Not Quite Gold
Episodes
Ep 14 - Finding Her Stride: Nadia Power on Racing, Resilience, and Launching Swifter
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After a month-long hiatus, Aifric and Annalise return with an inspiring new episode featuring Irish 800m runner Nadia Power. 🏃♀️✨Nadia sha...
Ep 13 - From Olympic Rings to Wedding Rings: Jack Woolley's Trailblazing Journey in Taekwondo
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we sit down with Jack Woolley, Ireland’s first-ever Olympic taekwondo athlete, to chat about his extraordinary journey. From starti...
Ep 12 - It's Paddy's World and we all just live in it! Paddy Barnes on Boxing and His Next Rounds in Life
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this knockout episode (see what we did there?!), Irish boxing legend Paddy Barnes shares how his early sparring days with his cousin helped shape t...
Ep 11 - Lucy Mulhall: Faith, Family, Football... & Rugby! That one phone call that changed her life.
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the girls sit down with rugby 7s powerhouse Lucy Mulhall. A country girl with a passion for all sports. Lucy's world was changed forever wh...
Ep 10 - Dr Philip Doyle from Sculling in to Scrubbing in
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 10 of Not Quite Gold, your hosts Aifric and Annalise are joined by Dr. Philip Doyle, an Olympic bronze medalist from Paris 2024, two-time O...
Ep 9 - Daniel Wiffen: The Relentless Drive to Go Faster, Elevate Irish Swimming & Reach the LA 2028 Podium with his Twin Brother
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Not Quite Gold, we sit down with world-class swimmer Daniel Wiffen to talk all things training, competition, and the mindset that d...
Ep 8 - Are Olympic Medals Worth It? Family, Psychology and Balance with Aidan Walsh
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode gives an incredible insight into the mind of two time Olympian and Olympic medallist, Aidan Walsh. He’s quick to credit his sister Mich...
Ep 7 - Smashing Through Barriers and Building Confidence with Orla Comerford
24 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The girls are back with Episode 7 and are joined by the amazing Paralympic Medallist and Irish Sprinter, Orla Comerford. The trio chat through the i...
Ep 6 - Food for Thought - Is Technology ruining Sport?
17 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Aifric and Annalise talk about Nutrition, Technology and Physiology in their respective sports. Aifric is on a 'new year, new me&#...
Ep 5 - When Things Go Wrong
09 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 5, Aifric and Annalise go through times when things went wrong, from illness and injury to trips and trailers. Annalise recommends the GTC...
Ep 4 - The Christmas Special
26 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 4 Aifric and Annalise talk through what Christmas is like as an athlete and how that has changed over the years, their year in sport and di...
Ep 3 - Mona McSharry and the Rise of Irish Swimming
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Aifric and Annalise get to speak to Irish swimming sensation Mona McSharry. Mona a Sligo native who despite growing up without world c...
Ep 2 - Pivot! Lessons with Fintan McCarthy
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Aifric and Annalise are back again with another episode of their podcast, Not Quite Gold. They open the show acknowledging the major pivot in the show...
Ep 1 - Are we twins?
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode one with Aifric Keogh and Annalise Murphy talking about the highs and lows of their sporting careers and the lessons learned along the way. Fr...