Sticks and Balls: Recent Episodes
Matty Marett and Sussex Men's Hockey
This is a podcast started by Sussex Men's Hockey to raise awareness for mental health and to shine more light on sports at university. We feel that if we speak about the different sides to mental health and not only how it affects us but also how we deal with it, it may encourage people to talk about mental health more and make them feel more comfortable opening up about subjects they talk about less. We also want to shine a light on sports more at Sussex as it is such a massive part of our lives. We hope you enjoy it!
Welcome to episode 15 of Sticks and Balls! The penultimate episode of season 1! This week's episode is hosted by once again Matty Marett, Henry Berridge, and Alex Tiplady joined by a lovely guest hockey fresher Daniel Gear. In this week's episode, the boys discuss their experiences and emotions when they first joined university, how they made friends, and what advice they would give to those who are going into their first year at university. We finish the episode with the song of the week and quick quiz about capital cities! We hope you enjoy!
Welcome to episode 14 of the podcast! This week's episode is hosted by three lovely gentlemen by the names of Matty Marett, Owain Boffey and Rollo Squire with a guest star by the name of Arian Chehreh. Arian is the manager of a very successful events company in Brighton known as Fat Poppadaddys who are known for doing their main events at Chalk, a well-known night club in Brighton. In this episode, the boys ask Arian about night safety, especially with students. Arian tells us how about they make their events a friendly environment, what their main protocols are, how they manage tricky situations, and how they dealt with the major spike problem within Brighton nightlife. We also ask Arian about how he remains calm in stressful situations and then we all discuss the best methods to ensure the best safety for students on nights out. We finish the episode with a fun quiz and our songs of the week! We hope you enjoy!
Welcome to episode 13 of sticks and balls! This episode is hosted by Matty Marett and Henry Berridge with guests of Freddie Symons, Scott Bamfo and a late entry guest Jimmy Lindsay who were an absolute delight to have on! In this episode, the boys discussed the ups and down that come from living with friends in addition to giving their advice on sorting a house at university as well as doing a placement either domestically or abroad. We finished the episode with our songs of the week as well as a St. Patrick's day quiz! We hope you enjoy!
Welcome to episode 12 of the podcast! This week's episode is hosted by Matty Marett, Alex Tiplady, and Henry Berridge with a return guest Owain Boffey who was a true pleasure to have on again! This focused on the psychological part of sports where they discuss the mental challenges people face when experiencing significant injuries. They discuss how elite athletes have experienced chronic pain in the past, what mental struggles this can pose, and how people can overcome them. We finish the episode with a quiz and introduce a new segment to the podcast called 'Song of the week'! We hope you enjoy!
Welcome to episode 11 of sticks and balls! Happy International Women's Day! In this episode Matty Marett and Henry Berridge are joined by two members of the Sussex Women's Hockey committee by the names of Maeve Tully and Kathryn Lennard who were a true delight to have one. In this episode we speak about women's mental health, focusing on Maeve and Kathryn's roles in their committee, how women's mental health can differ from men's, night safety for students, and how contraception can affect women's mental health. We hope you enjoy!
Welcome to episode 10 of the sticks and balls podcast. Today's episode is hosted by the three lovely gentlemen of Matty Marett, Henry Berridge and Alex Tiplady with guest Thomas Afford who was a true pleasure to have on. In this episode the boys speak about relationships and breakups at university. They open up about their experiences with relationships, how they felt during a breakup and speak about the advice they would give to those who are experiencing them. We also finished the episode with a fun quiz and wish everyone had a lovely valentines day!
Here is episode 9 of sticks and balls! We wish everyone a happy new year and hope everyone had a great Christmas! This episode is hosted by Matty Marett, Henry Berridge and Alex Tiplady with the pleasure of having guest star hockey fresher Emil Tivenan. In this episode the boys get deeper discussing how they deal with grief. The lads open up to times when they have experienced grief, how they dealt with it and what they would recommend if people have experienced it themselves. We also do a fun quiz and discuss which celebrities we would want to eat out with! We hope you enjoy!
Merry Christmas!! Welcome to episode 8 with Sussex Netball! In this episode, Matty and Henry are joined by Anya Stead and Izzie Dooley who are part of the Sussex Netball Committee. We speak about what got Anya and Izzie into netball, how they manage two different squads, and what social netball is! This is also a Christmas episode, so Henry provides the episode with a fun Christmas trivia, and we talk about our favourite things about Christmas! We hope you enjoy!
CONTENT WARNING - In this episode we speak about mental illness and eating disorders, if you do not feel comfortable listening to these topics then we would advise not listening to this episode.
Welcome to episode 7! In this episode Matty and Henry are joined by guest star Caragh Bone who is the disability officer at Sussex, University! In this episode we speak about the differences between mental health and mental illness. Caragh speaks to us about mental illness with more of a focus on how it relates to eating disorders and how it is not spoken about enough. We hope you enjoy it!
Welcome to episode 6 of the podcast! For this episode, Matty is joined by Fin Tookey with a guest star of the lovely gentlemen Pete De Carvalho! In this episode, we speak to Pete about his role as being part of Samaritans! Samaritans is a 24/7 phone line to speak to those who are struggling with mental health. We ask Pete about what is entailed in his role, how Samaritans operate, and why Samaritans are so great! We hope you enjoy it!
Welcome to episode 5, in this episode Matty is joined by the 3 gentlemen from the first episode by the names of Alex Tiplady, Fin Tookey, and Finn Smith. In this episode, the boys open up about when they had traumatic experiences and how they dealt with them. We have opened up in this episode because we hope that through us speaking about our mental struggles it will make us more relatable to others and encourage people to feel comfortable opening up too. We hope you enjoy it!
Episode 4! On this episode, we are joined by our first guests outside of Sussex Men's Hockey. Matty is joined by 3 top blokes by the names of Matthew Clouter, Joseph Streek, and Aidan Palmer who are all in a football team known as the Dijon Dons. We talk about how they have joined a team at university despite it not being a specific university society and how they still enjoy all the perks of being in a team. We also speak about the importance of physical health for your mental health. We hope you enjoy it!
Welcome to episode 3 of sticks and balls! In this episode, Matty has the pleasure of being joined by the last 2 members of the hockey committee by the names of Freddie Symmons and Henry Berridge. We also have our first guest of the podcast with Owain Boffey, who is a hockey fresher but also part of the committee of the Sussex Saxons! In this episode, we learn about the details and culture of American football. We also talk about the stresses of being part of two different sports teams and the boys talk about how they manage it! We hope you enjoy it!
Here is the second episode of the podcast! Here we are joined by 4 lovely gentlemen part of the men's hockey committee: Rollo Squire, Ameen Gbenro, Elliot Chawla-Duggan and Matty. In this episode, we talk about stepping up as seniors and being a role model to freshers! Each of the members talk about their roles and responsibilities in addition to how they deal with the pressures of these roles! We hope you enjoy it!
Hello and welcome to the first episode of the sticks and balls podcast! This week's episode will be an introductory episode where we explain what the podcast is all about and what it is going to entail in the future! The hosts this week are 4 lovely gentlemen by the names of Matty Marett, Alex Tiplady, Finn Smith, and Finn Tookey. We start off with a couple of fun questions to ease the boys into the episode. We then speak about why we have started the podcast and why mental health is such an important subject to us. After that, we explained our passion for sports at university and why we all love to play hockey. Then we have a trivia part of the podcast and then finally a round-up of the episode and we explain our plans for the podcast in the future. We hope you enjoy it!