August 26, 2024 • 18 mins
On Sports Fix with Jason Pine for 26th August 2024, Lydia Ko's golden European summer continues, with her third major win of her career. Her former coach Guy Wilson joins the podcast to discuss Lydia's golden run.
Piney offers his thoughts on the America's Cup, and the impact of it being held in Barcelona will have on our interest levels over here in New Zealand.
Plus, Elijah Fa'afiu joins the panel to discuss the Warriors falling to the Bulldogs in Shaun Johnson's final home game, and who might take home the Halberg Sportswomen of the year.
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
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Speaker 3 (00:21):
Hello and welcome. It's a new weekend to a fresh
Monday episode of the Sports Fix podcast. I'm Jason Pine.
Great de have you listening in Lydia Coe? What a
month has been for her Olympic gold medal, entry into
the LPGA's Hall of Fame and now a win at
the British Open, the Open Championship on the Old Course
at Saint Andrews, a third major win for Lydia Coe.
(00:44):
Will break that down for you on the podcast today
with Lydia Coe's former coach Guy Wilson Elijah a few
pops into the chamber to chat various sporting issues. We've
got some thoughts to on the America's Cup and our
levels of engagement, so let's get into it.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
In other news, let's.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
Kick things off as always with a look at some
of the big sports stories going around today. A Lydia Coe,
as mentioned, has won her third golf major, the Open
Championship on the Old Course at Saint Andrews, finishing in
style with a birdie on eighteen the part expect nothing
else to the champion in Lake Lydia.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
She's sat the marks, whether asked.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
To traincap and they could not catch Lydia Coe. They
could not catch Hayden Wilde either. He's won the latest
events in the super Triathlon series.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
The keywek Hayden wild denied at the death in Boston,
turns it around and big style.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
Here in Chicago, Hayden wild got one over his rival
and Olympic champion Alex Yee, who missed out on the
podium all together. And a day of athletics world records
tumbling at the latest Diamond League in Poland, Armen du
Ponts cleared six point twenty six meters in the pole vault,
are further centimeter higher than his feats at the Paris
(02:04):
Games and jakub Ingebrits and shattered the twenty eight year
old three thousand meter world record.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
The world records seven twenty point six seven is going
to be smashed here, praying Norwegian, there's a world record
yet again for your cooping.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
A resident leading a vix. We've got just the ticket.
It's sportsfix now. It by News Talks Ivy.
Speaker 3 (02:29):
This is the Sports Fix podcast. Well, what a month
that's been for Lydia Coe. Off the back of her
Olympic gold medal in Paris and subsequent entry into the
LPGA's Hall of Fame. This morning she won the Open Championship,
her third golf major and her first since twenty sixteen.
Let's bring in Lydia Coe's first coach, who guided her
for eleven years and a very astute analyst of the
(02:50):
game of golf, Guy Wilson. Guy, thanks for joining us
on Sports Fix and Olympic gold medal and the Open
Championship in quick succession. Can you put into context for
us just how significant this is?
Speaker 4 (03:02):
Funny? Thanks for having me, and yeah, jeez, what a month.
What a month, What a way to string some rounds
together and get two of You know, what you'd probably
think is the highest seconds you could get a gold
medal after getting a bronze and a silver and then
winning at the home of golf. Doesn't get much doesn't
(03:26):
get much better, and probably not as much special. To
be honest, do you think.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
Normal people understand just how hard it is to win
big tournaments like this?
Speaker 4 (03:35):
I don't know. I think you just sort of see,
you know someone like this winning all the time, and
they think, Okay, you know, it's just what that person does.
But when you think about how big became a golfers
and how how impossible it is to win a tournament,
let alone multiple tournaments and then do it when you're
at the end of your career, what she keeps saying
(03:57):
that it is, Yeah, it's crazy, absolutely crazy, and where
we're very lucky to still have her flying the egg
for us and importantly playing the fag for US.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
Olivia finished seven under for the tournament. She shot seventy
one seventy seventy one, sixty nine, just six bogies and
seventy two holes and only two in the last thirty
six holes. How difficult is consistency like that to achieve well?
Speaker 4 (04:25):
The condition is of the Open Championship always fickle for
where they even though it's supposed to be summer, is
never really consistent. And even if you watched the broadcast
last night, you could see the seventeenth hole was hosing
down with the rain, wind way off the right, impossible,
three wood off the deck and then the final ground
the eight enths. The next hole was based in sunlight
(04:47):
and that's the Open Championship. It doesn't have much strength
in terms of length, but if the conditions came up,
it just bites and just like the men's Open with
the women. So it was great to see her there
thereabouts after the first round, and they are thereabouts after
the second and after three rounds he was three back,
and you know, you just don't want to see are
(05:08):
coming from behind because that's what is what she's going
to do if for you the leader just on.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
The conditions they were atrocious. But do professionals deal with
bad weather better? You know? I mean, you know, the
average weekend golf are probably just decides not to bother.
But the professionals actually, can they deal with bad weather
reasonably well? For the most part.
Speaker 4 (05:31):
Yeah, I think they understand what they're going to get
out of their shots and understand the things that may
likely influence the direction or the shot. They've bsually got
the caddie there too to help them keep the clubs
dry and get your focus. And ultimately they're playing on
courses that are a little bit more used to dealing
with whether unlike how winter courses here in New Zealand,
(05:53):
where you mud halfway up your knee and when to golf,
trudging around finding a sucker ball in the middle of
the fairway. So they are they're very very very very
good at what they do, and they're very used to
it as well, because golf is an ally of sport.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
And down the streetch there were at one stage, I
think four players tied for the lead with just a
handful of holes to go. So again, what sort of
mental strength does it take knowing that even one bad
shot could scupper your chances.
Speaker 4 (06:19):
Yeah, and that's the thing, And that's where where Nelly
what made a double on sixteen or something fell in
the bunker, And when you're in there, it's basically death
to your scorecut and your chances. And that people that
were on the leaderboard they're all you know, they're all studs.
Joe Oshin was up there too, and she's she won
the Open and a few years ago, so there's pedigree there.
(06:43):
The good thing was leader Obviously she got in a
bit earlier, so she was able to put some pressure
on the leaders to make birdies. But that second shot
on seventeen, if that had bounced another foot to the left,
would have been in that road hole bunker, and she
probably was up for double so crazy crazy how how
(07:05):
one shot can make the rest of the round in
and her chances to go up the final home and
make birdie.
Speaker 3 (07:12):
And Livia said several times, most notably recently, that her
career at the top may be coming towards an end.
She talks about being on the back nine whatever that
might mean. You know, that might be a long time
with this recent success. How tempted might she be to
just carry on because she's not what is she? Twenty six?
Twenty seven?
Speaker 4 (07:31):
Yeah, I mean I can't speak for her, obviously, and
I guess she just wants them freedom to make some
decisions for herself. And this game is a full time job. Obviously,
not a hell of a lot of time at home,
if there is such a thing at home when you're
on tour all week, all year round. But obviously, you know,
(07:52):
as a female, she wants to put priority into her family, probably,
and you can't do that when you're doing golf sort
of seven days a week. So she's only known golf
since she was four or five. So whilst she's only
twenty seven on her past or a driver's liscense, she's
she's done a lifetime with golf.
Speaker 3 (08:12):
I think you met her when she was five, didn't you.
I mean, hindsight it's a wonderful thing, but could you
tell that something special was was in the offing here? Yeah?
Speaker 4 (08:23):
You never really know. I wasn't mud enough coach back then.
I was just learning how to had to coach golf
as well. So I mean we were both lucky to
meet each other so many years ago, and you know,
I started sort of noticing things. I was noticing she
was different when she was sort of eleven or twelve.
But that was still six years after teaching her English
and her math and that sort of thing when we're
(08:44):
out on the golf course. So you know, we were
good for each other.
Speaker 3 (08:48):
You certainly were. You certainly were mate. Thanks for taking
the time, Guy, really appreciate it. Guy Wilson Lydia Cole's
first ever golf coach, joining us on the Sports Fixed podcast.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
This is Sports Fix, your daily dose of sports news
now and by news talks.
Speaker 3 (09:05):
The America's Cup underway soon, We've had the Warmer Regatta.
The Louis Verton Challenger Series starts this week. I'm just
wondering if you've caught the sailing bug of course it
is going to be a lot harder with the racing
happening in the early hours of the morning over here,
but it will be on fred Aware And if history
tells us anything, it's that when the America's Cup gets underway,
we tend to latch onto it. Now, there's no doubt
(09:28):
that there is a section of the New Zealand sporting public,
maybe you're even a part of this, who have become
disconnected by the decision to defend the Cup in Europe
and not here. And as much as most of us
can even grudgingly understand the rationale and the decision by
Grant Dalton to defend the Cup in Spain because of
the money on offer and the huge expense involved in
(09:49):
this sport, the fact remains that if the Louis Verton
was about to get underway on the Hodaki Golf, our
engagement would be much, much, much greater. That's not rocket science,
of course, of course we'd engage a heck of a
lot more if it was here. But then, I think
we've had so many amazing America's Cup moments down the years.
Many of those have been off shore, albeit in friendlier
(10:12):
time zones. Think of nineteen ninety five San Diego, black
Magic winning the Cup for the first time five nil,
Russell Coots and Sir Peter Blake to the four back
here in Auckland two thousand and a five nil win
over Luna Rossa, then losing it to Alingy in two
thousand and three. Remember twenty thirteen in San Francisco. We
were we were just glued to our sets, weren't we.
(10:33):
Dean Barker at the helm of a boat that led
eight to one before losing nine to eight. Then to
Bermuda revenge in twenty seventeen seven to one over Oracle
to win it back and bring it back home. And
then of course last time in Auckland, Peter Berlin guiding
us to a seven to three win over Luna Rossa. Yes,
as I said before, we'd love to have it back
(10:54):
on the Hodaki Golf in Waitamata Harbor. But I get
the feeling that once the actual America's Cup match rolls
around in October, we know who we're racing and the
old mug is up for grabs, there'll be a few
more of us stocking up on coffee and getting up
to watch. What about you have you dug deep into
your drawer and found those red socks.
Speaker 2 (11:16):
The Chamber is now in session on Sportsfix on.
Speaker 3 (11:21):
The Sports Fix podcast. Let's pop inside the Chamber, which,
as you know if you're a regular Monday listener to
the Sports Fix podcast, is the People's Chamber starring Elijah
for you who joins me? Now, how's your weekend?
Speaker 4 (11:32):
Mate?
Speaker 5 (11:33):
Ye're not too bad painting. Good to be here with
you and the people. Another great weekend of sports a dissect,
so looking forward to that.
Speaker 3 (11:39):
I'm going to leave the doggies your doggies until the end.
I want to start with what happened this morning, Lydia
Coe winning the Open Championship at Saint Andrews off the
back of her Olympic gold medal. A lot's already been
said about this and great to hear Guy Wilson on
the podcast, but it made me think about the Hellbergs
next year. And I know this is always hard to pick,
but Lydia Coe Olympic gold medal and Major winner Dame
(12:02):
Lisa Carrington three gold medals, how do you separate them?
Speaker 5 (12:06):
For me, it's Lydia co and it's only because if
we compare Carrington and Co Carrington's had this high level
of consistency over the last six seven years. I think
she's won the Sportswoman of the Year award six out
of the last seven and I think the one person
to beat her was Zoe Sadowski Sinnots, and she did
something truly remarkable at the Winter Olympics.
Speaker 3 (12:26):
To do that.
Speaker 5 (12:26):
She was the first Kiri to win gold at the
Winter Games. So it sort of sets a standard there
you need to do something really remarkable to top Lissa Carrington.
And I think this past month alone is what lydia
Co has done to achieve that. She's won the Olympic
goal to complete a trifecta at the Games, she's earned
the spot at the LPGA Hall of Fame at twenty seven,
(12:48):
and she's just snapped the droughts in majors dating back
to twenty sixteen. So I think this past month alone
has edged for me edged lydia Co ahead of Lisa Carrington.
Speaker 3 (12:57):
Yeah, you make some really good points, and I don't
think there's any argument again about anything of what you've said.
The only thing about the fact that Dame Lisha's won
it so many times is that kind of judges fatigue
that can happen, you know when I mean, there's no
way we can dilute Dame Lester Carrington's feats this year,
three Olympic gold medals. It's remarkable, and I think you
(13:20):
have to look at it in isolation. Regardless of everything
else she's done, the story career of hers, If you
just look at twenty twenty four in isolation, she still
has a very good case. So look, I wouldn't want
to be on the judging panel, Elijah, are you on
the panel? Have you been called up to the Hellberg
judges panel?
Speaker 5 (13:38):
No? I would have wanted to be in the judges
position either, So lucky for you and me painting all.
Speaker 3 (13:42):
Right, we can just speculate from outside the outside the
judges room. America's Cup, well, the Louis Vuitton anyway, we
had the warm up regatta off the coast of Barcelona,
which finished with teen New Zealand winning, or they did
suffer a loss to American Magic. The Louis Vuton Challenger
series proper starts this week. The America's Cup itself in October.
(14:03):
Are you on board the America's Cup hype boat?
Speaker 5 (14:07):
I think if we are running with that analogy piney.
I think I'm nowhere near the waterfront watching the America Cup.
I'm still in my home.
Speaker 3 (14:17):
Yep.
Speaker 5 (14:18):
It's more inland at the moment. I think part of
that's because we are still in that preliminary regatta stage.
I think once it gets closer to the actual America's
Cup defense, then that's when I'll be tuning in. So
give me another month or so to be at the waterfront.
But yeah, that's sort of what it is for me.
And I think also because the America's Cup isn't on
our shores, which is a bit gunning if your longtime
(14:40):
sailing fans of Team New Zealand as well.
Speaker 3 (14:42):
Yeah, I mentioned that earlier in the in the little
piece I did on and on the on the podcast.
But you know, it's not rocket science, is it. It's
a lot easier to engage with if it's if it's here.
If the Louis Vaton was about to get underway on
the Hoaki Golf then you know there'd be a lot
more engagement then then the fact that it's getting underway
off the coast of Barcelona twelve and a half thousand
miles away, And if you want to watch it live,
(15:03):
you get up at one in the morning. It just
stands to reason, doesn't It's a lot harder to engage with.
But yeah, I think by the time the actual America's
Cup rolls around, you'll be too young to remember red socks.
Do you know what the Red Sox are with relation
to the America's Cup? Have you heard that?
Speaker 5 (15:19):
I'm familiar with the Red Sox and Sir Peter Blake,
So that's one of those sporting stories you hear growing up.
I wish I was born when that was around and
what happened during that stage. But yeah, that was a
great definitely a great moment in New Zealand history.
Speaker 3 (15:34):
All right, well, the People's Chamber maybe can don the
Red Sox when the America's Cup proper rolls around. Just
before we hop out today, your dogies, she talked about
this on last week when we chatted. Your Doggies beat
the Warriors. They're fifth now, two points outside the top four.
Sea Eagles and Cowboys to play both at home. You
haven't even been in the top ten the last five seasons.
(15:56):
You must be a top four shout or do you
not want to jinx it?
Speaker 5 (16:00):
I'm staying as far away again I'm staying inland on
this pony. I don't want to drink to the dogs.
It's been a rough decade. We haven't been to the
Grand Final since twenty fourteen. But yeah, it's gonna it's
gonna be a big ask. You know, We've got the
Roosters and the Sharks and the Panthers who occupy those
last few spots in the top four. Only takes one
of those teams to slip up and it's definitely doable
(16:22):
for us to sneak in. But yeah, it's gonna be
a tricky one. But I am glad we got the
one over the Warriors in those testing conditions last weekend
last week.
Speaker 3 (16:32):
What's changed this year, because there's a say it's been
a pretty barren run. What's happened this year?
Speaker 5 (16:38):
I think it takes There's been some key signings over
the last few years, obviously a lot of them coming
from the Penrith Panthers and their championship premiership winning squad.
Karon Serrato the coach has come over, Matt Burton Kikau.
But for me, the one player that stood out of
Stephen Crichton, and it's funny enough because he was involved
in that incident with Roger Twi Vasaschek, but that's not
(16:59):
touched on that too much. But I think he's such
a big time player that's helped elevate this Bulldog's roster.
And we've also made some minor signings in terms of
guys who can sort of do it all, players like
Kurt Man and Josh Curran who sort of just get
get stuck in and do the hard work. So that's
probably what's helped the Bulldogs level up this year.
Speaker 3 (17:21):
Well, I'm quite happy to assign the People's Chamber Rugby
League favoritism to the Bulldogs now that the Warriors aren't
going to be there anymore. And I know you were
Bulldogs all the way anyway, but I'm happy to jump
aboard the dog mobile. If that's what it's called. Is
that what it's called, the dog mobile?
Speaker 5 (17:40):
It could be. I mean, I'm not sure. It could
be the kennel, the dog kennel, so we can make it. Yeah,
we could enlarge that quite a bit to allow more
fans in the kennel. So I feel free to join
Vine and anyone else out there.
Speaker 3 (17:53):
All right, it's jump aboard the kennel. Thanks for joining
me in the People's Chamber as always. Elijah will do
it again next Funday.
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Hello and welcome. It's a new weekend to a fresh
Monday episode of the Sports Fix podcast. I'm Jason Pine.
Great de have you listening in Lydia Coe? What a
month has been for her Olympic gold medal, entry into
the LPGA's Hall of Fame and now a win at
the British Open, the Open Championship on the Old Course
at Saint Andrews, a third major win for Lydia Coe.
(00:44):
Will break that down for you on the podcast today
with Lydia Coe's former coach Guy Wilson Elijah a few
pops into the chamber to chat various sporting issues. We've
got some thoughts to on the America's Cup and our
levels of engagement, so let's get into it.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
In other news, let's.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
Kick things off as always with a look at some
of the big sports stories going around today. A Lydia Coe,
as mentioned, has won her third golf major, the Open
Championship on the Old Course at Saint Andrews, finishing in
style with a birdie on eighteen the part expect nothing
else to the champion in Lake Lydia.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
She's sat the marks, whether asked.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
To traincap and they could not catch Lydia Coe. They
could not catch Hayden Wilde either. He's won the latest
events in the super Triathlon series.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
The keywek Hayden wild denied at the death in Boston,
turns it around and big style.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
Here in Chicago, Hayden wild got one over his rival
and Olympic champion Alex Yee, who missed out on the
podium all together. And a day of athletics world records
tumbling at the latest Diamond League in Poland, Armen du
Ponts cleared six point twenty six meters in the pole vault,
are further centimeter higher than his feats at the Paris
(02:04):
Games and jakub Ingebrits and shattered the twenty eight year
old three thousand meter world record.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
The world records seven twenty point six seven is going
to be smashed here, praying Norwegian, there's a world record
yet again for your cooping.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
A resident leading a vix. We've got just the ticket.
It's sportsfix now. It by News Talks Ivy.
Speaker 3 (02:29):
This is the Sports Fix podcast. Well, what a month
that's been for Lydia Coe. Off the back of her
Olympic gold medal in Paris and subsequent entry into the
LPGA's Hall of Fame. This morning she won the Open Championship,
her third golf major and her first since twenty sixteen.
Let's bring in Lydia Coe's first coach, who guided her
for eleven years and a very astute analyst of the
(02:50):
game of golf, Guy Wilson. Guy, thanks for joining us
on Sports Fix and Olympic gold medal and the Open
Championship in quick succession. Can you put into context for
us just how significant this is?
Speaker 4 (03:02):
Funny? Thanks for having me, and yeah, jeez, what a month.
What a month, What a way to string some rounds
together and get two of You know, what you'd probably
think is the highest seconds you could get a gold
medal after getting a bronze and a silver and then
winning at the home of golf. Doesn't get much doesn't
(03:26):
get much better, and probably not as much special. To
be honest, do you think.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
Normal people understand just how hard it is to win
big tournaments like this?
Speaker 4 (03:35):
I don't know. I think you just sort of see,
you know someone like this winning all the time, and
they think, Okay, you know, it's just what that person does.
But when you think about how big became a golfers
and how how impossible it is to win a tournament,
let alone multiple tournaments and then do it when you're
at the end of your career, what she keeps saying
(03:57):
that it is, Yeah, it's crazy, absolutely crazy, and where
we're very lucky to still have her flying the egg
for us and importantly playing the fag for US.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
Olivia finished seven under for the tournament. She shot seventy
one seventy seventy one, sixty nine, just six bogies and
seventy two holes and only two in the last thirty
six holes. How difficult is consistency like that to achieve well?
Speaker 4 (04:25):
The condition is of the Open Championship always fickle for
where they even though it's supposed to be summer, is
never really consistent. And even if you watched the broadcast
last night, you could see the seventeenth hole was hosing
down with the rain, wind way off the right, impossible,
three wood off the deck and then the final ground
the eight enths. The next hole was based in sunlight
(04:47):
and that's the Open Championship. It doesn't have much strength
in terms of length, but if the conditions came up,
it just bites and just like the men's Open with
the women. So it was great to see her there
thereabouts after the first round, and they are thereabouts after
the second and after three rounds he was three back,
and you know, you just don't want to see are
(05:08):
coming from behind because that's what is what she's going
to do if for you the leader just on.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
The conditions they were atrocious. But do professionals deal with
bad weather better? You know? I mean, you know, the
average weekend golf are probably just decides not to bother.
But the professionals actually, can they deal with bad weather
reasonably well? For the most part.
Speaker 4 (05:31):
Yeah, I think they understand what they're going to get
out of their shots and understand the things that may
likely influence the direction or the shot. They've bsually got
the caddie there too to help them keep the clubs
dry and get your focus. And ultimately they're playing on
courses that are a little bit more used to dealing
with whether unlike how winter courses here in New Zealand,
(05:53):
where you mud halfway up your knee and when to golf,
trudging around finding a sucker ball in the middle of
the fairway. So they are they're very very very very
good at what they do, and they're very used to
it as well, because golf is an ally of sport.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
And down the streetch there were at one stage, I
think four players tied for the lead with just a
handful of holes to go. So again, what sort of
mental strength does it take knowing that even one bad
shot could scupper your chances.
Speaker 4 (06:19):
Yeah, and that's the thing, And that's where where Nelly
what made a double on sixteen or something fell in
the bunker, And when you're in there, it's basically death
to your scorecut and your chances. And that people that
were on the leaderboard they're all you know, they're all studs.
Joe Oshin was up there too, and she's she won
the Open and a few years ago, so there's pedigree there.
(06:43):
The good thing was leader Obviously she got in a
bit earlier, so she was able to put some pressure
on the leaders to make birdies. But that second shot
on seventeen, if that had bounced another foot to the left,
would have been in that road hole bunker, and she
probably was up for double so crazy crazy how how
(07:05):
one shot can make the rest of the round in
and her chances to go up the final home and
make birdie.
Speaker 3 (07:12):
And Livia said several times, most notably recently, that her
career at the top may be coming towards an end.
She talks about being on the back nine whatever that
might mean. You know, that might be a long time
with this recent success. How tempted might she be to
just carry on because she's not what is she? Twenty six?
Twenty seven?
Speaker 4 (07:31):
Yeah, I mean I can't speak for her, obviously, and
I guess she just wants them freedom to make some
decisions for herself. And this game is a full time job. Obviously,
not a hell of a lot of time at home,
if there is such a thing at home when you're
on tour all week, all year round. But obviously, you know,
(07:52):
as a female, she wants to put priority into her family, probably,
and you can't do that when you're doing golf sort
of seven days a week. So she's only known golf
since she was four or five. So whilst she's only
twenty seven on her past or a driver's liscense, she's
she's done a lifetime with golf.
Speaker 3 (08:12):
I think you met her when she was five, didn't you.
I mean, hindsight it's a wonderful thing, but could you
tell that something special was was in the offing here? Yeah?
Speaker 4 (08:23):
You never really know. I wasn't mud enough coach back then.
I was just learning how to had to coach golf
as well. So I mean we were both lucky to
meet each other so many years ago, and you know,
I started sort of noticing things. I was noticing she
was different when she was sort of eleven or twelve.
But that was still six years after teaching her English
and her math and that sort of thing when we're
(08:44):
out on the golf course. So you know, we were
good for each other.
Speaker 3 (08:48):
You certainly were. You certainly were mate. Thanks for taking
the time, Guy, really appreciate it. Guy Wilson Lydia Cole's
first ever golf coach, joining us on the Sports Fixed podcast.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
This is Sports Fix, your daily dose of sports news
now and by news talks.
Speaker 3 (09:05):
The America's Cup underway soon, We've had the Warmer Regatta.
The Louis Verton Challenger Series starts this week. I'm just
wondering if you've caught the sailing bug of course it
is going to be a lot harder with the racing
happening in the early hours of the morning over here,
but it will be on fred Aware And if history
tells us anything, it's that when the America's Cup gets underway,
we tend to latch onto it. Now, there's no doubt
(09:28):
that there is a section of the New Zealand sporting public,
maybe you're even a part of this, who have become
disconnected by the decision to defend the Cup in Europe
and not here. And as much as most of us
can even grudgingly understand the rationale and the decision by
Grant Dalton to defend the Cup in Spain because of
the money on offer and the huge expense involved in
(09:49):
this sport, the fact remains that if the Louis Verton
was about to get underway on the Hodaki Golf, our
engagement would be much, much, much greater. That's not rocket science,
of course, of course we'd engage a heck of a
lot more if it was here. But then, I think
we've had so many amazing America's Cup moments down the years.
Many of those have been off shore, albeit in friendlier
(10:12):
time zones. Think of nineteen ninety five San Diego, black
Magic winning the Cup for the first time five nil,
Russell Coots and Sir Peter Blake to the four back
here in Auckland two thousand and a five nil win
over Luna Rossa, then losing it to Alingy in two
thousand and three. Remember twenty thirteen in San Francisco. We
were we were just glued to our sets, weren't we.
(10:33):
Dean Barker at the helm of a boat that led
eight to one before losing nine to eight. Then to
Bermuda revenge in twenty seventeen seven to one over Oracle
to win it back and bring it back home. And
then of course last time in Auckland, Peter Berlin guiding
us to a seven to three win over Luna Rossa. Yes,
as I said before, we'd love to have it back
(10:54):
on the Hodaki Golf in Waitamata Harbor. But I get
the feeling that once the actual America's Cup match rolls
around in October, we know who we're racing and the
old mug is up for grabs, there'll be a few
more of us stocking up on coffee and getting up
to watch. What about you have you dug deep into
your drawer and found those red socks.
Speaker 2 (11:16):
The Chamber is now in session on Sportsfix on.
Speaker 3 (11:21):
The Sports Fix podcast. Let's pop inside the Chamber, which,
as you know if you're a regular Monday listener to
the Sports Fix podcast, is the People's Chamber starring Elijah
for you who joins me? Now, how's your weekend?
Speaker 4 (11:32):
Mate?
Speaker 5 (11:33):
Ye're not too bad painting. Good to be here with
you and the people. Another great weekend of sports a dissect,
so looking forward to that.
Speaker 3 (11:39):
I'm going to leave the doggies your doggies until the end.
I want to start with what happened this morning, Lydia
Coe winning the Open Championship at Saint Andrews off the
back of her Olympic gold medal. A lot's already been
said about this and great to hear Guy Wilson on
the podcast, but it made me think about the Hellbergs
next year. And I know this is always hard to pick,
but Lydia Coe Olympic gold medal and Major winner Dame
(12:02):
Lisa Carrington three gold medals, how do you separate them?
Speaker 5 (12:06):
For me, it's Lydia co and it's only because if
we compare Carrington and Co Carrington's had this high level
of consistency over the last six seven years. I think
she's won the Sportswoman of the Year award six out
of the last seven and I think the one person
to beat her was Zoe Sadowski Sinnots, and she did
something truly remarkable at the Winter Olympics.
Speaker 3 (12:26):
To do that.
Speaker 5 (12:26):
She was the first Kiri to win gold at the
Winter Games. So it sort of sets a standard there
you need to do something really remarkable to top Lissa Carrington.
And I think this past month alone is what lydia
Co has done to achieve that. She's won the Olympic
goal to complete a trifecta at the Games, she's earned
the spot at the LPGA Hall of Fame at twenty seven,
(12:48):
and she's just snapped the droughts in majors dating back
to twenty sixteen. So I think this past month alone
has edged for me edged lydia Co ahead of Lisa Carrington.
Speaker 3 (12:57):
Yeah, you make some really good points, and I don't
think there's any argument again about anything of what you've said.
The only thing about the fact that Dame Lisha's won
it so many times is that kind of judges fatigue
that can happen, you know when I mean, there's no
way we can dilute Dame Lester Carrington's feats this year,
three Olympic gold medals. It's remarkable, and I think you
(13:20):
have to look at it in isolation. Regardless of everything
else she's done, the story career of hers, If you
just look at twenty twenty four in isolation, she still
has a very good case. So look, I wouldn't want
to be on the judging panel, Elijah, are you on
the panel? Have you been called up to the Hellberg
judges panel?
Speaker 5 (13:38):
No? I would have wanted to be in the judges
position either, So lucky for you and me painting all.
Speaker 3 (13:42):
Right, we can just speculate from outside the outside the
judges room. America's Cup, well, the Louis Vuitton anyway, we
had the warm up regatta off the coast of Barcelona,
which finished with teen New Zealand winning, or they did
suffer a loss to American Magic. The Louis Vuton Challenger
series proper starts this week. The America's Cup itself in October.
(14:03):
Are you on board the America's Cup hype boat?
Speaker 5 (14:07):
I think if we are running with that analogy piney.
I think I'm nowhere near the waterfront watching the America Cup.
I'm still in my home.
Speaker 3 (14:17):
Yep.
Speaker 5 (14:18):
It's more inland at the moment. I think part of
that's because we are still in that preliminary regatta stage.
I think once it gets closer to the actual America's
Cup defense, then that's when I'll be tuning in. So
give me another month or so to be at the waterfront.
But yeah, that's sort of what it is for me.
And I think also because the America's Cup isn't on
our shores, which is a bit gunning if your longtime
(14:40):
sailing fans of Team New Zealand as well.
Speaker 3 (14:42):
Yeah, I mentioned that earlier in the in the little
piece I did on and on the on the podcast.
But you know, it's not rocket science, is it. It's
a lot easier to engage with if it's if it's here.
If the Louis Vaton was about to get underway on
the Hoaki Golf then you know there'd be a lot
more engagement then then the fact that it's getting underway
off the coast of Barcelona twelve and a half thousand
miles away, And if you want to watch it live,
(15:03):
you get up at one in the morning. It just
stands to reason, doesn't It's a lot harder to engage with.
But yeah, I think by the time the actual America's
Cup rolls around, you'll be too young to remember red socks.
Do you know what the Red Sox are with relation
to the America's Cup? Have you heard that?
Speaker 5 (15:19):
I'm familiar with the Red Sox and Sir Peter Blake,
So that's one of those sporting stories you hear growing up.
I wish I was born when that was around and
what happened during that stage. But yeah, that was a
great definitely a great moment in New Zealand history.
Speaker 3 (15:34):
All right, well, the People's Chamber maybe can don the
Red Sox when the America's Cup proper rolls around. Just
before we hop out today, your dogies, she talked about
this on last week when we chatted. Your Doggies beat
the Warriors. They're fifth now, two points outside the top four.
Sea Eagles and Cowboys to play both at home. You
haven't even been in the top ten the last five seasons.
(15:56):
You must be a top four shout or do you
not want to jinx it?
Speaker 5 (16:00):
I'm staying as far away again I'm staying inland on
this pony. I don't want to drink to the dogs.
It's been a rough decade. We haven't been to the
Grand Final since twenty fourteen. But yeah, it's gonna it's
gonna be a big ask. You know, We've got the
Roosters and the Sharks and the Panthers who occupy those
last few spots in the top four. Only takes one
of those teams to slip up and it's definitely doable
(16:22):
for us to sneak in. But yeah, it's gonna be
a tricky one. But I am glad we got the
one over the Warriors in those testing conditions last weekend
last week.
Speaker 3 (16:32):
What's changed this year, because there's a say it's been
a pretty barren run. What's happened this year?
Speaker 5 (16:38):
I think it takes There's been some key signings over
the last few years, obviously a lot of them coming
from the Penrith Panthers and their championship premiership winning squad.
Karon Serrato the coach has come over, Matt Burton Kikau.
But for me, the one player that stood out of
Stephen Crichton, and it's funny enough because he was involved
in that incident with Roger Twi Vasaschek, but that's not
(16:59):
touched on that too much. But I think he's such
a big time player that's helped elevate this Bulldog's roster.
And we've also made some minor signings in terms of
guys who can sort of do it all, players like
Kurt Man and Josh Curran who sort of just get
get stuck in and do the hard work. So that's
probably what's helped the Bulldogs level up this year.
Speaker 3 (17:21):
Well, I'm quite happy to assign the People's Chamber Rugby
League favoritism to the Bulldogs now that the Warriors aren't
going to be there anymore. And I know you were
Bulldogs all the way anyway, but I'm happy to jump
aboard the dog mobile. If that's what it's called. Is
that what it's called, the dog mobile?
Speaker 5 (17:40):
It could be. I mean, I'm not sure. It could
be the kennel, the dog kennel, so we can make it. Yeah,
we could enlarge that quite a bit to allow more
fans in the kennel. So I feel free to join
Vine and anyone else out there.
Speaker 3 (17:53):
All right, it's jump aboard the kennel. Thanks for joining
me in the People's Chamber as always. Elijah will do
it again next Funday.
Speaker 2 (18:00):
Phoney dissecting the sporting agenda. It's Sports Fix with Jason
Vine and Darcy Waldgrave.
Speaker 3 (18:08):
It's all we have for you on the Sports Fixed
podcast for today. Thanks for listening in. A fresh episode
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