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Speaker 1: Three Territorians competed in the Australian Strongman National Finals held

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Speaker 1: in Brisbane on the weekend, and they have done the

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Speaker 1: Territory proud.

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Speaker 2: The Territory trio all.

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Speaker 1: Came second in their relative weight divisions, a fantastic result

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Speaker 1: for the crew. Now Catherine strongman and Pugh also secured

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Speaker 1: a spot in the strong Man Games Overseas next year.

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Speaker 1: And he joins me on the line.

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Speaker 3: Good morning aunt, good morning.

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Speaker 1: Oh great to have you on the show mate. Just

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Speaker 1: when I heard about, you know, a strong man coming

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Speaker 1: out of Catherine, I'm like, just how strong are we

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Speaker 1: talking here?

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Speaker 2: What kind of things did you have to do?

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Speaker 3: Oh? Yeah, took a fair bit of training a couple

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Speaker 3: of years, but thought I'll something to do something different

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Speaker 3: and yeah, just naturally strong, I guess. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Gave it a crack mate. Paint a picture for us

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Speaker 2: of the nationals.

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Speaker 1: What kind of lives, what kind of testes of physical

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Speaker 1: strength did you actually have to do?

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Speaker 3: So this one we had a twenty meter sled drag

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Speaker 3: which was accumulative weight, so we had to stop every

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Speaker 3: couple of meters, so they put more weight on than

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Speaker 3: The second event was the seated Viking press so we

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Speaker 3: had to sit on a bench with no back support

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Speaker 3: and do an overhead press. Then it was the conan's will,

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Speaker 3: which yeah, that was tough into a steinhold for as

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Speaker 3: long as we can. So we had to hold a

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Speaker 3: metal steel stin out in front of us while standing

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Speaker 3: against the wall for as long as possible, straight armed,

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Speaker 3: and a Bavarian deadlift up on a platform.

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Speaker 1: Goodness me, how heavy? Like what kind of weights are

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Speaker 1: we talking here?

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Speaker 3: So the sled started at eighty eighty five kilos and

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Speaker 3: up ten kilos every couple of meters, so by the

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Speaker 3: end I was dragging one hundred and twenty kilos. The Viking.

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Speaker 3: The Viking press started at eighty eighty kilos and we

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Speaker 3: had to do one rep bring it down on the

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Speaker 3: down call that it jumped up to another ten kilos.

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Speaker 3: But yeah, unfortunately I didn't get the second rep. But

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Speaker 3: the conan's wheel was two hundred and twenty kilograms, walk

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Speaker 3: around as for as long as in a minute, as

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Speaker 3: far as far as we call made.

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Speaker 1: I don't even know what a conan's wheel is, let

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Speaker 1: alone how hard did it be?

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Speaker 3: So you pick it up with your four arms and

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Speaker 3: essentially it's kind of big steel and you just literally

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Speaker 3: got to walk around in a circle.

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Speaker 2: Holy only, so yeah, you keep going.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, the steinhold was seven kilos, yeah, straight armed out

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Speaker 3: in front as long as possible. And the Bavarian deadlift

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Speaker 3: on the platform we had to lift it a meet

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Speaker 3: off the ground and that started at one hundred and

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Speaker 3: seventy five kilos, which I got up as well.

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Speaker 1: Oh mate, how long have you been training to get

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Speaker 1: to this point? And what kind of training are you

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Speaker 3: I've only been doing this for about three years and

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Speaker 3: just yes, strength training really lot in between sort of comps.

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Speaker 3: We sort of I do sort of like a maintained program,

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Speaker 3: just an all body just to keep the strength up

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Speaker 3: and thing. And then once we've met and the coach

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Speaker 3: sort of work out what next next sort of competition

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Speaker 3: we're looking at. Once we know the events and the waves,

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Speaker 3: we sort of do like an eight week program to

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Speaker 3: build up into Yeah, the competition.

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Speaker 2: How did you get into it?

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Speaker 1: All?

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Speaker 3: A very close friend of mine. Actually he doesn't do

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Speaker 3: it no more unfortunately, But yeah, I was in a

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Speaker 3: bad spot because I did my knee. Ye And yeah,

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Speaker 3: obviously everyone who knew me, Rugby was my life ye

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Speaker 3: And yeah, he's oh, why did he come and have

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Speaker 3: a crack at this? He had all the gear at

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Speaker 3: and yeah, just loved it because it was just something different.

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Speaker 3: And I remember what I remember watching it as a

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Speaker 3: videos and yeah, it's funny. So I remember saying to

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Speaker 1: I love that, And you know, I think it's It's

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Speaker 1: one of those tough things, right with sport, Like if

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Speaker 1: you do get injured and you can't do the sport

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Speaker 1: that you love anymore. When you're a really competitive person

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Speaker 1: like you obviously are, you do sort of go to

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Speaker 1: look for something else that you might be able to

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Speaker 1: you've embraced it and do a fantastic job with that.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, sort of everything sort of do I give one

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Speaker 3: hundred percent in yea and yeah. I was lost lost

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Speaker 3: for a few years after rugby because I was playing

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Speaker 3: rugby league and rugby union down here and up there.

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Speaker 3: Yea and yeah, and then sort of when you get

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Speaker 3: told at twenty nine that your career is over.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it makes it tough, there is no doubt about it.

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Speaker 3: It was a very tough time in the.

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Speaker 1: Last and then and then you got into your strong

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Speaker 1: Man a couple of years later.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, along with the yeah.

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Speaker 1: Good on you tell me, like what level of training.

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Speaker 1: I know you've touched on the fact that you are

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Speaker 1: doing plenty of training, but like, how many hours are

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Speaker 1: you training for a day? How are you juggling at

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Speaker 1: all with everything with your little family?

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Speaker 3: Well, yeah, it's a bit difficult. Usually it's about it

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Speaker 3: depends sort of around roughly an hour to two hours.

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Speaker 3: I train and I'm still in a trainer, so I'm

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Speaker 3: still at work. So I finished work anytime after four

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Speaker 3: thirty five o'clock. And we live on a block too,

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Speaker 3: so I come home and help help the wife and

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Speaker 3: with the little one, and usually yeah, I train once

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Speaker 3: all the jobs are done and she's in bed about seven,

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Speaker 3: so as nice there. I'm not getting into tanturfy eleven o'clock.

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Speaker 2: Oh no, well that's you know what, that's dedication.

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Speaker 1: And tell me, mate, is it like what you know

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Speaker 1: we all imagine from those you know, different films that

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Speaker 1: we've watched over the years. Are your drinking egg whites

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Speaker 1: or egg you know, egg to get your protein up?

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Speaker 2: What kind of diet have you got?

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Speaker 3: Some of them are But yeah, obviously I'm in the

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Speaker 3: under ninety And it took a long from the start

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Speaker 3: to cut this weight because I was originally there one

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Speaker 3: hundred and twenty and twenty five kilos. Yeah, and I'm

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Speaker 3: now yeah, in the under just under ninety one.

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Speaker 2: Now more cut back, I suppose.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I've cut way back, but generally I like to

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Speaker 3: sit sort of around Yeah, a couple of kilos off

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Speaker 3: that way? Then when it because we've got a way

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Speaker 3: sort of know I'm in sort of as a call compmode,

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Speaker 3: I yeah, rare, I really watch what I eat and

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Speaker 1: So yeah, so what's next in terms of with the

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Speaker 1: strong Man Games next year? Like this sounds like it's

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Speaker 1: going to be massive?

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Speaker 2: Where is it? And yeah, what are you going to

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Speaker 2: have to do to get yourself prepared?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I've got away for the details on a couple

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Speaker 3: of people for that one. It's he was saying. It's

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Speaker 3: generally held in either England, Scotland or Ireland. I'm pretty

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Speaker 3: sure he was saying, and yes, the world natural Strongman

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Speaker 3: going so obviously yeah, no, it's all natural so no.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, none of the bad stuff, Yeah exactly.

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Speaker 2: No, that's good, that's good.

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Speaker 3: Yeah yeah yeah.

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Speaker 1: More broadly, like across the Northern Territory and many people

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Speaker 1: getting involved in the in strong Man.

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Speaker 3: Well we've got a few, but we'd love more people

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Speaker 3: to come out and have a go. Like the top

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Speaker 3: End Strength Center in Darwin is so inclusive. It's great

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Speaker 3: for newcomers if you have got a disability or all

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Speaker 3: abilities like Justin himself. Everyone in territory knows Justin he's great.

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Speaker 3: My wife she has cell Paul's and she was doing

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Speaker 3: it for a bit that there. They have got a

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Speaker 3: couple of like they've got a couple there. But yeah, honestly, yeah,

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Speaker 3: the more people we can get down it would be great,

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Speaker 3: Like just how good.

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Speaker 1: Well and I reckon it's fantastic mate. I love that

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Speaker 1: that three Territorians have competed in the Australian strong Man

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Speaker 1: and then you've you know, you have done yourself proud

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Speaker 1: and the Northern Territory proud of course being selected to

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Speaker 1: head across to the strong Man Games overseas next year.

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Speaker 2: Good on you, I reckon it's awesome.

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Speaker 3: Thanks, thank you.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, wonderful stuff.

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Speaker 1: As you get ready to go overseas, make sure you

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Speaker 1: let us know when it's happening so we can we

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Speaker 1: can hear a bit more about it.

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Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, yeah, good on you well.

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Speaker 2: Aunt per In Catherine.

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Speaker 1: Lovely to speak to you this morning mate, Thanks so

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Speaker 1: much for joining us on the show.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for having me, thank you, Good on you.

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Speaker 3: Ed