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Melbourne Cup set to visit Roxby Downs

Locals paw at dog park

size, costWRITTEN BY PATRICK GLOVER

A $1 million dog park has proven to be one of the more controversial

aspects of the recently released draft Roxby Downs Sport and Recreation Master Plan.

Locals have been discussing the proposal on social media and within the community, with comments being made that the 1.2ha park would be too large and expensive.

“It would be nice, but realisti-cally it is not the best plan at the moment with what has been hap-pening in the town,” said the Rox-by Paws Social Club’s Gina Darby.

“We just need a simple plan that is not going to cost as much.”

Ms Darby said she was hoping a

happy medium could be reached between the demand for a dog park and making sure that it was aff ordable.

“All we need is an enclosed area that is not too over the top,” she said.

A Roxby Council spokeswom-an told � e Monitor last week the dog park project included many optional components that were “nice to have” but had increased the project’s total cost.

� e spokeswoman said the large layout was deemed necessary be-cause Roxby Downs had one of the highest rates of dog ownership in Australia.

“Council understands that there are some essential components, like fencing, that make up a dog park,” she said.

“Establishing the basics of a dog park will always be prioritised.

“It is always envisaged that in

a town like Roxby Downs a lot of in-kind support will be made available by the community, thereby making all costings variable.”

� e council spokeswoman said local contractors would be used where possible for the proposed sport and recreation works.

However, as with other projects in the draft Master Plan, the dog park’s total cost has been esti-mated with the assumption that external contractors may need to be engaged.

A 30 per cent ‘locality loading’ of $202,000 has been added to the original price tag of $560,748.50, which excludes GST and other charges.

� ese other charges include a 10 per cent contingency allowance of $90,000.

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Roxby Downs is set to host one of the most famous trophies in Australian sport, with the

2016 Emirates Melbourne Cup to make its way to the town early next month.

� e 18-carat gold trophy, worth $175,000, will be here as part of the 2016 Emirates Melbourne Cup tour on July 5, with a number of activities planned during its visit.

Roxby Council’s Katalin Wilby said being part of the tour would be an unforgettable experience for community members both young and old.

“We are honoured that Roxby Downs has the opportunity to host the Emirates Melbourne Cup during its 2016 tour,” she said.

“While being wonderful for our own community, it will also give us the opportunity to further promote our region as a signifi cant tourist des-tination – one which truly captures the essence of the South Australian outback.”

Roxby Downs is one of only four South Australian towns included in the tour.

� e Cup will make its way around Australia and New Zealand before getting back to Flemington ready

for “the race that stops a nation” on November 1.

Roxby Downs and District Racing Club president Mike French said he was thrilled to have won the rights to have the Cup tour though the town.

“It gives the community a very rare opportunity,” he said.

“It doesn’t go to country towns very often, especially for a full day, so hopefully everyone gets on board and has a look at it.”

With the Roxby Downs Races set to take place a month after the Cup’s visit, Mr French said the tour would also work as a promotion for the local event.

Victoria Racing Club chief exec-utive Simon Love said this year the tour would celebrate a heightened enthusiasm for racing among com-munity groups following Michelle Payne’s 2015 Melbourne Cup victory.

“Since the tour began in 2003, we have delighted in bringing commu-nities together in the shared histo-ry and magic of the Emirates Mel-bourne Cup,” he said.

“Michelle’s victory last year cer-tainly adds another dimension to those narratives.

“Hearing the many tales, from triumphs to tears and everything in between, as people recount their

own unique experiences of one of the world’s greatest sporting events, is a joy for all involved.”

Since its inaugural year, the tour has travelled more than 456,000km and visited more than 333 regional, rural and metropolitan destinations.

Community members are en-couraged to upload photos with the Cup to Instagram, using the hashtags #PeoplesCup and #Emir-atesMelbourneCup, for the chance to win a trip for two to Flemington for the running of the 2016 Emirates Melbourne Cup.

BY PATRICK GLOVER

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Once again the Roxby Downs community has

rallied behind a local family in a time of need.

Nicole and William Nourse lost a husband and father respectively when Adrian Nourse died following a medical emergency in January.

Mrs Nourse said they had been overwhelmed with the support they had received since his death.

“I would like to say a big ‘thank you’ to the whole community for the monetary dona-tions, the messages, cards, fl owers and just the support they have shown me and Will,” she said.

“I can’t thank every-one enough.”

In recent weeks Mrs Nourse and her son William made a trip to Melbourne using credit they had accrued from cancelling a family holi-day to Bali in March.

Local friends and family then chipped in to pay for tickets to the aquarium and the mu-seum’s Jurassic World

exhibition, which Mrs Nourse said her son loved.

Also while in Mel-bourne, William got ful-fi lled a life-long dream when he was made the Hawthorn Footbal l Club’s number one sup-porter for the day.

He met coach Alistair ‘Clarko’ Clarkson along with Cyril Rioli and a number of other players at one of their training sessions.

“� e � ursday before the club’s Friday night game against Sydney, he got to go to their train-ing and run water,” Mrs Nourse said.

“He was then intro-duced to the team by Clarko and they pre-sented him with a new guernsey.

“Then on the Friday night we got to go down into the changerooms, listen to the pre-game talk and they gave him a fully signed football.

“I haven’t seen William smile like he did when he met Cyril for ages.”

Mrs Nourse said a spe-cial thanks needed to be given to the Hawthorn Football Club and her brother-in-law for help-ing make it happen.

MPS Building and Electr ical has also helped the family sig-nificantly since Mr Nourse’s death, with the contactor helping to fi n-ish the family kitchen he had started.

Mrs Nourse said none of this would have been possible without the help of friends and the community.

She said in the past she had donated and helped out when other com-munity members were in need, but had never expected the shoe to be on the other foot.

“I don’t know how to accept all this or how to thank everyone, but I am very thankful to every-one for all they have done,” she added.

The Nourse family says ‘thank you’

ABOVE: Local boy William Nourse with the Hawthorn Football Club at a training session

recently. INSET: William with his favourite footballer, Cyril Rioli. PHOTOS: Supplied

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Employment and the economy are set to be hot topics among Grey candidates as

they hit the campaign trail in the lead-up to the Federal Election on Saturday, July 2.

The economic climate in Grey has taken a hit recently, with recent challenges including signifi cant job cuts at BHP Billiton Olympic Dam last year.

Also 2016 has already seen the closure of Alinta Energy’s Port Augusta power station and the an-nouncement that the owner of Why-alla’s steel works, Arrium, has gone into administration.

Labor candidate Scott Martin told The Monitor the Grey elec-torate had one of the worst eco-nomic growth rates in the nation, and a failure in one regional town could put another under serious pressure.

“� e economic future of estab-lished regional industries is under threat,” he told � e Monitor.

“I believe that we can best support local industry by fi ghting to keep the jobs already employed in regional towns.

“Strong regional careers are the backbone of our community, but at the moment they’re not getting the support they need.”

However, current Member for Grey Rowan Ramsey said Roxby Downs had improved in recent times and he expected to see this

trend continue here and in other towns in the electorate.

“Roxby has turned the corner, and we can expect extra employment at BHP and a steady return of business for contractors,” he said.

“We know that healthy businesses have a huge fl ow-on eff ect to jobs in the town in the retail sector.

“The Government support for businesses with the lowering of tax for businesses with a turnover un-der $10 million is a step in the right direction, and the tax write-off s of up to $20,000 also make them more sustainable.

“� e Government has ensured a better future for mining operations

by removing Labor’s Carbon Tax and Mining Tax and ensuring we keep the off -road diesel rebate for mining, which can never be guar-anteed under a Labor/Greens/In-dependent alliance.”

Family First’s candidate Cheryl Kaminski said she was also a fi rm believer in the mining sector and believed it to be a major job creator.

“We are leading the charge to grow the economic opportunities for the Far North in uranium mining and processing,” she said.

Nick Xenophon Team’s Andrea Broadfoot said she would work closely with the communities in the electorate and use her expertise to help create jobs in the region.

“My career has been about re-gional development and develop-ing projects that deliver outcomes for individuals, communities and the economy,” she said.

“Specifi cally my skills include pro-ject management and capacity build-ing for business and communities through education, training and employment.

“� is includes at a regional and direct level to work with employers and government to create jobs and working with people to get jobs.

“I am committed to employment growth and economic vitality.”

When The Monitor caught up with Grey candidates last week, road funding was an other key issue high-

lighted as something to be targeted.Also in light of the recent leave

taken by Roxby Council adminis-trator Bill Boehm, Mr Ramsey said another item on his agenda would be to push for a fully elected council in town.

All candidates, apart from Ms Kaminski, are set to visit Roxby Downs and Olympic Dam in the coming weeks.

Mr Ramsey will kick things off with an appearance at the Oasis Motor Inn tomorrow at 6.30pm for a 7pm start.

Also Andrea Broadfoot will be hosting an event at the same venue and time on � ursday, June 23.

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“ The remotene ss of Roxby means that professional expertise occasionally has to be sourced externally, and that outsourcing has been provided for in the draft Sport and Recreation Master Plan costings,” the council

spokeswoman said. “The plan includes a

generous contingency allowance to incorpo-rate variables and other oncosts.”

The spokeswoman also noted that funding for the master plan was yet to be allocated until projects had been decid-ed on.

“We anticipate that projects will be funded via a mix of government grants, local sponsorship and council monies,” she said.

The spokeswoman added that the current document was only a draft, and there was still time for locals to have their say.

� is feedback will be taken into account while the fi nal master plan is prepared.

To make a submission, complete a form online (www.roxbydowns.com/Council/m-Home.html), send an email ([email protected]) or write to PO Box 124, Roxby Downs SA 5725.

$1m dog park compared with $240k project at Victor Harbor

Locals paw at draft sport and rec plan

Grey candidates weigh in

WRITTEN BYRYNEISHA BOLLARD

Social media commentary has seen a comparison drawn between Roxby

Council’s proposed $1 million dog park and the City of Victor Harbor’s works on a $242,590 facility.

However, the two projects vary significantly in terms of their scope.

To begin with, the proposed Roby Downs dog park would cov-er an area of 1.2ha (12,000 square metres), whereas its Victor Harbor counterpart encompasses an area of 8350sq m.

Also the Victor Harbor site – on which works are nearly complete – requires minimal new car parking as the council would capitalise on existing facilities in the area.

A City of Victor Harbor spokesman told � e Monitor his council would therefore only need to spend $44,670 on a small car

park and an additional access path if the nearby facilities proved insuffi cient.

� is compares with the need for a new car park to accommo-date dog park users at the Roxby site.

� e local dog park would also need signifi cant site preparation, earthworks, cultivation and plant-ing at a total cost of $272,373.50 (excluding GST and other charges – EGOC).

Out of these works, the most expensive part would be the plantings ($194,022 ECOG), which would include trees ($17,640 ECOG), pot shrubs ($54,400 ECOG) and 6000 square metres of lawned areas ($114,000 ECOG).

They would need to be con-ducted before the dog park ele-ments could be added at a cost of $288,375 (EGOC).

By contrast, the City of Victor Harbor spokesman said minimal earthworks and no plantings had been required at the local dog park

as the site was already fairly level and had plenty of shade trees.

He added that, apart from a grassed mound, there would be no lawned areas as part of the park’s establishment.

It is understood these works could be pursued at a later stage but are excluded from the site’s projected cost.

One of the most infl uential fac-tors on the Roxby site’s $1 million price tag is a 30 per cent ‘location loading’ of $202,000.

� is has been included in the cost projections and may prove unnecessary if the works can be conducted by a local contractor.

� e Victor Harbor site would have required no ‘location load-ing’ as it is only about 80km from Adelaide.

Also at the time of print, � e Monitor was yet to receive confi r-mation as to whether the City of Victor Harbor dog park’s $242,590 price tag was inclusive of GST and any other charges.

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Roxby Downs community members are being urged to sleep rough

for one night to help prevent others from having to do the same all year.

For the third year in a row, the BankSA Roxby Downs branch will be hosting a Vinnies Com-munity Sleepout.

� e 2016 event is set to be held at the Roxby Downs Area School Hall on Saturday, June 18, despite originally being scheduled for June 11.

Over the past two years, the local Sleepout has raised $17,000 for the St Vincent de Paul Society and its services for homeless Australians.

BankSA Roxby Downs man-ager Jess Curtis said she was hoping to crack the $20,000 mark this year.

“It is amazing all the money we have raised from the support of the community,” she said.

“It’s really great to see every-one reaching into their back pockets and contributing some-thing to a great cause.”

Mrs Curtis said the communi-ty’s contribution was even more impressive given that there was no homeless population in Rox-by Downs.

“I thought it might be an issue that might be hard to overcome, but it has been so welcomed by the community and we have been able to help a lot of people who are not from Roxby,” she said.

� e night will include a short educational fi lm, busking enter-tainment and other games be-fore participants spend the rest of the night in sleeping bags on cardboard boxes on the fl oor.

As of last week only 10 people had registered, but Mrs Curtis said she was expecting more people to come on board in the lead-up to the event.

To register, visit the Mrs Curtis and the Bank SA team at the Tutop Street branch or phone 8678 3200 for more information.

Meanwhile recently appoint-ed BHP Billiton Olympic Dam surface general manager Aimee Allen is among those getting ready to take part in the local Sleepout.

Ms Allen is set to be joined by other BHP Billiton employees in participating in the fundraiser.

She said the Roxby Downs community always put a lot of effort into supporting events like this.

“It is a good cause, and St Vin-nies do a really good job within the community through this event,” she said.

“� ey help a lot of people who sleep in the cold – help provide shelter and meals.

“I would like to think if I was in a similar situation, Vinnies would help me out.”

While she said she was excit-ed about the event, Ms Allen added that she would be looking forward to getting back into her own bed on the Sunday night.

“It think the Sleepout will make me appreciate what I have a little bit more,” she added.

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BHP Billiton Olympic Dam surface general manager Aimee Allen and BankSA Roxby Downs branch manager Jess Curtis are gearing up for the Vinnies Community Sleepout on Saturday, June 18. PHOTO: Patrick Glover

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Au s t r a l i a n m e d i a representatives were given the chance to explore the

inner workings of the BHP Billiton Olympic Dam mine site and its surroundings last week.

Eight journalists made the trip to Olympic Dam to take part in an on-site tour – both underground and on surface – and off-site activ-ities at the Arid Recovery Reserve and the Community Youth Centre.

A BHP Billiton Olympic Dam spokesperson said the visit pro-duced a positive outcome, with the journalists enjoying their time in the area.

“� e group thoroughly enjoyed the experience and it provided them with a very detailed and visual under-standing of where Olympic Dam is at on our journey to be a safe, reliable and globally competitive business,” the spokesperson said.

“� e positivity of their articles is a direct refl ection of the hard work from the entire team and a credit to each and every person for their eff orts.”

While on site the journalists got the chance to enter the cab of a jum-bo operator and view copper bundles ready for sale up close.

Arid Recovery provided an up-close encounter with bettongs before they fi nished the day with a dinner prepared by Roxby Downs Area School hospitality students.

BHP Billiton Olympic Dam asset president Jacqui McGill announced during the visit that more jobs would be created as the mining giant continues its southern mining area expansion.

As reported in � e Advertiser re-cently, BHP Billiton Olympic Dam is currently advertising 120 jobs, 50 of which are newly created positions.

“The additional roles that were highlighted in the media articles will predominantly be underground to support mining development – as we move into the southern mining area – and in relation to mitigating Whenan Shaft delays,” the spokes-person said.

“Anyone interested in applying should visit the BHP Billiton website (www.bhpbill iton.com/people/joinus), where they can sign up for job alerts so they are automatically notified when new roles are advertised.”

Meanwhile with the seven days on/seven days off roster set to come into eff ect at Olympic Dam in the coming months, the BHP Billiton Employee Assistance Program is holding two information sessions this week.

� e sessions will be held in the roxbylink cinema tonight at 7.30pm and tomorrow at 9.30am.

� ey will aim to provide useful tips and information on how to deal with the upcoming roster change.

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The Community Calendar is restricted to the basic details of an event (what, where, when). To add your event to the calendar,

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

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

Community Calendar

17th - RDNA A grade matches in Stadium 2: Miners vs East Roxby, 6.30pm, Hornridge vs Olympic Dam, 8pm.

18-19th - Andamooka Sports Shooting Association Opal Classic two-day

shotgun event. Starts at 8.30am both days. Email: assa.secretary

outlook.com18th - Roxby Market Day, 9am to 12 noon.

18th - FNFL Round 8 at the town oval:

East Roxby vs Olympic Dam, 12.30pm,

Hornridge vs Coober Pedy, 2.30pm.18th - Vinnies

Community Sleepout hosted by BankSA

Roxby Downs in the RDAS Hall, 6.30pm.

Ph: 8678 3200. 18th - Krazy Katz

performing at the Roxby Downs

Racecourse from 8.30pm. Tickets $15.

Ph: 0411 042 423.19th - Roxby Downs CFS Open Day at the emergency services

shed on Olympic Way from 10am to 2pm. Fire safety demos, sausage sizzle, etc.

24th - RDNA A grade matches on Court 1:

OD vs Miners, 6.30pm, Hornridge vs East

Roxby, 8pm.25th - FNFL Round 9

at the town oval: East Roxby vs Hornridge, 12.30pm, father/son

match, 2.30pm, Roxby Districts vs OD, 3pm.

25th - Roxby’s Got Talent, roxbylink

auditorium, 6.30pm. Ph: 8671 0010.

25th - RDAS Parents and Friends Annual Fashion Show, RDAS Hall, 7pm. ‘Vintage Hollywood’ theme.

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t o t h et o t h eA fter reading your report on the Andamooka Progress and Opal Miners Association/Outback

Community Authority (APOMA/OCA) budget consultation meeting in The Monitor (‘Andamooka budget to include new projects’, 25/5/16), I thought I must have fallen asleep during the meeting because many of the items you mention as being discussed I could not remember.

I know that budget meetings are usually good places to catch up on missed sleep.

� e constant drone of number crunching and the sound of back patting do cause one to nod off .

However, this time I was prepared and recorded the meeting.

Of the approximately 25 topics covered, I found no mention of “fi nishing off the roof in the community hall’s cafe/kitchen and the erection of shade cloths over the historical cottages”.

“� e OCA’s recent reclassifi cation of An-damooka as a remote town rather than a re-gional one”, resulting in “government fund-ing provided at a three-to-one matching ratio instead of a two to one ratio”; “around 90 per cent of the town having paid the levy”; “improvements to the Andamooka community website” and “acceptance of the CCS had grown since last year’s con-sultation”.

Quite a bit of the meeting was discussing that the Community Aff airs Resourcing and Management (CARM) Agreement was not an agreement with the community but with the APOMA, which did not represent the community.

After a time, Mr Byron Gough (OCA representative) refused to continue dis-cussion on the legality of the agreement, even though community members wanted to continue.

As to “90 per cent of the town having paid the levy” (i.e. Community Contribu-

tion Scheme – CCS), Mr Gough was asked if his statement in the Andamooka Town Management Committee minutes that 90 per cent – in reality 95 per cent of the levy (i.e. CCS) – had been paid, was correct.

He said he could not remember, stating that he did not know the exact fi gures for those who had paid.

Mr Gough did mention that the OCA was only required to give four weeks for the consultation period but had given a little over six weeks.

He did not mention that copies of the draft agreement were not available until the 28th of April, even though the OCA said it was available from the 15th of April and it only ended up on the OCA website after a member of the public complained that it could not be found.

� e mention in your article of a three-to-one funding instead of a two-to-one because of a recent reclassification of Andamooka’s town status was a complete surprise.

Someone must have done a course in ‘creative mathematics’, because my calcu-lations show an approximately 1.7-to-one for this budget and the budget for 2015/16 was 0.75-to-one.

I tried to get previous budget records from the OCA, but the governance manag-er would not give them to me and refused to tell me what they were classifi ed as, but referred me to Freedom of Information instead.

Presumably, thinking that if I had to pay for the information, I would not re-quest it.

� e other items mentioned in your ar-ticle may very well be a part of the pro-posed budget expenditure, but were not mentioned or discussed on the night of the consultation meeting.

� e fi rst I knew of them was from your article. Hopefully, next time there is a meeting you cannot attend, you will ar-

range for someone to record that meeting for reference and not rely on hearsay.

Paul KilleenAndamooka

Editor’s note: The Monitor made no claim that the projects proposed in the draft CARM Agreement were mentioned at the public meeting.

� e May 25 article also made no claim that the three-to-one funding ratio was part of the CARM Agreement.

It was stated that this ratio was in rela-tion to the seeking of (external) govern-ment funding for community projects.

Also it is common practice for journalists to rely on an interview with a committee representative when they are unable to attend a meeting on which they wish to report.

I am referring to the ‘Andamooka budget to include new projects’ article on page fi ve in the Wednesday, May

25, edition of � e Monitor.After my initial read, I was ready to book

an appointment to see a medical practition-er for potential memory loss, narcolepsy, blackouts or hearing failure.

However, on reviewing the meeting from a number of recordings taken by community members in attendance, I ascertained it was not actually I suff ering from any of the suspected medical conditions.

Typically, Andamooka Progress and Opal Miners Association (APOMA) treasurer Rob Hancock seems to be answering and running APOMA rather than his appointed position of treasurer.

Similar, if not even identical techniques of Byron Gough, there is always an under-estimate when it comes to something neg-ative in their personal opinions.

For example, with Mr Hancock quot-ing a “few residents” who put arguments

forward, it was more like half of who attended the meeting.

Similarities to Byron Gough previously stating “just a handful” haven’t paid the CCS.

To which the actual facts (hidden by By-ron from the community now on a number of times), was at times over 200, stated by the contractor who sent out the letters for collecting the CCS.

Consistency of Rob Hancock and Byron Gough in downsizing the severity of valid objections from over 20 community mem-bers, not “just a handful” or “few”.

Byron G ough’s avoidance and inconsistency in his answers of community members’ questions proved nothing more but proof of the deception towards the community.

Mr Gough gave three diff erent responses as to the repair costs when asked about what is happening to the town’s damaged water storage tank.

In his response to a simple question from the community about the CCS fi nancials, he replied that he didn’t know the fi gures off hand, and his laptop containing the fi g-ures was back at the offi ce.

Why would someone selling a concept of a CARM Agreement to a community not bring all CARM Agreement fi nancial information with him?

Could the suspicions of further ques-tioning from angry, annoyed and fed-up community members have already put him in defensive mode prior to attending this Act-required community consultation meeting?

� ere are many more issues about which the community can read via the Andamoo-ka Community Advisor website: www.an-damooka.wordpress.com

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Nate and Harley dropped in to check out the Reconciliation Roxby Style

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V ibrant colours are used to depict bush settings in Snowtown artist Marek

Herburt’s exhibition, The Colour Seen, which officially opened at the roxbylink art gallery on Sunday.

Member for Frome Geoff Brock, who is the state representative of Herburt’s electorate, made a special trip from Port Pirie to attend the launch.

Mr Brock said he was no expert but had noticed that people had alternat-ing perspectives when viewing artwork, and this exhibition was no exception.

“�e colours are just so vibrant and bold, and really it’s intriguing because you see different things,” he said.

Herburt, who is from Poland origi-nally and moved to Australia in 1982, also spoke at the launch.

He explained that his works tend to only take a few days but that he spent

much more time taking photographs of various Mid North landscapes and deciding on which ones to paint.

“I find it very difficult to talk about my art,” he added.

“I usually spend a lot of my ability to express myself on the canvas, so later I have nothing to say.”

Herburt told The Monitor he had visited Roxby Downs 15 years ago and had used photographs from the trip for previous artworks.

He said he had also taken photo-graphs while in town this time around, and was certain that he had found in-spiration for a few more paintings of the area.

Also attending as a show of support was Herburt’s wife Anna and fellow Germein Art Focus member Neil Hann.

Hann praised Herburt’s ability to use bright colours and still paint a realistic picture.

�e Colour Seen is on display at the roxbylink art gallery until July 15.

‘The bush’ gets brighter for The

Colour Seen

Member for Frome Geoff Brock with Snowtown artist Marek Herburt in front of his Port Lincoln Prize-winning piece ‘Bush’.

Mark, Jessica and Eric Jager at the launch of The

Colour Seen at the roxbylink art gallery on Sunday.

Emma Cochrane and Josh Arancelovic at the roxbylink

art gallery on Sunday.

Tony and Kate Weir at the

exhibition launch.

Melanie and Morgan at the youth centre on the weekend.

Tom and Shae enjoy a game of air hockey.

Abigail, Jennah and Shayla at the Roxby Youth Advisory Committee’s

Italian Night on Saturday.

Amy and Caleb at the Community Youth Centre

for Saturday’s Italian Night.


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

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Dunes Cafe staff are excited to announce the trial

of new healthy options in their ‘grab and go’ cabinet.

You may have noticed protein balls, chia puddings or vegan chocolate bark among the other regular fare off ered at Dunes Cafe.

Bree Butler, Hospital-ity Offi cer, is focused on off ering more choice for customers looking to avoid gluten and sugar.

“� ese are the custom-ers that wouldn’t normal-ly have something at the cafe,” she said.

“We want to give them variety and choice.”

If the new items sell well and customer feedback continues to be positive, the next step will be hav-ing these items on off er in the roxbylink kiosk.

� is would make it even easier to pick up some-thing quick and nutritious

after visiting the gym or playing sport.

Dunes Cafe acts as a hub in Roxby Downs and off ers customers a relaxed, family-friendly environ-ment.

The Play Cafe is a fa-vourite with local mums, especially now that it has newly updated mats and equipment.

“Our staff are helpful and people come here for the atmosphere,” said Joe D’Arrigo, roxbylink Hos-pitality Services Manager.

Now that winter has well and truly arrived in Roxby Downs, Dunes Cafe will be serving up a seasonal soup every day.

� e menu is constantly changing in response to customer feedback and the popularity of dishes.

� eir breakfast fare is often said to be the best in Roxby, with Bree rec-ommending the Eggs Benedict.

Roxby Council has received limited feedback so far on the draft Sport and

Recreation Master Plan. Tony Weir, roxbylink Operations

Manager, is disappointed at the very few responses Council has received.

“We anticipated more feedback from the community,” he said.

At the conclusion of the consul-tation period on Wednesday June 22, the feedback will be collated and considered before the final Sport and Recreation Master Plan Report is released.

� e community’s response to the draft Master Plan is crucial in en-suring any future plans for Roxby Downs will best meet the needs of the town.

Have something to say about the draft Sport and Recreation Master Plan? There’s only two weeks left for feedback before the Master Plan Report is fi nalised – be sure to have your say!

Submissions can be made direct-ly on the Council website, by email ([email protected]) or in writing (PO Box 124, Roxby Downs, SA 5725).

Coming soon – Draft Annual Business Plan

Roxby Council would like to advise residents that the Draft Annual Business Plan will be ready shortly

for community consultation. � e Draft Annual Business Plan will detail

Council’s proposed services and projects for the fi nancial year ahead and will then provide a basis for the budget.

� e Draft Plan will be available on the web-site for review from Wednesday, June 15.

Roxby Council will host a Public Meeting on Wednesday, July 6, as well as accepting written feedback before the Plan is fi nalised. Community Calendar event promotion

I f you’re organising a community event then the Community Calendar is a very valuable resource.

Log on to www.roxbydowns.com and click on ‘Upcoming Community Events’ to see the cal-endar and check for clashes with other events.

To give your event maximum exposure, make sure you email [email protected] to be added to the calendar.

Roxby Council can also assist with posting fl yers, advertising on the weekly RoxFM show � e Vibe and promotion via the ‘Roxby Downs Community’ Facebook page.

For more information, please contact Roxby Council on 8671 0010.

Further feedback on Master

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New healthy options are served up at Dunes Cafe

Tony D’Arrigo and Bree Butler in Dunes Cafe. The team are serving up more options for health-conscious customers.

Cookie dough protein balls. Vegan dark chocolate and goji bark.

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M el Allen became a volunteer to simply support

her children in the sports, activities and groups they joined.

Ms Allen now do-nates her time to a numb er of volun-teer groups in Roxby Downs. � is commit-ment to the local com-munity has earned her the Volunteer of the Month award for April.

She said she was hon-oured to be recognised but very surprised by her nomination for the award.

“I feel a little bit fraudulent winning this award – it is not something I expected,” she said.

“There are a lot of other people in the town that do some in-credible things in the volunteer workforce, I just dabble and proba-bly get more out than I put in.”

Ms Allen helps out in the library at St Bar-bara’s Parish School, is involved with the Scouts and is a mem-ber of the Community Garden committee.

Outside of Roxby Downs, she also volun-teers for hotlines and regularly donates plas-ma and blood.

She said all of her vol-unteer roles were very rewarding, and it was easy for her because they all involved her doing something she enjoyed.

“You don’t have to be an expert in your fi eld to be a volunteer – an-yone can do it,” she said.

“It is important to be

able to build a culture around volunteers, and I think Roxby Downs is great for that.

“It is evident there are a lot of people here that are happy to help.”

Each Volunteer of the Month receives $100 to donate to a charity or organisation of their choice.

Ms Allen said she would put her money towards the Community Garden and its upcom-ing projects.

It’s all for the kids

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Keto Pumps Monthly StrokeSaturday, June 4, 2016

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The Olympic Dam Barbarians (ODB) defeated the Port Augusta Goannas, 66-18,

during an away game on the weekend.

An ODB spokesperson said it was the “best game and win of the year”, with the Barbarians further

solidifying their top spot on the Spencer Gulf Rugby League ladder.

Nikaiya Herlihy-Graham and Lief Tanzer each scored hat-tricks for the side, and Matthew Bradbery was named Man of the Match.

� e Barbarians remain undefeat-ed after nine rounds.

In other news, ODB player Du-ane Parker is set to join Tamati � ompson and Francis Falemaka in the South Australian side that is set to play in the National Rugby League-Affi liated State Champion-ships in Adelaide this weekend .

� e ODB Rugby League Club is

hoping to hold a Copper 9s Carnival in Roxby Downs on Saturday, Oc-tober 22, after previously cancelling one scheduled for earlier this year.

� e Central Districts Roosters, Western Districts Warriors and Port Augusta Goannas have already confi rmed their attendance.

The club is currently seeking expressions of interest for a ladies team to enter the carnival.

A meeting is set to be held at the Roxby Downs Community Club from 12 noon this Sunday, with locals available to play or fi ll other roles encouraged to attend.

‘Best win of the year’ for Barbarians


Roxby Downs Junior Soccer Club president

Tony D’Arrigo and coach Dan Bronca have been chosen to select an under 13 SA squad from this weekend’s South Australian Junior Soccer Association State Championships.

D’Arrigo said the appointments were an honour and another step forward for the game in Roxby Downs.

� e pair will be mak-ing sure they select the right players during the state identifica-tion’s fi rst phase, with a range of talent set to be on display and the side to compete later on this year.

“We will be looking to pick good defenders, a good goalie, good at-tackers and good mid-fi elders,” he said.

“We will be looking for kids with speed, ability and someone who is a team player.

“We want to pick the best kids out of the championships because these kids will have a chance to play in Fiji, so we have to pick the right kids.”

D’Arrigo said he ac-cepted the job without hesitation when asked by the Football Federa-tion of South Australia.

“It is going to be great to have the op-portunity to see the best under 13s in the state and even better to be able to help pick the side,” he said.

Meanwhile Roxby Downs will be among the clubs entering teams into this week-end’s championships in Adelaide.

D’Arrigo said the lo-cal players would ben-efi t signifi cantly from the experience of play-ing against some of the best in the state.

Locals chosen as state selectors

The Roxby Downs under 13 side that will be playing in the state championships in Adelaide this weekend. PHOTO: Patrick Glover

Around the groundsAround the groundsAround the grounds PHOTOS: Kristen Dwyer

Ashton Musolino (Bulldogs) hits the ball away from James

Snell (Hawks).

Logan Neilson (Roxby United) lines up a pass.

Roxby City under six

soccer players Brody Mattner

and Ryder O’Loughlin pursue the ball ahead

of Ethan Parker (Roxby United) and Toby Sutton

(Roxby United).

Max Masters (Bulldogs #9)

in action.

Cameron Qualmann (Hawks) gets a kick away during under

12 football on Saturday.

Jada Wellgreen (Shooters) gets

the ball up towards the goal during her 17 and

under game.

Bullets 17 and under goal shooter Miranda

Syvertsen takes possession of the ball.

T-Birds goal attack Shayarna Millar takes a shot while Chloe Odgers (Bullets goal defence)

jumps up to defend.


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The Roxby Downs Netball Association (RDNA) has hit the restart button on the C grade competition after the

Miners White side withdrew last week.After struggling for numbers each week

and having to forfeit games, Miners White decided to withdraw from the competition and combine with Red players to form the one Roxby Miners side.

� is forced the RDNA committee to recon-sider the C grade competition, with changes

including a new fi xture with no team byes.“A meeting was held, we voted and the deci-

sion was made that the fairest and best way to solve the problem was by starting the season again,” said a committee spokesperson.

All premiership points and best and fairest votes before the new round one of May 27 have been disregarded.

“(� ese) votes wouldn’t have been true and correct, so the vote was made for resetting everything,” the spokesperson said.

The decision, which also involved club representatives, received a mixed response from C grade coaches when questioned by � e Monitor last week.

Katie Carstairs (Hornridge Pink): “We understand that this situation can happen in a mining town. We believe the changes had to be made to make it fair for everyone, and we are just happy that we can continue to play netball.”

Emma Baker (Hornridge Black): “I just feel it’s unfortunate that a team has to pull out, but it’s good that now we have regular games each week without a bye.”

Lachlan Hewett (Olympic Dam Green): “I am extremely disappointed for my team. � ey worked very hard for their results and to have that taken away has made them and myself very upset, frustrated and angry. Un-

fortunately there is nothing we can do, which I think is the most disappointing thing. I believe there were plenty of other options that should have been considered before wiping out the start of the season.”

James Bremner (Miners Red): “Unfortu-nately for us we couldn’t make two teams, so we have been forced to merge the teams. � e league has seen restarting the season as the way to go and I can’t think of a diff erent way either. It gets rid of the bye and now means we can have a full team.”

Verity Casserly (East Roxby): Unavailable for comment before Monday’s print deadline.


Round six of the Roxby Downs Netball Association senior com-petition saw Olympic Dam get the

better of East Roxby in the fi rst A grade game on Friday night.

� e Devils were ahead by four points by the end of the fi rst quarter, 12-8, before doubling their lead by half time, 24-16.

Positions appear to be set for the Roos, who made no changes throughout the game and had Jess Hassett and Tanisha Herli-hy-Graham as their goalies.

OD goal attack Talia Glover played a full game in her position, while the half-time break saw Nicole Gregory replace Bec Eli as goal shooter.

In a demonstration of her fl exibility as a player, Eli moved to centre in the third quarter before being put on as wing defence in the fourth.

East Roxby brought the margin down by one point in the third quarter to be down by seven, 24-31, at the fi nal break.

However, the fourth quarter saw the Dev-ils spring back to overcome the Roos by 18 points, 45-27.

In the later game, the Roxby Miners had a convincing win over Hornridge, 69-25.

The Magpies put up a good fight but failed to keep the Miners at bay and were down by 10 points by the end of the fi rst quarter, 5-15.

While Hornridge managed another eightalit points in the second quarter, Min-ers goalies Joice Takaidza and Cassie Weir tacked on 20 to bring the score to 33-13.

Defensive pressure saw Hornridge goalies Bonnie Harman and Ruby Haeata manage only four points in the third quarter and the Miners take a 35-point lead at the fi nal break, 52-17.

� e Magpies tried moving Harman to goal keeper and Millie Clarke to goal attack and Dearne Masson to wing defence.

� ese changes helped Hornridge gain eight points in the fi nal quarter but failed to put a dent in the fi nal margin, with the Miners scoring another 17 to take the win by 44.

It was the same outcome but by a smaller margin when Hornridge took on the Miners in the fi rst B grade match of the night.

� e Magpies were ahead by one point by the end of the fi rst quarter, 9-8, but lost their grip on the game in the second quarter to be down by 13 points at half time, 14-27.

It was more of the same in the third quar-ter with the Miners up by 14 points at the fi nal break, 39-24, before increasing their lead to 16 points by the fi nal whistle, 48-32.

� e second B grade match of the night saw further mirroring of the A grade results with Olympic Dam defeating East Roxby by 40 points, 55-15.

The Devils kept the Roos to only five goals in the fi rst quarter, 18-5, and only one in the second quarter to be ahead by 24 points at half time, 30-6.

East Roxby managed only four goals in the third quarter while OD tacked on an-other 13 to have a 33-point lead at the fi nal break, 43-10.

OD goalies Sam Corneliusen and Anna Gubbin continued their fi ne form to score another 12 points for their side in the fi nal quarter.

Miners White’s withdrawal from the competition saw a last-minute reshuffl e of the C grade fi xture last week.

White and Red players combined to form one Miners side, which defeated Olympic Dam Yellow by 24 points, 45-21.

OD Green defeated Hornridge Black by 31 points, 60-29, before Hornridge Pink had a 35-point win over East Roxby, 57-22.

Team withdrawal forces C grade restart

OD Devils dish up 18 point win

DESERTDust

Motocross club to celebrate 21st By Patrick Glover

The Roxby Desert Motocross Club is turning 21 this year with celebrations to be held on September 17.

Club president Clint Gow-Smith said there had been so many families, sponsors and volunteers involved with the club during its 21 years.

Gow-Smith encouraged everyone to come out and help celebrate.

“We are a really young club in terms of motocross clubs so what we have been able to achieve is pretty cool,” he said.

“There have been a lot of different people involved with making the club what it is today, so we are hoping to get everyone together to share some stories about the club’s history.”

There are a number of other events being held throughout the year, including a free ‘come and try’ day on Sunday, July 3.

Gow-Smith said the day would be the perfect safe space to try riding and he hoped to see many locals attend.

The Yamaha Institute of Motocross’s Shane Metcalfe will be coming up the weekend before the 21st celebrations to hold riding lessons with locals on Saturday, September 10.

Gow-Smith said it would be of huge benefit for riders to attend some of the former international motocross rider’s lessons.

“He coaches kids as young as five years old and still trains professional riders as well,” he said.

“He teaches kids the really basic safe techniques, which set them up for a safe career, or just teaches them how to ride safely.”

A second Club Day will be held on Sunday, September 11, when young locals will be encouraged to get out on the track and have fun during what is also a race meet.

While the annual Night Meet will be on again in 2016, a date is yet to be set.

The motocross club will also be selling hot donuts at various events across Roxby Downs, including senior and junior netball on Friday nights and Saturday mornings respectively.

Andrew Swanson competed in the senior division of the South Australian Motocross

Championships on the weekend.

Bailey Anderson (#38) in action during the junior division competition.

LEFT Olympic Dam Yellow C grade goal keeper Kelly Reid blocks Stephanie Forsyth (Miners goal attack) as she looks to pass away from the goal.

RIGHT: Emma Neilson (Roxby

Miners B grade) prepares to

make the centre pass

over Amanda Nelson

(Hornridge).

East Roxby wing defence Ines Badman puts pressure on Olympic Dam wing attack Tara-Jane Hill during their A grade clash on Friday night. PHOTOS: Ryneisha Bollard


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Far North Football League

Saturday, June 4, 2016A GRADE

Roxby Districts 3.3 8.4 9.12 14.12 (96)East Roxby 2.0 3.6 5.7 5.13 (43)Roxby Districts best players: B. Hampel, H. Vrbovac, B. Scott, G. Shephard, F. Hayward.East Roxby best players: J. Lukich, R. Simms, E. Walker, L. Gran-tham, C. Dadleh. Roxby Districts goal scorers: K. Zeptner, G. Shephard 3, T. Paull, R. Prosser 2, J. Telfer, T. Cribb, J. Mandemaker, L. Godfrey.East Roxby goal scorers: S. McIntyre 2, R. Vaughan, C. Dadleh, R. Simms.

Olympic Dam 8.10 17.16 23.20 26.23 (179)Coober Pedy 2.0 4.2 4.4 6.4 (40)Olympic Dam best players: M. Shaw, J. Veale, S. Montgomerie, M. Dalla, L. Hewett.Coober Pedy best players: K. Roderick, F. Kenny, B. Lennon, R. Murray. Olympic Dam goal scorers: S. Montgomerie 11, M. Dalla 6, J. Veale, D. D’Arrigo 2, C. Green, P. Glover, T. Odgers, M. Shaw, B. Rynne. Coober Pedy goal scorers: W. Chamberlain, G. Warren 2, J. Ab-dulla, D. Rankin.

Roxby Downs Junior Football League

Friday, June 3, 2016

Senior Colts Bulldogs 5.9 (39)Hawks 4.3 (27)Bulldogs best players: G. Clarke, B. Caden, C. Turley, C. Kemenyvary, L. Herring.Hawks best players: S. Lockwood, S. Parks, B. Daddow, C. Seery, J. Jones.Bulldogs goal scorers: C. Turley 2, B. Caden A. Musolino, R. Darrigo.Hawks goal scorers: S. Lockwood 2, J. Jones, J. Van Kruyssen.

Saturday, June 4, 2016

Junior ColtsHawks 8.8 (56)Bulldogs 4.13 (37)Hawks best players: I. Howse, L. Burden, J. Snell, N. Kraitor, N. Headland.Bulldogs best players: G. Steer, S. Parks, A. Musolino, B. Hewett, M.l Boehm.Hawks goal scorers: J. Johnson, F. Giles, N. Headland, C. Qual-mann 2.Bulldogs goal scorers: M. Boehm 2, S. Parks , M. Masters 1.

under 9s Game not scoredHawks best players: A. Faulkner, E. Jett, K. Smith, R. Speight, L. MacLeod.Bulldogs best players: D. Rynne, C. Law, A. Way, D. Smith, B. Zeptner.

PREMIERSHIP TABLE P W L D F A % PtsRoxby Districts 6 6 0 0 813 156 521.15 24East Roxby 5 3 2 0 435 259 167.95 12Hornridge 5 2 3 0 291 344 84.59 8Olympic Dam 6 2 4 0 393 576 68.23 8Coober Pedy 6 1 5 0 259 856 30.26 4

Name Club This round TotalRicky Prosser Roxby Districts 2 22 Todd Paull Roxby Districts 2 20 Scott Montgomerie Olympic Dam 11 18 Kain Zeptner Roxby Districts 3 16 Scott McIntyre East Roxby 2 16 Ashley Baxter Hornridge 0 9 Michael Dalla Olympic Dam 6 8 Luke Godfrey Roxby Districts 1 8 Jaeden Calyun Coober Pedy 0 7 Josh Sheppard Roxby Districts 0 7

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A fter being billed as the game of the round, and

with expectations of a close encounter, the Far North Football League clash between Roxby Districts and East Roxby was very disappointing.

� e fi rst quarter was fairly even but saw the Miners take a nine-point lead into quarter time.

They kicked away with fi ve goals to one in the second to establish a 28-point lead at the main change.

Into half time the Miners were best served by Gavin Shephard with three goals, along with Tyron Cribb; Jake Rob-erts; Haris Vrbovac; Cody Kenny, who played his 150th League game; Kain Zeptner, who played his 100th League game, and Chris Barry.

� e best for East Rox-by at this point were Curtley Dadleh, Jason Lukich, Rhett Simms, Matt Schipper and Bro-die Daddow.

The Roos breathed some life into the game with two quick goals early in the third quar-ter as Robbie Vaughan and Dadleh goaled and reduced the margin to 16 points.

Roxby Districts re-plied with one goal and eight behinds, missing several achievable shots into a swirling breeze.

� e fi nal quarter saw the Miners’ forwards starting to get on target with fi ve straight goals to win by a margin of 53 points – 14.12 (96) to 5.13 (43).

Best for the Miners were Ben Hampel, Vr-bovac, Shephard and Fraser Hayward.

E a s t Rox by w a s best served by Lukich, Simms, Dadleh and Er-nest Walker.

Olympic Dam d Coober Pedy

The second game of the day saw the Olympic Dam

Devils dominating their game against Coober Pedy, running out the 139-point victors.

Not much can be said about this game as it seems that because of Coober Pedy’s inability to fi eld a competitive team, each side they meet is in line for a considerable percentage boost.

Having said that, the Saints have gained huge respect because of their never-say-die attitude and their willingness to compete to the fi nal siren.

Olympic Dam was on top from the opening si-ren and kicked eight and nine goals respectively

in the fi rst and second quarters, along with six in each of the third and fourth. This saw them win with 26.23 (179) to 6.4 (40).

� e only interest was to determine how many goals Scott Montgom-erie and fellow livewire forward Michael Dalla would fi nish with.

Montgomerie had seven until half time and fi nished with 11, while Dalla kicked six for the game. Both had many other opportunities to add to that tally.

It is hard to describe the game other than to say that it was just a case of what the Devils’ total dominance would pro-duce on the scoreboard.

The best players for the Devils were the usual suspects – Jono Veale, Michael Shaw, Montgomerie, Dalla, Lachie Hewett, Tyson Hornhardt and Tim Corneliusen.

� e Saints were best served by Kerry Rod-erick, Fabian Kenny, Brandon Lennon and Roy Murray.

Miners overcome Roos in ‘disappointing’ clash

Todd Paull (Roxby Districts) gets ahead of Curtley Dadleh (East Roxby) during their round seven clash on Saturday. PHOTOS: Kristen Dwyer

Robert Vaughan (East Roxby) lines up a kick during his side’s loss to Roxby Districts.

Tim Corneliusen (Olympic Dam) jumps high for a centre bounce during his game against Coober Pedy.

NAME CLUB VOTES

1 T. Cribb Roxby Districts 7

2 M. Shaw Olympic Dam 6

3 M. Schipper East Roxby 6

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The Roxby Desert Motocross (RDMX) Club put in another dominant performance at

round two of the South Australian Championships, with three riders making podium fi nishes.

Taj Gow-Smith placed fi rst in his 65cc, 10 to under 12 category and second in his 85cc small wheel, nine to under 12 class during the junior division competition at Renmark on Saturday.

On Sunday, Zac Bradber y fi nished second in his Intermediate category and Trent Smits was third in his Clubman class for the senior competition.

“It is obviously good for a country club like ours that isn’t affi liated to go away and do so well,” said Roxby De-sert Motocross Club president Clint Gow-Smith.

“� e young guys have been doing a great job in their competition, and the older guys have been putting in some awesome performances as well, which is great to see.”

Taj’s success meant he extended his overall lead in the championships to 22 and 14 points in his 65cc and 85cc categories respectively.

His rides were made all the more diffi cult on the weekend as an in-creased number of interstate partic-ipants entered.

It is understood the extra compet-

itors were aiming to get a feel for the track ahead of the nationals being held at the same venue later this year.

“� e YJR (Yamaha Junior Racing) boys had their work cut out for them,” said Taj’s YJR team coach, Shane Metcalfe, in an Instagram post.

“Both Alex Larwood and Taj Gow-Smith showed they had what it takes to mix it with some of the best.”

Bailey Anderson competed in the 85cc event in the junior division on the Saturday, fi nishing in 31st place for the day to have him sitting 29th overall.

He also placed 19th in the 65cc seven to nine years category to leave him ninth overall.

With a third place in round two, Smits now fi nds himself at the top of the overall standings in his category.

Bradbery has maintained his spot in second in his class and is only 16 points off the overall leader.

Andrew Swanson also competed on the Sunday and placed 10th in the Veterans A category to hold the same position overall.

On an emotional day for the club, Swanson and Smits dedicated their rides to the late Craig Feltus – a RDMX Club member whose sudden death occurred on the same date last year.

Round three of the championships will be held in Port Augusta on July 23-24.

Podium placings for local riders

Taj Gow-Smith with one of his trophies from round two of the South Australian Motocross Championships on Saturday. PHOTOS: Supplied

Trent Smits with his third place Clubman trophy.Zac Bradbery with his second place Intermediate trophy.

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