1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:03,960 Speaker 1: Now if you have just joined me today, I'm pretty excited. 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:06,320 Speaker 1: You know, I love seeing young people doing great stuff. 3 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:08,799 Speaker 1: You know I love a rodeo as a mount, as 4 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:12,800 Speaker 1: a girl. And joining me in the studio, will we 5 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:16,320 Speaker 1: have got these three Territorians who are going to be 6 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 1: heading overseas in the national High school Finals. 7 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:21,320 Speaker 2: I believe it is for Rodeo. 8 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:26,119 Speaker 1: One of the competitions is happening in Wyoming, the other 9 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 1: in Oklahoma in the United States in July. They are 10 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:34,519 Speaker 1: needing a bit of support from the community as well 11 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:36,559 Speaker 1: as you'd imagine. It's going to cost a fortune, I'm 12 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:38,879 Speaker 1: guessing for them to be able to go overseas for 13 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:41,839 Speaker 1: this competition. And joining me in the studio right now, 14 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:45,120 Speaker 1: I'm going to turn everyone's microphones on and joining me 15 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 1: in the studio. I've got Kaylee Reichers, good morning. 16 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:49,000 Speaker 3: To you, Good morning. 17 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:51,240 Speaker 1: It is lovely to have you on the show. I've 18 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:54,600 Speaker 1: got Grace McDonald, Good morning, Grace, lovely to have you 19 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 1: on the show. And Darcy McDonald, Good morning to you. 20 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 2: Darcy morning. So good to have the three of you 21 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 2: in here this morning. 22 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 1: Now, first off, Kaylee and Darcy, you're going to you 23 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:10,560 Speaker 1: are traveling across to Wyoming. 24 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 2: Aren't you? Sorry? Kaylee and and. 25 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:16,000 Speaker 1: Grace you're traveling across to Wyoming, aren't. 26 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 2: Yes, we are, tell me what you're competing in? 27 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 4: So we both qualified to go to pole bending. So 28 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 4: pole bending is a sport that's really well known up 29 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:31,199 Speaker 4: here pretty much bending through poles, So on your horse, 30 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:32,040 Speaker 4: on our horses? 31 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:32,280 Speaker 5: Yep. 32 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:35,960 Speaker 4: So we both qualified at the high school Rodeo finals 33 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:40,960 Speaker 4: up in Bendermere yep. And yeah, he placed second and 34 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:44,039 Speaker 4: third overall and we'll be going down there in July. 35 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 2: How fast are we talking? Girls? 36 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:50,360 Speaker 3: Around twenty six seconds? 37 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 2: For what distance? 38 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:51,880 Speaker 5: Is that? 39 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:53,440 Speaker 2: Twenty six? 40 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:54,120 Speaker 6: Lok? 41 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 2: You're pole bending around like twenty. 42 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 3: Six to twenty four seconds? 43 00:01:57,160 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 1: Maybe plain a bit of a picture for our listeners, 44 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 1: Like close together are these poles and you're trying to 45 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 1: maneuver around them as quickly as you can on your horse? 46 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:08,480 Speaker 5: Yeah? Look, let's just say a horse and a half apart, 47 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 5: very close. 48 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,640 Speaker 2: That is so cool? Like how often do you train 49 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:15,080 Speaker 2: for this? 50 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:16,360 Speaker 3: Every day? 51 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 5: Yeah? 52 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 3: Every day we're training. 53 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, And like how good a relationship do you have 54 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 1: to have with your horse as well? In terms of 55 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:25,959 Speaker 1: having that sort of you know, the confidence to trust 56 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 1: each other as well. When you're going at those speeds. 57 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:30,600 Speaker 4: It's definitely a lot of trust, a lot of confidence, 58 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:35,120 Speaker 4: like it's a partnership. Yeah, work that we're doing. So 59 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 4: you need to work with your horse. 60 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:42,399 Speaker 1: So when you both go overseas, when you travel to Wyoming, 61 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:46,519 Speaker 1: do you are you competing? Like you're competing in that event. 62 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:48,680 Speaker 1: But I would imagine there's like a number of rounds 63 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:50,040 Speaker 1: as well that you go through with it. 64 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:54,080 Speaker 5: Yes, there would be rounds, so it'd probably most likely 65 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:57,000 Speaker 5: be based on an average. I'm actually not one hundred 66 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 5: percent sure how many rounds. 67 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 4: At Bendermere at our high school rodeo, it was three 68 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 4: rounds and the average of all three pole bends. Yeah, 69 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 4: and that's how you got your pacings. 70 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 5: So basically consistency is the key. 71 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 2: Yeah. 72 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:16,840 Speaker 1: Now, now, Darcy, don't go thinking I'm not going to 73 00:03:16,919 --> 00:03:18,919 Speaker 1: come across to you and ask you questions. Mate, I'm 74 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:20,079 Speaker 1: definitely coming for you. 75 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:20,360 Speaker 5: Now. 76 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 1: You're going to Oklahoma and you ride bulls, Yeah, tell 77 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:27,519 Speaker 1: me a bit more about this ball riding. How long 78 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 1: have you been riding bulls? 79 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 6: About two and a half years now. So your first 80 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 6: rodio ever twenty twenty three was a lad radio Yeah, 81 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 6: and oh shit myself. 82 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 2: I bet you were. I bet you were. I would 83 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:47,440 Speaker 2: have been as well. Did you start like? Do you 84 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 2: start with it? You know, look, I grew. 85 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 1: Up in Mount Isaac, so I'm pretty sure. Do you 86 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:53,560 Speaker 1: start with sheep first and then work. 87 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 2: Your way up? Or did you just go like a 88 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 2: body garf? 89 00:03:55,840 --> 00:04:00,160 Speaker 6: What those went into junior bulls? Did you? Yeah? 90 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 2: My god, baite, you must be brave. 91 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 6: A little bit? 92 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:11,360 Speaker 1: Now do you do you have an idea of what 93 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:13,440 Speaker 1: size the ball is going to be that you're going to. 94 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 2: Have to ride? 95 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 6: Oh, in the US, Yeah, yeah, they're pretty big. 96 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:24,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, but you're up to like a full size ball. 97 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 2: Now aren't you. 98 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 6: Half a size? Nearly nearly full size? 99 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:30,359 Speaker 2: Nearly full size? Oh mate? 100 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 1: How and what about you? Obviously to anybody who hasn't 101 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:34,920 Speaker 1: been to a rodeo, he's got to ride the bull 102 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 1: for eight seconds? 103 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 6: Yeah, you can't touch down with your free arm, you 104 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 6: keep that up? Yeah? How did you. 105 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:43,239 Speaker 2: Get into bull riding? 106 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:43,400 Speaker 6: Like? 107 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:45,359 Speaker 2: What made you go? You know, the girls are riding 108 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:47,200 Speaker 2: horses and what made you go? Do you know what? 109 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:49,360 Speaker 2: I'm going to take this a step further. I'm going 110 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:50,159 Speaker 2: to ride a bull. 111 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 6: Yeah, yeah, my dad used to do it when he 112 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:56,479 Speaker 6: was young. Yeah, he did. I was doing it when 113 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 6: I was a young feller, but then he made me 114 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:00,920 Speaker 6: stop it because he said it was a bit dangerous. 115 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 6: Then I got older than I was, like, no, I 116 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:04,920 Speaker 6: want to do it, do it? 117 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, boys do that. They tend to do what 118 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:10,560 Speaker 1: their parents don't want them to do. Once wecome ten ages. 119 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:17,920 Speaker 1: Now Kaylie you're seventeen. Yeah, Grace you're seventeen, Darcy you're sixteen. 120 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 2: Right. So it's by the sounds of things. 121 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 1: You guys have traveled around Australia to different places four 122 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:26,480 Speaker 1: year sport for rodeo. Is this the first time you've 123 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 1: gone overseas or you're going to go overseas? 124 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:29,840 Speaker 3: Yes, it is. 125 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 4: We just got back all of us from traveling around 126 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 4: New South Wales doing some of the rodeos down there. 127 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:35,880 Speaker 5: Yep. 128 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 4: And that's where the high school Australian finals were held. 129 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:42,360 Speaker 1: Now for all of you, like when did you when 130 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:44,920 Speaker 1: did you sort of start riding horses and when did 131 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:46,719 Speaker 1: you get into to rodeo. 132 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:51,919 Speaker 4: I sort of started horses from the age of nine, yeah, 133 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:55,600 Speaker 4: but got into rodeo about ten eleven ish. 134 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:59,720 Speaker 5: Yeah, I was probably about six years old when I 135 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:02,800 Speaker 5: got my first pony, yeah, and he taught me the 136 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 5: ropes and then I got my new pony and he 137 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:07,840 Speaker 5: basically just developed. 138 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:11,640 Speaker 1: How cool? How cool? And what about you, Darcy? How 139 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:13,520 Speaker 1: old were you when you started doing all this stuff? 140 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 1: I know you said that your first bull ride was 141 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:18,719 Speaker 1: twenty twenty three yep. What about the other stuff? 142 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 6: Oh, like I said, I used to do when I 143 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:24,800 Speaker 6: was younger, I can't remember how old it was. Yeah, 144 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:28,160 Speaker 6: about thirteen fourteen started me first event. 145 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:29,720 Speaker 2: I love it. 146 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:30,040 Speaker 6: Now. 147 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:34,479 Speaker 1: For all of you, the events that you're going overseas 148 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 1: to competing, do you also compete in other events here 149 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:40,520 Speaker 1: in Australia or is that sort of your chosen event 150 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:41,800 Speaker 1: and that's what you stick to. 151 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 5: Yeah? So me and Kaylee also did the bar racing 152 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:50,600 Speaker 5: down in Bendermere for all the high school finals yep, 153 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 5: and unfortunately we didn't make the top four, but we 154 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:57,200 Speaker 5: did with pole bending. So that's what we'll be going 155 00:06:57,240 --> 00:06:57,720 Speaker 5: over to. 156 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:00,839 Speaker 1: Do wonderful stuff. And Darcy, for you, it's it's just 157 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:04,039 Speaker 1: bull riding. Yeah, yeah, that's probably enough. 158 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:08,800 Speaker 2: Hat like, that's pretty dangerous stuff. Do your parents worry 159 00:07:08,839 --> 00:07:09,400 Speaker 2: about you? 160 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:09,840 Speaker 1: Bull right? 161 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:13,520 Speaker 2: I reckon they would. 162 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 1: It's wild, it is wild. Now, I know it is 163 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 1: going to be expensive. Do you take do you have 164 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:23,400 Speaker 1: to take your like what's the process for you girls 165 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:26,000 Speaker 1: in terms of of having your own horse to ride 166 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 1: or what's the go once you get over there? 167 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:30,760 Speaker 4: So pretty much it's either a word of mouth, like 168 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:33,240 Speaker 4: you have to find and source your own horse. So 169 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 4: whether that's horse higher or a horse from someone you 170 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:39,520 Speaker 4: know down there, it's yeah, it's very independent. 171 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:41,520 Speaker 5: Yeah, that's probably the hardest thing. 172 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 3: Yeah. 173 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:43,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, I was going to say, I mean we were 174 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:46,160 Speaker 1: talking just a moment ago about like having that sort 175 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:48,680 Speaker 1: of that relationship with your horse and how important it is, 176 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:50,680 Speaker 1: and then when you go overseas and you're having to 177 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:52,760 Speaker 1: use a different horse, it would be like it would 178 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:54,000 Speaker 1: be a difficult process. 179 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:57,000 Speaker 4: Yeah, and because you obviously have to build that bond 180 00:07:57,040 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 4: with your horse. Yeah, and this is a horse that 181 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 4: you've never read and before you've never met, so it's 182 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:03,720 Speaker 4: definitely difficult. 183 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 2: Yeah. 184 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:07,240 Speaker 1: Now it's gonna be expensive, I've no doubt about that. 185 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 1: Are you guys raising some money? You got some fundraising happening? 186 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 5: Oh yeah, we're hand and sponsorship letters left rights looking 187 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 5: for sponsorship for fundraising like crazy, So. 188 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:18,840 Speaker 2: What do you need? 189 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:21,800 Speaker 1: Are you after like some businesses getting on board to 190 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 1: maybe help to cover some of those calls, Like yeah, definitely, 191 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:28,280 Speaker 1: what are you after? Yeah yeah, yeah out there like 192 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:30,960 Speaker 1: selling tickets to meat trays and things like that as well. 193 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, So I do the Nunama meat trays every 194 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 5: Sunday and then hopefully Darcy will pick up berry springs 195 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:45,080 Speaker 5: ye and yeah, meat trays actually really good, and then 196 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:48,840 Speaker 5: hopefully I do a raffle at Nunama. So don't like 197 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 5: generous donations as well? Is amazing? 198 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:53,400 Speaker 3: Any anything helps. 199 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm going to try and pick up cooling. Its 200 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:57,560 Speaker 4: having to do some meat trays. But I'll also be 201 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:02,920 Speaker 4: at Rodeo Promotions Radio YEP at Darwin River and I 202 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:05,960 Speaker 4: think it's the tenth of May, Yeah, selling raffle tickets. 203 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:07,440 Speaker 3: I'll have a big raffle going there. 204 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:10,880 Speaker 1: Wonderful stuff. Now, look to any business out there listening 205 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:12,920 Speaker 1: this morning. I say it whenever I catch up with 206 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:16,160 Speaker 1: young people doing really great stuff, if you're able to 207 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:18,600 Speaker 1: support them in any way, shape or form, get in 208 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:21,520 Speaker 1: contact with us here at the station eight nine four 209 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:24,439 Speaker 1: one one oh four nine and we will definitely pass 210 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 1: that in form. But I just think it's really great 211 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:28,840 Speaker 1: to see what you three are doing. You should be 212 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:32,040 Speaker 1: really proud of yourselves. I mean, you obviously juggle school, 213 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:36,400 Speaker 1: juggle trades and training for your chosen sport. I think 214 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:40,359 Speaker 1: it's awesome and I hope you absolutely smash it overseas. 215 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:43,320 Speaker 1: Thank you so much, thank you, thanks so much for 216 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:44,720 Speaker 1: joining me in the studio this morning.