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Hundreds of protestors are set to descend on Olympic Dam for a three-day festival in July.

� e Desert Liberation Front previously visited the area in 2012 with its Lizard’s Revenge event.

� is year’s gathering, which will run from July 1-3, is being called � e Lizard Bites Back.

“� e fi rst time, we were very focused on the expansion with the announcement having only been made a few months prior to our visit,” said event co-organiser Nectaria Calan.

“� e mine is still there, and it’s four years later now, so we thought it was time to go back to the source.

“The mine is always an issue. It was not just when the expansion was going ahead – it is one of the largest uranium mines in the world, so for us it is already having an impact.

“Now there i s the Roy a l Commission (into nuclear energy) on and Olympic Dam is one of three shortlisted sites for the Federal Government to build its waste dump.”

Ms Calan said the event was still in the early planning stages and no activ-ities had been planned yet.

However, she said the group was hop-ing to hold educational workshops and other activities as part of the ‘protestival’.

� e group is also aiming to reach out to more locals this time around. It is inviting anyone in-terested to visit the campsite during the event.

Ms Calan said she was hoping for a similar attendance to the previous festival’s crowd of hundreds.

Senior Sergeant Terry Boylan said South Aus-tralia Police (SAPOL) was well under way with planning for this year’s protest, as extra offi cers may need to be called in.

A BHP Billiton spokesperson told � e Monitor the company wished to make no comment regarding the pro-testors’ visit at this point in time.

‘Lizard’ bites backwith new message

The 2012 Lizard’s Revenge event saw hundreds gather to protest against BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam mine. INSET: The demonstrations included

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Local women are being invited to join a recently established community group known as Women@Life.

Run by new Roxby Downs resident � e-resa Bunyon, the group involves regular meetings to share personal experiences and discuss other relevant topics.

Mrs Bunyon said she had a vision to see women grow to their full potential.

“With my personal experience of both happiness and pain, I see women coming from diff erent cultures being able to devel-op positive friendships and have healthy discussions on interesting topics to equip the women of today,” she said.

The first meeting was held during a dinner at the Roxby Downs Community Club in November, when around 20 women attended.

Another dinner will be held at � e Club’s meeting room on Saturday, February 27, from 6.30pm to 9.30pm.

� e gathering will involve a two-course dinner (at $35 per person) and will explore the topic of ‘being the best you’.

As part of another Women@Life group, a friendly ‘cuppa’ will be held at the Dunes Cafe children’s area on Friday, February 19, from 10am to 11.30am.

For more information and to RSVP, phone � eresa Bunyon on 0413 609 102.

Women@Life hosts more than just girl talk

Attendees of last year’s inaugural Women@Life dinner at the Roxby Downs Community Club meeting room. PHOTO: Hayley Scrivens

PHOTO OF THE WEEK:Outback HotShots Photography Group member Mash Clifford took this photograph as part of the group’s ‘clouds’ theme.

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FEBRUARY11th - Roxby Downs Community Library extended opening hours celebration,

5-6.30pm. Ph: 8671 0500.

19th - Women@Life Cuppa, Dunes Cafe, 10am to 11.30am. Ph: 0413 609 102.

20th - Roxby Market Day, 9am to 12 noon.

20th - Pink Stumps Day at the Roxby Downs town oval,

6-11pm.

20th - Roxby Downs Sporting Car Club membership and practice evening.

23rd - Mr Snot Bottom’s Stinky Silly

Show, roxbylink auditorium, 4.30pm.

Ph: 8671 5941.

27th - Women@Life Dinner, The Club meeting room, 6.30-9.30pm. Ph: Theresa on 0413 609 102.

MARCH1st-5th - Annual

trapping at the Arid Recovery Reserve. Ph: 8671 2402.

6th - Clean Up Australia Day.

Registrations due by Friday, February

26. Visit www.roxbydowns.com or email: anni.walsh@

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19th - Roxby Market Day, 9am to 12 noon.

19th - Roxby Downs Sporting Car Club

night meet inlcuding the Rick McPhee

Memorial Trophy 20-lap event.

21st - Colourfest short film festival.

23rd - 26th - Queen of the Desert Festival

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26th - Andamooka Easter Market,

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26th - Copper 9s rugby league

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Barbarians. Ph: 0426 829 243.


Roxby’s Clean Up Australia Day event is set to cover a larger area this year as part of a new strategy developed

by the local Environment Forum.Cigarette butts, bottles, cans and pieces of

plastic are set to again be among the most common items of rubbish found when vol-unteers hit the streets on Sunday, March 6.

� e Roxby Downs Environment Forum’s Anni Walsh said she was hoping to see more people at the event after around 50 attended last year.

Ms Walsh said a more effi cient approach involving registrations and the delegation of areas should help attract volunteers.

“Previously people have rocked up at the

Lions Park and we have focused on that area and locations central to that,” she said.

“But this year we are looking at focus-ing on giving all the other areas in town a once-over.

“People can register before February 26 and then, when the Environment Forum have their next meeting on March 3, people can come and pick up their clean-up gear and a map.

“� en they can just go off and start clean-ing up the area marked on their map on the Sunday morning. We will try and make the area near where they live.”

Ms Walsh said Roxby Downs had become more environmentally friendly over the past year following the introduction of the Wipe Out Waste program at local schools.

“� ere has been some really good mo-mentum following the Wipe Out Waste

program,” she said. “It has been teaching both the schools to promote waste man-agement in the classrooms, and I believe it has had a fi lter eff ect to their homes, which is a positive.”

Over the 26 years that Clean Up Australia Day has been running, volunteers across the country have donated more than 29.8 million hours of service and removed the equivalent of 315,776 ute loads of rubbish from 158,809 sites.

In 2015 alone more than 535,000 volun-teers removed 14,000 tonnes of rubbish from 6890 sites.

Anyone interested in participating in Clean Up Australia Day can fi ll out a reg-istration form online at www.roxbydowns.com or pick up a hard copy from Roxby Council or the roxbylink library.

Clean Up Australia Day to benefi t larger area

Brianna, Brodie and the Environment Forum’s Anni Walsh are gearing up for Clean Up Australia Day next month. PHOTO: Patrick Glover

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Local drug traffi cker arrestedA 24-year-old Roxby Downs man was arrested

for drug traffi cking last Friday. It is alleged local police found more than 10g

of methamphetamine in the man’s car when he was pulled over as part of a random traffi c stop.

� e man was bailed to appear in the Roxby Downs Magistrates Court at a later date.

Four times the legal limitA 40-year-old man was reported for drink

driving on Olympic Way at around 1am on Sat-urday.

Police allege the man was detected with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.207 per cent.

He lost his licence for 12 months and will have to appear in court at a later date.

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A holiday to � ailand is set to double as a humanitarian mission for local woman Robyn Parry.

She will be travelling to the country next month to visit her mother’s grave.

� is will be the second time she has done so since her mother’s death in 2013.

It will also be a chance to holiday with her father, her partner and two children.

Another purpose of the trip will be to donate food to underpriveleged children in the towns they visit.

“We were thinking about what we could do while we were over there,” Ms Parry said.

“(Having lived there for six years previ-ously), I was trying to think of places I had been before and I thought we could visit Baan Luuk Rak.

“It is an orphanage with about 50 chil-dren where they do school and everything – including chores – but they don’t have a lot of toys, clothes or anything. Plus they get fed by an external agency.”

During her six-year stint in � ailand, Ms Parry said she had made donation runs with a local motorcycle club and was keen to keep this up.

Also after seeing someone use Facebook to seek donations for their cause, she de-cided to do the same.

She called a � ai friend to determine what the best items to buy for the chil-dren were and decided food was the best option.

She said it would have been too hard to get suitcases full of toys and clothes through the airports.

Ms Parry is collecting donations of money so that she can purchase food

when she gets to Khon Kaen, � ailand. She will then take the goods to the Baan

Luuk Rak orphanage and share a meal with the children.

However, her mission will not stop there.

Her next stop will be the beachside town of Koh Chang because she had never visited a beach in � ailand before.

Upon inspection of the area, she found another service in need – the Cambodian Kids Care Center.

“It is not a tourist island, so I was look-ing at what we could do in Koh Chang,” she said.

“I went to a website called ‘I am Koh Chang’ and under the things to do it had ‘help with Cambodian Kids Care Center’.”

The centre was started up by a man named Uan to help Cambodian children who are left alone during the day beacsue their parents go off to work.

He picks them up from their homes, feeds them meals and provides them with a basic education before dropping them home each night.

He runs the cenre with the help of the occasional backpacker or local.

Ms Parry has already off ered to assist with teaching and food donations during her time in Koh Chang.

Her partner Andrew is also off ering his diesel mechanic skills to help fi x the trans-port they have to get the children to and from the centre.

“I feel bad for the kids, so I just want to do something nice for them,” she said.

“If others want to help as well even small amounts will be great – a couple of dollars is enough to feed them lunch.”

Anyone wishing to make a donation to-wards Ms Parry’s cause is being asked to contact her via Facebook.

Holiday turns into a humanitarian effort

Children from the Cambodian Kids Care Center pose for a photograph. PHOTOS: Supplied

Inside the Baan Luuk Rak orphanage in Khon Kaen, Thailand.

Children taking a ride in a car owned by the Cambodian Kids Care Center.

A child from the Baan Luuk Rak orphanage with a carer.

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Locals asked to brave the shaveRoxby Downs locals are

being encouraged to shave or colour their

hair as part of the Leukaemia Foundation’s major annual fundraiser.

� e World’s Greatest Shave will see thousands participate next month in support of Aus-tralians with blood cancer.

From small beginnings in 1998, the national event is now the foundation’s most important fundraiser.

Leukaemia Foundation SA general manager Simon Mat-thias said getting sponsored to shave your hair was an “ex-traordinary” way to show your support.

“World’s Greatest Shave helps us fund urgent life-saving research and give families the emotional and practical sup-

port they need, free of charge,” he said.

“More than 150,000 people are expected to take part in World’s Greatest Shave from March 10-13 and they’ll do so at home, work, school and our public events.

“Shaving is what we’d love everyone to do, but people can colour their hair instead and guys can wax their legs or chest.

“We’re also asking men who are thinking about ditching their hipster beard or ‘mo’ to make the change while supporting a worthy cause.”

Mr Matthias said head shav-ing was encouraged because it helped normalise baldness, which was one of the most dis-tressing side eff ects of cancer treatment.

“Shavers get to feel some em-pathy with people who don’t

get a choice to lose their hair,” he said.

“This is often described as an unexpected but powerfully life-changing experience by women.

“Ultimately, it’s just hair. What better way to show your Aussie spirit of mateship than by de-ciding to lose or change your hair for a little while, to help others get through the toughest of times?”

To sign up for the challenge, visit worldsgreatestshave.com or phone 1800 500 088.

Meanwhile The Monitor is encouraging any locals who are taking part in the World’s Greatest Shave to contact Pat-rick Glover on 8671 2683.

We are interested in publish-ing articles about local partici-pants to help them raise money towards the cause.

World’s Greatest Shave fundraisers will be held across Australia next month. Pictured are participants from an event in Adelaide last year. PHOTO: Supplied

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A new school year began last week with plenty of fresh faces turning up for their

fi rst day of school.Around 60 new reception stu-

dents started their schooling journey at the Roxby Downs Area School (RDAS).

� ey joined a further 56 new enrolments across year levels one to 12.

Also St Barbara’s Parish School welcomed 15 reception students.

Class numbers at both schools have dropped, but St Barbara’s principal Bernadette Lacey said this enabled them to personalise learning for each child.

“We are using this time to con-

solidate the culture of the school and concentrate on behavioural and academic expectations,” she said.

St Barbara’s leadership team has expanded this year to include two directors of learning, Nicole Montgomerie and Kylie Johnson.

Also staff have received training in professional learning communities.

RDAS principal Steve Bennett said his school had experienced a positive start to the term despite a few hiccups in the fi rst week.

He said support staff were being used to help reception teachers Ms Grillo, Ms Jarman and Ms Zeptner.

“We made a decision in our planning for this year to place student support staff in all three

reception classes each day from 8.30am until 1pm,” he said.

“Ms Evans, Ms Kruger and Ms Darling will be working closely with our three reception teach-ers to truly give these students the best possible start to their schooling.”

Seven new faces have also joined the RDAS staff in 2016 with Ms Gloster (SSO – classroom support), Ms Siegert (Special Edu-cation), Ms Smith (years 5/6), Ms Bawden (assistant principal R-6), Ms Hampel (year 7), Ms Whiting-ton (year 9) and Ms Mentha (year 9) all coming on board.

“All of our new staff have made a positive start to the year and are looking forward to their time at RDAS,” Mr Bennett added.

Schools welcome reception classes

Rachael Lange’s 2016 reception class at St Barbara’s Parish School.

Ms Zeptner’s new reception class at RDAS.

Ms Jarman with her new reception class.

Ms Grillo’s reception class.

New RDAS staff members and teachers.


Andamookacommunity newsletter

WRITTEN BY PATRICK GLOVER

S t u d e n t s a t t h e Andamooka Primary School and Rural

Children’s Centre last week welcomed three new staff members.

Teachers Anna Gubbin and Naomi Bowley are new this year – along with acting prin-cipal John Sutton.

Mr Sutton will be in charge for the next fi ve weeks while Deb Pagsanjan is on sick leave.

He said he was enjoying his time in Andamooka and had visited similar places through his role as a statewide relief teacher.

Ms Gubbin has come across from the Roxby Downs Area

School to work in a permanent position, while Ms Bowley has joined the Andamooka team on a contract basis and pre-viously worked at St Barbara’s Parish School.

“� ey are both very ener-getic, knowledgeable and have been really good with the kids, which is what we want,” Mr Sutton said.

“These two appointments add stability now for a couple of years with teaching staff – something that is important in remote schools.

“It adds stability and means we are able to plan for the fu-ture.”

Six new receptions have also joined Andamooka Primary School in 2016.

New faces at local primary schoolActing Andamooka

Primary School principal John

Sutton will be in charge for the fi rst fi ve weeks while

Deb Pagsanjan is on sick leave. PHOTOS:

Patrick Glover

New Andamooka Primary School teacher Anna Gubbin with students Kyra, Abbey and Summer.

New teacher Naomi Bowley.

The six reception students who started last week.

The Andamooka Youth Group EASTER EGG HUNT

SUNDAY 27TH MARCH 2016

At The Andamooka Historic Cottages Starts at 10am

Gold Coin Donation Children under 7 must be supervised by an adult

*Find 3 hidden tokens and exchange it for a bag of yummy chocolate eggs. Find a golden horseshoe and win a giant chocolate egg.*

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Artisan StallsKids Activities

Opal SalesLive Music

Jumping Castle

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Plaster PaintingFood Stalls and Cafe

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The Andamooka Progress and Opal Miners Association

Would like to invite you to the Easter Weekend

Friday 25th March – Monday 28th March

We have things to do for the old and the New! Catch Up and reminisce about the good old times!

Easter Friday 25th March APOMA Welcome BBQ

6pm to late at the Andamooka Historic Cottages BYO Drinks (Remember everything is shut Good Friday)

Free for Members /$5 non-members

Easter Saturday 26th March Andamooka Market Day

From 9am to 3pm Sausage Sizzle – Supporting Andamooka Youth Group

Andamooka Yacht Club Jumping Castle/Easter Eggs/Toys ect.

Face Painting/Plaster Painting/Healthy Products ect. CWA Clothing Sale/Opals/Skin Products ect.

Market Day Enquiries please contact Donna 0484367629 or email: [email protected] Matilda 0478139188 or email: [email protected]

Easter Sunday 27th March

Easter Egg Hunt From 10am at the Andamooka Historic Cottages

Plus Morning Tea hosted by Andamooka Hospital Auxiliary (To be announced)

Andamooka is planning a weekend full of diff erent activities for the whole family to enjoy this Easter.

� e celebrations will begin on Friday, March 25, with the Andamooka Progress and Opal Miners As-sociation’s welcome barbecue at the old cottages from 6pm.

Saturday will feature markets at the Andamooka Community Hall including children’s activities, live music and a car boot sale.

Also the Andamooka Yacht Club will be open dur-ing the event, which will run from 9am until 3pm.

� e Andamooka Youth Group will then take over the proceedings on Sunday with an Easter egg hunt.

A gold-coin donation is needed to take part in the event, which will kick off at 10am at the old cottages.

Also the Andamooka Hospital Auxiliary is set to hold a morning tea on the Sunday morning for older attendees of the Easter festivities.

BY PATRICK GLOVER

A change in editor and publication format is on the cards for the

Andamooka Press in 2016.Andamooka Progress and Opal

Miners Association (APOMA) treasurer Rob Hancock said an editor was yet to be appointed for

2016, but APOMA had received a number of applications that would be tested out in the com-ing months.

Last year, full editions of the An-damooka Press were printed each month and delivered around town.

However, the distibution pro-

cess is set to change this year.Mr Hancock said a ‘bare bones’

newsletter would be delivered each month to help reduce printing costs.

Locals will have to visit the website to access the full edition.

BY PATRICK GLOVERA number of upgrades have

been completed around Andamooka recently, thanks

to the help of locals. A new ramp has been completed

around the shower block at the camp-ing ground by the Complete Person-nel team in time for the upcoming touris t season.

“It was a lot of hard work through the hot months, but well worth it,” said Andamooka Progress and Opal Miners Association treasurer Rob Hancock. “If you didn’t know it was there, it sure stands out now.

“The shower block is now

wheelchair accessible and is coin operated.”

� e community garden at the back of the town hall has also received a revamp, with a new sprinkler system installed ahead of the reopening of the Andamooka Yacht Club in a few weeks.

New plants were also installed and, with help from the new sprinkler system, they should begin to sprout soon.

� ese works were completed by Karen Taubers from Outback Land-scaping using plants donated by co-workers.

BY PATRICK GLOVER

New future for Press publication

All set for Easter weekend events

TOP CITIZEN: Andamooka’s Australia Day Citizen of the Year award winner Rob Hancock (centre) with Rebecca Johnson and

Stefan Bilka at the town hall last month. PHOTO: Supplied

Upgrades complete at camping ground

The new ramp around the toilet block at the Andamooka camping ground.

The community garden at the back of the town hall recently

received a new sprinkler system and new plants. PHOTOS: Supplied


OUT ABOUT&Attendees of a

farewell party at the Roxby Downs

Community Club for Matt Beresford, who has been in town for

the past six years.

Andrew Petty, Kim Simmons, Kate Petty and Casey Simmons.

Isabelle, Emmie, Asha, Skyelah and Malis at The Club on the weekend.

Sean and Jade Quinn have left Roxby Downs after eight years of living in

the town. Pictured are attendees of their farewell party on the weekend.

Trish Zubrinich (second from left) had a farewell gathering at The Tavern on the weekend. She is pictured with Trev Leyson, Ben Olifent and Rob Denton.

PHOTOS: Verity Casserly

Rob Van Berkel, Gary Isbel and Stuart Eggart at the

Roxby Downs Tavern.

Jaymian Turner You have brought so much laughter and endless smiles

into our lives. We hope you have a

wonderful 8th birthday.Lots of love Mum,

Dad & Tanner.


OUT ABOUT&

Avril, Barry and Keren Luke were farewelled from Roxby during a party at The Club on Saturday afternoon.

Keren Luke (second from right) had been working at Roxby Traders Mitre 10. She is pictured with Karen Wegner,

Sharleen Lloyd, Dani Demetlica and Janelle Hueppauff.

Carmel and David Schubert.

Liz Jensen, Carmel Schubert, Avril and Barry Luke, Bob Jensen, David Schubert, Adrian Dyer,

Lizzie Langdon, Paul Luke and Sheryn Barnes at the Lukes’ farewell party on Saturday.

Adrian Dyer, Lizzie Langdon, Paul Luke and Sheryn Barnes.

Regina Walker (back, left) and Allie Briley with Ethan

(front, left) and Casey.

PHOTOS: Verity CasserlyLuke family farewell


Roxby in summer… a time when our water and power usage traditionally climbs

and so do our bills. � ere’s nothing worse than get-

ting a shock at the letterbox from a higher-than-anticipated water bill, and there are actually a lot of things we can all do to reduce our water consumption – even in Roxby in summer.

According to SA Water, the average South Australian uses more than half their daily water consumption inside their home, so if you’re looking to save water that’s a good place to start.

In the bathroom, installing a water-effi cient shower head can save you up to 11L of water per minute, while installing a du-al-flush toilet can reduce your water consumption by 50 per cent on every fl ush.

Leaks are common in toilets (es-pecially older ones). To check for a leak, just put some food colouring in the cistern. If the colour shows in the toilet bowl without fl ushing, you’ve got a leak.

You can also turn the taps (ei-ther at the sink or in the shower) off while you’re brushing your teeth, soaping your body or wash-ing your hair.

Laundries are another area where water usage can climb. When purchasing new applianc-es such as washing machines, it’s worth looking for (and investing in) an appliance with the highest possible star rating.

Only put full loads through your washing machine and make sure your laundry taps aren’t dripping (and fi x them if they are).

Water usage outside the home can also drive up your quarterly bills, and in Roxby this is often at-tributed to swimming pools.

Frequently ‘topping up’ or re-placing water lost to evaporation in pools can become very expen-sive, so use a pool cover and shade the pool area to avoid evaporation.

Replace sand filters (which require backwashing at up to 8000L each time) with cartridge fi lters which do not need to be backwashed.

In gardens, plant native plants

best suited to our arid climate. Use dripper systems rather than broad-reaching sprinklers to wa-ter plants, and mulch to reduce evaporation.

Water in the cooler parts of the day – either early in the morning or in the evening.

Many houses in Roxby are fi tted with evaporative airconditioners. While an effi cient way of cooling in our climate, they can use signif-icant amounts of water (especially if old or not maintained).

Keep your ‘swampy’ regularly serviced to ensure it’s running at maximum effi ciency.

The Roxby Environment Fo-rum’s Sustainable Living in Rox-by Downs has some great water saving ideas and is available from the Council offi ce or for download online (www.roxbydowns.com).

If you have any queries about your water bill (including if you are having difficulty paying), please contact our friendly Coun-cil staff for a confi dential discus-sion during business hours on 8671 0010.

Thank you and w e l l d o n e , Roxby – our fi rst

whole-of-town green waste collection in mid-January was a resounding success!

� e service (former-ly conducted once a month but with diff er-ent areas of the town collected each week) was reviewed by Coun-cil last year, after low utilisation and high contamination rates.

Following the review, the decision was made to keep the monthly service but move to a new schedule where the entire township’s green waste would be collected on the same day each month, result-ing in signifi cant cost savings.

And we’re ver y pleased to report that in January, our provid-er BSH Waste Solu-tions collected 280 bins totalling 6.14 tonnes of green waste for the entire town with no contamination – com-pared to an average of 5.07 tonnes per month in 2015, when 28.36

tonnes of contaminat-ed waste was collected.

“We’re really pleased with the collection for January and thank res-idents for taking the time to ensure they only put the correct green waste in their bins,” said Council Community Projects Offi cer (Environment) Anni Walsh.

“In the past, when the bins have been con-taminated with non-green waste items (in-cluding dog droppings, nappies and other gen-eral household waste), that entire truck load has had to be dumped to landfi ll, which is in-credibly disappointing.

“� e results for Jan-uary are great, and we look forward to the

community continuing to support the service so positively for the upcoming collections.”

� e next green waste collection will be on Tuesday, February 16. You can download the 2016 collection calendar from www.roxbydowns.com or collect it from the Council offi ce during business hours.

Don’t forget – you can also dispose of your green waste (as well as other rubbish) outside of the month-ly collection at BSH Waste Solutions, Gosse Street (in the industri-al area), Monday to Friday 10am – 4pm, Saturday 8am – 12 noon and Sunday 1pm – 5pm.

Green waste collection next week – don’t forget!

Staying water smart

Dripping taps inside and outside the home can signifi cantly

contribute to water bills.

Roxby Council

Opening hours Monday to Friday

9am to 4.30pmCouncil provides transport services including:

• Vehicle registration • Boat registrations

• Licensing transactions • Learner written theory tests (test to begin before 4pm)

All inquiries 131 084.

Opal Road Landfi ll now CLOSED to the public.

Waste unsuitable for the red, green or yellow domestic collection can now be

deposited at BSH Waste Solutions’ Resource Recovery Centre, 10 Gosse Street, Roxby

Downs (in the light industrial area).

Monday to Friday 10am – 4pm Saturday 8am – 12 noon

Sunday 1pm – 5pmAll inquiries 8671 1154

Opening hours 9am to 5pm

Monday - Friday9am to 12 noon Saturdays

Telephone 8671 0500Email: [email protected]

Library membership is free. A wide range of resources are available including books,

DVDs, magazines and internet facilities.Toddler Story Time 9.30am Wednesday.

Opening hours

9am to 5pm weekdays

Telephone 8671 0010 • Fax 8671 0452

Email: [email protected]

After hours emergency

Mobile 0418 892 870

Web www.roxbycouncil.com

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WHO’S ON THE BOARD

CONTACTING THE BOARD

BOARD MEETINGSBoard meetings are held on the last

Monday of the month.Members of the public are welcome to

attend and observe.If you would like to make a presentation or raise an issue, please contact the Executive Offi cer on 0418 833 818 to

be included on the agenda.Confi dential discussions with the

Board can be arranged if required.

For further information, advice or general questions please contact:

Michelle Hales,Executive Offi cer

Roxby Downs Community Board Inc.PO Box 85

Roxby Downs SA 5725Mobile: 0418 833 818


George GiakoumisVicki Mason • Gaylene Crane

Mary Lewis • Bill BoehmSandy Sumsion • Angela Thompson

Thevoice of the community...

JOINING FORUMSIf you would like to join a forum and would like more information please

contact the following people. New members are always welcome.

ARTS and CULTURE FORUMThursday, February 18 @ 7pm

38 Pioneer Drive

BUSINESS FORUMJohn Wilby 0428 815 436

Tuesday, March 8 @ 6pm

The Club Boardroom

COMMUNITY GARDENVicki Mason 0418 526 608

Thursday, February 11 @ 6.30pm

Community Garden (cnr Alberrie St, Pioneer Dr & Mulgaria Cres)

ENVIRONMENT FORUMAnni Walsh 0448 168 167Thursday, March 3 @ 5.30pm

Council Boardroom

ROXBY ROADSAFE MEETINGMichelle Hales 0418 833 818

Tuesday, April 12 @ 7pm

Council Boardroom

MULTICULTURAL FORUMSasha Yantewo (08) 8671 0010

Wednesday, February 17 @ 6pm

Council Boardroom

FAMILY FORUMJoel Hill 0433 792 450

Thursday, February 11 @ 5pm

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W e a l l know people in our c o m m u n i t y

who spend their time volunteering.

They could be your neighbour, your brother, your wife, your coach or anyone you have come in contact with in this fantastic community we live in.

Roxby Downs wouldn’t be the same without our volunteers. Examples are:

• CFS, SES, ambulance offi cers, cadets.

• Sporting coaches, referees and umpires, canteen support staff .

• Parents and Friends school committee mem-bers, sports instructors, Joey/Cub/Scout leaders, parent helpers, commit-tee members.

• Rotary, Arid Recov-ery, wildlife and fauna rescue, Clean Up Aus-tralia Day volunteers.

• Listening to your children read at school, helping out in the can-teen, attending camps and excursions, sports days and splash days, helping with a classroom activity.

The list is endless! � e volunteers are EX-TRAORDINARY. Th eir time is valuable and they are giving it up to help others.

Help us to say THANK YOU. Help us to assist in making them feel treasured.

Volunteering is so very rewarding, but also very necessary.

People volunteer for various reasons. Some people see a need and simply lend a hand, some enjoy the company and fellowship, some live and breathe it, some are ex-tremely skilled and oth-ers are simply ‘there at the right time’.

All are volunteering their time and eff orts to help others, and for that we thank them.

The Volunteering Fo r u m i s p a r t o f th e R ox b y D o w n s Community Board and promotes the importance of volunteering in our local community.

The Forum supports the Volunteer of the Month program, which was originally established as the Community Per-son of the Month Pro-gram in 2008.

Since then more than 70 volunteers have been recognised for their out-

standing volunteering eff orts in our community.

A panel of represent-atives from various vol-unteering organisations select the monthly win-ners based on nomina-tions received from the general public.

Help us to thank and appreciate the volun-teers in our community. It costs nothing to nom-inate a volunteer, and everyone can do so.

Nomination forms are available from the Roxby Downs Council reception, the Visitor Information Centre at roxbylink, and via the www.roxbydowns.com website.

Each Volunteer of the month wins $100 to donate to the charity or community group of their choice.

Many donations over the years have been giv-en to Beyond Blue, Rox-by Scouts, Roxby RFDS, Cancer Council SA, Rox-by Downs Swimming Club, Arid Recovery, RoxFM, Native Animal Network, MyTime pro-gram, MSF, the commu-nity mentoring program and many more.

Th ank you to Beyond Bank and The Monitor for their ongoing support towards volunteering in Roxby Downs.

We love our volunteers here in Roxby Downs

Young volunteers in our community

celebrating International

Volunteer Day 2013.


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telephone 08 8671 1353 facsimile 08 8671 [email protected]

PO Box 275 - Roxby Downs - South Australia 5725

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REFRIGERATION AIRCONDITIONING DATA & COMMUNICATIONBDL 219265 PGE 198058 AU20207

At the Lutheran Church, Pioneer Drive.

Mums/Dads and Mini’s Class 2pm to 2.30pm and World Explorers Class 3.15pm to 4pm

Booking Essential as limited spaces.

Contact Kim on 0400 713 403 or [email protected] bookings and enquiries.

KIDS YOGA CLASSES STARTING THE

18TH FEBRUARY!!

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PUBLIC NOTICES

GERRY’S Dublin Meats. Top quality meat from our farm to you. $230 family pack – 2kg lamb roast, 2kg pork roast, 2kg beef roast, 2kg chicken, 1kg BBQ steak, 1kg beef mince, 1kg BBQ chops, 1kg pork chops, 1kg diced steak, 1kg beef schnitzel, 1kg chicken schnitzel, 1kg packet bacon, 2kg marinated wings, 2kg beef sausages, 20 gourmet patties, one 500g met-twurst, 1 bottle of marinade plus free cooler bag. All packs mix and match. Ph: 8529 2229.

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CHURCH NOTICES

NEW Life Church, Roxby Downs. Fam-ily-friendly, contem-porary worship. A member of Australian Christian Churches. Meeting at the Rox-by Downs Christian Community Church hall, corner of Bur-goyne St and Stuart Rd, 3pm on Sundays. Interactive children’s ministry for ages three to seven and eight to 12. Features an innovative and engaging 12-month curriculum. For more details, phone Pas-tor David Bunyon on 0403 058 050 or The-resa Bunyon on 0413 609 102. Website: www.newlifeccc.org.au/churches-news/roxbydowns

ST Barbara Catho-lic Parish. Masses at Roxby Downs are held at the Lutheran Church on Pioneer Dr, Saturdays 6pm and Sundays 8am. At Andamooka on fi rst and third Sundays at 11am. Woomera: Sunday masses are by telephone ar-rangement with the parish priest. Contact Fr John Folkman on 8671 0925.

Annual General MeetingThursday, March 25, 2016

at 6.30pm.at the Roxby Downs Kindergarten.

Light nibbles and refreshments provided

All Welcome.

For more information contactAdam on 86710455

AGMTuesday 8th March 2016

Roxby DownsCommunity Library

Meeting Room

New Members Welcome

7.30pm

A Devil through and through, 'Waz' was a long term committee member and sponsor of the Football Club. He was a great supporter of the footy and he’d always be there on the sidelines supporting the Devils. If ever there was anything that needed to be done out at the club, he wouldn't hesitate to put his hand up and get it done.

He will be sadly missed by the Devils communityOlympic Dam Sporting Club

Warren‘Waz’ Ritchie

A Devil through and through, 'Waz' was a long term committee

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Toll Olympic Dam specialises in the express delivery of time-critical documents, parcels and digital information.

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The successful applicant will need to pass the medical requirements for this role and undertake relevant inductions.This is a residential position located in Olympic Dam.

It is a prerequisite for the preferred candidate for this role to undergo a criminal background check.

Toll Mining Services can offer you a career in the mining industry where you will enjoy:• A safe working environment• A lifestyle working roster• Paid training opportunities• Development opportunities within the wider Toll Group.

To make enquiries about this role, please contact Felicity Moore on 0437 065 018 during business hours

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Around the groundsAround the groundsAround the grounds PHOTOS: Verity Casserly

Lucy Moten (Flames) gets past a Bulls opponent during under 14 girls basketball on Saturday.

Grace Forrest (Bulls) and Charlotte Johnson (Flames)

struggle for the ball.

Georgie Dixon (Thunder) tries to get a pass around Summah Cooke (Heat).

Chloe Turley (Thunder) goes for a shot while under pressure from

Lucy Chamberlain (Heat).

Jada Wellgreen (Flames) retrieves

the ball.

Zeplin in action at Little Athletics

on Sunday.

Charlotte prepares for

a throw.

Maddison McCarthy (Thunder) leans away from

Charlie Rigden (Heat).

Madison Qualmann (Bulls) lines up a shot.


SPORTMonitorThe

DESERTDust

Motocross club revved up for 2016By Patrick GloverThe Roxby Desert Motocross Club has a new-look

committee with a number of new members stepping into roles for the 2016 season.

Clint Gow-Smith was re-elected as president, while Kurt Murray and Jody Gow-Smith were re-elected into their positions as vice president and treasurer respectively.

This year they will be joined by Sarah Janout, who is taking over the secretary role.

Damian Southern joins Murray, Matt McDonald and Trent Headland as part of the track management team, while a whole new social/fundraising committee has been assembled.

“There’s plenty of others I know who will help through the year, and I can’t stress enough that we will need everyone to do their bit when it’s their turn,” said Clint.

“Our big focus this year is the club’s exposure within the community, and we have got a strong committee and membership base to execute this.

“Into my seventh or eighth year as president, I’m excited about bringing more people into the mix so we can keep the club going forward.

“Also more importantly to spread the knowledge and workload so the transition of the committee in the next few years is a smooth transition and the club continues to grow.”

Other changes at the motocross club this season include the purchase of a donut machine during the o� season.

Clint said the machine would be ideal in getting the club out into the community.

The club’s big-ticket event will be returning in 2016 when the annual Night Meet is held later in the year.

The Roxby Downs Junior Basketball Association will be entering fi ve teams into a country carnival at Whyalla this weekend.

Run as part of the South Australia Country Basket-ball Council season, the competition will see Roxby represented in the following age groups: under 16 boys and girls, under 14 girls and under 12 boys and girls.

� e under 16 boys team is set to include Bailey Chamberlain, Haze Wellgreen, � omas Lecons, Caleb Turley, Coby Seery, Bailey Ryan, George Clarke, La-chlaun Geraghty and Jayden Jones.

Playing for the under 16 girls team will be Riley Evans, Millie Cordy, Jasmine Tovakuta, Mikayla Kelly, Hayley Lamb, Mia Sobey, Hayley Wurfel and Tasma French.

Among the under 14 girls basketballers set to attend the carnival are Yananai Chabayanzara, Grace Forrest, Abby Hardwick, Charlotte Johnson, Llewellyn Secker, Chloe Turley, Jada Wellgreen and Rachel Slusser.

� e under 12 boys team is set to feature Bailey Anderson, Judd Grillett, Ben Hewitt, Jack Johnson, Jordan Pfeiff er, Decovan Walsh and Harley Wellgreen.

For the under 12 girls team, players will include Molly Sobey, Charlie McDonald, Lucy Chamberlain, Jasmine McDonald, Charlie Rigden, Breanna Leslie, Summah Cooke, Siannah Geraghty and Samantha Lockwood.


Young up-and-coming Scorpions spinner Amanda Wellington will headline this year’s Pink Stumps

Day on Saturday, February 20. Wellington became the youngest-ever

cricketer to make her debut for South Aus-tralia when she played her fi rst game for the Scorpions at the age of 15.

She has been on the Scorpions side for the past three seasons and is one of the best young talents in Australia at the mo-ment.

“We are thrilled to have secured some-one of Amanda’s calibre,” said Roxby Dis-tricts Cricket Association president Paul Trotta.

“I spoke to her the other day and she said she is really excited about coming out and taking part in our Pink Stumps Day event.”

Wellington is fresh off a career-best season in which she was the leading wicket

taker in both the 50-over and T20 formats with a combined total of 25 wickets.

She has recently been selected in the Shooting Stars 2015-16 Dubai tour squad off the back of her feats last season.

Having just completed her fi rst-ever season with the Strikers in the Women’s Big Bash League, Trotta expects her to weave some magic in the Pink Stumps match.

“She is rated as one of the best leg spin-ners in the country for a reason, and it will be great to see how the locals go against her,” he said.

“But at the end of the day it is about hav-ing fun and I am sure she will enjoy herself over the course of the weekend.

“We are very grateful to Amanda and the South Australian Cricket Association for making the time to come up here.”

Trotta said the announcement of Wel-lington’s visit has capped off what is set to be another great day.

� e Roxby Downs Pink Stumps Day event has been the highest McGrath Foun-dation fundraiser in Australia for the past

two years and is set to extend its run to three.

� is year’s teams will see the start of a new Pink Stumps rivalry, with the new side of town pitted against the old side of town.

� e association is currently running a competition to name the sides, with vouchers up for grabs for the winners.

To enter, visit the Facebook page (‘Roxby Downs Pink Stumps Day’).

“� e past couple of years we have been getting some good teams together, but they have changed each year,” Trotta said.

“We are looking to create some kind of rivalry that we can come back to each year and people can get involved with.”

Meanwhile an auction will again be held and a champagne tent, food, donuts and merchandise will be available.

Entertainment will include a band per-forming on the night, while a jumping cas-tle will help keep children amused.

Attendees will again assemble for a photograph to commemorate the night, but the shape they will form is yet to be decided on.

Young Scorpion to put spin on Pink Stumps

Basketballers off to Whyalla

Around the groundsAround the groundsAround the grounds

Amanda Wellington in action for the Adelaide Strikers during this season’s Women’s Big Bash League competition. PHOTO: Getty Images

Lena Barrett assists Tyson at the Roxby

Downs Little Athletics Club’s fi rst meet for the year on Sunday.

PHOTOS: Verity Casserly Bohdi lines up a throw.

Kohen won the under 9 vortex

competition with a throw

of 19.9m.

Mitchell in action at Little

Athletics.

The Roxby Downs Volleyball Association held

a ‘round robin’ on Monday, February

1, ahead of the new season’s start this week. PHOTOS:

Ryneisha Bollard

Aemelia takes a jump during Little Athletics on

the weekend.


SPORTMonitorThe

The battle for a spot in the Roxby Districts Cricket Association fi nals intensifi ed with Hornridge’s defeat

of Roxby Miners on the weekend.Junior cricket on Saturday meant the

match had to be moved to Sunday night, when the Miners won the toss and elected to bat fi rst.

Matt Green and Jon Sieburn opened the batting against Michael Hammerling and Leroy Kavanagh.

� e Miners were in trouble early, losing both openers in the fi rst three overs to be 2/2.

Dave Kovac and Grant Aitchison set about steadying the ship, combing for their side’s biggest partnership – 25 runs.

But when Kovac fell with the score at 3/27 the Miners collapsed, losing seven wickets for just 28 runs despite the best eff orts of skipper Michael Nelson (15).

All Hornridge bowlers contributed, tak-ing wickets regularly to have the Miners all out for 75.

Kovac and Nelson were the top scorers for the Miners with 19 and 15 respectively, while with the ball Hammerling, Kavanagh, Clint Gow-Smith and Rhett Winter took two wickets each.

In reply, led by Glen Shorrock and Jamie Way, the Wanderers made light work of the small total to pass the Miners’ score in the 18th over with seven wickets still in hand.

Shorrock fi nished unbeaten on 26 having opened the innings for Hornridge, while Way was out for 31 with his side just fi ve runs shy of the total.

Kovac and Nelson again tried their hard-

est for their side, taking a wicket each, while Sieburn also chipped in with one.

Hornridge now move a game clear in third position – just one win behind the Miners – to leave Andamooka on the bot-tom of the ladder with just two wins.

Olympic Dam d Andamooka

A fter a disappointing fi elding display last week, the Olympic Dam Devils were back to their old ways with a

clinical win over Andamooka on Friday night.

Following a gentlemen’s agreement, An-damooka batted fi rst and was in trouble immediately when opener Jordan Mande-maker was trapped in front by Patrick Glov-er in the very fi rst over for a duck.

Opening partner Chamila Rathnajake fol-lowed soon for four, thanks again to a tight opening spell by Glover, to have the Roos in trouble at 2/10.

A few boundaries from one Adrian Harris over showed some hope for Andamooka, but it was Glover who struck again – this time removing the dangerous Sachira Muthukumarana for just nine to swing the game back in OD’s favour.

From there wickets continued to fall at regular intervals with Ryan Bennett and Rein Geraghty entering the attack.

Andamooka lost 6/17 just before drinks to stumble into the break at 8/59.

OD came out looking to take the fi nal two wickets quickly, but Farhad Khan and Roos captain Troy Mulders provided stubborn resistance to compile a 40-run partnership.

Glover returned to the attack to remove

Khan, who gloved a well-directed bouncer to Geraghty at short leg.

Bennett then took his third wicket by re-moving Amir Shaw for zero to conclude the innings at 94.

Glover took four wickets, with Bennett and Geraghty snagging three each to be the chief destroyers for the Devils.

Praveen DeSilva and Mulders were the top scorers for Andamooka with 31 and 25 not out respectively.

In reply, OD opener Lewis Heinrich made it clear early that he wanted to fi nish the game quickly by showing off his hitting ability.

After his fi rst scoring shot was a six, no bowler was safe. He hit balls to all areas of the ground to reach 44 by the ninth over.

However, a well delivered yorker from Cam Faulkner ended his innings with the Devils still needing 34 runs to win.

Craig Nicholls – backing up from a superb innings with the gloves earlier in the match – then combined with Bennett to guide his side to 88 before he too fell (caught and bowled by Rathnajake).

� e Devils also lost Bennett with only two runs to win, leaving Brendan Hill to hit the winning runs on the stroke of drinks.

Heinrich’s 44 was the top scorer for the Devils, while Bennett backed up his good form with the ball with a quick-fi re 28.

Rathnajake, Faulkner and DeSilva were the only wicket takers for the Roos with one each.

� is weekend’s matches will see the Dev-ils meet the Miners in the Friday night game before Hornridge takes on Andamooka on Saturday.

Hornridge takes win to close gap on Miners

Sachira Muthukumarana

in action for Andamooka

on Friday night. PHOTO: Patrick Glover

Dave Kovac (Miners) was the top scorer with 19 during his side’s loss on the weekend. PHOTO: Verity Casserly

OD’s Lewis Heinrich sends this ball over the boundary

for a six during his side’s win over Andamooka. PHOTO: Patrick Glover

Hornridge’s Phil Jones winds up to throw this ball in from the

boundary. PHOTO: Verity Casserly

SPORTS DEADLINESAll sports results and reports

must be submitted by10am on Mondays.

Roxby Downs Cricket Association

Friday, February 5, 2016Andamooka v Olympic Dam

1st InningsAndamooka battingC. Rathnajake b P. Glover ................................................................4J. Mandemaker lbw b P. Glover ....................................................0S. Muthukumarana c R. Geraghty b P Glover .........................9P. DeSilva lbw b R. Geraghty .........................................................31S. Griggs c C. Nicolls b R. Bennett ................................................0C. Faulkner c P. Glover b R. Geraghty .........................................0T. Mulders not out ........................................................................... 25M. Samarakoon lbw R. Bennett ...................................................0P. Meegasdeniya c M. Hopper b R. Geraghty ........................... 1F. Khan c R. Geraghty b P. Glover ............................................... 13A. Shaw b R. Bennett........................................................................0Extras (8w, 2nb, 1b, 0lb) .................................................................. 11Total .................................................................. all out 94

Olympic Dam bowlingBowler Overs Maidens Wides Wickets RunsP. Glover 7 1 1 4 10A. Harris 5 0 2 0 31R. Bennett 5.4 0 2 3 9R. Geraghty 4 1 0 3 9R. Rayner 3 0 1 0 13J. Bremner 3 0 3 0 21

2nd InningsOlympic Dam battingC. Nicholls c&b Rathnajake ...........................................................19L. Heinrich b Faulkner ................................................................... 44R. Bennett c C. Rathnajake b. P. DeSilva .................................28B. Hill not out....................................................................................... 3P. Glover not out.................................................................................0Extras (2w, 0nb, 0b, 0lb) ...................................................................2Total ............................................................................ 3/96

Andamooka bowlingBowler Overs Maidens Wides Wickets RunsS. Muthuku’rana 4 0 0 0 21P. Meegasdeniya 3 0 1 0 26C. Rathnajake 7 1 0 1 15C. Faulkner 2 0 0 1 13P. DeSilva 4 0 1 1 21

Sunday, February 7, 2016Miners v Hornridge

1st InningsMiners battingM. Green c J. Way b M. Hammerling ............................................2J. Sieburn b L. Kavanagh .................................................................0D. Kovac c M Howard b C. Denbesten .......................................19G. Aitchison c J. Way b M. Hammerling ..................................... 5M. Nelson c C. Denbesten b R. Winter ......................................15D. Law b L. Kavanagh......................................................................... 1J. Bremner c R. Winter b C. Gow-Smith .................................... 5J. Ford b C. Gow-Smith .....................................................................2K. Dadleh not out .............................................................................10S. Orr c C. Denbesten b R. Winter .................................................0B. Hampel c N. Tutthill b M. Howard ...........................................7Extras (5w, 1nb, 2b, 1lb) ....................................................................9Total ............................................................ All out for 75

Hornridge bowlingBowler Overs Maidens Wides Wickets RunsM. Hammerling 6 1 1 2 19L. Kavanagh 5 1 0 2 15Z. Bradbery 1 0 0 0 7S. Mansell 2 0 0 0 7C. Denbesten 3 0 1 1 9R. Winter 4 1 2 2 8C. Gow-Smith 3 0 1 2 6M. Howard 0.4 0 0 1 1

2nd InningsHornridge battingG. Shorrock not out .........................................................................26P. Jones b J. Sieburn ..........................................................................0C. Denbesten c G. Aitchison b D. Kovac ....................................16J. Way c D. Kovac b M. Nelson ......................................................31L. Kavanagh not out .......................................................................14Extras (1w, 0nb, 0b, 0lb) ................................................................... 1Total ............................................................................3/88

Miners bowlingBowler Overs Maidens Wides Wickets RunsG. Aitchison 6 0 0 0 42J. Seiburn 4 1 0 1 8M. Nelson 5 0 1 1 20D. Kovac 3 0 0 1 18

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O lympic Dam’s football and netball clubs have come together to form a single

entity.� e Olympic Dam Sporting Club

(ODSC) was established last month and will also include OD cricket once further negotiations are fi nalised.

“� e main reason this came about is to bring the club closer together, especially in times like this,” said ODSC president Tyler Sims.

“Essentially the more people we

have involved in this great club the stronger the culture – creating mateship and having each other’s back.

“Also if we can build a strong platform, hopefully we can have better engagement with the com-munity and better opportunities to

strengthen our fi nancial and on-fi eld situation.”

� e football club has enjoyed its fair share of success in the past, and Sims said the netballers had also giv-en strong performances for the club.

He said the sporting club would become a powerhouse with

sustained success on all fi elds.� e ODSC has already received

the backing of its members, the Far North Football League and the Rox-by Downs Netball Association.

Sims said he was looking forward to both teams running out under the new banner this season.

OD Sporting Club formed

Lachlan Hewett, Mel Ferry and Patrick Glover representing Olympic Dam’s football, netball and cricket clubs, which will soon all be under the one name. PHOTO: Supplied

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