Dashing Dan’s Sporting Adventures

Dashing Dan’s Sporting Adventures

Join Dan Lonergan, an esteemed and award-winning sports broadcaster, and delve into all things sports, hearing from athletes and broadcasters.

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June 18, 2025 27 mins

Our guest today on Dashing Dan Sporting adventures this week I am delighted to say is head of the AFL, the CEO Andrew Dillon.  

He has been in the job 18 months and we speak about all the issues that matter from his recent key executive appointments to whether the Tasmanaina team will get off the ground and his passion for community and local footy considering he played 290 games for the Old Xaverians in the Amateurs and six consec...

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My guest today on Dashing Dan's sporting adventures for Kiss Professional solutions is leading Tasmanian Radio sports Broadcaster, David Flash Lithgow.   Flash on his breakfast show on SEN had been a big advocate for the introduction of the Tasmanian AFL side the Devils, which has been given the go ahead for 2028 on the proviso which is the AFLs mantra and part of their non-negotiable for the team to exist that a new stadium at Bea...
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March 27, 2025 43 mins

This Week's Guest for Kiss Professional Solutions is Charlie King . He has been an ABC Broadcaster in Darwin for almost 30 years and attended multiple Olympic and Commonwealth Games as a broadcaster. 

He also is well known for his commitment to social justice in setting up the no more campaign to stop family violence amongst Indigenous communities.

He was awarded an order of Australia for his work in this area. Here is his story......

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March 20, 2025 51 mins
Tom Morris is a successful AFL Journalist and cricket broadcaster. He is the chief footy reporter for channel nine, hosts the furnace footy show on channel Nine and is part of the part of the Tuesday night Footy Classified Program hosted by Eddie McGuire.   He also commentates Cricket for SEN and is a very good cricketer having played Grade cricket for St Kilda.   Tom has had his challenges in this industry losing his prized Job at...
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***NOTE: This episode was recorded before the community round, and the injuries of some of the players mentioned in this podcast as a result of community round.***

Join Dan Lonergan, Darren Parkin and Damian Watson on Dashing Dan's Sporting adventures for part 4 of our AFL Season preview.   This week it's Darren Parkin's Saints. Can they rise from a middle-of-the-road team and kick more goals?   Sydney. What do we get from the beat...
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On this week's Dashing Dan Sporting Adventures Podcast, join me and esteemed sports broadcasters, Damian Watson and Darren Parkin as we continue our preview of the AFL season for KISS Professional Solutions.   This week we assess Melbourne and whether they can bounce back into the finals after a poor 2024, Will North Melbourne improve? What of Port Adelaide in Ken Hinkley's last year as Coach ? and how competitive can Richmond be, ...
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This week on Dashing Dan's sporting Podcasts it's part 2 of the AFL Preview for 2025.   Walking sporting encyclopedias and esteemed broadcasters, Darren Parkin and Damian Watson join me thanks to Kiss Professional Solutions to talk about the prospects of Fremantle, Perennial Finalists, Geelong, whether Gold Coast can finally make the 8, Can GWS put their finals fade out behind them and can the Hawks continue their surge from last y...
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February 13, 2025 58 mins
AFL Season is just over a month away and hope springs eternal for every club that this year might be the year or a vast improvement on the previous season.   Dashing Dan's Sporting Adventures Podcasts is previewing every club's chances in the lead-up to the season with myself, Dan Lonergan, and leading commentators and walking sporting encyclopedias, Darren Parkin and Damian Watson for Kiss Professional Solutions.   This week is pa...
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February 5, 2025 60 mins
On Dashing Dan's sporting adventures this week, we preview the NFL Super Bowl next week between Philidelphia and the Kansas City Chiefs searching for three Super Bowls.   They last met two years ago when the Chiefs won narrowly, NFL expert Josh Wye gives his view on the game, the season and the coaching upheaval that has again affected many teams thanks to Kiss Professional Solutions.
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The Australian Open has been run and won for another year with Maddison Keys a very popular winner of the women's comp and in some ways, a surprising Victor, who was world number one, Jannick Sinna steamrolled through to win the men's.   To discuss those performances and many other issues from the Australian Open, It was great to catch up with Tennis Commentator and long-time Tournament Director, Peter Johnston for Dashing Dan's sp...
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Today is part 2 of Dashing Dan”s adventures  on Dashing Dan’s sporting Adventures for Kiss Professional solutions. Damian Watson delves ito Dan’s career in Perth and return to the ABC in Melbourne,  his three Olympics and other spurting highlights and how hard it was when he was told his dream job was over. Enjoy.

Thanks to our sponsor Kiss Professional Solutions 1300 KISS PS (5477 77)www.kissps.com.au 

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After hosting his podcast and being the interviewer, Dan Lonergan reluctantly agreed ...

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Thanks to Kiss Professional Solutions our sponsor for this episode - 

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November 29, 2024 75 mins
My guest today on Dashing Dan's Sporting Adventures played League Footy in the 1980s.   That was when recruiting was vastly different.   After being recruited from Gippsland, Alister Ford played his first game as a 17-year-old.   It was the days when you as the player and your family may not have known a club was after you or you were in their zone.   This is his story of what some might say particularly at the start was the accide...
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November 11, 2024 86 mins

My guest today on Dashing Dan Sporting Adventures Podcast is an elite sports person in a number of sports.

  He was an outstanding junior middle-distance runner at school, winning the 800 and 1500 metres at the Prestigious APS Sports at Xavier College in Melbourne.   Injuries then curtailed his running career and to help heal he hopped on a bike and then concentrated on road cycling and became a professional road cyclist and was se...
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November 4, 2024 72 mins

Our guest on Dashing Dan's Sporting Adventures is one of the greatest race callers this country has produced.

  Greg Miles called 36 Melbourne Cups and numerous other major races after starting as a 22-year-old with the ABC in 1981, replacing long-time legend Joe Brown.
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October 31, 2024 35 mins

Here is Part 2 of Dan's chat with Sports Commentator Matt Hill 

 

Matt Hill is fast becoming one of this country's best-ever sports broadcasters.

  He started as a race caller, eventually replacing the incomparable Greg Miles in Melbourne. He has now called nine Melbourne Cups with superb accuracy and brilliance.   He is also a senior AFL Commentator with Fox Footy and SEN and has covered and commented on only seven Summer and Wint...
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October 24, 2024 56 mins

Matt Hill is fast becoming one of this country's best-ever sports broadcasters.

  He started as a race caller, eventually replacing the incomparable Greg Miles in Melbourne. He has now called nine Melbourne Cups with superb accuracy and brilliance.   He is also a senior AFL Commentator with Fox Footy and SEN and has covered and commented on only seven Summer and Winter Olympic events, including the rowing for Channel Nine TV this y...
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August 28, 2024 60 mins

Today’s guest is simulcast on both Aussie Home Loans Inclusion Talks and Dashing Dan’s Olympic Adventures podcasts.

Amanda Shalala is an esteemed sports broadcaster, journalist, and producer for ABC TV Sport.

She has covered four Paralympics including the Winter Games in Sochi and the Olympic Games in London and Paris this year.

She will also cover the Paris Paras about to sta...

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Before the Olympics, I caught up with broadcasting great, Gerard Whateley, who had the wonderful job of calling the athletics for Channel Nine,

Gerard did a fabulous job and on our latest episode on Dashing Dan’s Olympic adventures I spoke to him just days after returning from the Games about his experiences and the highlights of which there were many from a world and Australian perspective and it’s all ...

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