December 8, 2023 • 28 mins
Clairsy & Lisa opened the phones about the most unexpected thing to happen to you this year.
Stephen Farrow is the tournament Director for the United Cup which is coming to Perth in January, He told Clairsy & Lisa some of the big names on the way for the big tennis event.
Clairsy & Lisa spoke about the 43rd anniversary of the death of John Lennon.
All the sports news you need for the weekend with Anna Hay including those West Coast injury rumours from the Eagles Community Camp and an injury blow for the Dockers too.
In the Shaw Report, Chevy Chase has a fall at a fan event plus a big movie announcement from Angelina Jolie.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Powered by the radio WAB from ninety six air m
to whereever you're listening today.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
This is Clezy and Lisa's podcast. Coming up. On the podcast,
kicking off our Year in Review, we talked about the
most unexpected thing to happen to you this year.
Speaker 3 (00:17):
We caught up with a very busy tournament director, Stephen
Pharaoh to talk about the world's best in tennis coming
for the United.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Cup, and Sherry Chase had a fall. It is almost
the end of the year. It's as you said moments ago,
it's that time that we start having a bit of
a look at the year in review and our outcome,
all the lists, the best of the word of the
you know this that and the person of and we
want to ask what was the most unexpected thing to
happen to you in twenty twenty three?
Speaker 3 (00:43):
Anything come to mind.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
I'm holding out for the next couple of weeks. Yeah, thanks, unexpected.
My fingers are still crossed.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
I think if I come up unexpected. Yes, I've got
one for you. Okay, it's very unexpected. Moving on left.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
House it was unexpected way too well.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
Yes, Laurie and I moved house a few times in
the last five years.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
Claire Dean, don't unpack, Claire, I.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Love I'm addicted to cardboard, don't I I love those boxes.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
You've got a bubble wrapped fairly shocking.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
Okay, well, I must admit my answer was off topic
because it's the unexpected thing that wasn't really.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
It was actually here that's Belinda and Clarkson. Hello, Hello, how.
Speaker 4 (01:26):
Are you going good?
Speaker 2 (01:27):
What was yours? That was mine?
Speaker 5 (01:29):
Word?
Speaker 4 (01:30):
Going through an epic, nasty breakup and then meeting the
love of my last just by coincidence, and then we
get married. Ah my, I would never ever get married
and she commits me and now I'm married.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
One wow, all on the same.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
In the same year.
Speaker 3 (01:45):
What was meant to happen?
Speaker 6 (01:46):
Then?
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Wow?
Speaker 4 (01:47):
It was. She's amazing, Wow, amazing, like an angel.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Since you know what they say, Belinda, living well is
the best reee.
Speaker 4 (01:56):
Living very well.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
You're living well.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
Especially we went best doing it again.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
Yes, I am okay, that's great exactly.
Speaker 3 (02:04):
We couldn't be happier for you.
Speaker 7 (02:05):
Bell.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
It's fantastic.
Speaker 4 (02:06):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Christmas first Christmas with the love of your life.
Speaker 4 (02:12):
I will and you guys have a great lunky.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Thanks Melinda.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
I know that's a story was That's a good one.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
Alex in Burns Beach.
Speaker 5 (02:18):
Good morning, Good morning, Clearsy and Lisa.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Have you have a good day you too. We are
talking about the most unexpected thing to happen to you
in twenty twenty three.
Speaker 8 (02:28):
Well, I'm actually going to India on the twenty seventh
of December, which I was never expecting to do at all, well.
Speaker 5 (02:33):
Probably the last two years. I suppose.
Speaker 8 (02:35):
If you ask yourself is going to do that?
Speaker 2 (02:36):
I will say no, way, Okay, So this is a
holiday work or pleasure.
Speaker 8 (02:40):
So it's a World Peace project being held build in
hydrobad which is round about the center of India. And yeah,
it's going to be about at the moment, I think
they said twelve and a half thousand people from around
the world and also including quite a large number from
India asself as well.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
Experience that's going to how incredible, Alex.
Speaker 8 (03:04):
It will be really.
Speaker 9 (03:05):
Really incredible experience.
Speaker 8 (03:06):
But you know, I would never expected to be going
anywhere this year.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
Right, it's just the idea of going to a country
world peace project in a country with one point four
billion people, so different here, Yeah it is.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
I will You'll be counting sleeps I reckon, it's very
exciting to look forward to.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
It is, yeah, and Alex, you'll see all those things
that is India, the incredible population, but there's a little
poverty there as well, and there's a lot of things
that will take a while to get you said, but
there's some incredible sights as well, I imagine.
Speaker 8 (03:35):
Yeah, it's an incredible country. I've been there a number
of times in the past, but I mean, you know,
you sort of, you know, get used to it, although
you know, going getting into the airport sometimes there's a
bit constructing. This year, young young merchants coming up, but
you know, I think they've sort of stopped that a
little bit to some extent.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
Okay, well, well, have a fantastic time.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
I enjoy I will.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
But it's how mattin Heathridge, What about you? What's the
most unexpected thing to happen to you this year? Hey?
How you doing.
Speaker 10 (04:09):
I've had a couple of friends since I've known a
couple since high school thirty years and she's been having
a terrible time for the last couple of years. She
had cancer, the one that her mother did not survive,
and recently, through treatment she has all clear.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
So next year, we're on a Yolo tour through Vietnam,
booked and ready to go, so and she says, you know, we.
Speaker 10 (04:38):
Can't waste time.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
So it's just such a relief.
Speaker 10 (04:43):
You couldn't ask for anything more for this beautiful couple.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
So fantastic got your Christmas present?
Speaker 11 (04:49):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (04:49):
Yeah, really, And the idea of a Yoler trip through
Vietnam y very appealing. Yeah, it's such a popular spot
that everyone raves about it. It's the place to go,
bring everything else.
Speaker 7 (05:11):
It really does.
Speaker 4 (05:13):
I'm very thankful, very thankful.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
It's great, Matte.
Speaker 3 (05:17):
Thank you enjoy I'm sure you will.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
Joe and Hamilton Hill, what was it for you?
Speaker 7 (05:22):
Hi, guys. I went to balit earlier in the year
to see my new granddaughter and I ended up with
danny fever. I was really sick for about three months.
My liver was really really bad, and I gave up alcohol.
So I haven't had a drink since the beginning of May.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
Oh you have a year, haven't you.
Speaker 7 (05:43):
Wow, that's very unexpected.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
Yeah, you don't feel like a drink during the whole
daggy thing, and then it.
Speaker 11 (05:49):
Just took, it took.
Speaker 7 (05:52):
Yeah, I don't feel like drinking anymore.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
So it's awesome.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
Okay, unless you the silver lining.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
Joe would recommend it as a as a you know,
drinking sense probablysation tool.
Speaker 7 (06:05):
I had COVID and then I got Danny on was
pretty horrible.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
Yeah, yeah, double, But you're back to pretty much to
full health Joe from the Yeah, I am.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
Now Yeah, great, that's good.
Speaker 7 (06:17):
Good.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
I healthier day because you're not drinking, not drinking. Thanks,
that was unexpected, well, Joe says it was unexpected. Word for.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
Drinking is unexpected.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Lilia in child Hill, what a beautiful name.
Speaker 6 (06:34):
Lia, morning you too? How are you good?
Speaker 2 (06:37):
What is the most unexpected thing to happen to you
in twenty three?
Speaker 6 (06:40):
Well, dreams do come true. As a single mom, you know,
like it's hard to get there and get the house.
You know, it's my daughter was always wanting to have
a puppy, and I always said one day, one day,
and this year I thank god we got we bought
a little house. And a few months after we bought
a little puppy.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
Life is good. That is amazing. Was the sense of achievement, Lily.
The self satisfaction must be just awesome.
Speaker 6 (07:09):
Yeah, And brinksystmizes and I just look back and say, well,
I worked so hard so many years, and finally I
can say dreams do come true. And I said to
my daughter, just keep believing. See if it does come
true one day when you at least expect.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
I'm so happy for you because it's it's it's it's
not easy at the best of times. That line at
the moment, that's that's really achievement.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
Wonderful.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
Well, I have a fantastic first Christmas in your new house.
Speaker 6 (07:42):
Thank you, Thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
That is awesome.
Speaker 3 (07:47):
We feel good and there's a lot of people who
keep missing out of doing it with and you know,
a new family member as well. Love that.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
Yeah, and a puppy, which and a dog is for
you know, life, not just Christmas. Michael Morley, what is
the most unexpected thing to happen to you in twenty three?
Speaker 3 (08:05):
This year?
Speaker 5 (08:05):
I started swimming lessons and as an adult, and that
was pretty embarrassing. And how'd you go, Michael, I'm still
going I'm a slow learner, but just getting into the
water is you know, pretty.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
Yeah, of course, yeah, yeah, I've never been a swimmer.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
You saying embarrassment. To be damned, I'm doing it. If
not now when.
Speaker 3 (08:27):
Yep, it's getting in and then the treading water for starters,
that's the very first point, isn't it, And then you're
you're trying to graduate.
Speaker 2 (08:33):
I remember we did it on the side of the
pool like Shelly Winter's sa Adventure.
Speaker 3 (08:38):
Lisa is signaling the swimming strokes with it and looking
on Madam Butterfly about it. Yeah, well that's sensational, Michael,
well done. Just to have the guts to do it
and to talk about it as well, well done.
Speaker 2 (08:49):
It'll be next time it will be telling us I
swam to Rotnest. That was the most unexpected thing to happen.
Speaker 3 (08:55):
Paris Olympics.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
More more Lisa, more podcasts soon. The United Cup. We've
been talking about it a lot over the last week
or so. It's in Perth from December twenty nine to
January third. Tickets are through ticket Tech. The United Cup
tournament director Stephen Farrow is joining us now. Hello Steven, Hello,
(09:18):
pleasure to be here. Thanks for having me. We're coming
So the United Cup. Who's coming to Perth.
Speaker 9 (09:24):
For it is an unbelievable lineup in Perth. We're really
excited about the players we've got coming here. Headlined by
Novak Chokovic with the Serbian team, twenty four time Grand
Slam champion, probably the greatest player ever to play the game,
so to.
Speaker 2 (09:37):
Have Novak kids amazing.
Speaker 9 (09:38):
But we've also got the women's world number one egas
Fiontek of Poland. We've got the defending champions from the
United States, Jess Pagula and Taylor Fritz, and we've got
the Australian team as well. I mean, there are so
many big names coming here. It's going to be an
absolutely thrilling week of tennis.
Speaker 2 (09:52):
It is amazing. I'm always amazed when you've got you know,
the women's number one, You've got Joker here at a
time where you could forgive them for perhaps wanting to
be at home. So it says a lot about the draw.
It does. It does.
Speaker 9 (10:06):
I mean, ultimately, these players want to start competing at
the beginning of the year, the Australian Open coming up.
They want really high quality matches as soon as possible,
and the United Cup definitely provides that for them. But
this competition is also really special one for them because
they get to compete as part of a team and
to be able to compete with the men alongside the women.
I mean that's something that they wouldn't have done, probably
since they were quite young before they hit the professional ranks.
(10:28):
And the players do love that, and they do love
to compete for their country, and they also do love
coming to Perth. I mean, obviously this city is the
has such a strong history of international mix teams tennis
with the Hotman Cup, and there's a lot of players
who played that event who were really excited to come back.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
Novak being one of them, wants a Qrocer selfie.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
Of course he does talk about still does.
Speaker 9 (10:47):
The best that has come up in conversations of.
Speaker 2 (10:53):
All the Crocker selfies, his is still the best over there.
Speaker 3 (10:57):
So its going to that next tent. But I'll tell
you what you talk about, the players loving and coming
to Perth and loving their game. The fans here are
real tennis for Shionados, aren't they fans of.
Speaker 2 (11:08):
Consist Of course, of course they are.
Speaker 9 (11:10):
And as I said, there's such a long legacy of
top level tenants here in this city and of top
players coming to play here. And the reaction that we've
had since we did the drawer, and obviously everyone learned
who was going to come and play in the event
here has been really really positive.
Speaker 2 (11:23):
I mean the tickets are going really really well. Starts
at twenty.
Speaker 9 (11:26):
Dollars for kids, forty dollars for adults, so it's a
good price point as well to come and see really
have that opportunity to see some of the greatest players
who'll ever play the game here in Perth. So it's
tremendously exciting.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
Now, one thing that's a bit different about this is
the way it's split over two cities. Can you explain
that the Perth Sydney split of the.
Speaker 9 (11:43):
Yeah, so we've got we've got eighteen teams, eighteen national teams.
There's nine in Sydney, there's nine in Perth, and they
playing three groups of three and then we have two
quarter finals in each city, which is the group winners
plus the next best team. So what that means is
that well, here in Perth on the third of January,
we'll have the two quarter five finals and the winners
of those quarterfinals then go on to Sydney to play
(12:04):
in the semi finals in the final of the United Cup.
Speaker 3 (12:07):
Very good mate. This time next week we'll be sitting
at the Broken Hill Hotel in vic Park and giving
away an incredible prize. It's an eight person box at
the quarterfinal of this and we'll talking about all the trimmings.
People will be looked after and a beck stage. We'd
call it a backstage tour. Let's be honest, be going
behind the scenes is just one of those things that
make can't buy.
Speaker 2 (12:28):
Absolutely, I'm sure I'll be involved in that as well.
Speaker 9 (12:30):
So very very excited to take who every win's this
competition ran to see where all the players go and
everything that goes on to put such a great event
like this together. And for those quarter finals, if you
think about who you might see in those quarter finals,
you're going to see one of Serbia or Poland, or
you'll see the alex Demonor and alex Da Krums lead
the Australian team. I mean, there are so many great teams.
(12:51):
That is a it's a great prize. I'm biased, but
it's a great.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
Tell us about the court side box itself. I mean
it is court side is close enough you might get
hit in.
Speaker 9 (13:01):
The head with them all. Yes, you would need to
watch for that. Absolutely, it's the best view in the house.
Speaker 2 (13:06):
Obviously. Ra A c Arena is incredible. I mean it's
one of the best arenas in the.
Speaker 9 (13:12):
Tennis as well outside Melbourne with rod Laver Arena right
up there, and the players love playing there and it
is wherever you sit, it's a great view, but certainly
in that box it's extremely special.
Speaker 2 (13:21):
And it's got all the trimmers. You just sit there
and say more everything.
Speaker 3 (13:23):
More food right there and he steps away from Wellington Street.
You've got that practice cord or demo, what if you
want to call it out there, and it makes you
think about tennis all year around when you walk or
drive past it.
Speaker 9 (13:36):
Yeah, it's really it's really cool and obviously it's great
as you said, I mean, it really sort of brings
the tennis out into the city. People coming by can
see the players warm up and practice, and that court
has used a lot. All the players who will end
up playing on the ra c Arena will tend to
go there to hit a few balls, so you'll see
all the top players there as well.
Speaker 2 (13:52):
So it's really that's a real festival, isn't it. In
a way. Now I have to ask you this, Steven
does double Way based number one doubles player storm Hunter
have the best hit us name ever heard in your life?
Storm Hunter?
Speaker 9 (14:08):
She certainly did. I would be extremely court against Storm.
Storm has had an unbelievable year. I mean, I think
everyone involved with Australians and it should be extremely proud
of what she has achieved to end the year as
the world doubles number one is some magnificent achievement. And
how cool is it to have in the Australian team
not just Storms as the doubles women's doubles number one
(14:29):
world Matt Ebden as well is another birth Yeah. Absolutely
guy again, I mean what is he? He's number four
in the world. He's a former Grand Slam champion. So
to have two Perth locals in the Australian team and
playing at that level, it's really really cool.
Speaker 2 (14:43):
So it's going to be great to have those guys
here as.
Speaker 3 (14:45):
Well, have Storm Hunter and Title Hunter. She's either a gladiator, yeah,
or she's a wrestling or it's part of a show
on the Discovery Channel.
Speaker 6 (14:55):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (14:55):
Absolute star. This is very exciting, not just for perfect
I would I mention you guys and you're some stuff.
What happens at the State Tennis Center opposite up the stadium,
is that for practice as well?
Speaker 7 (15:04):
Over?
Speaker 1 (15:04):
Thank?
Speaker 9 (15:04):
Yeah, it's where we do the practice for all the
players and so we're busy setting that up already. Players
will be arriving around Christmas time to get ready to
go underwear in the twenty ninth to December. There's obviously
a lot that goes on involved behind the scenes to
put an event like this on, and particularly when we're
operating across two cities a long way apart from each
other as well, to try and make that experience as
special as possible. So the work goes on all year round,
(15:26):
but yeah, we're looking to create a special atmosphere everywhere
the players will be during that time.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
Well, as we said, it's a real festival of tennis.
The United Cup from December twenty nine to January three
tickets through tic Tech. Stephen Farrow, thank you so much
for joining us, and we really look forward to giving
this great prize away. Thank you very much.
Speaker 1 (15:46):
The Sure Report on ninety six EVM chevy Chase isn't
having a very good week.
Speaker 2 (15:54):
Eighty year old fell off the stage at a National
Lampoon's Christmas vacation event. Not a joke. He'd already arrived
at the event in a wheelchair, but he is okay.
He was helped back up afterwards and seemed in good spirits,
tipping his trademark baseball cap to relieved fans.
Speaker 3 (16:10):
Not a platform, Snoop.
Speaker 2 (16:11):
Dog has a movie coming out next month that's going
to stream on Prime Videos. Snoop stars in and produces
the sports comedy called Underdogs. He plays a washed up
former pro football star who hits rock bottom and is
sentenced to community service coaching and unruly peewee football team
in his hometown.
Speaker 4 (16:29):
You play guilty to charge the speeding and damage to
city property.
Speaker 11 (16:33):
I'm recommending community service with the Long Beach Recreations Department.
Speaker 2 (16:38):
I thought I would getting like some Martha Stewart kind
of treatment. Okay, so as plots go, that sounds fairly
familiar to us. Ex footballer stuffs up and has to
coach kids, but look, it should be fun. It's Snoop.
Angelina Jolly has confirmed she's reprising her role for a
third Maleficent movie. The last one, Mistress of Evil, came
(16:59):
out for years ago. Angelina says the Maleficent character is
her alter ego. I like the hat. That's a cool hat.
Speaker 3 (17:05):
That's like her. You can say it, I can't, you know.
Speaker 2 (17:09):
The Oasis brothers are never short on opinions and they
don't mind sharing them. Well, Noel Gallagher has just shared
that he thinks the Beach Boys are one of the
most overrated bands of all time. But Noel has a
theory as to why the Beach Boys are actually very popular.
In a new interview with The Times, Gallagher says, I
(17:31):
have this theory that they're only revered because when people
used to go to record shops they were in the
B section, pretty close to the Beatles. Well, at least
he's given it some thought.
Speaker 3 (17:43):
More Clezy, more Lisa, More podcasts soon.
Speaker 2 (17:50):
So I'm to talk sport with Anna fresh from dulf
It is Annaeyuth.
Speaker 12 (17:57):
Yeah, I'm back from Dunsbrough from the Eagles community camp.
Speaker 2 (18:01):
That must have been fun, It really was.
Speaker 12 (18:04):
I actually had to feel like you were. Yeah, and
I stayed in a little room called the tiny Villa
spa room. Literally it was a bed and a spa
but that's not need. Absolutely it was perfect. Yeah, it
was yeah, I mean it was tiny, but it was great.
So yeah, the Eagles there there for three well, they
(18:27):
the camp ran for three days. They're actually still there
just having a.
Speaker 11 (18:30):
Break in routine. Absolutely.
Speaker 2 (18:33):
Yeah.
Speaker 12 (18:33):
Before their Christmas break had a bit of fun down there.
They're playing golf yesterday. Training was a bit interesting on
Wednesday though, trouble in paradise. So I won't go on
too much about it. But Harley reads, We did hear
Harley read Elliot. Yeah, so Harley Reid. It just the
way he was behaving looked like it was an a
(18:53):
c l That's why I think it was. Everyone sort
of panicked, but it's not.
Speaker 11 (18:57):
It's a corked far.
Speaker 12 (18:59):
He's all good, ice on, He's absolutely fine, so we
can all breathe the sigh of relief.
Speaker 11 (19:04):
Elliott, Yo.
Speaker 12 (19:05):
He Adam Simson says, he's fine, he's he was just
on a light load. But he did leave the track
after half now he was doing a modified program. Then
he got in the car with the trainer. So everyone's
just thinking, what's happening. But it's been you know, it's
all good. Yeah, he probably was. Yeah, he probably was
just on a really light load. Dom shed was a
(19:25):
big surprise though. So we were at Duns for a
primary and he rocks up in a moonboot and no
one knew that he was injured at all. So that
moonboot is protecting a hot spot in his foot. Elijah Hewitt,
he also is managing a foot issue. Feet, a lot
of foot awareness, a lot of foot aw awareness. Yeah,
and Adam Simpson says, everyone's fine, they'll be playing, you know,
(19:47):
round one.
Speaker 11 (19:47):
But feet are difficult to manage.
Speaker 2 (19:50):
But everything else sits atop them exactly football they get
you around exactly.
Speaker 11 (19:57):
Your feet. Yeah, so it was really good.
Speaker 12 (20:00):
Ruben Jimmy, he was so popular at Dunsbury Primary because
that's where he went.
Speaker 11 (20:03):
He was resolutely.
Speaker 2 (20:05):
Swarm he went to school there.
Speaker 12 (20:06):
Yeah, so he returned and he was rocks salute, rock
star and kids said, oh, well, because Reuben went here,
it means that I can now play a Yeah. And
you know I have the same teacher as Ruben, so
that means I'm going to be an AFL players.
Speaker 2 (20:21):
So imagine how they would use him there in the
school as an incentive for everything.
Speaker 10 (20:25):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (20:26):
So that's why it's a real positive.
Speaker 3 (20:29):
Is a big unit that he was saying.
Speaker 12 (20:31):
We did a press conference with him after he's put
on five kilos in the off season. He said that
his injury that Cuddy season short has really motivated him
to just get everything right in his body. And you
can tell he's everyone says he's the benchmark watching out
for Ruben was.
Speaker 3 (20:48):
In the kitchen eating the bench Yes, yes, So you've
got some news on the preseason as well.
Speaker 12 (20:54):
Yeah, so this is just coming out this morning. So
pre season fixtures. The Dockers will go to Adelaide. They'll
take on Port Adelaide in the preseason one of their games,
looking at late feb for that one.
Speaker 11 (21:04):
There will be a preseason derby.
Speaker 12 (21:06):
We haven't had that for a couple of years because
both teams just got sick of playing each other basically,
but they've agreed they'll do it again. Details are still TBC,
but likely to be week first weekend in March, around
March second. Too hot it is, it will be warm.
There's a good chance fans could be locked out of
that one. We have been locked out in the past.
It just depends what they're feeling. And whether West Coast
(21:27):
will go to Adelaide to play the Crows is still unclear.
I don't know if you remember both Port and the
Crows came to Perth last year and they were here
for about a week.
Speaker 2 (21:36):
State of origin. Yeah, the season, pre season.
Speaker 12 (21:41):
So it depends if Eagles want to cram another game.
Speaker 3 (21:44):
In before the scenes should fly here. We have to
go over to gather around True later.
Speaker 5 (21:48):
In the year.
Speaker 12 (21:48):
Yeah, True come to Perth. Yeah, Sunny per and just
on Dockers. While we're talking footy, so young forward Sam
Sturt he pulled up really sore after training on Monday.
He's got a bit of a knee niggle. So he's
been sent for surgery after scouts revealed some minor knee damage,
so keep him out for about six to eight weeks.
Speaker 11 (22:06):
It's a massive blow.
Speaker 12 (22:07):
I know it's only December, but you need preseason, you
need this time.
Speaker 3 (22:13):
He just established himself.
Speaker 12 (22:14):
I know I wanted to exactly and they need him
with Shultz and that gone. So yeah, it's disappointing for him,
but hopefully he can cram it in later in the
year preseason.
Speaker 3 (22:24):
Rather, we're switching sports, so we're heading towards cricket, right, Yes.
Speaker 12 (22:28):
So the Big Bash kicked off last night with the
Heat and Stars. The Heat beat the Stars by one
hundred and three runs at the Gabba. Former Scorches opener
Colin Munroe he whacked ninety nine off sixty one unbeaten,
so he did really well. We could use him the Scorches.
They fly out this morning. I think they're actually at
the airport right now getting ready. So they take on
(22:49):
the Renegades on Sunday, then the Melbourne Stars on Wednesday,
so they've got two in Melbournehi while they're away, and
then they come back home and just quickly yesterday Cam
bankro of he made a half century in the Prime
Minister's eleven against Pakistan. Really solid effort given David Warner's
opening spot is up for grabs after the SCG test.
(23:11):
But Marcus Harris is also in the mix. He made
forty nine, so neither scores really would blow a selector's
mind away.
Speaker 2 (23:18):
But did the Prime Minister do like John Howard and
show up and Bowler.
Speaker 3 (23:25):
Didn't get that?
Speaker 11 (23:27):
Would be good?
Speaker 2 (23:28):
Yeah, I love to see. We've always had Prime ministers
that have loved crickets.
Speaker 11 (23:33):
Oh my god, Jarson loved it.
Speaker 2 (23:34):
Yeah, John Howard loved it.
Speaker 3 (23:36):
Yeah, Hockey got one to play it. Hockey got one
in the eyes and nearly lost an eye glasses.
Speaker 11 (23:44):
Maybe that's why they've given up.
Speaker 12 (23:46):
And in other big news cricket Wise, w A Cricket
Chief Executive Christina Matthews. She announced yeah that she's stepping down.
Speaker 2 (23:53):
We spoke to her yesterday and what a wonderful lady
she is and what a wonderful person she's beed for
cricket and w A.
Speaker 12 (24:01):
Absolutely, she's done amazing things while she was at the
Helm for twelve years, so she's overseen fourteen title wins
by w A teams.
Speaker 11 (24:09):
Now she's got the construction going with the swimming.
Speaker 12 (24:11):
Pool and yeah, huge, she's done amazing things. Yeah, and
I take my hat off to her as a female
woman in an elite female woman, a female woman, female,
a woman.
Speaker 2 (24:26):
Just teasing. Yeah, No, she's one of fantastic. She was
a fantastic player and then a great corporate woman. And
she's you know, she's rejuvenating this end of town and.
Speaker 3 (24:36):
She gets to now enjoy that time out of between
now and March. She's got the cricket season. Everyone knows
she's going Yeah, controversy.
Speaker 12 (24:42):
And that's what she said. She said, now she can
just sit back, relax and enjoy the season.
Speaker 3 (24:46):
Yeah, the big season is going to be yeah, yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 2 (24:49):
All right, Now what's happening with sorry our bigger pardner
with that was the cricket that was okay, what is
happening not enough cricket. What's happening with the matild in Canada.
Speaker 12 (25:00):
Yeah, so they lost one nil in their final friendly.
It's probably not the way you know, they would have
liked their year to end. But they had a great
past twelve months.
Speaker 2 (25:09):
They can't complain.
Speaker 11 (25:10):
They can't complain I didn't.
Speaker 3 (25:11):
Have all the big stars as well playing with their clubs.
Speaker 12 (25:16):
Yeah, now they just I guess it's a reminder that
there is still work to do before the Olympics in July.
There is still things to be done. But I believe,
I know.
Speaker 11 (25:26):
It's scary, I.
Speaker 3 (25:27):
Know, and Paris, Paris amazing.
Speaker 12 (25:31):
I might have to extend my sports chat how long
I'm here during the Olympics.
Speaker 3 (25:35):
Do you think I'm thinking thinking you might need to
go to think the three of us might need the
three of us might need to go and do the
show in Paris from the chan Salo.
Speaker 2 (25:45):
Technically need a chaperone.
Speaker 11 (25:46):
Yeah, Paris, Lisa, we can have croissants.
Speaker 2 (25:49):
We can have croissans. Yeah, yeah, we lonely over here.
Speaker 11 (25:56):
You can come if you want to.
Speaker 2 (25:59):
You are the awful.
Speaker 11 (26:02):
Well, I think we've got a plan.
Speaker 2 (26:03):
Let's go to Let's pitch that.
Speaker 11 (26:09):
All right, Thank you.
Speaker 2 (26:11):
He has a fantastic rest after your big week and
we'll see you next week. See.
Speaker 3 (26:16):
Then it was this dailies forty three years ago we
lost John Lennon.
Speaker 2 (26:19):
It's hard to believe that we hadn't John Winston Lennon
would be eighty three.
Speaker 3 (26:25):
Isn't that incredible now? Yeah? So it was the evening
of December eight back in nineteen eighty and John and
Yoko were leaving I think that the Code building at
one stage, and a fan of the name of Mark Chapman,
Mike David Chapman, came up and got a copy of
their their current or his current hit album Double Fantasy
signed and then coming back to the building and then he.
Speaker 2 (26:46):
That's so creepy.
Speaker 3 (26:47):
He was hanging around and he planned for months meticulously
what he was going to do because he was a
fan who but he was also jealous. He was deranged,
but he was jealous of John's lifestyle. Yeah, and they
found out later because he was obsessed with Catcher in
the Rye. So he sat there after killing John Lennon
and put five bullets in. John Lennon sat there reading
Catcher in the Rye, waiting to be arrested and they
found out later that David Bowie could have been a
(27:08):
target too, So yes, yeah, scary times.
Speaker 2 (27:12):
John Winston O, no, Lennon, you took his wife's name. Yeah,
at a time when it wasn't so common. Well it
was not that common now, but it was. Yeah, definitely
wasn't that.
Speaker 3 (27:22):
And the child of the war. So Winston Churchill were
going to mention any in the naming of him because
he's waundering the bombing in London. But Chapman was eligible
for parole like twenty something years ago. It's been night
at twenty times already. Yeah, let's not talk about him, No,
let's move on there. Just think of John the real thing.
And she said the album was going off at the time,
wasn't it double fantasy?
Speaker 1 (27:42):
We're never going to forget him. Yeah, forty three will
be missed always. People speculated a bit like yeah, Elvis
Presley or whatever. People speculate what would be going on
later years, what kind of music would they do and
all that.
Speaker 3 (27:53):
Yeah, my money's on that John wouldn't have hung around
and married HEATHERN Mills like Paul McCartney did.
Speaker 2 (27:58):
No name to put that as the last thought on
my head about it. You know as younger. As new
generations come along, we will still remember John Lennon on
the eighth of December, Clazy and Lisaz
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Speaker 2 (00:07):
This is Clezy and Lisa's podcast. Coming up. On the podcast,
kicking off our Year in Review, we talked about the
most unexpected thing to happen to you this year.
Speaker 3 (00:17):
We caught up with a very busy tournament director, Stephen
Pharaoh to talk about the world's best in tennis coming
for the United.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Cup, and Sherry Chase had a fall. It is almost
the end of the year. It's as you said moments ago,
it's that time that we start having a bit of
a look at the year in review and our outcome,
all the lists, the best of the word of the
you know this that and the person of and we
want to ask what was the most unexpected thing to
happen to you in twenty twenty three?
Speaker 3 (00:43):
Anything come to mind.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
I'm holding out for the next couple of weeks. Yeah, thanks, unexpected.
My fingers are still crossed.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
I think if I come up unexpected. Yes, I've got
one for you. Okay, it's very unexpected. Moving on left.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
House it was unexpected way too well.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
Yes, Laurie and I moved house a few times in
the last five years.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
Claire Dean, don't unpack, Claire, I.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Love I'm addicted to cardboard, don't I I love those boxes.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
You've got a bubble wrapped fairly shocking.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
Okay, well, I must admit my answer was off topic
because it's the unexpected thing that wasn't really.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
It was actually here that's Belinda and Clarkson. Hello, Hello, how.
Speaker 4 (01:26):
Are you going good?
Speaker 2 (01:27):
What was yours? That was mine?
Speaker 5 (01:29):
Word?
Speaker 4 (01:30):
Going through an epic, nasty breakup and then meeting the
love of my last just by coincidence, and then we
get married. Ah my, I would never ever get married
and she commits me and now I'm married.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
One wow, all on the same.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
In the same year.
Speaker 3 (01:45):
What was meant to happen?
Speaker 6 (01:46):
Then?
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Wow?
Speaker 4 (01:47):
It was. She's amazing, Wow, amazing, like an angel.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Since you know what they say, Belinda, living well is
the best reee.
Speaker 4 (01:56):
Living very well.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
You're living well.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
Especially we went best doing it again.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
Yes, I am okay, that's great exactly.
Speaker 3 (02:04):
We couldn't be happier for you.
Speaker 7 (02:05):
Bell.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
It's fantastic.
Speaker 4 (02:06):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Christmas first Christmas with the love of your life.
Speaker 4 (02:12):
I will and you guys have a great lunky.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Thanks Melinda.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
I know that's a story was That's a good one.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
Alex in Burns Beach.
Speaker 5 (02:18):
Good morning, Good morning, Clearsy and Lisa.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Have you have a good day you too. We are
talking about the most unexpected thing to happen to you
in twenty twenty three.
Speaker 8 (02:28):
Well, I'm actually going to India on the twenty seventh
of December, which I was never expecting to do at all, well.
Speaker 5 (02:33):
Probably the last two years. I suppose.
Speaker 8 (02:35):
If you ask yourself is going to do that?
Speaker 2 (02:36):
I will say no, way, Okay, So this is a
holiday work or pleasure.
Speaker 8 (02:40):
So it's a World Peace project being held build in
hydrobad which is round about the center of India. And yeah,
it's going to be about at the moment, I think
they said twelve and a half thousand people from around
the world and also including quite a large number from
India asself as well.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
Experience that's going to how incredible, Alex.
Speaker 8 (03:04):
It will be really.
Speaker 9 (03:05):
Really incredible experience.
Speaker 8 (03:06):
But you know, I would never expected to be going
anywhere this year.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
Right, it's just the idea of going to a country
world peace project in a country with one point four
billion people, so different here, Yeah it is.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
I will You'll be counting sleeps I reckon, it's very
exciting to look forward to.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
It is, yeah, and Alex, you'll see all those things
that is India, the incredible population, but there's a little
poverty there as well, and there's a lot of things
that will take a while to get you said, but
there's some incredible sights as well, I imagine.
Speaker 8 (03:35):
Yeah, it's an incredible country. I've been there a number
of times in the past, but I mean, you know,
you sort of, you know, get used to it, although
you know, going getting into the airport sometimes there's a
bit constructing. This year, young young merchants coming up, but
you know, I think they've sort of stopped that a
little bit to some extent.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
Okay, well, well, have a fantastic time.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
I enjoy I will.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
But it's how mattin Heathridge, What about you? What's the
most unexpected thing to happen to you this year? Hey?
How you doing.
Speaker 10 (04:09):
I've had a couple of friends since I've known a
couple since high school thirty years and she's been having
a terrible time for the last couple of years. She
had cancer, the one that her mother did not survive,
and recently, through treatment she has all clear.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
So next year, we're on a Yolo tour through Vietnam,
booked and ready to go, so and she says, you know, we.
Speaker 10 (04:38):
Can't waste time.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
So it's just such a relief.
Speaker 10 (04:43):
You couldn't ask for anything more for this beautiful couple.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
So fantastic got your Christmas present?
Speaker 11 (04:49):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (04:49):
Yeah, really, And the idea of a Yoler trip through
Vietnam y very appealing. Yeah, it's such a popular spot
that everyone raves about it. It's the place to go,
bring everything else.
Speaker 7 (05:11):
It really does.
Speaker 4 (05:13):
I'm very thankful, very thankful.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
It's great, Matte.
Speaker 3 (05:17):
Thank you enjoy I'm sure you will.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
Joe and Hamilton Hill, what was it for you?
Speaker 7 (05:22):
Hi, guys. I went to balit earlier in the year
to see my new granddaughter and I ended up with
danny fever. I was really sick for about three months.
My liver was really really bad, and I gave up alcohol.
So I haven't had a drink since the beginning of May.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
Oh you have a year, haven't you.
Speaker 7 (05:43):
Wow, that's very unexpected.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
Yeah, you don't feel like a drink during the whole
daggy thing, and then it.
Speaker 11 (05:49):
Just took, it took.
Speaker 7 (05:52):
Yeah, I don't feel like drinking anymore.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
So it's awesome.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
Okay, unless you the silver lining.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
Joe would recommend it as a as a you know,
drinking sense probablysation tool.
Speaker 7 (06:05):
I had COVID and then I got Danny on was
pretty horrible.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
Yeah, yeah, double, But you're back to pretty much to
full health Joe from the Yeah, I am.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
Now Yeah, great, that's good.
Speaker 7 (06:17):
Good.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
I healthier day because you're not drinking, not drinking. Thanks,
that was unexpected, well, Joe says it was unexpected. Word for.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
Drinking is unexpected.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Lilia in child Hill, what a beautiful name.
Speaker 6 (06:34):
Lia, morning you too? How are you good?
Speaker 2 (06:37):
What is the most unexpected thing to happen to you
in twenty three?
Speaker 6 (06:40):
Well, dreams do come true. As a single mom, you know,
like it's hard to get there and get the house.
You know, it's my daughter was always wanting to have
a puppy, and I always said one day, one day,
and this year I thank god we got we bought
a little house. And a few months after we bought
a little puppy.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
Life is good. That is amazing. Was the sense of achievement, Lily.
The self satisfaction must be just awesome.
Speaker 6 (07:09):
Yeah, And brinksystmizes and I just look back and say, well,
I worked so hard so many years, and finally I
can say dreams do come true. And I said to
my daughter, just keep believing. See if it does come
true one day when you at least expect.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
I'm so happy for you because it's it's it's it's
not easy at the best of times. That line at
the moment, that's that's really achievement.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
Wonderful.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
Well, I have a fantastic first Christmas in your new house.
Speaker 6 (07:42):
Thank you, Thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
That is awesome.
Speaker 3 (07:47):
We feel good and there's a lot of people who
keep missing out of doing it with and you know,
a new family member as well. Love that.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
Yeah, and a puppy, which and a dog is for
you know, life, not just Christmas. Michael Morley, what is
the most unexpected thing to happen to you in twenty three?
Speaker 3 (08:05):
This year?
Speaker 5 (08:05):
I started swimming lessons and as an adult, and that
was pretty embarrassing. And how'd you go, Michael, I'm still
going I'm a slow learner, but just getting into the
water is you know, pretty.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
Yeah, of course, yeah, yeah, I've never been a swimmer.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
You saying embarrassment. To be damned, I'm doing it. If
not now when.
Speaker 3 (08:27):
Yep, it's getting in and then the treading water for starters,
that's the very first point, isn't it, And then you're
you're trying to graduate.
Speaker 2 (08:33):
I remember we did it on the side of the
pool like Shelly Winter's sa Adventure.
Speaker 3 (08:38):
Lisa is signaling the swimming strokes with it and looking
on Madam Butterfly about it. Yeah, well that's sensational, Michael,
well done. Just to have the guts to do it
and to talk about it as well, well done.
Speaker 2 (08:49):
It'll be next time it will be telling us I
swam to Rotnest. That was the most unexpected thing to happen.
Speaker 3 (08:55):
Paris Olympics.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
More more Lisa, more podcasts soon. The United Cup. We've
been talking about it a lot over the last week
or so. It's in Perth from December twenty nine to
January third. Tickets are through ticket Tech. The United Cup
tournament director Stephen Farrow is joining us now. Hello Steven, Hello,
(09:18):
pleasure to be here. Thanks for having me. We're coming
So the United Cup. Who's coming to Perth.
Speaker 9 (09:24):
For it is an unbelievable lineup in Perth. We're really
excited about the players we've got coming here. Headlined by
Novak Chokovic with the Serbian team, twenty four time Grand
Slam champion, probably the greatest player ever to play the game,
so to.
Speaker 2 (09:37):
Have Novak kids amazing.
Speaker 9 (09:38):
But we've also got the women's world number one egas
Fiontek of Poland. We've got the defending champions from the
United States, Jess Pagula and Taylor Fritz, and we've got
the Australian team as well. I mean, there are so
many big names coming here. It's going to be an
absolutely thrilling week of tennis.
Speaker 2 (09:52):
It is amazing. I'm always amazed when you've got you know,
the women's number one, You've got Joker here at a
time where you could forgive them for perhaps wanting to
be at home. So it says a lot about the draw.
It does. It does.
Speaker 9 (10:06):
I mean, ultimately, these players want to start competing at
the beginning of the year, the Australian Open coming up.
They want really high quality matches as soon as possible,
and the United Cup definitely provides that for them. But
this competition is also really special one for them because
they get to compete as part of a team and
to be able to compete with the men alongside the women.
I mean that's something that they wouldn't have done, probably
since they were quite young before they hit the professional ranks.
(10:28):
And the players do love that, and they do love
to compete for their country, and they also do love
coming to Perth. I mean, obviously this city is the
has such a strong history of international mix teams tennis
with the Hotman Cup, and there's a lot of players
who played that event who were really excited to come back.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
Novak being one of them, wants a Qrocer selfie.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
Of course he does talk about still does.
Speaker 9 (10:47):
The best that has come up in conversations of.
Speaker 2 (10:53):
All the Crocker selfies, his is still the best over there.
Speaker 3 (10:57):
So its going to that next tent. But I'll tell
you what you talk about, the players loving and coming
to Perth and loving their game. The fans here are
real tennis for Shionados, aren't they fans of.
Speaker 2 (11:08):
Consist Of course, of course they are.
Speaker 9 (11:10):
And as I said, there's such a long legacy of
top level tenants here in this city and of top
players coming to play here. And the reaction that we've
had since we did the drawer, and obviously everyone learned
who was going to come and play in the event
here has been really really positive.
Speaker 2 (11:23):
I mean the tickets are going really really well. Starts
at twenty.
Speaker 9 (11:26):
Dollars for kids, forty dollars for adults, so it's a
good price point as well to come and see really
have that opportunity to see some of the greatest players
who'll ever play the game here in Perth. So it's
tremendously exciting.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
Now, one thing that's a bit different about this is
the way it's split over two cities. Can you explain
that the Perth Sydney split of the.
Speaker 9 (11:43):
Yeah, so we've got we've got eighteen teams, eighteen national teams.
There's nine in Sydney, there's nine in Perth, and they
playing three groups of three and then we have two
quarter finals in each city, which is the group winners
plus the next best team. So what that means is
that well, here in Perth on the third of January,
we'll have the two quarter five finals and the winners
of those quarterfinals then go on to Sydney to play
(12:04):
in the semi finals in the final of the United Cup.
Speaker 3 (12:07):
Very good mate. This time next week we'll be sitting
at the Broken Hill Hotel in vic Park and giving
away an incredible prize. It's an eight person box at
the quarterfinal of this and we'll talking about all the trimmings.
People will be looked after and a beck stage. We'd
call it a backstage tour. Let's be honest, be going
behind the scenes is just one of those things that
make can't buy.
Speaker 2 (12:28):
Absolutely, I'm sure I'll be involved in that as well.
Speaker 9 (12:30):
So very very excited to take who every win's this
competition ran to see where all the players go and
everything that goes on to put such a great event
like this together. And for those quarter finals, if you
think about who you might see in those quarter finals,
you're going to see one of Serbia or Poland, or
you'll see the alex Demonor and alex Da Krums lead
the Australian team. I mean, there are so many great teams.
(12:51):
That is a it's a great prize. I'm biased, but
it's a great.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
Tell us about the court side box itself. I mean
it is court side is close enough you might get
hit in.
Speaker 9 (13:01):
The head with them all. Yes, you would need to
watch for that. Absolutely, it's the best view in the house.
Speaker 2 (13:06):
Obviously. Ra A c Arena is incredible. I mean it's
one of the best arenas in the.
Speaker 9 (13:12):
Tennis as well outside Melbourne with rod Laver Arena right
up there, and the players love playing there and it
is wherever you sit, it's a great view, but certainly
in that box it's extremely special.
Speaker 2 (13:21):
And it's got all the trimmers. You just sit there
and say more everything.
Speaker 3 (13:23):
More food right there and he steps away from Wellington Street.
You've got that practice cord or demo, what if you
want to call it out there, and it makes you
think about tennis all year around when you walk or
drive past it.
Speaker 9 (13:36):
Yeah, it's really it's really cool and obviously it's great
as you said, I mean, it really sort of brings
the tennis out into the city. People coming by can
see the players warm up and practice, and that court
has used a lot. All the players who will end
up playing on the ra c Arena will tend to
go there to hit a few balls, so you'll see
all the top players there as well.
Speaker 2 (13:52):
So it's really that's a real festival, isn't it. In
a way. Now I have to ask you this, Steven
does double Way based number one doubles player storm Hunter
have the best hit us name ever heard in your life?
Storm Hunter?
Speaker 9 (14:08):
She certainly did. I would be extremely court against Storm.
Storm has had an unbelievable year. I mean, I think
everyone involved with Australians and it should be extremely proud
of what she has achieved to end the year as
the world doubles number one is some magnificent achievement. And
how cool is it to have in the Australian team
not just Storms as the doubles women's doubles number one
(14:29):
world Matt Ebden as well is another birth Yeah. Absolutely
guy again, I mean what is he? He's number four
in the world. He's a former Grand Slam champion. So
to have two Perth locals in the Australian team and
playing at that level, it's really really cool.
Speaker 2 (14:43):
So it's going to be great to have those guys
here as.
Speaker 3 (14:45):
Well, have Storm Hunter and Title Hunter. She's either a gladiator, yeah,
or she's a wrestling or it's part of a show
on the Discovery Channel.
Speaker 6 (14:55):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (14:55):
Absolute star. This is very exciting, not just for perfect
I would I mention you guys and you're some stuff.
What happens at the State Tennis Center opposite up the stadium,
is that for practice as well?
Speaker 7 (15:04):
Over?
Speaker 1 (15:04):
Thank?
Speaker 9 (15:04):
Yeah, it's where we do the practice for all the
players and so we're busy setting that up already. Players
will be arriving around Christmas time to get ready to
go underwear in the twenty ninth to December. There's obviously
a lot that goes on involved behind the scenes to
put an event like this on, and particularly when we're
operating across two cities a long way apart from each
other as well, to try and make that experience as
special as possible. So the work goes on all year round,
(15:26):
but yeah, we're looking to create a special atmosphere everywhere
the players will be during that time.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
Well, as we said, it's a real festival of tennis.
The United Cup from December twenty nine to January three
tickets through tic Tech. Stephen Farrow, thank you so much
for joining us, and we really look forward to giving
this great prize away. Thank you very much.
Speaker 1 (15:46):
The Sure Report on ninety six EVM chevy Chase isn't
having a very good week.
Speaker 2 (15:54):
Eighty year old fell off the stage at a National
Lampoon's Christmas vacation event. Not a joke. He'd already arrived
at the event in a wheelchair, but he is okay.
He was helped back up afterwards and seemed in good spirits,
tipping his trademark baseball cap to relieved fans.
Speaker 3 (16:10):
Not a platform, Snoop.
Speaker 2 (16:11):
Dog has a movie coming out next month that's going
to stream on Prime Videos. Snoop stars in and produces
the sports comedy called Underdogs. He plays a washed up
former pro football star who hits rock bottom and is
sentenced to community service coaching and unruly peewee football team
in his hometown.
Speaker 4 (16:29):
You play guilty to charge the speeding and damage to
city property.
Speaker 11 (16:33):
I'm recommending community service with the Long Beach Recreations Department.
Speaker 2 (16:38):
I thought I would getting like some Martha Stewart kind
of treatment. Okay, so as plots go, that sounds fairly
familiar to us. Ex footballer stuffs up and has to
coach kids, but look, it should be fun. It's Snoop.
Angelina Jolly has confirmed she's reprising her role for a
third Maleficent movie. The last one, Mistress of Evil, came
(16:59):
out for years ago. Angelina says the Maleficent character is
her alter ego. I like the hat. That's a cool hat.
Speaker 3 (17:05):
That's like her. You can say it, I can't, you know.
Speaker 2 (17:09):
The Oasis brothers are never short on opinions and they
don't mind sharing them. Well, Noel Gallagher has just shared
that he thinks the Beach Boys are one of the
most overrated bands of all time. But Noel has a
theory as to why the Beach Boys are actually very popular.
In a new interview with The Times, Gallagher says, I
(17:31):
have this theory that they're only revered because when people
used to go to record shops they were in the
B section, pretty close to the Beatles. Well, at least
he's given it some thought.
Speaker 3 (17:43):
More Clezy, more Lisa, More podcasts soon.
Speaker 2 (17:50):
So I'm to talk sport with Anna fresh from dulf
It is Annaeyuth.
Speaker 12 (17:57):
Yeah, I'm back from Dunsbrough from the Eagles community camp.
Speaker 2 (18:01):
That must have been fun, It really was.
Speaker 12 (18:04):
I actually had to feel like you were. Yeah, and
I stayed in a little room called the tiny Villa
spa room. Literally it was a bed and a spa
but that's not need. Absolutely it was perfect. Yeah, it
was yeah, I mean it was tiny, but it was great.
So yeah, the Eagles there there for three well, they
(18:27):
the camp ran for three days. They're actually still there
just having a.
Speaker 11 (18:30):
Break in routine. Absolutely.
Speaker 2 (18:33):
Yeah.
Speaker 12 (18:33):
Before their Christmas break had a bit of fun down there.
They're playing golf yesterday. Training was a bit interesting on
Wednesday though, trouble in paradise. So I won't go on
too much about it. But Harley reads, We did hear
Harley read Elliot. Yeah, so Harley Reid. It just the
way he was behaving looked like it was an a
(18:53):
c l That's why I think it was. Everyone sort
of panicked, but it's not.
Speaker 11 (18:57):
It's a corked far.
Speaker 12 (18:59):
He's all good, ice on, He's absolutely fine, so we
can all breathe the sigh of relief.
Speaker 11 (19:04):
Elliott, Yo.
Speaker 12 (19:05):
He Adam Simson says, he's fine, he's he was just
on a light load. But he did leave the track
after half now he was doing a modified program. Then
he got in the car with the trainer. So everyone's
just thinking, what's happening. But it's been you know, it's
all good. Yeah, he probably was. Yeah, he probably was
just on a really light load. Dom shed was a
(19:25):
big surprise though. So we were at Duns for a
primary and he rocks up in a moonboot and no
one knew that he was injured at all. So that
moonboot is protecting a hot spot in his foot. Elijah Hewitt,
he also is managing a foot issue. Feet, a lot
of foot awareness, a lot of foot aw awareness. Yeah,
and Adam Simpson says, everyone's fine, they'll be playing, you know,
(19:47):
round one.
Speaker 11 (19:47):
But feet are difficult to manage.
Speaker 2 (19:50):
But everything else sits atop them exactly football they get
you around exactly.
Speaker 11 (19:57):
Your feet. Yeah, so it was really good.
Speaker 12 (20:00):
Ruben Jimmy, he was so popular at Dunsbury Primary because
that's where he went.
Speaker 11 (20:03):
He was resolutely.
Speaker 2 (20:05):
Swarm he went to school there.
Speaker 12 (20:06):
Yeah, so he returned and he was rocks salute, rock
star and kids said, oh, well, because Reuben went here,
it means that I can now play a Yeah. And
you know I have the same teacher as Ruben, so
that means I'm going to be an AFL players.
Speaker 2 (20:21):
So imagine how they would use him there in the
school as an incentive for everything.
Speaker 10 (20:25):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (20:26):
So that's why it's a real positive.
Speaker 3 (20:29):
Is a big unit that he was saying.
Speaker 12 (20:31):
We did a press conference with him after he's put
on five kilos in the off season. He said that
his injury that Cuddy season short has really motivated him
to just get everything right in his body. And you
can tell he's everyone says he's the benchmark watching out
for Ruben was.
Speaker 3 (20:48):
In the kitchen eating the bench Yes, yes, So you've
got some news on the preseason as well.
Speaker 12 (20:54):
Yeah, so this is just coming out this morning. So
pre season fixtures. The Dockers will go to Adelaide. They'll
take on Port Adelaide in the preseason one of their games,
looking at late feb for that one.
Speaker 11 (21:04):
There will be a preseason derby.
Speaker 12 (21:06):
We haven't had that for a couple of years because
both teams just got sick of playing each other basically,
but they've agreed they'll do it again. Details are still TBC,
but likely to be week first weekend in March, around
March second. Too hot it is, it will be warm.
There's a good chance fans could be locked out of
that one. We have been locked out in the past.
It just depends what they're feeling. And whether West Coast
(21:27):
will go to Adelaide to play the Crows is still unclear.
I don't know if you remember both Port and the
Crows came to Perth last year and they were here
for about a week.
Speaker 2 (21:36):
State of origin. Yeah, the season, pre season.
Speaker 12 (21:41):
So it depends if Eagles want to cram another game.
Speaker 3 (21:44):
In before the scenes should fly here. We have to
go over to gather around True later.
Speaker 5 (21:48):
In the year.
Speaker 12 (21:48):
Yeah, True come to Perth. Yeah, Sunny per and just
on Dockers. While we're talking footy, so young forward Sam
Sturt he pulled up really sore after training on Monday.
He's got a bit of a knee niggle. So he's
been sent for surgery after scouts revealed some minor knee damage,
so keep him out for about six to eight weeks.
Speaker 11 (22:06):
It's a massive blow.
Speaker 12 (22:07):
I know it's only December, but you need preseason, you
need this time.
Speaker 3 (22:13):
He just established himself.
Speaker 12 (22:14):
I know I wanted to exactly and they need him
with Shultz and that gone. So yeah, it's disappointing for him,
but hopefully he can cram it in later in the
year preseason.
Speaker 3 (22:24):
Rather, we're switching sports, so we're heading towards cricket, right, Yes.
Speaker 12 (22:28):
So the Big Bash kicked off last night with the
Heat and Stars. The Heat beat the Stars by one
hundred and three runs at the Gabba. Former Scorches opener
Colin Munroe he whacked ninety nine off sixty one unbeaten,
so he did really well. We could use him the Scorches.
They fly out this morning. I think they're actually at
the airport right now getting ready. So they take on
(22:49):
the Renegades on Sunday, then the Melbourne Stars on Wednesday,
so they've got two in Melbournehi while they're away, and
then they come back home and just quickly yesterday Cam
bankro of he made a half century in the Prime
Minister's eleven against Pakistan. Really solid effort given David Warner's
opening spot is up for grabs after the SCG test.
(23:11):
But Marcus Harris is also in the mix. He made
forty nine, so neither scores really would blow a selector's
mind away.
Speaker 2 (23:18):
But did the Prime Minister do like John Howard and
show up and Bowler.
Speaker 3 (23:25):
Didn't get that?
Speaker 11 (23:27):
Would be good?
Speaker 2 (23:28):
Yeah, I love to see. We've always had Prime ministers
that have loved crickets.
Speaker 11 (23:33):
Oh my god, Jarson loved it.
Speaker 2 (23:34):
Yeah, John Howard loved it.
Speaker 3 (23:36):
Yeah, Hockey got one to play it. Hockey got one
in the eyes and nearly lost an eye glasses.
Speaker 11 (23:44):
Maybe that's why they've given up.
Speaker 12 (23:46):
And in other big news cricket Wise, w A Cricket
Chief Executive Christina Matthews. She announced yeah that she's stepping down.
Speaker 2 (23:53):
We spoke to her yesterday and what a wonderful lady
she is and what a wonderful person she's beed for
cricket and w A.
Speaker 12 (24:01):
Absolutely, she's done amazing things while she was at the
Helm for twelve years, so she's overseen fourteen title wins
by w A teams.
Speaker 11 (24:09):
Now she's got the construction going with the swimming.
Speaker 12 (24:11):
Pool and yeah, huge, she's done amazing things. Yeah, and
I take my hat off to her as a female
woman in an elite female woman, a female woman, female,
a woman.
Speaker 2 (24:26):
Just teasing. Yeah, No, she's one of fantastic. She was
a fantastic player and then a great corporate woman. And
she's you know, she's rejuvenating this end of town and.
Speaker 3 (24:36):
She gets to now enjoy that time out of between
now and March. She's got the cricket season. Everyone knows
she's going Yeah, controversy.
Speaker 12 (24:42):
And that's what she said. She said, now she can
just sit back, relax and enjoy the season.
Speaker 3 (24:46):
Yeah, the big season is going to be yeah, yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 2 (24:49):
All right, Now what's happening with sorry our bigger pardner
with that was the cricket that was okay, what is
happening not enough cricket. What's happening with the matild in Canada.
Speaker 12 (25:00):
Yeah, so they lost one nil in their final friendly.
It's probably not the way you know, they would have
liked their year to end. But they had a great
past twelve months.
Speaker 2 (25:09):
They can't complain.
Speaker 11 (25:10):
They can't complain I didn't.
Speaker 3 (25:11):
Have all the big stars as well playing with their clubs.
Speaker 12 (25:16):
Yeah, now they just I guess it's a reminder that
there is still work to do before the Olympics in July.
There is still things to be done. But I believe,
I know.
Speaker 11 (25:26):
It's scary, I.
Speaker 3 (25:27):
Know, and Paris, Paris amazing.
Speaker 12 (25:31):
I might have to extend my sports chat how long
I'm here during the Olympics.
Speaker 3 (25:35):
Do you think I'm thinking thinking you might need to
go to think the three of us might need the
three of us might need to go and do the
show in Paris from the chan Salo.
Speaker 2 (25:45):
Technically need a chaperone.
Speaker 11 (25:46):
Yeah, Paris, Lisa, we can have croissants.
Speaker 2 (25:49):
We can have croissans. Yeah, yeah, we lonely over here.
Speaker 11 (25:56):
You can come if you want to.
Speaker 2 (25:59):
You are the awful.
Speaker 11 (26:02):
Well, I think we've got a plan.
Speaker 2 (26:03):
Let's go to Let's pitch that.
Speaker 11 (26:09):
All right, Thank you.
Speaker 2 (26:11):
He has a fantastic rest after your big week and
we'll see you next week. See.
Speaker 3 (26:16):
Then it was this dailies forty three years ago we
lost John Lennon.
Speaker 2 (26:19):
It's hard to believe that we hadn't John Winston Lennon
would be eighty three.
Speaker 3 (26:25):
Isn't that incredible now? Yeah? So it was the evening
of December eight back in nineteen eighty and John and
Yoko were leaving I think that the Code building at
one stage, and a fan of the name of Mark Chapman,
Mike David Chapman, came up and got a copy of
their their current or his current hit album Double Fantasy
signed and then coming back to the building and then he.
Speaker 2 (26:46):
That's so creepy.
Speaker 3 (26:47):
He was hanging around and he planned for months meticulously
what he was going to do because he was a
fan who but he was also jealous. He was deranged,
but he was jealous of John's lifestyle. Yeah, and they
found out later because he was obsessed with Catcher in
the Rye. So he sat there after killing John Lennon
and put five bullets in. John Lennon sat there reading
Catcher in the Rye, waiting to be arrested and they
found out later that David Bowie could have been a
(27:08):
target too, So yes, yeah, scary times.
Speaker 2 (27:12):
John Winston O, no, Lennon, you took his wife's name. Yeah,
at a time when it wasn't so common. Well it
was not that common now, but it was. Yeah, definitely
wasn't that.
Speaker 3 (27:22):
And the child of the war. So Winston Churchill were
going to mention any in the naming of him because
he's waundering the bombing in London. But Chapman was eligible
for parole like twenty something years ago. It's been night
at twenty times already. Yeah, let's not talk about him, No,
let's move on there. Just think of John the real thing.
And she said the album was going off at the time,
wasn't it double fantasy?
Speaker 1 (27:42):
We're never going to forget him. Yeah, forty three will
be missed always. People speculated a bit like yeah, Elvis
Presley or whatever. People speculate what would be going on
later years, what kind of music would they do and
all that.
Speaker 3 (27:53):
Yeah, my money's on that John wouldn't have hung around
and married HEATHERN Mills like Paul McCartney did.
Speaker 2 (27:58):
No name to put that as the last thought on
my head about it. You know as younger. As new
generations come along, we will still remember John Lennon on
the eighth of December, Clazy and Lisaz
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