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Speaker 1: We do know that there is some wonderful stuff happening

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Speaker 1: right around the Northern Territory when it comes to cricket.

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Speaker 1: And joining me on the line is nt Cricket CEO

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Speaker 1: Gavin Dovey. Good morning, Gav.

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Speaker 2: Hey Katie here we do.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, really good. Great to have you on this show.

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Speaker 1: And I know that it's hot off the announcement that

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Speaker 1: you were doing at about ten thirty this morning about

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Speaker 1: the National Indigenous Cricket Championships and the Imparja Cup.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely thrilled this morning Katie to announce that the

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Speaker 2: National Indigenous Cricket Championships are staying in Alice Springs in

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty four. It's alongside the Imparja Cup. We shall

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Speaker 2: enter at thirty first year. We're going to see some

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Speaker 2: great crickets from our indigenous community at the start of

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Speaker 2: next year.

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Speaker 1: How big a coup is this for us to actually

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Speaker 1: have the National Indigenous Cricket Championships alongside the Imparjua Cup.

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Speaker 2: Again, it's a big coup, Katie. I think you know

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Speaker 2: the nic C we refer to.

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Speaker 3: It is the sort of elite pathway for Indigenous cricketers

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Speaker 3: and it started in twenty sixteen as the Imparja Cup

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Speaker 3: evolved and so it's only ever been in our springs

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Speaker 3: and there's.

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Speaker 2: A fair bit of interest from the East Coast to

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Speaker 2: see it played over there. So we're thrilled that we've

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Speaker 2: we've kept it for another year and intend to keep

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Speaker 2: it for a lot longer.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, I think it's a wonderful thing and we

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Speaker 1: know that it sees hundreds of indigenous cricketers, talented indigenous

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Speaker 1: cricketers as well as coaches and match officials from different

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Speaker 1: mobs around the country coming together.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely, and it adds a great celebration of cricket

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Speaker 2: culture and country as we refer to it, and just

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Speaker 2: a huge celebration and some great cricket and I think

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Speaker 2: you've seen some of austrade best indigenous cricketers participate in

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Speaker 2: it over the years, the life of Dan Christian and

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Speaker 2: Ash Gardner who obviously representing the sport at the highest level.

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Speaker 2: So you know, it's a fantastic tournament and you know,

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Speaker 2: we're thrilled that it stays in the NT and GAV how.

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Speaker 1: Is everything going when it comes to cricket around the territory. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: this is a fantastic announcement. But it continues to be

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Speaker 1: a really strong participation sport for us in the NT,

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Speaker 1: doesn't it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's going really well. I mean we're the only

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Speaker 2: place in the country where we play cricket th aroound

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Speaker 2: and sixty.

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Speaker 3: Five days a year.

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Speaker 2: So just when you sort of try and take a

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Speaker 2: rest during the top end at the sort of end

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Speaker 2: of September, you know, allis is cranking up. So you know,

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Speaker 2: Alice has been running along with their community cricket competitions

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Speaker 2: for about a month now and as we head into

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Speaker 2: the sort of broader Australian summer, it's great to see

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Speaker 2: cricket at the forefront of people's minds and all our numbers,

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Speaker 2: you know, from our very little ones, our junior is

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Speaker 2: right through to the senior grade, the seeings and a

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Speaker 2: terrific grid. We're thrilled.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it is wonderful. And I guess when you've got

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Speaker 1: you know, the Australia team doing so well, you know

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Speaker 1: on the world stage too, it's sort of it helps

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Speaker 1: with that that you know, people wanting to get involved

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Speaker 1: and wanting to play.

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Speaker 2: Yes, absolutely, and it was the World Cup on it's

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Speaker 2: I'm sure lots of you know, lots of people are

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Speaker 2: enjoying sitting back in an evening and tuning into to

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Speaker 2: the Aussy boys over there in India and all on

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Speaker 2: the cuffs of a sort of another big traditional Australian

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Speaker 2: summer at cricket. So great, great sport and just great

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Speaker 2: to see in good health.

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Speaker 1: Gave. Do you miss being on tour with the Australian

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Speaker 1: team or are you loving it here in the territory

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Speaker 1: too much?

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Speaker 2: Good question. I'm definitely loving in the territory. I don't

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Speaker 2: miss the travel. And obviously the old boys started a

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Speaker 2: bit a bit rough. I lost the first couple so

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Speaker 2: that you know, when you see that in this scroutiny,

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Speaker 2: you sort of sit there anything. I'm glad I'm not there,

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Speaker 2: but you know, you said Glenn back Well bed one

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Speaker 2: hundred forty forty rocks and it would have been pretty

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Speaker 2: good to see. So now I'm loving the time here

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Speaker 2: and enjoying h the challenge and opportunity to grow the

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Speaker 2: sport here in the territory.

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Speaker 1: Oh wonderful stuff. Well, Gavin Dovey, lovely to speak with

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Speaker 1: you this morning. Thank you so much for your time.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, thank Caddie, thank you