"The Country Tour"
The Country Tour is a podcast about the people places and history of basketball in Country NSW. John Hargreaves and Tim Mallon speak to a range of fascinating people about the stories and places that are synonymous with bush basketball.
Podcasting since 2024 • 13 episodes
"The Country Tour"
Latest Episodes
Season 2: Episode 7 - Paul Gooding
Born and raised in the river town of Albury, Paul Gooding is a colossus of basketball in NSW. Paul's genuine passion for basketball, along with his razor-sharp intelligence and acumen has been a blessing for basketball in Albury and across NSW....
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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Season 2: Episode 4 - Todd ‘Toddy’ Turner
Todd ‘Toddy’ Turner is arguably NSW Country’s most capped National Championship Representative. Since his early days as a player and referee, Toddy’s journey of relentless consistency and dedication to basketball and his beloved Newcastle, has ...
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Season 2: Episode 6 - Eddie Teague
Eddie Teague is the best and most influential American Import to ever come to NSW Country basketball. Since arriving in Australia in 1983 when Bob Hawke became PM, the Californian native has become as much of a Legend in Goulburn and across bus...
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Episode 6
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Season 2: Episode 5 - Leeanne Palmer
If Leeanne Palmer were a basketball player, you could bet that her team would be poised, prepared, and that they would be great mates and have a lot of fun! A Life Member of Newcastle Basketball, BNSW and with a decades long history of se...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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Season 2: Episode 3 - Graham Baker
From the moment of his childhood introduction to basketball in a rustic, atmospheric, timber stadium in Adelaide, it is fair to say that Graham Baker fell in love with basketball… That love for the game has taken him around Australia and the wo...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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