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Speaker 1: It is always great to hear about different community groups

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Speaker 1: doing wonderful things around the territory. I think everyone knows

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Speaker 1: I've got a soft spot as well when it comes

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Speaker 1: to sport. And I was told a bit earlier in

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Speaker 1: the week about this great program called Lounge to Lapse

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Speaker 1: and joining me in the studio to tell me a

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Speaker 1: little bit more about it is Jack Stirrit. Good morning

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Speaker 1: to you, Jack, Good morning Katie.

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Speaker 2: It's lovely to have you in the studio.

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Speaker 1: Now tell me a little bit more about this program,

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Speaker 1: Lounge to Lapse.

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Speaker 3: Okay, Well, it's part of the Darwin City of Darwin's

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Speaker 3: Healthy Darwin program and Darwin Stingers applied for a grant

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Speaker 3: and they've been successful in the past and this time

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Speaker 3: we decided that rather than running in the mornings, we

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Speaker 3: would try for an evening program.

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Speaker 2: It's based on Master Swimming.

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Speaker 3: WA's couch to two k program and when I've been

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Speaker 3: coaching in the evenings, I've noticed a lot of public

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Speaker 3: lap swimmers and that you'd just like to go.

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Speaker 2: Can I give you a tip?

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Speaker 3: So it was really well advertis by Darwin City Council

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Speaker 3: and we allocated sixteen places.

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Speaker 2: And I could have filled another group. We've had that

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Speaker 2: much response. Wonderful.

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Speaker 1: And so what it basically means is that if people

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Speaker 1: are maybe keen to get into the pool, do some

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Speaker 1: laps or get into a little bit more training maybe

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Speaker 1: than what they do when they're just on their own,

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Speaker 1: or maybe they're sitting at home and thinking, I love

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Speaker 1: to get back to the wall.

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Speaker 2: Hopefully it's all of those.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's really looking at those that are over eighteen,

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Speaker 3: because that's cod of focusing on masters really for our purposes,

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Speaker 3: and those that can do at least a lap of

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Speaker 3: the pool, we're looking to do stroke correction, build up

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Speaker 3: some endurance for those that can already swim, and build

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Speaker 3: confidence too for those that are just starting out. So

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Speaker 3: there's quite a range of swimmers across the board in

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Speaker 3: those sixteen to seventeen groups of people.

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Speaker 1: I regin that's a wonderful program, wonderful thing to be doing.

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Speaker 1: And so it's filled up really fast, enormously. You got

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Speaker 1: people of all ages taking them.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, probably from their twenties through to their sixties.

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Speaker 2: So great, yeah, really good.

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Speaker 1: And so the program is currently running and then is

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Speaker 1: there another intake in February this next year.

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Speaker 2: Yes, we're halfway through the four week program.

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Speaker 3: So we're asked swimmers to commit to four Wednesday evenings

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Speaker 3: and yeah, in the intent was to run it again

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Speaker 3: next February. So with the popularity that we've had from

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Speaker 3: this program, I don't think we'll have any trouble.

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Speaker 1: It sounds like it's been a busy one. Yeah, and Jack,

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Speaker 1: I know that that the Darwin Stingers are a fantastic

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Speaker 1: semen club as well. For anybody out there listening right

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Speaker 1: now who doesn't know much about the Darwin Stingers, tell

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Speaker 1: them a little bit about you guys.

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Speaker 3: We only need to be over eighteen and preferably be

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Speaker 3: able to swim, even if it's only a small short distance.

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Speaker 3: There's groups that are squads that cater for those that

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Speaker 3: can only just swim right through to those training for

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Speaker 3: competition events.

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Speaker 2: So really catering for everything.

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Speaker 3: There's about thirteen sessions a week that really pick up anybody,

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Speaker 3: and we're hopefully that when these people have got confidence.

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Speaker 2: They'd like to stay on and join a group and

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Speaker 2: do some more.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I reckon it's Look, I'm a big advocate for sport,

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Speaker 1: but I absolutely love swimming and I always think that

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Speaker 1: swimming is something you can do right from when you're

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Speaker 1: a little one right to when you are much much older.

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Speaker 1: And I know that you've actually currently got one of

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Speaker 1: your swimmers, one of your Darwin Stingers, Maggie Roberts. She

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Speaker 1: is off at the Pan Pacific Games, at the Gold Coast.

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Speaker 3: Years, at the Masters Games. There is I think there's

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Speaker 3: something like six thousand people. They're enormously popular. She's our

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Speaker 3: sole representative this time, and she's in the eighty five

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Speaker 3: to eighty nine year age.

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Speaker 2: Group, so she should do really well.

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Speaker 3: She's very competitive in that age group.

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Speaker 1: What an absolute legend? Is she one of the older

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Speaker 1: swimmers that you've got or what age group have you

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Speaker 2: Take us some in twenty to twenty five for age group.

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Speaker 3: And right up to we've actually got one swimmer in

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Speaker 3: the ninety to ninety four age group.

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Speaker 2: How phenomenal. It is pretty good.

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Speaker 1: What a great way to keep people moving and keep

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Speaker 1: people active. And Jack, I understand as well that you

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Speaker 1: were recently awarded life membership with Swimming NT.

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Speaker 2: Yes, yes I was.

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Speaker 3: It was very unexpected and although I haven't done quite

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Speaker 3: as much in recent years, it does go back to

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Speaker 3: like come starting back in the nineteen early eighties, on you. Ay, Yeah,

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Speaker 3: with my parents who are both Life members and international officials,

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Speaker 3: and I guess they've just kind of passed on that

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Speaker 3: well after being dragged in there.

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Speaker 2: Yeah for that.

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Speaker 3: So some people don't remember some of the work that

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Speaker 3: I've done, but yeah, it does go back a long way.

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Speaker 1: Jack On, the daughter of a swimming coach back in Queensland,

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Speaker 1: so I know what it's like being dragged to swimming

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Speaker 1: carnivals and dragged to swimming training as well, and all

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Speaker 1: sorts of things when you're a kid. Hey, good on you.

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Speaker 1: I think what the Darwin Stingers is fantastic. I see

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Speaker 1: you guys at quite a few of the different carnivals

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Speaker 1: that my kids are competing. I've seen you on the

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Speaker 1: pool and I just think it's really wonderful to see,

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Speaker 1: you know, to see some of our seniors out there

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Speaker 1: competing part of it all, and what a wonderful way.

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Speaker 2: To encourage other people to do it too. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 2: it's been good Jack, Good on you.

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Speaker 1: Lovely to speak to you this morning, and thank you

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Speaker 1: so much for coming in and telling us a little

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Speaker 1: bit more about well not only about the Lounge to

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Speaker 1: Lapse program, but a bit more about the Darwin Stingers.

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Speaker 1: If there is anybody out there listening this morning going

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Speaker 1: there thinking, oh I used to you know, I'd.

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Speaker 2: Be not a bad swimmer.

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Speaker 1: I'd love to take part in swimming and I can swim,

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Speaker 1: you know, I can swim pretty competently. But I'd like

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Speaker 1: to join the club. Where can they go to, Well,

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Speaker 1: there's probably two places.

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Speaker 3: They can go to the Masters Swimming Northern Territory Facebook

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Speaker 3: page and find out a lot of information locally, or

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Speaker 3: they can go to Masterswimming Australia dot org and look

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Speaker 3: for the Northern Territory section there for the branch.

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Speaker 1: Wonderful stuff. Jack Stirrett, it is lovely to speak to

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Speaker 1: you this morning. Thanks so much for coming in and

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Speaker 1: having a chat with me.

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Speaker 2: Thank you, Katie, thank you,