1 00:00:02,400 --> 00:00:05,720 Speaker 1: A lot of athletes are doing wonderful things at the moment, 2 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:08,719 Speaker 1: and some of them over in Shanghai for the World 3 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:12,080 Speaker 1: Rowing Champs which have just wrapped up. Somebody who's been 4 00:00:12,119 --> 00:00:14,840 Speaker 1: in the thick of it is from Ashburton Rowing Club, 5 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 1: justin Wall and I understand that we've had a few 6 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:20,880 Speaker 1: locals doing rather well. 7 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:25,160 Speaker 2: They mate, yeah, very much though. So Veronica our daughter, 8 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:28,320 Speaker 2: she stroked the woman's squad be came fifth in the 9 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:32,839 Speaker 2: A final, which is an excellent performance. It's a brand dad, 10 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:37,440 Speaker 2: oh absolutely. Of course. The standout performance was that of 11 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:42,519 Speaker 2: Oliver Welsh. Ollie Welsh's dad Mark Quent Ashburton College, his 12 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 2: father Bruce, and his grandfather Bruce and grandmother Jack here 13 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:52,919 Speaker 2: and the figureheads in the community. So he won the 14 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:58,600 Speaker 2: men's pair with a chap called Ben Taylor, whose granddad 15 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:01,760 Speaker 2: used to farm up on the eshpertin Myths and Highway, 16 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 2: so quite a connection in that boat. So Bolli was 17 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:09,640 Speaker 2: the World under twenty three champion last year, stepped up 18 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:13,960 Speaker 2: and you know, produced the goods and outstanding them and 19 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:15,480 Speaker 2: the means peers. It was great. 20 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 1: It's an incredible amount of work and discipline required to 21 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:22,319 Speaker 1: get to this level. I don't know how we sum 22 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 1: it up, but you're able to give some perspective on that, 23 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 1: you know, the sacrifices that are being made. 24 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:32,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, well, I'm a person who I don't think you know, 25 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 2: they'd probably scale at me, but I don't think they 26 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:38,640 Speaker 2: make They don't sacrifice anything because they're doing what they want. 27 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:42,039 Speaker 2: But what they do is they totally commit to the 28 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 2: task in hand. They're only training five and a half 29 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 2: days a week. Now the coach day here, well, the 30 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 2: coaches like today have a day and a half off, 31 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 2: so they spoil it. But they will vary between a 32 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 2: light week of seventeen hours and a big week is 33 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:02,560 Speaker 2: between twenty six to twenty nine hours. Wow. So yeah, 34 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 2: there's a reasonable amount of work. Ye, big commitment. 35 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:09,079 Speaker 1: Paint a picture of the event itself. 36 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 2: Well, apart from the fact that we're like Wilton, Lily 37 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 2: is walking around the place so hot, it's the regatta 38 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:20,640 Speaker 2: has gone on for longer than normal because they have 39 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:26,240 Speaker 2: introduced mixed gender racing in the elite levels. The purpose 40 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:28,920 Speaker 2: built course, it's built on the side of the lake. 41 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:34,520 Speaker 2: You know, it's lovely. The thing about that has really 42 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 2: struck me about China and here we are here, and 43 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:44,400 Speaker 2: Shanghai is everything is you know, there's just an aesthetic 44 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:48,359 Speaker 2: to the place like there is. There are pop plants, 45 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:51,639 Speaker 2: they're probably clastic plants, but all along the motorways there's 46 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 2: lights everywhere. Buildings are decorated and so that the whole 47 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 2: venue and the city itself is very picture. 48 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:02,840 Speaker 1: So you bringing home some landscaping ideas to put to 49 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 1: use at. 50 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 2: Lake Well, I was actually thinking, I think maybe the 51 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 2: district council should just you know, start putting around some 52 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 2: plaster clients around the place. They look pretty and no 53 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:16,120 Speaker 2: one will knows the difference. They don't take quite the 54 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 2: same amount of weeding neat well Ook. 55 00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:21,880 Speaker 1: Our local athletes must be stoked. Were you to from here? 56 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 1: Is it a break in terms of the rowing calendar. 57 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:30,400 Speaker 2: They have or sort of us? They go into the 58 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:33,520 Speaker 2: I've got two weeks or doing whatever they like, and 59 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 2: then they don't have to report back for four weeks, 60 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 2: but they have to start training again in two weeks 61 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 2: by themselves, and then they go into a thing called 62 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 2: the Summer squad, which is the grouping of all of 63 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 2: the elite athletes and they train all the way through 64 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 2: to the selection process in March, which then puts them 65 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 2: into the teams for the World Champs next year, which 66 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:00,839 Speaker 2: are going to be in Rotterdam in a similar time 67 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 2: of year and not quite so hot. 68 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 1: We all hope you're welcomed by these supporters, and just 69 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 1: puts into perspective just how much Mohey is required to 70 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 1: get to this point. So incredible effort from our locals 71 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 1: at the World Rowing Champs.