sport provides. 127 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:42,159 Speaker 1: And here's another one from right here in Ashburton, which 128 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:44,279 Speaker 1: is super neat Sophie. Thanks for coming on by Bitterly 129 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 1: you get back to school, eh, and we'll stay in touch.