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Kicking goals in the kitchen

New principal at St Barb’s

Artist brings coast to Roxby

Remembering their sacrifi ce, celebrating our nation’s freedom

Miner’s manifestoOlympic Dam employee writes anonymous letter to public

WRITTEN BYPATRICK GLOVER

An anonymous source has outlined what he or she believes to be major problems at BHP Billiton Olympic

Dam in a letter distributed around Roxby Downs last week.

� e letter, which appears to be written by a current employee, addressed issues including recent job cuts at the mine.

“I have been a worker here at Olympic Dam for over 15 years and seen many changes, most of which, until recently, have been for the better,” the statement reads.

“� e mine was growing and the skills were expanding, and the safety was up with the best.

“We employed hard, tough workers and trained

people well, and chased the skilled people we needed to make the mine better.

“� en we seemed to have had a divergence, we started getting rid of our locally grown miners, who had years of experience.

“We started hiring young guns with the ideas that a uni degree and Google could supply, as well as miners from overseas.”

� e letter’s author encourages locals to speak out against rumours of another 900 job cuts due in the coming weeks.

� e author notes that people who have spoken up have been the fi rst to go in previous job cuts, whereas face-to-face discussions used to be encouraged between the mine’s hierarchy and employees.

� e letter also addresses repairs on the Svedala Mill, Whenan Shaft and smelter, and how all of

these shutdowns could have been avoided. “� ere have been many reasons given for (the

Svedala Mill’s) failure – whether lack of proper maintenance or a mechanical fault it remains to be seen, but the fact remains it is a massive unplanned shut.

“Same with the smelter, people said it needed urgent repairs, oh no, we can get a few more months out of it, then what happens? Another unplanned shut!

“� en there is the dear old Whenan Shaft – fi rst it was the cage, now it’s the whole shaft.

“� e people who had worked on it for years were screaming that it needed an urgent repair, now what? A $50 million rebuild and out for up to two years.”

In response to the letter’s allegations, BHP Billiton Olympic Dam asset president Darryl

Cuzzubbo told � e Monitor the company was facing a challenging external environment and was continuing to simplify its business while operating as effi ciently as possible.

“Olympic Dam is an amazing ore body that supports a fantastic community at Roxby Downs,” he said. “However, we can’t ignore the challenges across the resources sector, and we must make sure that we are mining the ore body as effi ciently as possible to ensure the long-term sustainability of both the mine and the town.

“We know that change is challenging for both our workforce and the Roxby Downs community.

“As we work through this necessary transfor-mation, the entire Olympic Dam leadership team is committed to minimising any negative impact on Roxby Downs and supporting our workforce and community.”

WRITTEN BYRYNEISHA BOLLARD

R emembering those who “suff ered on purpose” was one of many messages

delivered as part of Anzac Day services held at Roxby Downs on the weekend.

New resident and Roxby Downs Christian Community Church minister Joel Hill told the hundreds gathered for Saturday’s dawn and mid-morning services that Anzac Day reminded Australians of the diffi cult situation faced by those in the armed forces.

“The tragedy for the men and

women at war is they’re caught at a catch-22,” he said.

Reverend Hill said soldiers who kill others are “forever burdened with the loss of life”, and those who avoid killing must carry the guilt and shame of letting down their “mates”.

“� ey’re damned if they do and

damned if they don’t,” he said.Roxby Downs and Andamooka

Returned Services League president Jack McGuire said the establishment of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps 100 years ago saw “a generation of boys become men in an instant”.

Mr McGuire said Australia had

been involved in many conflicts since then to maintain the freedom its citizens enjoyed today.

“Each of us have the unalienable right to live as free people,” he said.

“We owe it to the men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifi ce…

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LEST WE FORGET: A young Anzac Day attendee lays a wreath at the Roxby Downs war memorial during the mid-morning commemorative service.

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Quiet Anzac Day reportedRoxby Downs police experienced a quiet Anzac

Day weekend. Local police officers attended the Anzac

Day dawn service in Roxby Downs, and Senior Sergeant Terry Boylan attended the service in Woomera.

� ey received no reports of incidents occurring over the weekend.

Disorderly behaviour arrestA 19-year-old Roxby Downs man was arrested

recently for disorderly behaviour at a fast food restaurant on Richardson Place last week.

Police attended at 5.10pm on Friday, April 17, in response to a man allegedly using off ensive lan-guage towards staff and other customers.

� e man was arrested and charged with disor-derly and off ensive behaviour and was bailed to appear in the Roxby Downs Magistrates Court next month.

Driver four times the limitA woman has been reported for drink driving

after blowing nearly four times the legal limit and allegedly colliding with a light pole.

At 12.40am Friday, April 17, police were pa-trolling Olympic Way when they found a dam-aged light pole and a damaged front bumper left at the scene.

After making several inquiries, police found the 42-year-old woman, wh o recorded a blood alcohol content of 0.211 and was reported for drink driving.

She was issued with an immediate loss of li-cence for 12 months and will have to appear in court at a later date.

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There may be no water, nor any boats in the town, but

the developers of the Andamooka Yacht Club (AYC) are setting their sails for success.

Rather than what it sounds like, the club — to be located in the Andamooka Commu-nity Hall — is set to be a cafe, art gallery and information centre all in one.

� e project is the brain-child of Sydney pair Kurt Jury and Matilda Moy-lan-Blaikie, who will be making the move to Anda-mooka in the coming weeks to begin the start-up of their idea.

“� ere’s a lot of initial set-up to be done for the project,

and the two of us will be working continually on the project from set-up through to running the AYC,” Mr Jury told � e Monitor.

“It’ll be a lot of hard work, but we’re really excited to create a community hub and provide the Andamooka lo-cals and visitors to the town with coff ee, light lunches and baked treats.”

� e project, which started out as a university assign-ment, has gained momen-tum in the past few weeks after the pair received a start-up grant worth $14,585 from the inaugural Beyond Bank Community Entrepre-neur Program.

Ms Moylan-Blaikie said they were hoping to com-plete a set-up phase within 12 weeks before holding an offi cial opening.

� ey have family in Anda-

mooka and have spent time there in the last few years, and this helped them come up with the idea for a local business.

Ms Moylan-Blaikie said they wanted to give back to the community.

“We’ve spent a lot of time in Andamooka over the last couple of years,” she said.

“� e locals are fantastic people and we’re in love with the landscape.

“At the moment we’re working on putting togeth-er a photo wall of locals and well-known historical Anda-mooka people.

“We think it’s a nice way to honour the rich history of the town.

“We will also have a showcase of contemporary designed opal jewellery, and map guides to the area.”

Sails set for yacht club at Andamooka

Developers Kurt Jury and Matilda Moylan-Blaikie at the yacht club’s proposed location, the Andamooka Community Hall.

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This year’s Roxby Community Postie Bash will be mad e possible with help from a new

committee appointed at an annual general meeting last week.

Peter Marks will serve as committee president and is replacing Dave Secker, who has stepped down from the role he had fi lled since the event began in 2011.

Mr Marks is joined by Jason Kelly (vice president), Ryneisha Bollard (sec-retary), Chance Owen (treasurer), Sam

Secker (event organiser), Kate Collins (media liaison) and Matt Beresford (traffi c co-ordinator).

� e mechanical sweeper role will be fi lled by Chris Brooks, Rick Johnson and Dale Richardson, while the other committee members set to help out are Rob Hall, Sophie Scott, Lesley Herring, Letitia Sikora and Ann Endemann.

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The Olympic Dam Football Club kitchen is back in business after new chef Brooke Perrett

started two weeks ago.Diners have been raving about the

food and taking to Facebook to praise Ms Perrett and her staff .

“It has been really good,” Ms Per-rett said.

“I had a couple of young girls hand out some pamphlets in the weeks be-

fore I started, and it seems to have been a success – we got a few families here to schnitzel night (on Monday, April 20).”

Ms Perrett has changed the menu around from the last chef ’s and add-ed a $14 schnitzel night on Mondays.

She said she was hoping to soon introduce new specials and monthly theme nights as well.

Ms Perrett previously worked at the football club for six months be-fore heading to the Northern Terri-tory several years ago.

She has been back in Roxby for a

few years now and was previously head chef at Chives restaurant.

“It is very diff erent,” she said. “Be-fore Chives I worked in Port Pirie, and that was busy as well, so it is very diff erent (to now be) working by myself.”

“But the atmosphere is great. It is a great place.

“� e football club have been really good, very supportive – (club presi-dent) Cam (Green) was the one that rang me and off ered me the job.

“It’s good to be back.”The OD Football Club is open

R epresentatives from the Roxby Downs Business Forum executive steering

committee (BFESC) and Roxby Downs Traders Association had the chance to meet the Totally Locally campaign’s creator last week.

� e forum and traders associ-ation are set to launch their own campaign aimed at promoting local businesses in the coming weeks.

BFESC member Lisa Hew-erdine and traders association chairperson Katalin Wilby trav-elled to Kapunda for the launch of the town’s Totally Locally cam-paign and were lucky enough to meet Chris Sands, the UK-based creator of Totally Locally.

“We were very excited to meet Chris and we were fortunate for Chris to be sharing his ideas with us face-to-face about the Totally Locally concept,” Mrs Wilby said.

“Chris said he was very excited for Roxby Downs to be a part of

the Totally Locally concept and was looking forward to working with us to bringing it to life.”

Mrs Hewerdine said Mr Sands was “blown away” that she and Mrs Wilby had travelled all the way from Roxby Downs to attend the event.

She said the pair also formed alliances with Kapunda and Barossa councils to help them through their own Totally Lo-cally campaign.

Mrs Wilby said she believed the concept would work well in the Roxby Downs community.

While it has been in the pipe-line for some time, she said the concept would be shared with the broader Business Forum community at a meeting in a few weeks.

In the meantime, Mrs Wilby said organisers were looking for people with IT experience to help develop a website and Facebook page.

BY PATRICK GLOVER

Locals on campaign trail

Lisa Hewerdine and Katalin Wilby with Totally Locally creator Chris Sands

and RDA Barossa’s Anne Moroney.

Brooke Perrett is back in the OD Football Club kitchen as its new chef. PHOTO: Patrick Glover

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Local musicians enjoyed a rare opportunity to learn from two Elder Conservatorium instructors

when they visited the Roxby Downs Christian Community Church last week.

� e church, in conjunction with the Arts and Culture Forum, arranged for a master class and recital from University of Adelaide head of strings studies Keith Crellin and his wife Ruth Saffi r, who is a cello lecturer at the same university.

Reverend Mary Lewis said there had been “great engagement” by those in at-tendance last � ursday.

“� ey worked very hard with the or-chestra in the morning, and really re-sponded to Ruth and Keith,” she said.

“I think they all took it really well.“� e students don’t often get a chance

to hear professional musicians in person like that.”

Rev Lewis said the idea to invite the pair to Roxby came after Ms Saffi r con-ducted music examinations in the town last year.

“She has met the students previously, so we thought it was good to have them back to build on that,” she said.

Rev Lewis thanked her husband Owen and Arts and Culture Forum member Rachel Young for their assistance in mak-ing the day possible.

She said local music enthusiasts were now looking forward to a visit from the Seraphim Trio as part of the Red eAR� Festival in August, when the string musicians will hold a workshop with locals before performing in the roxbylink auditorium.


I t only took a two-year stay for Bosnian woman Alisa Teletovic to fall in love with Roxby

Downs and the surrounding landscape.

Now she has transferred this passion into her paintings, and is showing off Roxby Downs to people overseas.

Mrs Teletovic moved to Roxby Downs in 2006 after her husband Adnan Teletovic secured a job with BHP Billiton.

Before that they had spent 13 years in Melbourne after leaving Bosnia in 1994.

“We stayed in Roxby for two years, and this is where I let go of all my insecurities regarding my style in painting,” Mrs Teletovic said.

“I fell in love with the land, bush-es, black trees, emus, red sand, stars – I cannot explain it, it’s just still in my veins.

“We loved traveling and going to Adelaide, Woomera, the Barossa Valley, Port Douglas and the salt lakes, which I still have the urge to paint.

“We cherished all of our travels and we took the kids with us. I still remember the long, hot drives and crossing the country.

Mrs Teletovic has just opened an exhibition in Sarajevo, Bosnia, and said it brought her “great joy” to share her passion and stories through art.

“I feel grateful to be able to do that and to discover all that lives in the outback that I have seen, noticed, and appreciated,” she said.

“I can tell you I am advocating for Australia in a diff erent way, I am bringing soul and telling people

about it. Australia is a mystery for a majority of people here, as it is so far away.”

Mrs Teletovic’s artwork uses fresh lines and dot painting, and demon-strates infl uences from Australian indigenous culture, which she said had never been seen in Sarajevo before.

She had previously exhibited her work while she was in Australia, with St Barbara’s Parish School buy-ing one of her paintings.

“I was very lucky that my sto-ries were recognised and respect-ed, wanted, and people bought my work,” Mrs Teletovic said.

“I started selling and feeling won-derful. � e most beautiful sales are when people connect and say that are happy looking at my work, that it reminds them of the place where they grow up.

“I had the same thing in Saraje-vo. � ey loved the positive energy, colours and layering, and at some degree it was new, they were mes-merised, and I sold fi ve pieces.”

Mrs Teletovic said she missed Roxby Downs and wanted to day a “big hello” to everyone there who still remembered her and her family.

She said she would always hold Australia close to her heart after completing her university studies, having children and selling artwork here.

“If I could fl y, I would come right now,” she said.

“I hope we will be back to visit, but I feel our roads are here now in Sarajevo.

“Sarajevo is a new experience and it gives us new roads to take.

“Certainly the outback is with me in each new experience, and I will paint this in my heart and return to the salt lakes in my mind.”

Local Church strings together recital

Far North inspires Bosnian artist

Former Roxby Downs resident Alisa Teletovic with one of her paintings.

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Cello instructor Ruth Saffi r (left), Millie and Luke Young and Rafael Velasco at the Roxby Downs Christian Community Church last week. PHOTOS: Ryneisha Bollard

RIGHT: University of Adelaide head of string studies Keith Crellin shows Caleb Kemenyvary how to hold a violin bow.

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G rab your boots, jeans and fl annelette shirts – the Roxby Downs Scouts are holding a bush dance to raise money

for upcoming trips.� e Joeys have a ‘hoporee’ in Adelaide in No-

vember, while the Cubs will attend a ‘cuboree’ in Canberra and the Scouts are heading to a jamboree in Sydney next year.

� e group is encouraging everyone to come down and show their support on Friday, May 8.

“We thought we’d try something diff erent, something for the whole family to enjoy,” said event organiser Cherie Gaskin.

“You don’t need to know how to line dance or square dance. All instructions are part of the calling on the night.

“We are very excited and have a great night planned; we hope to see lots of people there.”

Roxby Downs’s very own folk band will be playing and Reverend Mary Lewis will be calling the instructions on the night.

“We are very lucky to have such talent at our fi ngertips – and all locals,” Mrs Gaskin said.

Tickets are on sale now, with adult tickets $15 each and children under 12 $5.

“This price includes supper, with a good old-fashioned feast lined up,” Mrs Gaskin said.

“Pumpkin soup, damper, scones, jubilee cake – stuff your Mum or Nana used to make.

“Drinks will also be available for purchase on the night.”

Tickets can be pre-purchased by contacting Scott or Cherie Gaskin or by visiting their sau-sage sizzle at Woolworths on Saturday, May 2, from 9.00am to 12.30pm.

Tickets are also available on the night, with a door prize also up for grabs and a raffl e to be held.

“We really have the night geared up to all ages,” Mrs Gaskin said.

“It will be a true family-friendly event.”BY PATRICK GLOVER

Rox b y D o w n s w o m a n Ella McCarthy will be representing her town as

one of 16 fi nalists in the Fashion at the Races state fi nal in Adelaide next week.

Mrs McCarthy is in the running to win the fi rst prize of an Alfa Romeo MiTo valued at $24,500, or the run-ner-up prize of a Perri Cutten shop-ping spree worth $3000.

Hosted by � oroughbred Racing SA, the competition also includes a $150 Studio Hats voucher for the racegoer with the best millinery on the day.

Judging will be conducted during a luncheon at the William Hill Der-by Day at Morphettville on Saturday, May 9.

� oroughbred Racing SA market-ing manager Michelle Greene said Fashion at the Races was a statewide celebration of all that we love about the races– city glamour, country style and regional pride.

“We’ll be looking for someone who dresses with style, class and a touch of personality,” she said.

� e fi nalists were chosen at major race days held across South Australia over a 12-month period.

� ey will be judged on appropri-ateness of the outfi t for the particular event, originality and confi dence, at-tention to detail with accessories, ap-preciation of current fashion trends, grooming and deportment.

Joining Ms Greene on the judging panel are Anna Mott from Racing Fashion TV, SA Life editor Jacqui Harbison and Perri Cutten state manager Vivien Smith.


Port Lincoln’s Di Bichard launched her second art exhibition, � e Joy of Life, at the roxbylink gallery last

� ursday night. � e collection includes a number of vi-

brant oil paintings depicting the beautiful coastline Mrs Bichard lives on and the fl ow-ers and insects she sees in her travels.

“It depends but it usually takes me about six weeks to do a painting, so it takes a cou-ple of years to come up with enough for an exhibition,” she said.

“So some are from late 2013 and some are from as recent as last month.

“� ere are paintings of the seascape from

where I live, Boston Island, as well as fl owers and butterfl ies.

“I have also taken a few photos while camping and turned them into oil paint-ings – we used to have a mine at Mintabie so there are some photos from there that I have used as well.”

Mrs Bichard said she had focussed on oil painting in the past 10 years as it was her favourite medium.

Along with exhibitions, Mrs Bichard has been selling her work for a number of years, with word of mouth her biggest promoter.

Her fi rst was two years ago after making a promise to herself to hold one before she turned 50.

“It kind of snuck up on me, and I made it by two weeks,” she said.

“It was very nerve racking, but it was very

successful and it encouraged me to do an-other one.”

Mrs Bichard said she enjoyed painting and getting the little things right.

“I get a real kick when I get the little de-tails of the butterfl ies eyes right,” she said.

� is attention to detail shows in her exhi-bition, as Mrs Bichard said she had chosen to display only the paintings she would be happy to hang in her lounge room.

Mrs Bichard and her husband Rex stayed in Andamooka with friends last week and spent some time in Roxby Downs as well.

She said she enjoyed using the gym and pool facilities, along with relaxing and hav-ing a coff ee while watching people move through town.

Coastline comes to Roxby

Port Lincoln artist Di Bichard with one of her paintings on display in the roxbylink

gallery this month.

Scouts to host bush dance

Ella’s off and racing in SA fashion competition

RIGHT: Ella McCarthy in the outfi t that won her a spot in the Fashions

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EDITORIALBy Ryneisha Bollard

Anzac Day is often perceived as a sombre occasion, and this was certainly the case at

the local dawn and mid-morning services, when attendees gathered to honour those who have served or are serving their country.

However, it was encouraging to see that the day was also a celebration of the freedoms we enjoy because of the sacrifi ces made by our armed forces.

Thousands have lost their lives across many confl icts to protect their country and its liberties.

Out of the thousands more who re-turned home, many are haunted by disturbing memories, and may fi nd it diffi cult to adjust to a more peaceful environment.

One of them was my great-grandfather, who came back from World War II a changed man. My father remembers him as an odd character who was “not all there” at times.

� is is not to say that all war vet-

erans are left with mental health is-sues into their later years, but can you blame those who are?

I cannot even begin to imagine what members of our armed forces go through on the battle fi eld.

Indeed we must not make assump-tions as to what they went through – instead we must let them tell their own stories, and only if they want to.

As a country we should be doing more to acknowledge the traumatis-ing consequences of being involved in an armed confl ict.

As Australians, we may be known

for our “she’ll be right” mentality, but we must remember that there is no one-size-fi ts-all solution for people who have served their country.

Some may very well have the re-silience to move on from what they have experienced, but those who are left traumatised must not be blamed or shamed.

Nor should we assume that they are incapable of recovery.

� ose of us who have not fought in a war owe it to those who have to treat them with respect, understanding and patience.

If you would like to share your opinions in The Monitor, send us an email ([email protected]) or a letter to PO Box 72, Roxby Downs SA 5725

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

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

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

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29th - SA Museum’s Out of the Glass Case visiting Andamooka. Community members welcome to meet SA Museum team and

have items identified from 4.30-6pm at the

primary school.

30th - Out of the Glass Case visiting RDAS.

MAY 2nd - Far North Football League:

Coober Pedy vs Roxby Districts at Coober

Pedy, 1pm. East Roxby vs Hornridge at Roxby

Downs, 2.30pm.

7th - Jazzamatazz, roxbylink auditorium,

11am. Ph: 8671 2001.

7th - Adelaide Cabaret Festival

Roadshow, 7.30pm. Ph: 8671 2001.

8th - Bush dance fundraiser for the

Roxby Downs Scouts, roxbylink auditorium,

7pm. Music from the Roxby Folk Club.

8th-9th - Oodnadatta Races & Gymkhana.

Ph: 8670 7801.

9th - FNFL: East Roxby vs Olympic Dam,

12.30pm. Hornirdge vs Roxby Districts,

2.30pm. Both games at Roxby Downs.

16th - Roxby Market Day in front of RDAS,

9am to 12.30pm.

16th - FNFL: OD vs Coober Pedy, 12.30pm. Roxby

Districts vs East Roxby, 2.30pm. Home games.

16th - Roxby Downs Sporting Car Club

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St Barb’s to welcome back past principalFormer St Barbara’s

Parish School principal Bernadette Lacey will

return to the role in term three this year.

Acting principal Terry Kluzek has stepped down from the role to begin his retirement, and is being replaced by John Robert-son until Ms Lacey arrives.

“I congratulate Bernadette on this important appointment,” Catholic Education South Aus-tralia director Brenda Keenan said in a statement.

“She will bring to St Barbara’s Parish School a wealth of lead-ership experience in Catholic education, and a demonstrated passion for ensuring excellence in teaching and learning in a Catholic school setting.

“I know Bernadette is very much looking forward to lead-ing the Roxby Downs commu-nity, and I am sure she will fi nd a warm welcome among you.”

Ms Lacey is currently a prin-cipal at St Joseph’s School, Port Lincoln, where she will remain

until the end of term two.M r R o b e r t s o n i s a n

experienced educator whose most recent appointment was at St Mary McKillop School, Wallaroo.

“I would like to thank him for taking on this key leadership po-sition, and know that you will show your support and join me in wishing him all the best as he undertakes this important work at St Barbara’s Parish School, Roxby Downs,” Ms Keenan added.


TAFE SA has received $400,000 from the Department of State Development to provide a select

range of free courses to under-employed residents of Roxby Downs and other Far North communities.

Regional manager Robin O’Dea visited Roxby Downs last week and said he was excited about the project.

“� is is a good idea because it helps to overcome the disadvantage of distance,” he told � e Monitor.

“It can sometimes be a problem for TAFE because you need to make enough money to send a lecturer to regional towns, so if you don’t have a minimum of 10 or 12 for example you lose money. � en the regional towns are the fi rst to suff er because they don’t get the courses anymore.

“So receiving this funding is good because we can target the disadvantaged and remote people.”

� e Roxby Downs TAFE already off ers a number of quality programs to a variety of diff erent people.

Working in conjunction with the school, apprentices and others in the community, it off ers anything from pre-apprentice and fi rst aid courses to boiler making and elec-trical courses.

“We try to build capacity here at the TAFE in Roxby Downs,” Mr O’Dea said.

“It also helps BHP Billiton and others be-cause they don’t need to send their appren-tices elsewhere to do their training.

“In the last 12 months we have also had fi rst and second-year diesel mechanics do-ing courses at TAFE, so it saves BHP Billiton money.”

� e pre-apprentice courses help school students get a foot in the door to be hired once they have fi nished studying.

Students are in the workshop four days per week and work on a number of diff erent projects.

Mr O’Dea said the pre-apprentice cours-

es also helped BHP Billiton Olympic Dam choose apprentices who were already locals.

Department of State Development Far North regional manager Karen Skinner said she hoped to provide a Certifi cate � ree in Tourism as one of the free courses for under-employed community members.

Mr O’Dea said a free tourism course would be appealing to a lot of people be-cause of how expensive it could be.

Free TAFE courses on offer to locals

Bernadette Lacey with one of her St Joseph’s students in Port Lincoln. Ms

Lacey will be returning to St Barbara’s Parish School as its principal in term three. PHOTO: Supplied

TAFE SA regional manager Robin O’Dea visited

Roxby Downs last week. PHOTO:

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Unconditional love and watching her children have adventures are among the highlights of motherhood for local

woman Sarah Barnes.Sarah said her children – Kyra, 5, and Char-

lie, 2 – are “more important than anything”, and she hoped to teach them to be themselves and be positive about life.

“I want them to be friendly, decent people who are nice to others and do the right thing,” she said.

For Mother’s Day, Sarah said she was look-ing forward to a cooked breakfast from hus-band Dave with help from the children.

“It’s nice to get spoilt,” she said. Sarah said Dave would most likely take Kyra

and Charlie on a shopping trip to pick out her present.

“� ey usually get me candles but I’ve also had sculptures and a few unusual things,” she said.

“Dave lets them pick anything they want for me, within reason.”

Sarah and Dave recently celebrated their 14th wedding anniversary and are in their 10th year of living in Roxby Downs.

Originally from country Victoria, the pair have stayed in town for more than just Dave’s work – they enjoy the friendships they have made and the relaxed, social lifestyle.

“It’s a nice place to live,” Sarah said. However, Sarah said one of the challenges

of living in Roxby was being away from her parents and extended family.

“We’re always on Skype and on the phone,” she said.

“Charlie is always asking to call Nanna and Grandad. It is hard without your real family here, but having my ‘Roxby family’ helps.”

Now that Kyra has started school, Sarah has gone back to working at Roxby Hourglass Jewellers.

“I’ve had fi ve years off work to look after our children and was lucky enough that Leigh took me back,” she said.

“It’s nice to be at work and be able to have an adult conversation with customers. It’s great.”

Sarah also keeps herself busy with her home business, Sarah’s Sewing Spoils, which off ers hand-made goods including custom-made purses.

She said she started her business more than one year ago after developing a passion for sewing.

“I had babies, so I made baby stuff ,” she said.“� en I made one purse and that was it, I

was addicted.”Sarah has made more than 100 purses and

currently averages up to three per week, with most of her sewing done once the children are asleep and on weekends.

“A lot of Roxby women have a hand-made purse from me,” she said.

When it comes to socialising, Sarah loves spending time with the mothers group ladies she has become friends with.

“Kyra is going to school with all of her mums group, which is fantastic,” she said.

“I’m glad she has her best friends with her. “We did mums group every Tuesday for the

whole four years until they went to kindergar-ten, and I’ve got a whole new set of friends that I’ve met through Charlie’s mums group, which is in its third year.

“� at would be my advice to any new mums up here is to get out and get into a mums group to make friends.”

Sarah said she keeps active by walking the family dog, Mort, and walking through the sand dunes.

“� e kids love going walking in the dunes and following all the diff erent animal footprints in the sand,” she said.

“I end up having to run this way and that to

keep up with both of them out there.” Sarah said she and the kids also had quad

bikes. “We try to get out on the bikes when we

can,” she said.“We just went out on the weekend in the

mud and puddles and the kids loved it”.When Charlie has his “day sleeps”, Sarah

said Kyra loved doing craft activities with her.

“She’s always had that time, and I’ve always made that time for her,” she said.

When Kyra is at school, Sarah and Char-lie enjoy going to the park, riding his go kart around the block and playing with his trucks in the sandpit.

“He’s very active and typical boy,” Sarah said.“Charlie has to be outside playing, whereas

Kyra’s always painting and drawing. “I think she’s going to take after my creative

side.”

� e family also enjoys camping, with previ-ous trips including the Flinders Ranges.

“We have a few local areas we would like to camp at too and take the quads,” Sarah said.

When Sarah wants to relax, she gets a mas-sage or her hair and nails done.

“Although any spare time I’ve got I’m pretty much making purses,” she said.

After waiting to have children until she was 30, Sarah said motherhood was diff erent to what she expected.

“It’s not as easy as it looks, but you wouldn’t change any of it for the world,” she said.

“I love the age of my kids at the moment. � ey are full of character and both so diff erent.

“I enjoy spending time with both of them; they are my most important friends I have.

“I am looking forward to spending Moth-er’s Day with them this year, which we will be sharing with Dave as it’s his birthday.”

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Hundreds gather for Anzac Day in Roxby Downs

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1“By staying eternally vigilant, we honour their sac-

rifi ce and we maintain our liberty.”� e Anzac Day march through Richardson Place

featured a horse to represent the Australian Light Horse regiment, while another highlight of the day was a commemorative haka performed by the local Maori group at both services.

“� at was just magnifi cent,” Mr McGuire said.“It’s something I won’t forget in a very long time.”About 500 people gathered at the Roxby Downs

Bowling Club for a gunfi re breakfast and auction after the dawn service, while another strong crowd visit-ed the club for 60s-themed live entertainment from Adelaide band � e Highlights after the mid-morning service.

Mr McGuire told � e Monitor the day was better than he had expected it to be.

“It was one of the best turnouts we’ve had in a long time,” he said.

“We had to get more food because we’d only catered for so many, but at the end of the day it’s a pleasant surprise to have so many people.”

Mr McGuire said the auction had been an “awe-some” success.

“� e people of Roxby are just unbelievably gener-ous,” he said.

While a jumping castle had to be cancelled because of strong winds on the day, face painting off ered by the horse and pony club proved successful.

� e local Rotary club provided a sausage sizzle, while a spit roast lunch was served up by local busi-ness D & D Supplies.

Mr McGuire also thanked BHP Billiton for its funding towards the live entertainment, along with Training for You for sponsoring the event.

Eternal fl ame on show at Port AugustaWRITTEN BY GAIL HERITAGE

Thousands of Port Augusta locals watched on as two riders dressed in the traditional

uniform of the famous Australian Light Horse regiment led the Anzac Day march on Saturday.

Following close behind was Lance Corporal Jacob Liebelt, of the local 46 ACU division, who was dressed in the Australian Light Horse uniform and carried a special eternal fl ame awarded to Port Augusta as part of this year’s Australian and New Zea-land Army Corps centenary com-memorations.

� e fl ame is one of only two award-ed to South Australian returned ser-vice leagues (RSLs) and was originally lit at a ceremony in Albany, the site of the Australian infantry fi rst fl eet’s departure in 1915.

� e torches then travelled to Can-berra, where Port Augusta RSL mem-bers collected it during a special cer-emony late last month.

Port Augusta held three servic-es, all well attended, with the major march through the city centre draw-ing a huge number of spectators who watched a sombre ceremony in Glad-stone Square.

The crowd was also treated to a

special flyover by members of the Royal Australian Air Force.

Roxby Downs and Andamooka RSL vice president Vicky Mason made the trek south this year to lay a wreath at the Gladstone Square war memorial with mother Marlene Wright and sis-ter Melenee Ellard.

Her niece Jessica Ellard played an integral role in the Port Augusta commemorations as one of the Light Horse riders, which is why she trav-elled to Port Augusta for this year’s event.

� e family has a long history of war service. Her great-grandfather served in the Boer War, and another grand-father served in Germany, where he was a prisoner of war. Both were lucky to come home.

Another uncle died on the HMAS Sydney. Several other relatives, all brothers in the same family, also perished.

“I always lay a wreath here in Rox-by, just showing respect for those in our family that didn’t make it back,” she said.

“We were very thankful for the ones who did come home.”

� e Roxby Downs local described the Port Augusta service as “beauti-ful” and said she was stunned at the large crowd numbers.

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1. Adelaide band The Highlights perform their Sensational Sixties

Show at the bowling club.2. Reverend John Hill addresses the crowd.

3. Roxby Downs Scouts group members in front of the war

memorial on Saturday morning.4. Roxby Downs and Andamooka

RSL president Jack McGuire delivers his speech.

Crowd numbers at Saturday’s dawn service were estimated to be nearly 1000.

Members of the local Maori community perform a commemorative haka.

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1. Lance Corporal Jacob Liebelt had the honour of carrying the eternal fl ame. He was dressed in the traditional uniform of

the Australian Light Horse regiment.2. Vicky Mason lays a wreath for her

family at the Port Augusta Anzac Day commemorations on Saturday.

3. Jessica Ellard (left), niece of Roxby Downs local Vicky Mason and Katie Godfrey

led Port Augusta’s march on Saturday.

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Keith Tyler (pictured wearing his National Service medals and his father’s World War II medals) with grandson Hayden, who is wearing his other grandfather’s World War II medals.

Darren Kluge, Lil Wilson and Shaun Walsh at the gunfi re breakfast.

Ryan Sargood, Luke Ryan and Joshua Sheppard in the special Anzac Day guernseys

worn by Roxby Districts footballers during Saturday’s

clash with Olympic Dam.

Lauren, 5, Corey, 6, Tamara, 8, and Tayla-May, 2, at the bowling club, where face painting was

provided by the Roxby Downs Horse and Pony Club.

Thomas, 3, getting a snake painted

onto his arm.

Kym (left) and Lorraine (right) McEvoy with grandchildren Kobin, 3, and Lakim, 5, at the bowling club. Mr McEvoy

is pictured wearing his father’s World War II medals.

Rotarians (from left) Leigh Malcolm, Craig Sumsion, John Davis, Richard Gloster, Michelle Davis, Sandy Sumsion, Jakes Ellis and Deb Allen helped serve a sausage sizzle at the bowling club.

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There i s only a little over a week before the Adelaide

C a b a r e t F e s t i v a l Roadshow comes to Roxby on � ursday, May 7 – have you bought your tickets yet?

A joint collaboration between Roxby Council, Country Arts SA and the Adelaide Festival Centre, the shows will feature renowned performer Ali McGregor direct from a smash-hit season in Edin-burgh and the UK.

The first session, Ali McGregor’s Jazzamatazz, is aimed at children aged up to 10 years and will take over the roxbylink auditorium at 11am.

Described as “jumpin’, jivin’ jazz for kids”, Jazzam-atazz gives participants the chance to experience the magic of jazz first-hand in a setting they’ll never forget.

Ali and her three-piece band, along with two Jaz-zamatazz dancers, will deliver an hour of jazzy beats fi lled with early 90s

references to get kids sing-ing, prancing, twisting and dancing.

Tickets are $35 for an adult and one child (addi-tional children $15 each) and can be purchased from trybooking.com or the Roxby Downs Visi-tor Information Centre (phone 8671 2001).

For the adults, the Ad-elaide Cabaret Festival Roadshow kicks off at 7.30pm and promises to present “handpicked in-ternational talent... deliv-ered to your doorstep in an unforgettable evening of variety”.

Hosted and curated by Ali McGregor, the road-show features comic Eddie Bannon, singing sensation Michaela Burger and rock ’n’ rollers David Cosma and Damon Smith.

� e night promises to “cook up an unforgettable night of variety at its most thrilling” and is created to get you laughing, drinking, crying, eating and maybe even involved.

Tickets for the evening

cabaret show are $55 (or $53 per person if pur-chasing a table of eight or more) and include a com-plimentary drink and light supper.

Purchase your tickets at trybooking.com or through the Roxby Downs Visitor Information Cen-

tre (phone 8671 2001). For more information

about either Jazzamatazz or the Adelaide Cabaret Festival Roadshow, drop in to the Roxby Downs Visitor Information Cen-tre or call the friendly staff on 8671 2001.

The Little Big Shots Film Festival is coming to Roxby on Friday, May

22, with a number of fantas-tic international fi lms being screened in the roxbylink cinema at 9.30am (for chil-dren aged 2-5), 11am (ages

5-10) and 1pm (ages 7-12). For more information or to

purchase tickets ($8 each), con-tact the Roxby Downs Visitor Information Centre on 8671 2001.

Port Lincoln artist Di Bichard’s exhibition The Joy of Life is now

open in the roxbylink gallery until � ursday, May 28. Entry is free.

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 llOpening hours

1pm to 6pm every day.Disposal of household rubbish is FREE.

Levies apply for businesses.Recycling can be taken either

to the Opal Landfi ll orBSH Waste Solutions on Gosse Street.

All inquiries: 8671 1154.

Opening hours 9am to 5pm

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Telephone 8671 0500Email: [email protected]

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

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Quarterly notices for power and water were recently mailed to Roxby Downs

homeowners with a due date of Friday, May 15.

Council understands that personal circumstances can change and some

people may experience diffi culty in paying accounts on time, and urges anyone experiencing fi nancial hard-ship to please contact our friendly staff on 8671 0010, or call in to our offi ce in Richardson Place, to discuss alternatives.

All inquiries are treated in the strictest of confi dence.

For information on government concessions and FREE financial counselling services, contact your local Family & Youth Services Offi ce on 8648 5060.

The roxbylink library has been a busy place in the last couple of weeks, with the school holiday

program well supported and lots of people utilising the other library services on off er.

Library staff continued to provide Toddler Story Time on Wednesday mornings throughout the holidays, as well as the ‘Animals, Beetles and Bugs’-themed school holidays sessions on Tuesday and � ursday afternoons.

Quarterly notices out for power and water

International talent Eddie Bannon will co-host the Adelaide Cabaret Festival Roadshow.

Don’t forget Jazzamatazz and cabaret show tickets

Kids enjoy holiday fun at the library

LEFT: James Hudson, Tommy Copeland, Charley Copeland and Max Hudson, along with Joshua Wright (above), with the wedge-tailed eagles they made at one of the library’s school holiday programs last week.

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BOARD MEETINGSBoard meetings are held on the last

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

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

be included on the agenda.Confi dential discussions with the

Board can be arranged if required.

For further information, advice or general questions please contact:

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A t a recent Health Forum executive meeting, Anthea Magarey from Flinders University highlighted the

benefi ts of running the PEACH program in Roxby Downs.

PEACH stands for Parenting, Eating and Activity for Child Heath, and the program provides healthy lifestyle strategies for fam-ilies with primary school-aged children.

� e PEACH program is a free, parent-led healthy lifestyle program delivered by Flinders University dietitians.

� e Health Forum enthusiastically em-braced the concept and off ered to assist in promoting the program to local parents.

“Roxby is very fortunate to have this won-derful health initiative available to local families,” said Community Board executive offi cer Michelle Hales.

“Due to our remote location and number of children, Flinders University identifi ed Roxby Downs as an ideal location to run a pilot program involving online elements.”

“� is version of the PEACH program builds on the success of the face-to-face program, which they have been running for several years.

“We will be promoting the program through local GPs, RoxFM and local schools.”

� e program provides practical advice to parents and carers about healthy eating op-tions and ways to increase physical activity in their children.

To register for the free program, visit the website (http://fl inders.edu.au/peach). For more information, email: peach.lifestyle@fl inders.edu.au

Roxby Roadsafe i s reminding m o to r i s t s to

reduce vehicle speed to 25 km/h when driving through an emergency services speed zone.

� ese laws came into effect on September 1 last year, and require motorists approaching a stationary emergency vehicle with blue and red flashing lights to slow the vehicle down to 25km/h.

This is important as volunteers and emergen-cy services staff s are of-ten called on to provide life-saving assistance at roadsides, or it may be that a police offi cer has pulled over to question a driver.

By slowing down, we can all help them to safely

get on with their job.The 25km/h emer-

gency services speed zone applies on an area of road:

• In the immediate vi-cinity of an emergency service vehicle that has stopped on the road and is displaying a fl ashing blue or red light; or

• Between two sets of flashing blue or red lights that have been placed by an emergency worker at either end of a length of road on which an emergency vehicle has stopped.

• It does not apply if you are driving on a road that is divided by

a median strip and the emergency service speed zone is on the other side of the road beyond the median strip.

An emergency servic-es vehicle includes:

• Ambulance• Fire service vehicle

(CFS, MFS or Federal Aviation Rescue)

• State Emergency Services (SES)

• Police Vehicles travelling on

a freeway or country road at speeds of up to 110km/h are still re-quired to slow down to 25km/h when travelling through the emergency services speed zone.

Roxby Roadsafe urg-es motorists travelling within the Roxby Downs township and also on highways to do the right thing.

This will ensure the safety of our emergen-cy service workers and the general public in an emergency situation.

More information on this law can be found online (www.raa.com.au/community-and-ad-vocacy/slow-to-25).

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Junior and senior netball starts in Roxby Downs this weekend with games on Friday night.

� e Roxby Downs Netball Associa-tion (RDNA) committee has been hard at work getting ready for the compe-tition and expects to be waiting on registrations up until the last minute.

However, new president Kate Ped-ersen said everything would be ready by Friday and she was looking for-ward to another season.

“� ere has been lots of help and it has been lots of work but it will be good,” she told � e Monitor. “We are going to have a decent senior compe-tition again this year, which is good.”

Senior netball will include four A grade, fi ve B grade and six C grade teams.

The junior competition is also looking strong this year and includes under 9s, under 11s, under 13s and under 17s.

A lack of numbers has forced an under 11 team into the under 13 com-petition, but Pedersen said she looked forward to it.

“All the kids want to do is have a go,” she said.

“It is going to be a fun and happy environment all about good sports-manship.

“It is going to be a supportive and encouraging environment because it is also about the kid’s development.”

A number of junior netballers will also play in senior grades this season. Pedersen said this was good for play-ers’ development.

She added that parents of junior netballers were needed to help with umpiring, scoring and washing team uniforms.

CONTINUED FROM BACK PAGEOther positions have been fi lled

by Karen Daddow (secretary); Katie Meadows (treasurer); Warrick Giles; Ally and Libby Steer; Ange Lamb; Travis Bell and Jess Launer.

Geraghty said the association need-ed other volunteers/parents to help with duties including goal umpiring and running water.

He added he was thrilled with all of the sponsors that had already come on board and thanked them for their support.

SCF Group has come on board again this year and is joined by Work-Pac and the Telstra Store Whyalla, which donated iPads to the RDJFA.

A number of juniors have already been in action this season in senior

sides, along with the West Adelaide Football Club (WAFC) Elite Devel-opment Program (EDP).

Bailey Chamberlain, Lachlaun Ger-aghty and Haze Wellgreen recently spent four days in Adelaide, com-pleting three hours of training each day, as a part of the under 13 EDP for WAFC.

“� e boys got a lot out of it, and they played a trial match against West Torrens on the � ursday and won convincingly,” Geraghty said.

“� e boys defi nitely loved it and are now looking forward to bringing the skills they have learned back here.”

Another group of boys made the trip down last week for the under 15 EDP camp.

Junior footballers ready for fi rst bounce

First local netball games this Friday

Andrew Williamson (Dead Eye Dicks) was the highest male peg for the Roxby Downs

Darts League last Wednesday night.Williamson’s score of 108 was close-

ly followed by Tom Speight of Four Play on 105 and Aaron Laister of IS-ITIN? on 100.

Steve Warner (FODFA) remains the competition’s highest male peg with 149.

The highest female peg went to Trish Curnow (Andamooka Opals) on 38, closely followed by Liz Chil-ton (Bull Shooters) on 30. Zoe Leslie

(Twisted Flights) retained the compe-tition’s top score of 92.

ROUND ONE, WEEK SIX: Red Bull d Twisted Flights 7-4, Chukkas d GC12 6-5, FODFA d � e Wannabies 10-1, ISITIN? d Dead Eye Dicks 6-5, Andamooka Opals d Tenners 6-5, Bull Shooters d Pointer Sisters 8-3, Four Play d Bullz N All 11-0.

LEADER BOARD: 1. Four Play. 2. Dead Eye Dicks. 3. ISITIN?. 4. FOD-FA. 5. Andamooka Opals. 6. GC12. 7. Red Bull. 8. Tenners. 9. Bull Shooters. 10. Bullz N All. 11. Twisted Flights. 12. � e Wannabies. 13. Chukkas. 14. Pointer Sisters.

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Roxby DownsGolf Association

ANZAC Day ParSaturday, April 25, 2015

NAME SCOREOVERALL WINNER ANDY HIGHET +2DIV 1 HORRIE DILLON +2DIV 2 CRAIG TURNER 0LADIES/JNR ANDREA FREETH -7SWEEPSTAKES CLINT HEALEY +1 SEB GRIGGS +1 JOHN LACHMUND 0 HARRY NOLL 0 RENE AYALA 0LONG DRIVE DIV 1 GLEN MUNGUR LONG DRIVE DIV 2 RENE AYALA LONG DRIVE LJ KATE MCDONALD NTP DIV 1 SEB GRIGGS NTP DIV 2 MAL PENGLASE NTP LJ KATE MCDONALD

B. StokesT. GrosseS. Caputo

NAME CLUB VOTES1 Jono Veale Olympic Dam 72 Sean McIvor Roxby Districts 63 Cam Faulkner East Roxby 64 Michael Shaw Olympic Dam 65 Barry Crombie Coober Pedy 5

R. TaylorD. WarrenK. Henry

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Footballer of the Year Leaderboard after Round 3

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TOP 6 GOAL KICKERSName Club This round TotalSean McIvor Roxby Districts 8 15Dale Summerton Olympic Dam 0 10Kelvin Henry Coober Pedy 4 8Todd Paull East Roxby 0 7Joel Harman Hornridge 3 6Michael Beelitz Coober Pedy 0 6

PREMIERSHIP TABLE P W L D F A % PtsRoxby Districts 2 2 0 0 246 71 346.47 8Olympic Dam 3 2 1 0 236 228 103.5 8East Roxby 2 1 1 0 182 200 91 4Hornridge 2 1 1 0 110 133 82.7 4Coober Pedy 3 0 3 0 196 348 56.32 0

Far North Football LeagueROUND 3 - April 25, 2015

A GRADEOlympic Dam 2.0 3.6 3.7 4.9 (33)Roxby Districts 1.3 4.7 8.9 13.10 (88)Olympic Dam goal scorers: T. Hornhardt, L. Hewett, J. Newton, J. Veale 1 goal each.Olympic Dam best players: J. Veale, B. Harris, M. Shaw, T. Hornhardt, J. Newton.Roxby Districts goal scorers: S. Mcivor 8, K. Lynch 2, C. Hall, K. Zeptner, L. Ryan.Roxby Districts best players: S. Mcivor, C. Kenny, C. Hall, A. Jago, J. Kenny.

Coober Pedy 3.1 7.4 7.5 8.10 (58)Hornridge 3.5 3.5 7.10 9.12 (66)Coober Pedy goal scorers: Goal Kickers: K. Henry 4, A. Kyrtzaliotis, D. Warren, R. Murray, H. Evans.Cobber Pedy best players: D. Warren, M. Beelitz, M. Grava, M. Edwards, B. Crombie.Hornridge goal scorers: J. Harman 3, A. Rigden, T. Grosser, T. Milner 2.Hornirdge best players: S. Henke, B. Cooper, T. Grosser, B. Stokes, T. Milner.


The Roxby Downs Scouts will be holding another

golf day this Sunday to raise money for Sharleen and Jasmyn Lloyd’s trip to the world scout jamboree in Japan later this year.

� e event will be held at the Roxby Downs Golf Club and, as per the pre-vious golf day, the format will be a four-person ambrose competition over nine holes.

Tee off is at 9am, with competitors to simply turn up on the morn-ing for registration at 8.30am.

Breakfast will be in-cluded for those com-peting, and even for those who simply want to come for just the breakfast.

Bacon, eggs, sausag-es, tomatoes and mush-rooms will be included,

with juice and coffee also to be served on the morning.

Mrs Lloyd encour-aged everyone to come down, even if it was just for breakfast.

To enter a team will

cost $40, or $10 per per-son, with breakfast also costing $10.

Harry Noll’s golf bug-gy will be up for hire again for those wishing to take the easy way around the fairways.

Golf day goes another round

The Anzac Day clash in Roxby Downs saw the season’s only two unbeaten teams face off against each other on

Saturday.A rejuvenated Olympic Dam took on

the reigning premiers, Roxby Districts, in windy conditions.

After an opening ceremony led by local RSL president Jack McGuire, the game started off in a vigorous fashion and with the breeze in the Miners’ favour.

Roxby Districts had most of the play in the fi rst quarter, but failed to get through the tough Olympic Dam defence, which made it very diffi cult for the Miners’ for-ward line.

� e wind made delivery sloppy into the forward lines, and the Miners squandered a number of opportunities that they normally would have taken.

Olympic Dam struggled to get the ball past its half forward line, but managed to kick two goals against the run of play. � ese included a beautiful goal by Jonathon Veale, who had a couple of bounces from the cen-tre of the ground and showed tremendous composure to open the Devils’ account.

At the end of the quarter, Olympic Dam had a three-point lead kicking into the breeze.

� e second quarter was similar to the fi rst, with the Miners having more of the play but still missing opportunities, partly because of the wind and partly owing to the enormous pressure being applied by the Devils.

Sean McIvor was looking dangerous for the Miners, and was getting plenty of the ball, but was struggling to convert.

There was a turning point halfway in the quarter when the Miners appeared to steady and McIvor fi nally found his kicking boots, bagging three for the quarter.

Despite an enormous effort from the Devils, Roxby Districts took a seven-point lead at the long break.

� e wind had died down a little by the third quarter and the Devils, who had played with a high level of intensity so far, appeared to tire and ease off .

� is allowed Roxby to get its running game going and, by being given a bit more freedom, started to fi nd its targets to kick four unanswered goals.

Roxby kept control in the fi nal quarter and kicked fi ve goals to one to enjoy a nine-goal win and cement itself as an undisputed favourite for the 2015 fl ag.

McIvor was best on ground to win the Frank Corcoran Medal with his eight goals for the match.

He was the diff erence between the two teams all day, and stood up to kick goals when they needed to be kicked.

Other top performers for the Miners in-cluded Cody Kenny, Craig Hall and Adam Jago, with Koby Lynch bagging two goals as the only other multiple goal scorer for the game.

Best for Olympic Dam were Jonathon Veale, Ben Harris, Michael Shaw and Ty-son Hornhardt. � ere were no multiple goal kickers for the Devils.

Hornridge d Coober PedyCoober Pedy hosted Hornridge in the

weekend’s other Anzac Day clash, with both sides looking for their fi rst wins of the season.

With a strong wind, the game was always going to be an arm wrestle, and it came right down to the wire.

Only four points separated the teams at the fi rst break before Coober Pedy took full advantage of the breeze in the second quar-ter, kicking four unanswered goals to take a 23-point lead into the long break.

� e breeze was proving to be a worthy ally, with Hornridge repeating the Saints’ eff orts in the third quarter by kicking four goals to none.

Inaccurate kicking cost the visitors, who could have had a bigger lead going into the fi nal change, and this left the door wide

open for the Saints to run away with the game as they kicked with the wind in the fi nal quarter.

However, the Magpies showed the guts that saw them into last year’s grand fi nal and kicked two goals to one against the wind in the fi nal term to come away with the points.

“It was a gutsy win by the team on Satur-day,” Hornridge coach Ashley Baxter said.

“We didn’t play our best footy for the fi rst three quarters, and we certainly didn’t capitalise on our chances when we had the opportunity to kick with the breeze.

“But to not only hold but to outscore Coober Pedy in that last quarter away from home and into such a strong breeze showed me what a competitive and mentally strong team we have at Hornridge.

“It was the perfect way to get on the board this season, and should give the boys a lot of confi dence going forward for the rest of the year.

“Credit also has to go out Coober Pedy, who fought hard right to the end in what was such a close encounter for the entire game.”

Coober Pedy’s Dylan Warren was award-ed the Coober Pedy RSL Anzac Day Ray-mond Boland Medal for best on ground.

Michael Beelitz, Barry Crombie and Martin Grava also featured in the best for the home side again along with Murray Edwards.

Kelvin Henry continued his good form in front of the sticks, kicking four goals as the only multiple goal kicker for the Saints.

For the Magpies, co-captains Tim Milner and Trent Grosser were best, along with Simon Henke, Bradley Cooper and Ben Stokes.

Joel Harman followed up his good start to the season with another three goals while Milner, Grosser and Anthony Rigden chipped in with two each.

Miners win top-of-the-table clashMiners win top-of-the-table clash

Hornridge: It was a gutsy win by the team on Satur-day. It was the perfect way to get on the board this season and should give the boys a lot of con� dence going forward for the rest of the year - Ashley Baxter

Coober Pedy: It was dif� cult conditions, very windy, but I was encouraged by the players’ performance. It was de� nitely a better effort than last week’s game. But it is still a disappointing loss after still being in the game right until the end - Carmello Crisa

Roxby Districts: Massive day for the club and the community. Really even effort from all 22 in a hard-fought win - Ricky Prosser

Olympic Dam: Only played two quarters of football which won’t win you any game - Jason Elliott

OD’s Michael Taggart goes for the ball with support from Stuart Clark and Lachlan Hewett while the Miners’ Cody and Jed Kenny apply pressure.

Luke Godfrey (Roxby

Districts) and Brendan Hill

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Junior football kicks off this Friday night with the under 16 matches in their new timeslot.

Newly appointed Roxby Downs Junior Football Association (RDJFA) president Rein Geraghty said more than 40 children were set to partic-ipate in each age group.

“� ere has been a good response this season,” he told � e Monitor.

“Numbers are a little lower than last year, but that is to be expected with all the downturns happening at the moment.

“It’s good that we have enough for each competition.”

� is year an under 10 and un-der 13 competition will be run on Saturdays, while Auskick will be on

Wednesdays and starts tonight.Following the success of the sen-

ior side, which had only one junior in its team as the fi fth bench player last season, under 16 games have been moved to Friday nights.

“� ere are a few more guidelines this year,” Geraghty said.

“� e juniors have to (also) play juniors if they want to play seniors.”

“That is why the under 16s are

now on Friday night, because last year players were leaving at three quarter time to play seniors and it was affecting the results of games.”

This is Geraghty’s first year as president after taking over from Matthew Daddow, who had manned the position for a number of years.

With a strong committee be-

hind him to support him in his fi rst year in charge, Geraghty said he was looking forward to the season ahead.

“It’s going to be a good challenge,” he said.

“Matthew Daddow has remained on as vice president, so I have very good support through him and the rest of the committee.”

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Ready for fi rst bounce

Roxby Downs Junior Football Association president Rein Geraghty (centre), along with footballers Lachlaun Geraghty and Bailey Chamberlain, is looking forward to the upcoming season. PHOTO: Patrick Glover

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