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Speaker 1: Now over the weekend, I was really fortunate to be

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Speaker 1: the Master of Ceremonies for the Northern Territory Sports Awards. Now,

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Speaker 1: I love my sport. I think everybody that listens to

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Speaker 1: the show knows I love my sport, but I also

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Speaker 1: love seeing juniors do really well in their sports. And

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Speaker 1: I was so impressed firstly by the list of finalists

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Speaker 1: for the Junior Sportsperson of the Year, but then when

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Speaker 1: this young woman was presented her award, I was totally

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Speaker 1: impressed by well how great she was when she got

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Speaker 1: and the support that she's received in doing incredibly well

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Speaker 1: with her footy. Now she isn't just an impressive young

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Speaker 1: football player, she is also a well an up and

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Speaker 1: coming umpire in the NTFL. Emma Stark joins me on

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Speaker 1: the line right now. Good morning to.

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Speaker 2: You, Emma, Good morning Katie.

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Speaker 1: How are you really well? It is lovely to have

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Speaker 1: you on the show this morning. And like I said,

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Speaker 1: I was so impressed when you got up on the

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Speaker 1: weekend and received the award for the Northern Territory Junior

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Speaker 1: Sportsperson of the Year. Emma, what was your reaction when

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Speaker 1: you won.

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Speaker 2: Oh my god, when my name looks when my name

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Speaker 2: got caught out as a finalist. First of all, I

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Speaker 2: was just still so stunned to be picked in the

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Speaker 2: top three of the anti like that just amazes me still.

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Speaker 2: But to have my name then called out as the winner,

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Speaker 2: I was just beaming. I got up on stage and

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Speaker 2: the first word I said was Wow. I couldn't believe

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Speaker 2: it. It was so awesome.

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Speaker 1: You were so impressive, and you were so gracious in

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Speaker 1: your speech, you know, in terms of thanking your coach,

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Speaker 1: thanking your fellow umpires, thanking your mom and your family,

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Speaker 1: your grandparents as well. I thought it was wonderful the

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Speaker 1: way that you jumped up there, and you were so

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Speaker 1: confident and proud of your achievements, but also humble at

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Speaker 1: the same time, which is an incredible attribute for a

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Speaker 1: sixteen year old woman.

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Speaker 2: Thanks so much, Katie. Yeah, I just I'm still I'm

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Speaker 2: so grateful with the support that I have around me,

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Speaker 2: from family, friends, umpires, coaches, and of course everyone else.

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Speaker 1: Now, Emma sixteen years old, you have played three Premier

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Speaker 1: League games so far. I'm sure that there is plenty

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Speaker 1: more to come. But you also you madeor TiO INTFL

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Speaker 1: Men's Premier League umpiring debut when you were just fifteen

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Speaker 1: so last season.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so that's great. I've made my debut on the

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Speaker 2: sixteenth of October last year and then from there I

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Speaker 2: managed to actually become the youngest female field umpire, which

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Speaker 2: is crazy.

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Speaker 1: That is wild. Do you love your umpiring as much

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Speaker 1: as you love your footy?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? Look, people always ask me, They say, oh, hey, Emma,

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Speaker 2: come on sinte last do you like umpiring better? You

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Speaker 2: like playing better? And I honestly can't tell. I can't

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Speaker 2: tell them. They're answer, I love them equally as much.

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Speaker 1: And does your umpiring help your footy as well in

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Speaker 1: different ways?

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Speaker 2: Oh, one hundred percent. So, you know, being able to umpire,

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Speaker 2: so they kind of compliment each other basically, So being

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Speaker 2: able to umpire it really helps my footy in terms

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Speaker 2: of knowing the rules and knowing where the ball could

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Speaker 2: go next, and then playing footy and then being an umpire,

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Speaker 2: I know where to position myself and I get up

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Speaker 2: behind the scenes looking of the rules, which is great.

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Speaker 1: So the youngest, well were the only female as well,

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Speaker 1: Who's who's umpired at that level? When it comes to

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Speaker 1: the field umpiring.

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Speaker 2: I think I've seen a few other female field in

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Speaker 2: the Anti Filment's Premier League. But look, obviously female umpires

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Speaker 2: the percentage isn't that great at the moment, so it

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Speaker 2: would be really really good to see a rise in

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Speaker 2: that in the next couple of years.

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Speaker 1: Now, I also know that you were the TiO ntfl

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Speaker 1: Under fifteen leading goal kicker for the competition. Last season.

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Speaker 1: You kicked a whopping fifty four goals for Saint Mary's.

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Speaker 2: Yeah that's great. Look, just being able to kick that

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Speaker 2: many goals in eleven games, it's just outstanding. Like, I

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Speaker 2: have no idea how I did that. The support of

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Speaker 2: my team was crazy.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, oh you are a legend. Now. What a

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Speaker 1: lot of people listening this morning will not know is

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Speaker 1: that you're also in mister Bayment's class on a Friday

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Speaker 1: when we do the match challenge.

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Speaker 2: Yeah so, mister bamit's from Fis Pitcher at a Lockburn

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Speaker 2: Catholic College. Yeah. Look, he's great in terms of teaching

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Speaker 2: think it's like what eleven to twelve, Yeah, yeah.

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Speaker 1: A bit after eleven.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, so he actually does that during my class

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Speaker 2: every Friday, which is a wheel chuin and sometimes pretty funny.

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Speaker 1: Oh that is so cool. Well, we're gonna have to

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Speaker 1: give you all the shout out next time. We've got

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Speaker 1: him more now, Emma. I also had the privilege of

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Speaker 1: meeting your mum and your grandparents on Saturday night, and

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Speaker 1: I tell you what, what a wonderful group of people,

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Speaker 1: and how proud they are of you, and rightly so, yeah.

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Speaker 2: I know when we meet people on the night, like

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Speaker 2: they tend to, they're like, try and boast about me,

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Speaker 2: and then I'll just have a little bit of a

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Speaker 2: laugh and I'll tell them, oh, I'll tell them people

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Speaker 2: with just Matt, I'll just go, I'll give them a

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Speaker 2: nightge and say, oh, they're not proud at all, are they?

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Speaker 1: They were gorgeous. They were absolutely gorgeous. And I love

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Speaker 1: it that your grandparents listen to the show every day

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Speaker 1: as well, and they love mister Batement's Math's Challenge. But

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Speaker 1: I'll tell you what, all of that really pales in

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Speaker 1: comparison to the pride that they have for you, which

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Speaker 1: is just wonderful to see and they should be proud

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Speaker 1: of you. Like I said right at the start, you

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Speaker 1: are an incredibly impressive young woman. What you've done at

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Speaker 1: the age of sixteen is wonderful and I just think

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Speaker 1: the future is so bright for you. It's great to see.

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Speaker 2: Thanks so much, Katie, Thank you.

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Speaker 1: So much for your time this morning. Wonderful to talk

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Speaker 1: to you and so great to meet you on the weekend.

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Speaker 1: And a massive congratulations on being named the Northern Territory

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Speaker 1: Junior Sportsperson of the Year.

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Speaker 2: Thanks so much, Katie, and thanks for having me.

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Speaker 1: Thank you