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Speaker 1: Now have you been watching the swimming in actually in

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Speaker 1: Adelaide this week. Some of Australia's finest swimmers battling it

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Speaker 1: out this week to earn selection for this year's World

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Speaker 1: Aquatic Championships. But what you may not have known is

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Speaker 1: that four incredible Territorians have been competing at the event.

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Speaker 1: Joining me on the line right now is the Darwin

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Speaker 1: Buffs head coach Tim fu. Good morning to.

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Speaker 2: You, Tim, Good morning Katie and I think you've got.

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Speaker 1: All the swimmers there as well, do you, Tim, or

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Speaker 1: at least a couple of them.

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Speaker 2: I've got two of them. I've got James and Sarah.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, oh well Tim, before I talked to them made.

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Speaker 1: How has it been going? This is a massive event,

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Speaker 1: the Australian Swimming Trials. Talk us through it. How's it

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Speaker 1: been going? Yeah?

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Speaker 2: Really good so far. So we've got four of them

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Speaker 2: down here. James and Maybe have both been to a

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Speaker 2: trials event before. They were both at the Olympic Trials

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Speaker 2: last year. For young Bailey and Sara, this is the

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Speaker 2: first Trials event so so far we've had some good results.

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Speaker 2: Sara actually walked away with a bronze medal in her

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Speaker 2: fifty breaststroke from Tuesday night I think it was. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: We've had Macy in the B final of the fifty

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Speaker 2: back on Monday night, and then we've got coming up

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Speaker 2: Macey's about to do a two hundred backstroke this morning,

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Speaker 2: Star's got a hundred backstroke and then James has a

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Speaker 2: big fifteen hundred on Friday night.

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Speaker 1: Now, mate, tell us a little bit about the caliber

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Speaker 1: of competition that is at this event because for some

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Speaker 1: of our listeners, you know, it sounds like it's a

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Speaker 1: massive event, obviously trialing for the world chance, but talk

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Speaker 1: us through the caliber of people competing at this carnival.

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Speaker 2: Oh, it's the best of the best in not only

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Speaker 2: Australia but in the world. So the whole selection aspect,

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Speaker 2: he is for the World Championships. That's both para and

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Speaker 2: able bodies to go to Singapore later this year, so

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Speaker 2: both all three sections of the Australian team will actually

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Speaker 2: be up in and before they go to Singapore for

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Speaker 2: the World Championships.

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Speaker 1: Yep.

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Speaker 2: So it's love for the power guys. We actually had

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Speaker 2: a world record broken last night by one of the

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Speaker 2: Power of fifty backstroke men. Yeah, so that's its top

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Speaker 2: of the world quality that they're racing now.

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Speaker 1: It is so cool. I think it's and I just

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Speaker 1: think it's incredible that we've got these young territorians there.

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Speaker 1: Maybe I might jump across and have a talk to

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Speaker 1: James if you reckon, he's ready.

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Speaker 2: And he's key ready, absolutely here he is.

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Speaker 1: How are you, James?

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Speaker 3: I'm good?

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Speaker 2: How are you?

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Speaker 3: Jade?

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Speaker 1: Very good? Mate. Now you have been racing in what

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Speaker 1: many would consider the most grueling races. I think at

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Speaker 1: these trials, the four hundred, the eight hundred, and the

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Speaker 1: fifteen hundred meter freestyle. Have you competed in all of

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Speaker 1: your races already? James?

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Speaker 3: No, so I've done the four hundred freestyle and the

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Speaker 3: eight hundred free star. I've got my fifteen hundred tomorrow night.

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Speaker 3: It'll be quite eight, probably around nine ten thirty.

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Speaker 1: Now tell me, how did how have you gone in

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Speaker 1: the four and the eight hundred of your swam many pbs?

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Speaker 3: No, I haven't saw many pbs yet, which is slightly disappointing.

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Speaker 3: But I haven't been far off my best times yet.

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Speaker 1: So not all bad, No, absolutely not. I mean it's

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Speaker 1: a fantastic opportunity for you there. What's it? You know,

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Speaker 1: what's the competition been like, and have you swum at

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Speaker 1: that facility in Adelaide before?

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Speaker 3: Yeah? So I had swam here in Adelaide twice before,

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Speaker 3: once in twenty twenty with the South Australian Country champ

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Speaker 3: it was at the Age national competition that was held here.

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Speaker 1: So fifteen hundred is next a little later tomorrow night.

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Speaker 1: Did you say?

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Speaker 3: Yes, that's right.

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Speaker 1: What are you hoping for in the fifteen hundred? Is

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Speaker 1: it your pet event? Is it your favorite?

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Speaker 3: It is, which is a bit strange to say because

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Speaker 3: it's the longer the film it sucks the most. I

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: So what kind of what's your what's your best time

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Speaker 3: I think it's a fifteen minutes thirty six seconds something

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Speaker 1: Wait, that is incredible like that, you know to a

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Speaker 1: lot of people listening this morning, like you know, swimming

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Speaker 1: that I'm assuming that works out around what a minute

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Speaker 1: per one hundred meters consecutively then for fifteen hundred meters

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Speaker 1: like that's that is so fast?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's about a one or two page one hundred,

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Speaker 3: so yeah, it's incredible stuff.

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Speaker 1: What are you hot?

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Speaker 2: Like?

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Speaker 1: How how fast are you hoping to go tomorrow night?

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Speaker 3: I'd like to go about a fifteen twenty five something

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Speaker 3: like that. Yep, somewhere in that region would be. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: I'd be really really happy with that.

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Speaker 1: Oh mate, we will all be cheering for you and

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Speaker 1: hoping that you are able to do that. Thank you

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Speaker 1: very much for having a chat with me this morning.

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Speaker 1: I might have a chat to Tsara if she's there.

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Speaker 3: And Keene yep, all good enough.

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Speaker 1: Now, thank you sir, you mate? Are you there, Sarah?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm here.

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Speaker 1: Oh, lovely to talk to you this morning. Now, Sarah,

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Speaker 1: talk me through what you're racing in while you're away

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Speaker 1: there at the trials.

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Speaker 4: I've been racing in. I've raced four hundred free change

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Speaker 4: and I am fifty breast shirt so far and m

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Speaker 4: fifty free style and how have you done? I went

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Speaker 4: pretty well. My fifty rest shirt was probably one of

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Speaker 4: the most memorable swims I'd say, because I got third.

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Speaker 1: That is so good. Now talk me through. So, so,

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Speaker 1: which category are you in at the at the trials?

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Speaker 4: I'm in the category which is S six. Yeah, and

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Speaker 4: that's the like short stature.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. And so Sarah, tell me what are you like?

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Speaker 1: What are you hoping for with your events that you've

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Speaker 1: got that you've still got left to swim?

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Speaker 4: Are you?

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Speaker 1: Are you hoping to pick up another medal?

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Speaker 4: I hope so, But there's pretty like hard swimmers in

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Speaker 2: Yep?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, how hard is that competition? Has it been? You know,

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Speaker 1: like you're talking the best of the beast, aren't you?

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Speaker 4: Yes, it's hard.

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Speaker 1: What an incredible opportunity for you?

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Speaker 4: Though?

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Speaker 1: Are you loving it because this is your first time,

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Speaker 1: isn't it? At the at the trials? Is that right?

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Speaker 4: Yeah? It's it's it's pretty good. Like it's a really

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Speaker 4: good experience and opportunity to take to come here.

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Speaker 1: It truly is, Sarah. I think you should be so

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Speaker 1: proud of yourself as all of as all four of

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Speaker 1: you should be doing incredibly well. What's the ultimate goal

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Speaker 1: for you? Are you hoping that you do qualify for

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Speaker 1: the for the World Champs? What are you hoping for?

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Speaker 4: I'm just hoping, like just this I'm good and to

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Speaker 4: try my best, I guess.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Oh that is so good, Sarah. It's lovely to

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Speaker 1: speak to you this morning. All the best for your

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Speaker 1: remaining races. Thank you, Thank you so much. And I'm

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Speaker 1: not sure if we've got Tim there still we might

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Speaker 1: wrap up with coach Tim if he is there. Thanks Sarah. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and well Tim, you must be proud of her mate.

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Speaker 1: They're doing very well.

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Speaker 2: Oh absolutely not. Just just to get to this kind

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Speaker 2: of a level and this kind of a meeting itself

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Speaker 2: with such an achievement and let alone to go out

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Speaker 2: there and actually try and take on the best in

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Speaker 2: the country and the world. It's a bit daunting some

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Speaker 2: of the times for them, but they step up and

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Speaker 2: do what they can, so hopefully it just helps inspy

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Speaker 2: some of the other younger kids coming through the system

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Speaker 2: and any sport they want that you just got to

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Speaker 2: put the work in and who knows what the feeling is.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, spot on, it's so good. Like I love seeing

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Speaker 1: our young Territorian's doing so well and swimming at the moment,

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Speaker 1: you guys are doing awesomely.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, look, I can't complain too much. The kids have

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Speaker 2: definitely raised the bar not only for themselves but just

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Speaker 2: for their teammates as well. So we're definitely in a

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Speaker 2: very good place at the moment. It's just a matter

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Speaker 2: of building on it and seeing where we can get to.

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Speaker 1: Yep, I will Tim lovely to speak to you this morning,

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Speaker 1: lovely of course, as well to speak with James and Sarah.

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much for taking some time to have

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Speaker 1: a chat with us.

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Speaker 2: Not a problem, Thank you

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Speaker 1: Kanks mate, thank you