This is the transcript for the video Learn about sport at UTS
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hi i’m steph el safty uts representative
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committee member
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player and uts alumni hi i’m gen longman
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i’m club captain here at balmain
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i’m also a uts alumni and a player both
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of us together are proud members of uts
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balmain water polo club
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here at balmain we’ve got an incredibly
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unique history and one that we’re very
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very proud of
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we were founded in 1884 and we are the
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longest standing water polo club in new
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south wales
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dawn fraser the baths has expansive
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harbour views and a deck which is the
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heart of our game days and social
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gatherings
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here at balmain we’re a family club with
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over 600 members
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balmain has teams in both the men and
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women’s competitions
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as well as having junior boys and girls
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teams in all age groups
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the club caters for all standards from
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the beginner right through to the elite
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with our teams in the australian water
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polo league uts balmain water polo
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offers
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student discounts to all uts students
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and alumni
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as we already mentioned we train at dawn
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fraser baths but in addition to this the
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club also utilizes other local pools
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such as leichhardt ashfield and auburn
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and other locations in the inner west
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balmain is one of the 10 uts high
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performance clubs
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what that means for you is that if
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you’re an elite athlete and a student at
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uts
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then there’s a wide range of services
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and benefits that we can offer you
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to make sure that you get the most out
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of your sport as well as supported with
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your academic studies
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uts balmain water polo club also plays
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in the australian water polo league
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we have both a men’s and a women’s team
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and are incredibly
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competitive and have a very long history
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of success so whether you’re looking to
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move clubs
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or to start somewhere new then uts
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Balmain water polo club is the place for
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you
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one of the best things about our club is
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the club culture and social events
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Gen can you tell us a bit more about
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them yeah definitely so throughout our
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regular season
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one of the best things about a home game
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at Dawny is the barbecue
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really creates an amazing atmosphere for
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our supporters the general public but
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also all our club members
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we also host a number of fundraising
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events throughout the season
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one of our big ones is the Dawny to
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cockatoo island swim
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so that’s normally held in november and
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as you can see behind me
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cockatoo island is where we swim to from
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Dawny we also host
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a smaller swim so we really try to cater
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for all age groups
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so look out for that if you ever want to
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get involved it’s an absolutely
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fantastic day down here and a really
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great cause
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we also host a number of social events
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throughout the year one of our biggest
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ones this year was the black and gold
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ball
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which we held at the aerial function
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center that was an awesome night and a
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really great
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opportunity to bring our community
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together the last thing that we do down
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here that’s really unique to our club is
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the under 12s tournament
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that’s held here during the beginning of
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january every year
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that’s the really great way to introduce
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young people to water polo
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and also a great fundraising activity so
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one of the best things about being a
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student athlete at uts
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is getting to go to nationals which
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happens every year so steph can you tell
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us a little bit about nationals and how
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great an experience it is
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so nationals is really great because we
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send both a men’s and women’s team
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um it’s a great way to get involved um
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at a sport at uts
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and it’s also just a really great way to
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make long life friends
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experience something new and to really
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get involved with
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the great things uts sport has to offer
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um a bit of history about
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our two teams um we’re quite competitive
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over the last few years the women have
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won
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two gold medals and the men have won one
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so it’s a really
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great way to be a part of a competitive
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sport but still the social aspect of
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making new friends
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and really building those relationships
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at university so if you’re keen to get
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involved then follow us
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on social media so we’ve got instagram
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and facebook and twitter so check it out
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if you’re keen to
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join our club
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