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Everything you need to know about sports administration on the Yorke Peninsula. Working through the process of grants to the many pitfalls facing clubs. Interviews and a whole lot more. BACKGROUND: Max Stevens has been involved in sports journalism, broadcasting and sports management for his working life. His first involvement with an Olympic Games was Moscow in 1980. He's worked for the Seven and Ten Networks, covered AFL for decades, managed leading AFL players & other athletes, he's been employed in the High-Performance Unit with Cycling Australia, championship event management along with working for state and local governments. Max crafted his skills on the radio. He's been contracted by numerous radio networks around Australia. His first appearance on radio was back in the seventies with Geelong's 3GL on the AM band. FM was on the verge of being a reality in this country. Gradually, he worked his way to the FM market. These days he's part of the STARCLUB program.

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Daniel Hoskin - AFL Umpire

2022/06/27

He's an AFL Goal Umpire these days. Daniel Hoskin spent time in Moonta on the Yorke Peninsula honing his skills. He travelled up and back to goal umpire training in Adelaide a few times each week. He's been associated with the AFL for many, many seasons. But why goal umpiring for a young man. In this podcast Daniel explains the whys and hows of goal umpiring. We also take a look at the video review system. Has it been successful or not? Daniel is extremely dedicated to this sport and passionate about it.

David Speirs - Liberal Opposition Leader

2022/06/27

David Speirs is the Liberal Party's main man, yes he's the state boss. In this podcast he explains his love for the environment and what he knows about the Yorke Peninsula. His mate-ship with Fraser Ellis, the local state member. He hopes one day Fraser will be back in the liberal party. Speirs talks about his involvement with the surf life saving club at Brighton. His new job, Opposition Leader of the state Liberal Party. David is frank and honest. He also speaks about the new look liberal party. Get ready for change!

Peter Malinauskas - State Labor Leader

2022/03/01

Peter Malinauskas, the leader of the State Labor Party joins us for this podcast chat. Peter looks at his life from working at Woolies to holidaying on the Yorke Peninsula. He played football for the Adelaide University Blacks. But he says he's hopeful his playing days aren't behind him. He wants to play 200 senior games for the club, time may be running against him though. Peter Malinauskas is as honest and frank as they come in this one on one podcast.

Scott Lycett - Port Adelaide

2022/02/01

Port Adelaide big man Scott Lycett is our guest. A premiership player with the West Coast, Scott knows what he wants and what it takes. Before heading to the West, Scott played for the Port Magpies and won a Premiership in the seconds. . At the time this interview was conducted Scott had played more than 120 AFL games. We take a look at his career and coming back to the Club he is very proud of, Port Adelaide.

Minister Corey Wingard

2022/01/18

He's the Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing. Corey Wingard loves his sport, despite being the boss of Infrastructure and Transport. He loves roads too. From the small screen to Parliament House we discuss it all. His great love is football. In fact he worked for the SANFL and started his working career at Marion selling sports shoes including footy boots. What's the Premier like? All is asked in this podcast with the Minister as our guest. Grant applications, COVID and life in general, we talk about heaps. Corey Wingard was elected to the South Australian Parliament as the Member for Mitchell in March 2014. He was re-elected in 2018 to represent the new electorate of Gibson.

Matty Nicks Uncut

2021/12/20

Honest and frank would best describe Adelaide's Coach Matthew Nicks in this podcast. We chat about most things but footy is his favorite. So what makes a good coach at any level. Matty Nicks says, "your ears are more important than your month". Something he learnt very early on in his coaching career. This is the uncut vision of the interview with Matty Nicks. It demonstrates what sort of person Matthew Knicks is, now at the Adelaide Crows. Nicks played 175 games for the Sydney Swans after his debut in 1996.

Adelaide Crows - Matthew Nicks

2021/12/15

In this podcast we chat with Adelaide Crows Coach Matthew Nicks. He's a man on a mission, he wants to make the Club better and its players. We talk about coaching, the Yorke Peninsula and life in general. Matty Nicks is as honest as they come. He's down to earth, a fantastic ambassador for the Adelaide Crows and football. I was my pleasure to be able to talk with him. https://www.afc.com.au/

Adam Pitt - CMS Crows

2021/12/01

In my mind Adam Pitt is a legend and a decent bloke. Yes, he's done the rounds but is he a better cricketer or footballer? In this podcast we ask all the tough questions and Adam doesn't miss a beat. The CMS Crows to running the Stansbury Sports & Community Club, he takes it all in his stride. Playing and coaching at a very young age. Today he plays in the B-Grade at the CMS Crows and knows the game very well. https://aflnational.com/sa/yorke-peninsula/cms-crows/ https://sanfl.com.au/communityfootball/news/how-york-peninsulas-cms-crows-fly/ https://websites.mygameday.app/club_info.cgi?c=1-6705-112574-205521-0 http://mycricket.cricket.com.au/home.aspx?entityid=14085&save=0

Gerry van Niekerk - Copper Trail Parkrun

2021/11/23

Everywhere around the Yorke Peninsula you can find a park run. Some are better know than others. Port Broughton 's run is well known for example. Now there's a park run near Kadina. 'The Copper Trail Parkrun' is held every Saturday at 8am. And it caters for everyone & style of runner, says event organiser Gerry van Kiekerk. Walk, jog or run the 5 kilometres and no one comes last. In this podcast we look at the park run endorsed by parkrun Australia. https://www.parkrun.com.au/

Chris Newman - R U OK

2021/11/11

R U OK is a day held every September. While this day is the national R U OK day, we should remind everyone that every day is the day to ask R U OK. The suicide prevention driver is now promoting Hey Sport, R U OK at sporting and community clubs around the country. In this Podcast we speak with Chris Newman, an ambassador with the group. Chris tells us his story and how important is to ask people R U OK. We look at the Yorke Peninsula and what happens when someone says they R not OK. We also dig deep on Hey Sport, R U OK. Communication is so important, the main way to get the message across is to communicate with each other. https://www.ruok.org.au/

Letitia Dahl-Helm - Windara Reef

2021/10/28

It doesn't matter how we pronounce it, Windara Reef is a Yorke Peninsula gem. It's situated 7 kilometres south of Ardrossan or 1 K off Rogues Point. The coordinates for the reef are easily found. Letitia Dehl-Helm from the Yorke Peninsula Council takes us for a deep dive of the Windara Reef. https://yorkepeninsula.com.au/windara-reef

Matthew Rose - Bute Football Club

2021/10/26

The Bute Football Club has a new senior coach. Matthew Rose takes the helm from Chad Bourke. Rose has been involved with Bute for years, now it's the senior coaching job. How will be go? You be the judge. Gary Wehr will be his assistant and both guys are ready for what's ahead.