Triple M's Weekend Huddle

Raising awareness for Mental Health…..we chat to Ceara Maguire and Robyn Hartley who are helping support and inspire young people to talk about their feelings and issues. ‘It ain’t weak to speak’. Olympic open water swimmer Heidi Gan joined us in studio to discuss her Road to RIO and all of the thoughts that go through her head while swimming all those laps in the pool. And we reminisce with West Coast Eagles 2006 premiership hero, my nephew, Steven Armstrong about their ten year reunion and the nights celebrations.

With only 41 days to go until the Rio Olympics, we spoke to one of our favourites….. javelin star and gold medal hope Kim Mickle….who let us know she might be looking at switching sports post games, plus three time NBA champ Luc Longley gave us the lowdown on what it’s like to be taken in the NBA draft after local lad Thon Maker was taken with pick 10 by Milwaukee and hear the brave and inspiring tale of Jason Snell who has just returned from being on top of the world. Jase climbed Mount Everest to raise awareness for his mate Mitch Cleary and tells us about his next journey.

We chat to Kara Donnellan about the Women’s AFL competition providing a pathway for young women into professional sport, with the launch of his tell all book, UFC superstar Soa the Hulk shares his story about turning obstacles into opportunities and following your dreams, and hear from West Coast premiership captain Chris Judd ahead of his return to Perth for the 2006 premiership reunion.

Playing her 100th game for the West Coast Fever, we talk to Shae Brown about her journey to Perth to play netball and finding love, West Aussie Superstar and Australian Swimmer Blair Evans join us live from the pool ahead of her Road to Gold in RIO and hear from Andrew Embley who gives us his thoughts on the upcoming 2006 Premiership reunion!

Riding 1000km to help raise funds and awareness for Alzaeihmers research, hear from Uncle Barry Cable live from his bike, racing royalty Troy Bayliss joined us in studio ahead of the Australian Superbike Championships in Perth and hear from NSW and Gold Coast Titan superstar Greg Bird ahead of the NRL returning back to Perth!

We talk to Kevin Sheedy about the impact some of greatest indigenous players of all time have had on the AFL, listen to Australian Cricketer Shaun Marsh talk cricket, babys and footy and hear from South Sydney Rabbitohs superstar Sam Burgess ahead of their clash in Perth next week.

Hawthorn assistant coach Cameron Bruce joins us from Launceston ahead of their clash against the winless Dockers, we talk netball with West Coast Fever superstar Caitlin Bassett ahead of their clash against the Firebirds and hear from aviation expert Geoffrey Thomas ahead of the world’s largest plane landing in Perth.

Barra and the team are joined by premiership winning assistant coach and explayer of the Hawthorn Football club, Cameron Bruce for a chat ahead of the big clash with the Dockers in Tassie. Caitlin Basset drops by to talk all things Fever and Netball. And a very special guest in aviation expert, Geoffrey Thomas calls by to explain more about the event of the world largest aircraft landing in Perth this weekend.

Hear from Triple M Football and Hawthorn Premiership player Campbell Brown ahead of the clash between the Eagles and Geelong, we talk volleyball with WA stars Jen Sadler and Sophie Godfrey before the Volleyroos take on the world next month and big wave surfer Justin Holland called from Rotto ahead of the Stand Up Classic.

Hear from Fremantle Dockers assistant coach Mark Stone ahead of their clash against the Adelaide Crows, Jono Lance from the Western Force reviews their loss to the stampeding Bulls and we chat all things footy with Collingwood President Eddie McGuire.