1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:01,720 Speaker 1: I love sport. Everybody knows that. 2 00:00:01,760 --> 00:00:04,080 Speaker 2: I think I've made it very very clear that I 3 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 2: love sport in the Northern Territory and both my kids 4 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:07,200 Speaker 2: play soccer. 5 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:09,840 Speaker 1: It's fantastic in the NT and we know that. 6 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:13,240 Speaker 2: In twenty twenty four Female Football Week, Well it's a 7 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:17,040 Speaker 2: nationwide initiative that looks to recognize and celebrate the contributions 8 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:20,600 Speaker 2: of women and girls in football, highlighting the important role 9 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 2: that they play across all parts of the game. And 10 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:27,560 Speaker 2: as part of the celebrations, Well, Football Australia are announcing 11 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:30,000 Speaker 2: that there's going to be a nation or a national 12 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 2: Football Awards campaign. There are five awards up for grabs, 13 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:38,920 Speaker 2: with nominations now open and Football Australia and Football INTEA, 14 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:43,599 Speaker 2: along with other state federations, they're inviting affiliated clubs as 15 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 2: well as members and members z owes to nominate candidates 16 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 2: for selection. Now, I'm very pleased to say that joining 17 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:52,640 Speaker 2: me in the studio to tell me more about the 18 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:56,320 Speaker 2: awards is Anna Day. Good morning to you, Anna. 19 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:57,000 Speaker 3: Good morning Katie. 20 00:00:57,120 --> 00:00:58,240 Speaker 1: It's lovely to have. 21 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:00,279 Speaker 2: You in the studio. And I tell you what your 22 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:03,320 Speaker 2: football royalty in the Northern Territory or I'll call you 23 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:06,240 Speaker 2: that you've just been inducted into the on the Role 24 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:08,480 Speaker 2: of Honor for your services to football. 25 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:10,840 Speaker 1: In the end, a huge congratulations to you. 26 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:11,320 Speaker 3: Thank you. 27 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:14,400 Speaker 1: How many years did you did you play footy four? 28 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:18,080 Speaker 4: I started what I used to follow my brothers when 29 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:20,319 Speaker 4: we're only a little little tech. 30 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 3: I just following them around. 31 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 4: Been playing football and been involved with football for over 32 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:28,559 Speaker 4: forty years. I did kind of retire, but I've actually 33 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 4: been coming back in again. 34 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 2: So can you help, like your help to mentor the 35 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:34,319 Speaker 2: young the young women as well. 36 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 1: Don't you coach coach forty too? Yes, I do. I 37 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 1: reckon it's fantastic. Like I love soccer. 38 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:42,200 Speaker 2: I love what's happened as well over the recent years 39 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:45,680 Speaker 2: in terms of the success of the Matildas. But just saying, 40 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 2: so many girls get out there and have a go. 41 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:51,800 Speaker 4: Yes, well this year or a run across the campaign 42 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 4: they've had to come and try football for getting you 43 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 4: get more young girls into a thing, and we've had 44 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:01,600 Speaker 4: a massive influx of young girls coming in with that's 45 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 4: right across all clubs. We've seen the rise of women's 46 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 4: football this year also with the inclusion of a third 47 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 4: division women's football, new players coming into the sports or 48 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:20,280 Speaker 4: returning players and even some juniors coming through. So that's 49 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:23,800 Speaker 4: some taken off this year the division, which has been 50 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:24,640 Speaker 4: a great success. 51 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:26,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, I reckon it's a good thing to see and 52 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:28,239 Speaker 2: good to you know, to try and sort of foster 53 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 2: that talent as well as they come up through the 54 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 2: age groups I suppose, and not through the ranks. 55 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:35,920 Speaker 4: Yes, it is, and we've got a lot of run 56 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 4: across the board, a lot of senior players that are 57 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:42,240 Speaker 4: also mentoring some of the juniors. I know with Helenic, 58 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:44,920 Speaker 4: we've got a lot of our senior players taken on 59 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 4: the coaching roles of the young juniors, which is great. 60 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:49,680 Speaker 4: And you've got the young girls are coming down to 61 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:53,520 Speaker 4: watch the senior players play and you know, being their idols. 62 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 1: Yeah. 63 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 2: I actually one of my friends actually posted a video 64 00:02:57,360 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 2: on the socials on the weekend and her little girl 65 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:02,920 Speaker 2: play for Hellenic, and she'd actually showed her little girl 66 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 2: her little one then, you know, with the senior players, 67 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 2: and I think they're those kind of moments that actually 68 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 2: that little girls will remember and really look up to 69 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:14,080 Speaker 2: those senior players, and it does help to sort of 70 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:16,120 Speaker 2: shape you as well, I think as a young person 71 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 2: looking up to those older girls and what you can 72 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:19,760 Speaker 2: be and do. 73 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:23,079 Speaker 4: Yes, it's it's great when you've got some some players 74 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 4: you can look up to and you know, yeh see 75 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:30,080 Speaker 4: you plays to be mentors and the young kids are 76 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:33,400 Speaker 4: idolizing these senior girls and they know what the stepping 77 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 4: stones there are to be at that level. It is fantastic. Yeah, 78 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 4: it is really good to see. 79 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 2: Now, tell me a little bit more about Female Football Week. 80 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 1: We've got some awards that are up for grabs. 81 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 4: Yes, there's also the Player of the Year, so they 82 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 4: like a fantastic for some of the young players that 83 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 4: the last twelve months have showed, you know, great depths 84 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 4: of you know, where they've been and being leaderships within 85 00:03:57,440 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 4: their clubs and all that. There's also the Coach of 86 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:02,000 Speaker 4: the Year and also got the Referees of the Year 87 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 4: Volunteer of the Year, which is a great We've got 88 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 4: a massive amount of volunteers and you don't get recognized 89 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:08,960 Speaker 4: enough when these volunteers, and it'd be great for clubs 90 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:14,480 Speaker 4: to start recognizing these, uh, these volunteers on a national level. 91 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 3: Don't. 92 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:17,800 Speaker 4: Also there's a Community Champion of the Year, so which 93 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:21,719 Speaker 4: would be a fantastic awards giving some of the broad across. 94 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 4: There's therefore women's football, which is be fantastic. 95 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 1: And you're a lifetime member of the Hellenic Football Club, 96 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 1: aren't you? 97 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:30,279 Speaker 4: Yes, so I am a life member of the tenty 98 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 4: Football Club, life member of Palmersan Football Club of the 99 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 4: Northern Jursian Federation. 100 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:37,600 Speaker 2: And now the role of honor and when you like, 101 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:39,920 Speaker 2: when you look across the years and years that you've 102 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 2: been involved in soccer, like, how important is it to 103 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:45,760 Speaker 2: have those volunteers but also to have those you know, 104 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:49,039 Speaker 2: those real community champions that get in there and help 105 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 2: the club and do the different jobs that if they 106 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:53,840 Speaker 2: weren't doing it, you wouldn't be able to have the games. 107 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:57,480 Speaker 4: No, And the volunteers are one of the you know, 108 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:01,480 Speaker 4: it's it's what makes the club. That there's volunteers, the 109 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:03,800 Speaker 4: club won't be going forward, you know, and it gets 110 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:07,080 Speaker 4: hard every year and we rely on volunteers to help out. 111 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:11,560 Speaker 2: Yes, Now, tell me over the forty plus years that 112 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:14,360 Speaker 2: you've been involved in football, how have you, like, how. 113 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 1: Has it changed much for women? 114 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 3: Do you reckon it has? 115 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 4: Like when I was coming through the junior ranks, we 116 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:24,840 Speaker 4: only had the under fourteens, which is an all girlst competition, 117 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 4: but that was part of school base, but it was 118 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:29,160 Speaker 4: affiliated with the club, and when you got to the 119 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 4: sixteens and eighteen, it was some club based and then 120 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 4: you've got this senior level. So but now we're in 121 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 4: twenty twenty four, you've got the young juniors going there's 122 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 4: a better pathway for young females going through the junior 123 00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:45,080 Speaker 4: ranks and going up to seniors. 124 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 3: So I mean there's the w League there and you 125 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:48,600 Speaker 3: know the Tilts. 126 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:52,240 Speaker 4: Whereas we didn't have that pathway, we had to you know, 127 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:54,719 Speaker 4: work hard even to get onto the national level. 128 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, it is good, isn't it? 129 00:05:56,760 --> 00:05:59,200 Speaker 2: Like it's good for the girls to have those pathways, 130 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 2: and it's good for them to sort of be able 131 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:02,520 Speaker 2: to see the ways in which and what they need 132 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:04,040 Speaker 2: to do and the training in which they need to 133 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:06,360 Speaker 2: sort of do as well to potentially get to that level. 134 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:10,080 Speaker 2: It is Yeah. Hey, in terms of the awards, can 135 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:12,719 Speaker 2: anybody nominate They've got to be part of an affiliated club. 136 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:14,479 Speaker 3: Don't have to be a part of the affiliated club 137 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:17,680 Speaker 3: to be to nominate that person. And it's done. 138 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 1: I think it has to. 139 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:20,120 Speaker 4: I'm not one hundred percent sure, but I think it 140 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:21,680 Speaker 4: has to be signed up by the actual club that 141 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 4: they're affiliated with, so the nomination go through. 142 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:25,599 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's fair enough. 143 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:27,680 Speaker 2: Now, is there somewhere where people can go to get 144 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:31,279 Speaker 2: a bit more info if they are keen to nominate 145 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 2: somebody for one of those female football awards? 146 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:35,840 Speaker 1: I reckon there will be. 147 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:38,160 Speaker 2: If we can't find it, I can always I can 148 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:41,600 Speaker 2: always make sure I can let people know later, but 149 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 2: I'll find out exactly where they can head to. And 150 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:47,839 Speaker 2: I know that it is something that that's really important 151 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:52,200 Speaker 2: as well to recognize the hard work of people involved 152 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:53,719 Speaker 2: in sport, particularly. 153 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:55,480 Speaker 1: Those like you said that volunteer and some of those 154 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:56,080 Speaker 1: other jobs. 155 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 4: Yeah, if you're not sure how where you can nominate, Look, 156 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:02,280 Speaker 4: give football and Tea mccor he's speak of an ema 157 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:03,560 Speaker 4: and they'll they'll sing. 158 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 3: You the link. Yeah. 159 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:05,880 Speaker 1: Well, no, wonderful stuff. 160 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:07,680 Speaker 2: I think it's really great and it's great to see 161 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 2: that that National Female Football Awards are happening. 162 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 1: Is there much else on? 163 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:12,240 Speaker 2: Do you know? 164 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 1: In terms of that Female Football Week. 165 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:18,560 Speaker 3: With the also with the football Week. 166 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:24,280 Speaker 4: It's taking place between the third and the twelfth of May. 167 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 4: It's also to to recognize, you know, and to elevate 168 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 4: the women's and girls in football, you know, Highlands Center 169 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:35,040 Speaker 4: community in women's football both on and off. 170 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:38,520 Speaker 3: Field, I mean in our game today. 171 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:42,200 Speaker 4: We aim to harness the power of football to build inclusive, diverse, 172 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:47,640 Speaker 4: diverse game and embraced positive positivity, influence and celebrate, elevate 173 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 4: women's and girls and to own and drive the future 174 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:54,560 Speaker 4: of women's football with their from TEA, we're encouraging all 175 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 4: clubs to host a female football event during this period, 176 00:07:59,080 --> 00:07:59,760 Speaker 4: either by. 177 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 3: Doing a maybe a female football. 178 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 4: Rounds like they just said to get them out of 179 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:07,640 Speaker 4: the girls out in, new players out there too, or 180 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 4: come and try session you know we haven't captured everybody. 181 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:15,360 Speaker 4: A free skills clinic also a coach workshop with female coaches, 182 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:17,520 Speaker 4: so they're the same idea. Some of the ideas that 183 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:22,280 Speaker 4: the clubs can run part of the football week good 184 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 4: stuff for reck. 185 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:25,680 Speaker 2: That's wonderful and wonderful to get people out there active 186 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:28,480 Speaker 2: and sport, you know, for our young people is such 187 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:31,240 Speaker 2: an incredible thing to do. And soccer just seems to 188 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:33,920 Speaker 2: have exploded in numbers. There's so many kids that take 189 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:35,440 Speaker 2: part of me. All you've got to do is rock 190 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:40,559 Speaker 2: up on a Sunday. They're there absolutely everywhere of all, 191 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 2: I just do some of them are so little, right, 192 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:44,720 Speaker 2: You see some of those kids they look like they're 193 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:46,719 Speaker 2: about four with their shimpads on that go up to 194 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 2: their thighs. 195 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 4: Are like fantastic. It's good to see those little tackers 196 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:55,280 Speaker 4: out there. I just want to brush them thing. August tenth, 197 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:57,679 Speaker 4: we have got a Breast Cancer a Round, which is 198 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:01,480 Speaker 4: initiative that Helene has started. We want to bring the 199 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:04,640 Speaker 4: whole of the Ordatire community on board. 200 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 1: It set out to. 201 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:10,439 Speaker 3: It's to recognize, you know, and also to the importance 202 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:13,959 Speaker 3: of breast cancer. We do have the Pink Bus. 203 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:16,960 Speaker 4: The Old Milly comes down one so you can come 204 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 4: down and get your mamogram done. 205 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:20,319 Speaker 3: Look, you don't have to wait. 206 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 4: To tur there and breastcreening Tea are also there to 207 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:26,720 Speaker 4: get your mamogram done. You don't have to be exactly 208 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:29,640 Speaker 4: the age of fifty if you know that something and 209 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 4: it's important. Everybody's been touched by breast cancer, whether family, 210 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:36,680 Speaker 4: friends or and so forth. 211 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:40,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, so absolutely no really good message and do remind 212 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:42,760 Speaker 2: us as well a bit before August. We'd be more 213 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 2: than happy to have Hellenic on the show to let 214 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:46,880 Speaker 2: us know a bit more about what is happening for 215 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 2: breast cancer awareness that event. 216 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:52,880 Speaker 1: I think it's a really good initiative. Anna lovely to speak. 217 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:54,520 Speaker 2: To you this morning and a day of course, the 218 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:58,680 Speaker 2: chair of our Women and Girls Committee and also lifetime 219 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:03,160 Speaker 2: member of Football Northern Territory Hellenic and also Palmerston, absolute 220 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:04,040 Speaker 2: legend of the game. 221 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:04,559 Speaker 3: Good on you. 222 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:06,679 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for joining me this morning. Thank you