Best Profiling of an Athlete, Team or Coach - Broadcast Media
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The winner tonight goes to Mary Gearin and
the 7.30 Team at the ABC.
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Thank you very much that is fantastic, thank
you to the judges and the Sports Commission
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and congratulations to the other finalists
they were all just terrific stories. Clearly
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I am accepting this on part of the team because
with TV you can’t not have a team and this
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was no exception, just brilliant people that
I work with are just some of the best people
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in the business.
I absolutely must thank, not just because
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of what Peter said, but I must thank one bloke
in particular tonight, a bloke who is a journalist
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and keeps me on my toes, raises our kids and
builds our house and looks damn fine in that
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dinner suit over there, as well, so he should
have his own reward and he shall.
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Anna can organise a bike if you like?
Look clearly this Award is because of the
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power of David Buttifant and his family and
strength. It didn’t come out in that but
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if you haven’t seen it or know of his story
he lost his son to suicide and it was the
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heart of the relationships that he gathered
around him at the club that was clearly the
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power of this story and if anyone got any
comfort out of the story that was in that
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position then obviously it was all worth it.
Even though it unfortunately gave people better
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feelings about Collingwood just before the
grand final and that was no intentional.
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And just finally, thinking about excellence
in sport journalism tonight if I could just
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go off message just for a second, I just wanted
to mention one of the best sports journalists
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Australia’s ever had. Sorry, Paul Lockyer
who was , who died not long ago and I had,
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he would say harden up, get some concrete,
he died in that helicopter crash, I worked
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with him at the Athens Olympics and long long
ago at Sports Sunday at Channel Nine and he
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would have won lots and lots of Awards, he
should have been in London next year he would
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have done just an inevitable job and he died
along side people who won heaps of Awards
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too. John being just a fantastic bloke, I
never had the pleasure of working with Gary
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Ticehurst but again he gave those awesome
sporting images from the Sydney to Hobart
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and just a reminder that they did win a heap
of Awards but they were also just, they were
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remembered for being top blokes, just helping
all of their colleagues and that’s what
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they were really remembered for. So we should
have a drink to them tonight. Thanks
The winner tonight goes to Mary Gearin and
the 7.30 Team at the ABC.
0:00:25.560,0:00:29.110
Thank you very much that is fantastic, thank
you to the judges and the Sports Commission
0:00:29.110,0:00:35.200
and congratulations to the other finalists
they were all just terrific stories. Clearly
0:00:35.200,0:00:41.200
I am accepting this on part of the team because
with TV you can’t not have a team and this
0:00:41.200,0:00:45.500
was no exception, just brilliant people that
I work with are just some of the best people
0:00:45.500,0:00:49.489
in the business.
I absolutely must thank, not just because
0:00:49.489,0:00:54.230
of what Peter said, but I must thank one bloke
in particular tonight, a bloke who is a journalist
0:00:54.230,0:00:59.989
and keeps me on my toes, raises our kids and
builds our house and looks damn fine in that
0:00:59.989,0:01:06.880
dinner suit over there, as well, so he should
have his own reward and he shall.
0:01:06.880,0:01:13.880
Anna can organise a bike if you like?
Look clearly this Award is because of the
0:01:17.229,0:01:22.460
power of David Buttifant and his family and
strength. It didn’t come out in that but
0:01:22.460,0:01:27.330
if you haven’t seen it or know of his story
he lost his son to suicide and it was the
0:01:27.330,0:01:34.330
heart of the relationships that he gathered
around him at the club that was clearly the
0:01:34.330,0:01:39.070
power of this story and if anyone got any
comfort out of the story that was in that
0:01:39.070,0:01:44.320
position then obviously it was all worth it.
Even though it unfortunately gave people better
0:01:44.320,0:01:50.360
feelings about Collingwood just before the
grand final and that was no intentional.
0:01:50.360,0:01:55.770
And just finally, thinking about excellence
in sport journalism tonight if I could just
0:01:55.770,0:02:01.579
go off message just for a second, I just wanted
to mention one of the best sports journalists
0:02:01.579,0:02:08.579
Australia’s ever had. Sorry, Paul Lockyer
who was , who died not long ago and I had,
0:02:08.689,0:02:15.689
he would say harden up, get some concrete,
he died in that helicopter crash, I worked
0:02:16.860,0:02:22.310
with him at the Athens Olympics and long long
ago at Sports Sunday at Channel Nine and he
0:02:22.310,0:02:26.970
would have won lots and lots of Awards, he
should have been in London next year he would
0:02:26.970,0:02:32.090
have done just an inevitable job and he died
along side people who won heaps of Awards
0:02:32.090,0:02:38.090
too. John being just a fantastic bloke, I
never had the pleasure of working with Gary
0:02:38.090,0:02:44.090
Ticehurst but again he gave those awesome
sporting images from the Sydney to Hobart
0:02:44.090,0:02:50.480
and just a reminder that they did win a heap
of Awards but they were also just, they were
0:02:50.480,0:02:55.390
remembered for being top blokes, just helping
all of their colleagues and that’s what
0:02:55.390,0:02:57.980
they were really remembered for. So we should
have a drink to them tonight. Thanks
