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Speaker 1: Now, I tell you what, it's been a big week

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Speaker 1: in politics. It's always a big week in news, but

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Speaker 1: it is going to be and it already has been

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Speaker 1: a massive week when it comes to footy in the

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Speaker 1: top end. And joining me in the studio right now,

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Speaker 1: AFL and T chairman Sean Bowden, good morning to.

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Speaker 2: You morning, Cody. Hard to believe the season's coming to

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Speaker 2: an end.

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Speaker 1: Oh isn't it just now? It's already been a massive week. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: the Nichols Medal on Sunday night, the juniors finals all

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Speaker 1: this week and then we're heading into the seniors finals

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Speaker 1: on the weekend. I mean, like, how you feeling reflecting

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Speaker 1: on the week that was.

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Speaker 3: First off, look, it's a great week for the football community,

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Speaker 3: and start off with our gala night in effect the

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Speaker 3: Nichols Medal, and thanks for your contribution, by the way,

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Speaker 3: that was terrific. You kept five hundred members of our

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Speaker 3: community in Czech for about four hours. It was valiant

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Speaker 3: and it was brilliant done. But it was a great

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Speaker 3: It was a great night and you just have to

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Speaker 3: look at the smiles and the looks on people's face

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Speaker 3: as they come in. You know that something good's happening

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Speaker 3: in the community and that people are comfortable with each other,

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Speaker 3: and even though you know, the season gets a bit

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Speaker 3: rough and tumbled at times and everyone's playing off for

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Speaker 3: premiership glory, to see the community come together like that,

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Speaker 3: male and female, men and women, boys and girls, it's

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Speaker 3: really terrific. And then this week we've had a series

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Speaker 3: of Grand finals already played, including last weekend.

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Speaker 2: I'm told by Sam Gibson that eleven.

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Speaker 3: And a half thousand people have already watched a Grand Final

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Speaker 3: at Too Stadium. That number might probably includes the preliminary

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Speaker 3: final last week, actually the men's and women's preliminary finals,

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Speaker 3: but that's just an extraordinary number of people come in

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Speaker 3: to watch, their kids and their nephews, their brothers and

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Speaker 3: sisters coming into watching and it really does I mean,

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Speaker 3: role I'm in and watching that happen, it really is encouraging.

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Speaker 3: And then this week, you know, some cracking games.

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Speaker 2: I expect a big crowd tomorrow as well.

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Speaker 1: It is going to be massive tomorrow. Talk us through like,

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Speaker 1: talk us through the schedule for tomorrow because I know

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Speaker 1: some people listening will be wondering what time they need

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Speaker 1: to get there and you know who they're going to

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Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure.

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Speaker 3: Well tonight it starts tonight with the andre Adaen Girls

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Speaker 3: and boys. So districts are playing Nightcliff and the Girls.

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Speaker 3: They'll be first. I think it's about six o'clock and

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Speaker 3: that there's some really high level talent in that both

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Speaker 3: those teams. And I actually saw the Nightcliff Girls Andre

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Speaker 3: Adan's last week. I sat with Michael McLean, Magic MacLean,

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Speaker 3: who's our talent man. I asked him who did he

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Speaker 3: just watching the talent. So it's extraordinary just to see

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Speaker 3: these are girls that have now come through from the

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Speaker 3: under twelve system and up really showing their stock. Then

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Speaker 3: the boys, both Nightcliffe and St Mary's are playing off.

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Speaker 2: Both of them.

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Speaker 3: Those teams have got clubs, have got massive junior programs

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Speaker 3: and again their eighteens are really strong with some really

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Speaker 3: of that game. So that's Friday night, that's tonight and

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Speaker 3: then kicks off tomorrow about two pm. We've got a

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Speaker 3: We've got a life member's lunch on at about twelve thirty,

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Speaker 3: so there's about one hundred or so come to that.

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Speaker 3: It's a really good lunch and we pass out this

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Speaker 2: So I think there's four ladies who.

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Speaker 3: Are receiving life membership, including Jamie Lee Poor Jimmy, who

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Speaker 3: is a Tea week girl. So yeah, first I think

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Speaker 3: she's the first two week Mary done, or correct me

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Speaker 2: Membership, which is a huge, huge effort. And then.

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Speaker 3: We'll go on to the prem reserves going Banks and

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Speaker 3: Points again, two big clubs who gear up for this one.

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Speaker 3: This is a this is a game that it's thick,

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Speaker 3: of course have got their senior team. Banks haven't yet.

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Speaker 2: That's at two pm. And then the women's game.

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Speaker 3: Saint Mary's a nightcliff missing Pints for the first time

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Speaker 3: in a few years. Jazz Heward of course took out

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Speaker 1: She's a class act.

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Speaker 3: She just just a wonderful leader and going to be

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Speaker 3: she's not on the ground tomorrow. But you there's some

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Speaker 1: Well. I've watched the last couple of weekends as well,

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Speaker 1: and it has been some fantastic footy. Fantastic footy to

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Speaker 1: We're actually going to be catching up as well this

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and before I get onto the men's I mean

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Speaker 2: In fact, I think in the tens and twelves. The

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Speaker 3: In the competition as a whole, it's forty sixty a

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Speaker 3: And that doesn't include the numbers of umpires, match managers, volunteers, officials,

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Speaker 2: So it's just fantastic.

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Speaker 1: It is. It is so good to see. And I

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and credit going back a decade or so. These

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Speaker 3: I think Tony must have seen something fifteen years ago.

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Speaker 3: And so we're getting the rewards. Now, we've got to

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Speaker 3: the big game, the.

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Speaker 2: Man distriction St. Mary's. I mean, it's going to be

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Speaker 1: It's going to be an absolute cracker. Yesterday, of course,

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Speaker 1: who were joined in the studio by Anthony Valajio. He

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Speaker 1: him about the way, you know, with Saint Mary's it's

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Speaker 1: such a team and a family effort. Now then of

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Speaker 1: Now I didn't even ask young Michael who his dad

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Speaker 3: With the Crocs, that's correct, and before that with the

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Speaker 3: And of course on the other side, I think there's

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Speaker 3: and he's playing, and Saint Mary's a just such a

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Speaker 2: So and districts are the same.

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Speaker 3: So I think the game will be played in good spirit,

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Speaker 3: but it'll be fierce.

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Speaker 2: It'll be it'll be hard.

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Speaker 3: I mean Jed Anders and Stephen Motlop on the one side,

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Speaker 3: great to watch. You're seeing at the moment in the

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Speaker 2: It's something, it's something to watch. So it's going to

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Speaker 1: Now, is this weather going to hold off? You know,

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Speaker 2: To one thing. Cadie, I think I certainly don't claim

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Speaker 3: But let's hope it's clear and the weather outside of

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Speaker 3: the moment's beautiful. Let's hope it's a bit like that,

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Speaker 3: because that's going to just enhance the footy.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's Look, it's going to be a fantastic weekend

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Speaker 1: of football. Just on that means Premier League gag. I

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Speaker 1: mean the Crocs they had four players in the top

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Speaker 1: ten of the Nichols Medal count. Like, It's pretty unprecedented,

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Speaker 1: isn't it To have that many in that top ten.

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Speaker 1: It sort of just shows you the depth of their side.

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Speaker 1: But then I mean Saint Mary's they can never be underestimated,

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Speaker 3: Correct, never underestimated, And they're a team. They've got some

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Speaker 3: players that really believe in what they're doing and who

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Speaker 3: Crocs of I think Southern Districts might have built itself

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Speaker 2: They've had thirty two teams or thirty three teams on

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Speaker 2: the field this year. Mary's aren't far behind.

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Speaker 3: So these to these two teams, the credits to their presidents,

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Speaker 3: their committees, their life members, everyone who's built them, and

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Speaker 3: they'll be they'll both bring big crowds, I think tomorrow,

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Speaker 3: So there'll be.

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Speaker 2: A lot of groan and a lot of red, black.

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Speaker 3: And white, and then everyone else in the middle sort

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Speaker 3: of keeping the two apart. But it's going to be terrific.

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Speaker 3: And you know, I think I think it's going to

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Speaker 2: So and then will have to play some extra tide.

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Speaker 1: Or maybe I mean, I don't know. I thought you

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Speaker 1: might have just been sitting on the fence there, sure,

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Speaker 1: and you're in your role, but no, you're not sure.

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Speaker 3: I'm definitely hard to split them. It is, they might

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Speaker 3: have to be split it over.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I was going to say, am I allowed to

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Speaker 1: ask you as the chairman, who you think is going

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Speaker 1: to win the women's prems and the men's prems game

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Speaker 1: or not?

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Speaker 2: Really?

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Speaker 3: I think it'll be a draw, certainly in the men's

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Speaker 3: What about the women's very hard to spread. Saint Mary's

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Speaker 3: have got some really class players. I think Daniel Pontea

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Speaker 3: will be out there tomorrow, and there's a number of

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Speaker 3: other ladies and girls that are just fantastic in Nightcliff Well,

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Speaker 3: they showed their style last weekend knocking off pints, so

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Speaker 3: I'd put Saint Mary's nose in front at the moment.

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Speaker 3: But on Grand Final day, a bit like the weather,

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Speaker 3: one thing you know is that you just don't know,

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Speaker 3: and teams come out and it's who's got that little

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Speaker 3: bit of eigh the tiger, who's got that little bit

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Speaker 3: of energy, who really really wants it, and that often

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Speaker 3: determines the Grand Final.

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Speaker 2: So in each of the grades.

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Speaker 3: That will be something because of the because of the

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Speaker 3: I think the closeness of the competition and the equity

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Speaker 3: amongst the teams. I think that's something that will determine games.

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Speaker 3: Who really wants it.

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Speaker 1: Where can people go to buy tickets if they want

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Speaker 1: to purchase early so they can sort of avoid the

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Speaker 1: line to some degree.

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Speaker 3: Jump on the AFL in t website, and I think

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Speaker 3: that's a wise thing to do. Get in the grand

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Speaker 3: stand as well, if you get there early. So yeah,

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Speaker 3: get your ticket online and get there as early as

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Speaker 3: you can. And I think there's a bit of entertainment

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Speaker 2: There'll be a carnival atmosphere.

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Speaker 3: There's food stalls out the back and stuff for kids

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Speaker 3: and various things, and there'll be thousands of kids there

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Speaker 3: there sort of milling around, running around over this NonStop eating.

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Speaker 1: The shaved ice like they all love.

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Speaker 2: Getting pumped up on Cordel.

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Speaker 1: Well aofl NT chairman Sean Bowden. Great to speak with

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Speaker 1: you this morning. Thanks so much for your time, Katie.

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Speaker 2: Thank thank you,