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Ross Orr, Kirk Kirvan, Cam Faulkner, Kirsten Falt, Mel O’Donnell and Julian Blackwell will all be taking part in Dry July as part of Roxby’s H2O Heroes team. PHOTO: Patrick Glover

Broadfoot seeks colour in Grey

WRITTEN BYPATRICK GLOVER

A group of 18 locals will make up Roxby’s H2O Heroes team and take on Dry July next month.

� e Roxby Downs Alcohol and Substance Abuse Forum put the group together.

Participants will give up alcohol for the month to raise money for people aff ected by cancer.

“Dry July raises money to ease the burden and reduce the stress that comes with a cancer diagnosis and add a bit of comfort for those af-fected by cancer,” said Alcohol and Substance Abuse Forum member Kirsten Falt.

“It helps to provide things that may not be front of mind following a cancer diagnosis, such as assistance with getting to and from an appointment, somewhere to stay near the hospital, Wi-Fi access and mobile phone chargers.

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WRITTEN BY RYNEISHA BOLLARD

C a n d i d a t e f o r G r e y Andrea Broadfoot visited Andamooka and Roxby

Downs last week ahead of this Saturday’s Federal Election.

Representing the Nick Xenophon Team, Ms Broadfoot’s appearances included a public gathering organ-ised by the Business Forum at Oasis Restaurant last � ursday.

Ms Broadfoot, of Port Lincoln, is an independent consultant specialising in project development, co-ordination and management. She is also a City of Port Lincoln councillor.

� e Grey candidate highlighted the Nick Xenophon Team’s three key platforms to attendees of last � urs-day’s meeting.

Ms Broadfoot said these were predatory gambling and its eff ects on communities; transparency and accountability for corporations and governments and creating jobs by protecting Australian businesses.

“It’s about making sure we’re mak-ing a level playing fi eld,” she said.

“We need to build the capacity for Australian businesses to be able to bid for work and collaborate on that.”

Beyond these three platforms, Ms Broadfoot said the Nick Xenophon Team had a range of principles that could be viewed on its website.

“Really we’re just after some pro-ductive results,” she said.

If elected, Ms Broadfoot said she would take a collaborative approach to meeting the needs of communities.

When asked what she saw as BHP Billiton’s place in South Australia, Ms Broadfoot said Olympic Dam had been one of the state’s major employ-ers for more than two decades.

Meeting attendees discussed BHP Billiton’s relationship with Roxby Downs at length before Ms Broad-foot came back to her overall vision for the Grey electorate.

“We’ve got two shades of Grey and we’re putting colour back into it,” she said. “On the big issues we need to have a vision for Australia that we all agree on.”

Ms Broadfoot said she would seek

to identify the shared needs of the Grey electorate.

She said mandatory rehabilita-tion was one of the options the Nick Xenophon Team was considering to address drug abuse, which was often more prevalent in regional areas.

“� ere are a lot of conversations that Australia needs to have, and we’re up for them,” she said.

Ms Broadfoot’s visit followed Lib-eral Member for Grey Rowan Ram-sey’s appearance earlier this month.

It was also made ahead of Labor candidate Scott Martin travelling to Roxby Downs for a public meeting last Monday night.

� e Monitor was unable to provide coverage of Mr Martin’s visit in this week’s edition because of its Monday afternoon print deadline.

Meanwhile the other candidates running for the seat of Grey are Phil-lip Gourlay (Independent), Cheryl Kaminski (Family First) and Jillian Marsh (Greens).

Local polling booths include the Roxby Downs Christian Community Church (RDCCC), Andamooka Com-munity Hall, Woomera Youth Cen-tre, Leigh Creek Area School, TAFE SA Port Augusta Campus and TAFE SA Coober Pedy Campus. All will be open from 8am to 6pm this Saturday.

A pre-polling booth will be held at the RDCCC from 4pm to 8.30pm today and tomorrow and from 4pm to 6pm on Friday for those unable to attend on the weekend.

The Nick Xenophon Team’s candidate for Grey, Andrea Broadfoot (centre), with attendees of a public meeting at Oasis Restaurant last week ahead of this Saturday’s Federal Election. PHOTO: Ryneisha Bollard

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R epairs are under way on the Woomera Bowling Alley to fi x the three broken lanes at the popular tourist attraction.

� e other three lanes are now open to the public after being closed for the past few months in light of concerns that using them would cause further damage.

Parts came from Sydney and arrived in Woomera last Friday, when two bowling equipment mechanics travelled up from to begin repairs.

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A fter fi ve years of managing her own business,

Mel Rigden has joined the Monitor team as its new accounts and sales assistant.

Mrs Rigden is fi lling in for Mikaela Wed-ding, who is on mater-nity leave.

Having managed and run Roxby Earthmov-ing and Roxby Pavers & Landscaping for fi ve years, Mrs Rigden said she already had the skills necessary for her new role at � e Mon-itor.

“I already have the knowledge of fi nance and sales and know the workings of a business,” she said.

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at my business, so here I am just looking for a bit of extra experience.”

Mrs Rigden start-ed at � e Monitor on May 11 and said she had e njoyed learning a few diff erent things in her new role, including how the newspaper is put together.

She said she was learning to juggle her roles at The Monitor and her business while also maintaining a work/life balance.

“It keeps me busy,” she said. “My other work was getting a little quiet, so I was looking for a little extra casual work and this allowed me to do both.”

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The Monitor welcomes Joanne Dillon as a new page three feature named Jo’s Corner,

which will be presented on a weekly basis.

Smartline Mortgage Broker Joanne Dillon is passionate about Roxby Downs, having lived here for 27 years, and is keen to deliver fi nancial solutions to locals.

With over 25 years of fi nance ex-perience, she can assist you with all your Home Lending and Invest-ment needs, off ering unbiased ad-vice across a selection of 26 diff erent lenders.

� e benefi t of her service is she visits you within the comfort of your own home with face-to-face person-alised meetings at times convenient to you – even outside business hours.

Ms Dillon said she aimed to build a strong relationship with her clients and continue to service them no mat-ter where they lived or worked in the future.

After three years in business, her services expanded earlier this year via a partnership with House and Land SA’s Jeff Goodwin.

Ms Dillon said many Roxby Downs residents were looking for invest-ment properties but were unable to fi nd the right property because of distance and time constraints.

She said locals “shouldn’t have to miss out on prime investment op-portunities because of their location”, which was why Mr Goodwin has joined the team.

Smartline Roxby Downs and part-ners have a wide range of services

from Budget Strategy and Lending and Investment Strategy through to retirement planning, all available here locally in Roxby Downs.

Ms Dillon said being locally based meant she was available whenever her clients needed her, rather than popping in and out of town like vis-iting service providers.

“I have always held the philosophy of ’there is no such thing as a stupid question’, so if you have any fi nancial questions, please give me a call,” she said. “I may even be able to save you some money.”

For more information or to book a free consultation with Joanne, phone 0418 806 226, email [email protected] or visit the website (www.smartline.com.au/jdillon).

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Local music teacher program needs $20kWRITTEN BYPATRICK GLOVER

The Arts and Culture Forum is looking to raise $20,000 to enable the continuation of the visiting music

teacher project.With lessons provided by Adelaide-based

teacher Mark Richardson, an initial 12-month project has been running since June last year thanks to funding from BHP Billiton.

� e Arts and Culture Forum is set to fund the project for the third school term, but from there more money will be needed to keep it going.

An information session at the roxbylink community library last � ursday sought to raise awareness about the project within the community.

“We have exhausted every avenue of funding,” said forum chairperson Rachel Young.

“Either we are ineligible or the project doesn’t fi t the guidelines, so we have de-veloped a crowdfunding campaign, which Travis Hague has put together a short fi lm for and we have written a little blurb.”

An online campaign opened to the public over the weekend, with locals encouraged to pass the link on to as many people as possible.

Currently 35 students – ranging from children aged fi ve years and older to adults – are taking part in music lessons through the project.

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ling music teacher,” said local parent Sarah Powell.

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program gave artistic children another outlet.“� ere are even some kids that do both,

but they should have that choice,” she said.The campaign is now online and can

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L egendary Melbourne Cup jockeys John Letts and John Marshall will visit Roxby Downs as part of the Emirates

Melbourne Cup Tour on Tuesday. Letts, an Australian Racing Hall of Fame

inductee, has won two Melbourne Cups on Piping Lane and Beldale Ball in 1973 and 1989 respectively. Marshall won the Cup in 1999 on Rogan Josh, trained by Bart Cummings.

Victorian Racing Club chief executive offi cer Simon Love said he was thrilled to have Letts and Marshall involved with this year’s tour as they were giving communities like Roxby Downs the chance to meet racing royalty.

“� is year the Emirates Melbourne Cup Tour will continue to celebrate the stories intrinsi-cally linked to the Emirates Melbourne Cup and its contribution to Australia’s cultural and historical heritage,” he said.

“What better way to celebrate than having racing royalty such as John Letts and John Mar-shall join the Tour in Roxby Downs.”

� e tour will go to Woomera on Monday evening before reaching Roxby Downs on Tuesday. It will visit the local schools, roxbylink art gallery and Andamooka before a civic re-ception that night at which attendees will get the chance to meet Letts and Marshall.

Roxby Downs is set make history with the Cup by taking it on its largest ever descent as it goes 450m below ground level for photographs underground at the Olympic Dam mine site.

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Attendees of last week’s information session about keeping a music teacher program in town included Jayne Winter

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Young, Laura Trotta, Abigail (front, left), Joanna, Matilda, Beatrice and

Matthew. PHOTO: Patrick Glover

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duce patient anxiety and the side effects of cancer treatment by funding services such as comple-mentary therapies, wellness pro-grams and wig libraries, and by providing comfortable and invit-ing spaces for patients to inhabit while undergoing treatment.”

East Roxby Football Club mem-bers make up 10 spots within the H2O Heroes team, including pres-ident Ross Orr and coach Cam Faulkner respectively.

Following in the footsteps of Senior Sergeant Terry Boylan and fellow police offi cer Kelly Wise last year, Sergeant Mel O’Donnell and offi cer Julian Blackwell will also be taking part in Dry July.

“It is great to see such a large number of participants taking part this year,” Ms Falt said.

“Last year we only had four,

while this year we have 18.”Last year’s group of four raised

more than $2000, while this year’s team is expected to raise much more given the extra members.

Ms Falt said while the fundrais-ing side of the event was a huge positive, the participants giving up alcohol for the month were also receiving health benefits in the process.

According to DrinkWise Aus-tralia, alcohol’s negative effects include impaired brain, heart and kidney function.

� e Monitor will follow the pro-gress of the team throughout July and will publish profi les on H2O Heroes team members.

Anyone wishing to also take part in Dry July, be it individually or by joining the H2O Heroes, can do so by visiting the website (www.dryjuly.com).

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A ttendees and visiting fashion boutiques have sung the praises of the Roxby Downs

Area School Parents and Friends group’s Annual Fashion Show on Saturday night.

Seventy people attended the night, which was slightly down on last year, but Parents and Friends committee member Claire Meatheringham said feedback had been positive.

“The RDAS Parents and Friends committee was very happy with the success of the Annual Fashion Show,” she said.

“All guests had a great night. (� ey) commented that the event was well organised and that they enjoyed the fashions from Bullrush Cl othing and Studio Fifteen.

“Chris from Studio Fifteen said the

night for them was a great success, and she would happily come back again for future events.”

As well as the diff erent fashions on display, attendees were able to take part in games of ‘heads or tails’ and a pop quiz while also having the opportunity to be involved with a silent auction and dancing.

Ms Meatheringham said most guests got into the Vintage Hollywood theme of the night, Jodie Evans awarded for being the best dressed.

She said there were a number of vol-unteers who helped out on the night, and she thanked them for making the night possible.

� e committee has already turned its focus to next year’s show and is discussing diff erent lines of clothing including men’s and children’s fashion and maternity wear.

A diff erent date will also be consid-ered after other events clashed with the Fashion Show on Saturday night.

Fun and fashion at P&F fundraiser

Roxby Downs Area School Parents and Friends committee members at the Annual Fashion Show on Saturday night. PHOTO: Verity Casserly

BIGGEST MORNING TEA: Sue Warner (left) with attendees of Black Stump

Cafe and Takeaways’ Biggest Morning Tea, which raised more than $200 for the Cancer Council last week. RIGHT:

Anne Potter and Chris Kleinman at the event. PHOTOS: Patrick Glover

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A local woman campaigning for mobile blackspot awareness and action has welcomed the State Government’s

recent commitment of up to $2 million for a federal program.

Minister for Science and Information Economy Kyam Maher announced that the money would go towards the second round of the Federal Government’s Mobile Black Spot Programme.

� e program provides funding to mobile network operators to build new mobile sta-tions in regional locations, with $60 million allocated nationally for this round.

“� e State Government is committed to

supporting regional South Australia through improved communications, which would help to deliver important economic, tourism and safety benefi ts,” Mr Maher said.

Roxby Downs woman Melissa Emery helped gain signatures for a petition earlier this year that called for increased funding to reduce mobile blackspots in Australia.

Mrs Emery welcomed the news that the State Government would be making a con-tribution after failing to do so in the first round.

She said the petition had been as much about addressing blackspots as it was about raising awareness about the lack of mobile coverage in many parts of the country.

“If you’re going to the outback, you should be prepared,” she said.

“It was about making people aware that

you can’t ring emergency services if there’s no coverage.”

Mrs Emery said one of her key concerns was the failure of some mobile stations to fully cover an area.

“It’s not necessarily putting in another tower, it’s improving what’s there to cover a bigger area,” she said.

Her friend Katrina Marsh, of Kojonup, Western Australia, started the petition after her fi ance died during a motorcycle accident on a farm that had mobile reception except for one area.

Because the accident occurred in the blackspot, Ms Marsh’ s fi ance was unable to call for help, meaning help was delayed by about half an hour.

� e experience motivated Ms Marsh to take action, and her petition has so far gained

more than 17,000 signatures nationwide.Mrs Emery’s local eff orts saw more than

500 signatures added to the tally, with the petition set to be presented to Federal Par-liament following the Election.

“� e response has just been overwhelm-ing,” she said.

“We were really impressed to start with that so many people got on board.”

To view the petition, visit: www.pgaofwa.org.au/system/event/fi le/0000/0155/Triple_Zero_Mobile_Phone_Black_Spots_Petition.pdf

For more information about the Federal Government’s Mobile Black Spot Programme, visit: www.communications.gov.au/what-we-do/phone/mobile-services-and-coverage/mobile-blackspot-programme

More than 100 audience members watched young locals brave the stage for

Roxby’s Got Talent on Saturday night.

Run by the Roxby Youth Advisory Committee, the event saw performanc-es across three diff erent age categories – fi ve to nine, 10 to 14 and 15 to 19 years.

YAC member Ines Badman told � e Monitor the turnout of around 160 people at the roxbylink auditorium had been unexpected but pleasing to see.

“In the end we pulled it together,” she said.

“� e spirit of the audience was fan-tastic and it was great to get the acts that we had.

“It’s something unique and exciting for the town.”

As the only entrant in the fi ve to nine years category, dance group Girls on Fire – Ainsley Steer, Amelia Pfeiff er

and Summah and Maya Cooker – took home a fi rst place trophy.

� eir acrobatics to Pink’s Just Like Fire earned them plenty of applause from the crowd.

Another dance group, ABC, won fi rst place in the 10 to 14 years catego-ry. Adrein Wyatt, Charlotte Miller and Breanna Woollatt won the judges over with their performance to Sam Smith’s Stay With Me.

Out of the fi ve entrants in this cate-gory, vocal soloists Lakeisha Bowden and Michael Gobbie took home the second and third trophies respectively.

� e 15 to 19 years category saw only two entrants – vocal soloists Ayesha Telfer and Talana Jackson, who placed fi rst and second respectively.

Judging the performances were two YAC members along with Monitor managing editor Ryneisha Bollard and Beth Elliott from Roxby Downs Area School.

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Roxby’s Got Talent trophy winners at the roxbylink auditorium on Saturday night. PHOTOS: Ryneisha Bollard

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Community CalendarJUNE

30th - Roxby Council Draft Annual Business

Plan 2016/17 info. session, Dunes Cafe, 7pm. Ph: 8671 0010.

JULY1st-3rd - The Lizard Bites Back festival/

protest, Olympic Dam.1st - RDNA A grade

matches on Court 2: Miners vs Hornridge, 6.30pm, Hornridge vs

East Roxby, 8pm.2nd - FNFL Round

10: Olympic Dam vs Hornridge at Roxby

Downs, 2pm, Coober Pedy vs Roxby Districts at Coober Pedy, 1pm.

3rd-10th - Local NAIDOC Week events.

5th - Emirates Melbourne Cup Regional Tour.

5th - Melbourne Cup Reception, roxbylink

auditorium, 7.30-11pm.5th - Horse Head show by Damon Lockwood, roxbylink auditorium,

7.30pm. Ph: 8671 5941.7th - Roxby Council

Draft Annual Business Plan consultation, Community Youth Centre, 5.30pm. Ph: 8671 0010.

8th - Arid Recovery bingo fundraiser at

The Club. Meals from 6pm, Games begin at 7pm. Ph: 8671 2402.8th - RDNA A grade matches on Court 1:

East Roxby vs Miners, 6.30pm, Olympic Dam

vs Hornridge, 8pm.9th - FNFL Split Round: East Roxby vs Coober Pedy at Roxby Downs

Town Oval, 2pm.10th - Finding Dory

movie event at roxbylink, 12 noon and 2pm. Ph: 8671 0500.

WRITTEN BYMICHAEL SCARR

M y name is Michael Scarr and I had work experience at � e Monitor from June 6- 17.

My time at � e Monitor was fantastic and I learned so much in the two weeks I was there.

Some of the tasks I undertook in-cluded writing articles and making sure names are listed from left to right when taking photos.

I also sat through interviews and asked people questions on stories for the newspaper.

My favourite part of the experience, apart from working with all the amaz-

ing staff members at The Monitor, would have to be going on the radio with Ryneisha and Patrick, even though I was nervous the whole time.

� is will be one of many memorable moments.

I enjoyed my time there and would highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in becoming a journalist, photographer or anything along those lines

It’s an opportunity that will give you a chance to fi nd out if it is something that you really want to do, plus it gives you some experience in the fi eld.

I believe you can use it down the road to get a foot in the door to a job in jour-nalism or as a photographer.

Work experience at The Monitor

Roxby Downs Area School year 12 student Michael Scarr completed work experience

at The Monitor earlier this month. PHOTO: Patrick Glover


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This year, the way you vote for the Senate has changed and it’s important that you understand how to vote correctly.

On election day, you’ll receive two ballot papers:

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On the green ballot paper you are voting for a candidate to represent your local area or electorate in the House of Representatives.

On the white ballot paper you are voting for representatives of your state or territory in the Senate.

Don’t worry if you make a mistake. Just ask for another ballot paper and start again.

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Little Lizards

Also a happy birthday to Olivia Greenrod, who turned two on Monday.

The Monitor wishes a happy birthday to this week’s Litt le

Lizard, Siannah Geraghty, who turned 10 yesterday.

SLEEPOUT RECOGNITION: St Vincent de Paul Society SA chief executive offi cer David Wark visited Roxby Downs last week to congratulate the town on its efforts with the recent Vinnies Community Sleepout. Mr Wark is pictured thanking BankSA Roxby Downs branch manager Jess Curtis for organising the event. He said it was “extraordinary” to have a group of people willing to do the Sleepout and for locals to be so generous with their donations. PHOTO: Patrick Glover

Amelia getting her face painted by Bree Butler at the

Country Fire Servie Open Day.

Claire Meatheringham with Chris Clohesy from Studio

Fifteen at the Fashion Show. CFS volunteer Sian Daniel at the Open Day on the weekend.

Women’s Network members helped farewell the group’s chairperson, Kaye Doyle (fourth from right), during an afternoon tea at Dunes Cafe on Sunday.

Natasha McKee, Justine Brouns and Jodie Evans

at the Fashion Show.

Stephen Scarr, Kylee McNamee and David Scarr at the CFS shed on Sunday.

Toby, Cody, Ethan and Lily at the

CFS Open Day.

Zainab (right) learns how to use a fi re extinguisher from

CFS volunteer Matt Kinnaird.

PHOTOS: Verity Casserly


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Bob Morcom with Tony and

Kate Weir.Milly at the

town oval on the weekend.

Joan Earl with Carmen and Asher Simms.

Angela Lafferty, Sally Natt, Kerry Orr, Darya

White and Beck Cooke.

Annie Earl and Lacey Faulkner.

Sally (back, left), Lee,

Libby (front, left), Tommy and Charley Copeland.

Rob Kraack and Steve Cox.

Ross Orr, Brody Daddow, Bev Zeptner, Dave

Barnes and Steven Ryan.

Maddyson at the football on Saturday.

Benjamin and Hunter with Loretta Avitabile, Louise Westwood (with Jaycob)

and Natasha McEvoy (with Nylah).

Cam Faulkner (back, left), Bailey Ryan, Matthew Daddow, Matt Schipper (front,

left), Stuart Orr, Curtley Dadleh and Jack Orr.

Father and son charity match participants at the

town oval on Saturday,

FATHER/SON CHARITY MATCH AND FOOTBALL 30TH CELEBRATIONS

PHOTOS: Verity Casserly


NEWS IN BRIEF

Roxby Council

Opening hours Monday to Friday

9am to 4.30pmCouncil provides transport services including:

• Vehicle registration • Boat registrations

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

All inquiries 131 084.

Opal Road Landfi ll now CLOSED to the public.

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

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

Downs (in the light industrial area).

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

Sunday 1pm – 5pmAll inquiries 8671 1154

Opening hours Monday - Wednesday 9am - 5pm

Thursday 9am - 6.30pmFriday 9am - 5pm

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

Telephone 8671 0500Email: [email protected]

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

DVDs, magazines and internet facilities.

Opening hours

9am to 5pm weekdays

Telephone 8671 0010 • Fax 8671 0452


After hours emergency

Mobile 0418 892 870

Web www.roxbycouncil.com

SERVICE SAWASTE MANAGEMENTCOUNCIL OFFICE LIBRARY

L i v ing in a remote community means that we all spend plenty of

time in the car while getting to our destination.

Reading a book can often cause car sickness in children, and adults need to keep their eyes on the road!

The roxbylink Community Library has an extensive col-lection of audio books for the whole family.

Travelling solo? Audio books are a great way to relax on a long trip, and the Community Library has some fantastic adult fi ction titles.

Mikyla Hick, Library Assis-tant at the Community Library, has recently organised the au-dio book collection by duration to make it even easier to fi nd something to occupy everyone on a lengthy drive.

Mikyla’s display is part of her ‘Opening the Book’ training,

giving librarians skills in mer-chandising and marketing books to appeal to borrowers.

If you can’t fi nd what you are looking for in the audio book collection, get onto the online li-brary catalogue and take advan-tage of the ‘one card’ network.

� e network allows you to or-der in a title from another South Australian library, so there is plenty to choose from.

Community consultation is open for the Draft Annual Business Plan.

� e draft document is avail-able in hard copy from the Council offi ce and the roxbylink Community Library.

You can also download the document from Council’s website.

The Annual Business Plan outlines Council’s strategy for the fi nancial year ahead and in-fl uences the Budget.

It is an important document in ensuring Roxby Council aims to achieve its longer-term objectives.

Roxby Council is off ering the community an opportunity to get an overview of the proposed Plan tomorrow (June 30) in Dunes Cafe at 7pm.

Geoff Whitbread, Acting Administrator, will summarise Council’s planned projects, ser-vices and initiatives.

If you can’t make it to the session then you can still write

(PO Box 124 Roxby Downs SA 5725), email ([email protected]) or use the feedback form on Council’s website.

Community consultation closes on � ursday, July 7, and a formal public meeting will be held at 5.30pm in the Commu-nity Youth Centre, where any-one interested can present their submission for consideration.

The meeting will finish no earlier than 6.30pm.

Broken glass in parks

B roken glass has been found in a number of parks around Roxby

Downs. Where possible please refrain

from using glass in Roxby’s parks as they pose a safety issue for other users, particularly young children.

Please remember to recycle glass appropriately and to clean up any broken glass should a breakage occur.

School Holiday Program

There are some very exciting activities at the roxbylink Community Library these

school holidays. Some activities require a book-

ing, so get in quick to secure your child’s place.

� e Community Youth Centre will be off ering its ‘Drop In’ ser-vice every day during the holi-days from 10am to 5pm.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

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Board GamesCommunity Library3pm - 5pmAges 8 years+Drop InCommunity Youth Centre10am - 5pmAges 10 years+

Toddler Story TimeCommunity Library9.30am - 10.30amAges 0 - 5 yearsCaregiver involvement required

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Craft - Chef's HatCommunity LibrarySession 1: 9.30am - 10.30am Session 2: 1.30pm - 2.30pmAges 5 - 10 yearsCaregiver involvement requiredBookings essential 8671 0500

Craft - SnailsCommunity LibrarySession 1: 9.30am - 10.30am Session 2: 1.30pm - 2.30pmAges 5 - 10 yearsCaregiver involvement requiredBookings essential 8671 0500

For further information, please contact roxbylink on 8671 0500

LegoCommunity Library3pm - 5pmAges 8 years+

July School Holiday Fun in Roxby Downs!

Drop InCommunity Youth Centre10am - 5pmAges 10 years+




Board GamesCommunity Library3pm - 5pmAges 8 years+Drop InCommunity Youth Centre10am - 5pmAges 10 years+





LegoCommunity Library3pm - 5pmAges 8 years+

Toddler Story TimeCommunity Library9.30am - 10.30amAges 0 - 5 yearsCaregiver involvement required

Craft - MasksCommunity LibrarySession 1: 9.30am - 10.30am Session 2: 1.30pm - 2.30pmAges 5 - 10 yearsCaregiver involvement requiredBookings essential 8671 0500

Craft - Chinese LanternsCommunity LibrarySession 1: 9.30am - 10.30am Session 2: 1.30pm - 2.30pmAges 5 - 10 yearsCaregiver involvement requiredBookings essential 8671 0500

Community Youth Centre


July School Holiday Fun in Roxby Downs!

Annual Business Plan public information session tomorrow

Come check out the Library’s audio books

Mikyla is completing the displays

as part of her ‘Opening the Book’ training. INSET: Titles on display show the duration of the story to help plan

your trip.


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WHO’S ON THE BOARD

CONTACTING THE BOARD

BOARD MEETINGSBoard meetings are held on the last

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

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

be included on the agenda.Confi dential discussions with the

Board can be arranged if required.

For further information, advice or general questions please contact:

Michelle Hales,Executive Offi cer

Roxby Downs Community Board Inc.PO Box 85

Roxby Downs SA 5725Mobile: 0418 833 818


Terry Boylan • Vicki Mason • Sandy Sumsion Brad Langshaw • Kaye Doyle • John Wilby

Angela Thompson • Kaitlyn FrankishTheresa Bunyon • Chad Menzies

Geoff Whitbread

Thevoice of the community...

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

contact the following people. New members are always welcome.

ARTS and CULTURE FORUMTBC

BUSINESS FORUMJohn Wilby 0428 815 436

Tuesday, July 12 @ 6pmCouncil Boardroom

COMMUNITY GARDENVicki Mason 0418 526 608

Thursday, July 14 @ 6.30pmCouncil Boardroom

ENVIRONMENT FORUMAnni Giles 0448 168 167

Thursday, July 7 @ 7pmCouncil Boardroom

ROXBY ROADSAFE MEETINGMichelle Hales 0418 833 818

Tuesday, August 9 @ 7pmCouncil Boardroom

MULTICULTURAL FORUMSasha Yantewo (08) 8671 0010

Wednesday, July 20 @ 6pmCommunity Youth Centre

World Food and Music Festival Sub-CommitteeWednesday, July 6 @ 6pmCommunity Youth Centre

FAMILY FORUMJoel Hill 0433 792 450Thursday, July 21 @ 5pm


WOMEN’S NETWORKWednesday, July 20 @ 8am

Council Boardroom

The Multicultural Forum is planning the 2016 World

Fo o d a n d Mu s i c Festival for September 24 in the main street and, in the lead-up to the event, the Forum is holding a Community Exhibition.

The Exhibition is an opportunity for all community mem-bers to contribute and showcase Roxby’s rich cultural diversity.

The Forum is calling on all locals to help with the exhibition by providing items for the display in the roxbylink gallery for the month of September.

The Forum is look-ing for photos from your homeland or travel adventures, arte-facts, paintings, sculp-tures, arts and crafts and more.

The Communi ty Exhibition is a great opportunity to learn

about our local com-munity and the cul-tures and people that reside here.

We have more than 40 nationalities and it will be amazing to have these on display.

If you would like to contribute to the ex-hibition, please label

your item and provide a brief description.

All items can be dropped to the Visitor Information Centre from Monday, August 1, to Tuesday, August 30.

For more informa-tion, contact Sasha on 0428 727 583.

Neighbourhood Day

14 August from 12 noon – 2pm

Curdimurka playground

The Multicultural Forum would like to invite Community Members to contribute to an

Exhibition to Celebrate our rich Cultural Diversity The Exhibition will be on display for the month of September in the

roxbylink Gallery

Art, Photographs, artefacts, Paintings, Sculpture all Welcome

All Items require a Contact name, email and phone number add a title and description for display Purposes to your piece also

All items can be dropped off to the Visitor Information Centre from Monday 1st August to Tuesday 30th August

For More information contact Sasha Yantewo 0428 727 583

COMMUNITY EXHIBITION

Community Exhibition to share culture! SAVE the DATE!


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ClassifiedsCALL 8671 2683

PUBLIC NOTICES SITUATIONS VACANT

SITUATIONS VACANT

PUBLIC NOTICES

ACCESSCHIROPRACTIC

Consults at 97 PIONEER DRIVE, ROXBY DOWNS

Times to accommodate shift workersInstant health fund rebates - Manual adjusting & Activator techniques

PHONE 8645 0880

Tuesday 5th July PM and Wednesday 6th July AMTuesday 19th July PM and Wednesday 20th July AM

Tuesday 2nd August PM and Wednesday 3rd August AM

Because our health is so important

Allergies • Autoimmunities • Detox / heavy metalsEnergy levels • General Dis-Ease • InflammationOrgan health • Vitamin & mineral deficiencies

Weight loss and much more...

George Rogers - Food Coach Ph: 0466 723 906telephone 08 8671 1353 facsimile 08 8671 2229

[email protected] Box 275 - Roxby Downs - South Australia 5725

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CHURCH NOTICES

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

ST Barbara Catho-lic Parish. Masses at Roxby Downs are held at the Lutheran Church on Pioneer Dr, Saturdays from 6pm. Sunday masses (by telephone arrange-ment with the Parish Priest) at the Priest’s Chapel, 45C Gregory St. Woomera: Sunday masses are by tele-phone arrangement with the Parish Priest. Contact Fr John Folk-man on 8671 0925.

FOR RENT

3 Bdrm home at Olym-pic Dam (Lavricks site) for long or short term rent. Rent neg. Ph 0402 252 120

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

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To Register your Interest Call (08) 8363 4485

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in The Monitor, phone us on 8671 2683.

MOSAICMOSAICMOSAICCuisines

PaellaLaura CerecedaChile/Spanish

Ingredients

• 2 garlic cloves • 1 Spanish onion• Fresh flat-leaf parsley • olive oil• 1 red pepper, diced • 1 green pepper, diced• 2 cups chicken stock • 1/2 cup of frozen peas• 2 cups of hot water • 1 lemon• 1 chorizo, sliced or chopped• 500g chicken (either breast, thighs or wings) cut into small pieces• 1 teaspoon sweet smoked paprika• 1 tablespoon tomato puree or a small tomato, diced• 2 cups paella rice (Arborio or risotto)• Threads of saffron (This gives colour and add a special flavour to the paella. Imitation saffron or turmeric can be used instead.)• Some Spanish olives (optional)

MethodNote: Soak the saffron in the 2 cups of hot water before you start.Step 1) Peel and finely slice the garlic, then peel and roughly chop the onion. Finely chop the parsley stalks, then roughly chop the chorizo and chicken.Step 2) Put some oil into a large-lidded shallow casserole or paellera and place on medium heat (a wok or frying pan will also do well).Step 3) Add the garlic, onion, parsley stalks, chorizo, chicken and paprika. Cook for around five minutes, stirring regularly. Add the diced pepper and cook for another five minutes.Step 4) Add the rice, the chopped tomato and chicken stock and stir for a couple of minutes so it starts to absorb all of that lovely flavour. Step 5) Pour in the two cups of boiling water with the soaked saffron and add a pinch of salt. Pop the lid on and bring to the boil, then reduce to a simmer for 20 minutes, stirring regularly from the outside in and from the inside out. Step 6) Stir in the peas, replace the lid, and cook for a further five minutes, or until hot through. Add the chopped parsley leaves and serve.Step 7) Buen provecho! (Enjoy it!)

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We are seeking the service of an experienced HSEQ professional. The role will entail managing our HSEQ system, ensuring we meet the requirements of ISO 9001, ISO 14000 and AS/NZS 4801 so as to maintain our current accreditations, including document control and document development.

Additionally the role entails working with managers, supervisors and staff to ensure compliance with our systems at an operational level.

To be successful in this role you will require both exceptional administrative skills and solid field experience working with end users.

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The successful applicant will require a current driver’s licence & be subject to a full medical including drug & alcohol testing & random site tests.

Please email a cover letter & copy of your resume to [email protected]

1996 TOYOTA COASTER BUS (DIESEL)Colour White

22 Seater including driver.Approximately: 235,000 kms

Serviced monthly.

Please address your Tender in a sealed envelope to: Mr Steve Bennett Principal Roxby Downs Area School.

The school’s finance committee has fixed a reserve price.

Tenders close: Thursday, July 7

BUSTENDER


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Around the groundsAround the groundsAround the grounds Roxby DownsGolf Association

Monthly StablefordSaturday, June 11, 2016

NAME SCOREOVERALL WINNER BEN HAINES 43DIV 1 GLEN MUNGUR 43DIV 2 RENE AYALA 37LADIES/JNR ANNE GRAY 35SWEEPSTAKES RYAN SHIELDS 41 RYAN BENNETT 41 SEB GRIGGS 38 DON SHIELDS 36 ROB CHARMAN 35 STEVEN BENNETT 35LONG DRIVE DIV 1 GLEN MUNGUR LONG DRIVE DIV 2 MARK BEENHAM LONG DRIVE LJ ANNE GRAY NTP DIV 1 GLEN MUNGUR NTP DIV 2 NIL NTP LJ ANNE GRAY

The Olympic Dam Barbarians (ODB) defeated the Port Augusta Goannas, 88-18, during Saturday’s

last round of the Spencer Gulf Rugby League competition before fi nals.

ODB started off well but the Goannas had them on the back foot before half time.

� e second half saw the Barbarians im-prove and tick the scoreboard over until the Goannas scored an opportunistic try at the fi nal whistle.

ODB remains at the top of the league at 12-0, making the side the minor pre miers in its fi rst-ever season.

� e season’s highest point scorer was Ja-

cob Coles, who also scored the most goals, while Nikaiya Herlihy-Graham scored the most tries.

Port Augusta will host the fi rst round of fi nals this Saturday, when Olympic Dam will play against Whyalla before Port Au-gusta takes on Port Pirie.

If ODB makes it past the semi-fi nals, the club is looking to organise a bus for Roxby Downs locals to travel to Port Pirie for the fi nal on Saturday, July 9.

Meanwhile tickets are now on sale for ODB’s inaugural presentation evening at the Oasis Motor Inn on Friday, July 15, from 6pm.

For more information, visit the Facebook page (‘Olympic Dam Barbarians Rugby League Club’).

The Roxby Downs D a r t s L e a g u e competition held

its 14th week of com-petition for the year on Wednesday, June 15.

Top teams are get-ting beaten by mediocre teams, and this is caus-ing a reshuffl e at the top order.

Red Bullz N All defeat-ed log leaders Dead Eye Dicks, 6-5, after over-coming GolfClub12 in a previous round.

Also GolfClub12 went down, 7-4, against a gutsy Bull Shooters.

� e three 180s thrown on the night came from John Komene, who had his fi rst for the year, and Riaan Grobler and An-drew Swanson, who had their second.

Swanson followed up his 180 with a 108 peg out in the same leg.

Troy Giddens is still holding on to the highest peg out of the year with 134, while also topping the male aggregates.

Maeve Kendrick still holds the top ladies peg out at 106, while also topping the ladies aggre-gates.

WEEK 14 RESULTS: Pink Fizz d Andamooka Opals, 9-2; Bull Shooters d GC12, 7-4; FODFA d Twisted Flights, 7-4; IS-ITIN? d Smokin Darts, 8-3; Red Bullz N All d Dead Eye Dicks, 6-5.

Four Play had the bye.TEAMS LOG: 1. Dead

Eye Dicks, 24pts. 2. Four Play, 22. 3. ISITIN?, 22. 4. GC12, 20. 5. FODFA, 20. 6. Smokin Darts, 16. 7. Red Bullz N All, 14. 8. Pink Fizz, 12. 9. Bull Shooters, 8. 10. Twisted Flights, 6. 11. Andamoo-ka Opals, 4.

MALE TOP 5 AG-GREGATES: 1. Troy Giddens 11,346. 2. Riaan Grobler 9182. 3. Steve Warner 8295. 4. Steven Webber 7993. 5. Andrew Williamson 7971.

LADIES TOP 5 AG-GREGATES: 1. Maeve Kendrick 2896. 2. Zoe Leslie 2633. 3. Katie Meadow 2370. 4. Nicole Grantham 1370. 5. Trish Curnow 1234.

MEN’S TOP 5 PEGS: 1. Troy Giddens 57. 2. Steven Webber 55. 3. Andrew Williamson 53. 4. Riaan Grobler 53. 5. Steve Warner 53.

L A D I E S TO P 5 PEGS: 1. Katie Meadow 28. 2. Maeve Kendrick 27. 3. Zoe Leslie 26. 4. Trish Curnow 19. 5. Nicole Grantham 18.

TOP 5 TEAM AG-GREGATES: 1. Dead Eye Dicks 28,616. 2. ISITIN? 26,003. 3. FODFA 22,701. 4. GC12 22,536. 5. Pink Fizz 20,224.

TOP 5 TEAM PEGS: 1. ISITIN? 195. 2. Dead Eye Dicks 191. 3. GC12 185. 4. FODFA 184. 5. Pink Fizz 168.

Three 180s in the one night

Rugby win ahead of fi nals

SPORT SEMINAR: A large group attended a sport psychology seminar held by the SA Sports Institute’s Emma Mattey last Thursday. PHOTO: Patrick Glover

SOCCER STRIPS: Roxby Downs Soccer Club’s Matija Vukotic, Seth Parks and Tino D’Arrigo in their new uniforms with president Tony D’Arrigo. Programmed donated the strips and a ball to each player. PHOTO: Patrick Glover

City under 10 soccer player Mitchell Boehm kicks the ball back into the fi eld.

Matthew Parker (City) chases after Kohen Smith (United) during under 10 soccer on Sunday.

United under 10 soccer player Fareed Ofori throws the ball in from the boundary line.

PHOTOS: Verity Casserley

LEFT: TMNT netballers Heath Mynhart (back, left), Kelly Weston, Steph Forsyth, Nicole Mentha, Ben Hampel (front, left), Elly Anderson and Kelsey Hampel, who was unable to play because of injury. This meant the team was only able to enter six players and had no goal shooter in the grand fi nal.

Trent Moon received the Best and Fairest award.

Joint runner-up Best and Fairest Jake Ford.

Joint runner-up Best and Fairest Hayley Wurfel.

MIXED NETBALL GRAND FINAL: Jurassic Minions won the Wednesday night mixed netball grand fi nal after defeating TMNT, 29-25, last week. Pictured are Jake Ford, Meaghan Kiely, Tony and Cassie Weir and Hayley, Hannah and Renee Wurfel. PHOTOS: Ryneisha Bollard


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WRITTEN BYBY RYNEISHA BOLLARD

Injuries punctuated the Roxby Downs Netball A s s o c i a t i o n s e n i o r

competition on Friday night.A handful of players had to

leave the court, with some inju-ries serious enough to warrant a hospital visit.

A GRADE

The fi rst A grade game of the night saw the Miners defeat Olympic Dam,

47-36.Joice Takaidza (Miners goal

shooter) proved her weight in gold, helping her side take con-trol early and set the pace by being well up by the end of the fi rst quarter, 15-6.

Along with Takaidza, Min-ers goal attack Cassie Weir was dominant going into the second quarter.

Tragedy struck when Takaidza fell over and injured her ankle.

However, a move of Emma Neilson to goal shooter helped keep up the Miners’ momentum going into half time, 33-12.

OD made signifi cant chang-es to see Tahlia Glover, Nicole Gregory and Ali Knights team up as attackers.

� e two goalies worked well together to bring the Miners’ lead down to 17 points at the fi nal break, 41-24.

Seeing OD’s Michelle Hook and Hayley Smith in action proved to be a highlight of the match, with their strong defence forcing the Miners’ attackers to work overtime.

A wheelchair had to be called in again halfway through the fourth quarter when Smith in-jured her ankle while in goal defence.

OD nevertheless managed to close to the gap to only 11 by the fi nal whistle after facing a 21-goal margin at half time.

In the later A grade game, Hornridge had a lead over East Roxby throughout to take the win by 18 points, 36-18.

Hornridge held East Roxby to only one goal in the fi rst quarter, 11-1, before increasing its lead to 15 points at half time, 20-5.

East Roxby wing defence An-nie Ryan was helping to get the ball down the court well, but strong defence from the Mag-pies saw them make plenty of conversions.

Standout players for Horn-ridge included goal keeper Dearne Masson, wing defence Kelly Quinn and centre/goal de-fender Georgia Sleep.

East Roxby kept fi ghting to prevent Hornridge from in-creasing its lead by much in the third quarter, 28-11, but failed to prevent the Magpies from taking home the win.

B GRADE

Hornridge defeated East Roxby, 43-24, in the first B grade match of

the night.Mikayla Kelly, who was playing

her second game for the Horn-ridge B grade side, teamed up with fellow goalie Natasha McE-voy to tack on 12 goals for their side in the fi rst quarter, 12-6.

With strong shooting accu-racy from East Roxby’s Karen Wegner and Kirsten Falt, it was up to the Magpies to make sure the ball stayed out of the Roos’ goal third.

East Roxby fought back to bring Hornridge’s lead down to four goals at half time, 20-16.

A leg injury saw Wegner leave the court in the third quarter, with Mel Emery taking her place as goal shooter.

Hornridge worked well as a team to be up by 15 goals at the fi nal break, 36-21, before taking the win by 19.

Other standout players for the Magpies included wing at-tack Tara Briggs, who was fi lling in for the side, and centre Bec Webster. Also goal keeper Alicia Lee and goal defence Terressa Moyle did well to prevent East Roxby from scoring more goals than it did.

� e later game saw the Miners defeat Olympic Dam, 59-34, in a game that appeared closer than the scoreline would indicate.

Possession of the ball went back and forth to see the Miners only up by two goals in the fi rst quarter, 11-9.

� eir defenders stepped up their efforts to see their side

through to a seven-point lead at half time, 25-18.

OD goal defenders Megan Crawford and Sam Fishlock did well to force Miners goalies Hay-ley Wurfel and Emma Neilson to make shots from further away than they would have liked.

However, Wurfel and Neilson proved too good for this strat-egy, maintaining accuracy to bring their side to a 17-goal lead at the fi nal break, 44-27.

Wing attack Kelly Weston and centre Kelly � omson and their fellow Miners attackers were getting the ball down the court well in the fourth quarter.

� ey were backed up by even more accurate shooting from Wurfel and Neilson to help se-cure the 25-point win.

C GRADE

Hornridge Black had a convincing win over East Roxby, 49-25, in

one of the fi rst C grade games of the night.

East Roxby started out well with strong performances from players including Verity Casserly in goal defence and Sheree Kelly in wing defence. � is saw Horn-ridge Black only up by four goals by the end of the fi rst quarter, 13-9.

Hornridge Black warmed up in the second quarter with help from wing attack Hayley Lamb and goal defence Kar Orikena to bring its lead up to 11 goals by half time, 24-13.

East Roxby goalies Grace Hooper and Emma Cochrane were shooting accurately in the second half, meaning Hornridge had to keep up its defensive pressure and make conversions to stay ahead by the fi nal break, 38-21.

In her fi rst game for Horn-ridge Black, Amanda Nelson made an impressive debut fi lled with plenty of intercepts and ac-curate passing to help secure a 24-goal win for her side.

In the other 6.30pm game, the top-of-the-ladder Olympic Dam Green defeat the Miners in a close encounter, 37-34.

� e Miners had a slow start, conceding the fi rst six goals be-fore entering the contest with fi ve by the fi rst break, 5-11.

They increased their effort in the second quarter but were unable to overcome a strong de-fence from OD Green players including Krystal Wilmshurst, Sienna Brougham, Rose Lloyd and Mel Ferry.

OD Green had increased its lead to nine goals by half time, 22-13.

� e Miners fought hard in the third quarter and were backed up well by goal attack Miranda Syvertsen, who had 11 straight goals, to see OD Green up by only fi ve goals at the fi nal break, 29-24.

It was also in the third quar-ter that OD Green goal attack Demi Gow-Smith had to leave the court with a leg injury.

In the fourth quarter, turnover expert Stephanie Forsyth took up plenty of rebound opportu-nities to get the ball back for her side.

However, the Miners were too late to prevent OD Green from taking the win by three goals.

Standout players for the Miners also included Demi-Jo Roads, while for OD Green the shooting accuracy of Ma-rie Gubbin and Jeanette Taylor helped make the diff erence.

� e later C grade match saw Hornridge Pink take a massive 51-goal win over Olympic Dam Yellow, 76-25.

Strong defence from OD Yel-low’s Rhiannon Davis, Sophie Eustace, Kelly Reid and Chloe Sinclair saw Hornridge Pink only up by seven goals in the fi rst quarter, 18-11.

However, Hornridge Pink upped the pressure in the sec-ond quarter to increase its lead to 26 goals by half time, 38-12.

The shooting accuracy of goalies Rhij Paulauskas and Ka-tie Carstairs helped see Horn-ridge through to a 36-point lead at the fi nal break, 55-19.

Wing attack Regina Qual-mann fed the ball into the goal circle well, while strong de-fensive pressure from players including Rhiannon Watkin-son, Saman tha Wittington and Whitney Maine also helped bring home the win for Horn-ridge Pink.

Rough night for netballers

LEFT: Hornridge Pink’s Whitney Maine tries to intercept a pass to OD Yellow’s Shayarna Millar during their C grade contest.

RIGHT: Madison McDonald

(Shooters 13 and under)

looks to make the

centre pass.

Lightning’s Olivia Demaine prepares to pass over her Bullets opponent Lacey

Faulkner during their 13 and under clash.

Bullets centre Alex Hoffmann takes possession during her 13 and

under game on the weekend.

Kiesha Rynne moves the

ball on for the T-Birds 13 and under side on

Saturday.

Miners B grade goal shooter Hayley Wurfel makes a pass

from the goal third as Olympic Dam goal keeper Sam Fishlock prepares to keep her out of the circle. PHOTOS: Ryneisha Bollard

East Roxby A Grade wing defence Annie Ryan looks for options during her game last Friday.


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Far North Football League

Saturday, June 25, 2016

A GRADEEast Roxby 2.11 10.15 19.18 26.20 (176)Hornridge 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 (12)East Roxby best players: S. McIntyre, D. King, M. Schipper, R. Vaughan, J. Orr.Hornridge best players: A. Baxter, B. Cooper, R. Moroney, L. Rawlins, D. Johnson.East Roxby goal scorers: S. McIntyre 14, M. Glacken 4, T. Mulders 3, T. Kirkwood 2, M. Schipper, R. Vaughan, R. Simms 1.Hornridge goal scorers: A. Baxter, Z. Bradbery 1.

Roxby Districts 8.3 14.6 17.8 22.8 (140)Olympic Dam 1.1 6.1 6.2 11.4 (70)Roxby Districts best players: V. Buza, H. Vrbovac, T. Cribb, J. Mandemaker, J. Telfer.Olympic Dam best players: J. Veale, M. Shaw, M. Dalla, T. Cor-neliusen, J. Oldfi eld.Roxby Districts goal scorers: K. Zeptner 4, T. Cribb, T. Paull 3, J. Mandemaker, L. Godfrey, V. Buza, R. Burgess 2, J. Ford, R. Prosser, S. Costigan, J. Roberts 1.Olympic Dam goal scorers: J. Oldfi eld 4, M. Dalla 2, C. Green, J. Veale, J. Van Kruyssen, D. D’Arrigo, C. Steel.

Roxby Downs Junior Football League

Friday, June 24, 2016Senior Colts

Bulldogs 11.7 (73)Hawks 3.4 (22)Bulldogs best players: B. Caden, B. Chamberlain, G. Clarke, M. Lamb, O. Mulady.Hawks best players: Not supplied.Bulldogs goal scorers: B. Chamberlain, J. Johnson, M. Lamb 3, G. Clarke, O. Mulady 1.Hawks goal scorers: Not supplied.

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PREMIERSHIP TABLE P W L D F A % PtsRoxby Districts 7 7 0 0 953 226 421.68 28East Roxby 7 5 2 0 705 280 251.79 20Hornridge 7 3 4 0 605 543 111.42 12Olympic Dam 8 2 6 0 472 810 58.27 8Coober Pedy 7 1 6 0 282 1158 24.35 4

Name Club This round TotalScott McIntyre East Roxby 14 30Joel Harman Hornridge 0 27Ricky Prosser Roxby Districts 1 23Todd Paull Roxby Districts 3 23Kain Zeptner Roxby Districts 4 20Scott Montgomerie Olympic Dam 0 18Ashley Baxter Hornridge 1 13Michael Dalla Olympic Dam 2 10Luke Godfrey Roxby Districts 2 10Rhett Simms East Roxby 1 9Tyron Cribb Roxby Districts 3 9

T. CribbK. ZeptnerH. Vrbovac

NAME CLUB VOTES

1 T. Cribb Miners 10

2 R. Simms (East Roxby) 8

3 M. Shaw (OD) 7

A. BaxterA. MeatesB. Cooper

T. CorneliusenM. DallaM. Shaw

R. SimmsM. GlackenC. Faulkner

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Results from FNFL Round 9

Footballer of the Year Leaderboard after Round 9

VOTES

321

BYE

CURRENT LEADER

Tyron CribbRoxby Districts

Good effort but too strong.

Jason Elliott

Lots of injuries, well done to all of the juniors

stepping up.Ashley Baxter

Well done to Hornridge, they never gave up.

Cam Faulkner

Good game of footy. A solid win today.Ricky Prosser

WRITTEN BYROSS WILSON

The topsy-turvy Far North Football League season continued on Saturday, with the starkest return

to reality being Hornridge. After humbling Coober Pedy in the last

round by a massive 280 points, the Magpies were held scoreless by East Roxby until the last four minutes of the game when they kicked two pride-saving goals.

Hornridge, to its credit, never gave up and was forced to fi eld a less-than-competi-tive team, through injury and unavailability, and played several juniors in its line-up.

To make matters worse, Lachlan Forward went down with a season-ending horrifi c arm injury.

Despite these setbacks Hornridge’s sea-soned campaigners, Ash Baxter and Brad Cooper, plus their band of up-and-coming juniors, fought hard in their 164-point loss.

East Roxby was just too quick, slick and methodical, providing sensational full for-ward Scott McIntyre (14 goals), Matt Glack-en (four) and Troy Mulders (three) with many scoring opportunities.

� e fi rst quarter saw the Roos peppering away at goal with inaccurate kicking 2.11 for the quarter to lead by 23 points at the fi rst change.

But for the rest of the game the accura-cy returned with eight goals in the second stanza and nine in each of the last two quar-ters to run out the victors, 26.20 (176) to 2.0 (12).

East Roxby had many good players as

they ran riot and were best served by McIn-tyre and Dale King, who was in everything, as was Matt Schipper, with both providing heaps of drive.

Robbie Vaughan was superb across half forward and Jack Orr rucked well and took some great marks around the ground. Over-all Cam Faulkner would have been pleased with his team’s performance.

Roxby Districts d Olympic Dam

In the second game of the double header, Roxby Districts was in con-trol from the fi rst bounce and played

four consistent quarters of good-quality football.

Olympic Dam really only played 2 two good quarters – the second and the last, when they were able to kick fi ve goals in each.

After kicking eight goals to one in the opening period, the Miners were able to either match or better the Devils’ scoring power for the rest of the game.

By restricting OD to just one point in the third quarter, the fi nal result was inevitable.

� is was a regulation win for the red and whites, and they ran out easy winners by 70 points.

Livewire forward Kain Zeptner kicked four goals, while Tyron Cribb and Todd Paull both picked up three goals apiece. Jeremy Oldfi eld, showing a lot of class up forward, slotted four goals for OD.

Roxby Districts was best served by Victor Buza, Haris Vrbovac, Cribb, Jordan Man-demaker and James Telfer.

� e Devils’ best were Jono Veale, who I thought was best afi eld, Michael Shaw, Mi-

chael Dalla, Tim Corneliusen and Oldfi eld. OD was again weakened by unavailability,

injury and having to play a number of jun-iors. � is is an ongoing issue for the Dev-ils, who have shown in the past that with a full list to choose from they are more than competitive.

While the Miners were only able to fi eld 21 players themselves, they seem to be the only side in the league to have the depth to have a strong team each week.

Stating the obvious, the Miners are again the side to beat and seem to be cruising to their fourth fl ag in a row.

However, fi nals are a funny thing, and all teams will be strengthened come the busi-ness end of the season.

Magpies brought down to earth

Robert Vaughan (East Roxby) gets a kick in space during his side’s demolition

of Hornridge on the weekend.

Hornridge’s Levi Rawlins sprints away

from his East Roxby opponents.

OD’s Wade Hooper gets tackled by Haris Vrbovac as teammates

watch on. PHOTOS: Verity Casserly

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P ast and present players gathered to reminisce and celebrate 30 years of football in Roxby Downs on Saturday

night.Around 50 guests attended celebrations

at the Roxby Downs Sporting Car Club and heard representatives from each of the current football teams highlight some of the mile-stones and highlights from their past.

“It was an enjoyable night and generally we were happy with the turnout,” said Far North Football League (FNFL) president Henry Andryszczak. “I had a few people come up to me afterwards and say they had learned heaps from the night.

“For example, we had people talking about when there was no oval in town – people would be training on the clay pans or fi nding patches of grass near the school.

Roxby Districts Sporting Club was the first team from Roxby Downs to join the Woomera Football League in 1986 to make it the Woomera and Districts Football League.

� e Woomera Football League had been running since 1949 before the Miners joined the competition.

Eventually more teams from Roxby Downs, Olympic Dam and Andamooka started joining the league as the numbers in Woomera began to decline and teams started dropping out of the competition.

Eventually, in 1991, the fi nal Woomera team left, and it was not until 2011 that the league

changed its name to the Far North Football League.

Andryszczak said the trip down memory lane was a good way to show present players the league’s history and the teams that have come and gone and how much the landscape of football has changed in the past 30 years.

He said the league had been stable for the past 15 years but faced a new challenge in the coming years with ever-changing work rosters and player availability.

Meanwhile a father/son charity match was held at the change of senior games on the weekend.

Junior footballers lined up against their fa-thers in a light-hearted game of football.

Andryszczak said it could become an annu-al event on the FNFL fi xture.

“� e kids loved it,” he said.“We had kids from as young as under nines

all the way through the juniors who are play-ing senior footy.

“� e game was played in good spirits and the kids had a ball, especially the young kids who loved having their old man running around next to them.

“� e older kids gave their dads a bit of a touch up, but it was good fun.”

A men’s health tent was also set up at the football on Saturday, when locals took the opportunity to receive free health checks.

Money raised from the tent and the 30-year celebrations will be going towards Australian Prostate Cancer.

PAGE 9 More photos from the events

30 years of footy

Hornridge Sporting Club president Travis Brougham (right) with Ty Kirkwood and Ernest Walker.

Olympic Dam’s Bill Hagger with Ben Hampel from Roxby Districts.

Far North Football League president Henry Andryszczak with Rick Grantham at the 30th anniversary celebrations on Saturday night. PHOTOS: Verity Casserly

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