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WRITTEN BY PATRICK GLOVER

A lliance Airlines is set to cancel three return fl ights and a single fl ight from its Olympic Dam (OD) schedule in

light of a reduction in passenger numbers. � e news comes just three months after Alli-

ance cut one of its return services between OD and Adelaide on Fridays for the same reason.

South Australian, Victorian and New Zea-land general manager Tim Wright said the company continually reviewed passenger sup-ply and demand on its OD service.

Mr Wright said this ensured suitable capacity was provided to both BHP Billiton and surrounding communities.

“Recent reductions in the overall forward bookings by both BHP Billiton Olympic Dam and the community have resulted in a new weekly fl ight schedule,” he told � e Monitor.

“� e new schedule will see three less return

services each week (on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday) between Adelaide and OD Airport commencing August 3, 2015.

“A further single weekly service will cease each � ursday eff ective the week commencing October 1, 2015.”

As of next month, Wednesday’s 10.30am Adelaide to OD fl ight and return at 12.30pm will be cancelled.

On Tuesdays, the 6am and 7am fl ights from Adelaide to OD and their returns at 8am and 9am will be replaced by a 6.30am Adelaide to

OD service returning at 8.30am.On Wednesdays, the 12 noon Adelaide to OD

fl ight and return at 2pm will be removed, while � ursday’s fl ight from Adelaide to OD at 7am will also be cancelled from October 1.

Mr Wright said although the frequency of fl ights was set to decrease, Alliance was pleased to still off er its services on a daily basis.

“Should demand increase in the future, Al-liance Airlines has the capacity to increase the number of services off ered at short notice,” he added.

More OD fl ights cut

New exhibition kicks off Red eARTh Festival

Arts and Culture Forum members Rachel Young, Penny Knott, Jessica Davis, Mary Lewis, Ann-Marie Arthur (festival co-ordinator)

and Owen Lewis at the Red eARTh launch and Community Art Exhibition opening on Friday night. PHOTO: Ryneisha Bollard

WRITTEN BYRYNEISHA BOLLARD

The Arts and Culture Forum officially launched this year’s Red eAR� Festival

at a gallery exhibition opening on Friday night.

Forum chair Rachel Young wel-comed about 30 attendees to the opening of the Community Art

Exhibition and launch of the fi fth Red eAR� at the roxbylink gallery.

“Red eARTh is about getting people to try something new that they may never have tried,” she said.

“Over the years we’ve been en-tertained, inspired and we’ve had the opportunity to dance, sing, play music, write, create public art, paint, draw, print and make many exciting things.

“We’ve been spoilt for choice, and this Red eARTh Festival is sure to live up to its reputation.”

Mrs Young thanked her fellow forum members for their “passion for the arts and boundless energy” and especially festival co-ordina-tor Ann-Marie Arthur. She also thanked supporters and sponsors including Roxby Council and BHP Billiton.

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Student social set to be a ‘Winter Wonderland’

WRITTEN BY RYNEISHA BOLLARD

A fter a one-year hiatus, the annual years seven to 12 Student Social will be held

at Oasis on Saturday, August 8, from 7pm to 12 midnight.

� e event is open to all Roxby Downs and Andamooka students and is put together by local par-ents.

Organisers have held many successful socials in previous years, but a lack of available volunteers and other concerts and Christmas shows on at the time meant they were unable to stage a 2014 event.

This year the social has been moved from November to August to try and address previous sched-

uling issues, with the theme being ‘Winter Wonderland’.

Organising committee member Jane Rogers has been involved with the socials for several years and said she enjoyed giving local high school students the oppor-tunity to have fun and “let their hair down”.

“They just dance the whole night,” she said.

“� ey just get a chance to get dressed up and look nice, and it’s something to look forward to.

“It’s a fun night to get together and be with your friends.”

Oasis Restaurant chef Roy Showgun will put together a buff et for students to enjoy, while music will be provided by DJ Darryn ‘� e Abbott’ Walsh.

Door prizes will be awarded and students will vote for the

‘king’ and ‘queen’ of the night.Awards will also be given out

to the best couple, best dressed and best dancer (judged by Roxby Academy of Dance instructor Lana Chamberlain).

Students will be able to capture their time at the social via a booth featuring various props, with the photographs to be posted on Face-book afterwards.

Mrs Rogers said planning for the event was going well, and she was grateful to Oasis Restaurant staff for their assistance.

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Meeting barks up the right treeWRITTEN BY RYNEISHA BOLLARD

More than 20 locals gave feedback towards Roxby Council’s investigation into

the feasibility of a dog park during a public meeting last week.

Held in the council boardroom last Wednesday, the meeting in-cluded municipal works manager Peter Keller and communications and community engagement offi cer Amanda Hudson.

Attendees were invited to write their responses on pieces of butcher

paper to seven diff erent questions regarding the establishment of a dog park in Roxby Downs.

Ms Hudson told those present on the night that she was pleased to see a strong turnout as it gave council the opportunity to “really pick your brains”.

“We need to flesh it out more and understand the expectation of what does a dog park look like, along with the benefi ts and risks,” she said.

Ms Hudson re-iterated that there was currently no commitment to establishing a dog park – instead council was in the process of weigh-

ing up the pros and cons of such a proposal.

Mr Keller added that council would carefully consider the feed-back collected and would provide a written summary of the comments made, along with answers to ques-tions raised on the night.

Those in attendance included members of the Roxby Paws Social Club – including Gina Marshall, Alex Runge and Lia Vanlaatum.

Ms Marshall said she was “really impressed” with how the meeting went.

“I know there were a lot who couldn’t make it but they said that

they were quite supportive of it,” she said. “We could have had about 30 people here otherwise.

“� e feedback at the meeting was fantastic. Everyone worked like a unit and was sort of on the same wavelength.

“It’s good to see that council un-derstands that we want to help them as well.”

Ms Vanlaatum said the meeting allowed locals the chance to put for-ward their ideas.

“It was really positive, and I think that we can now move forward with a common goal, the council now knows what we would like and we

now have a little more information about what they’re doing,” she said.

Ms Runge added that the dog park proposal was a way of bringing the community together during a diffi -cult time.

“I think it would be really nice as a community at the moment to work on something together, because the climate in town is very grim and I think we need something to look forward to and for people to con-tribute to,” she said.

“� is could be something that lifts the town up and gives us something to work towards.”

PAGE 4 DOG PARK Q&A

Roxby Downs residents took to social media last week to claim that town water was causing them to have dry,

itchy and red skin.An initial post to the ‘Roxby Rave AND

Rant’ Facebook page last Wednesday was met with about 20 comments either express-ing the same concern or off ering solutions.

One local claimed it was the fi rst time she had experienced the issue since moving to town seven years ago, with another agreeing that “something has changed”.

However, Roxby Council claimed on Fri-day it was yet to receive any complaints, and continuous monitoring had detected no de-viation in water quality.

� e town’s supply is provided to council by BHP Billiton, which pumps Great Arte-sian Basin water to a desalination plant and treats it by chlorination before sending it to a covered supply dam.

Roxby Water is then responsible for the quality and provision of water to the town-ship, with continuous monitoring conduct-ed via council’s automatic chlorine dosing system.

A council spokesperson said BHP’s model-ling of water in the storage dam showed “no deviation in quality around at the time of the social media feedback, with chlorine levels remaining around the 0.8 to 1.0mg/L mark”.

“� is is well within the safe maximum al-lowable limit of 5mg/L under the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines,” the spokesper-son said. “In addition, pH levels were also within the appropriate range. � ere were also no alarm warnings (if chlorine levels were too high) triggered by council’s pump-ing station monitoring and dosage system during this time.

“Residents can be confi dent that BHP Bil-liton meets its commitments as the provider of water to Roxby Council, and that council does the same in supplying safe drinking water to Roxby Downs.”

BY RYNEISHA BOLLARD

Locals voice water woes

Diners out in droves for menu launchKirra Buran and Shannon Hofmann with Kane, Ollie and Amy Fulton and Jenna and Dylan Schipper

at the launch of Oasis Restaurant’s new menu on Friday night. PHOTOS: Kristen Dwyer


O asis Restaurant revealed its new menu to a large crowd of diners last

Friday night. Head chef Rickard Moretti said

the weekend had been a success overall.

“There were a few teething problem s on the first night, which is to be expected when you are changing the menu around,” he told � e Monitor.

“� ere was a good turnout –

about 90 per cent of what I was asking – and there were good numbers the following night on the Saturday.

“We have received some good comments and some bad – main-ly constructive criticism – but

overall the public was happy.”Mr Moretti, along with fellow

chef Roy Showgun, has intro-duced fresh dry aged Hereford beef and seafood from the Spen-cer Gulf and Coffi n Bay to the menu.

He said he was happy to have gotten past the opening nights and was now looking at driving the new menu further.

“It’s on the ground now, so we want to keep doing a good job and keep delivering the good quality the public is after,” he said.

“I thank the public for their support, and we will continue to promote the business and the new menu.

“Don’t be scared to pipe up if there is something not quite right. We are always happy for constructive criticism.”

Aaron and Jaye Webber enjoyed a night out together at the Oasis.

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1. Why is a dog park needed in Roxby?• Safe environment for dogs

to run, enclosed area to ensure public/wildlife safety, also safe from baiting

• Maybe it would stop dogs barking all night long

• Roaming dogs (i.e. if they are ti red/trained they won’t run)

• To encourage ‘non dog walkers’ to exercise their dogs

• Safer for kids, sportsmen/sportswomen – not having unleashed/unfenced dogs running close to playgrounds and the ovals

• Get dogs away from playgrounds and children

• Socialisati on with other dogs and owners

• Meeti ng new people with common values

• Boost the morale of the town by having something to work towards as a community

• Dog parti es and events• Keep yourself and your dog

healthy• A locati on for dog training by

insured trainers2. What would you use a dog park for?

• Exercise, socialisati on, training• Let dogs run free without the risk

of being hit by vehicles• More structured training in a

confi ned area• Possibility of dog clubs later down

the track (i.e. agility, training etc.)• To teach children about other

people’s dogs (don’t touch, how to approach etc.)

• Exercising/socialising (both dogs and people)

• To learn from other dog owners about dog behaviour

3. What are your concerns with a dog park? What risks do we need to consider? How do we resolve these?

• Eff ect on ratepayers/council rates• Negati ve interacti ons between

dogs (could have two fenced areas to minimise issues, coloured tag system to identi fy how friendly/ti mid etc. the dog is)

• Noise polluti on (if it is close to residenti al areas)

• What the opening hours and locati on would be

• Cleaning – who picks up waste• Maintenance – who does what• Liability insurance• Safety of dogs and owners e.g.

rubbish creati ng choking hazards• Would need clear user

instructi ons/rules• Vaccinati ons• Limit on age of dogs, number of

dogs per person• The owner must be responsible

for their animal

4. What does a dog park look like? What might it have?

• Initi ally a fenced, fl at block with double gates

• Two areas – one for litt le dogs and one for large dogs

• Benches, shading• Some agility equipment/exercise

tunnels• Water tap and bowls (stuck to the

ground?) or a water tank• It needs to be a very large area –

the size of the dog park at Woomera is perfect

• Bags for dog waste• No industrial fi ll• Grassed areas, bark or stoned

areas• Front entrance/back exit

5. Where could a dog park go?• Old caravan park• Sand dunes at southern end of

town• Part of the golf club• The oval, once fenced• Pony club• A secti on of the Emu Walk• Vacant land in residenti al areas• Next to the police stati on• Opal Road (vs too far?)• Behind the shops on Tutop Street

6. What are the alternati ves?• Give access to the oval at specifi c

ti mes• Signs indicati ng heavy dog use on

oval during parti cular ti mes• Portable fencing to uti lise

diff erent available land opti ons• Fence the main oval and have

signs indicati ng that it is an off -leash area

7. How would we fund this?• Donati ng materials/ti me to

establish/maintain the park• Council• Sponsorship e.g. BHP• Uti lise schemes such as

the Green Army government-funded program to improve the environment (i.e. less dogs being run in the bush therefore less damage to the environment and less risk of nati ve animals being att acked)

• Yearly fee for using the dog park• Fundraising then a working bee

to establish the area• Raise dog registrati on fees (where

has the revenue gone since 2007?)• Service club project i.e. Rotary• Volunteer dog wash to raise

money• Grant funding

Roxby Travel and Cruise last week celebrated the fact that agency network Travellers Choice, of which the business is a member,

won a national award recently. � e network was named Australia’s Best Travel

Agency Group at the 2015 National Travel Industry Awards.

Roxby Travel and Cruise owners John and Katalin Wilby said the award – presented in Sydney on Sat-urday, July 18 – recognised an unrivalled focus on customer service.

“(We are) immensely proud to be part of Travellers Choice, a travel agency group that brings togeth-er Australia’s leading travel agents,” they said in a statement.

“� e award is the Australian travel industry’s high-est accolade, and it recognises the outstanding eff orts that Travellers Choice and its members continually invest in the development and delivery of outstanding service to all our customers.”

Dog park Q&A feedback on Wednesday, July 22Travel network wins award

Green Army holds fi rst graduation

WRITTEN BYPATRICK GLOVER

A fter six months of hard work , the f i r s t-e ver Green Army team at Arid

Recovery graduated last week. Despite starting with six, the team

fi nished with four members attend-ing the ceremony on � ursday.

Team supervisor Denni Russell said it had been a great group to work with.

“We have had a pretty good re-tention rate, and it has been good to retain the core members until the end,” she told � e Monitor.

“We have developed a bizarre

bond, but it has been really great.”� e Green Army has complet-

ed a huge range of jobs in its six months at Arid Recovery, includ-ing an upgrade of the Red Lake expansion fence around the re-serve, ‘buff el busting’ and animal tracking.

Arid Recovery general manager Kylie Piper said it had been excel-lent to have the Green Army to help complete jobs they “never would have thought to do without them”.

“It has been really good having them; they have got so much done,” she said.

“� ey have done a huge amount of diff erent jobs, which is good for us and them.

“Sometimes in these projects teams can get stuck on the one fo-cus area but not here.”

� e team also made trips to Bon Bon Station, just North of Glen-dambo, and Boolcoomatta Station, near Broken Hill, where they spent four and two weeks respectively.

During these trips they assisted station managers with anything from weeding and pulling up fences to wombat tracking.

“We have mainly older volunteers at Bon Bon, so it was good to have some keen young people willing to help out,” said Bon Bon Station manager Mike Chuck.

“� ey were good value and we are keen to have three more teams

come though and help out over the next year and a half.”

Ms Russell said the trips to these stations, along with the animal han-dling at Arid Recovery, provided some of the highlights of her work with the team.

� e Green Army project is run with assistance from Conservation Volunteers Australia (CVA).

CVA state manager Tricia Curtis said it had been “fantastic” to work collaboratively with Arid Recovery, and the graduating team had been positive role models for future ap-plicants.

“� ey have made for good am-bassadors for the Green Army pro-ject, and I look forward to seeing

this group reap the long-term ben-efi ts of this project,” she said.

“We even have some that loved it so much they want to roll over into other projects.”

Applications are now open to be-come a part of the next Green Army team, which will start work at the end of next month.

Forms can be fi lled out online (www.conservationvolunteers.com.au/green-army) by applying for the Arid Nature Corridor project.

Meanwhile Ms Russell last week ended her role with the Green Army after accepting a new posi-tion in Clare as the Northern and Yorke region’s natural resources manager.

Susie Kruger, Tori Hobson-Leslie,

Anthony Thomas, Hayden Cradock and Denni Russell

(supervisor) made up the

graduating Green Army team last

Thursday. PHOTO: Patrick Glover

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The Rox by D ow ns Family Forum held the town’s first-ever

Neighbourhood Day on the weekend to give locals the opportunity to form deeper relationships with each other.

Forum member and event organiser Joel Hill said Roxby was always putting on com-munity events, but this initi-ative – launched at the Curdi-murka Street playground on Sunday – was aimed at a dif-ferent group of people.

“Roxby is one of those towns where there is heaps of stuff on, and typically you get the same kind of people that always get into it,” he said.

“So for the Family Forum it was about getting those people who aren’t coming to those events like the footy for example.

“It is an extra opportunity for those kinds of people to get involved with other people in a transient town.”

Neighbourhood Day is ex-pected to continue into the future, but Mr Hill said even-tually Family Forum would members no longer run it.

He said they had provided the model – thanks to the original idea from the Ade-laide City Council – and were

hoping the community would pick it up.

“It is an organic event de-signed for people in the town,” he said.

“People can get together with neighbours from around the block and others in the community and head to their local park and hold something like this.”

Meanwhile works on the Curdimurka Street play-ground are ongoing, but Rox-by Council municipal works manager Peter Keller said the aim was to have the project completed within the coming weeks.

“The footpath, fence and toilet block have been com-pleted, but it is still a work in progress,” he said.

“It should be fi nished in the next month, but we still need to fi x the lawn and expand it, do some work on the irriga-tion and move some of the play equipment.”

Local clubs and business have contributed to the up-grade of the playground, with the Roxby Districts Rotary Club providing the fence, the Postie Bash committee funding the toilets and Rox-by Earthmoving helping to install the footpath.

Mr Keller said once work was finished on the play-ground, it would receive another upgrade next year with the introduction of new equipment where necessary.

ABOVE: Harmony and Kaylee Clark at the Neighbourhood Day celebrations held at the Curdimurka Street playground

on Sunday. BELOW: Family Forum members Kelly Wise, Rachael Wilkinson, Carmel Schubert, Keren Luke, Angela

Thompson and Joel Hill. PHOTOS: Kristen Dwyer

WRITTEN BYRYNEISHA BOLLARD

A former Roxby Council employee who pleaded guilty to defrauding more than $160,000 from the organisation received

a suspended sentence in the District Court last week.

Council dismissed Bronwyn Jayne Warren, 54, in July 2010 after discovering fi nancial reporting irregularities in rates collections and immediately reported the matter to police.

Charges were laid against her in October 2011 for defrauding council of $166,858 between 2005 and 2008.

According to an ABC report last Friday, Judge Gordon Barrett gave Warren a jail sentence of two years and 10 months, but suspended it in favour of a three-year good behaviour bond.

� e court heard Roxby Council spent about $195,000 investigating the theft, which occurred while Warren was dealing with a gambling addiction.

Administrator Bill Boehm previo usly told � e Monitor that council was insured for the full amount of money stolen.

“� is has for many years been a distressing sit-uation for all concerned,” he said in a statement last month.

“Council has throughout sought to be fair, sen-sitive and, at all times, mindful of its obligations.”

When asked on Monday how the investigation costs had been covered, Mr Boehm had no further comment.

On Friday, Judge Barrett noted that Warren had paid back only a portion of the money taken from council.

“You have not made full restitution even though fi ve years have elapsed since the detection of the off ending,” he said.

If you or someone you know is dealing with a gambling addiction, assistance is available by vis-iting www.gamblinghelponline.org.au or phoning 1800 858 858.

Court grants Warren a suspended sentence

FAR NORTH POLICE BRIEFS

Dishonest dealings arrestA 32-year-old Roxby Downs man was

arrested last Wednesday for an array of off ences regarding his involvement with local sporting clubs and businesses.

� e man was charged with fi ve counts of dishonest dealing with documents, nine counts of theft and one count of aggravat-ed dishonest conduct.

“It is alleged over around a fi ve-month period the man has committed these of-fences through local sporting clubs and businesses,” Senior Sergeant Terry Boylan told � e Monitor.

� e man was bailed and will appear in the Port Augusta Magistrates Court in September.

Vandalism investigationLocal police are investigating an inci-

dent of vandalism to the interior of an un-occupied house on Axehead Road, Roxby Downs.

Police believe the vandalism occurred some time between Tuesday, June 23, and Tuesday, July 21.

Inquiries are continuing, and anyone with information about this matter is asked to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or online (http://sa.crimestoppers.com.au).

Driver caught unregisteredA 24-year-old Roxby Downs man was

reported after being caught driving an unregistered vehicle while disqualifi ed.

Just before 4.30pm on Sunday, police stopped a car for a routine traffi c matter when they made the discovery.

His car was impounded for 28 days and he will have to appear in court at a later date.

Assault at AndamookaRoxby Downs police arrested a local

man after an investigation into an assault at an Andamooka licensed venue on Monday, July 20.

Police allege the offender assaulted another man but did not cause serious injury.

He was charged with assault and was bailed to appear in the Roxby Downs Mag-istrates Court next month.

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CommunityCalendar

JULY30th - The Ballad of

Pondlife McGurk, roxbylink auditorium, 11am and 1.30pm.

Ph: 8671 0010.

31st - Wicking bed building, Community

Garden, 3pm. Ph: 0448 168 167.

31st - Metso Calcutta at The Club, 7pm. Ph:

8671 0117.

31st - RDNA A grade: OD vs Hornridge,

6.30pm, East Roxby vs Roxby Miners, 8pm.

AUGUST1st - Outback

Cup, Roxby Downs Racecourse,11am

to 5pm. Visit: www.theracessa.com.au

1st - Circus workshops at Roxby Races, 1-4pm.

Ph: 8671 0010.

1st - Gospel choir/band, RDCCC, 7.30pm.

7th - Seraphim Trio visit. Mother

Chook’s Nursery Book performance, roxbylink

auditorium, 11am. Anna Goldsworthy

book signing, roxbylink library, 12 noon.

Formal recital, roxbylink auditorium, 7.30pm.

Ph: 8671 0500.

7th - RDNA A grade: Hornridge vs East

Roxby, 6.30pm, Roxby Miners vs OD, 8pm

8th - Red Cross family first aid sessions,

Andamooka Primary School, 10am to 12

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Dear Editor,I see the matter of the former Roxby

Downs Council employee who defrauded the council has fi nally been settled in court, with the perpetrator sentenced last week.

Now that the matter ha s been put to rest, we are fi nding out a few more details about the circumstances surrounding the crime.

� ere needs to be some serious ques-tions asked of our council in relation to this matter.

As a local media outlet that is a strong voice for its community, I urge you to take this matter up with our council and ask some pointed questions on behalf of the people of Roxby Downs.

� e Advertiser reported on June 18 that there was a “net loss of $166,858 which she defrauded from the council while a rates offi cer between December 23, 2005, and July 28, 2008”.

� e ABC reported on July 24 that “the council spent about $195,000 investigat-

ing the theft, about $30,000 more than the crime itself”.

I note that at the council meeting on June 25 relating to the 2015/16 Draft Annual Business Plan, a resident asked the council: “What internal investigation has been un-dertaken and what measures have been put in place to prevent this happening again?”

� e council response, as published in the report of the meeting was: “Council’s own internal investigation relating to the level of outstanding rates prompted council to take action to dismiss the off ender in 2010.

“As soon as it was able and once charges had been laid, council informed the com-munity in October 2011.

“Council has throughout ensured that its fi nancial integrity and the interests of ratepayers are protected.

“Council responded in 2010 to hire more staff and put in place additional measures to ensure that more than one person is in-volved in any one fi nancial area.

“� ese changes have been instituted and improvements to internal controls are over-seen by council’s audit committee and its external auditors”.

Based on these facts, I believe you need to follow up these points with the council:

1. Why did the council spend $195,000 of ratepayers’ money – more than the losses from the crime itself – to investigate the matter? � is would seem excessive and not in the interests of ratepayers. Is this not the job of the police?

2. How was this theft allowed to contin-ue over a period of two and a half years? Why was the off ender not dismissed un-til 2010, two years after the offending stopped?

3. Presumably the council’s own audit committee would have checked the books annually. Why did they not pick this up in the fi rst year? Who are the members of this audit committee and who is the external auditor? Are these the same people who

made the “improve-ments to internal controls”? Does the council still use the same external audi-tor, or were they re-placed, given they did not pick up the issue within the fi rst year?

4. I’m not convinced that employing more staff represents the best use of rate-payers’ money. Why was this necessary? Couldn’t an internal restructure to ensure multiple staff were involved in any one fi -nancial area been as eff ective, along with the improvements in procedure?

I’m sure you will agree this is a very se-rious matter and warrants a strong inves-tigation by your staff .

If our local media won’t ask these ques-tions on behalf of the community, who will?

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T icket sales for the Roxby Races have been steady and

were expected to pick up this week with only a few days until the event.

Roxby Downs Racing Club president Mike Fre nch said one quar-ter of the gold member tickets had already been sold.

Mr French said some general admission tick-ets had also been pur-chased, with many opt-ing to collect them when they got off the bus to the event.

“Ticket sales are a lit-tle slower than last year, which is to be expected, but the numbers are still encouraging,” he told � e Monitor last week.

“I am expecting ticket sales won’t pick up until next week.

“� e week before the event last year, there had been virtually no sales,

but there were a lot of tickets bought in the last week before the event.

“People love the idea of the pre-sale tickets because they can just walk straight in and not have to queue up.”

Buses will be trans-porting people from Andamooka, Woomera and beyond, while full flights are making the trip in from Adelaide.

Mr French said the committee and volun-teers from within the community had been hard at work getting the track ready to ensure a good day.

“We are on track with

where we want to be,” he said.

“Ticket sales at the moment are ‘steady as she goes’, so come in and buy your tickets now.”

Gold member passes are $160 per person and include free entry, a club cap and all food, beer and wine for the day.

Racegoers can buy a Roxby Downs Racing Club membership for $45 that includes free entry to the Roxby Races and a cap.

Otherwise general admission costs $20 per person, with free entry for children under the age of 18.

Police have been pleased with the behaviour of Outback Cup racegoers in previous years,

and Senior Sergeant Terry Boylan said he hoped the trend would continue this year.

Snr Sgt Boylan urged participants to have a good time but stay safe.

“We have not had any reports in the past couple of years,” he said. “Gener-ally there have been no issues.

“It is particularly good to see people

obeying the drink driving message. “It is pleasing to see large numbers of

people walking or taking advantage of the bus service back into town.

“� en on the Sunday we’re still see-ing a large number of vehicles in the car park at the racecourse.”

Snr Sgt Boylan said Roxby Downs police had a specific operation de-signed for the annual race event.

He said there would be enough po-lice on patrol both during and after the races to handle any situation.

There will be an atmosphere of celebration at the Roxby Downs BHP Billiton Outback Cup this Saturday,

when the event will reach its milestone 21st year.

August 1 is also considered the birthday of all horses in the southern hemisphere and is used as a way of standardising horse-related events. � e Outback Cup is therefore a great way to mark the date.

Adelaide-based entertainers Circus Ele-ments will run workshops from the race-course from 1pm to 4pm as part of Red eAR� Festival celebrations being held at Roxby Downs this month.

Children will also be treated to a range of rides, including a bouncing castle and Supa Slide, and show bags will be supplied by Interacid.

Adding to the excitement will be the fact that Andrew ‘Cosi’ Costello will be in town from tomorrow to fi lm for Channel Nine’s South Aussie with Cosi.

He is also hosting the Metso Calcutta and Roxby Races fashion competition during his visit.

� e Calcutta will kick off Cup festivities at the Roxby Downs Community Club from 7pm on Friday night.

� e Roxby Downs Racing Club committee has arranged a fun-fi lled evening to be held in the � e Club’s courtyard bar area.

It will include cash prizes and the chance to ‘own’ one of the thoroughbreds running in one of the featured races via a raffl e and auction.

� e ‘happy hour’ will include $5 pints from 6pm to 7pm, while Hahn Super Dry pints will

be $6 all night. Food will also be available for purchase from the bar.

No bookings are required – simply show up and enjoy the entertainment on off er.

Saturday’s main event will see gates open at 11am and more than $55,000 in cash prizes up for grabs for the teams racing on the day.

Apart from those choosing to gamble re-sponsibly, attendees will also have a chance to score some cash via the hotly contested fashion competition, which includes a top prize of $800 to the Roxby Hydraulics Ms Outback winner.

� e winner of the Elecmo Services Mr Outback title will take home $250, while sev-eral novelty categories in 2015 include the Best Mullet award sponsored by Southern Cross Cleaning.

� e Ms Outback winner will automatically qualify for the annual Fashion at � e Races State Final at Oaks Day in Adelaide next May.

� e Aggreko/Westanks Gold Members’ Marquee will be the place to be for those wanting a touch of luxury trackside.

The $160 per person package includes entry to the race, a smorgasbord lunch and beer and wine.

Greyhound Australia will provide a free return bus from the Andamooka bottle shop and Richardson Place, Roxby Downs, to the track.

For those not using the bus service, a $5 fee will be charged for the use of the racecourse car park.

No BYO alcohol is allowed at the venue, and local police will be out in force to ensure the public’s safety on the day.

Races to mark 21st in style

‘Trackside Travel’ bus scheduleTimetable to and from the racecourse on Saturday, August 1:ROXBY DOWNSNote: Gold-coin donati ons to the SES wouldbe appreciated.11am to 1.30pm: From Richardson Place.4.30pm to 6pm: Back to the town centre.ANDAMOOKACost: $5 donati on to the CFS and SES.10.30am: From the Andamooka bott le shop.5pm: Back to the bott le shop via Richardson Place.

Sales set for fi nal-week boom

Police hope for safe celebrations

Lauren Dutton, Chloe Pyke, Sam Summerton, Mel Weight and Megan

Crawford at last year’s races.

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Th e company is well known to locals, especially those working at BHP Billiton Olympic Dam, where it produces the induction videos seen by hundreds of em-ployees and contractors yearly.

57 Films also produces the mine’s in-house corporate com-munications.

Director and Producer Paul Ryan has now taken his skills to the track, putting together

scenes of past Roxby Downs Race Days highlighting the country race carnival atmos-phere and attractions.

A ‘vimeo’ will soon be re-leased to allow online sharing of the commercial, but in the meantime locals can view it at Th e Monitor’s Facebook site.

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P resenter Andrew ‘Cosi’ Costello and cre w members

from Channel Nine’s South Aussie with Cosi will visit Roxby Downs from tomorrow to fi lm for the popular travel show.

Cosi is set to tour the BHP Billiton Olympic Dam mine site before hosting the Metso Calcut-ta at � e Club on Friday night.

He will also co-host the Outback Cup fashion competition on Saturday and will be covering the races for his show.

Cosi said he had visited the town on personal trips in the past but this would be his fi rst time attending the Roxby Races.

“It has always interested me, the town of Roxby,” he said.

“(The show has) been meaning to go to the races

for the last four years.“We were all booked in

to go a couple of years ago but we missed the fl ight.”

In a tongue-in-cheek moment, Cosi called him-self “basically the guru when it comes to fashion” before admitting that he was a “shirt and jeans” kind of man.

“I love that the girls get so dressed up for the rac-es… (but) I’ll be wearing the suit I got married in seven years ago,” he said.

“I might spoil Roxby by wearing a diff erent shirt, though.”

As an owner and breed-er of race horses himself, Cosi said he was particu-larly excited to watch the jockeys battle it out for top spot.

“I just love a day at the races,” he said.

“I’m looking forward to getting up there and get-ting amongst it.”

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Andrew ‘Cosi’ Costello will host Friday’s Metso Calcutta at The Club before attending Saturday’s Outback Cup, where he will be fi lming for South Aussie with Cosi.


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� e competition will feature two new age categories – a 17 years and under (sponsored by BlueScope Steel) and a 10 years and under (sponsored by Kalari Pty Ltd).

“We haven’t done it before, so I thought it would be nice,” said Roxby Downs Racing Club committee member Gaylene Crane, who has co-ordinated the competition for the past few years.

Senior Sergeant Terry Boylan and wife Denise will host the fashion competition alongside Andrew ‘Cosi’ Costello, while judges will include local wom-an Karen Russell and � orough-bred Racing SA’s Claire Curry and Michelle Greene.

“A day at the races gives you the opportunity to have fun with accessories like hats and gloves, and I can’t wait to see the looks contestants will create this Sun-day at the Roxby Downs BHP Billiton Outback Cup,” said Ms Greene.

Either this year’s Mr or Ms Outback will be chosen as a rep-resentative at the 2016 Fashions on the Field event in Adelaide.

Racegoers are encouraged to

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Spectators are welcome dur-ing the judging process from about 2pm.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1Special thanks also went to Raine & Horne for pro-

viding the Roxby Central shop space for the festival’s headquarters.

Mrs Young also recognised the locals who con-tributed pieces to the collection, with some of them exhibiting their work for the first time.

“Congratulations for your efforts and the fantastic work that stands before us this evening,” she said.

Locals making their artistic debuts include Darren Herring, who only started drawing and painting about 18 months ago.

Mr Herring has lived in Roxby Downs for nine years and got into drawing while on a cruise.

“I didn’t really know I could do it,” he said. “This has been a saviour.”

Mr Herring found out about the exhibition while checking our Red eARTh HQ and decided to enter the two oil paintings he has created so far.

Also exhibiting for the first time is local woman Julie Addison, who moved to Roxby two months ago.

Mrs Addison told The Monitor she had been pur-suing photography seriously for the past four years, but only recently branched out from portraits into landscapes.

She said Roxby’s “amazing” sunrises and sunsets, diverse birdlife and welcoming people had been an inspiration to her.

“Roxby’s just been a real eye opener to me,” she said.“I like the small-town community and I like the

friendliness.”Meanwhile the Red Earth Festival continues this

week with a range of workshops being held, includ-ing silver jewellery making and knitting today before biscuit cutting and wildlife photography tomorrow.

Mrs Young encouraged locals and visitors to check out the program and make a booking via 8671 0010 or at the Red Earth HQ in Roxby Central.

“The greater the risk we take in trying new things, the greater the reward will be,” she added.

Red eARTh opens with exhibition

Nicholas Cronje with his

Community Art Exhibition

entry.

Angelica Cronje with her artwork.

First-time exhibitor Darren Herring at the roxbylink gallery on Friday night. PHOTOS: Ryneisha Bollard

David Follett answers Brodie’s question

during the ‘Creating

Comic Stories’ workshop on

the weekend.

Owen and Brianna at the braiding workshop.

Wendy Kruger and Karen Taylor enjoying the Red eARTh activities.

Bethany and Ann-Marie

Arthur at the Curdimurka

Street playground.

Thomas Crosby, Dianna Woodward and Isaac, Annika and Bec Hicks

at the playground on Sunday.

Rachael Young and Karen Taylor listen closely as Mary Pulford explains

photopolymer at her workshop.

Paul, Christopher and Matthew Trotta enjoy their lunch at the

Curdimurka Street playground on Sunday. PHOTOS: Kristen Dwyer

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OUT ABOUT&WRITTEN BYRYNEISHA BOLLARD

Locals took to the roxbylink auditorium stage to brave the infl uence of visiting hypnotist Isaac Lomman on Friday and

Saturday night.Laughter resonated throughout the venue

as those on stage acted out a range of sug-gestions designed to entertain the audience.

Lomman told � e Monitor numbers had been down on the Friday but both nights had been successful.

“We had a good amount of fun and great volunteers on stage,” he said.

“� e beautiful thing about what I do is there are always surprises and people just take hyp-nosis and suggestions very diff erently.

“I think that’s what is the magic of a hypno-sis show is that it’s never fully pre-planned.”

Lomman said he enjoyed mixing up the suggestions, which varied from one night to the next.

“A lot of them are just tried and true hyp-nosis suggestions that have been around for centuries and other times I’ll just be sitting there doing or watching something and I’ll go ‘hey that might be kind of funny in the show’,” he said.

A highlight of Saturday night’s show was when one of the locals on stage refused to

perform most of Lomman’s suggestions.“What happened with her was she was just

really enjoying the state of hypnosis,” he said.“It’s hard to fault her on that because it is

a wonderful sensation, so she just wanted to stay in that.

“It’s happened to me very rarely… but sometimes I think life gets pretty crazy and sometimes you want that little extra break when you can.”

Lomman said he enjoyed regional perfor-mances because of the close relationships between the people on stage and those in the audience.

“I think the best thing about these shows is that most of these people being in a close-

knit community knew who were on stage and knew what their personalities were like,” he said.

“When they see them on stage doing some pretty outrageous stuff , that is a special kind of show for the people in the audience.

“I also try to involve the audience as much as possible by getting up close and personal, and also using the audience and their natural noises to enhance the experiences of the peo-ple on stage as well…

“� ese kinds of interweaving stories I can’t plan for, and it makes it so much funnier.

“I’ve really enjoyed my stay in Roxby. It’s been quite nice to see the way it’s all set up and the community vibe is really cool to see.”

Hypnotised locals provide laughs

Enjoying the hypnosis show on Saturday night were Lauren Herring (back, left), Amanda

Bremner, Amy Turley (front, left), Laura Johnson, Ashley O’Hara and Leah Anastasopoulos.

Rein Geraghty (left) was among those hypnotised on the weekend.

He is pictured with Ange Lamb and Karen and Matt Daddow.

Rhayanee and Kiralee Teau at Isaac Lomman’s comedy performance.

Amanda and Shane

Mills.

Mandy and Dave Masters at the roxbylink auditorium

on Saturday night.

Glenys Wickins and Daniel

Moriarty

Brodie, Brock and Scott Gaskin ready for dinner at Oasis on Friday night. Joanna and Alex Runge

at the launch of Oasis Restaurant’s new menu.

PHOTOS: Kristen Dwyer


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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 – 5pm

All inquiries 8671 1154

Opening hours 9am to 5pm

Monday - Friday9am to 12 noon Saturdays

Telephone 8671 0500Email: [email protected]

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

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MH17 anniversary recognised

Roxby Council f lew its f lags in Richardson Place at half-mast on Friday, July 17, as a mark of respect

and mourning on the fi rst anniversary of the downing of Flight MH17.

Water and power bills due

A reminder that water and power quarterly rates notices have been distributed and are due for payment

by August 15. Auditorium heating completed

Heating works have now been com-pleted in the roxbylink auditorium and cafe. � e works (a carryover from

the 2014/15 Budget) were undertaken by an external specialist, with local contractors assisting with some works as required. � e new heating has ensured a much more comfortable winter temperature for users of these facilities.

Roxby Council staff and contractors gathered last week for the unveiling of

a memorial plaque in honour of former Council electrical manager David Hallett.

Dave was a much-loved and valued friend and colleague for 25 years.

He passed away suddenly in April.

� e plaque has been placed on the generator in � e Club’s car park, which is a back-up for the leisure centre and the last major project Dave worked on.

Dave is fondly remembered and missed by everyone at Roxby Council.

Lids off for recycling! K erbside rec ycl ing

bins continue to be regularly audited in

Roxby Downs. � e majority of the community are doing a fantastic job at providing wonderful, clean recycling – however, there is still room for improvement.

For the month of June, ap-proximately one third of our recycling ended up in landfi ll and two thirds made its way to the Material Recovery Facility in Adelaide.

� e ideal outcome is for 100 per cent of Roxby’s kerbside recycling to be clean with no contamination so that all of our recyclable waste can be sorted and utilised to produce new products.

For this to happen we need to be conscious of the materials that we put in our yellow-lidded recycling bins.

Common culprits for con-tamination include soft plas-tics such as plastic bags, cling wrap and bubble wrap.

� ese cannot be recycled at the Material Recovery Facili-ty as they are diffi cult to sort from other materials, and can get caught in the machinery and bring the entire sorting process to a sudden stop.

Newspapers wrapped in plastic also cause issues, as the paper cannot be recycled while it is covered in plastic.

Council auditors have also noticed that lids and bottle

caps are regularly left on bot-tles and cartons. � is means that the bottle is more likely to have liquid left inside, which adds extra weight and the automatic sorting machines cannot process the plastic properly.

Leaving the tops on the bottles also means there is air trapped inside which can cause the bottle to pop back, resulting in the recycling bales falling apart and having to be re-baled.

To ensure that you do the right thing, simply remove the lid and place it inside the con-tainer, and then squeeze the opening to ensure the lid can-not fall out. � is will make the recycling process much easier when it gets to the Materials Recovery Facility.

Similarly, please remember to take the lids off glass jars, rinse the jars and place them into the recycling bin separately.

Roxby Council praises Rox-by Downs community mem-bers on their recycling eff orts, and encourages anyone that is unsure about what to put in their yellow-lidded recycling bin to refer to the guide on the back of the bin collection calendar.

The bin collection calen-dar is available for download at www.roxbydowns.com or you can pick up a hard copy at Roxby Council.

David Hallett memorial site established

Roxby Council paid tribute to the late David

Hallett on Friday.

A memorial plaque has been installed at the leisure centre’s back-up generator, which was Mr Hallett’s last project before passing away earlier this year.

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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:

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Roxby Downs SA 5725Mobile: 0418 833 818


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Mary Lewis • Brett McNeilBill Boehm • Nidya Iwan • Di Stanton

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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 FORUMRED EARTH FESTIVAL MEETING

Rachel Young 0428 671 000Thursday, July 30 @ 7pm

Red Earth HQ

BUSINESS FORUMTuesday, August 11 @ 6.15pm

Venue TBC

COMMUNITY GARDENThursday, August 13 @ 6.30pm

Council Boardroom

ENVIRONMENT FORUMAnni Walsh 0448 168 167Thursday, August 6 @ 5.30pm

Council Boardroom

ROXBY ROADSAFE MEETINGMichelle Hales 0418 833 818

Tuesday, August 11 @ 7pmCouncil Boardroom

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H o n o u r i n g f a m i l y members who have died from cancer was one

of Monitor journalist Patrick Glover’s main motivations for taking on the Dry July challenge.

Mr Glover lost his nanna to cancer at the end of 2014, and his father lost a sister to the disease many years ago.

He is raising money for the Flinders Medical Centre, which includes a specialised cancer clinic.

“It was a good opportunity to do it in memory of my nanna but also to raise money to try to help out with cancer treatment,” he said.

Mr Glover, who plays for Olym-pic Dam Football Club, said tak-ing a month off from consuming alcohol had helped him get more out of his training and exercise.

He said participating in Dry July had also allowed him to raise awareness among his peers about drinking responsibly.

“I think it shows you can still go out and enjoy yourself on a Saturday night and not have to drink,” he said.

“� e footy boys have been get-ting into me a little about it, but

at the end of the day most people are pretty understanding.”

Mr Glover said he had appre-ciated the donations and other support he had received from friends and family.

He said sticking to the Dry July pledge had been fairly easy – however, after receiving the coach’s award for the Parting-ton-Zeptner memorial game recently, he couldn’t resist the chance to be shouted free drinks and bought himself a ‘golden tick-et’ for the night.

“I do feel a little bit bad about breaking it, but it’s not every day you win the coach’s award,” he said.

Mr Glover said he had been paying close attention to the fundraising eff orts of fellow local Dry July participants Terry Boy-lan, Ross Wilson and Kelly Wise.

“We’re always kind of compar-ing how much we’ve raised,” he said.

“It’s just a little bit of friendly competition.”

Mr Glover encouraged anyone who was yet to donate to do so via his Dry July account (https://au.dryjuly.com/profile/patrick-glover).

Wild Filming Friday, 31st July 4 – 7pmArid Recovery, $30 pp

Make a Pom Pom Animal Sunday, 2nd AugustHQ, $12 pp

Beaded Bracelet Friday, 31st July 7-9pmHQ, $25 pp

Make a 3D Paper Flower Box Sunday, 2nd AugustHQ, $10 pp

Check out the Headquarters in Roxby Central for more

information and to make your bookings.

The Arts and Culture Forum would like to thank Roxby

Council for allowing it to ‘yarn bomb’ the walkway in the

main street in celebration of Red eARTh Festival 2015!

Th e C o m m u n i t y Garden has recently constructed two raised

garden beds that have been planted with fruits, vegetables and herbs.

� ese raised garden beds are special wicking beds and are designed to draw water up from a reservoir below the soil, ‘wicking’ water di-rectly to the plants’ roots.

Wicking beds are a great water-wise gardening alter-native especially suited to the arid climate of Roxby Downs. � ey can easily be constructed from any kind of container and require min-imal water to produce lush vegetation.

� e Community Garden will be constructing two

more wicking beds on Fri-day, July 31, and community members are invited to come along and help.

Meet at the Community Garden (corner of Alberrie Street, Pioneer Drive and Mulgaria Crescent) at 3pm wearing a hat and sturdy shoes. If you have a shov-el you may also bring that along.

� e Community Garden committee meets on every second Thursday of the month, and upcoming meet-ing dates are always listed on the Community Board page in � e Monitor.

For more information on the Community Garden and how you can get involved, contact Anni Walsh at Roxby Council on 8671 0010.

Terry BoylanRaised: $670.00

Supporting Cancer Council SA

KELLY WISE

Golden Tickets Purchased: 0

Raised: $280.00Golden Tickets Purchased: 0

Supporting Dry July Foundation

PATRICK GLOVERRaised: $155.00

Golden Tickets Purchased: 0Flinders Medical Centre

ROSS WILSONRaised: $30.00

Supporting Cancer Council SAGolden Tickets Purchased: 0

Family focus for Dry July

Wicking bed working bee

RIGHT: One of the

wicking beds

already installed

at the Community

Garden.

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Local young gun Taj Gow-Smith rode solidly on the weekend to place third overall in the

10-U12 65cc and second overall in the 10-U12 85cc divisions at the third round of the South Australian Motocross Titles on the weekend.

Consistency is the key for 10-year-old Gow-Smith, who placed second in both respective classes in the fi rst two rounds of the titles earlier this year.His father Clint Gow-Smith said the pressure was heightened on the week-

end with some strong competition fi l-tering in from interstate.

“It’s relatively rare for the South Australian titles to attract such tal-ented kids from interstate, but it cer-tainly added to an already dynamic day, lifting the already high standard of racing,” he said.

Refl ecting on his results, Taj said the track was fast but got steadily rougher as the day went on.

“I didn’t get the starts I wanted on the day, but I was still really happy with my results,” he said.

“There’s plenty of room for im-provement before the next state round, but at the same time it was

exciting to race against some of the fast kids from interstate to see how I stack up.”

Also representing the Roxby con-tingent were seniors Trent Smits and Andrew Swannson.

At time of print the updat-ed results were unavai lable .� e next round of the state titles will be the fourth of fi ve and will be held at Renmark on Saturday, August 15.

Solid round for Roxby’s motocross ‘young gun’


The Roxby Academy of Dance (RAD) had its most successful CanDance Australia competition after placing

in 13 out of 19 entries recently. RAD director Lana Chamberlain said she

was proud of the students – Millie Clarke, Hayley Lamb, Lucy Chamberlain and Chloe Turley – who competed.

“� ey did a really great job,” she said.“� is is one of the toughest competitions

of the year, and to have the girls place 13 times I am really pleased.”

The competition was held over three weeks at the Golden Grove Ar ts Centre and at Prince Alfred College.

Miss Lana said this year’s event was one of the biggest ever, with a large number of dance schools attending and nearly 50 en-trants in each category.

Lucy and Chloe came fi rst in their jazz

duo competition, which Lucy followed up with a first place in her solo jazz performance.

Hayley fi nished third in her hip hop solo division, while the rest of the honours were highly commended awards (fourth place) spread among the four dancers.

“In the last two years we’ve gone and just been happy to get highly recommended awards, but this year we have been pushing for medals,” Miss Lana said.

“We are still shocked when we win some-thing because of what we have going against us – for example, no studio – and we still keep up with the others.”

All of the dancers were competing in higher age groups this year – a feat which Miss Lana said made their eff orts even more amazing.

“I am really, really proud of them,” she said.

“� ey have all grown over the past four years, and I look forward to watching them continue to grow in the future.”

RIGHT: Taj Gow-Smith with his trophy from the third round of the

SA Motocross Titles at Keith on the weekend. PHOTO: Supplied

Best-ever result for dancers

Hayley Lamb with her third place award for her hip hop solo at the recent

CanDance Australia competition.

Lucy and Chloe with their fi rst place awards for their jazz duo routine. PHOTOS: RAD Facebook page

ABOVE, FROM LEFT: Max Vugts raced in the Rookies class; Zach Wilson placed fi rst in the Juniors event; Rookies racer Lucy Ramsey makes a turn. PHOTOS: Kristen Dwyer

Desert Dirt Kart Club points meeting on Saturday, July 25

Saturday, June 20, 2015UNDER 12s

Dragons 4 drew with Roos 4Dragons: Ahura Husseini 2, Max

Masters 2. Roos: Jess Smith 1, Andrej Vucatic 2, Marterj Vukatic 1.

Strikers 9 d Eagles 2 Strikers: Owen Mulady 3, Agatino D’Arrigo 4, Mikey D’Arrigo 1. Own

goals: 1. Eagles: Takunda Takaidza 2.

UNDER 6sBilbies 6 def Joeys 1

Joeys: Tommy Copeland 1. Bilbies: Archie Faulkner 3, Felix Letters 1.

Own goals: 2.

Roxby Downs Junior Soccer Around the groundsAround the groundsAround the grounds

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Archie Faulkner swings his leg

back for a kick.

Under 6 player Felix Letters takes the ball with back-up from teammates

Ryder O’Loughlin and Logan Neilson.

Charlie Copeland in

action during his soccer match

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Roxby DownsGolf AssociationWEIR MINERALS OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, July 25, 2015 NAME SCOREA GRADE STROKE WINNER SEB GRIGGS 108 A GRADE STROKE R/UP NEVILLE PETHERICK 123B GRADE STROKE WINNER JOHN LACHMUND 134 P/OFFB GRADE STROKE R/UP TIM CZYDEL 134C GRADE STROKE WINNER TONY FORREST 141 C GRADE STROKE R/UP MATT BAKER 148LADIES STROKE WINNER KATE McDONALD 105 LADIES STROKE R/UP ANN SHIELDS 107JUNIOR STROKE WINNER MICHAEL DILLON 162 JUNIOR STROKE R/UP NIL NILA GRADE NETT WINNER GLEN MUNGUR 112 C/B A GRADE NETT R/UP CRAIG NICHOLS 112B GRADE NETT WINNER MICHAEL HOFFMANN 109 B GRADE NETT R/UP JAMES MITCHELL 111.5 C/BC GRADE NETT WINNER RENE AYALA 112 C GRADE NETT R/UP STEVE OLDS 112.5LADIES NETT WINNER FEE BILNEY 81 LADIES NETT R/UP ANDREA FREETH 89A GRADE BEST 18 HOLE NETT SEB GRIGGS 65B GRADE BEST 18 HOLE NETT TIM CZYDEL 69C GRADE BEST 18 HOLE NETT TONY FORREST 67A GRADE BEST 9 HOLE NETT SEB GRIGGS 32.5B GRADE BEST 9 HOLE NETT MICHAEL HOFFMANN 31C GRADE BEST 9 HOLE NETT STEVE OLDS 32.5LD NOVELTY SAT A 9 SEB GRIGGSLD NOVELTY SAT B 9 TIM CZYDELLD NOVELTY SAT C 9 MATT BAKERLD NOVELTY SAT L 9 KATE McDONALDNTP NOVELTY SAT A 4 SEB GRIGGSNTP NOVELTY SAT B 4 IAN GRILLETTNTP NOVELTY SAT C 4 STEVE OLDSNTP NOVELTY SAT L 4 KATE McDONALD LD NOVELTY SAT A 18 CLINT HEALEYLD NOVELTY SAT B 18 JAMES MITCHELLLD NOVELTY SAT C 18 TONY FORRESTLD NOVELTY SAT L 18 ANDREA FREETHNTP NOVELTY SAT A 11 SEB GRIGGSNTP NOVELTY SAT B 11 IAN GRILLETTNTP NOVELTY SAT C 11 RENE AYALANTP NOVELTY SAT L 11 NIL


Four local junior footballers competed as part of West Adelaide Football Club’s (WAFC’s) under

15 country team at the SANFL country championships recently.

A further six under 13s and one under 14 player participated in the WAFC’s elite development program (EDP).

“We are very lucky to have such a good working relationship with West Adelaide,” said Roxby Downs Junior Football Asso-ciation (RDJFA) president Rein Geraghty.

“� e support we get through these pro-grams is great.”

Malachy Lynch, Brodie Daddow, Bailey French and Jack Dalgleish were the four to compete in the under 15 country carnival.

While their team’s results were less than ideal, Geraghty said all of them feature d in the side’s best for the carnival.

West Adelaide country coach Jason Porp-lyzia said the young players showed great promise and had bright futures ahead of them.

“All four got a fair bit of the footy throughout the carnival,” he told � e Mon-itor. “It takes a lot of hard work to get up to SANFL standards, but if they continue to put in the hard yards they have got it all ahead of them.

“� ey all have a lot of talent in their own ways and have a lot to off er, but now it is up to them how much they want it.

“If they continue to progress they will eventually have to make the future deci-sion of travelling down to be a part of West Adelaide.”

� e boys had similar roles across half back, through the midfi eld and some time up forward, and Porplyzia said he was im-pressed with diff erent areas of each player’s game.

He said he liked Malachy’s speed and abil-ity to win his own ball, while Bailey showed he had an impressive marking ability.

Jack, Porplyzia said, showed good de-cision making and looked comfortable at an under 15 level, while Brodie showed his courage by throwing his big frame around.

Porplyzia said WAFC football manager

Andrew Marks had done an excellent job with the Roxby Downs zone, and they both looked forward to the club’s visit to the town in a few weeks’ time.

Lachlaun Geraghty, Bailey Chamberlain, Mitchell Natt, Haze Wellgreen, Jayden Jones and Caleb Kemenyvary were the six who attended the under 13 EDP, while Jack Van Kruyssen was the single representative for the under 14s.

Geraghty said all boys enjoyed their time with the program and received good reports from the coaches.

Juniors impress again in Adelaide

ABOVE: The six locals who attended the under 13 elite development

program were Caleb Kemenyvary, Lachlaun Geraghty, Mitchell

Natt, Haze Wellgreen, Jayden Jones and Bailey Chamberlain.

LEFT: The four locals selected for the West Adelaide under 15 country side were Brodie Daddow, Malachy Lynch, Bailey French and Jack Dalgleish. PHOTOS: Supplied

F riday night saw a small number of spectators out to support the Roxby Downs Netball Association’s senior

games.Roxby Miners A grade players had a strong

win against Hornridge, 65-33. � e score line failed to refl ect the hard work

of Hornridge’s Jemma Howe and Dearne Ma-son.

� e Miners took the lead into the fi rst quar-ter break at 19-10.

A dominant second quarter saw Hannah Wurfel and Georgia Mandemaker (Miners) prevent Hornridge from gaining scoring op-portunities and increasing their team’s lead to 35-16.

Hornridge goal keeper Fiona Hooper forced Miners powerhouse Joice Takaidza to work hard in the ring to gain possession of the ball.

The Miners continued to dominate the game with a 25-goal lead at the third quarter break, 51-26.

Even though Hornridge made some posi-tional changes in the fourth quarter, it failed to put a dent in the Miners’ armour.

Olympic Dam A graders defeated East Rox-by by 23 goals, 55-32.

OD came out strong in the fi rst quarter to take the lead by eight goals, 12-4.

East Roxby’s defenders were unable to over-come the towering height and accuracy of OD shooter Nicole Gregory.

OD had increased its lead to nine goals at half time, 24-15.

Hayley Smith and Chrislene Swart (OD) created a strong defence line against East Rox-by’s attackers, creating turnovers and forcing them to work hard for the ball.

OD came out hard in the second half to dominate the score line in the third quarter with a 17-goal lead, 39-22.

A notable mention must go to East Rox-by goal attack Melissa Mulders, who worked hard and showed fi nesse and accuracy with her long shots.

Olympic Dam’s B grade side overcame East Roxby, 45-40.

East Roxby goal keeper Alex Nedelkovic went off in the last minutes of the second quarter with an ankle injury and was unable to return to the court. � is saw returning player

Kelly Harris take to the court for the fi rst time since week one of the season.

Emily O’Sullivan played a strong and con-sistent game for the Devils in centre, and OD came out strong in the fi nal quarter to take the game by fi ve goals.

Roxby Miners B grade defeated Hornridge, 45-18.

Miners goal attack Emma Neilson played a fast and accurate game against a hard-working Renee Johnson (Hornridge) in goal defence.

Positional changes at half time saw the Min-ers come out strong to increase their lead to 13 goals in the third quarter, 28-15.

Miners goal shooter Erika Syvertsen creat-ed scoring opportunities against Hornridge’s strong defender Mel Haynes.

Roxby Miners Red’s C grade players defeat-ed East Roxby, 40-29.

� e Miners came out strong with Sophie Reid working hard in goal attack.

East Roxby centre Carmen Simms worked hard against strong Miners Red centre Kelly Weston.

An interclub clash saw Olympic Dam Yellow C grade defeat Olympic Dam Green, 46-26.

OD Yellow defenders Chloe Reid and Sien-na Brougham worked hard to restrict the OD Green attackers.

After a close fi rst half, OD Yellow found its stride to take the game by 20 goals.

Roxby Miners White C graders continued their winning streak in their defeat of Horn-ridge, 53-25.

� e score line did not represent the com-petitive nature of the game, with both teams showing strong skills and using their court for their advantage.

Miners White had taken a seven-goal lead at the half time break, with Millie Cordy and Hayley Wurfel working the ring well.

Miners White’s Megan Herring worked hard with lots of intercepts in wing defence.

A notable mention must go to Hornridge’s Susie Smith, who dominated the court in all of the positions she played.

A gra ders earn convincing wins

VERITY CASSERLYNETBALL REPORTER

Molly Sobey (Bullets) gets a pass away during her side’s under 9 netball game on Saturday.

Hornridge goal attack Jemma Howe takes a shot while

under pressure from Hannah Wurfel (Miners) on Friday night.

PHOTOS: Kristen Dwyer

Damian Condon prepares to tee off at the fi rst hole. PHOTOS: Ryneisha Bollard

Ben Haines tees off at the 10th hole.

Hayden Shields completes a swing during Saturday’s championship round.

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Roxby Downs Junior Football League

Senior ColtsBulldogs 7.8 (50)Hawks 6.13 (49)Bulldogs best players: K. Dadleh, C. Taylor, C. Hales, W. Steer, E. Taylor. Goal scorers: M. Lamb 2, C. Taylor, K. Dadleh, C. Blieschke, L. Baker, C. Hales 1.Hawks best players: K. Gates, B. French, J. Van Kruyssen, T. Odg-ers, B. Daddow. Goal scorers: C. Seery 2, B. French, K. Gates, J. McCarthy, J. Van Kruyssen 1.

Junior ColtsHawks 8.9 (57)Bulldogs 5.4 (34)Hawks best players: S. Parks, G. Clarke, O. Mulady, Z. Annand, B. Chamberlain. Goal scorers: O. Mulady, S. Parks, B. Chamberlain 2, Z. Annand, M. Natt 1.Bulldogs best players: J. Evans, H. Wellgreen, L. Geraghty, H. Turner, C. Kemenyvary. Goal scorers: C. Kemenyvary 2, J. Jones, Z. Noll, M. Steer 1.

Under 10sHawks best players: J. Scott, J. Grigg, T. Baiton, X. Curr, D. Rynne.Bulldogs best players: D. Higginson, D. Arnott, I. Howse, L. Bird, J. Johnson.

ROUND 7 - July 25, 2015

PREMIERSHIP TABLE

TOP 6 GOAL KICKERSName Club This round TotalTodd Paull East Roxby 1 35Sean McIvor Roxby Districts 0 26Troy Maulders East Roxby 1 22Ashley Baxter Hornridge 0 17Joel Harman Hornridge 0 15Terry Clancy East Roxby 1 15

Far North Football League

ROUND 14 - July 25, 2015A GRADE

East Roxby 1.2 2.6 4.12 6.14 (50)Hornridge 2.3 2.3 6.10 6.10 (46)East Roxby goal scorers: P. Ross, B. Daddow, T. Clancy, T. Mulders, B. French, T. Paull.East Roxby best players: R. Simms, C. Faulkner, C. Millard, S. Orr, G. Dingwall.Hornridge goal scorers: T. Grosser 2, N. Paige 2, J. McCarthy, L. Webb.Hornridge best players: T. Price, A. Baxter, S. Schwartz, T. Milner,

L. Webb.Coober Pedy forfeited to Roxby Districts.

P W L D F A % PtsRoxby Districts 10 9 1 0 1201 450 266.89 40Olympic Dam 11 8 3 0 843 642 131.31 32East Roxby 11 6 5 0 991 875 113.26 24Hornridge 11 3 8 0 717 860 83.37 12Coober Pedy 11 1 10 0 542 1467 36.95 4

C. MillardC. FaulknerT. Mulder

NAME CLUB VOTES

1 Michael Shaw Olympic Dam 12

2 Ashley Baxter Hornridge 11

3 Cam Faulkner East Roxby 11

4 Clayton Millard East Roxby 10

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S. KingT. Milner

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Results from FNFL Round 14

Footballer of the Year Leaderboard after Round 14

VOTES

321

BYEC. Millard

CURRENT LEADER

MichaelShaw

The East Roxby Roos took on the Hornridge Magpies in what turned out to be the only fixture of the

weekend after Coober Pedy forfeited the later game against Roxby Districts.

In their last meeting the Magpies came up winners in a close game, but after Horn-ridge became Coober Pedy’s fi rst victim last week and East Roxby defeated the Miners in their last outing, the Roos were looking to turn the tables.

� e match started out as a real battle of the backlines, with many attacking moves from both sides, but the footy kept re-bounding – particularly from the centre half back.

� ere appeared to be a lot of blind kicks from both sides as the ball was turned over on a regular basis.

It was well into the fi rst quarter before Brodie Daddow managed to fi nd a way clear to post the fi rst major for East Roxby at the southern end.

There was an immediate reply from Hornridge thanks to skipper Trent Grosser, and a costly mistake from the Roos created a 50m penalty and saw Luke Webb score the Magpies’ second after the siren.

Cam Faulkner was very active for the Roos while Eli Taylor and Ashley Baxter were getting plenty of the ball for Hornridge.

� e fi rst break saw Hornridge 2.2 (14) leading East Roxby 1.1 (7).

� e only down point for Hornridge from the fi rst quarter was an ankle injury to Sam Caputo, who did not return to the fi eld.

� e game appeared to lack real urgency when play resumed in the second quarter,

with both sides rolling through the mo-tions but unable to hit the scoreboard in a low-scoring aff air.

� ere were multiple attempts on goals, but players kicking from outside their range and taking blind snaps resulted in behinds.

� e only major for the quarter saw a good short pass out of the centre fi nd Troy Mulders (East Roxby), who went back and kicked his fi rst.

� e second quarter also saw the injury list continue to grow for Hornridge with Ashley Webster leaving the ground with a leg injury.

No one appeared to dominate for either side, with a lot of players bobbing up now and then and some of the better, more con-sistent eff orts coming from Nigel Tutthill and Clayton Millard.

By the main break East Roxby had wres-tled back the lead to go in three points up at half time.

� e start of the third quarter saw a bet-ter approach from the sides, with Atticus Dekuyer shooting in a good pass to Peter Ross for an early Roos goal.

But this was a rarity again in the third as continued blind kicking and snaps resulted in 11 behinds between the teams.

Eventually Hornridge youngster Jhy Mc-Carthy took a strong mark in range and kicked straight to give the Magpies their fi rst of the second half.

However, East Roxby replied soon after with a running goal from Bailey French.

� ree quarter time saw East Roxby still leading 4.12 (36) against Hornridge 3.8 (26).

Again there was no dominance from an-yone in particular but there were patches from Glenn Dingwall, Bradley Dodman, Tutthill and Nathan Paige.

� e intensity of the game lifted in the fi nal quarter, with both teams eager to take home the points.

� e tackling intensifi ed and the speed of the game appeared to lift, giving the specta-tors some encouragement of a good fi nish.

A second major from Grosser and a run-ning goal from Paige saw the Magpies draw even with the Roos and the tempo lift even further.

East Roxby found a response when league-leading goal kicker Todd Paull stepped up for his fi rst of the day after all of his earlier attempts had resulted in behinds.

Terry Clancy bobbed up moments later to snag his fi rst and give the Roos enough breathing space to hang on for a four-point win – the fi nal scores being East Roxby 6.14 (50) to Hornridge 6.10 (46).

Best for East Roxby was Rhett Simms, Faulkner, Millard, Stuart Orr and Dingwall, who were all single goal kickers.

For Hronridge Tyrone Price, Baxter, Simon Schwartz, Tim Milner and Webb were the best, with Grosser and Paige, who snagged two each, the only multiple goal kickers on the ground.

All teams have a bye this weekend be-cause of the Roxby Races before the minor round concludes with East Roxby taking on Olympic Dam and a rematch of last year’s grand fi nal – Hornridge vs Roxby Districts.

Roos get their revenge

Hornridge: A good and close, hard game -

Ashley Baxter

East Roxby: Good win. I’d like to recognise

the efforts of the kids running the boundary;

they do a good job - Cam Faulkner

ABOVE: East Roxby’s Atticus Dekuyer gets a kick away depsite pressure from Hornridge’s Carlos Taylor and

Nigel Tutthill during their FNFL clash on Saturday. PHOTOS: Kristen Dwyer

BELOW: Cam Faulkner (East Roxby) takes off after the ball as Trent

Grosser (Hornridge) and Atticus Dekuyer (East Roxby) look on.

RIGHT: Nathan Paige kicked two goals for Hornridge

on the weekend.

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Kart club revs up for champsThe Desert Dirt Kart Club held a points

meeting at the Roxby Downs track on Saturday ahead of next month’s

championships.Nine competitors collected points towards

the junior and KT titles.� e day saw only a few mechanical issues

that were easily fi xed, and no one missed a race.

Next month’s kart club championships will be held at the track on Saturday, August 8.

RESULTSJunior Class: 1. Zach Wilson 80. 2. Lachlan

Vugts 69. 3. � omas Frankish 64. KT Open Class: 1. Heath Mynhart 80. 2.

Michael Vugts 68. 3. Leigh Frankish 45.Rookies (demonstration only): Max

Vugts, Lucy Ramsey.PAGE 17 More photos from the meet

East Roxby gets its revenge on the Magpies

PAGE 19

Junior football stars impress

in Adelaide PAGE 18

Our ‘young gun’ has solid state round at Keith

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