In this episode of mate to mate at 8, Turts catches up with Ash Cremer-McMahon.
Ash has definitely faced far too many challenges in his relatively short life. From being bullied from grade 2, and all the way through his school to year 11; from being punched, kicked, bashed to verbal abuse and much more. This guy has endured a lot.
Read MoreIn this episode of mate to mate at 8, Turts catches up with AFL legend Anthony Rocca - a passionate and hard working person who is driven to help people develop and achieve their goals in football and in life.
Read MoreIn this episode of mate to mate at 8, Turts catches up with Graeme Alford, Author of Never Give Up.
In the 1970s, Graeme Alford was one of the country’s most successful and high flying barristers…..until he lost his way due to alcohol dependency and ended up in jail….not once, but on 3 separate occasions.
Read MoreIn this episode of mate to mate at 8, Turts catches up with motor racing driver John Bowe.
John is a nationally recognized character, a household name - certainly in motoring circles; he has a very high profile, possesses a warm and friendly nature and endeared himself from race fans to captains of Australian industry. As a driver he has amassed a record that will stand him in the record Australian Motorsport record books forever.
Read MoreIn this episode of mate to mate at 8, Turts’ catches up with owner and Kokoda Track trek leader Travis Hocart.
Travis is based in Perth, Western Australia, and has been leading treks over the Kokoda Track since 2011.
Read MoreIn this episode of mate to mate at 8, Turts catches up with Pete Lincoln. Pete is a husband and father, Paramedic, and works tirelessly to bring blokes together in the communities he works and lives in.
Read MoreIn this episode of mate to mate at 8, Turts catches up with Ed Smyth.
Ed Smyth was born and raised in Belfast - a fairly ‘normal’ childhood he thought- but it did happen to be during one of the most testing times the country has known - ‘The Troubles’. Having moved to Australia 5 years ago, life seemed rosy until a few months ago when things came crashing down.
Read MoreIn this, the 25th episode of mate to mate at 8, Turts caught up with Adrian Butera. Adrian is the Managing Director at Compton Green and a career agent and auctioneer.
Real estate has been Adrian’s passion since 1991. A natural storyteller, he was immediately attracted to the idea of becoming an auctioneer, a role he took to with gusto. He is also passionate about making a difference within the community.
Read MoreIn this episode of mate to mate at 8, Turts' catches up with Dr Alex West.
Dr Alexandra West is a clinical psychologist who is currently the senior Psychologist at Victoria Police, and has also worked at Richmond Football Club and lectured at ACU.
Read MoreIn this episode of mate to mate at 8, Turts’ catches up with great mate Andrew Millar.
Andrew has been in the corporate world for almost 25 years, but has never been able to settle into a role/career despite experiencing periods of career success. He has always felt like a fraud. Fast forward to now, Andrew has made some Epic changes in his life.
Read MoreIn this episode of mate to mate at 8, Turts caught up with legendary former Jockey Greg Hall, who rode Subzero to victory in the 1992 Melbourne Cup. But this is just one of many accolades from his extraordinary racing career.
Read MoreIn this episode of mate to mate at 8, Turts catches up with former AFL footballer and current CEO of the EJ Whitten Foundation, Nick Holland.
Nick played 179 senior games for the Hawthorn Football Club, winning the best and fairest in 2000, leading goal kicker in 97 & 2000 and was awarded the AFL Rising Star Award in 1995. He also represented South Australia in State of Origin and Australia in the International Rules Series.
Read MoreIn this episode of mate to mate at 8, Craig Turton (Turts) catches up with Grant Chisnall from Left of Boom.
Read MoreOn this episode of mate to mate at 8, Turts caught up with former pro golfer Anthony Brown. Anthony is a dad to 2 boys, husband and Operations Manager at XGolf Surrey Hills.
He grew up in country Victoria - Morwell, Gippsland - right next to the golf course and this led him along the path to becoming a professional golfer for 12 years
Read MoreIn this episode of mate to mate at 8, Turts caught up with Dan Cianci and talked about life, challenges and the shock of a cancer diagnosis.
Dan himself will tell you, ‘I’m just your everyday knockabout bloke’.
He's a 39 year old self employed tradesman. He's a husband and father to three beautiful kids. His family were just cruising our way through life until they had to learn how to fight.
He was diagnosed with testicular cancer.
On this episode of mate to mate at 8, Turts caught up with the co-founder of Health Breaks, Adam Douglas, for a chat about mental health and what organisations can do to look after their staff and themselves.
Read MoreIn this episode of mate to mate at 8, Turts caught up with Mason Wood for another chat, and to find out more about life in the AFL Hub in Queensland.
Life in the Hub is pretty different for every person that’s there - some guys who are loving life, others who are missing family, and some who need a break from living, eating and breathing football 24/7.
Read MoreOn this episode of mate to mate at 8 Turts’ caught up with Australian former professional tennis player, Channel 9 personality and co-host of The First Serve, Sam Groth.
Read MoreIn this episode of mate to mate at 8, Turts’ chats to Australian former professional basketball player Mark Worthington.
At the end of his career, Mark (now realises) he was suffering from depression and anxiety. He moved to LA to coach, separated from his wife and as a result was living in a different country from his young kids.
Read MorePhilip Robison has been in the Finance & Property Industry for the past 20 years. Rewind to September 2014 and after a visit to his doctor and a referral to a Urologist, Philip received the phone call from his Urologist and heard the words that would make any man shudder… “Mate You’ve Got a Tumour!!”
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