1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,880 Speaker 1: Now, last week on the show, you'll recall we caught 2 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:05,840 Speaker 1: up with the Nightcliff Dragons football club about major damage 3 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 1: to the oval that hundreds of local kids train ash 4 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:11,600 Speaker 1: at Sanderson Middle School. We know it is also a 5 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:14,480 Speaker 1: location where kids are obviously there at school. It is 6 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:17,960 Speaker 1: Sandersen Middle School. Whoon's had actually torn up the oval, 7 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:20,279 Speaker 1: rendering it unsafe to play on, with the club and 8 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:24,279 Speaker 1: the school pushing for ballards to be installed. Now we 9 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:28,200 Speaker 1: have been made aware now of another local footy club 10 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:32,200 Speaker 1: that sustained significant damage to its oval at Molden following 11 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:36,680 Speaker 1: Territory Day celebrations. Now the Northern Sharks former vice president 12 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:39,639 Speaker 1: I believe Aaron Tilley joins me on the line right now, 13 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:45,640 Speaker 1: get aarn Hey, yeah, good mate, tell me what has 14 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:48,360 Speaker 1: happened at the Molden oval that you guys use. 15 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:55,520 Speaker 2: I'll go anmail from the school Tuesday morning describing that 16 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:58,920 Speaker 2: there's been a bit of damage to the to the 17 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:02,360 Speaker 2: oval after crack and the fire. He's had to attend 18 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 2: so it and checked it out and there there's probably 19 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 2: seventy five percent of the field black now so no 20 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:14,880 Speaker 2: blade graphs on it. You are joking, nice, It's been 21 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 2: pretty dry for a while, so one little sparker would 22 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:20,200 Speaker 2: have all ignited pretty well. 23 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:25,600 Speaker 1: Oh no, so Aaron tell me, I'm assuming it's a 24 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:29,560 Speaker 1: very similar situation to what we've heard about with the Dragons, where. 25 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:32,680 Speaker 3: I'm guessing that all your footy grades train there. 26 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, we have one or two that train at a 27 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:43,120 Speaker 2: different oble, but yeah, there's we've got probably three hundred 28 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 2: and fifty players that majority on train there's from Tuesday 29 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 2: and thursdays. 30 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:51,240 Speaker 1: And look, it probably goes without saying, but what's it 31 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: mean now in terms of that training is aren't able 32 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 1: to do anything. 33 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 2: On there now? Luckily it has been school holidays so 34 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 2: this as sceniors have been training along the beach for 35 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:06,520 Speaker 2: the last couple of weeks. But yeah, we've got to 36 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 2: try and source a couple of fields, so the accommodate 37 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:17,120 Speaker 2: training starting from next week. So we've sourced one or 38 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 2: two but at the interim, but yeah, just a little 39 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 2: bit of a headache. 40 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:24,079 Speaker 1: So well, it is a bloody headache. It's an absolute 41 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 1: headache through no fault of your own. Some idiots have 42 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:30,679 Speaker 1: come along and lit off fireworks and sounds like the 43 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:32,080 Speaker 1: whole oval has been damaged. 44 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:37,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, were sort of in a in a state 45 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 2: of well, it was pretty much unusable. Unusable at the 46 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 2: moment anyway. It hadn't had any order on it since 47 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 2: pretty much since the wet season, so the irrigations, but 48 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 2: the irrigation has been what sounds like you've got hippie 49 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:55,800 Speaker 2: lightning in the wet season and the ball had to 50 00:02:55,840 --> 00:03:00,079 Speaker 2: be parts of the ball had to be replaced, and 51 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 2: now the worrying for the irrigation has been fried, so 52 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 2: that all needs to be replaced too. But yeah, it's 53 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:10,960 Speaker 2: a hard one because irrigation is run by the school 54 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 2: and the boards run by the council, so it's always 55 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 2: hard to try and get the two parties together. And 56 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 2: oh you're paying for ward. 57 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:22,080 Speaker 3: And dead says honest, like and. 58 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 1: It annoys me when this kind of thing happens, like 59 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 1: for a start, but then when you have damage like 60 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:31,680 Speaker 1: that caused, and it's I was exactly. 61 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:33,360 Speaker 3: The same when I was talking about Sanderson Middle School 62 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 3: last week. You know, you're talking about Noval. 63 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:37,960 Speaker 1: Correct me if I'm wrong, But this is like it's 64 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 1: actually the school Oval as well, isn't it. 65 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, so run by the school. 66 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, so you're like, literally you can't train on it. 67 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 1: If there's you know, if it's gone brown, if it's 68 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 1: if it's turning to do it. The kids can't play 69 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:54,000 Speaker 1: on it at school either, and I cannot understand them. 70 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 1: Why you've got bureaucrat supporting the finger at each other. 71 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 1: Who's going to be paying for something? 72 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, I guess it's funding, but yeah, I just it 73 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 2: is very frustrating. Palms and Crocs actually trained there as 74 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 2: well in the wet season when their season starts the 75 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:15,680 Speaker 2: rugby union. Yeah right, they always have the same dramas 76 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:18,279 Speaker 2: as us. But I guess people are busy. 77 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 1: Oh like you're being very kind there, Aaron, you're being. 78 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:26,560 Speaker 3: Not you know, you're being nicer than me. 79 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:30,800 Speaker 1: Because I just hear this and like exactly the same 80 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 1: as I thought with Sanderson. 81 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 3: I just think it's bs. 82 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:37,280 Speaker 1: You know, these are the kind of facilities where as 83 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 1: in from the from whoever's responsible, because these are the 84 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 1: kind of facilities where you've got kids there. 85 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:44,279 Speaker 3: Training when they're playing sport. 86 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:47,320 Speaker 1: They are out of trouble right like they're there, they're 87 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 1: playing their foot eat, they're having a great time. You 88 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 1: guys are a fantastic football club. And then as you've 89 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:56,040 Speaker 1: said as well, the Crocs needing to use it at 90 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 1: other times of the year and as well as you know, 91 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 1: the kids actually wanting to get out there and play 92 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:02,040 Speaker 1: I would think throughout the school year. 93 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely, it's it is a little bit frustrating trying 94 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:12,080 Speaker 2: to We've been trying to get a sort of a 95 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:15,280 Speaker 2: home base for the last or for the last year 96 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:19,039 Speaker 2: that I've been involved. We're trying to lobby with the 97 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:22,760 Speaker 2: local Polley's and it's just allow. It still comes down 98 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 2: to the money and how much lands available. 99 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:27,920 Speaker 1: But and so for you yeah, so for you guys 100 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:30,520 Speaker 1: at this point, absolutely, I would imagine you guys are 101 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:32,479 Speaker 1: trying incredibly hard. 102 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:34,159 Speaker 3: What's the so, what's the. 103 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:37,920 Speaker 1: Situation with your for you know, for your home base? 104 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:39,720 Speaker 3: So what have you been told at this point? 105 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 1: It sounds like you're having to use the school grounds 106 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 1: there because you've got no other option really. 107 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:51,400 Speaker 2: In the during the at the point in time or 108 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 2: for in the future. 109 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 3: Well, I suppose long term. What would you what would 110 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:55,840 Speaker 3: you like to see? 111 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:03,960 Speaker 2: I'd like to see my purpose sporting facility built probably 112 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:07,359 Speaker 2: around the Holtz region if it ever gets going. We 113 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:11,839 Speaker 2: have had meetings a part of the house pry and 114 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 2: they always sort of say that we're next off the 115 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:18,400 Speaker 2: next cab off the rank, but nothing has sort of 116 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:21,120 Speaker 2: come to fruition, so we're sort of We've lobbied, We've 117 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:25,839 Speaker 2: put in submissions to the Holts saying that we there's 118 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 2: Norland Sharks, we've got Rugby Union and Empty Touch and 119 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:36,279 Speaker 2: Network Club waiting to but we could all use the 120 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:39,360 Speaker 2: one facility. So we want to have a multi sport 121 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:44,600 Speaker 2: facility to use for the community. But yeah, we're just 122 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 2: going to wait for approval, I guess. 123 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 1: And so then I suppose shorter term, like with the 124 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:53,720 Speaker 1: situation that you're now currently in there with you know, 125 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:56,200 Speaker 1: with having to use different ovals now while this one 126 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 1: gets repaired, and it sounds like they're going to have 127 00:06:57,760 --> 00:07:00,440 Speaker 1: to put in a whole new irrigation system, are they. 128 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:05,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, I got confirmation yesterday that it's going to be 129 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:09,840 Speaker 2: longer than expected. So at the moment, we've actually had 130 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 2: Rugby Union reach out to us and offer one of 131 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:17,400 Speaker 2: their grands in town so we can have the seniors 132 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:19,520 Speaker 2: training in town. But it means we've got to split 133 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:22,640 Speaker 2: the juniors up, so the juniors are going to train 134 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 2: still in palmers and that Palmerston Middle School, which is 135 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:32,640 Speaker 2: a bit. It's where you do have coaches or players. 136 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:39,400 Speaker 2: They coach junior teams and parents of juniors they play 137 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:42,280 Speaker 2: in the seniors. So it's obviously going to be a 138 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:45,840 Speaker 2: little bit hit and missed with people going to trainings 139 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 2: for the next or for the rest of the year. 140 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 2: I guess we're just going to have to manage it. 141 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 3: Why do they reckon that. 142 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 1: That the irrigation and that's going to take longer than 143 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:56,679 Speaker 1: they'd sort of initially expected or thought. 144 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:02,840 Speaker 2: Well, they they did have they knew that pump was 145 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:07,080 Speaker 2: not operational, so they got parts to fix that, and 146 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:11,760 Speaker 2: then when they've started to pump up in early June, 147 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 2: they've realized that, I know, the irrigation wiring is cactus 148 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 2: as well, so it's just pushed it out longer and longer. 149 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:23,800 Speaker 2: And now this has happened, it's not going to get 150 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 2: eating water on it. 151 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 3: What's like, what's the what are club members saying? 152 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:31,040 Speaker 1: You know, as you go there and you have a 153 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 1: look at molden and then see the damage that's been done, 154 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 1: Like what a club members saying. 155 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:42,360 Speaker 2: Well, they just get frustrated. There's always parents are always 156 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:45,920 Speaker 2: voice their concerns, and the committee we try and We've 157 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:47,760 Speaker 2: tried to do as much as we can. We go 158 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:52,440 Speaker 2: into the council, we talked to the school. But yeah, 159 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:55,000 Speaker 2: it's just one of those things where it's sort of 160 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:56,120 Speaker 2: gets put on the back bone. 161 00:08:56,440 --> 00:08:59,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, like I find it. I'm listening to it and 162 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:01,880 Speaker 1: listening to what you're saying, and I feel so frustrated 163 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:04,320 Speaker 1: for you guys. I think I understand that, you know, 164 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 1: the irrigation can obviously break. I don't profess to be 165 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:11,160 Speaker 1: any kind of expert when it comes to you know, 166 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:13,160 Speaker 1: to a water tank or anything like that, but it 167 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:16,200 Speaker 1: just sort of sounds to me like surely they could 168 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:18,600 Speaker 1: get some urgent work going so that you guys are 169 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 1: able to get back on a bloody green field. 170 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:26,560 Speaker 2: Yes, it would be nice, I think. Yeah, I think 171 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:29,880 Speaker 2: it's just gone to point of nar return where we 172 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:32,959 Speaker 2: won't be able to get back on that field this year. 173 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:36,600 Speaker 2: Is so hopefully it'll be fixed before Lacross can start 174 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:39,359 Speaker 2: their training in September. 175 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:43,480 Speaker 1: Being his crossed and so you know you've said their 176 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:47,240 Speaker 1: long term it is about getting that home base, which 177 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:49,319 Speaker 1: you know, which would be a wonderful thing. I mean, 178 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:52,400 Speaker 1: is there anything like for do you think like come 179 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:55,200 Speaker 1: next season or once you get sort of through this year. 180 00:09:56,360 --> 00:10:00,120 Speaker 1: Is Molden going to continue to be that that option 181 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:02,080 Speaker 1: for you guys? Does it need to be a bit 182 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:04,920 Speaker 1: of investment there, not only in the irrigation system, but 183 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:06,960 Speaker 1: to make sure that you don't wind up in this 184 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:08,000 Speaker 1: situation again. 185 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:12,559 Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely. I think the field could do with a 186 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:16,760 Speaker 2: whole new revent and probably a restructure where there's one 187 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:19,480 Speaker 2: playing field marked out on it. But I think we 188 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:24,520 Speaker 2: could rejig it and at least put one or two 189 00:10:24,559 --> 00:10:29,199 Speaker 2: smaller fields in for the for the junior team, and 190 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:34,000 Speaker 2: a lot of leveling and probably a good core and yeah, 191 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:35,680 Speaker 2: let it air out a bit of just at the 192 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:38,560 Speaker 2: moment that as soon as the rain stops, it gets 193 00:10:38,559 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 2: to a bog when the rains is here, but then 194 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:45,560 Speaker 2: when the rain stops, it just turns very hard. Yeah, 195 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 2: just it needs a lot of work under it. 196 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:49,640 Speaker 1: But well mate, we're going to see I reckon, We're 197 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:52,080 Speaker 1: going to try and get the Sports Minister on at 198 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:53,960 Speaker 1: some point next week because I know it's not just 199 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:56,200 Speaker 1: you guys, it's also the Nightcliff Dragons. 200 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:57,840 Speaker 3: You know, we're out from an election. 201 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:00,920 Speaker 1: We're getting all these election commitments made for different areas, 202 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:03,200 Speaker 1: you know, there's a million dollars being spent on lights, 203 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:06,800 Speaker 1: and absolutely, you know, I think that investment into sport 204 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:09,200 Speaker 1: is needed and I would never sort of, you know, 205 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:12,920 Speaker 1: knock anybody for the million bucks being invested into those lights. 206 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:15,600 Speaker 1: But then I also think for some of our footy 207 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:19,000 Speaker 1: teams that can't even play on fields that are actually 208 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:22,440 Speaker 1: located at the schools. So for those schools and for 209 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:25,680 Speaker 1: the footy clubs, there should be a situation where those 210 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:27,600 Speaker 1: fields are usable. 211 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:33,320 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, definitely. It would be nice, I perfect picture 212 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:38,079 Speaker 2: to have every field ready to go. But yeah, I 213 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:41,199 Speaker 2: guess there's a lot of things happening around Arvan and 214 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:46,640 Speaker 2: we're just down the pecking order, I guess, but you 215 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:47,560 Speaker 2: wait and ready to go. 216 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:50,880 Speaker 3: Well, mate, I really appreciate your time this morning. 217 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 1: Thank you very much for having a chat with us, 218 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:56,040 Speaker 1: and we'll talk to you again, no doubt soon we're 219 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:58,840 Speaker 1: going to follow up with the counsel and also with 220 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:02,520 Speaker 1: the department to find out where things are at. Thanks, 221 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:04,600 Speaker 1: thank you, Thanks Mite appreciate it.