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Speaker 1: Well, we've got a full weekend. When it comes to

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Speaker 1: sport and the Darwin Salties wheelchair basketball team, they are

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Speaker 1: in Sydney for the national titles. As I understand it,

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Speaker 1: they are going to be hoping, well, they're certainly hoping

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Speaker 1: to defend their title. Their first game is tonight and

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Speaker 1: if they win, the team will then go on to

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Speaker 1: compete in the Sunday Grand Final. Now joining us on

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Speaker 1: the line is their coach Tracy York. Good morning Tracy,

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Speaker 1: Good morning Katie.

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Speaker 2: How are you?

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Speaker 3: Oh so good?

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Speaker 1: How is the team looking? You guys have arrived in Sydney.

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Speaker 1: You're all settled in ready to get on the court today.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's right. No, we arrived last night. We actually

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Speaker 3: just finished what we call a shoot around or a

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Speaker 3: light session on the court today that we're going to

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Speaker 3: play on tonight. So yeah, we're all ready to go.

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Speaker 1: So looking to defend your title, but you've got to

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Speaker 1: get through this knockout match first, is that correct?

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Speaker 3: Yeah? That's right. I mean, if the loser tonight gets

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Speaker 3: to play tomorrow, do you again, they have to win

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Speaker 3: tomorrow to play Sunday. So either way, if you win tonight,

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Speaker 3: you I guess get a rest day tomorrow and you

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Speaker 3: play Sunday. If you don't, we play through a game

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Speaker 3: tomorrow and then for Sunday for a chance to play Sunday.

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Speaker 1: How pumped are you? How pumps the team? Yeah?

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Speaker 3: No, yeah, we're definitely pumped. The guys really professional group,

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Speaker 3: very experienced. You know this this is my first year

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Speaker 3: with the team, and these guys are going for a

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Speaker 3: three peat, which is very very tough to do in

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Speaker 3: any sport. Yeah, but that's the plan and you know,

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Speaker 3: and we've been working hard towards it.

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Speaker 1: So who are you up against tonight?

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Speaker 3: The Woole Goong roll of Hawks. Who have They've played

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Speaker 3: in the last two Grand finals and last year they

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Speaker 3: won with a buzzer beater by captain Tom O'Neil thorn

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Speaker 3: by three points, so we know it's definitely going to

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Speaker 3: be a tough one.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Now tell me, like, how's your final run through

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Speaker 1: sort of gone? Are you feeling sort of settled, confident

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Speaker 1: or how are you feeling?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Look, we tried to make the whole season that

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Speaker 3: we play the same way, we train the same way,

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Speaker 3: so that you know, nothing changes too much. I know

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Speaker 3: in finals, you know, like mindset you do and you know,

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Speaker 3: pressure or sort but we've just tried to keep things

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Speaker 3: as normal as possible, play and train as hard as

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Speaker 3: we can so that when we get on the court's

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Speaker 3: that's our usual type of play.

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Speaker 1: And in terms of the team, like the makeup of

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Speaker 1: the team hasn't differed much over the last couple of seasons.

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Speaker 1: When you have been really successful. You know, how's the

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Speaker 1: team looking. Have you got any injuries or anything that

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Speaker 1: you're concerned about.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think there's just been minor changes over the

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Speaker 3: last couple of years. We did have one of the

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Speaker 3: good players from the team, John ty Brown, went and

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Speaker 3: joining the opposition team. But we got a very good

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Speaker 3: import from Spain who Tom plays with when he's overseas,

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Speaker 3: and he's been fantastic for the league and our team,

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Speaker 3: so that's very exciting. We do have an injury to

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Speaker 3: one of our starters, but we've always this season tried

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Speaker 3: to put everybody through position so that they're ready to

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Speaker 3: step up if it's their turn. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Now Tom's there right now, isn't he? Yes?

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Speaker 3: He is? Does he want to have a quick chat

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Speaker 3: to me?

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Speaker 1: I'd love to thank you, Thanks Tracy, thank you. Oh Tom,

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Speaker 1: can you hear me all right. So Tom O'Neill thorn,

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Speaker 1: now you are also you're also on the Australian team. Tom,

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Speaker 1: how how good is it playing for the Salties.

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Speaker 2: First off, Oh, it's incredible. You know Dwn bay Rup

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Speaker 2: grew up there and to be able to play for,

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Speaker 2: you know, your home team in the national stages is

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Speaker 2: incredible and that played for. I wasn't able to play

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Speaker 2: watching those teams. You know, we have to kind of

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Speaker 2: and you know we're playing pretty well. So to be

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Speaker 2: pretty pretty exciting mate.

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Speaker 1: Making the Northern Territory so proud I think, you know

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Speaker 1: in terms of, like you said, being homegrown talent and

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Speaker 1: then you're on that stage you're also you know, part

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Speaker 2: Not bad. You know, you have to know, pinch yourself

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Speaker 2: every now and then when you're flying around the world.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I bet mate. How's the team looking? How you

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Speaker 1: all feeling today ahead of the game.

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Speaker 2: Everybody's feeling pretty good, as Straty just said. We had

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Speaker 2: a shoot around this morning and went I think pretty well,

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Speaker 2: everybody get out of bed. I think not too sleepy,

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Speaker 2: which is good. And yet we're feeling good. We haven't

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Speaker 2: played wool Goong since round one, so I think we've

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Speaker 2: kind of been building towards this game, and I think

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Speaker 2: both teams have had this date circled in the calendar

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Speaker 2: for a while and so we're feeling pretty prepared. Unfortunately,

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Speaker 2: one of our one of our starters went down last night,

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Speaker 2: so he's a semi wid it's unavailable, but you know

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Speaker 2: we've got a young up and comer on Alex Blackmore

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Speaker 2: was so he should you know, splot right at that position,

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Speaker 2: which is good. We're super scited, ready to be ready

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Speaker 2: to play.

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Speaker 1: And what kind of team is Woollongong. I mean, obviously

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Speaker 1: you're all very physical those games. I mean to anybody

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Speaker 1: that's been to watch one, they are incredibly physical. You

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Speaker 1: guys are tough, there is no doubt about that. What's

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Speaker 1: the Woollongong team like and what are you sort of

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Speaker 2: I mean we've we've played them in the Pastagram Finals

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Speaker 2: and lucky to beat them in both. So I think

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Speaker 2: this year they kind of took that a bit personally

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Speaker 2: and have really loaded up. And you know, they stole

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Speaker 2: one of our best plays from last season, Johnnie Brown,

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Speaker 2: and he's going to have gone to the dark side there.

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Speaker 2: But I'll say that they just really technically sound and

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Speaker 2: you know, break teams down through their their strategy, and

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Speaker 2: they've got a couple of unbelievable shooters, some of the

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Speaker 2: best shooters in the world. I think we're probably a

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Speaker 2: bit more athletic and fast paced than them. They like

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Speaker 2: to slow down the game and you know, so we'll

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Speaker 2: see it's gonna be tough. I mean, they got us

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Speaker 2: in one of the games in Darwin, so I think

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Speaker 2: we're a bit bitter about that. They'll be feeling pretty good,

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Speaker 2: but I think it's going to be in an unreal

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Speaker 2: game and we'll see how we go.

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Speaker 1: Well, tom On behalf of everybody listening in the Northern

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Speaker 1: Territory this morning, make good luck. We are behind you, guys.

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Speaker 1: I hope you have a fanantastic game.

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Speaker 2: Thank you, and we will see you guys next year

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Speaker 2: at the Croc bub again.

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Speaker 1: Wonderful yeah, yeah for sure. Good on you mate, Thank

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Speaker 1: you so much, and good luck for tonight.

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Speaker 3: Thank you, thank you,