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Speaker 1: Jum mission with Jonesy and Amanda.

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Speaker 2: Come up quickly. I'm talking about the Winter Olympics, which

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Speaker 2: begin on Friday. I got confused the other day because

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Speaker 2: I thought it was two years between summer and winter,

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Speaker 2: but the Summer Olympics were delayed for a year. It's

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Speaker 2: a great thing because as Australians we don't get to

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Speaker 2: see these sports all the time, so the quirky Winter

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Speaker 2: Olympic sports are wonderful to watch. Let's talk about curling.

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Speaker 2: Steve Hewitt competed in the nineteen ninety two Olympics when

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Speaker 2: curling was just a demonstration sport. Now he's calling the

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Speaker 2: coverage and he'll be watching his son and his son's

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Speaker 2: teammate make his treat in the first Australian curling team.

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Speaker 2: Steve Hewitt, Hello.

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Speaker 3: Good morning, Amanda. How are you good? Thanks?

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Speaker 2: Oh, we're very well this morning.

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Speaker 1: So you were probably thinking Amanda's voice sounds incredibly masculine

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Speaker 1: this morning.

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Speaker 2: That can happen. So, Steve, before we go any further

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Speaker 2: into this dream story of you commentating on your Sun's match,

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Speaker 2: can you explain for us dumbos what exactly is curling?

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Speaker 3: Well, obviously curling is played on ice. The rocks are

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Speaker 3: a granite rock and the delivery is made by a

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Speaker 3: woman and a man in respect of each rock, and

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Speaker 3: they sweep the rock to make the rock go further,

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Speaker 3: not faster. So it's basically chess on ice, and it's

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Speaker 3: very vigorous. It's extremely strong sweeping, so you need to

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Speaker 3: be extremely physically fit, and it's fast and furious. So

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Speaker 3: it's a very exciting game. The mixed doubles curling, I.

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Speaker 1: Didn't realize that it was a woman and a man thing.

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Speaker 1: I didn't know that.

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Speaker 3: Yes, so that's the benefit of mixed doubles. It's been

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Speaker 3: made for TV and it's obviously male and female, so

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Speaker 3: both both genders get an opportunity to enjoy the sport

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Speaker 3: and it shows off the capabilities of both very very well.

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Speaker 2: And so basically what we see is a player with

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Speaker 2: like a broom in front of the puck for one

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Speaker 2: of a bitter word, and they are trying to make

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Speaker 2: it go as far as the what did you call

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Speaker 2: it rock? The rock trying to make it go as

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Speaker 2: far as it can.

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Speaker 3: That's exactly right. So we keep it straighter by sweeping

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Speaker 3: and making it go further. So the strategy of calling line,

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Speaker 3: the strategy of getting into the what we call the button,

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Speaker 3: which is the center, and all the opportunities associated with

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Speaker 3: getting the rock in the right spot and in the

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Speaker 3: right angles. So you'll hear everyone talking about the right angle.

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Speaker 3: You'll heep people talking about a weight which will be

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Speaker 3: tea line or hogline. So it's a very very exciting

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Speaker 3: game to watch on too.

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Speaker 1: And how did you get into it?

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Speaker 3: Married a Canadian? Linn. My wife said, if there's curling

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Speaker 3: in Australia, on coming, So we ran around and found

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Speaker 3: a curling rink and bang there was one in Melbourne

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Speaker 3: and they were playing every Monday night during the winter.

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Speaker 3: And she said, okay, I'm coming there you go.

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Speaker 1: How many people were playing at the curling rink?

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Speaker 3: I think they at that time they had probably about

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Speaker 3: thirty five forty players. Wow, that's pretty good. Yeah, that

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Speaker 3: was very very and once again that was obviously helped

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Speaker 3: along by the nineteen ninety six Winter Olympics. So a

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Speaker 3: bit of coverage and a bit of excitement and that

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Speaker 3: grows the sport.

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Speaker 2: So your son is Dean and his curling partner is Tarlie.

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Speaker 2: They can't train in Australia, can they because we just

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Speaker 2: don't have the facilities.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely, the need for a dedicated curling ice is huge.

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Speaker 3: Right now, Tarlie and Dean will fly out to New

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Speaker 3: Zealand for their first preparation and then when they need

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Speaker 3: to go into competition and hone their skills, so I'll

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Speaker 3: go over to Canada or go into Europe.

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Speaker 1: And how do they practice? How do they practice? How

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Speaker 1: do you practice without ice?

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Speaker 3: You do a lot of off ice training, so a

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Speaker 3: lot of working gyms, a lot of work with your psychologists,

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Speaker 3: and a lot of work with your team by looking

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Speaker 3: at curling games and then making decisions by watching the

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Speaker 3: game as to what would be happening. And that's the

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Speaker 3: way they've done it. So it's about adaptability at the

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Speaker 3: moment with all the conditions that you've got to deal with.

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Speaker 3: So it's an amazing effort to see what they've done

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Speaker 3: and then to see the result is phenomenal. So it's

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Speaker 3: wonderful for the sport and wonderful for them.

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Speaker 2: And how will you feel commentating for your son?

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Speaker 3: Well, luckily I've got Andy marn next to me, so

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Speaker 3: he can he can take over when things get a

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Speaker 3: little bit difficult. But yeah, I don't know, Amanda, I

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Speaker 3: really don't know the emotions I'll have, but we'll try

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Speaker 3: and keep them intact. But one rock at a time,

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Speaker 3: one game at a time, and we'll see what happens

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Speaker 3: and where they go exactly.

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Speaker 1: Do you guys would be dab hands at sweeping the

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Speaker 1: driveway though, wouldn't you?

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Speaker 3: Yeah? Yeah, I always get that. But yes, I'm very

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Speaker 3: good at sweeping the driveway, and I do it quite quickly,

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Speaker 3: So yeah.

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Speaker 1: You would be.

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Speaker 3: You would be something else.

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Speaker 1: Imagine that, you say, I know, honey, I'm not sweeping

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Speaker 1: the driveway. I gave it the office. Okay, I'm too tired.

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Speaker 1: I'm going to use the blowvack instead. Well, Steve, this

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Speaker 1: is so great and thank you for being on our

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Speaker 1: shadow of the Olympic Weaver the Games live and free

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Speaker 1: on seven and seven plus, the only place to see

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Speaker 1: it all all starts on Friday. Best of luck to

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Speaker 1: you and Dean and Taria.

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Speaker 3: Thanks Amanda, Thanks Jones, you appreciate it. Thank you, Steve.

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Speaker 3: You with that Jonesy and Amanda's