
The Bench Press
By Adam Hoy
Your hosts Fanboy, Immy, Maddie and Tay are the VOICE of James Nash School Sport!

The Bench PressNov 05, 2023

Episode 47: Gala Day and Futsal Results!
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Welcome to The Bench Press - The voice of James Nash Sport!
Maddie, Tay, Immy and Fanboy are here to bring you all the updates of James Nash School Sport.
Key topics include the sounds and excitement of the Gala Day against Maryborough SHS, Futsal results and the upcoming All Star Skill Showcase!
Let's Kick Off!

Episode 46: Ballinger Cup and Gala Day
Welcome to The Bench Press - The voice of James Nash Sport!
Maddie, Tay, Immy and Fanboy are here to bring you all the updates of James Nash School Sport.
Key topics include the upcoming Week 5 Gala Day and Futsal competitions as well as Ballinger Cup Hockey results
Let's Kick Off!

Episode 45: The Bench Press 'LIVE' From the Quad!
Welcome to The Bench Press - The voice of James Nash Sport!
A special episode as you join Immy and Fanboy LIVE in the quad with guests Isabella and Maddie.
The Bench Press is joined by the Junior and Senior Sportspeople of the year for 2023, Bella and Maddie
We discuss their incredible year on the sporting field and look ahead to what is next for the talented duo.
Phoenix are House Champions for 2023 and Desserts are on the menu in OUFL.
Let's Kick Off!

Episode 44: Girls Rugby Finals, Snooker Champ and Ultimate Tag!
Welcome to The Bench Press - The voice of James Nash Sport!
Join Tay, Maddie & Fanboy as they break down the past week of James Nash Sport.
The crew discuss the disappointing girls rugby finals results from term 3 through a positive lens by looking ahead to 2024.
James Nash has a QLD Snooker representative ready to take on Australia in January.
And Glanmire takes out the final Interhouse Event of 2023!
Let's Kick Off!

Episode 43: 2023 District Athletics Champions!
Welcome to The Bench Press - The voice of James Nash Sport!
Join Tay, Immy, Maddie & Fanboy as they break down the past week of James Nash Sport.
The district athletics landscape is as it should be as James Nash takes out top spot.
Our chess team check off another milestone, while our rugby girls continue to carve it up in their respective divisions.
Let's Kick Off!

BONUS EPISODE: Feat. Our Regional Chess Champions!
The Bench Press is proud to present this Bonus Episode featuring our Gympie Regional Chess Champions; Eden, Tyler and Johnny (Finlay was absent unfortunately).
The students provide an insight into their training and tournament preparations, tactics as well as their goals for the QLD Championships in Term 4.
Enjoy!
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Episode 42: Hockey Champs & Boys Basketball
Welcome to The Bench Press - The voice of James Nash Sport!
Tay and Maddie join Fanboy to break down the past week of James Nash Sport.
Our senior boys basketball team took on our local rivals and our girls rugby teams look to continue winning ways.
Australia wins the Netball World Cup and will play France in the Football World Cup 1/4 Final!
Let's Kick Off!

Episode 41: Introducing Tay, Maddie & Immy!
Welcome to The Bench Press - The voice of James Nash Sport!
A special episode for The Bench Press as we introduce three new members; Tayla, Maddie and Imogen!
This week, we announce 4 new District Athletics Record Holders from last weeks district carnival. Girls rugby is well and truly underway and another district hockey carnival is in the books!
Australia is doing well in both the Women's Football and Netball World Cups and a Saucy topic for OUFLF.
Let's Kick Off!

Episode 40: Athletics Champions and Rugby Reps!
Welcome to The Bench Press - The voice of James Nash Sport!
In what could be their final show, Coxy and Bird join Fanboy for a bumper show.
On the Bench Press this week, we cover The Athletics carnival including the inaugural Ball Games competition, tug-o-war and of course, our age champions.
Three of our rugby students had very successful holidays including Regional, State and National recognition.
Finally we look forward to the next Interhouse sport competition and the Women's Football World Cup.
Let's Kick Off!

Episode 39: Athletics Week & Wide Bay Champs!
Welcome to The Bench Press - The voice of James Nash Sport!
Coxy and Fanboy are back to bring James Nash Sport* from the field to your earbuds. *NBA/NHL/State of Origin/The Ashes all get a mention.
For episode 4 of 2023 we bring you European Handball Results, Wide Bay Cross Country results and we count down to Athletics Carnival.
We then look at Video Games in 'Overrated Underrated Favourite Least Favourite' (OUFLF).
Let's Kick Off!

Episode 38: Euro Handball ... It's On!
Welcome to The Bench Press - The voice of James Nash Sport!
Coxy and Fanboy are back to bring James Nash Sport from the field to your earbuds.
For episode 3 of 2023 we are joined by Lydia to bring you Interhouse Sport updates, an unfortunate Bill Turner Cup result and some exciting Athletics Carnival news.
We then look at Shoes for 'Overrated Underrated Favourite Least Favourite' (OUFLF).
Let's Kick Off!

Episode 37: Pink Stumps and Chess Champs! Feat. Ms. James
Welcome to The Bench Press - The voice of James Nash Sport!
Coxy, Bird and Fanboy are back for another season of The Bench Press, Joined on this episode for the first time by Coops!
For this episode, Columbia House Captain, Maddy M joins us live from the Interhouse European Handball Comp
We have a complete run down of Pink Stumps Day (Spoiler: Teachers and Year 12's Win!), Round 1 Bill Turner Cup results and also interviews and commentary from the Gardiner Chess Tournament that James Nash hosted.
We then take on a challenging topic in 'Overrated Underrated Favourite Least Favourite' (OUFLF).
Let's Kick Off!

Episode 36: We're Back for 2023!
Welcome to The Bench Press - The voice of James Nash Sport!
Coxy, Bird and Fanboy are back for another season of The Bench Press!
For our first episode of 2023 we have a complete run down of the House Championship, including Swimming Carnival, Cross Country and Interhouse Tournament results. Our boys rugby teams have played two games, including a memorable slate of ANZAC day clashes.
Also back for 2023, the game show 'Overrated Underrated Favourite Least Favourite' (OUFLF), as always our takes are all you need to decide.
Let's Kick Off!

James Nash Boys Rugby Week 1 - Player Interviews
Fanboy is joined by players and coaches for post-match interviews. Results from the games are as follows: Year 7 Boys James Nash 27 def. Sienna 12 Year 8 Boys James Nash 0 def. by Sienna 40+ Year 9 Boys James Nash won via forfeit Year 10 Boys James Nash 10 def. by St. Andrews 17 Open 9 Boys James Nash 7 def. Sienna 0
Featuring; Atlas St. John, Ben, Tim, Coach Green and Coach Price.

Episode 35: Girls Rugby - Rivalry Round
Welcome to The Bench Press - The voice of James Nash Sport!
Fanboy is flying solo this week, with Legend, Coxy and Bird either representing Nash at Wide Bay athletics, resting a fractured nose from a tough week of rugby or attending English tutorials!
Our girls rugby teams took on St. Pats and Victory College in rivalry round, Wide Bay Athletics continues and our Chess team enjoys more success!

Episode 34: Girls Rugby & District Athletics
Welcome to 'The Bench Press' the voice of James Nash Sport.
Fanboy and Legend are here with the results from the first 2 rounds of girls rugby as well as how Nash faired at the District Athletics carnival.

Episode 33: Girls Rugby Week 1 PLAYER INTERVIEWS Feature.
Join Fanboy as he brings you all of the sounds from Round 1 of the girls rugby season. Hear from players in our U14, U16 and Open teams as they look to get their seasons off to a winning start.

Episode 32(VIDEO): Athletics Day Results .... kind of.
Fanboy, Coxy and Bird are all here provide your sport updates. In this episode we chat all things Athletics Day. From the 100m to tunnel ball and all activities and events in between. We also look ahead to week 2 and the kick off of the next Interhouse sport competition.

Episode 32: Athletics Day Results .... kind of.
Fanboy, Coxy and Bird are all here provide your sport updates. In this episode we chat all things Athletics Day. From the 100m to tunnel ball and all activities and events in between. We also look ahead to week 2 and the kick off of the next Interhouse sport competition.
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Episode 31: Euro-handball results, Boys Rugby Grand Finals and Athletics Day!
Legend, Fanboy, Coxy and Bird are all here provide your sport updates. In this episode we chat about the upcoming Athletics Day and its 'Cartoon Character' theme, we have the results of the Interhouse European Handball competition as well as Grand Final results for our boys rugby teams!
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Episode 30: Live from the Interhouse European Handball Competition
Hello all, we are back after a couple of weeks away from the podcast mics!
Fanboy, Coxy and Bird are courtside at the Interhouse Euro handball competition. You'll hear some live commentary, updates on school athletics and boys rugby as well as an interview with Termites House captain Nick Morley!

BONUS Episode: : LIVE from Pink Stumps Day
Legend and Coxy bring you right into the action of our Pink Stumps Day Fundraiser. The girls interview 3 of our school captains and the teachers who played a role in making the event an awesome afternoon for all involved!

BONUS Episode: LIVE from the Junior School Badminton Finals
This episode features live audio from the Senior School Badminton Competition, including live interviews from the TOP 4 teams in each age group. Interviews conducted by Fanboy and Legend.

BONUS EPISODE: LIVE from Senior School Badminton Comp
This episode features live audio from the Senior School Badminton Competition, including live interviews from the TOP 4 teams in each age group.

Episode 26: Senior Badminton/District Cross Country/Boys Rugby
Fanboy, Coxy and Bird are all here provide your sport updates. In this episode we interview our senior badminton top four finalist teams, Coxy and Bird talk about how they went at district cross country as well as how our boys rugby teams went against Grammar.
Go you Nashies!

Episode 25(VIDEO): Interhouse Championship/District Cross Country/Boys Rugby
Fanboy, Coxy and Bird are all here provide your sport updates. The team announce the first sport chosen for the Interhouse Championship to be hosted by Caledonia. Our boys rugby teams played St. Johns on ANZAC day, how did they go? Finally we have our largest group of athletes in 5 years representing Nash at district cross country.
Go you Nashies!

Episode 25: Interhouse Championship/District Cross Country/Boys Rugby
Fanboy, Coxy and Bird are all here provide your sport updates. The team announce the first sport chosen for the Interhouse Championship to be hosted by Caledonia. Our boys rugby teams played St. Johns on ANZAC day, how did they go? Finally we have our largest group of athletes in 5 years representing Nash at district cross country.
Go you Nashies!

Episode 24: Cross Country and Boys Rugby Results
Fanboy, Coxy and Bird are all here to bring you the first Bench Press Podcast of Term 2. The team have the Cross Country results from term 1 with anew champion house crowned. Our boy's rugby team's clashed with Matthew Flinders in their first hit out and interhouse sport competitions are getting closer.
Go you Nashies!

Episode 24: Cross Country and Boys Rugby Results
Fanboy, Coxy and Bird are all here to bring you the first Bench Press Podcast of Term 2. The team have the Cross Country results from term 1 with anew champion house crowned. Our boy's rugby team's clashed with Matthew Flinders in their first hit out and interhouse sport competitions are getting closer.
Go you Nashies!

Episode 23: Fraser Coast 7's, House Assemblies and the Return of OUFL
That's right, Overrated, Underrated, Favourite, Least Favourite is back with a super theme to match our annual Cross Country Carnival!
Legend, Fanboy, Coxy and Bird are all here to bring you Fraser Coast Rugby 7's results, the lowdown on House Assemblies and a reminder for our first school sport carnival of the year!

Episode 22: Hard Hits Featuring Trinity-Maree Jackson
For our first interview of 2022, Fanboy and Legend are joined by year 12 student, current U19 Falcons dummy half and future NRLW star Trinity-Maree Jackson.

Episode 21: We're Back!
The Bench Press is back!
Fanboy and Legend are joined in 2022 by Coxy (Hannah Wilcox) and Bird (Tessa Krogh).
Enjoy the first episode of the year as the crew gets you up to date with James Nash Sport!

Episode 20: Bowlarama Wrap Feat. David Olsson
Hello and welcome to The Bench Press Podcast. We are the voice of James Nash School Sport.
Joining Overall Legend and Fanboy today is long distance running superstar David Olsson. David tells us all about the enormous opportunity he is taking up next year and how it all came about.
We also look back on the successful Bowlarama Lawn Bowls event!

Episode 19: Bowlarama Preview and House Captain Interviews
Hello and welcome in to The Bench Press Podcast. We are the voice of James Nash school sport.
Overall Legend and Fanboy bring you all the news and updates concerning the upcoming Bowlarama, House Captain interviews and a scholarship for an outstanding athletics athlete.

Episode 18: Farewell Wippet and Noob
A very special episode with Wippet on the mic for the final time.
We don't let him off easy as he reports on our football 'friendlies' against St. Pats. Legend chips in with her experiences from the games while Fanboy gets us all up to date with our chess champions!
Legend and Fanboy wish Wippet and Noob all the best for their future endeavours! Whip it, Whip it good!

Bonus Episode: They See Me Bowlin'
Fanboy and Wippet are joined by Cody Bernard and Tilah Mason to chat about their recent victory in the State Secondary Schools Championship Lawn Bowls tournament. The duo bring in their trophies (which are massive!), their medals and stories from their experience at Pine Rivers and reveal their bowling plans for the future.
Hope you enjoy our interview with two of James Nash's brightest young athletes!
Check out the full QLD Lawn Bowls Article Below!
https://www.bowlsqld.org/2021/10/14/james-nash-state-high-wins-the-cup/

Episode 17: State Champions and Aussie Medalists Featuring Mr. Letoo
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Our biggest episode yet features results and updates from a number of our school teams as well as some outstanding individual achievements!
Legend, Wippet and Fanboy are back together and are joined by special guest, Prac. teacher Mr. Letoo!
This episode was also filmed and will be on the Bench Press YouTube channel @
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHSezBeik05AMcJZSH7ypsdKy7a-rRnnm

Episode 16: What it takes to be a State Champion Feat. Mrs. Krausz
Welcome to the Bench Press, a podcast for James Nash School Sport.
No Wippet or Legend today as they are both at All Schools State Touch Football so Fanboy is joined by colleague Mrs. Krausz!
Krauszy explains what it's like to be a State Dance Champion and her love for randomly titled board games.
We then also look ahead to a huge weekend of state championship action with both our Touch Football and Chess teams in play!

Episode 15 - Girls Rugby Finals, TCE Review + YouTube News!
Our final podcast of term three and The Whippet and Fanboy are here to wrap up a big final week of sport action.
James Nash had three rugby teams competing in the Division 1 Girls Finals as well as three teams representing the school at the TCE Volleyball tournament in Brisbane.
Whippet and Fanboy also provided commentary of the rugby which you can now WATCH and listen to on YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHSezBeik05AMcJZSH7ypsdKy7a-rRnnm
Enjoy the holidays, watch some sport, play some sport and stay safe!

Episode 14: Girls Rugby Results and The College Experience!
Soooo big news.... We recorded this episode and it will be posted on the James Nash State High School YouTube channel. We'll upload the link when it's available!
On this episode we cover the final round of girls rugby fixtures. Which of our teams are playing finals??? Also our Jaguars are preparing for their TCE tournament in week 10!

Episode 13 - Girls Rugby Round 3 and Chess Tournament Results
Another packed episode with hosts Kiarni, Mitch and Adam!
On this episode we wrap up all results from Round 3 of the girls rugby comp. Featuring interviews with Hannah Paul (U14) and Tahlee DeSerio (U16).
We also have updated team news for the QLD Chess Championships!

Episode 12: Live from the Quad - Book Week Special
This episode was a lot of fun! Kiarni, Mitch and Adam recorded this episode amongst the hustle and bustle of Book Week in the school's quadrangle.
We have girls rugby results for their first week of full fixtures, an exciting Volleyball update and a teaser for those who love their chess!
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Episode 11: Girls Rugby is Back!
Adam, Kiarni and Mitch discuss the return of the girls rugby season after a COVID pause. Adam makes some enemies, Kiarni makes some friends and Mitch remains impartial during Overrated Underrated - Music Artists.

The Olympics According to The Bench Press
As the COVID lockdown resulted in Districts and Girls Rugby being postponed there are is no school sport to discuss.
So in its place Kiarni and Adam host an Olympic themed episode. We discuss our first Olympics memories, our favourite moment of Tokyo 2020 so far and our favourite and least favourite events!

Episode 10: Girls Rugby first round results, Volleyball Senior Schools Cup and Junior Futsal Comp.
Adam, Kiarni and Mitch discuss the first round of Girls Rugby, the Volleyball Senior schools cup and a Junior Futsal competition for grades 7 and 8. It gets a bit tense during Overrated, Underrated as the trio discuss car brands.

Episode 9: Bill Turner Cup final, Girls Rugby season announced!
Adam, Kiarni and Mitch talk about the Bill Turner Cup Grand Final, The Girls Rugby season coming up and a Simpsons inspired Overrated, Underrated, Favourite, Least Favourite.

Episode 8: Athletics Day results and Bill Turner Cup Semi Final
From all of us at The Bench Press, we hope you enjoyed your school holidays and are ready for a HUGE Term 3!
For our first episode of the term we wrap up the results of Term 2's Athletics Carnival. Congratulations to Columbia for ending the run of Phoenix!
We also provide updates on the Bill Turner Cup Soccer tournament ahead of the boys Grand Final match in Week 2.
As a bonus Mitch, Kiarni and Hoy play a game titled 'Overrated, Underrated' which will surely ruffle some feathers!
Enjoy the Voice of James Nash Sport!

BONUS Episode Featuring CHRIS WALKER!
Welcome to The Bench Press, 'The voice of James Nash School Sport'.
This episode was an epic experience for us to complete. Kiarni, Mitch, Jackson and Adam went for a journey north of Gympie to track down ex NRL footballer Chris Walker. Chris is currently completing a 'Walk of a Lifetime' from Cairns to Surfers Paradise to raise awareness and much needed funds for Beyond Blue, RizeUp, Alcohol and Drug Foundation, and Global Awakening.
To support Chris on his walk head to https://www.fundmychallenge.com/challenges/
We caught up with him on day 54 of his walk approx. 20km North of Gympie and here is what happened....

Episode 7 - U16 Rugby Grand Final Coverage + Volleyball, Athletics and Bill Turner Cup News
Overall a quieter week in James Nash School Sport, however we did have our U16 boys play in the Division 1 Grand Final at Sunshine Coast Stadium.
We also provide updates on the Bill Turner Cup competition, our Volleyball program and of course the annual Athletics Carnival that will be held on the last day of term.
We also provide a sneak peak to an upcoming Bonus Episode with Chris Walker discussing his 'Walk of a Lifetime'.
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Enjoy!

Episode 6 - Rugby Semi finals, Bill Turner Cup and Chess results
Adam and Mitch are here to discuss a HUGE result for James Nash in Rugby as we look at the completed semi final fixtures. Meanwhile our U15 Bill Turner team thrashed their opponents and last but certainly not least James Nash took out the Gardiner chess tournament!
There is NO STATE OF ORIGIN analysis!
Features interviews with Jet Holt and Ms. Jess James