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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Last week, an incredible territorium was added to the Australian
Disabilities Tenpin Bowling Roll of Honor for her incredible work
in the sector. Now it was recognition for the coach
who has dedicated decades of service to the sport. Now
that Territorian's name is Kay Talbot and she joins me
(00:21):
in the studio. Good morning to UK.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Good morning.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
It's lovely to have you in the studio.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Now.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
You were dabbed in by a couple of your friends
and also well people whose children you have coached for bowling.
I know you've had a massive impact on the lives
of a lot of Territorians who bowl with a disability.
Talk me through how long you've been coaching for.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Well, I've been coaching, oh, since the early two thousands.
But I was roped into coaching disabilities about two thousand
and eight, two thousand and nine because the PREVI coach
was retiring and going traveling with his wife. So I said, yes,
all right, I'll take it on. And they'd already won
(01:08):
the Cold Cup or twice yep or three times actually
I think anyway, I coached them for twelve months. I
said I'm not going to go with them until get
to know me. So they went away one and again.
So the coach that was coaching before me came back
and gave me the gold medal, and then we ended
(01:28):
up winning ten in a row. And then it's just
got harder and harder each year since because their averages
are gone up.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
Well, yes, it makes it a bit more difficult, doesn't it.
Ten years in a row. I mean you must have
coached some incredible people as well over that period of time.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Oh, it's been a fantastic group. When I first started,
there was about forty bowlers on the league on Saturday
mornings at Planet and yeah, I ended up taking twenty
one away one year. That's the most we've taken. Unfortunately
this year was only nine, so yes, hasn't dropped down now.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
Yeah, I know there's been some difficulties since since Planet
Tenpin closed and really not having that facility for your
bowlers to be able to practice anymore.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
Yeah, well, yeah, because we got Kingpin. Unfortunately that's a
leisure center, so they don't oil the lanes, they're not
allowed lose their own equipment, so it does make it
difficult for them to keep the standard up. But they're
pretty keen, and yeah, they keep turning up every week.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
So tell me about some of the incredible bowlers that
you have seen over the years and what it's been like.
You know, you said that that obviously you had coached
able bodied bowlers as well earlier in your career, but
then the success that you've seen with the disability bowlers
and and you know, the absolute joy I imagine that
(02:57):
you see in the achievements that they've had over those years.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
Oh, it's fantastic to watch them come up and improve
their average, and you know, like just to see the
rewards and getting medals. When we go away, there's always
a few can't really compete with the other states, but
we give it a go as territories do, and surprise
ourselves sometimes. But yeah, no, I found a should I
(03:25):
enjoy it more. They're more receptive, and I find that
I've got a little copy of a lane, and I
find that showing them visually what they need to do
has helped them improve. I've had quite a few actually
now move into state. There was a couple of boys
I had. They came to us with an average of
(03:48):
like fifty eight, I say, and within six months I
had them up to like over one hundred and twenty
one hundred and thirty. So wow, that was the father
was quite impressiment. They just want to do it, you know,
and if you give them the tools to do it,
they'll improve.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
How awesome? Kay? Obviously, I think it was about two
weeks ago that you got the news that you're going
to be added to the Australian Disabilities ten Pin Bowling
Roll of Honor. What was your reaction when you heard
them start talking about you.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
Well, I'm thinking, oh, yeah, they said it's a female
person that wasn't done a lot of work and that,
and I'm trying to think could possibly be because I
didn't think i'd been doing it long enough to actually
be eligible for it for starter, so I wasn't going
to be me, you know. And they were saying things
and I sort of had a funny look on my
face and I thought, I can't turn around and look
(04:44):
behind me. They're looking over my way, but I'm sure
it's somebody standing behind me, you know. Really stupid I feel.
But anyway, and then they announced my name and like
I was just overwhelmed, and they said, oh, you didn't
not guess and I went no.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
Or you know, you said you're looking for someone behind you.
That shows how humble you are really that you're looking
for somebody else when they're talking about you.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
And I didn't register that talk about Darwin and everything,
and I'm thinking, oh, this just just didn't register.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
What was the reaction. Were you away with some of
your athletes and what was there? Right?
Speaker 2 (05:19):
Oh yeah, they were over the moon. You know, they're
cheering like crazy and everything. Yeah, but it was very overwhelming.
But every bowler in that center that was there on
opening day all came up and congratulated me, New South Wales, Tasmania, everywhere.
I've even had a guy I ring up from TASMANI
and wanting me to coach him.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
Oh how beautiful.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Because I help out. If I see him struggling, I'll
just go down say hey how about doing this or that?
Speaker 1 (05:45):
Yeah, I don't get where they're from. Yeah, oh that's
really wonderful. And you know that's I think that's real
testament to clearly the kind of coach that you are
as well, that you're prepared to help everybody out and
give everybody some time, you know, and there's nothing more
important than.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Your time well being a temping bowler myself. I know
what it's like to get help, so yeah, and the
guys are fantastic and I know they appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Yeah, it's an easy job, really, Yeah, an enjoyable one,
I'm very much so. Yeah, Kay tell me in terms
of the Nationals a couple of weeks ago, how did
your athletes go? I know it has been a bit
more difficult as you touched on, you know, in terms
of their training, how did they go?
Speaker 2 (06:27):
They really struggled. They couldn't handle the lanes. It was oiled,
but not very much but I thought it would have
been to their advantage, but it just didn't help. A
lot of them bowl very slowly, so the balls weren't
sort of getting to the pins to start with. There's
a lot of things for them to overcome. Unfortunately, we
(06:51):
were the strongest team there because we held everybody else
up this year. But they gave it there all and
I mean that's all you can ask.
Speaker 1 (07:00):
You can do, and particularly through that adversity you know,
of not having that regular facility. I know that they
do train it at Kingpin, but as you said, it
is a leisure center, so it's very different for them
to what it was I'm assuming when you had that
regular facility where they were able to train.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
Yeah, they used to bowl league every week three games
at the Planet, and of course when we got closer,
we had extra training which was really good. You know,
they could come in and do some more because it's
really full on. It's a lot of games. I mean,
in the Challenge you've got a bowl seven games, wow,
head to head against the other States, So it's a
(07:38):
lot of pressure. But of course at Kingpin they can
only afford to bowl two games a week. So considering
the uniploy two games a week all year, to come
up against these people that bowl probably three six whatever games,
it's incredible. Yeah, they did exceptionally well.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
They've done really really well. Kay. If you were to
look back on your career and look back on you
coaching over the decades, has there been any absolute highlights
that stand out for you or is it really? Is
it good fun every time you coach?
Speaker 2 (08:12):
Oh, look, it's yeah, That's why I keep going back
every year. It's just fun. They listen to what I say,
they do their best to do how to do it? Yep,
they ask questions so I can explain it to them.
Once they understand it. It makes it a lot easier
for them.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
Okay, it's lovely to speak to you this morning. A
big congratulations that you have indeed been added to the
Australian Disabilities ten pin Roll of Honor. A huge achievement,
a huge achievement for a territory. And congratulations.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
Thanks very much, thank you.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
Good to catch up with you this morning.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
Thank you.
Last week, an incredible territorium was added to the Australian
Disabilities Tenpin Bowling Roll of Honor for her incredible work
in the sector. Now it was recognition for the coach
who has dedicated decades of service to the sport. Now
that Territorian's name is Kay Talbot and she joins me
(00:21):
in the studio. Good morning to UK.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Good morning.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
It's lovely to have you in the studio.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Now.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
You were dabbed in by a couple of your friends
and also well people whose children you have coached for bowling.
I know you've had a massive impact on the lives
of a lot of Territorians who bowl with a disability.
Talk me through how long you've been coaching for.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Well, I've been coaching, oh, since the early two thousands.
But I was roped into coaching disabilities about two thousand
and eight, two thousand and nine because the PREVI coach
was retiring and going traveling with his wife. So I said, yes,
all right, I'll take it on. And they'd already won
(01:08):
the Cold Cup or twice yep or three times actually
I think anyway, I coached them for twelve months. I
said I'm not going to go with them until get
to know me. So they went away one and again.
So the coach that was coaching before me came back
and gave me the gold medal, and then we ended
(01:28):
up winning ten in a row. And then it's just
got harder and harder each year since because their averages
are gone up.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
Well, yes, it makes it a bit more difficult, doesn't it.
Ten years in a row. I mean you must have
coached some incredible people as well over that period of time.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Oh, it's been a fantastic group. When I first started,
there was about forty bowlers on the league on Saturday
mornings at Planet and yeah, I ended up taking twenty
one away one year. That's the most we've taken. Unfortunately
this year was only nine, so yes, hasn't dropped down now.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
Yeah, I know there's been some difficulties since since Planet
Tenpin closed and really not having that facility for your
bowlers to be able to practice anymore.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
Yeah, well, yeah, because we got Kingpin. Unfortunately that's a
leisure center, so they don't oil the lanes, they're not
allowed lose their own equipment, so it does make it
difficult for them to keep the standard up. But they're
pretty keen, and yeah, they keep turning up every week.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
So tell me about some of the incredible bowlers that
you have seen over the years and what it's been like.
You know, you said that that obviously you had coached
able bodied bowlers as well earlier in your career, but
then the success that you've seen with the disability bowlers
and and you know, the absolute joy I imagine that
(02:57):
you see in the achievements that they've had over those years.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
Oh, it's fantastic to watch them come up and improve
their average, and you know, like just to see the
rewards and getting medals. When we go away, there's always
a few can't really compete with the other states, but
we give it a go as territories do, and surprise
ourselves sometimes. But yeah, no, I found a should I
(03:25):
enjoy it more. They're more receptive, and I find that
I've got a little copy of a lane, and I
find that showing them visually what they need to do
has helped them improve. I've had quite a few actually
now move into state. There was a couple of boys
I had. They came to us with an average of
(03:48):
like fifty eight, I say, and within six months I
had them up to like over one hundred and twenty
one hundred and thirty. So wow, that was the father
was quite impressiment. They just want to do it, you know,
and if you give them the tools to do it,
they'll improve.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
How awesome? Kay? Obviously, I think it was about two
weeks ago that you got the news that you're going
to be added to the Australian Disabilities ten Pin Bowling
Roll of Honor. What was your reaction when you heard
them start talking about you.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
Well, I'm thinking, oh, yeah, they said it's a female
person that wasn't done a lot of work and that,
and I'm trying to think could possibly be because I
didn't think i'd been doing it long enough to actually
be eligible for it for starter, so I wasn't going
to be me, you know. And they were saying things
and I sort of had a funny look on my
face and I thought, I can't turn around and look
(04:44):
behind me. They're looking over my way, but I'm sure
it's somebody standing behind me, you know. Really stupid I feel.
But anyway, and then they announced my name and like
I was just overwhelmed, and they said, oh, you didn't
not guess and I went no.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
Or you know, you said you're looking for someone behind you.
That shows how humble you are really that you're looking
for somebody else when they're talking about you.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
And I didn't register that talk about Darwin and everything,
and I'm thinking, oh, this just just didn't register.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
What was the reaction. Were you away with some of
your athletes and what was there? Right?
Speaker 2 (05:19):
Oh yeah, they were over the moon. You know, they're
cheering like crazy and everything. Yeah, but it was very overwhelming.
But every bowler in that center that was there on
opening day all came up and congratulated me, New South Wales, Tasmania, everywhere.
I've even had a guy I ring up from TASMANI
and wanting me to coach him.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
Oh how beautiful.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Because I help out. If I see him struggling, I'll
just go down say hey how about doing this or that?
Speaker 1 (05:45):
Yeah, I don't get where they're from. Yeah, oh that's
really wonderful. And you know that's I think that's real
testament to clearly the kind of coach that you are
as well, that you're prepared to help everybody out and
give everybody some time, you know, and there's nothing more
important than.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Your time well being a temping bowler myself. I know
what it's like to get help, so yeah, and the
guys are fantastic and I know they appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Yeah, it's an easy job, really, Yeah, an enjoyable one,
I'm very much so. Yeah, Kay tell me in terms
of the Nationals a couple of weeks ago, how did
your athletes go? I know it has been a bit
more difficult as you touched on, you know, in terms
of their training, how did they go?
Speaker 2 (06:27):
They really struggled. They couldn't handle the lanes. It was oiled,
but not very much but I thought it would have
been to their advantage, but it just didn't help. A
lot of them bowl very slowly, so the balls weren't
sort of getting to the pins to start with. There's
a lot of things for them to overcome. Unfortunately, we
(06:51):
were the strongest team there because we held everybody else
up this year. But they gave it there all and
I mean that's all you can ask.
Speaker 1 (07:00):
You can do, and particularly through that adversity you know,
of not having that regular facility. I know that they
do train it at Kingpin, but as you said, it
is a leisure center, so it's very different for them
to what it was I'm assuming when you had that
regular facility where they were able to train.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
Yeah, they used to bowl league every week three games
at the Planet, and of course when we got closer,
we had extra training which was really good. You know,
they could come in and do some more because it's
really full on. It's a lot of games. I mean,
in the Challenge you've got a bowl seven games, wow,
head to head against the other States, So it's a
(07:38):
lot of pressure. But of course at Kingpin they can
only afford to bowl two games a week. So considering
the uniploy two games a week all year, to come
up against these people that bowl probably three six whatever games,
it's incredible. Yeah, they did exceptionally well.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
They've done really really well. Kay. If you were to
look back on your career and look back on you
coaching over the decades, has there been any absolute highlights
that stand out for you or is it really? Is
it good fun every time you coach?
Speaker 2 (08:12):
Oh, look, it's yeah, That's why I keep going back
every year. It's just fun. They listen to what I say,
they do their best to do how to do it? Yep,
they ask questions so I can explain it to them.
Once they understand it. It makes it a lot easier
for them.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
Okay, it's lovely to speak to you this morning. A
big congratulations that you have indeed been added to the
Australian Disabilities ten pin Roll of Honor. A huge achievement,
a huge achievement for a territory. And congratulations.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
Thanks very much, thank you.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
Good to catch up with you this morning.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
Thank you.
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