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Speaker 1: The AFL Masters Carnivals back in the top end after

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Speaker 1: more than a decade and joining us on the line

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Speaker 1: to talk more about the carnival and wash, Well, what's

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Speaker 1: going on and what we can expect to is the

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Speaker 1: AFL Masters President Dean Wallington. Good morning Dean, morning Katie.

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Speaker 2: How are you yeah?

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Speaker 1: Really good? Good to have you on the show. Mate.

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Speaker 1: Now tell us how big of a deal is this

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Speaker 1: for Darwin and for territory football fans to have the

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Speaker 1: Masters here.

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Speaker 2: It's a big event. Fifteen hundred footballers, two and a

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Speaker 2: half thousand people, four days of football over eight days

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Speaker 2: across five obles.

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Speaker 1: Holy moly, that's plenty of people here to play. And

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Speaker 1: I think we all know that you need your support

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Speaker 1: crew as well, you need your family, or you might

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Speaker 1: need a couple of people to travel along with you.

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Speaker 1: So it is a big boost for the.

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Speaker 2: Territory, huge boost. And now I guess the importance of

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Speaker 2: only having four playing days is we've got four days

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Speaker 2: of touring, plenty of people going croc diving, crock jumping,

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Speaker 2: kakado etc. So lost anyone yet, good.

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Speaker 1: To hear, Good to hear, mate. Now I know there

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Speaker 1: are players age from thirty five all the way up

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Speaker 1: to eighty two taking the field. How important is it

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Speaker 1: that the event showing that love for the game doesn't

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Speaker 1: sort of have an age limit.

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Speaker 2: It's fantastic. It just shows no matter how old you

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Speaker 2: are and whether you played football early, it's never too

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Speaker 2: late to get involved in the local masters club and

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Speaker 2: enjoy the camaraderie and a competitive edge.

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Speaker 1: Dean, do you need a couple of extra physiotherapists than

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Speaker 1: what you might have at another carnival.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'll be surprised at any dink or rubber vull

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Speaker 2: tiger unbevailable for sailing Darwin.

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Speaker 1: Oh mate, I've got a saw hamme just from going

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Speaker 1: for a short run this morning. So I think when

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Speaker 1: you're when you're playing a.

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Speaker 2: Game of footy, what they do they do rehydrate and

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Speaker 2: carbo loads very well, I.

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Speaker 1: Bet they do. I mean in terms of though somebody's

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Speaker 1: still playing at the age of eighty two, that is

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Speaker 1: so good. Like I love that. I love to see

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Speaker 1: people still active and still engaged in the sport that

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Speaker 1: they love at any age.

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Speaker 2: It's fantastic, isn't it. I Mean, you get people in

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Speaker 2: the older age groups and that their sons and daughters

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Speaker 2: are coming to watch them play competitive sport for their state.

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Speaker 2: That's fantastic.

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Speaker 1: It is wonderful. Hey, where have you got teams here from?

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Speaker 1: I mean, like how many locations are we talking and

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Speaker 1: how far and wide?

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Speaker 2: Every state in Australia have got players represented here. So

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Speaker 2: we've got from Tasmania, have come a long way in

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Speaker 2: the West Australian so every state in turjory represented.

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Speaker 1: Have we got a few Territorians playing as well and

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Speaker 1: a few teams.

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Speaker 2: You've got quite a few who there's quite a few

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Speaker 2: territory in teams. There's link seven teams across the age

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Speaker 2: groups in allal Turkey. So they've done very well to

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Speaker 2: get the numbers of this. Yet in this carnival, Dean, are.

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Speaker 1: There any big names, you know, former big names that

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Speaker 1: are sort of here to play in the carnival that

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Speaker 1: people might recognize this year?

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Speaker 2: No, that the normal AXAFL players have made the journey

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Speaker 2: up this year, so I'm sure the few blokes who

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Speaker 2: would like to share their name, I think, and they're

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Speaker 2: big stars, but not that people would recognize enough.

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Speaker 1: Now in terms of the other events that they're you

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Speaker 1: know that they're going and taking parting while they're here.

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Speaker 1: I mean you sort of touched on it before going

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Speaker 1: along doing the you know the crocodile experiences. What are

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Speaker 1: some of those other activities that they're involved in.

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Speaker 2: But you if guys have gone and done the helicopter

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Speaker 2: rides over the bar of the water. There's quite a

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Speaker 2: few guys to gentlemen and women today going Barrow Monday fishing.

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Speaker 2: There's golf on today the southfternoon. There's a high tea

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Speaker 2: for the partners and accompany persons. Kakado and Lynchfield very

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Speaker 2: high on the agenda for today and Thursday for a

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Speaker 2: lot of people.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, oh good stuff. Have you seen plenty of support

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Speaker 1: from local businesses and local clubs as well?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well, the local football clubs can't speak high enough.

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Speaker 2: They have been superb in helping us out with those

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Speaker 2: physios and trainers and you know the compulsory eskies and

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Speaker 2: water jugs. So they have been superb. And businesses have

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Speaker 2: certainly open their arms and welcome us and have been

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Speaker 2: getting more supplies of uzo. Apparently that's one close has

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Speaker 2: been running house.

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Speaker 1: Oh will good stuff, Dean. It sounds like it'd be

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Speaker 1: a lot of fun. How many days left of games

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Speaker 1: are there and if people were to head along and watch,

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Speaker 1: where can they go?

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Speaker 2: Yes, two more or three more days of football. So

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Speaker 2: Wednesday years there around two and that's at both ivers

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Speaker 2: at to both over was at Gardens Oval and also

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Speaker 2: Nightcliff and then on Friday and Saturday we've got both

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Speaker 2: overs operating at Nightcliff and Too Stadium. So more than

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Speaker 2: I'm going to come on down and watch some good

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Speaker 2: local football.

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Speaker 1: Oh good stuff. Well AFL Masters President Dean Wellington, good

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Speaker 1: to catch up with you this morning. Thanks so much

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Speaker 1: for having a chat with us.

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Speaker 2: Appreciate the time.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, thank you, Thanks so much,