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Glover bags 5 awards

OD well represented at cricket presentations

WRITTEN BY RYNEISHA BOLLARD

O lympic Dam’s Patr ick Glover took out fi ve awards – including Cricketer of

the Year – at the Roxby Districts Cricket Association’s (RDCA’s) end-of-season presentations on Friday night.

Held at the Roxby Downs Tavern, the presentations saw Glover also receive the Association Player of the Year, T20 Player of the Year and Batting Aggregate awards while also featuring in the Team of the Year.

Glover said he was “stoked and humbled” to be named Cricketer of the Year.

Along with his other awards, Glov-er said it was “the icing on the cake” on what had been a successful season for OD.

“It is a great honour to have won this award and it’s something I could not have achieved without my teammates,” he said.

“Having the support of not just Seb (Holbrook) and Rein (Geraghty) as the captains but the whole team really helps.

“If it’s not me doing the job it is good to know you have a Seb, a ‘Whistle’ (Adrian Harris), a (Craig) Nicholls or a (Tom) Krieg to back you up.”

Glover also thanked the opposition teams, noting that there had been a “great contest” this season, especial-ly during the grand fi nal against the Roxby Miners.

He said receiving the Association Player of the Year award was also “pretty special”.

“To be involved in such an awe-some carnival side, with a great bunch of blokes and to go through undefeated was one of the highlights of the season,” he said.

“To come away with the award for standout performer of the carnival is extremely humbling.

“I would also like to congratulate all the other award winners.”

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Patrick Glover was named Cricketer of

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WRITTEN BYRYNEISHA BOLLARD

Roxby Downs woman Deb Price capped off an eventful month by

attending the Statewide Heroes award ceremony in Adelaide on Wednesday, March 30.

Mrs Price was among the top 20 fi nalists for the award, which seeks to recognise South Austral-ians who go above and beyond for their community.

She was nominated by fellow lo-cal Mellissa Nilsen, who highlight-ed Mrs Price’s involvement with the Royal Flying Doctor Service, Pink Stumps Day, Relay For Life, RoxFM and the World’s Greatest Shave.

“She off ers help to anyone who needs support for any reason,” Mrs Nilsen wrote in the nomination form.

“At Christmas she collects for hampers and gifts for those in the community who are struggling.

“(She) always nominates as a collection point for local chari-

ties and for appeals e.g. the Pinery bushfi res.

“� is month Deb donated bone marrow for her brother, and man-aged to stay positive when another brother passed away from suicide while she was in hospital donating.

“The school recently had an assignment and the children cit-ed Deb as their community role model.

“Her generosity impacts all ages.”

Kerry Thomas and Chelsea James helped run a Facebook cam-paign to collect local donations to-wards the cost of Mrs Price’s travel to Adelaide for the ceremony.

More than $900 was raised to-wards the cause, and Roxby Travel & Cruise helped Mrs Price with her fl ight cost.

Mrs Price said she was “blown away” by locals’ generosity and wanted to say “a huge thank you” to them for making her trip possible.

Earlier last month Mrs Price donated blood stem cells to be transplanted into her brother, John Hansen, of Port Pirie.

Mr Hansen was diagnosed with leukaemia more than 12 months ago and chemotherapy was failing to cure his blood cancer, hence a transplant became his only hope of a cure.

Mrs Price said her brother was recovering well and doctors had said he was 10 days ahead of where he should be.

After previously being told he would have to stay in hospital for three months following his trans-plant, Mr Hansen was released last Friday and will only have to stay in Adelaide for follow-up treatment over the next few weeks.

Mrs Price has therefore been able to set a date for her World’s Greatest Shave event as part of her fundraising eff orts for the Leukae-mia Foundation.

Locals are invited to show their support for Mrs Price at the Rox-by Downs Tavern this Friday from 6pm.

If you or someone you know is depressed or contemplating suicide, 24/7 help is available by phoning Lifeline on 13 11 14.

NEW NETWORK: The Roxby Downs Women’s Network appointed new committee members for 2016 at a special meeting recently. They include Theresa Bunyon (left), Katalin Wilby, Penny Knott, Kaye Doyle (chair), Hayley Scrivens and Jan White. Also pictured is outgoing committee member Mary Lewis. PHOTO: Ryneisha Bollard

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Roxby Downs woman Deb Price (left) was among 20 fi nalists for the Statewide Heroes awards after being nominated by fellow

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Due to the removal of the fence between Main Oval and School Oval, please be aware that the Liquor Licence Agreement clearly states that NO BYO will be permitted at the Oval via either the main entrance to oval or entrance gained through Eastern side of Oval via School Oval.

The FNFL, Local Council and SAPOL are working diligently in this area and sincerely urge the community to support and adhere to these strict guidelines.

The Licensed area will be clearly marked, sign posted and routine monitoring of this area will be undertaken throughout the time frame designated on the Liquor Licence for each specific day/night.

Local SAPOL will be engaged and utilised where necessary if any Person(s) are found guilty of breaching these conditions.

The FNFL and SAPOL look forward to your patronage and support throughout the 2016 Football season and remind everyone to drink responsibly and if you drink and drive, you’re a bloody idiot as endorsed by the MAC.

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WRITTEN BYRYNEISHA BOLLARD

Roxby Downs Area School (RDAS) year 11 student Millie

Clarke faced an emotional day last week when she had her head shaved in support of the Leukaemia Foundation.

Millie held her World’s Greatest Shave event follow-ing CanDance rehearsals at the roxbylink auditorium on Monday, April 4.

Her mother Jane Rog-ers and dance teacher Lana Chamberlain were there to show their support and help shave her hair off .

Among around 40 other at-tendees were Millie’s friends, family members and fellow dance students.

Millie said she had been in tears before, during and after the shave – a reaction she said was unexpected.

“I started crying on the day as soon as I got home from school, just at the thought of having no hair,” she said.

However, Millie said she had since embraced her new look and had noticed her hair

already growing back.“I was pretty scared, but

I’m proud that I’ve done it and I’m glad that it’s over,” she said.

As of last Monday after-noon her online fundraising tally stood at $2462 – a feat Millie attributed to the gen-erosity of her supporters, in-cluding one who made a $500 contribution.

She said she also had more than $200 in cash donations, including contributions made during last week’s event and around $100 collected from a tin placed in the RDAS staff room.

Millie thanked those who attended her shave last week and everyone who had do-nated so far, along with her mother and dance teacher for their support.

She will continue to col-lect online donations until the Leukaemia Foundation’s fundraising deadline in June.

To make a contribution to-wards her cause, visit: http://my.leukaemiafoundation.org.au/millieclarke

Millie takes leap for blood cancer

Local man Ethan ‘Zep’ Zeptner shaved his head for the fi rst time in three years as part of a fundraiser for the Leukaemia Foundation on

Saturday.Mr Zeptner held his World’s Greatest Shave event

in between junior basketball grand fi nal games at the roxbylink stadium.

A crowd – including fellow World’s Greatest Shave participants Mel Aitchison and Millie Clarke – gath-ered to watch Jane Rogers shave Mr Zeptner’s hair off .

He told � e Monitor that morning his fundraising tally stood at $2452, but he would leave out donation tins for the rest of the day and night so basketball spectators could contribute further.

Mr Zeptner also had a collection tin out at the lo-cal � irsty Camel bottleshop and has been receiving donations via a page on the Leukaemia Foundation website.

He said he was glad to have passed his fundraising goal of $2000 and would be banking all donations this week.

“I’d like to say thanks to everyone for all their dona-tions and support in coming out, ” he added.

BY RYNEISHA BOLLARD

Zeptner braves his fi rst shave in three years

POLICE BRIEFS

Man charged with sexual assault

A 36-year-old man from the state’s Far North has been arrested on numerous sexual assault charges.

Port Augusta’s Criminal Investigation Branch arrested the man on Wednesday, April 6, and charged him with fi ve counts of unlawful sexual intercourse with a child under the age of 14.

Police advised the public this incident was not random, with the off ences occurring in January with a person known to him.

� e man was remanded in custody to appear in the Port Augusta Magistrates Court in June.

Tools stolen from trailer

A trailer stolen from a Roxby Downs address was found in scrubland south of the town last week.

� e trailer was stolen between the evening of Monday, April 4, and morning of Tuesday, April 5. It was located a few days later but was missing tools and other items.

Inquiries are ongoing and anyone with infor-mation or that has been off ered tools recently is urged to phone Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Millie Clarke (centre) with mother Jane Rogers and dance teacher Lana Chamberlain after completing the World’s

Greatest Shave last week. PHOTO: Patrick Glover

Ethan Zeptner after holding his World’s Greatest Shave event during the junior basketball grand

fi nals on Saturday. PHOTO: Ryneisha Bollard

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email [email protected] or phone 8671 2683.For more information about upcoming community events,

visit: www.roxbydowns.com/Community/c-Whats-On.html

Community CalendarAPRIL

13th - Youth Week event at the Andamooka

Community Hall, 5pm. 15th - Arid Recovery Tour Opening Night. Gates open 5pm at the Arid Recovery

Reserve, Borefield Rd. Ph: 8671 2402.

16th - Far North Football League

Round One: Roxby Districts vs Coober

Pedy, 12.30pm, Olympic Dam vs

Hornridge, 2.30pm.16th - FFSA Regional Round soccer event at the Roxby Downs

small oval. Gates open from 4.30pm. Under

12 match at 5pm, celebrity game at 6pm, main event at 7.30pm.

17th - Andamooka Sports Shooting

Association Open Day. Includes BBQ lunch. Ph:

Ben on 0428 841 548.17th - Roxby Desert

Motocross Club meet at the track (off Opal

Road) from 10am. Ph: 0437 546 758.

20th & 27th - Autumn Activities for children ages 12 and under at Lions Park, 1.30-3pm.

Ph: 8671 9020.22nd - FNFL Round

Two: Roxby Districts vs East Roxby, 7.30pm.

23rd - FNFL Round Two: Coober Pedy home game vs OD at 1pm.25th - Roxby Downs

Anzac Day dawn service at the

Richardson Place war memorial, 6am.

Followed by Anzac Day march at 10.30am.30th - FNFL Round Three - Hornridge vs Coober Pedy,

12.30pm, OD vs East Roxby, 2.30pm.

EDITORIALBy Ryneisha Bollard

As of last Thursday afternoon The Monitor had already received more than 30 responses to its community survey regarding the proposed week on, week off roster at BHP Billiton Olympic Dam.

Entries remain open un-til 5pm on � ursday, April 21, but in the meantime it is worth taking a look at what people are saying so far.

Out of 33 responses via survey forms handed in to the Monitor office and answers submitted online (www.surveymonkey.com/r/XGN82ZT), 19 voted against the proposed roster change, seven were in favour and sev-en were unsure.

So far the survey had been completed by mainly Roxby Downs residents but also one Andamooka resident and two people who used to live here and had since moved elsewhere.

Those opposed to the change included 11 who answered ‘yes’ when asked if they worked at BHP

Billiton Olympic Dam.Of those in support of the

new roster, five identified themselves as Olympic Dam mine site workers.

Respondents who were unsure of whether they sup-ported it included two who said they worked at BHP Bil-liton Olympic Dam and fi ve who did not.

Opponents to the new ros-ter listed uncertainty about its impacts and concerns about a large number of existing Roxby Downs resi-dents moving out of town – along with the repercussions of this on the local business economy, community and property values – as being among their reasons for vot-ing against it.

One respondent also ar-gued that the longer breaks would increase the likelihood of BHP Billiton Olympic Dam employees using hard drugs as they would have more time to get them out of their system.

He also noted that having school-aged children meant he still only had two week-ends available to get away each month.

Supporters of the change claim the new roster would encourage OD employees and their families to live in Roxby Downs because seven days may be too long to be away from their children

One said the roster change would also mean her part-ner, who works at the mine, would be more available to go away during school hol-idays and attend their chil-dren’s weekend sporting events.

She said the new roster would be easier to keep track of and would not deter her family from living in Roxby Downs.

Out of the 31 respondents who currently live in the Roxby Downs area, 21 said they would stay here even if the 7/7 roster was intro-duced.

Reasons for this includ-ed the fact that their roster would be unaffected, they owned a home here, they had young children or had a partner who worked here.

A further four respondents failed to answer the question and another wrote that they would be moving regard-

less of the proposed roster change.

One other individual claimed they would like to move if the new roster was implemented, but this would depend on their ability to sell their home for a reasonable price.

Neither of the two re-spondents from outside of the Roxby Downs area wrote that they would move here if the new roster was intro-duced.

� e Monitor will endeav-our to publish another up-date on the survey in its April 20 edition and will provide a report on the full results in its April 27 edition.

Note: � e responses from those voting against the ros-ter are only mentioned fi rst because these were in the highest number. If the ma-jority of respondents were in favour of the roster, their answers would have been highlighted fi rst.

� e Monitor is in no way trying to take its own stance on this issue, rather it is at-tempting to let the commu-nity speak for itself.

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SHOOTING ASSOCIATION INC.

Would like to invite you and your friends to a

Club Open Day on Sunday 17th April 2016

From 9am onwards

Come along, check out the Club and have a go at:

Shotgun .22 Pistol .22 Rifle

BBQ lunch provided with a gold coin donation

Bring your friends and family for a fun day

For more information and to RSVP contact Ben on 0428841548 or [email protected]

Range located 3km from Andamooka on the Lake Torrens Road. Turn left at sign and follow the road to the Club.

Note: Enclosed shoes are required

Members and employees of recognised firearms clubs and commercial range operators must report to the police as soon as possible if they suspect that a person subject to a Firearms Prohibition Order has tried to gain access to the grounds of the firearms club or range. This includes, applying for access, gaining access and/or attempting to gain access.

The Andamooka Progress a n d O p a l M i n e r s Association (APOMA)

and the Department of State Development held talks recently to determine an Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) for the Andamooka Precious Stone Field (APSF).

� e agreement will outline the land that can be made available to the Kokatha people without impacting negatively on opal mining operations.

After the meeting attended by representatives from both par-ties – including the Andamooka Town Management Committee’s Stephen Lyons and APOMA rep-resentative Peter Taubers – a de-cision was reached.

It was determined ground within the fi eld with a natural topography below 90m above sea level would be made available to the Kokatha people but would remain a part of the APSF and the current boundary would be maintained.

It was concluded a map out-lining the agreed areas of ground together with identifi ed major water courses would be present-ed to the Kokatha people by the department for discussion in the hope of fi nalising the agreement.

Following that discussion it is anticipated a joint meeting will be held including all the major parties – APOMA, the Koka tha people and the department – in which the agreement should be fi nalised and signed off on by the end of the fi nancial year.

WRITTEN BYPATRICK GLOVER

A new airconditioning system was last month installed in the community hall as part

of upgrades undertaken by the Andamooka Town Management Committee.

One completely new unit was in-stalled and a second was reconstructed

from the best parts of the two old ones. Andamooka Progress and Opal Min-

ers Association (APOMA) treasurer Rob Hancock said the new system was working well.

� e installation work was completed by local contractors MPS Building and Electrical.

Upgrades to the hall, including a new kitchen, were undertaken to coincide with the Andamooka Yacht Club’s con-struction.

Andamooka locals familiarised themselves with new aged care programs during an

information session last week.Around 30 people attended the

session to learn about the My Aged Care and Calvary Community Care programs run by the Federal Govern-ment and a charitable organisation respectively.

� e programs support health and care services for the aged, disabled and those requiring respite assistance or home care.

Most questions from the fl oor relat-ed to concerns with registering to the program and ongoing contact particu-larly in emergency situations.

Concerns included with the pro-posed system’s reliance on phone or internet contact and the fact it off ers little personal contact for clients or carers.

Many felt that it failed to adequately address issues with the ability to use telephones and the internet, or with hearing diffi culties and also with peo-ple for whom English is a second lan-guage.

� ere was also concern with clients contacting remotely based services that had limited knowledge of their patient history.

Respite care was also discussed at length with several ideas mooted, in-cluding the possibility of establishing a respite service within the local region.

Representatives from both programs were open to discussion towards creat-ing solutions to these and other issues and concerns.

� ey said they would work with the Andamooka Town Management Com-mittee (ATMC) and remote area nurses positioned in Andamooka to achieve a functional and eff ective community care system for local residents.

WRITTEN BYGILL ROWLEY

There is no doubt that the historic cottages are an

iconic and special fea-ture of Andamooka.

The ramshack le structures line a section of the main track, now known as Opal Creek Blvd, located in the hub of the township.

These once lively abodes now rest peace-fully in the shadows of the mullock hills result-ing from endless hours of toil with nothing more than humble picks and shovels.

They remain much as they were when built in the early 1930s by men and women, many of them migrants or down-on-their-luck nationals, searching for their fortune in the newly discovered Anda-mooka opal fi elds.

In what would have

been an isolated and unforgiving environ-ment, the cottages were designed to protect hardy miners – and, in many cases, their fam-ilies – from the harsh elements and endless summer heat.

Amazingly and to the credit of the builders, their rustic construc-tion has withstood around 75 years of harsh outback condi-tions, but time has tak-en its toll as they have been gradually crum-bling.

Over the past two years members of the community support-ed by the Andamooka Opal Miners Associ-ation and the Remote Jobs and Communities Programme (RJCP) have worked tirelessly on restoring the cottag-es and environs as au-thentically as possible.

� ey were originally built primarily from lo-cally gathered materials

including tough mulga wood, rocks, stones and clay – along with whatever metal could be begged, borrowed or shipped in – all of which was roughly nailed, tied or plastered together.

So this created a res-toration challenge, but in typical Andamooka style this became a la-bour of love.

� e community has worked tirelessly on a number of projects around the cottages including a roadside protective wall incor-porating local stones which has added to the aesthetics of the site.

The y have a l s o cleaned, repaired and reorganised the site and installed interpre-tive signage, seating and tables.

Their latest project could almost be recog-nised as a work of art.

The RJCP group have painstakingly re-

searched, sourced and applied a special plaster mix to restore crum-bling areas of wall so that it not only matches in with the original but will also stand up to the ravages of the desert el-ements.

Members of the com-munity have donated items such as mining tools and equipment, cooking utensils, fur-nishings and household gadgets, together with a myriad of amazingly in-genious innovations for all sorts of tasks, creat-ing a realistic snapshot of living conditions at the time.

Nowadays, interpre-tive signs lead visitors on a journey through time, and you cannot help but wonder what stories these rough old walls could tell.

� e cottages are open to visitors seven days a week free of charge.

Andamookacommunity newsletterInformation session on aged care support

New airconditioner for hall

Stone field land use discussions under way

Cottage restorations near completion

Restoration work on the Andamooka Historic Cottages is

nearly complete. PHOTOS: Supplied

The cottages were some of the fi rst houses ever built in the town.


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Olympic Dam Sporting Club would like to thank our 2016 sponsors for their on-going support and welcome the new sponsors to the Club this year.

We look forward to a fun filled, successful season.

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P layer availability resulted in an early exit from the Far North Football League finals campaign for the

Olympic Dam Football Club last year, and things are set to be just as diffi cult this season.

OD coach Jason Elliott said his side had lost 14 players during the off season and would be pushing for numbers come round one this Saturday.

“We have had good numbers on the track the past few trainings, but we are still going to have weeks where we are really struggling because of rosters and other factors,” he said.

“Pre-season hasn’t been too bad – there has been plenty of enthusiasm – but we have had a lack of numbers compared to last year when we had 20-plus all the way through.

“At some trainings this pre-season we have had only 10 to 12 people. It is only the last few weeks we have been getting good numbers.”

However, Elliott said he remained opti-mistic about the season ahead as there was a number of exciting new younger players ready to take the next step.

“I am looking forward to this year,” he said.“It is going to be a week-by-week thing this

season, but we are going to try a few diff erent things and try and be competitive.

“We have a strong base, and with a full side we are still going to be reasonably competitive, but it is going to be about whether they are all available at the same time.”

Apart from player movemement, another major change during the off season was the creation of the Olympic Dam Sporting Club, which includes the football and netball sides.

Elliott said he welcomed the move and was excited to see more teams – including the cricket and basketball sides – join together under the sporting club banner.

Elliot, who is in his second year as coach of the football side, said he was looking forward to using some of knowledge he learned on the job last year this season.

“I defi nitely learned a lot of stuff last sea-son,” he said.

“� ere are still some things that I didn’t do last year that I want to do this year.”

BY PATRICK GLOVER


Hornridge will be out to try and even a one-sided ledger this season after succumbing to the Roxby Miners

in three out of the four previous grand fi nals.

Hornridge coach Ashley Baxter said his side had not won against the Miners since he moved to the Magpies.

Baxter said he hoped a turnover in players during the off season would have no adverse eff ect on his side’s chances.

“We have lost a few guys that fi nished in the top 10 of our best and fairest last year, but we have gained a few other boys which helps,” he said.

“Lochie Munro has come back for this season, and Lachy Forward has returned from Adelaide.

“But we have lost blokes like Time Milner, Tyrone Price and Rhys Hamilton.”

� e Miners have also been hit hard dur-ing the off season, losing around six players from last year’s grand fi nal side that defeat-ed the Magpies by 99 points.

However, coach Ricky Prosser said, as in previous years, they had managed to recruit a number of new players from within town that would become regulars throughout the year.

But with the uncertainty of the proposed seven on/seven off roster at BHP Billiton Olympic Dam, he said it was hard to know what player availability was going to be like from week to week.

“Everyone is feeling the pinch,” Prosser

said. “We have local guys that are on shift and it is going to be a challenge with the possibility of the seven/seven roster being introduced mid-season.”

Having managed to fi nd the winning for-mula in the past three seasons, Prosser said his side would have to develop again this year if it wanted a fourth victory in a row.

“We have to be a little smart about it and improve again this season because clubs will catch up,” he said.

“We have had a similar pre-season, maybe even a little better than last season, which is a good start.

“We are pretty fi t and healthy and we haven’t had any pre-season injuries which is good.”

While an enmity similar to that of the Miners and Olympic Dam back in the late 2000s is brewing between these two clubs, Prosser said the Devils would always be the club’s arch rivals.

“� e rivalry between us and Hornridge has developed to a degree but there are still, and I am one of them, guys playing that went through the period where we were the runner-up three out of four grand fi nals to OD,” he said.

“So yes we have had some recent history with Hornridge, but still the guys want to play OD and they are still our arch rivals.”

Both Prosser and Baxter agreed Anda-mooka had the potential to take another step in its development this season with the Roos having gone hard in the recruiting department in the off season.

“� ey train the same night we do and they have picked up a few and have had good numbers on the track,” Baxter added.

Hornridge hoping to even the ledger

OD remains optimistic despite player losses

LEFT: Olympic Dam will be hoping for more of the same from Jonathon Veale this season with the club struggling for numbers ahead of its fi rst game this weekend.

James Telfer (Miners) gets a

kick away despite pressure from

Hornridge’s Ben Grimston. The

sides will continue their rivalry this season having met in the last

four grand fi nals.



W i t h u n c e r t a i n t y surrounding player numbers for some

teams this season the Far North Football League (FNFL) is considering the option of reducing the number of players on the fi eld to 16.

� e usual requirement is 18 on a field, but the proposed changes would see wing posi-tions eliminated from games.

FNFL president Henry An-dryszczak said this was just one of the ideas put forward, but all club delegates agreed something needed to be done.

“We are watching team num-bers because a whole lot of people have left town, which is putting pressure on the clubs,” he said.

“We are watching closely because we still want to be able to provide an entertain-ing and a good spectacle and get as many people to games as possible.”

Teams lending players to opposition sides for the day, if numbers permit, is another op-tion that is being explored.

Andryszczak said a fi nal de-cision was yet to be made but would likely occur in the next month.

However, despite the neg-atives the lack of player num-

bers may produce, Andryszczak said there were also positives to come out of the situation.

“It means there will be more of a chance for juniors to play senior football,” he said.

“It will present them with an opportunity they have not had in previous years.”

� e 2016 fi xture has been fi -nalised and Andryszczak said he was excited to see the night games scheduled for this season.

The Miners Cup will take place again this year – possibly for the fi nal time at Adelaide Oval.

� e FNFL side will be looking to go out on a high note and tip the ledger in their favour with the current win/loss record

against Broken Hill sitting at four wins each.

As for the local games, An-dryszczak said the Roxby Min-ers would be hard to beat again this season as they chased their fourth premiership in a row.

However, he said East Roxby had recruited well during the off season and could provide the Miners with some stiff competition.

Coober Pedy is also set to be a dark horse with its play-ing list uncertain from week to week.

Meanwhile registrations for the Roxby Downs Junior Foot-ball Association close this Sat-urday with the season set to kick off on Friday, May 6.

WorkPac Roxby Downs is again sponsoring the local junior football association this season after first making a monetary

contribution to the group in 2015.Supporting local sporting clubs and community

groups has been a tradition of the local business for a number of years.

WorkPac donated $2000 to the Roxby Downs Jun-ior Football Association (RDJFA) towards guernseys and other necessities in 2015 and has this year taken up its new $3000 Gold Sponsor package.

� e package includes inclusion of the business logo on this season’s guernseys and the display of a Work-Pac banner at the town oval.

WorkPac also invited the RDJFA to attend its recent Golf Opening Day, at which the association ran a raffl e and auction to raise nearly $2000 for junior football.

A WorkPac spokesperson said staff members at-tended as many junior football games as possible and participated in presentations at the end of the year.

“It’s a great way of doing something for the com-munity that’s for the juniors,” the spokesperson said. “WorkPac invests in communities on a national level and enjoys building relationships with community clubs and organisations.”

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LEAGUE CONTACTSLeague Secretary Bev Zeptner 0418 846 079President Henry Andryszczak 0467 786 308

Vice President Travis Brougham 0400 381 805League Co-ordinator Ally Steer 0427 192 915

Registrar Debra Steinhauser 0428 710 240

16th April12:30pm RDSC v CPFC (Roxby Downs)2:30pm ODSC v HSC (Roxby Downs)BYE - ERFC22nd April Anzac Day Game7:30pm RDSC v ERFC (Roxby Downs)(Frank Corcoran Medal game)23rd April1pm CPFC v ODSC (Coober Pedy)(Raymond Boland Medal game) BYE - HSC 30th April12:30pm HSC v CPFC (Roxby Downs) 2:30pm ODSC v ERFC (Roxby Downs)BYE - RDSC8th May Miners Cup (Adelaide Oval)BYE - All Clubs14th May12:30pm HSC v ERFC (Roxby Downs)2:30pm ODSC v RDSC (Roxby Downs)BYE - CPFC20th May7:30pm RDSC v HSC (Roxby Downs)BYE - ODSC21st May1pm CPFC v ERFC (Coober Pedy)28th May12:30pm RDSC v CPFC (Roxby Downs)2:30pm HSC v ODSC (Roxby Downs)BYE - ERFC4th June12:30pm ERFC v RDSC (Roxby Downs)2:30pm ODSC v CPFC (Roxby Downs)BYE - HSC11th June Long Weekend BYE - All Clubs18th June12:30pm ERFC v ODSC (Roxby Downs)2:30pm HSC v CPFC (Roxby Downs)BYE - RDSC 25th June12:30pm ERFC v HSC (Roxby Downs)2.30pm Father/Son Charity Match (Roxby Downs)3pm RDSC v ODSC (Roxby Downs)BYE - CPFC2nd July1pm CPFC v RDSC (Coober Pedy) 2:00pm ODSC v HSC (Roxby Downs)BYE - ERFC9th July Country Carnival Split Round Part One2pm ERFC v CPFC (Roxby Downs)BYE - ODSC, HSC, RDSC 16th July12:30pm ODSC v CPFC (Roxby Downs)2:30pm RDSC v ERFC (Roxby Downs)BYE - HSC23rd July12:30pm HSC v RDSC (Roxby Downs)2:30pm ERFC v CPFC (Roxby Downs)BYE - ODSC 30th July1pm CPFC v HSC (Coober Pedy)2pm ODSC v ERFC (Roxby Downs)BYE - RDSC5th August Split Round Part Two6:30pm RDSC v HSC (Roxby Downs)BYE - ODSC, ERFC, CPFC13th August12:30pm HSC v ERFC (Roxby Downs)Troy Gum Memorial2:30pm ODSC v RDSC (Roxby Downs)Partington-Zeptner MemorialBYE - CPFC20th August - SEMI FINAL12.30pm 3rd v 4th (Venue TBA)Winner to Preliminary Final2:30pm 1st v 2nd (Venue TBA)Winner to Grand Final27th August - PRELIMINARY FINAL2pm Winner 3rd v 4th v Loser 1st v 2nd(Venue TBA)Winner to Grand Final3rd September - GRAND FINAL 2pm Winner 1st v 2nd (Roxby Downs)

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WorkPac shows support for our junior footballers

Numbers struggle set to infl uence season

East Roxby is set to be bolstered by a number of new

recruits this season, while Coober

Pedy’s player list is predicted to vary during the competition.

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Roxby Downs junior footballers with WorkPac’s

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The Monitor wishes a happy birthday to this week’s Litt le Lizard, Nikita Harris, whoturned one yesterday.

Abigail Law, Georgia Eggart and Imogen Swanson at the Youth Fiesta held in the new Community Youth Centre on Saturday night.

Sasha Yantewo and Ines Badman.

Tom Bourn and Ethan Dadleh.

Mel Feltus, Abigail Law, Shayla Swanson

and Morgan Scott.

Diego Yupanqui and Andrej Vukotic.

Seth Parks and Matija Vukotic.

Renee Schulte and Amelia

Brouns.

Youth Fiesta PHOTOS: Verity Casserly


What’s happening at RDAS?

Roxby Downs Area School (RDAS) year 11 home economics

students demonstrated their culinary skills when they catered for a staff social club event recently.

� e group spent two days preparing a selection of sweet and savoury canapes for about 40 staff members from RDAS and Andamooka Primary School.

“The students spent the weeks beforehand planning and selecting the perfect bal-ance and food combinations for staff to enjoy,” said year 11 home economics teacher Claire Meatheringham.

“Students had to consider the presentation of food, die-tary requirements and a com-bination of delish delights.

“Overall the eight stu-dents who attended the event worke d well, some showing their true leadership skills under pressure.

“I am sure that the students will be able to refl ect on the skills they have learned over the time from this assessment.”

Ms Meatheringham said the caramelised onion and fetta tarts and pulled pork sliders were the major hits among staff members.

Staff also had the oppor-tunity to enjoy the afternoon sun and lawn games while in-dulging on the food prepared for them.

Fourteen representatives will make up the Roxby Downs Area School

Governing Council in 2016. The group held its annual

general meeting on Tuesday, March 22, when members were elected and assigned positions.

Eight parents, two teach-ers and students, a Parents & Friends committee member and a Roxby Council repre-sentative make up the Gov-erning Council.

Dianne Gardiner was re-elected as chairperson and is joined by Todd Parker as vice chairperson, Mandy Masters as treasurer and Karena Scott as secretary.

RDAS GOVERNING COUNCIL 2016

Parent representatives: Di Gardiner, Karena Scott, Mandy Masters, Tanya Parker, Sandy Gibb, Wesley Knights, Todd Parker and Jo Gordon.

Teacher representatives: Kristy Mackenzie and Jess Bawden.

Parents and Friends repre-sentative: Kelly Wise.

Roxby Council representa-tive: Michelle Hales.

Student representatives: School captains Michael Scarr and Tayla French.

New Governing

Council elected

RDAS students attended the Western Areas Secondary Schools Athletic Carnival recently. PHOTOS: Supplied

Year 11s cater for staff event

Year 11 students Cassandra and Ebony with some of the appetisers their class

made. PHOTOS: Ryneisha Bollard

Matt and Kaitlyn prepare food to be served to staff

social club members.

Alex and Adyn were among the year 11

students catering for a staff social club

event recently.

Millie and Sharna at work in the school kitchen.

Staff social club members enjoying the food prepared for them. INSET: Some of the food

served up by the year 11 home economics class.


Four Roxby Downs Area School students w o n aw a rd s fo r

being the best athletes in their age groups at the Western Areas Secondary Schools Athletic Carnival (WASSAC) recently.

� ree more students took out the runner-up medals in their categories to make for a successful day for the school.

“� e day presented strong athletic competition with

students from many Western Area schools participating,” said RDAS principal Steve Bennett.

“� ere were excellent in-dividual performances by all, with several students competing exceedingly well in their individual age group categories.

“It was a fantastic achieve-ment for all competitors.”

Jasmine Tovakuta (un-der 14 female) took out the group champion award in her category while Jack Van Kruyssen (under 15 male), Ebony Johnson (under 16 fe-

male) and Matt Lamb (under 16 male) achieved the same feat in their classes.

George Clarke (under 14 male), Shayarna Millar (un-der 15 female) and Renee Wurfel (open female) were all runners-up in their re-spective categories.

Also the Roxby Downs/Woomera team took out the Division B handicap shield.

RDAS competed against other schools from Port Lin-coln, Port Augusta, Whyalla and surrounding areas.

Students excel at athletics meet

Ebony Johnson (right) during one of her

events at the recent athletic carnival.


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 Monday - Wednesday 9am - 5pm

Thursday 9am - 6.30pmFriday 9am - 5pm

Saturday 9am - 1pmToddler Story time – Tuesday and Wednesday (repeat) 9.30am start

Telephone 8671 0500Email: [email protected]

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

DVDs, magazines and internet facilities.

Opening hours

9am to 5pm weekdays

Telephone 8671 0010 • Fax 8671 0452


After hours emergency

Mobile 0418 892 870

Web www.roxbycouncil.com

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Mobi le phone technology is ever-changing

and many of us are constantly upgrading to a new device.

Many old phones are kept in storage, unused and unwanted, which means there are a lot of materials available that could be recov-ered simply through recycling.

Roxby Council pro-vides a FREE mobile phone recycling service

via Mobile Muster. Simply place your

old phone, charger and other accessories in the drop-off box located in the Council foyer.

These will then be sent to Mobile Muster for recycling. Plastics, precious metals and copper are extracted from the device and recovered to make new resources such as plas-tic fence posts, stainless steel and batteries.

In Februar y Rox-by Council sent away

3 . 7 9 k g o f m o b i l e phones and accessories for recycling.

Overall for the month of February, Mobile Muster collected a to-

tal of 8114.71kg of mo-bile phone components which will generate the il lustrated resource recovery and environ-mental benefits:

Congratulations to Geovanna Ponce De Leon Cardenas, Ana Yupanqui Ponce De Leon, Ericka Yupanqui Ponce De Leon, Diego

Yupanqui Ponce De Leon, Gianella Yupanqui Ponce De Leon, and Francisco Yupanqui Martinez who received their Australian

citizenship in a ceremony at Roxby Council on March 21.

Roxby’s mobile muster

By recycling your mobile phone, you’re avoiding future greenhouse gas emissions, saving energy, pro-tecting the environment and con-serving natural resources.

Recycling mobile phones also prevents potentially hazardous materials from entering the environment.

So clean out your cupboards, do your bit for the environment and recycle your old mobile devices at the drop-off box at Roxby Coun-cil, which is open during normal Council business hours.

There are a number of free community

recycling opportunities provided in the

Roxby Council foyer, including batteries, mobile phones and

accessories and printer cartridges.

NEWS IN BRIEFSoccer this weekend!

Don’t forget – the third Football Federation of South Australia

(FFSA) Regional Round soccer game kicks off this Saturday in Roxby!

Gates open at 4.30pm, with the main game between West Torrens Birkalla and the Croydon Kings at 7.30pm.

Roxby’s under 12 side will play Port Augusta at 5pm, our local celebrities will take to the pitch at 6pm and our AIA Vitality MiniRoos (jun-ior) players will play at half-time of the main game.

Food, drinks and enter-tainment will be available on the night. We hope to see you there!

Welcome, new citizens


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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 Giakoumis • Chad MenziesVicki 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, May 12 @ 7pm

34 Wattle Drive

BUSINESS FORUMJohn Wilby 0428 815 436

TBC

COMMUNITY GARDENVicki Mason 0418 526 608

Thursday, April 14 @ 6.30pmCommunity Garden (cnr Alberrie

St, Pioneer Dr & Mulgaria Cres)

ENVIRONMENT FORUMAnni Walsh 0448 168 167

Thursday, May 5 @ 5.30pmCouncil Boardroom

ROXBY ROADSAFE MEETINGMichelle Hales 0418 833 818

Tuesday, June 14 @ 7pmCouncil Boardroom

MULTICULTURAL FORUMSasha Yantewo (08) 8671 0010

Wednesday, April 20 @ 6pmCommunity Youth Centre

World Food and Music Festival Sub-CommitteeWednesday, May 4 @ 9amCommunity Youth Centre

FAMILY FORUMJoel Hill 0433 792 450Thursday, April 14 @ 5pmCommunity Youth Centre

WOMEN’S NETWORKWednesday, April 27 @ 8am to 9am

Community Youth Centre

I t’s easy to get around Roxby Downs on foot or bicycle, with many footpaths, walking trails and

crossings providing ease of access around town.

While Roxby Roadsafe encourages people to actively travel around our community, it is important that pe-destrians, cyclists and motorists share the road adequately so that everyone remains safe.

� e Roxby Roadsafe committee re-cently raised that some children ex-pect vehicles to give way to them at all crossings in Roxby Downs.

� is gives kids the wrong message, as not all crossings entitle pedestrians to right of way.

� e diff erent crossings in town can be confusing, especially with drivers stopping at crossings when they aren’t legally required to let children cross.

� is is a concern, particularly if these children relocate with their families to another town and expect other mo-torists to give them right of way when crossing the road.

Roxby Roadsafe would like parents and motorists alike to understand that pedestrians need to give way at ALL crossings in Roxby Downs, with the exception of the Wombat crossings in Richardson Place and the Emu cross-ings at both Roxby Downs Area School and St Barbara’s Parish School (when fl ags are out during school hours).

These two crossings are the only crossings at which vehicles are expect-ed to give way to pedestrians, keeping in mind that the Emu crossing is only when the fl ags are out during school hours.

� e island pedestrian crossings do not provide right of way.

When motorists approach a crossing it is important to remember that chil-

dren do not always have a good sense of road safety and can also be easily distracted.

Use your vigilance and common sense when driving around Roxby Downs. We all have a duty of care to ensure that everyone stays safe when travelling around town.

Roxby Roadsafe meets every second (even) month on the second Tuesday at 7pm in the Council Boardroom.

� e Roxby Roadsafe forum provides a platform for road safety issues to be raised and opportunity for these to be rectifi ed.

Members of the community are en-couraged to attend. For further infor-mation, contact Anni on 0448 168 167.

Understanding pedestrian right of way

A pedestrian crossing sign indicates that pedestrians have

right of way at all times.


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ClassifiedsCALL 8671 2683

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 Theresa Bunyon on 0413 609 102. Web-site: newlifeccc.org.au/churches-news/roxby-downs

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.

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 chick-en, 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 marinat-ed wings, 2kg beef sausages, 20 gour-met patties, one 500g mettwurst, 1 bottle of marinade plus free cooler bag. All packs mix and match. Ph: 8529 2229.

PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICES

telephone 08 8671 1353 facsimile 08 8671 [email protected]

PO Box 275 - Roxby Downs - South Australia 5725

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services in Roxby, phone Jody Gow-Smith on 8671 2683.

Contact Jane Rogers or Hayley Thompson by Emailing your interest to [email protected]

JUNIOR COACH COORDINATOR:• Source coaches for season.• Correlate and disperse to coaches team lists, photo permission slips.• Assist and liaise with all coaches.• Create information packs for coaches.• Assist Uniform coordinator• Encourage coach developmentJUNIOR RECORDS KEEPER:•Create season fixtures for Junior competition• Provide Score cards and umpire & coaches voting slips for each game.• Create a season Umpire sign in booklet.• Maintain record of game results, points table, player record of games played and team movement.• Responsible for displaying updated points tables throughout the season.SENIOR RECORDS KEEPER:• Create season fixtures for Senior competition• Provide Score cards and umpire & coaches voting slips for each game.• Create a season Umpire sign in booklet.• Maintain record of game results, points table, player record of games played and team movement.• Responsible for displaying updated points tables throughout the season.• Send game results weekly to local media.DUTY MANAGER• Paid position• Job specifications on enquiry

The RDNA is seeking interested persons for the following positions.Duties include but are not limited to:

Also looking for junior coaches and umpires, please email to register your interest.

Please email [email protected] with your name & date of birth to receive your individual link to the registration page.

Registrations are now required to be paid using credit or visa card when registering through the registration portal or registrations will not be processed.

Fees are as follows;● Junior player $124.00● Junior Claiming sport voucher $74.00 (Avaliable to primary school aged children up to Year 7)● Junior playing Senior $204.00● Senior Player $164

*Please note Junior registrations will close on Saturday 16th April

Roxby Downs Netball Association Inc.

Junior & Senior Netball 2016 Registrations

NOW OPEN

Apprenticeships (Mining Industry)Heavy Diesel Mechanic

Want to work on large complex mining equipment, including Underground Jumbos, Loaders, Dump Trucks and Graders?

MEGT (Australia) Ltd are currently recruiting 1st year apprentices to join the on-going operations at Olympic Dam.

Successful applicants will demonstrate a genuine interest in completing a 4 year apprenticeship as a Heavy Vehicle Diesel Mechanic on-site.

Applicants will also need to be physically fit, have a proficient level within Maths and English, a strong work ethic, be comfortable working underground and in confined spaces and have the ability to pass a pre-employment medical.

For more information and to apply, please register at https://megt.jobreadygateway.com.au/

SITUATIONS VACANT

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The Monitor is a free weekly newspaper providing news, information, cultural and social support the wider Roxby Downs and Far North communities, and operates as a community owned and driven service.

We are currently seeking a casual (15-20 hours per week) Accounts/Sales Assistant at our office on Richardson Place, Roxby Downs.

The role is being offered as a 12-month maternity leave contract from May 23, 2016, to May 10, 2017.

The successful candidate must be available to work Mondays (at least five hours) and Wednesdays (9am to 5pm).

Duties include: • Enter client and supplier invoices on a weekly basis. • Allocate and enter financial transaction details into MYOB. • Reconcile and balance all accounts at end of month. • Collate and analyse account data and generate financial reports. • Manage accounts payable and accounts receivable. • Prepare and process payroll. • Calculate and process BAS and IAS. • Assist sales representatie with booking adverts and seeking new clients. • Weekly distribution of the paper • Manage the photo kiosk, including IT issues and maintenance. • General administration. • Fill in for office manager when on leave.

Minimum requirements: • Previous experience in an administrative role. • Competency with MYOB software. • Advertising/retail experience an advantage.

Applications must be addressed to the Managing Editor, Ryneisha Bollard, via email ([email protected]), in person (6 Richardson Place, Roxby Downs) or post (PO Box 72, Roxby Downs SA 5725) and are due by Wednesday, May 4.

For more information, phone 8671 2683.

Accounts/Sales Assistant

SITUATIONS VACANT

Traineeshipin Horticulture

We are looking for an enthusiastic and reliable person to commence a full time Traineeship in Horticulture. If you are a hands on learner and enjoy working in the outdoors this traineeship is for you. The role involves learning how to maintain and develop the golf course and ovals and any other horticultural works as required. You will gain skills in turf management, irrigation systems, weed control, plants and plant nutrition and operating machinery and equipment.The position is for a fixed 2 year term with a possibility of becoming permanent at the end of this period. You will be required to complete a Certificate 3 in Horticulture as part of the position. We are looking for people who are:• willing to undertake a formal qualification• keen to learn• have good written and verbal communication skills• friendly with a positive ‘can do’ attitude• great team workersFurther enquiries about the traineeship may be directed to Shane Mills, Water and Electrical Operations Manager on 8671 0010.To apply please forward a covering letter with your resume attached outlining why you are interested in being a Horticulture Trainee. Please also include the contact details of two referees. Applications, addressed to the Administrator, should be forwarded via: • Post to the Roxby Downs Council Office, PO Box 124 Richardson Place Roxby Downs SA 5725; or• Email: [email protected] close 12 noon Monday 2 May 2016.Bill BoehmAdministrator

Contractors are invited to attend a briefing at Council’s Boardroom at 2:30pm on Monday 18 April, to discuss the impending construction of a Splashpad at the RoxbyLink facility to replace the

existing toddler’s pool.Construction opportunities and aspects will be

discussed as well as registration of interest as a project contractor.

For enquiries please contactTony Weir on 08 8671 0500.

SPLASHPADPROJECT BRIEFING

ShotfirerMCA Engineering Group is a leading company in delivering innovative and expert advice to the mineral and energy sectors Australia Wide. MCA Engineering Group believes that it is important to continually achieve excellence within their own organisation, with the success of the company being built around the experienced knowledge and skills of its people. We require experienced Shotfirers for an immediate start at the Olympic Dam Mine, offering FIFO of Adelaide. The successful candidate will possess the following: • Current SA Blasters licence with underground classification (Preferred Olympic Dam) • Underground blasting experience using commercial explosive types • Non electric and electric initiation methods • Current working at heights ticket • Restrictions – underground development and secondary • Underground shaft experiencePlease submit your resume to [email protected] or if you would like further information please contact 1300 528 535

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Basketball Grand FinalsLEFT: The under 10 boys and girls teams at their end-of-season presentations on Saturday morning. PHOTO: Patrick Glover

LEFT: Under 12 boys grand fi nal winners (back, from left) Simeon Curr (coach), Jay Holland, Ben Crilly and Byron Aitchison. FRONT: Ben Dixon, Xavier Curr and Jack Johnson. PHOTO: Verity Casserly

RIGHT: Under 12 girls grand fi nal winners (back, from

left) Stacey Moroney (coach), Brianna Allen,

Kylah Barnes, Sanya Laister and Hayley Lamb

(coach). FRONT: Molly Sobey, Charlee McDonald

and Peta Gordon. PHOTO: Verity Casserly

LEFT: Under 14 boys grand fi nal winners (back, from left) Declan Martlew, Bodie Olds, Jayden Jones and Brett Chamberlain (coach). FRONT: Ben Hewitt, Darby Carstairs and Cameron Qualmann. PHOTO: Verity Casserly

RIGHT: Under 14 girls grand fi nal winners

(back, from left) Renee Johnson (coach), Amy Kemenyvary, Charlotte

Johnson, Ella Ramsey and Llewelyn Secker. FRONT:

Tariro Mtuendeudzi, Bree Leslie, Lucy Moten

and Jada Wellgreen. PHOTO: Verity Casserly

Under 16 boys grand fi nal winners (back, from left) Haze Wellgreen, Tom Lecons, Kane Hendry, Tristan Brougham and Brett Chamberlain (coach). FRONT: Bailey Chamberlain and

Corey Hales. ABSENT: Khy Olds. PHOTO: Ryneisha Bollard

Under 16 girls grand fi nal winners (back, from left) Scott Cordy (coach), Riley Evans, Phoebe Noll, Tanisha

McKinnon and Millie Cordy. FRONT: Cody Jackson, Nicole Johnson and Ella Ramsey. PHOTO: Ryneisha Bollard

Women’s B grade grand fi nal winners (back, from left) Kate Wilson, Madison Evans, Maddison Rhodes and Mikayla Kelly. FRONT: Jasmine

Tovakuta, Riley Evans and Millie Cordy. PHOTO: Ryneisha Bollard

Under 19 mixed grand fi nal winners (back, from left) Troy Darling, Matt Lamb and Caleb Grohs. FRONT: Millie

Clarke and Hayley Lamb. PHOTO: Verity Casserly

Roxby Downs Junior and Senior Basketball

GRAND FINAL RESULTSSaturday, April 9, 2016

SCOTT RIGG MEMORIAL AWARD:Brett Chamberlain

UNDER 12 BOYSWildcats 38 d Raiders 35

Best on Court: Jack Johnson

Coaches Award: Ben Crilly (Wildcats), Cameron Dobie (Raiders), Liam Burden (Cruisers), Todd Miller (Jets),

Decovan Walsh (Wizards), Will Grocke (Tigers)

Association MVP third runner-up: Ben Hewitt

Second runner-up: Jett Giles

Runner-up: Bailey Anderson

Association MVP: Jack Johnson

UNDER 12 GIRLSLakers 42 d Phoenix 18

Best on Court: Charlee McDonald

Coaches Award: Peta Gordon (Lakers), Latika

Koteswaran (Cougars), Emma-Jo Absalom (Flames), Charlotte Miller (Phoenix)

Association MVP third runner-up: Jess Smith,

Samantha Lockwood

Second runner-up: Charlie Rigden

Runner-up: Lucy Chamberlain

Association MVP: Charlee McDonald

UNDER 14 BOYSCavaliers 58 d Thunder 43

Best on Court: Jayden Jones

Coaches Award: Takunda Takaidza (Thunder), Jye Evans (Lakers), Andrej Vukotic (Cavaliers)

Association MVP third runner-up: Owen Mulady,

Angus Hewitt

Second runner-up: Zach Isakka

Runner-up: Zach Noll

Association MVP: Jayden Jones

UNDER 14 GIRLSFlames 41 d Reds 19

Best on Court: Jada Wellgreen

Coaches Award: Yasmin Jones (Bulls), Llewelyn Secker (Flames), Lexia Vonow (Reds)

Association MVP third runner-up: Abby Hardwick

Second runner-up: Jada Wellgreen

Association MVP: Yananai Chabayanzara

UNDER 16 BOYSMagic 46 d Bullets 41

Best on Court: Bailey Chamberlain

Coaches Award: Lachlaun Geraghty (Lightning), Caleb Hales (Bullets), Corey Hales (Magic)

Association MVP third runner-up: George Clarke

Second runner-up: Haze Wellgreen, Coby Seery

Runner-up: Caleb Turley

Association MVP: Bailey Chamberlain

UNDER 19 MIXEDHornets 27 d Magic 25Best on Court: Matt Lamb

Association MVP second runner-up: Millie Clarke

Runner-up: Lachlan Baker

Association MVP: Matt Lamb

MEN’S A GRADE

Chocies 60 d The Pigs 40Best on Court: Lochie Munro

Best & Fairest: Cody Kenny, Lochie Munro

Runner-up: Todd Paull

WOMEN’S B GRADEHypo 34 d Bulls 31

Best on Court: Maddison Evans

Best & Fairest: Renee Johnson, Kelly Quinn

Runner-up: Mikayla Kelly

WOMEN’S A GRADEMiners 37 d Devilettes 21Best on Court: Hannah Wurfel

Best & Fairest: Hannah Wurfel

Runner-up: Hayley Wurfel

SENIOR BASKETBALL OVERALLMen’s Most Points Scored: Lochie Munro, 262

Women’s Most Points Scored: Hayley Wurfel, 160

Men’s Most Three Points: Lochie Munro, 18

Women’s Most Three Points: Hayley Wurfel, 10


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Glover takes home 5 awardsCONTINUED

FROM PAGE 1Fellow OD cricketer

Rein Geraghty had the best bowling average and aggregate for the season, while Scott McIntyre re-ceived the Batting Aver-age award.

Two new honours in-troduced on the night saw Andamooka’s Sachi-ra Muthukumarana and the Dadleh family take home the Brian Par-tington Spirit of Crick-et Award and Dadleh Award for Volunteer Recognition respectively.

As a former teammate, Scott Prior spoke about Partington’s contribution to the OD Cricket Club and the RDCA.

Prior said Partington was always out there to win but had a laugh while doing it, with some of these lighter moments recounted on the night.

Muthukumarana was lost for words on receiv-ing his award – judged by weekly umpire Kym McEvoy – but managed to thank all players and his teammates for their support.

Of the Volunteer Rec-ognition award recipi-

ents, RDCA president Paul Trotta said Barry and Stacey Dadleh had been involved with the association since the 1990s.

Trotta said Barry and Kiaran Dadleh’s help with junior cricket – along with Stacey Dadleh’s cooking of meals for senior matches on a reg-ular basis – was greatly appreciated.

Jordan Dadleh accept-ed the award on behalf of his family and thanked everyone in the associa-tion for the honour.

Meanwhile Kiaran Dadleh and Lachlaun Geragthy won Roxby Miners’ and Olympic Dam’s junior cricketer awards respectively.

Also junior award presentations made on the night included Jun-ior Cricketer of the Year, which went to Sam Crilly.

RDCA AWARD WINNERS 2016

Junior Cricketer of the Year: Sam Crilly

Best Junior – Olympic Dam: Lachlaun Geragthy

Best Junior – Roxby Miners: Kiaran Dadleh

Cricketer of the Year: Patrick Glover (OD)

Bowling Average and Aggregate: Rein Geraghty (OD)

Batting Aggregate: Patrick Glover (OD)

Batting Average: Scott McIntyre (Andamooka)

T20 Player of the Year: Patrick Glover (OD)

Association Player of the Year: Patrick Glover (OD)

Brian Partington Spirit of Cricket Award: Sachira Muthukumarana (Andamooka)

Dadleh Award for Volunteer Recognition: � e Dadlehs

Team of the Year: Ryan Bennett (OD), Craig Nicholls (OD), Chamila Rathnajake (Andamooka), Sachira Muthukumarana (An-damooka) , Michael Nelson (Miners), Paul Trotta (Miners), Matt Green (Miners), Scott McIntyre (Andamooka), Jamie Way (Hornridge), Rein Geraghty (OD), Seb Holbrook (OD), Patrick Glover (OD)

WRITTEN BYCHRIS BURGGRAAFF

S aturday saw the second round of the Roxby Downs dir t c ircuit

season, which was proudly sponsored by Wayne Dempsey Racing (WDR).

Dempsey and partner Ruth are both long-time members of the Roxby Downs Sporting Car Club, and he is one of the club’s most successful drivers having racked up titles and major tro-phies across the Standards, Street Stocks and Modifi ed classes over his still very active racing career.

He most recently took out all three perpetual race trophies (Rick McPhee Memorial, Presi-dent’s Cup and Patrons Cup) in the 2015 season.

Dempsey has also supported various other competitors over the years, greatly assisting the de-velopment and success of both drivers and cars.

� is has in turn contributed to the club’s success at a state level within the Associated Dirt Cir-cuit Clubs of SA.

WDR’s sponsorship this round, and broader contribution, is greatly appreciated by the club.

Track conditions on the night were superb, with plenty of side-by-side action and passing at-tempts on all corners.

� e meeting saw the return of Brett Atkins to the pilot seat of RD23 in the Modifi eds fi eld after an extended absence from com-petition, making good for third overall on the night.

Tom Spaeth displayed his usual consistent fast-paced drift style in

RD87, but had to settle for second overall in the class behind Dun-can Atkins (RD95), who – despite toying with rag tyres early in the round – returned to radials mid-way to put down suffi cient pace to attain fi rst overall in the class.

In Street Stocks, the dou-ble-driven RD18 once again fea-tured in the top three, however this round saw John Dempsey as pilot take out top position, while second was rounded out by Wayne Dempsey (RD42), and Rob Hall (RD18b) in third.

Opens saw a repeat of March placings, with a double-driven RD314 taking first and second place with pilots Logan Hobbs and sister Kirby Marks respectively.

� is was despite the setback of a detonated transmission during practice the night before.

� ird place in the Opens was rounded out by Kane Honner in RD59.

In addition to the race heats, a doubled-up barrel race was con-ducted on the main straight to provide competitors an opportu-nity to fi ne tune there techniques in the lead-up to the club’s fun night later this year. � e best time

took bragging rights only and was unequivocally taken out by Robby ‘Stickers’ Sutton in RD56.

The barrel race, and other fun night activities, will feature throughout the course of the sea-son, where time permits.

A couple of locals also turned out to shred tyres on the burnout pad, and the Roxby Rocket con-ducted rides to the appreciation of the children in attendance dur-ing the main break.

Round three of the season will take place on May 21 from 7pm.

ROUND TWO RESULTSStreet Stock s: 1. John

Dempsey (RD18), 20pts. 2. Wayne Dempsey (RD42), 18. 3. Rob Hall (RD18b), 16.

Modifieds: 1. Duncan At-kins (RD95), 21. 2. Tom Spa-eth (RD87), 19. 3. Brett Atkins (RD23), 18.

Opens: 1. Logan Hobbs (RD314), 18. 2. Kirby Marks (RD314b), 15. 3. Kane Honner (RD59), 13.

All Comers: 1. Logan Hobbs (RD314). 2. Wayne Dempsey (RD42). 3. Danny Wegner (RD26).

Hobbs goes back to back

Sachira Muthukumarana won the inaugural Brian Partington

Spirit of Cricket Award.

Jordan Dadleh (right) accepts the inaugural Dadleh Award for Volunteer

Recognition on behalf of his family from RDCA president Paul Trotta.

Lachlaun Geraghty receives the Best Junior - Olympic Dam award.

Paul Trotta presents Kiaran Dadleh with the Best Junior

- Roxby Miners award.

LEFT: RDCA Junior Cricketer of the Year Sam Crilly.

RIGHT: Rein Geraghty

won the award

for best bowling

aggregate and

average.

Members of the RDCA Team of the Year. PHOTOS: Verity Casserly

Logan Hobbs (RD314) won the Opens and All Comers events at Saturday’s Roxby

Downs Sporting Car Club night meet. PHOTO: Verity Casserly


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DESERTDust

Motocross set for �rst club day By Patrick GloverThe Roxby Desert Motocross Club is set for its first

club day of the season while local riders continue to impress at meets across the state.

Club president Clint Gow-Smith urged as many locals as possible to attend the club day on Sunday, April 17.

“We strongly urge all locals with a bike to come out and have a go,” he said.

“This is not a serious race meeting, with strong focus on getting more locals involved and having some fun out there on the track.

“The track will be freshly prepped and full bar and canteen facilities will be available.”

Meanwhile Roxby Downs riders took part in the Prince of the Gulf race in Port Pirie over the Easter long weekend last month.

Taj Gow-Smith finished second in both the ages 10-12 65cc and ages 9-12 85cc events, while Ben Dixon and Bailey Anderson finished third and fifth respectively in the ages 7-9 65cc class.

Zac Bradbery competed at the King of the Gulf event in the MX2 Intermediate and Clubman category, finishing second overall.

Taj also competed in the Motocross Riders Association’s first 2016 club day recently, finishing first in the 65cc category and second in the 85cc event.

Local Zac Bradbery also competed at the club day and won the intermediate lights category.

Getting away from the track, the motocross club will be selling donuts at this weekend’s Football Federation SA Regional Round event.

Gow-Smith encouraged community members to come watch the soccer and try a donut.

The Andamooka Sports Shooting Association is holding an inaugural open day this weekend.

It is being introduced as an initiative to help promote the group and gain more members.

Locals and their families can come out to the shooting range at Andamooka on Sunday, April 17, from 9am onwards.

� ey will have the opportunity to see what the club is about and try out three diff erent fi rearms – a pistol, rifl e and shotgun.

� e family-friendly association has a wide range of members including women and juniors.

At the site there is plenty of parking, a large covered socialising area and a swing to keep chil-dren entertained.

� e range is located on Lake Torrens Road and is 3km north of the Andamooka township.

Also a second open day is set to be held on Oc-tober 23.

For more information and to RSVP, contact Ben via phone (0428 841 548) or email ([email protected]).

Shooters set to hold open day

Roxby DownsGolf Association

Stableford CompetitionSaturday, April 9, 2016

NAME SCOREOVERALL WINNER Tim Czydel 45DIV 1 Andrew Stanley 39DIV 2 John Folkman 41LADIES/JNR Andrea Freeth 37SWEEPSTAKES Bill Boehm 40 Stephen Bennett 38LONG DRIVE DIV 1 Stephen Bennett LONG DRIVE DIV 2 John Folkman LONG DRIVE LJ Ann Shields NTP DIV 2 Travis Bell

SPORTS DEADLINESAll sports results and reports

must be submitted by10am on Mondays.

WRITTEN BYMILLIE THOMAS

The Headland Roxby Rockets are celebrating a successful season

after competing at the Australian Sidecar Speedway Championship at Mildura on Saturday night.

Trent Headland, of Rox-by Downs, and passenger Daz Whetstone, of Mildura, placed second overall against a high-calibre fi eld on what was a tough night with many incidents at Olympic Park Speedway.

“� ere was a lot of appre-hension heading into the Aus-sies,” said Headland.

“ Te n s i o n s w e re h i g h amongst all teams (because) there’s a lot at stake.

“A season of blood, sweat and tears is on the line and rides on your performance of one single night.

“It really is make or break.”Jumping off the rank in the

fi rst heat, the Rockets quelled

nerves by securing their fi rst victory for the night against Rick Howse/Adam Commons (NSW), Queensland’s Bro-die Cohen/Josh Sinnott and SA’s Arron Hartwig/Teagan Hartwig, who were excluded for causing a race stoppage after clipping the back of the Rockets’ unit.

The second heat for the Rockets followed in similar fashion, with a win against Mark Mitchell/Dale Knights (SA) and Hayden Bond/Brady Cox (QLD) and Grant Bond/Glenn Cox.

� e Rockets dropped one point in their third heat against a faster NSW team of Darrin Treloar/Blake Cox, but placed ahead of Mildura favourites Byren Gates/Mick O’Loughlin and Neale Han-cock/Brendan Johnson.

However, the fi nal two heats ahead of the fi nals seemed to be the Rockets going through the motions with another two victories.

� e fourth was against Vic-toria’s Warren Monson/Matt

Morgan, SA’s Mark Plaisted/Darcy Risstrom and Queens-land’s Wes Jenkins/Hagan Campbell.

The fifth saw the Rockets ahead of SA’s Justin Plaisted/Sam Harrison, QLD’s Shane Hudson/Eli Wright and an excluded South Australian pairing of Michael Headland/Liam Brown, who were exited early from the race for causing a race stoppage after crossing up in front of the Rockets and running them infi eld.

� e Rockets entered the A fi nal against Treloar/Cox, B final victor Hudson/Wright and Plaisted/Harrison with a distinct advantage against the latter two teams having defeat-ed them earlier in the night.

The pattern of the night’s former races rang true in the final, with Treloar/Cox secur ing a comfortable first place, followed by a competitive Roxby Rockets, Hudson/Wright and 2014/15 Au s t r a l i a n c h a m p i o n s Plaisted/Harrison.

� e night’s results capped

off a successful season for the Rockets, who have achieved their greatest racing accom-plishments to date.

� ese include second plac-ings at the NSW state champi-onships, FIM World Cup and Oceania Sidecar Cup.

“I’m extremely happy with the way we’ve not only devel-oped into one of the top teams in the world, but how we’ve also worked on and develo ped stronger relationships within our team and out to our sup-porters,” Headland said.

“� ere has been a holistic movement of change and im-provement which has been refl ected both on and off the track.

“The successes we have achieved this season has paved the way for further inter and outer team development for the 2016/2017 season, and for that I am truly excited.”

Headland extended a fi nal thanks for support to all of the team’s sponsors, supporters, friends and family.

M ichael ‘Pickles’ Wedding became the second player this season to throw a 180 during

last Wednesday night’s fourth round of the Roxby Downs Darts League.

Maeve Kendrick still holds the highest peg out with 106.

A good night of darts from Troy Gid-dens has seen him secure top spot of the men’s aggregates with 3535, while Kendrick is leading the way for the ladies aggregates with 1071.

LADDER AFTER ROUND FOUR: 1. Four Play (8pts). 2. GC12 (8pts). 3. Dead Eye Dicks (8pts). 4. ISITIN? (6 pts). 5. FODFA (6pts). 6. Smokin Darts (4pts). 7. Andamooka Opals (2pts). 8. Pink Fizz (2pts). 9. Red Bullz N All (2pts). 10. Bull Shooters (2pts). 11. Twisted Flights (0pts).

TEAM AGGREGATES: 1.FODFA 7861. 2. ISITIN? 7192. 3. Four Play 6450. 4. Dead Eye Dicks 6411. 5. Pink Fizz 6064.

WRITTEN BYJASON STARKEY

The Olympic Dam Barbarians (ODB) are at the top of the Spencer Gulf Rugby League ladder after putting 14

tries past last year’s premiers, Port Pirie Devils, at Port Augusta on Saturday.

Playing only their second match in the TEC Cup, the score shows how training and game plans come together to mark a nota-ble improvement from the previous week’s round one win against Whyalla Steelers.

ODB put its faith in defence, spreading the ball wide and using fi tness to bounce back from 0-12 down after the Devils made an expected quick start.

� e Devils used big forwards and quick backs to score a speedy succession of tries in the opening 10 minutes.

ODB soon snapped into gear scoring try after try, grinding down the opposition by knocking them backwards in defence and using the ball wisely in attack.

� e half-time score saw the Barbarians lead 28-16.

� e second half was much the same story, with Nikaiya Herlihy-Graham, Kev Stowell,

Michael Fereti, Aaron George and William Albert relentless in making tackles and run-ning hard metres with the ball.

ODB in the last 20 minutes of the match used its backs to run the ball through a tired but resilient Devils defence.

� e only downside from the day’s result was Jordan Bovett dislocating a shoulder after making a succession of tackles in the defensive line.

� e fi nal score saw the Barbarians run out the comfortable winners, 68-16.

Tries: George O’Sullivan 4, Jacob Coles 2, Nikaiya Herlihy-Graham 2, Brennan Malm, Michael Fereti, Jason Starkey, Francis Fale-maka, William Albert, Aaron George. Field goals: Jacob Coles 6.

Meanwhile ODB has had five players selected to represent the Spencer Gulf in the regional championships next Sunday in Adelaide.

� is is a signifi cant achievement for the club as these players are the fi rst-ever repre-sentatives for the Barbarians, and now have a chance of making the state side.

The players in the squad are Herli-hy-Graham, Jacob Coles, Francis Fale-maka, Duane Parker and Aaron George.

Barbarians at top of table M. Wedding throws second 180 for 2016

Mark Beenham

tees off on the fi rst hole during Saturday’s stableford

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Rockets wrap up season

The Rockets ahead of Mark

Plaisted and Darcy Risstrom.

Trent Headland and Daz Whetstone accept their second place trophy at the Australian

Sidecar Speedway Championship on the weekend. PHOTOS: Judy McKay

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The 2015/16 Roxby Downs junior and senior basketball seasons came to an end with

an action-packed day of grand fi nals held at the roxbylink sta-dium on Saturday.

Roxby Downs Junior Basketball Association president Linda Evans said the day went smoothly with every game played in the right spirit.

� e junior competition saw mixed results throughout the matches, with some margins bigger than others,

but Evans said it was just the way some children played in grand fi nals.

“� e preliminary fi nals were all really close, but when it comes to games like grand fi nals some of them get nervous and that can aff ect the way they perform,” she said.

“Some people handle nerves bet-ter than others, some even excel.”

Outstanding players were recog-nised on the day with the Associa-tion Most Valued Player, Coaches Award recipients and Best on Court announced for each age group fol-lowing the games.

Also Brett Chamberlain received the Scott Rigg Memorial Award for

his contribution to junior basketball. “He coaches four Saturday teams

and co-ordinates our squads and he always steps in and helps coach teams if people are away,” Evans said.

“It is a big thing to work full-time and then come and do what he does for basketball. He does a lot for the association.”

Evans said having 300 children registered meant it had been a busy season of 15 to 16 games each week.

However, Evans said she had been well supported by the committee members and thanked them for their eff orts.

While some players will now be

able to enjoy a rest from basketball or head into their winter sports, Evans said the Development Net-work Squad Program would still be running with Wes Knights and Brett Chamberlain in charge.

She also said squad training would begin early to get the sides ready for their representative meets next season.

An annual general meeting will be held in the coming months, with Evans looking for some new people to put their hands up for positions on the committee.

While a date was yet to be decided on, Evans said to keep an eye out for one soon.

Meanwhile the senior basketball grand fi nals saw Chocies (Men’s A Grade), Cougars (aka Hypo) (Wom-en’s B Grade) and Miners (Women’s A Grade) all coming away with wins.

A senior winter basketball compe-tition is currently being considered, with more information available by joining the Roxby Downs Senior Basketball group on Facebook.

Women’s A grade grand fi nal winners (back, from left) Ellie Anderson, Kelsey Hampel, Georgia Mandemaker and Cassie Weir. FRONT:

Renee, Hayley and Hannah Wurfel. PHOTO: Verity Casserly

An action-packed basketball fi nish

Men’s A grade grand fi nal winners (back, from left) Jordan Dadleh, Jed Kenny, Greg Haugum and Lochie Munro. FRONT: Victor Buza and Kiaran Dadleh. PHOTO: Ryneisha Bollard

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