Object of the Game

The brand new Australian Sports Museum is full of fantastic stories, including in the Sport Australia Hall of Fame gallery. We're sharing extended excerpts of some of the interviews Andy Bellairs conducted for the new museum. This episode: Sydney 2000 Taekwondo gold medallist, Lauren Burns The theme music in this episode is courtesy of the Blue Dot Sessions and the Free Music Archive. Object of the Game is a podcast presented by the Australian Sports Museum at the MCG, telling the stories behind the objects on display in the museum.

The brand new Australian Sports Museum is full of fantastic stories, including in the Sport Australia Hall of Fame gallery. We're sharing extended excerpts of some of the interviews Andy Bellairs conducted for the new museum. Enjoy our chat with Oarsome Foursome legend, Mike McKay. The theme music in this episode is courtesy of the Blue Dot Sessions and the Free Music Archive. Object of the Game is a podcast presented by the Australian Sports Museum at the MCG, telling the stories behind the objects on display in the museum.

The brand new Australian Sports Museum is full of fantastic stories, including in the Sport Australia Hall of Fame gallery. We're sharing extended excerpts of some of the interviews Andy Bellairs conducted for the new museum. Enjoy the chat with Paralympic legend, Louise Sauvage The theme music in this episode is courtesy of the Blue Dot Sessions and the Free Music Archive. Object of the Game is a podcast presented by the Australian Sports Museum at the MCG, telling the stories behind the objects on display in the museum.

The brand new Australian Sports Museum is full of fantastic stories, including in the Sport Australia Hall of Fame gallery. We're sharing extended excerpts of some of the interviews Andy Bellairs conducted for the new museum. First up: Wallabies legend, John Eales The theme music in this episode is courtesy of the Blue Dot Sessions and the Free Music Archive. Object of the Game is a podcast presented by the Australian Sports Museum at the MCG, telling the stories behind the objects on display in the museum.

The National Sports Museum at the MCG is now temporarily closed and will reopen refreshed, renewed and redeveloped early in 2020. There is so much going on behind closed doors to bring you a wonderful new museum full of stories that reflect the sporting culture of Australia. After a month off, we're back with some fresh episodes of Object of the Game - this time, based around the stories that we plan to tell you in the NSM . So welcome to Series 2 of Object of the Game. And episode one of series two? It involves one of the trailblazers of the AFLW and a champion of women's football, Penny Cula-Reid. The theme music in this episode is courtesy of the Blue Dot Sessions and the Free Music Archive. Object of the Game is a podcast presented by the National Sports Museum at the MCG, telling the stories behind the objects on display in the museum.

Guy McKenna and the rise of the Gold Coast Suns.       The 17th AFL team based on the Gold Coast played their first game against Carlton in April 2011. But before that, there were two seasons of footy played by the club - the first was in the TAC Cup Under 18s and the second, in Victoria's VFL. The man who led the club as coach through those seasons, and on into the AFL was Eagles great, Guy 'Bluey' McKenna. In this episode, he remembers the formative years of the Gold Coast football club. The theme music in this episode is courtesy of the Blue Dot Sessions and the Free Music Archive. Object of the Game is a podcast presented by the National Sports Museum at the MCG, telling the stories behind the objects on display in the museum.

Glenda Sutton is as close to being Ms Camel as anyone you'd ever meet. She lives and breathes camels - in fact her home is literally surrounded by paddocks of camels she's rescued and raised. When Object of the Game visited Glenda in April, she was just a day away from heading north for the camel racing season. The theme music in this episode is courtesy of the Blue Dot Sessions and the Free Music Archive. Object of the Game is a podcast presented by the National Sports Museum at the MCG, telling the stories behind the objects on display in the museum.

39 years without a plan.   The Coodabeen Champions started as a bunch of university mates who loved to laugh about footy. 39 years later, they're a bunch of middle aged mates who are still laughing at the same  jokes. We hear from Jeff Richardson who started the team all those years ago. The theme music in this episode is courtesy of the Blue Dot Sessions and the Free Music Archive. Object of the Game is a podcast presented by the National Sports Museum at the MCG, telling the stories behind the objects on display in the museum.

Emma's World record collection Emma George broke the women's Pole Vault world record on February 20th, 1999 - for the 10th time. That day, it was her own record that Emma broke - as it was the previous eight times she vaulted higher than any other woman in the world. Add a Commonwealth Games gold medal to that, and you certainly have yourself a career worth celebrating. The theme music in this episode is courtesy of the Blue Dot Sessions and the Free Music Archive. Object of the Game is a podcast presented by the National Sports Museum at the MCG, telling the stories behind the objects on display in the museum.

Greg Chappell was a sublimely talented batsman, who, when he retired, had made more runs for Australia than any other player. He was also captain of Australia's Test team either side of World Series Cricket. But for a generation of cricket fans in the late 80s and 90s, the name Greg Chappell was best known for the stiff brimmed calico cricket hat with the little brown signature on the side. The theme music in this episode is courtesy of the Blue Dot Sessions and the Free Music Archive. Object of the Game is a podcast presented by the National Sports Museum at the MCG, telling the stories behind the objects on display in the museum.

Garth McKenzie's Boxing Day bag. Graham McKenzie was the leader of the Australian fast bowling attack for a decade. He was the first West Australian to become a mainstay in the Australian Test team and finished his career just two wickets shy of Richie Benaud's then national record of 248. And, 50 years ago, Graham McKenzie took 8/71 against the West Indies on Boxing Day, 1968 The video mentioned in the episode is 'A bat a ball and a boy'. The theme music in this episode is courtesy of the Blue Dot Sessions and the Free Music Archive. Object of the Game is a podcast presented by the National Sports Museum at the MCG, telling the stories behind the objects on display in the museum.

A little country kid ushers in the Davis Cup. It's the summer of 1966 and Susan Oliver is just like many kids from all over Australia in that she loves tennis. She doesn't just love playing the game with her sister and father but loves the players she reads about in the papers and hears on the radio. So when the Davis Cup final comes to Melbourne, Susan wants to be right there, even though Kooyong is a good 60 miles from her home in Warragul. Despite the distance, Susan got her chance as an usherette showing fans to their seats, a dream come true to be involved. Ironically, Susan's uniform from that time has gone on display just as the Davis Cup as we know it is no longer. In episode four of Object of the Game, we look back on a time when Australia was the best tennis nation in the world, and the summer when one little country kid got to meet her heroes. The article mentioned in the episode is "Australia wins an Indian war" written by Kim Chapin and published in the January 9, 1967 edition of Sports Illustrated magazine. You can find the text only version here. Archive audio of the 1965 Wimbledon Final between Roy Emerson and Fred Stolle courtesy of British Pathé. Find the whole video here. The theme music in this episode is courtesy of the Blue Dot Sessions and the Free Music Archive. Object of the Game is a podcast presented by the National Sports Museum at the MCG, telling the stories behind the objects on display in the museum.

The race caller, Victoria Shaw.  In January 1998, Victoria Shaw called her first horse race. Just 18 months earlier she had been a finallist in the fashions on the field at the VRC Oaks. In a career of ups and downs over the past 20 years, Victoria has persisted - even if that has meant branching out into other forms of racing - and it's taken her a long way from home. In episode three of Object of the Game, we take a look at the career of Australia's only female race caller, Victoria Shaw. The theme music in this episode is courtesy of the Blue Dot Sessions and the Free Music Archive. Clips provided by Picnic Racing and Greyhound Racing Victoria. Object of the Game is a new podcast from the National Sports Museum, telling the stories behind the objects on display.

The Courageous Peter Norman. Peter Norman was a very fast High School Phys. Ed. teacher in his mid-20s when he set off for the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City. He returned a key participant in one of the most important civil rights protests of the 1960s. But what did the Silver medal he returned with mean to him? And what was the impact on his family?  In episode two of Object of the Game, we delve into the back story of the 1968 Olympic 200m Silver medal and chat to Peter Norman's eldest daughter, Janita. The Australian commentary of the Olympic 200m Final at Mexicio City, 1968 The music in this episode is The Engagement by Silent Partner and Path to Follow by Jingle Punks from the Free Music Archive. Object of the Game is a new podcast from the National Sports Museum, telling the stories behind the objects on display.

The Maize God, Chicken Smallhorn. Wilfred 'Chicken' Smallhorn was a tiny wingman who played his footy for Fitzroy in the VFL in the 1930s. If you're a keen footy fan, you might recognise the name - you might even know that he won the 1933 Brownlow Medal, currently on display in the National Sports Museum. But that's just part of the Chicken Smallhorn story. In episode one of Object of the Game, we take you behind the medal to the story of Chicken's life, with a little help from his nephew, Murray. Object of the Game is a new podcast from the National Sports Museum, telling the stories behind the objects on display.