Sweet Science and Willie Kickett Deadly Award Nominees

[DaSweetScience]

The Sweet Science and Willie Kickett nominated for Deadly Awards

The award winning Sweet Science radio boxing program has been nominated for Broadcaster of the year at the 2008 “Deadlys”, the 14th annual major national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander music, sport, entertainment and community awards. The awards are to be held at the Opera House on Thursday October 8, and will be broadcast on SBS later in the month.

The Deadly Awards recognize the high achievers of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait community and showcase a who’s who of the indigenous sport, arts, health, education and entertainment world. This year’s nominees include Rugby League stars Greg Inglis and Scott Prince, AFL Stars Lance Franklin, David Wirrapanda and Adam Goodes, Basketballers Patrick Mills and Nate Jawai and entertainers Archie Roach, Troy Cassar Daley, Leah Purcell, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu and worldwide sensation The Chooky Dancers.

The Sweet Science Radio Show started in 2006 and is a 2 hour weekly celebration of boxing news, interviews, history, yarns and special features covering grassroots to elite boxing. In 2007 the Sweet Science won the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia Award for Contribution to Indigenous Broadcasting. The program is broadcast on the National Indigenous Radio Service via Koori Radio station in Redfern. The Sweet Science presenter team is made up of Wiradjuri warrrior and former Sydney King and South Sydney Rabbitoh Claude “the Black Diamond” Williams, Patrick Skene and Brad Cooke.

Cooke, who is also the General Manager of Koori Radio is a dual nominee (having been nominated for presenting the Barefoot Rugby League show on NITV), is thrilled with the recognition of the two shows and said “When we started the boxing show everybody thought boxing was dying, but we’ve found it to be alive and kicking. There is a huge underground army of fans out there that we are tapping into and getting a lot of love. Our historical features in particular get a great response and rather than running out of content we have more and more projects in the pipe”.

The Sweet Science focusses on historical features bringing to life the rich multicultural history of boxing in Australia and boxing’s historical role being the first institution to give the Aboriginal community equality and the chance to play on a level playing field. Features have paid tribute to indigenous boxers including historical greats such as Dave Sands, Lionel Rose, Tony Mundine, Wally Carr, George Bracken, Trevor Christian, Dick Blair, Gary Cowburn to contemporary fighters Anthony Mundine, Glen Kelly Robbie Peden and Willie Kickett and also non indigenous boxing key figures Sugar Shane Mosley, Sakio Bika, Jeff Fenech, Johnny Lewis, Billy Dibb, Nader Hamdan, Paul Briggs and many others.

Boxing at the Deadlys is also represented by current rising star, Nyoongar Willie Kickett who has been nominated for Most Promising New Talent in Sport against a talented nominee group including Cyril Sandow of the NRL’s South Sydney Rabbitohs and Cyril Rioli from the AFL’s Hawthorn Hawks.

The Perth based boxer has had a prolific 2008 with five fights to take his record to 13-0 including capturing both the WBO Asia Pacific and IBF Pan Pacific Youth regional titles at super featherweight. The undoubted highlight of the year for Kickett was his recent win over former world champion Gairy St Clair on the Jeff Fenech vs Azumah Nelson undercard.

Former boxing winners have included the legendary Tony Mundine who won the inaugural Deadly for Outstanding Contribution to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sport in 2004. His son Anthony has walked the Deadly stage on three occasions to accept the Male Sportsperson of the Year Award. “The Man” is the most decorated of all Deadlys winners in the Sporting categories.

To register to vote go to http://www.vibe.com.au/register.asp

For more general information go to - http://www.vibe.com.au/vibe.asp?PageID=6

[unleash06]

great work guys p.s. i think cyril rioli plays for hawthorn guys.

[DaSweetScience]

Thank god for edit.
He's now back at the Hawks.

[Marlin]

Why are you posting under a different name now?

[DaSweetScience]

For consistency with the other 2 forums.

[toppity]

For consistency with the other 2 forums.

they don't count. Boxrec is the only forum that matters :P you should have changed your name on the other forums to be consistent with here 8)

[DaSweetScience]

For consistency with the other 2 forums.

they don't count. Boxrec is the only forum that matters :P you should have changed your name on the other forums to be consistent with here 8)

I'm still learning every day 8)

[adamheight]

how do i listen to this radio show
?

[DaSweetScience]

Radio: The Sweet Science Australian National boxing radio program is broadcast live to over 50 stations on the National Indigenous Radio Service including:

- Sydney Koori Radio - 93.7 FM
- Melbourne 3KND - 1503 AM
- Townsville: 4K1G - 107.1 FM

Internet: Listen live on - http://www.gadigal.org.au click on Koori Radio Live at the top of the page.

The Aboriginal station in Brisbane inexplicably does not think boxing is relevant for blackfellas so we are only available via the internet up there.

[adamheight]

Radio: The Sweet Science Australian National boxing radio program is broadcast live to over 50 stations on the National Indigenous Radio Service including:

- Sydney Koori Radio - 93.7 FM
- Melbourne 3KND - 1503 AM
- Townsville: 4K1G - 107.1 FM

Internet: Listen live on - http://www.gadigal.org.au click on Koori Radio Live at the top of the page.

The Aboriginal station in Brisbane inexplicably does not think boxing is relevant for blackfellas so we are only available via the internet up there.

okay man ill check it out. monday nights yeah? what time?

[adamheight]

found it

6:00 PM The Sweet Science
National Boxing program with a focus on Indigenous boxing history and current news, interviews, and plenty of laughs.

Brad Cooke, Claude Williams, Patrick Skene,

cool

[toppity]

Radio: The Sweet Science Australian National boxing radio program is broadcast live to over 50 stations on the National Indigenous Radio Service including:

- Sydney Koori Radio - 93.7 FM
- Melbourne 3KND - 1503 AM
- Townsville: 4K1G - 107.1 FM

Internet: Listen live on - http://www.gadigal.org.au click on Koori Radio Live at the top of the page.

The Aboriginal station in Brisbane inexplicably does not think boxing is relevant for blackfellas so we are only available via the internet up there.

the online link didn't work last week either.