Show transcript Hide transcript

0:00:06.310,0:00:13.090
Category 4 – Best Coverage of Sport by an
Individual – Broadcast Media

0:00:13.090,0:00:20.090
Gerard Whately
Offsiders and Grandstand

0:00:29.179,0:00:34.360
Thank you to the Australian Sports Commission.
It is an honour to win this award. And to

0:00:34.360,0:00:39.110
the Minister, I will say that this is the
best job full stop, because on your worst

0:00:39.110,0:00:45.810
day, you get paid to talk about sport. And
even when sport lets you down, and that’s

0:00:45.810,0:00:51.650
half the job, and you’re required to hold
sport to account, but on its best day, sport

0:00:51.650,0:00:56.900
thrills you and provides the joy that it always
did when I was a kid. And part of this year

0:00:56.900,0:01:03.340
was Buddy Franklin kicking the two best goals
I’ve ever seen live, five minutes apart

0:01:03.340,0:01:07.570
on the same night and having a share in that.
And seeing Bart Cummings with his last great

0:01:07.570,0:01:12.700
champion So You Think who is the best horse
I’ve ever seen live. So to share in that,

0:01:12.700,0:01:19.700
and to share it with an audience, you do feel
like you have some silly little share in it

0:01:19.740,0:01:23.890
when you leave the footy or the races on a
day like that. It’s been a lot of fun to

0:01:23.890,0:01:27.079
share a nomination with Simone, in this category,
my colleague and to just a couple of people

0:01:27.079,0:01:32.270
I’d like to thank, to Barry Cassidy who
is my great supporter at the ABC and Offsiders

0:01:32.270,0:01:36.380
and I know it’s the pollies guilty pleasure
they only really watch Insiders to get to

0:01:36.380,0:01:43.380
Offsiders. And to Susie Robinson who guides
me through ABC radio and is a pillar of support

0:01:43.759,0:01:50.759
for me, so thank you to both of them.