Seve De Campo // Australian Cross Country Skier, what it’s like to do a winter sport in a warm country…

Today we are joined by Australian cross country skier, Seve De Campo.

Seve takes us through his early years participating as a junior in cricket and AFL, and how he made his way to cross country skiing and the moment he knew he was passionate about it. I found it really interesting to get an insight to how someone is able to train and compete at an international level in a winter sport when our country, Australia, is known for it’s warm weather.

Before we get started, this chat was recorded before Melbourne went it’s 4th lockdown, so any reference to the freedoms we have might be slightly out of context – but it just goes to show how quickly things can change in the space of a week. For my fellow Victorian’s,

There’s a fair few lessons that Seve was able to share, mixed with a healthy amount of banter. So I hope you enjoy this episode. Listen here.

Lindsay Trotter // over 40 years in motor sport and passing that knowledge on

This weeks guest is Lindsay Trotter, a member of the speedway racing community. Lindsay started off his motor sport journey racing motor cross before moving to karting and then sprint cars. Now he uses over 40 years of expertise as a crew chief of a team.

Dad and Lindsay are good friends and I’ve known Lindsay for as long as I can remember, so much so that he took me out for a driving lesson whilst I was first learning to drive. I’ve always admired his passion for motor sport.

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Renee Fox // competitive swimmer and the host of the perfectly flawed podcast

Today we are joined by Renee Fox, a competitive swimmer who also hosts a podcast about mental health and sport. Renee and I come from a very similar background, starting our swimming journeys off at the same swim school to swimming for neighbouring clubs, I loved talking with Renee about her journey through sport and finding out what motivated her to start her podcast.

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Janice Crosswhite OAM // a lifetime of involvement in sport, a woman who has changed sport in Australia

I had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Janice Crosswhite – a passionate advocate for community and women’s involvement in sport. Janice started her sporting journey off as a participant in many sports and then went on to physical education teaching.

Janice has always been passionate about improving access to sports and was awarded the order of Australia medal (OAM) in 2001 for her efforts.

Because of Janice’s vast knowledge and experiences, this conversation will be split into two parts, with part two released in a few days.

In this episode Janice take’s us through her early years of participating in sport, and how she fell in love with Basketball. The studies she completed as well as meeting her husband, who was an Olympic basketballer himself and the experience of going to the Olympics as a supporter.

We also hear about the project that lead to Janice being awarded an Order of Australia medal and the benefit participating in sport throughout her whole life has provided her.

We also go through some of the local community projects Janice has played a major role in, and again our love for Labradors comes up.

As we recorded remotely the audio quality is a bit patchy in some places, but push past this because you don’t want to miss out on any of Janice’s wise words.

LISTEN TO PART ONE HERE
LISTEN TO PART TWO HERE

Matt Charles // martial arts, spinal injury, the journey to becoming a 5th Dan and 12 hour fight for MS

This week we are joined by Matt Charles, a world class full contact fighter who genuinely believes in living the life of martial arts. His love and passion for Martial arts has transferred through to develop his own business, Casey Elite Martial Arts.

I was privileged enough to have joined Matt a few weeks ago, in his studio on a Saturday and to experience the welcoming atmosphere that came along with being there. As we recorded this, you can hear a little bit of background noise of some classes in the next room.

Listen past the background noise to hear about Matt’s introduction into Martial Arts, how a work accident left him partially paralysed, but it was his love and passion for martial arts that motivated his recovery.

We also hear about his 3 months in Thailand training for his 5th Dan grading.

Listen to part one of the chat here

In part two Matt lets us into the mentality behind his club environment, the lessons he’s learnt along the way. We also hear about his 12 hour fight in 2014 to raise money for a member of his community who was battling with MS. We get an insight into what he felt leading up to the event, what was happening during those last few hours and his recovery.

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Isis Holt // A ray of sunshine tells what it’s like having 9 world records before the age of 17

Today we are joined by Isis Holt, who is not only an absolute ray of sunshine but wise beyond her years. Isis has an athletic resume that speaks for itself. Having achieved 9 world records by time she was 17 years old, in the 100 and 200m T35 sprint.

Isis takes us on her journey as to how she got involved in athletics and how her career as an elite athlete took off. Whilst her accomplishments on the track are beyond incredible – it’s Isis’s attitude towards sport that I love the most.

I cant believe we are 10 episodes into season 2. I’d just like to take a quick minute to thank our guests for sharing their journeys and every single listener who’s tuned into these conversations. Last week the podcast hit a little milestone in terms of downloads and it just makes me feel so grateful that I have this opportunity to share with you some amazing journeys.

Listen to the chat with Isis here

Darcey Hansen // grassroots Netball and Football. Incredibly brave domestic violence survivor.

This weeks guest is the incredibly brave Darcey Hansen. A local football and netball player, Darcey opens up shares her journey of starting netball in grade three and football in her early 20’s. Not only an active participant in women’s football – but a campaigner for more women participating in this wonderful sport by hosting ‘YAB TV’.

Just to clarify for any overseas listeners, in this episode when referring to football, we are talking about Australian Rules Football.

In the last half of this episode Darcey opens up and discusses the incredibly important issue of Domestic Violence and how it has affected her sporting journey. If this is a trigger for you, please don’t listen to this episode. And if you experience any distress please reach out to the domestic violence organisations linked in the show notes.

It was a privilege to record this powerful and important conversation and I hope you’re as moved as I was. LISTEN HERE

Domestic Violence Help

https://www.whiteribbon.org.au/Find-Help/Help-Lines

https://www.dvrcv.org.au/domestic-violence-helpline

https://www.1800respect.org.au/

Nathan Buschkuehl // professional triathlon and the high expectations that come with being an athlete

Today we are joined by another close to home guest, Nathan Buschkuehl. Ex professional triathlete who also happens to be my brother-in-law.

Nath takes us on the journey of what it took to get some of his best results, including 2nd at the Mooloolaba Continental Cup in 2014, finishing just after Jake Burtwhistle. Nath shares with us what it was like when he was stepping away from the professional arena but still had high expectations of himself.

We also get an insight as to the benefits being involved in sport had on his relationship with his partner, Olympic long jumper, Brooke. If you’d like to hear about her journey, she appeared on the podcast in season one, episode 6.

You’ll also hear Nath mention his coach Steve Foster, who was actually a guest in season one, episode 4. As well as his brother Todd who was a guest in season one, episode 10.

We’ll also hear an insight of how COVID 19 may affect the athletes, friends and families in terms of the Tokyo Olympics.

Listen to the full chat here!

Steele Von Hoff // life as a professional cyclist, breaking 6 vertebrae and what it took to win a Commonwealth Games gold medal seven weeks later…

This weeks guest is 2018 Commonwealth Games gold medallist Steele Van Hoff.

Steele takes us on his early sporting journey and how he became a professional cyclist with some incredible career highlights. Representing his country multiple times as well as winning a world tour stage at the tour down under in 2015.

But one thing that stands out for me is the amount of resilience and determination that Steele showed in 2018. The day he announced that he had been selected to represent Australia at the Commonwealth Games – Steele had a major crash…breaking his 6 vertebrae in his back and neck. This was 7 weeks out from the Com Games. I’ll let Steele tell you the story, but oh my god… what an incredible comeback story.

You can listen here!

For the charities mentioned by Steele you can find the links here;

https://whitebikefoundation.org.au/?fbclid=IwAR3JbNP504JHFEg-_vxVEQTyV7iF6aLfIrqMPPFFec1qDOVZiWRQe3j0WSM
Ride for Relief 2020

Nigel Knighton // the journey of finding passion in Karate, coaching and teaching

We are joined today by the marvellous Nigel Knighton. A 5th Dan in Karate, sports teacher and father. Nige takes us on his sporting journey of how he found a passion in the sport industry and made a career of it.

This is quite a close to home episode for me as I knew Nige as Mr Knighton, during my 6 years of high school. Nige started off as my year 7 sport teacher – when a very non athletic Fiona used to forget her sport uniform or spend an hour running away from the ball.

I was lucky enough to be a part of a year 9 self defence class, again taught by Mr Knighton where I started to discover that sport wasn’t just about the mainstream football and netball. Mix that with finding my gills in the pool, as Nige describes my swimming. I decided to do my certificate 4 in Sport and Recreation as part of year 11 and 12, lead by Mr Knighton. It was not only my favourite subject during those final years, but the one I put the most time into and thus did the best at.

When I look back now, if it wasn’t for Nige’s welcoming and engaging attitude towards sport, I may have been one of those kids who lost interest and dropped out of this wonderful world I’m now involved in.

After a little bit of market research via Facebook and Instagram, to keep with the shorter format of season 2, this episode is split into two parts.

In part one of this interview we chat about Nige’s early years and what made him passionate about not only his sport of Karate but teaching and coaching the younger generations.

Listen to PART ONE here

In part two we discuss the benefits sport has given Nige, as well as some important lessons along the way. Nige has a real passion for passing this passion for sport on to the younger generations and it really shines through.

You can listen here