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Speaker 1: Three point sixty with Katie Wolf.

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Speaker 2: Everyone is listening to Mix one O four point nine one. Well,

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Speaker 2: joining me on the line right now as the president

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Speaker 2: of the Darwin Badminton Club. Good morning to you, said Rik.

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Speaker 1: Good morning Katie. Thank you for having me on three sixty.

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Speaker 2: Oh, no problem at all, Saidrek. Now, talk us through

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Speaker 2: the current situation that the badminton club here in Darwin

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Speaker 2: is in. So talk us through exactly what the situation

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Speaker 2: is for you guys at the moment with the badminton club.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, right now, right now, we are awaiting the least

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Speaker 1: to be signed between the government and the current venue owner.

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Speaker 1: This lease expired on the twenty sixth of June twenty nineteen,

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Speaker 1: and we've been paying on a monthly basis. What we're

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Speaker 1: looking for is at least a two year contract at

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Speaker 1: the moment, which hopefully will give us time to get

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Speaker 1: into a new premise. And that is the crust of everything.

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Speaker 1: What we want is a new home for badminton as

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Speaker 1: we've outgruned this present place and.

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Speaker 2: So at the moment, realistically, you haven't had I guess

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Speaker 2: you know, you'd say you haven't sort of had a

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Speaker 2: permanent home for quite some time. All that lease has

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Speaker 2: been on and off reely for some time, hasn't it.

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Speaker 1: That is correct. Starting in nineteen ninety two, my wife

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Speaker 1: Vienna started badminton along with a few others and they

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Speaker 1: started the club as well. And since then there've been

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Speaker 1: from Tracy Village in seventy two to Tracy Village Sports

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Speaker 1: Club which got burnt down, and then from there they

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Speaker 1: went to Rapid Creek Primary School and then onto Nightcliffe

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Speaker 1: Community the Center and finally the sports minister at the time,

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Speaker 1: Nick Donde very good. The film gave us sports thousand

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Speaker 1: Sanny Day and we were there right until Trink fourteen

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Speaker 1: and we were asked to leave that place because it

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Speaker 1: was being demolished. We are now at twenty one Albatross

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Speaker 1: Streets in Vernelly in there which has fixed coach. One

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Speaker 1: of the coats is not up to scratch. It's got full,

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Speaker 1: I think, and we get about fourteen players every day

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Speaker 1: Monday to Friday, and the Dozen Badminton Club, which is

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Speaker 1: the main frontline fall badminton in Darwin. We are finding

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Speaker 1: it very difficult to accommodate all these players, well more

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Speaker 1: players sitting sometimes and playing wow.

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Speaker 2: And so I Saidric, really, what you're after here is

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Speaker 2: I guess you're appealing to the Northern Territory government that

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Speaker 2: you know that you need a home for badminton.

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Speaker 1: That is correct. In June of twenty eighteen a design

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Speaker 1: was done by Dean Osborne and that was sent over

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Speaker 1: to Chief Minister Michael Gunner, the Sportsminister Lauren Moss and

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Speaker 1: Minister Natasha Filed And well, what it stated was that

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Speaker 1: they'd be a Doven indoor sports center which was comprised

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Speaker 1: off the squash courts, badminton courts, tennis table tennis courts

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Speaker 1: and the toy library the four and one. But the

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Speaker 1: Anti government thought it would be the price was too much,

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Speaker 1: which was about Ken Malone, and then we made it

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Speaker 1: just premise only for badminton, which was around six million

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Speaker 1: at the time. But that has dragged on and we

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Speaker 1: haven't heard anything from them. Copies of all the paperwork

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Speaker 1: for the new venue were sent to Minister Lauren Moss

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Speaker 1: in April of twenty twenty. We received an acknowledgment but

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Speaker 1: there was no progress after that.

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Speaker 2: Now, Cedric, what impact is this having on the club

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Speaker 2: and on badminton in the Northern Territory more generally at

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Speaker 2: the moment.

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Speaker 1: Well, it's a lot of restriction to the players because

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Speaker 1: the night is truly, you know, overcrowded, and we've also

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Speaker 1: had to turn back people on the night. It's a

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Speaker 1: very bad Badminton is a lovely community. Both We've got

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Speaker 1: people that are over eighty five playing the game and

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Speaker 1: there's youngsters as young as seven and eight years old

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Speaker 1: that are playing the game. So I think it's a

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Speaker 1: really sad tory that we don't have our own homes.

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Speaker 2: And Cedric, you know, I suppose some people listening maybe thinking, well,

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Speaker 2: it sounds like quite a bit of money for the

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Speaker 2: government to fork out for a new home for badminton,

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Speaker 2: but it sounds like you're also quite prepared to be

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Speaker 2: pretty adaptable here in terms of what in terms of

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Speaker 2: what you've got.

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Speaker 1: Oh yes, we've discussed that with the government on a

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Speaker 1: few occasions. Actually, tomorrow, a couple of our representatives from

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Speaker 1: the Northern Territory Badminton Association, I'm meeting with the government

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Speaker 1: to get the least say between the anti government and

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Speaker 1: the venue owner that we can remain in those premises

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Speaker 1: for another couple of years.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, oh wow, Cedric, If there is anybody from the

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Speaker 2: government listening today. What is your message for them?

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Speaker 1: My message would be, please give us the form up

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Speaker 1: our own. We are just as good as all the

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Speaker 1: other spots in Darwin, and just as deserving as all

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Speaker 1: the other spots.

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Speaker 2: Well, Cedric, I really hope that that some kind of

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Speaker 2: agreement can be met. Please keep in contact with us,

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Speaker 2: let us know how you go. And I really appreciate

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Speaker 2: your time this morning.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Katy. I appreciate your thame, no problem at all.

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Speaker 1: I'll keep you in for sure.

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Speaker 2: Thank you, Thanks very much, Cedric,