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Kristen Dwyer with two-week-old daughter Hannah May Dwyer. Hannah was born in Whyalla on April 19, weighing 2.54 kg. Kristen (22) has lived in Roxby Downs her entire life and will

be celebrating her fi rst Mothers' Day with Hannah and husband Tom (24) this Sunday.

WRITTEN BYMILLIE THOMAS

A fter a tumultuous 18 months in the local real estate market for both buying and renting it

seems the real estate market is on the rise – with one local investor and reader reporting a 35 per cent drop in vacancy.

Kyal Skyring, a former resident and current property investor, has been keeping a close eye on the Roxby Downs’ real estate market, particular-ly since BHP Billiton announced the cancellation of the Olympic Dam mine expansion in August 2012.

“Vacancy rates refl ect the health of a town like Roxby Downs, so I thought it would be worthwhile measuring it,” Mr Skyring told Th e Monitor recently.“After BHP announced they would hold the expansion and cut jobs, everyone knew the market in Roxby would take a hit, but the question was by how much and for how long?”Mr Skyring recognises the rise and fall in mining towns such as Roxby Downs and took particular note of the sudden drop in vacancy – hoping to show an in-dication of further good things to come.“The current shift to a sharp and noticeable tightening in vacancy rates, indicates more people are com-ing back into the town and more busi-nesses are investing in the town,” Mr Skyring said. “Historically, this trans-lates into increasing rental prices and increasing interest from prop-erty investors looking to purchase properties and invest in the market.“Still got some way to go but defi nitely

signs are that vacancy rates are tight-ening quickly,” he said.

Lorraine Aubrey, from Andrews Property Roxby Downs said the agency had made two house sales since De-cember, and had another three under negotiation at current.

“So yeah we have been a bit busy, and it’s really positive for the town,” Mrs Aubrey told Th e Monitor.

However in the rental market, she said people are just ‘shuffl ing’.

“They’re coming from our other properties where landlords aren’t ne-gotiating well and they’re jumping into cheaper properties. At the moment, tenants are looking for something that is inexpensive,” Mrs Aubrey said.

“Some have dropped rent to under $200 a week and off ered four weeks rent free – they get snapped up. Some of them have been vacant now for over 12 months.”

However, Mrs Aubrey said she couldn’t speak on behalf of all real es-tate agencies in town, but said, “Th e market has defi nitely improved; it’s a lot more positive around town with people. I know when we’ve been out to dinner a few times (it’s) been busy!

“So people have a bit of confi dence back, which is good.”

Principal Realtor at Raine and Horne Roxby Downs Craig Sumsion said the market had defi nitely seen a change – but it wasn’t yet enough to make a marked diff erence.

“Vacancy rates went as high as 113 properties earlier this year – and it’s come back to 74 at the moment. It’s still far too many,” he said.

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M r S u m s i o n compared the local rental rates

to the industry driven regional city of Whyalla.

With an approximate population of 22,000 – it has the same amount of

vacancies as Roxby – 74.“In comparison our va-

cancy rate only needs to be about 10 (vacant hous-es),” Mr Sumsion said.

“If you had say a doz-en vacant properties at any one time it would give people a choice, and

maintain a reasonable rent level, but when it’s too high, as it is now, it actually hasn’t done the economy in the town any good.”

After a period not so long ago when people struggled to find any

rentals whatsoever – Mr Sumsion said the town is not that far off reaching a manageable vacancy rate.

“It’s not going to take a lot to change it. All the town needs is 100 new families and the town will be full. Not even that.

Johnston Withers Lawyersare now visiting Roxby Downs each month

Offering professional legal advice and representation in most areas of law including:

Nic Kernahan and Hugh Rischbieth will be attending on

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People who are working out on site that are cur-rently in camp - if they decided to come up here to live. It actually is what needs to happen.

“The whole econo-my in the town would change with the town fi lled up. People would spend money in the town, people would

spend money in the shops, and the sporting clubs would be perform-ing with more members.

“Th e whole outl ook of the town changes.”

The whole economy

in the town would

change with the town fi lled up. ABOVE: A graph showing real estate trends in Roxby Downs since August 2012.

WRITTEN BY MILLIE THOMAS

A free nature walk held by Roxby Council last weekend will help the Community Garden Forum form a native vegetation database

outlining species that thrive in Roxby Downs.

“One of the projects the community garden is work-ing towards is creating an online database of trees that grow really well in Roxby Downs,” explained Roxby Council Community Projects Offi cer Angela Neyland

Walk to help form databaseearlier this week.

“Eventually the community garden will be an ex-ample of a lot of them, but it’s going to take a while before they’re fully planted, big, and people can look at them. So we thought we’d use what the council and the landscapers had planted in the street verges as an instant example.”

Approximately nine community members joined Angela on the walk around town.

“We thought it would be nice if we invited the com-munity along so they could come and see what plants are out there while we were doing it basically,” Angela said.

“We saw lots of eucalyptuses and acacias, but unfor-tunately lots of things weren’t fl owering so we think we might have to do another one of these maybe in spring time so we can see more fl owers to help us actually identify them down to the actual species, not just the family.”

Th e group also saw some ‘bush tucker’ in the form of Ruby Saltbush, and gave it a try.

Th e next community event held by the Community Garden Forum will be a tree planting and composting session in the Community Garden area on Sunday, May 18.

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T asman Resources has offi cially announced Rio Tinto Exploration’s withdrawal from the Vulcan Farm in and Joint Venture agreement

at the prospective site 30 kilometres north east of Olympic Dam.

In its recently released quarterly report, Tasman Resources said it would continue as the sole owner of the Vulcan Project, which is part of the company’s Lake Torren’s Project.

Th e quarterly report stated the company would continue to advance exploration at Vulcan through either a new joint venture or in its own right, an-nouncing that it had received preliminary interest from several parties.

Th e Rio Tinto Farm-In provided a signifi cant in-jection of $10 million worth of funds into the com-pany, and enabled major technical advancement of the Vulcan Project.

Tasman said that early exploration had identifi ed a number of new, high priority targets for follow up. Several specifi c, high priority drilling locations have already been fl agged for testing within these targets.

However, the company admitted drilling so far had not yet intersected thick medium to high grade min-eralisation comparable to Olympic Dam.

Only 17 holes have been drilled within the 12 kilo-metre sqaured Vulcan target zone.

Th e company said signifi cant parts of the Vulcan target remain completely unexplored and have the potential to host such mineralisation.

Tasman also said it had identifi ed a very large area of approximately 90 kilometres squared immediately to the west of Vulcan.

It said that area was ‘attractive’, but a more ‘grass roots’ exploration target.

Priority drilling locations have been identifi ed at an exploration target known as Zeus, and also at Mar-athon South, which is located south east of Vulcan.

W ith the Roxby Council’s 2014/15 Draft Annual Business Plan due to be released for consultation

residents of Roxby Downs are urged to have their say and submit a submission if desired.

Locals are being urged to make a more careful assessment of draft plans released during a consultation period to enable them to be fully informed about local projects and developments.

In a public notice in today’s edition of Th e Monitor, Roxby Council Administrator Bill Boehm announced the period for submissions was now open.

“Pursuant to Section 123 of the Local Gov-ernment Act 1999 Council has prepared a Draft Annual Business Plan which amongst other things sets out those matters that Coun-cil has identifi ed for action in 2014/15 that are consistent with the Council’s long term strategic objectives.”

The notice, on today’s classifieds page, states the Draft Annual Business Plan will form the basis of the 2014/15 budget, and is being ‘placed on exhibition’ to provide oppor-tunity for submissions.

Th e notice also states submissions can be accepted through post – addressed to the Roxby Council PO Box 124, at the Roxby Council offi ce in Richardson Place, or at a public meeting following the submission pe-riod.

Th e submission period will close on Th urs-day, June 5, 2014 at 5pm, with the public meeting held at the Roxby Council board-room at 5.30pm of the same day.

Copies of the plan are available from the Roxby Council Offi ce (6 Richardson Place, Roxby Downs) during the public consultation period. It is also available at www.roxbycoun-cil.com or by phoning 8671 0010 or emailing [email protected].

BY MILLIE THOMAS


An on-campus room dedicated to local youth health service Fliipsyde was offi cially opened at the Roxby Downs

Area School last week.Th e fi ve year old service was originally de-

veloped with the help of youth and local health services, to off er an inviting, free consultative service to address particularly strong issues with Roxby Downs’ youth.

“And the reason that we started was because the Roxby and Andamooka residents were re-questing a youth specifi c health service that off ered young people more choice,” GP Dr Andy Kilcross said last week.

Th e aim was that the service would provide a youth friendly place, appearing less ‘intimi-dating’ than other health facilities that would help young people negotiate the complex health system. It also aimed to help address some alarming statistics surrounding drug and alcohol abuse and mental health issues in local youth.

“If you look at the causes of death among young people suicide is one of the highest causes of death. And we know that the use of

substances like alcohol and marijuana and oth-er things are also very common in our young people,” Dr Kilcross said.

In fact the use of alcohol and drugs and driving off ences involving alcohol and drugs occurred more often in the Roxby Downs re-gion than compared with the rest of the State, Dr Kilcross said.

“And we know from the report as well that the community identifi es underage drinking as of particular concern,” Dr Kilcross added. “Also many of the respondents to the survey felt that there was an issue with things like drugs and alcohol with some people in the town.”

He also said sexual health issues were preva-lent with sexually transmitted infections such as Chlamydia more common than realised.

“Often it has no symptoms, causing real problems for individual people and also for the wider community, so that becomes a big public health issue on its own,” Dr Kilcross explained.

Funded by BHP Billiton with a recent prom-ise of two more years support, the service has also strengthened relationships between edu-cation and health departments, engaging the youth and the wider community.

Olympic Dam Head of Corporate Aff airs, Paul Flanagan, said he was delighted to see Fliipsyde grow from strength to strength over

the past four years of BHP Billiton’s support. “Th e Fliipsyde Youth Health Service plays

such an important role in our community and is completely aligned to our vision of making Roxby Downs the Mining town of choice. Th is new, modern facility accurately refl ects the needs of the young people in our community,” he said.

“We have committed a further two years support for the program and are looking for-ward to seeing what opportunities the new space will bring to the program.”

“In the last 12 months we’ve seen 240 per cent more clients than we saw in the fi rst year-which is a huge rise and every year we seem to be seeing more and more,” Dr Kilcross added.

And its success is contagious with other youth one-stop shops popping up in Port Au-gusta and Port Pirie in the last 10 years, and negotiations for one in Whyalla underway. Investment and research into youth health has also increased.

“Young people have a very powerful voice. You all have a very powerful voice and you are in the driving seat and it’s our job to listen to what young people want and to deliver to what young people want,” Dr Kilcross said.

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W ell known and loved E a r l y C h i l d h o o d Education teacher

Sally Cormack has had a role change taking over as Principal for Andamooka Primary School for the rest of 2014.

Mrs Cormack has lived in Rox-by Downs with her family for 23 years, and during that time has well and truly established herself with the town’s very young – Di-recting the Roxby Downs Kinder-garten for 11 years before spend-ing the last 10 years as a teacher and Junior Primary Coordinator at the Roxby Downs Area School.

When the position at An-

damooka arose Mrs Cormack jumped at the chance.

“I saw it as a good opportunity to expand my portfolio before we leave Roxby at the end of the year,” Mrs Cormack said. Th e opportu-nity arose when the current Prin-cipal Angela Th ompson won the Australian Curriculum teacher/facilitator for the far north part-nerships of schools.

After always having an interest and love of Andamooka, Mrs Cor-mack has found her fi rst week at the school very fulfi lling.

“It has that small school appeal – it’s personal, it’s family,” Mrs Cormack said.

“It’s been absolutely frantic and I have never slept better!”

The Andamooka Primary School is a writhing hub of ac-tivity – also playing host to the

community’s rural care and pre-school, as well the community library, parent group, play group and allied health visits. Mrs Cor-mack described the centre as a ‘one-stop shop’.

“It’s a great hub – with lots of family involvement and a lot of amazing resources,” she said, saying she enjoyed working with a new community in a diff erent space.

“I’m looking forward to creat-ing relationships with the school and families in the short time I’m here.”

Where Mrs Cormack and hus-band Stu are relocating at the end of the year is as yet undecided – but Mrs Cormack said it will defi -nitely be in a country setting.

S enex Managing Director Ian Davies has said the March quarter was a period of signifi cant achievement for the company in the development of high value, long term gas business in the State’s Cooper Basin.

In its recently released quarterly report ending March 31, Senex said both the farm in agreement with Origin Energy and a gas sales agreement with the San-tos-operated South Australian Cooper Basin Joint Venture (SACB-JV) showed promise for the region.

Th e SACB JV agreement for the supply of raw gas from the Hornet gas fi eld, in the southern Cooper Eromanga Basin, included plans to connect that fi eld to the SACB JV network at Allambi gas fi eld. Construction of an extended production test facility would begin in the September quarter.

Mr Davies said the transactions demonstrated the company’s commitment to rapidly commercialising its high quality gas resources in South Australia.

“Origin is the ideal partner to help us unlock the potential of the tight gas sands of the Cooper Basin. In the context of rising gas demand in coming years, this partnership is the right transaction at the right time for Senex,” Mr Davies said.

Senex announced it oil business continued to deliver strong revenues during the quarter with oil sales of $37.3 million up 15.8 per cent on the previous corre-sponding period, and revenues for the nine months to March 31 2014 reaching $121.1 million, up 16.2 per cent on the previous corresponding period.

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Summer (5), Dad Jono, and Abby (6) with Sally Cormack who is Andamooka Primary

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V isiting legal service Johnston Withers lawyers is continuing their pledge to help educate the

Roxby Downs community, by holding a seminar on recent law changes surrounding vehicle incidents.

Th e free event – which will be held at the Roxby Downs Oasis Motel on May 13 at 730pm, will address these issues, recent changes to Motor Vehicle Law and proposed changes in Workcover and personal injury law generally.

“Johnston Withers Lawyers has a long history of acting for persons in-jured in workplace and motor vehicle incidents,” Lawyer Nic Kernahan said recently.

“Th e complexity and uncertainty of recent changes to the law and proposed further changes add greater uncertainty to providing a ‘fair go’ for the injured and their families.”

Th e night will be conducted by John-

ston Withers compensation lawyer Hugh Rischbeith, and will detail major changes to the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act currently under consideration by the State Government.

“Th e State Government is consider-ing introducing major changes to the Workers Rehabilitation and Compen-sation Act which would allow for in-jured workers to sue their employers in negligence,” Mr Kernahan explained. “Th e Government believes that this will provide workers with greater control over their life and more certainty.

“However, they have also proposed reductions to entitlements for income and capping eligibility for ongoing costs of claims. It is not known whether the changes will be retrospective as regards reducing entitlements,” he said.

For more information on the infor-mation session, contact Johnston With-ers Lawyers on 8231 1110.

BY MILLIE THOMAS

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Only in the bush would the re-opening of a 77 year old pub help resurrect a country town. But in Kingoonya

– near Glendambo, this is exactly what is happening.

Co-licensees of the Kingoonya Hotel Alastair Murray and John Brett re-opened the pub in January last year, not only dou-bling the population (to 15) but also inspir-ing other locals and the Kingoonya Progress Association to follow suit.

Mr Brett’s strong family history with the desolate country town is what drew him and army mate Mr Murray back to the bush.

“John’s family have an incredible family history associated with the town – his grand-mother held the fi rst license on the hotel in 1937 and then his father took over the license and he spent 40 years at the hotel,” Mr Mur-ray told Th e Monitor last week.

“John was born in Tarcoola and raised here for the fi rst 16 years of his life. So when it came on the market, when the previous li-censees moved on – he rang me up – I was in Broome Western Australia at the time and asked if I was interested in going halves with him in a pub.

“I said, ‘what do we know about running pubs?’ He said ‘nothing!’, and here we are!” Mr Murray laughed.

And that’s when major works began to get the town – and the pub – back on the map.

“Th e big thing is we’ve got the pub open and going the hotel and the accommodation

etcetera and the progress association and the locals are moving forward with sorting out our water problems – which has always been an issue for the town,” explained Mr Murray.

Th e towns water supply is pulled from a bore – and consequently is barely potable, emitting a strong salty residue.

A local family has also recently bought the local caravan park – with plans to do it up and open it again for passing tourists.

“More and more people are fi nding out that the pub is open. We’ve got a website for the pub itself, we’ve had a write up in the Coober Pedy Times and stuff like that, we’ve got a Facebook page, we’re on Trip Advisor,” Mr Murray said.

“John and I are a bit computer illiterate, but people have been pointing us in the right direction!”

In a town that features only the pub, a free camping area and half a dozen houses, (“We’re applying to be labelled a city,” joked Mr Murray), majority of the pub’s turnover comes from visiting pastoralists and shearing teams.

“Th ere’s not much more to say about Kin-goonya other than we’re trying to resurrect the town. We had another house brought into town from Tarcoola about six months ago, that was a big thing,” Mr Murray said. “Th e only thing it did was block our view of the moon rise – we told them we’re just going to paint a moon on the side of their house.

“Our long term plans? Well we’ve got a few ideas that we want to get up and running … Just to get the place back up on the map.”

Coober Pedy police have been busy with recent community events in the township.

Police were on hand at Easter as the Coober Pedy Opal Festival celebrated the end of a long hot summer and the start of the opal mining season.

Th e community event took place in the out-

back town on April 19, starting with a street parade and fi nishing up with fi reworks.

Coober Pedy police offi cers also led the AN-ZAC Day march from the RSL, along Hutch-ison St to the War Memorial outside the Catho-lic Church on March 25.

Th e ceremony was conducted by local RSL members, community members and RAAF staff from Woomera Base.

A recent polling of votes at a public meeting in Coober

Pedy has shown resound-ing opposit ion to a proposed homeless shelter in the Far North town.

Out of 142 attending elec-tors, 129 (over 90 per cent) voted against the building of the establishment – a project both the community, and Council were not offi cially informed about.

According to Coober Pedy Mayor Steve Baines, the pro-posal fi rst arose in 2003, as one of three transitional accommodation facilities in Ceduna, Port Augusta and Coober Pedy.

Th e developments, headed by Housing SA, were seem-ingly trying to fl y in under the radar – with no formal community or council con-sultation.

“Th ey didn’t consult the community, they didn’t con-sult anybody,” Mayor Baines told Th e Monitor.

“Th e fi rst thing I knew of it – these posters were put around town basically advis-ing of this public meeting. So we pretty much gave the same reaction they got from Joy (Baluch, Mayor of Port Augusta at the time) - get on your bikes and leave town,

and do it properly.”The matter seemed to be

pipped at the post until a fund-ing announcement last year.

“Jay Weatherill announced he’d come up with $3.4 mil-lion to stimulate the build-ing sector in South Austral-ia and build this transition accommodation centre. Th at’s the fi rst we heard of it – through a media release,” Mayor Baines said.

Housing SA returned to Coober Pedy to conduct some formal consultation sessions with the communi-ty – through a barbecue held in the main street, at which Mayor Baines said questions were still not answered.

“Th ey were able to off er no information in regards to what was proposed and they couldn’t answer the com-munity’s questions,” Mayor Baines said. “So basically the community told them in no uncertain terms that they wanted a more formal com-munity consultation pro-cess to be undertaken and as a result of that they held two consultation sessions in town in March.”

But the representatives still had no answers to the community’s questions.

“So of course the commu-nity started getting a little bit

uppity about it and basically

the community and council

have been trying to get an-

swers about what are they

proposing to do since March

last year.

“Two visits from the Min-

ister and we still are none

the wiser!”

And the questions are ba-

sic – “Where is it going to

be built? When are you go-

ing to build it? What will it

look like? What’s the model?

Who will manage it? Who

will it house and how many

will it house? What will the

maximum stay be? How will

that be enforced? Where do

they transition to after that?

They can’t answer these

questions.”

With no offi cial data sup-

porting the need for a Coo-

ber Pedy specifi c transitional

housing building, and the

introduction of alcohol re-

strictive laws severely less-

ening the rates of homeless-

ness and violence in Coober

Pedy, it’s simple – the town

just doesn’t want it.

“If the council don’t want

it and the residents don’t

want it, it shouldn’t be built.”

BY MILLIE THOMAS

W idening of road shoulders north of the Marla Township will improve safety for the travelling public.

Th e construction work will widen a 20 kilo-metre section of road shoulders on the Stuart Highway approximately 40 kilometres north of Marla to allow for the installation of sealed shoulders.

Th is roadwork will improve safety for the travelling public by reducing the risk of road accidents.

Works are scheduled to commence on Wednesday, April 30 and are expected to be completed by the end of June 2014, weather

permitting. Th e Department of Planning, Transport and

Infrastructure (DPTI) advises that traffi c con-trol measures will be in place at the construc-tion site, including speed restrictions and the road being reduced to one lane.

DPTI thanks motorists for their patience while these important safety initiatives are carried out.

Th is $2,000,000 safety initiative is funded by the State Government’s Motor Accident Commission.

For all enquiries email dpti.northern&[email protected] or call 8648 5211.

Shelter not welcome in Coober Pedy

The pub that resurrected Kingoonya The pub that resurrected Kingoonya

The re-opening of the Kingoonya

pub in 2013.

Community policing at Coober Pedy

Stuart Highway road widening

Sergeants (SGT) Lee Fuller and Trevor Seebohm with Mr Bryce Tickner (RSL President) and Mr Mark Rudd (RSL Vice President) in front of a picture that they have donated to the Coober Pedy RSL.

Sergeants (SGT) Lee Fuller and Trevor Seebohm with Mr Boland, who is the last Indigenous WW2 veteran living in Amoona nursing home in Coober Pedy.

Pictures (courtesy Sergeant Shaun Ratcliffe): Left - The Festival fi reworks and right - Coober Pedy police offi cers with World War II veteran/Coober Pedy

resident Raymond Boland in front of the town’s War Memorial.

Celebrating ANZAC Day in Coober Pedy

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For the people that organise things for youth aged 12 years and above ... there is a second school in town!!

Fair go.

One minute air con - the next, heater! A typical week of Roxby’s

change of season. Hope not too many people get crook!

Temp control

I’d like to know what is happening with the bar at the football this

year? Is it still run by local clubs?Footy Fan

I hope the punks who are responsible for graffi tiing the skate park on the

weekend get caught! What atrocious words and disgusting drawings.

Skater mum

Outback sunsets - amazing!Roxby Lover

Proud parents Sam and

Dave Secker.

Leah Shaw and Freya from Leah’s Candles.

Chloe and Fairy Blossom dressed for the part on Sunday.

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E leven–year-old animal lover Llewellyn Secker has raised three times her original goal

amount at her RSPCA Family Fun Day fundraiser on Sunday.

By initial counts on Monday, Llewellyn had raised over $3000 and attracted hundreds of locals to her fundraiser – which included hot food, children’s activities, animal adoptions, an auction and stallholders.

Th e auction alone raised over $1400. Llewellyn, who was overwhelmed by the support she received said she had ‘no clue’ what was her favourite part of the day.

She said she might organise another fundraiser in the future, and her favour-ite adventure during the fundraising

process was going to the RSPCA and ‘meeting the dog, Hollie’.

She gave a big thanks to everyone who supported her cause.

RSPCA South Australia CEO Tim Vasudeva wrote a personal letter to Llewellyn in awe of her eff orts.

“You know that work needs to be done for animals at risk, and you have decided that you are someone who will put your hand up to help,” Mr Vasudeva said in his letter.

“I am so grateful for all the work you and your family have undertaken in support of RSPCA South Australia and South Australia’s animals in need. Your generosity is incredible and truly inspirational.

“We are so proud and grateful to have such inspiring people like you in our community.

“On behalf of all creatures great and small, we thank you.”

Llewellyn triples target for RSPCA

Aiden was a vision of blue at the RSPCA fundraiser

on the weekend.

Hollie, Chris, Bridgette and Paris Gibson enjoy

a family day out.

Fairybelle and Emmie at the

RSPCA fundraiser.

Amy Warner and Riley.Event organiser

Llewellyn Secker.


OUT ABOUT&Breanna (7) created a masterpiece

as part of the ANZAC Day Activities at the Library recently.

Brendan Cook and Matt Curtis enjoy a beer at the

Bowls Club on ANZAC Day.

Chelsea Vandenberg,

Lukas Roux, Justin Ali and Tatum have a family

catch up at the Bowls Club.

Bronwyn Walker and Andrew Priest commemorate the closure of

the Woomera Hospital recently.

Brett, Kyle and Ella Humphrys enjoy

celebrations at Woomera.

Amy (11) enjoying ANZAC Day activities

at the Library recently.

Jodie Jackson and Bronwyn Walker celebrate the

Woomera Hospital at the Eldo recently.

Chris Blatt, Graham Warren, Ray Standing and Dwayne Gum.


OUT ABOUT&

Gavin Stanton, Matilda Moylan - Blaikie and Jennifer Moylan celebrate

ANZAC Day at the Bowls Club.

Milton and Mel Napper were all smiles at the

footy recently.

Mitch, Tom and Abby take in the atmosphere

at the footy recently.

Sarah Renee and Abigail were very social at the footy recently.

Yasmine (9) and Emma (10) caught up at the

Library recently.

Sally and Eddie Pohl enjoy a laugh at the Eldo recently.

Michael ‘Poddy’ Howard and Renae

Anderson enjoying the fi rst round of footy.

Kelton Guy and Anita Mitter at The

Club recently.

Mel Condon and Janine Connell

having a cuddle at the Eldo.


NEWS IN BRIEFNEWS IN BRIEF

Opening hours Monday to Friday9 am to 4.30 pm

Council provides transport services including:

• Vehicle registration • Boat registrations

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

All enquiries 131 084.

Opal Road Landfi llOpening hours

1 pm to 6 pm every dayDisposal of household rubbish is FREE

Levies apply for businessesRecycling can be taken either

to the Opal Landfi ll orBSH Waste Solutions on Gosse Street

All enquiries: 8671 1154

Opening hours 9 am to 5 pm Monday-Wednesdays, Fridays

9:30am to 5pm Thursdays9.30 am to 12 noon Saturdays

Telephone 8671 0500Email: [email protected]

Library membership is free. Wide range of resources are available including books, DVDs, magazines and internet facilities.

Toddler Story Time 2 pm Thursday.

Opening hours

9 am to 5 pm weekdays

Telephone 8671 0010 • Fax 8671 0452

Email: [email protected]

After hours emergency

Mobile 0418 892 870

Web www.roxbycouncil.com

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Roxby Council

Roxby Council would like to thank everyone for com-ments received regarding the

proposed Linking Roxby Project – Redeveloping the Cultural and Leisure Precincts.

The consultation period has now closed, and all feedback received from the community is currently be-ing reviewed both in-house and inde-pendently as part of Roxby Council’s due diligence process.

A summary report addressing mat-

ters raised within the consultation period is now available for viewing on Roxby Council’s website, www.roxby-downs.com.

Roxby Council is also appreciative of the various ideas and suggestions re-garding infrastructure in Roxby Downs which were raised in the consultation period, but which were not related to the Linking Roxby Project.

Th ese suggestions have been passed on to the relevant Council departments for consideration and potential inclu-sion in future planning and funding.

The 2014/15 Draft Annual Business Plan has been released for public comment today.

Copies of the draft plan are available from council reception or online at the council’s website www.roxby-downs.com.

Th e draft plan forms the basis of the 2014/15 budget and links proposed ac-tions to Council’s long term strategic objectives. Th e consultation period pro-vides members of the community with an opportunity to provide feedback prior to council fi nalising the annual

business plan and adopting the budget. Written submissions will need to ar-

rive at the Council offi ce prior to the close of business (5pm) on Th ursday, June 5.

Th ere is also an opportunity to pres-ent submissions at a public meeting which will take place from 5.30pm in the Council Boardroom the same day.

Feedback received from the commu-nity during the recent Linking Roxby Project consultation will also be in-cluded as part of this annual business planning process.

Roxby Counci l and Footbal l Federation SA (FFSA) have recently signed a partnership arrangement,

with support from BHP Billiton, which will see the FFSA bringing National Premier League soccer games to Roxby Downs over the next three years.

Th e fi rst National Premier League game between the Birkalla and Comets Clubs will take place in Roxby Downs on the evening of Saturday May 17, 2014 on the small oval.

Th e gates will open at 4:30pm and feature a junior match, celebrity match and the min-is match with the main game kicking off at 7:30pm.

Th is is a community event with food and bar service, children’s activities and much more.

All profi ts from the evening are going to Roxby Junior Sports.

Richardson Place Works (Relocation of electricity, water and IT infrastructure)

The recent closure of the 20 car parking spaces on Richardson place have been temporarily closed for parking.

Th e disabled car park outside the RoxFM offi ce has been temporarily relocated to the other side of the Wombat Crossing, adjacent to the bus and loading zones outside the Roxby Downs Area School. Th is disabled car park is one of three located in the town centre on Richardson Place.

Parents of Roxby Downs Area School students are encouraged to drop children off at the designated school ‘kiss & drop’ zone, on Arcoona Street.

Th e work traffi c zone plan is being implemented and road users are asked to observe signs and speed limits as appropriate.

March 2014 Quarterly Water and Power Accounts have been issued and are due for payment by Friday, May 16, 2014.

Draft Annual Business Plan out for consultation

Linking Roxby Project community feedback

Council footpathsCouncil footpathsCouncil is pleased to be

completing the fi nal stage of the Footpath Replacement

Program, which has been completed over three stages.

Works for the fi nal stage will com-mence Wednesday, May 7 and be com-pleted by local contractor Headings. Footpaths will be replaced on Mulgaria Street, part of Bopeechee Street and Kennebery Crescent.

Council’s ongoing Footpath Replace-ment Program has been directed at re-placing the bitumen footpaths in Roxby

Downs. As part of the Program Council has also repaired and replaced damaged footpaths.

Th e overall Program has resulted in 3 kilometres of additional footpaths in Roxby Downs, making the streets more aesthetically pleasing and safer for pe-destrian traffi c.

Further to this, Council plans to fi -nalise the project by undertaking street scaping works.

Road users are reminded to slow down around road works and drive at the advised speed limit.

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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 so that you can 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


Teresa Malcolm • Nidya IwanMichelle Davis • George Giakoumis

Vicki Mason • Gaylene Crane Mary Lewis • Brett McNeil• Bill Boehm • Chris Gibson

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 FORUMRachel Young 0428 671 000

Thursday, May 15 @ 7.30pmTBC

BUSINESS FORUM Laura Trotta 0412 734 964

Tuesday, May 13 @ 6.15pm

Council Boardroom.

SPORTS and REC FORUMMichelle Hales 0418 833 818

TBC

COMMUNITY GARDENPatrik Ibele (08) 8671 0168

Thursday, May 8 @7pm

Council Boardroom

ENVIRONMENT FORUMAngela Neyland 0448 168 167

Thursday, June 5 @ 7pm

Council Boardroom

ROXBY ROADSAFE MEETINGMichelle Hales 0418 833 818

Thursday, May 8 @ 5.30pmCouncil Boardroom

MULTICULTURAL FORUMSasha Yantewo (08) 8671 0010

Wednesday, May 21 @ 6pm

Council Boardroom

WOMEN’S NETWORKLisa Hewerdine (08) 8671 0010

Wednesday, May 21 @ 8.30pmDunes Cafe

The Roxby Downs Environment Forum is hosting an open com-munity discussion about off road

driving in our region on Wednesday, 14 May at 7pm in Dunes Cafe.

We are interested in hearing from any-one in the community who is involved with off road driving, or who simply has ideas and suggestions about how we can create off road driving opportunities that work for everyone.

Sandy Sumsion, a Roxby Downs com-munity member and Rotary volunteer, will be facilitating the workshop. Come down and make sure your opinions are heard – all welcome.

Roxby is very lucky to have one of the world’s most loved opera’s coming to town this Saturday night 10th

May – Madama Butterfl y, right in time for Mum!

Based on a short story by John Luther Long [1898], the story, purported to be true, is of a young geisha girl who marries an American naval offi cer and is then for-saken by her husband for a preferable bride from his own country. Th e voluptuousness of Puccini’s music transports the listener to realms of unsurpassed vocal and harmon-ic splendor, bringing to life the optimism of Butterfl y’s love for Pinkerton and then tenderly, anxiously, turning the emotional tide at the end.

Th e opera presented in Italian in in the

classic style, CoOpera is an interesting concept because it is an ‘inclusive’ opera. Children from local school orchestras and choirs are invited to be part of the musi-cal support for the show, they rehearse the music played during the Opera (assisted by Roxby local Owen Lewis) and then perform with the CoOpera professional orchestra on the night of the show. A great chance for the community to see one of the world’s most loved operas, while watching our local kids support in the choir and orchestra.

If you’re unsure what to get Mum for Mother’s Day, why not surprise her with a night out at the Opera!

You must purchase your tickets from the Visitor Info centre or call 8671 2001.

Tickets prices - Adults $30 and $10 under 18 years, book today!

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2014/15 DRAFT ANNUAL BUSINESS PLANOPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SUBMISSIONS

Pursuant to Section 123 of the Local Government Act 1999 Council has prepared a Draft Annual Business Plan which amongst other

in 2014/15 that are consistent with the Council’s long term strategic objectives. This Draft Annual Business Plan will form the basis of the 2014/15 Budget and is being placed on public exhibition so that interested persons have the opportunity to make submissions prior to the

PO Box 124, Richardson Place Roxby Downs SA 5725 until close of business (5pm) on Thursday 5 June 2014. Interested persons may also present their submission at a public meeting, to be held

Copies of the Draft Annual Business Plan are available from

public consultation period. Phone 08 8671 0010 or email [email protected] for a copy. A copy will also be placed on Councils Website www.roxbydowns.com.Bill BoehmAdministrator7 May 2014

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DUBLIN Gerry’s Meat Store. New $230 freezer pack (mix and match) 2kg lamb roast, 1kg beef schnitzel, 2kg pork roast, 1kg chicken schnitzel, 2kg beef roast, 1kg budget bacon, 2kg roast chicken, 2kg mar-inated wings, 1kg BBQ steak, 2kg beef sausages, 1kg beef mince, 20 gourmet patties, 1kg BBQ lamb chops, 1 large mettwurst, 1kg pork leg chops, 1kg diced steak, and 1 bottle of marinade. Top quali-ty, grain fed meat at affordable prices. Phone: 8529 2229.

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Our Olympic Dam operations provide a wide range of electrical, plumbing and other trade services to the mining, oil, gas and defence industries. We have been involved at the Olympic Dam site since its inception, designing and constructing the overhead 33kV and 11kV powerlines in 1986/87 during the construction phase of the mine & township.

Due to the continued growth of Cowell Electric’s Olympic Dam

operator on an ongoing basis. The successful applicant will be required to undertake both project construction work and ongoing maintenance works. We are seeking an enthusiastic candidate who can demonstrate a commitment to safety, would enjoy the opportunity of a leadership role on minor civil projects and a willingness to assist other trades in non-plant related works when required.

The ideal candidate will have previous experience working at the BHP Billiton Olympic Dam site and be familiar with site procedures, processes and hold a current HR Drivers Licence. You are required to hold licences and have experience in operating a variety of plant including backhoe, skid steer loader, excavator. Additionally concreting skills and experience working underground would be highly regarded.

Cowell Electric strive to be an employer of choice and offer an attractive remuneration, inclusive of varied allowances and

can be located on the Cowell Electric website for your information or by contacting the Human Resources Department. The successful applicant will be subjected to a full pre-employment medical, inclusive of drug and alcohol screening.

To apply, please download the application form from www.cowellelectric.com.au/vacancies or contact the Human Resources Department to obtain a copy. For more information please contact Ann-Marie Wiseman by telephone 08 8629 2136 or email [email protected]

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on an ongoing basis as part of our busy team. Your role will involve project works and other ongoing works. The ideal candidate will have previous experience of working at the BHP Billiton Olympic Dam site, be familiar with site processes and be able to demonstrate a commitment to safety. You will hold a current Drivers Licence and an A class Electrical Licence. Previous experience in High Voltage and or linework will be highly regarded as will previous experience in RB electrical construction or underground electrical experience. Cowell Electric strive to be an employer of choice and offer an attractive remuneration, inclusive of varied allowances and

can be located on the Cowell Electric website for your information or by contacting the Human Resources Department. The successful applicant will be subjected to a full pre-employment medical including drug and alcohol screening.To apply, please download the application form from www.cowellelectric.com.au/vacancies or contact the Human Resources Department to obtain a copy. For more information please contact Ann-Marie Wiseman by telephone 08 8629 2136 or email [email protected] close: 20 May 2014

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into junior sports within our community.

Saturday, 17 May 2014Downs, and will feature a junior match, celebrity match as well as the main game

much more.to play in the

CELEBRITY GAME we are organising as part of our fundraising efforts. This will be a fun game with no soccer experience necessary!

For further information and nominations, please speak to Tony D’Arrigo by May 10, 2014 on [email protected] or 0417 816 336.

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Ambrose Pairs Competition Major Prizes up for grabs Including Junior Division

A BBQ dinner will be held on the day and the Kempe Ute will be making the rounds with

Refreshments (gold coin donation)

Try your luck at “Sideshow Alley”. Play for a small donation. Great prizes up for grabs, lots

of games, lots of laughs

All money raised from the sale of drinks on the course, carnival games and raffle will be

donated to The Royal Flying Doctors Service a worthy and much needed

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Roxby Downs HockeyRoxby Downs Hockey

Saturday, May 3, 2014Blues defeated Mighty Ducks 10 - 1

Ball Breakers defeated Scorpions 10 – 8

WRITTEN BY MILLIE THOMAS

Ex-Roxby Downs locals Tom Schott and Dylan Male took part in the fi rst round of the

Foxtel Cup last week – with Schott securing a goal in the fi nal quarter.

Versing Tasmanian State league team Western Storm on Tues-day night at Adelaide Oval, Storm came out on top – with a close four point defeat (Storm 9.7-61 to West Adelaide 8.9 – 57), rendering West Adelaide now eliminated from the duration of the Cup.

According to competition repre-sentatives, “Th e Storm led for the

entire match and held the Bloods at bay in the fi nal term, despite a fi erce attack from the home team.

“Th e Storm were kept goalless in the fi nal quarter but West Adelaide’s only goal from their 11 inside-50 en-tries came with 19 seconds left in the match.”

A goal seconds before the half time siren was local lad Schott’s and brought West Adelaide within striking distance of Storm.

However, “Th e Bloods’ defence couldn’t handle the relentless for-ward pressure they were put under by the Storm, who had 13 players from their former entity - South Launceston’s 2013 premiership side - in their line-up.”

B ack by popular demand, the Roxby Downs Burnout Committee will hold its second burnout party on

the June long weekend.

Event co-organiser Rory Hatch said visiting drivers from last year’s event had expressed their keen interest on returning for a second event.

“Basically we got hassled from all the guys that came up from Adelaide last time – they said they absolutely loved it up here – they wanted to come back and they pes-tered and pestered and pestered until we gave in and decided to do it!” Rory told Th e Monitor last week.

Th e club’s event for this year was origi-nally planned to be on a lower scale to last year’s, but the Adelaide riders’ persistence ended up paying off .

“I think 50 per cent of drivers last year were Adelaide cars and all of them got back on to us and said, you’ve got to do

something, it’s really good, we enjoyed it –had a wow of a time with the after party and the laid back general country kick of it,” Rory explained.

With current expressed interest, the committee hopes to see approximately 20 drivers bring their cars to town, with the addition of local drivers. Rory also en-couraged those who exercised burnouts illegally on public roads to take it to the stage.

“I think, to put it nicely, the ones that are on the street probably need to grow a set and show us what they’ve got!” he said.

With up to 400 attendees at last years event and after party, and approximately 15 cars entered – the committee hopes for this year’s event to be bigger and better.

Rory thanked the support of the Roxby Downs Sporting Car Club, Roxby Downs Tyre and Alignment (who are raffl ing off a 50cc motorbike) and Sarah from a Sprin-kle of Magic. BY MILLIE THOMAS

Schott kicks goals in Foxtel Cup

Ex Roxby Downs local and West Adelaide player Tom Schott.

Burnouts back

TOP: An image from the 2012 Burnouts.

ABOVE LEFT: Phil Galway enjoys a hit of hockey.

ABOVE RIGHT: Mel Ferry.


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Far North Far North Football LeagueFootball League

ROUND 2 - May 3, 2014

ROUND 1 - May 3, 2014

A GRADEOlympic Dam 2.2 3.4 7.6 11.8 (74)Andamooka 3.1 5.4 5.6 9.7 (61)Olympic Dam best players: T. Walsh, M. Shaw, I. McBey, J. Barker, J. Langdon.Andamooka best players: B. Zanette, M. Schipper, D. Fisher, E. Walker, J. Orr.Olympic Dam goal scorers: I. McBey 3, S. Montgomerie 2, A. Hom-er, D. Summerton, J. Langdon, L. Hewett, D. Moyse, J. Simmons 1Andamooka goal scorers: T. Mulders 3, P. Ross, C. Rainsford, B. Zanette, S. Orr 1.

Roxby Districts 6.7 18.12 30.14 36.19 (235)Coober Pedy 2.1 3.2 3.3 6.4 (40)Roxby Districts best players: J. Greenbank, C. Ladhams, J. Wat-son, C. Hall, S. Mcivor.Coober Pedy best players: M. Lynch, B. Buller, B. Warren, M. Beelitz, M. Grava Roxby Districts goal scorers: C. Ladhams 9, S. Mcivor 6, J. Watson, R. Prosser, B. Scott 3, J. Greenbank, C. Hall, B. Ritter 2, J. Roberts, M. Alves, L. Sander, J. Korovulavula, C. Kenny, J. Bremner 1.Coober Pedy goal scorers: K. Henry, L. Lionel 2, B. Warren, M. Lynch 1.

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Senior ColtsHawks 8.7 (55)Bulldogs 6.10 (46)Hawks best players: B. Caden, N. Calligaris, B. Evans, D. Gates, M. Lamb.Bulldogs best players: F. Arbon, J. Ellis, B. DÃrrigo, J. Male, E. Taylor.Hawks goal scorers: B. Daddow 3, B. Caden, K. Gates, L. Herring, R. Edwards, Davis 1.Bulldogs goal scorers: E. Taylor 3, J. Anderson, J. Dalgleish, K. McCarthy 1.

Junior ColtsHawks (45)Bulldogs (39)Hawks best players: J. Van Kruyssen, C. Woolford, O. Mulady, T. Spartalis, B. Chamberlain.Bulldogs best players: J. Jones, Z. Annand, L. Geraghty, H. Well-green, R. Holder.Hawks goal scorers: C. Woolford 2, J. Van Kruyssen, K. Flavel, B. Chamberlain, O. Mulady 1.Bulldogs goal scorers: W. Meadow, Z. Annand, L. Geraghty, Z. Noll, J. Jones, R. Holder 1.

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Friday, May 2, 2014C GRADE

Hornridge Green (41) defeated Hornridge Pink (35)Miners Red (41) defeated OD Yellow (18)

OD Green (57) defeated Miners White (35) B GRADE

OD (34) defeated Miners (33)Hornridge (55) defeated Andamooka (26)

A GRADEAndamooka (44) defeated Hornridge (35)

OD (44) defeated Miners (42)

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Stableford ResultsSaturday, August 17, 2013

NAME SCOREOVERALL WINNER BILL BOEHM 5DIV 1 RYAN BRIGGS 4DIV 2 HARRY NOLL 4LADIES/JNR JANE JONES -10SWEEPSTAKES CRAIG WILSON 3 RYAN BENNETT 2 ANDY HIGHET 2 TONY RICHTER 2 SEB GRIGGS 2 MICHAEL HOFFMANN -1LONG DRIVE DIV 1 ADAM MALM LONG DRIVE DIV 2 BILL BOEHM LONG DRIVE LJ JANE JONES NTP DIV 1 TONY RICHTER NTP DIV 2 STEVE JACOBS NTP LJ MISSED

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F riday night marked the start of the 2014 netball season with players, supporters, offi cials and

umpires braving the cold weather where they were rewarded with close games and surprising upsets.

Th is season has seen major changes to the team lists with many new coaches and players entering the competition, and previous players moving to both new grades and clubs.

A revisit of the 2013 A Grade grand final saw Miners, the final winners, and OD meet for the fi rst round of the season. With Miners coach Tony Weir out of town, Britt Norsworthy took the reins. Although she pushed herself and her teammates hard it was not enough to defeat the combined effi ciency of Tayla Irving and Ali Knights, with Be-linda Wood playing a hard Wing At-tack. Th is time around OD showed that they were the best team on the night defeating Miners 44 – 42 in a close fought game with OD leading at the end of each quarter.

After a disappointing 2013 season, Andamooka’s A Grade has bounced back, defeating Hornridge 44 - 35.

From the fi rst quarter Andamooka left Hornridge trying to catch up 10 - 4, at three quarter time Hornridge had fought back to level the score at 29 – 29 with a strong performance in their mid court by Zoey Male and Georgia Allen. However in the fourth quarter Anda-mooka broke away by nine goals with Cerys Kirkwood playing a solid role in defence and Jaimee Langdon and Talia Glover in attack.

Th is is shaping up to be a very inter-esting season for A Grade; will the un-derdogs, Andamooka, make a run for the 2014 Grand Final or will the 2013

runner ups, OD, try to redeem their previous loss? Th ese two teams meet next Friday night for what looks to be an exciting and intense game.

B Grade kicked off with OD vs Min-ers. Th is was a close game which kept supporters and players on the edge of their seats, though the end results left OD victorious over Miners 34 – 33. Mikayla Davis and Whitney Chinner played a tough defence but could not overcome the precise feeding by Vic-toria Wilkin into the goal ring making it hard for the Miners to turn the ball over.

Andamooka B Grade’s defence pulled out all the stops but could not get a hold over the spit fi re Millie Clark, whose accuracy under the ring proved hard to defend. Andamooka went down to Hornridge 55 – 26 though the final scores do not refl ect the evenness of the game.

Th is season C Grade has six teams competing for the four fi nals positions with all clubs, except Andamooka, en-tering two teams.

Hornridge Pink and Hornridge Green competed in the fi rst game of the sea-son. Th is was a close encounter, goal for goal in the fi rst three quarters with Hornridge Green coming out on top after the fi nal whistle, defeating Horn-ridge Pink 41 - 35.

Leah Hendry played an aggressive defence for OD Yellow though it was not enough to keep Libby Steer from sinking her shots for Miners Red. Min-ers Red dominated OD Yellow 41 – 18.

OD Green defeated Miners White 57 – 35 with a strong performance from the OD shooters Anna Gubbin and Joanne Waye-Hill.

It will be an exciting round two next Friday night as teams overcome their fi rst game nerves and settle into the competition.

Netball courts heat up despite cold conditionsMakaie Kalbfl eish’s (Andamooka) defence

was no match for Hornridge’s Naomi Bowley.

Jasmine Glover takes control as Andamooka’s Goalkeeper.

Kynana Parkes (Thunderbirds) receives the ball.

Daniel D’Arrigo takes a punt for the Bulldogs. Georgie goes fast!Name Georgie DixonAge 9How long have you been riding? Five years.What size and model bike do you ride? TTR 90Do you ride competitively? Do you want to? I just ride socially.Why do you enjoy riding at the track? Because it’s fun and I can go fast.What would you like to see at the MX Club in coming years? The Roxby Rocket!

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From the PrezAs many of you would be aware, SA own Shane Metcalfe

will be coming to Roxby Downs in June to run a few junior and senior coaching days.

Shane is also looking to do some ‘special coaching’ with any families that have keen motocross kids under the age of 7.

This is a unique opportunity to have the little ones learn the ‘real basics’ of riding a motorbike.

The session will go for approximately three hours and should be a lot of fun.

The Saturday junior’s day has filled fast but we still have several spots in the senior day and urge any riders out there to jump online and register www.shanemetcalfe.com. With our first official Day Race Meet the following weekend, it’s a perfect opportunity to get some last minute tips and practice before the race meeting.

We are hoping to have the track prepped for the coach-ing days and it will be cherry ripe for the meet on June 21. We are urging all the locals who have bikes to get involved on our race day as the concept of it this year was to attract more local riders who may not be as keen to race under lights, with many city riders coming to town for the famous Night Meet later in the year.

• Mains water is all go, so toilets are finally fully functional 24/7.

• Extended long sand sections to northern end of track are now complete, which utilised the space brilliantly.

• Market Day is on May 17 and we are hoping all our merchandise will be here.

• Will need help out at the track in coming weeks so watch Facebook for updates.

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Andamooka v Olympic Dam

O lympic Dam in their fi rst game for the year were the pre-game favourites, with boom recruit

Tim Walsh and additions of Lachlan Hewett, Jack Barker, Jacob Langdon and Andrew Dix looking to cover the losses of the elite mid fi eld of 2013.

Th ey came up against Andamooka, who leading up to the match had suf-fered a big defeat at the hands of Coo-ber Pedy and had been struggling with numbers on the training track.

However a week is a long time in football, and with big numbers on the track this week and the addition of star former Broken Hill player Brenton Zan-nette , the Roos caught the Devils by surprise with a solid fi rst quarter. It in-dicated that it was going to be a tough close encounter, with Zanette and Fish-er controlling half back for the Roos, Walker doing a great job on Montgom-erie, Mulders was looking dangerous up forward and Ross snagged a couple of goals.

For the Devils Walsh was controlling the ruck, Shaw was gathering plenty of the ball and Simmons and Hewett were able to break through a formidable defence to score goals.

Quarter time: Roos 3.1.19 points to Devils 2.2.14.

The second quarter saw the Roos starting to believe in themselves , and with the elite foot skills of Zannette and Fisher providing plenty of opportuni-ties up forward they were able to break through the back line of the Devils a couple of times, and if not for the su-perb aerial work of Walsh dropping back to help the OD defence the Roos could have held a far greater margin than 12 points at half time. Mulders was proving hard to hold up forward and kicked his second for the match while Mc Bey was starting to fi nd some space in the OD forward line and kicked a val-uable goal early in the quarter to keep them in touch.

Half Time: Roos 5.4.34 points to Dev-ils 3.4. 22.

Coach Summerton must have had some stern words at half time as after the break the Devils started to play some of the football they have been renowned for over the years.

Montgomerie started to bust the packs up forward and was rewarded with goals while opening up the for-ward line allowing the smaller brigade far more opportunities.

The Devils added four goals two behinds for the quarter and kept the Roos to two points, seemingly setting the game up for them to run away with a convincing win in the last quarter.

Th e Roos defence battled hard but had no answers for the old fashioned grit of the OD players, and with Walsh continually giving the likes of Shaw, Homer and Barker fi rst use of the ball, OD looked to have the upper hand at three quarter time.

Three quarter time: Roos 5.6.36 points to Devils 7.6.48.

Th e last quarter started with Mulders kicking his third for the match to get the Roos back to within a goal, quickly answered by McBey for the Devils and OD looking to control the game. How-ever Andamooka refused to lay down with three quick goals to hit the front with Rainsford proving a hand full up forward kicking two goals. Th e pres-sure was back on and starting to show with scuffl es breaking out around the ground. Th e umpires kept great control, however OD settled best and kicked three more goals to control and win the match.

Andamooka even though reasona-bly happy with their improved perfor-mance, probably didn’t capitalise on the

superb delivery of the ball from their half backs, and with a bit of work on their structure up forward will be hard to beat in the coming weeks. Jack Orr celebrated his 100th game in the league with a great game for the Roos.

Olympic Dam should improve in the coming weeks with new players settling in to the club.

Roxby Districts v Coober Pedy

Th e Miners coming off a convincing win against the Hornridge Magpies last week, this week lined up against the much improved Coober Pedy Saints coming off a huge win at home against the Roos.

On paper this looked to be a game of speed and skill that would determine how each side was shaping up in the competition this year.

Coober Pedy lined up without star player Amos Frank, but had signed more players during the week and looked to have a good side. Roxby Dis-tricts had included former Crows player Chris Ladhams for his fi rst game at the club together with Ben Scott, a quality mid fi elder from country Victoria.

The game started at a good pace with the Miners working the ball well through the Saints defence to put on a six goal fi rst quarter with the Saints scoring two goals through the very tal-ented Kelvin Henry and Lester Lionel. Roxby looked to have many avenues to attack and sometimes were a little in-direct but shared the load well. Coober Pedy when able to win the centre clear-ances moved the ball well with Bobby Warren and Matty Lynch proving to be high quality players. Ladhams had a three goal quarter and stamped his experience on the game, with quality players Cody Kenny, Jared Greenbank and Craig Hall delivering the ball well.

Quarter time: Miners 6.7.43 points Saints 2.1.13.

Th e second quarter Roxby exerted their authority over the game with a massive 12 goal quarter with winners all over the ground. Coober Pedy managed to score just the 1 goal through Lionel and the game was well and truly over at half time. Th e Miners ability to pressure their opposition into mistakes togeth-er with a far more direct approach to goal, forced Coober Pedy players fur-ther away from their goals thus taking away the eff ectiveness of their better players and playing totally under the Miners control.

Half time: Miners 18.12.120 points to Saints 3.2.20.

Th e third quarter saw Roxby continue on the merry way with another 12 goals while Coober Pedy failed to score a goal for the quarter.

Jared Greenbank proved why he was the Mail medal winner last year with an outstanding quarter, but Roxby certain-ly shared the load making them very hard to combat as the temperature dropped and the night became cold and slippery.

Th ree quarter time: Roxby 30.14.194 points to Coober Pedy 3.3.21.

Th e last quarter saw Roxby add an-other six goals to Coober Pedy’s three goals and was a very entertaining quarter with the Saints to their credit playing the game right out. Th e skills of Warren and Lynch providing fast ball movement to star forward Hen-ry. Roxby on the other hand were very impressive with key forwards Ladhams 10 goals and Mc Ivor fi ve goals fi nish-ing off some excellent team work by the Miners.

Footy in full swing

Daniel D'Arrigo takes a punt for the Bulldogs.

The Bulldogs vs the Hawkes over the weekend .

Andamooka's Jack Orr avoids advances from Olympic Dam's William Hagger.

Justin Watson and Martin Grava vie for the ball.

Andamooka’s Atticus Dekuyer

and Olympic Dam’s Timothy Walsh

contest for the ball.

ROUND TWO HIGHLIGHTSChris Ladhams 9Sean McIvor 6Ian McBey 3Troy Mulders 3Justin Watson 3Ricky Prosser 3Ben Scott 3

TALLY AFTER ROUND 2Joel Harman 9Chris Ladhams 9Kelvin Henry 9Sean McIvor 7Justin Watson 6

Results from FNFL Round 2

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Pocket rocket Taj Gow-Smith has won the first round of the 2014 South Australian Motocross Championship at

Gillman on the weekend, following an intense day of racing.

Gow-Smith, 9, made two fi rsts and a fourth in his heats in the 7-U9 65cc class, making up a total score of 68 points – only four in front of second place getter, Landen Panozzo.

Gow-Smith was going to have a trying day of riding regardless – with approximately 15 mil-lilitres of rain dumped on the track and turning it to virtual sludge.

“Th e track was barely rideable early on but by the time the 65cc bikes came out it had dried up a little,” Dad Clint Gow-Smith explained ear-lier this week. “Taj hole shotted (the) fi rst two rounds and led from start to fi nish which was

really pleasing as these conditions are some-thing pretty foreign to him.”

While it seemed Gow Smith had the day event in the bag, a dramatic turn of events severely compromised his fi nal heat. Taj was catapulted into the air and away from his bike at the start line – giving other riders a half-lap advantage.“His hopes of a f irst overall looked dashed,” Clint said. The drama didn’t stop there for young Gow-Smith, with anoth-er huge get off over a track jump throw-ing him heavily once again from his bike.“To his credit he got back on and held on for 4th, which was enough to still win the overall,” Clint said proudly. “Taj came in from the race in so much pain; we thought his arm was broken.”

Gow-Smith came fourth overall in the series last year, and had built up even more determi-nation to get podium results this year.

“To get this one under his belt fi rst up, we couldn’t be prouder of his determination and

commitment to the sport he loves,” Clint said.

Th e fi nal scores saw Gow-Smith in fi rst place with 68, Landen Panozzo in second on 64 and Clay Burnett in third on 59.

Th e next state title round will be closer to home for the Gow-Smiths – at Port Au-gusta on Saturday, May 31.

“Special thanks to Y Aim Shane and Amy Metcalfe for their ongoing support on and off the track and to all his spon-sors YAIM, Coast KTM, SPMX, Rapid Custom Graphics, Blackchrome Sports-wear, and a massive thanks to Taj’s lo-cal sponsors, Roxby Fabrication and Engineering, Outlaws Coatings and Conveyors, Auto Pro, Tommy Hanni-gan at MAITS Tyres and Th e Monitor Newspaper who make it all possible,” Clint fi nished.

Taj takes out fi rst round

Taj at the fi rst round of the MX State Titles at

Gillman on the weekend.Photos courtesy of Craig

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