Brent discussed everything happening in Tassie sport from the new Macquarie Point Stadium render, Hawthorn/Fremantle in Launceston, big results in the NPL and Women's Super League and the latest basketball news.
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Here's what Macquarie Point Development Corporation CEO and Beech and Cox Architecture principal director Alistair Richardson had to say about the stadium height last week. It's been a fascinating journey actually. We've actually found some university research on the trajectory of cricket boards. We've also been using 4k, the technology that the TV company used to track where a six goes for example. And we've plotted that actually into inside the stadium to actually make sure and understand what the roof options are. We did lift the roof up both from an efficiency point of view because the greater the amplitude of the dome, the more efficient it is, the smaller the members and the cheaper it is. But the extra height actually turned cricket from being rather wary when we were talking about it being roughly the same size as Marvel to be in a strong supporter because they certainly realized we're 50 meters but they were clear of any risk of someone hitting the roof. If someone did do a missed ball and hit there'll be a heck of a hit you probably would deserve to be out. You need the height for cricket. So how do you get around that? I mean you're going to have to have it that high and it's going to overshadow the center up potentially so it's something you're going to have to give. How do you tackle that moving forward? Well won't overshadow because it's to the south. So sunrise sunset is absolutely not impacted and there's five sight lines. So most of those run around the stadium and there's two that have partially impacted. So because we have a transparent roof there are only partially impacted. They already are a little bit from the vegetation so what we just need to do is be really transparent about that. And beach and Alastair Richardson talking there about the height of Macquarie Point Stadium. Interestingly Enal Grow West Coast Eagles coach and former director general of the WA Department of Sport, Ron Alexander expressed his doubts over the financial viability of the devil's Macquarie Point Stadium on this is your journey thanks to Tobin brothers. Here's what he had to say. I mean Hobart or Tasmania has or is going through all of this now. I mean that a fair bit of opposition to a down there in recent times. Did you live that in Perth with Optus or were there any similarities when you look from afar at what's happening down in Tasmania. Does it take you back in any way? Well there's a massive difference. The stadium in Perth is viable and the stadium and an AFL team in Tasmania is not viable and the people look very closely and you know over the years I've had the job of you know assessing you know is Commonwealth going to work having these sorts of things and the Tasmanian Government's got to pay $12 million a year to the new team and after the 12th year the AFL will take over $13 million a year. So that's a subsidized team. Yeah but they do subsidise all the teams though to varying degrees. In which way? Well there's an annual distribution to funds at the moment. I mean that 13 million would be dwarfed by the the donation of GWS and Gold Coast in the light. Well said Sammy Edman. That's a very very good point. What do you think? Let us know in the cut how courts open line, 0437, 5552535. Plenty happening with the Quarry Point Stadium. While we're talking about views of the stadium a couple of well-known media personalities expressed their thoughts on X about Friday's new stadium render. Journalist, columnist and former Wallaby Peter Fitzsimmons had this to say. "My Tazzy friends, I don't get it. Your waterfront vibe in Hobart is a delight, so vintage, so rustic, so real, so warm and friendly. Modern rest point must be at least three kilometres away. Why on earth in capitals would you allow a stadium that big to be built that close? Won't it destroy the vibe?" And author, journalist and radio presenter Wendy Harmer had this to say. "Have a gander at this deep flight," Hamish put there in the right now for me. Why do we ruin our precious vista and heritage values? FFS, exclamation mark, exclamation mark. What are your thoughts on people outside of Tasmania commenting on the stadium? Let me know 0437, 5552535. Yes, they can have their opinion, but we have to live here with it. So let me know what you think of people outside of Tasmania commenting on what the stadium will look like and do for Tasmania. Let's go to round 15 of the TSL over the weekend. Lorded out. How about this? Talk about a yo-yo season for the bombers. They've made a big statement after defeating Clarence by 53 points at home. North Launceston took care of Launceston by 76 points in the Northern Derby. And Kimber was too good for North Hobart in a 67-point victory. There was a scary moment in that last game where Tigers defender Ambrose Broughton suffered a dislocated elbow at the start of the match. Play was stopped for 30 minutes while Broughton was taken to hospital, but Kimber coach Trent Bormillot told the Mercury it sounds like best-case scenario because it went back in and he didn't have a break. Probably be a little bit of a ligament damage there. That's positive because it was looking pretty grim for a while, so that is some good news there. As we mentioned off the top of the show, a great game at Utah Stadium on Sunday with the Hawks continuing their unbeaten run in Launceston this season. Hawthorne took down Fremantle by 13 points. Here's some of how we saw it on AFL nation. Opportunity here for the Dockers shot on goal with Banfield Curly. Go! Gets it off the sharp. Sharp loads up and it's bending. Jeremy Sharp hits one for Fremantle. That's their right to the afternoon list, keeping it right here at Utah Stadium. Deply's Banfield kicks a goal. They get the quick reply, the Dockers. Sicily snaps, goes. Hawthorne hit back. Here's Newcom. Tuck the foot of the end of the arm joint. New pound. What a goal for the Hawks. That's the hot snap there after. Can this put the Dockers back in front? Prays your kicks. A goal! The Dockers back in front. Kicked about 10 metres out from goal. Martnock taken. Sicily goal! He's going to kick it on his right side. The wizard runs around Curly ball. He's got it! Watson's kickball from the power of your line. The home's going to win the game. Big trees are reckoned. In several years, here's the siren. A resounding victory to Hawk. It was a cracking contest and a big win by the Hawks. We'll get to some of the other sports around the state shortly. There's a message here on the hard courts. Open line. Craig from Colbrook, one of our regulars here on SCN Tassie Breakfast. England just received runners-up medals at the Euros. What are your thoughts on runner-up medals? What would you do with one if you received one? Well, yeah, I don't know. Hamish is still here with me. I don't think runners-up medals are a thing, are they, Hamish? What would you do with it, seriously? Well, I'd firstly be privileged to be in a position to actually be in the Grand Final. I think the best. To be fair, in year nine, we won the basketball premiership at Hutchins, where I was an expert bench-warmer energy guy. I get what you mean, and I think there's famous stories of maybe Nathan Buckley or players chucking because they used to do runner-up medals in the Grand Final, and they just chucked them into the crowd. I'd imagine it's far less kind of conversational feeling that if you lift up the premiership cup, so I agree it would be a bit of awkward one to receive. Let us know what you think on the hard courts open line this morning, 0437 552535. Runners-up medals. Are they a thing or are they not a thing? Should we have them? Should we not have them? Let me know. It's breakfast, powered by a kibota. Take on any job with kibotas, range of tractors, miles, and utility vehicles. Thanks to hard courts, more than just real estate professionals for their support of our show too. Here come the news headlines, we'll come back and have a look at all the other sport happening in Tasmania right after this. Welcome back to the show where you will continue with what's happening in Tasmania. Very, very soon. Another text in here on the hard courts open line. It says, "Brent, it's just proof people will travel from the northwest coast to Utah's for AFL. Has north Melbourne got over 10,000 at all at their game this year?" Well, no, they haven't, unfortunately. Maybe they'll give it a shake though next time because they've got your long in a couple of weeks time and that would probably get any of the mark. I reckon the cat's coming to town, but no, not at this stage, but the two games there this season so far and unfortunately not as yet. Let's get back to some of the sport happening around Tasmania over the weekend. The T&L grand finals are coming up this Saturday at the Silver Dome in the opens and all the Hawks take on the Cavaliers in a rematch of last year's Decider and in the 19 and under's it's the Cavaliers taking on Cripps Warrata. Of course, we had the prelim final on the weekend. Kingston went up the highway in the opens to take on Caves and it was Caves quite comfortably in the end to set up that date against the Hawks and the Hawks superstar Ashmore will join us later in the show as well. The MPLC season was tipped on its head with some big results with major ramifications over the weekend. The glenorkey nights are now the new latter leaders after emphatic four-nil victory over the Devonport strikers. As we heard from coach James Sherman last Friday, it was a significant day for the club as he was also raising money for two-year-old Luna who's been diagnosed with high-risk stage four and I'm not going to try and say it at home because I'll probably get it wrong and that would be disrespectful to whatever Luna is battling because it's a very serious thing. South Hobart suffered its first loss of the season after going down 4-2 to Launceston City at Tassie Care Park. It was an impressive performance from the hosts who rallied after trailing 2-1 at half time. That is a big loss there for South Hobart. There's no doubt about that. The King Relines are now third on the latter after a huge six-nil win over Launceston United and finally Riverside Olympic had a two-un victory over the Clarence Zebra's at Wentworth Park in the Women's Super League. Congrats to Taruna who claimed its first victory of the season with a three-nil win over Riverside Olympic Devonport strikers show why they're the best team in the comp with the six-nil win over Glenauky Knights and Launceston United and the King Relines couldn't be split in a two-all draw. The Hobart Chargers, Launceston, Tornadoes and Northwest Thunder's MBL1 seasons are all over. No one made the finals. Heading into the final round of the regular season, the Chargers men's side was the only team who had a chance of making the playoffs but needing to win at least win two of their final... hang on, how much would you get in here? But needing to at least win their final two games though are matched up against two of the competition's best teams in Frankson and Sandrigham and lost both of those games. Yes, they did unfortunately and yeah, disappointing way to end for all of our Tazzy turns this year. It just hasn't been our season in MBL1. Unfortunately congrats to an all-girl Jack Jumper and MBL champion Jared Bierstow who's found a new home. The veteran assigned a one-year contract with the Brisbane Bullets for the upcoming NBL season. JB was informed by the Jack Jumper's back in April that he would not be offered a new contract. Despite seeing reduced court time last season, he took out the team's Coaches Award and was widely regarded as one of the best hardest trainers at the club. It's a full circle moment for him. He housed from Brisbane first entered the league as a development player for the Bullets back in 2016. So there you go, up to date with everything happening in the wild world of sport across Tasmania from the weekend. The Harquarts Open Line is open for you this morning. Harquarts results for you. 0437 555 is how you can text me or give me a call to 1342 1533. No, Tim on the show today. He's winging his way back from the UK. He'll be back with us on Friday. Breakfast powered by Kubota. Take on any job with Kubota's range of tractors, mowers and utility vehicles. Right after this, we're coming back to talk all things racing with Snapperade!
