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Speaker 1: A number of local businesses have joined forces to improve

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Speaker 1: accessibility for people in wheelchairs at TRL Stadium. Now it's

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Speaker 1: in an effort to ensure that families can watch their

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Speaker 1: government funding, they ended up stumping up around thirty grand

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Speaker 1: to pave a path at the stadium and Terry Moore

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Speaker 1: from paving the way joins me on the line. Get ay, Terry,

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Speaker 1: Hey Katie, are you're really good? Wonderful to have you

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Speaker 1: on the show mate. How did this all come about?

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Speaker 2: It's a bit of a tricky one, this one. I

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Speaker 2: can't I can't go too much in the debt with it.

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Speaker 2: It's not until you know someone that really breaks your heart, Yeah,

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Speaker 2: that they can't come and watch their own kids play

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Speaker 2: a wheelchair across them. Yea.

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Speaker 1: And so so what did you once you realize that

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Speaker 1: was the case, Because I'd feel bloody heartbroken by that

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Speaker 1: as well. What did you think to yourself? What did

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Speaker 2: If we'll have to let's let's let's rewind a few

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Speaker 2: things I'm part of. I'm part of the Committee for

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Speaker 2: Anti Wheelchair Rugby league. I've been with you for a

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Speaker 2: few years, and when I don't do much of this,

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Speaker 2: my wife does more of it. When we do programs.

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Speaker 2: Is you get a kid that takes you forever to

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Speaker 2: you know what I mean. It's amazing to see and

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Speaker 2: you see these kids with disabilities and the smile on

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Speaker 2: the face that brings is you can't replace that, you

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Speaker 2: know what I mean. But then when you're a coach

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Speaker 2: a kid and his parents can't come and watch him

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Speaker 2: play football is the different side of a thing, you

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Speaker 2: know what I mean. So we were there one day

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Speaker 2: this pathway, it reminds me of you know, a pirate

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Speaker 2: a pathway. So where do they go from here? We

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Speaker 2: nowhere for them to go. So it's kind of still

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Speaker 2: a bit of a shame. Yeah, how far do you

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Speaker 1: Yeah, And so at the moment, at the moment though

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Speaker 1: there's a pathway, so that are they now able to

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Speaker 2: We can get them from field one the field two,

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Speaker 2: but the pathway is only at the back of it. First,

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Speaker 2: I've got to apologize to all the soccer fans going

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Speaker 2: fully completed, you know what I mean. The project will

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Speaker 2: You know, it was such a big relief. Everyone jumped

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Speaker 1: So in terms of you know, going from that situation,

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Speaker 2: What happened is when we first put out a proposal

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Speaker 2: I choose here. So we still put our proposal in February,

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Speaker 2: getting knocked back many of times. We had to basically

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Speaker 2: The first few people was myself and then HB Blocks.

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Speaker 2: They noted they donated one hundred and fifty square meters

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Speaker 2: We need to build a for that game from MJ Builders.

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Speaker 2: Happened or he I was doing a job for him.

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Speaker 2: He's like now I'll jump on board, and he jumped

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Speaker 1: Oh good.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, So it was hurdle after hurdle, but a long process.

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Speaker 2: We did get there, but at the end of the day,

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Speaker 2: you know what I mean. Yeah, it's not it's not.

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Speaker 2: It's not something that's really satisfying because they've got no shade,

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Speaker 2: they've got no platform to sit on, and they want

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Look, you know, you sound to me like a

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Speaker 2: The first time we picked up on it, it took

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Speaker 2: You know, it's not fair. This should have been probably

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Speaker 2: But you know, the best thing for for kids is sports.

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Speaker 1: Shot, absolutely, oh mate. It gives them purpose, It gives

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Speaker 1: And I tell you, even in terms of that accessibility,

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Speaker 1: And you know, I think of my father when he

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Speaker 1: to tell you, Terry, it's one of the things that

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Speaker 2: Sports is a big thing for kids, you know, it

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Speaker 2: keeps them out of trouble. The more the more kids

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Speaker 2: we can get in the sports is less, less kids

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, I hope this person doesn't mind me saying this.

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Speaker 2: There is a life member who is in a wheelchair

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's difficult. And I know you're not saying this

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Speaker 2: Yeah, hopefully the government now it might help out.

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Speaker 1: Maybe we live in a home dry we live in Hope,

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Speaker 2: It was a great help. We had people offering to

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Speaker 2: There's a local name of Rod rob Smith who does

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Speaker 2: He's like, I only come down for half up, send

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Speaker 2: He's like, oh, come and help me Sunday, you know

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Speaker 2: what I mean. Yeah, it was good to see everyone

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Speaker 1: Good on you mate, now you coach. You're kids coach

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Speaker 2: I do a lot of teams. I do a lot

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Speaker 2: of the antique stuff as well as local stuff.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, all good on you mate. I think it's you know,

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Speaker 1: I love sport. I love kids' sport. Like you've touched on.

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Speaker 1: You know, you want to see kids involved in sport.

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Speaker 1: You want to see everybody involved in sport, right, and

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Speaker 1: if we can make it accessible for people to go

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Speaker 1: and watch too, I think it's a really important part

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Speaker 2: I've got you know. This end of this month with

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Speaker 1: Yep.

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Speaker 2: They're going to go on a CAS team which is

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Speaker 2: a combined affiliated state, so they'll join up with the

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Speaker 2: West Australia South Australian Victoria to former team and they'll

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Speaker 2: go over and play New South Queensland. Good on them.

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Speaker 1: That sounds awesome. As it gets a bit closer, do

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Speaker 1: and whether we can get them on or we'll certain

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Speaker 1: you know, I give them a bit more coverage, I

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Speaker 1: reckon all right?

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Speaker 2: Thank you?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that'd be wonderful, Terry, great to speak to you

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Speaker 1: this morning. I really appreciate it. Good on you, mate,

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Speaker 1: Thank you