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WRITTEN BYPATRICK GLOVER

The Red eAR� Festival came to an end on the weekend, concluding with the Seraphim Trio performing on Friday and a Community

Concert on Saturday.Co-ordinator Ann-Marie Arthur said the festival

had been a huge success and everyone had enjoyed the vast array of performances and workshops put on for the community.

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Vet calls for dog kennels


Local veterinarian Dr Andrew Melville-Smith has added to the dog park debate by saying there is a more pressing need

for kennels in Roxby Downs. Dr Melville-Smith’s comments came the

same day (last � ursday) as Roxby Council released feedback from the dog park consul-tation it held on July 22.

“� is is not inner Sydney or Melbourne,” he said. “We have plenty of places to walk and exercise dogs. What we don’t have are dog kennels where residents can leave their dogs in safety when they want to go away.”

Dr Melville-Smith said plans for boarding kennels were drawn up in 2001 with the help of council’s municipal works supervisor at the time, Robert Barker.

A local builder was awarded the contract, but Dr Melville-Smith said the construction was cancelled because of overspending on other council projects.

Dr Melville-Smith said now was the time to implement the plans, with Roxby in need of kennels to help attract people to town.

“� is is far more important than a facelift for the cultural centre, which is still in good condition, and it serves the community’s needs,” he said.

“It’s more important than a dog park that will only be used by a few dog owners.

“Money needs to be spent on facilities that the community doesn’t have and desperately needs.

“� e Roxby Downs Council recognised the need for dog kennels 15 years ago and nothing has been done since then.”

Dr Melville-Smith said he had already raised the issue with Roxby Council admin-istrator Bill Boehm in May 2014 and his pa-tience was wearing thin.

“� is really is the time to get dog board-ing kennels established in Roxby Downs,” he said.

A Roxby Council said the need for kennels had been raised before but council had no view on whether it was more important than a dog park.

� e spokesperson said kennel boarding was a commercial undertaking and not something council would currently enter-tain other than to encourage and assist any prospective developer.

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BHP Billiton Olympic Dam has announced it will be axing 380 jobs as part of a transition project, with the

possibility of more cuts to come.About 60 manager and superintendent roles

have been confi rmed as part of the cuts, while the remainder has come from operations and mining.

“All areas of our business, including labour productivity, have been examined,” a BHP Bil-liton Olympic Dam spokesperson said.

“� is review was completed in our functions areas in June, and we have now completed the

review for our operations areas, which will see further workforce reductions.

“We are respectfully communicating with employees whose roles will be impacted.

“We will continue to provide internal and external employee assistance programs and outplacement assistance throughout this dif-fi cult process.”

� e review is set to fi nish next month, when a fi nal fi gure on the number of positions axed will be revealed.

It is understood BHP Billiton Olympic Dam expects any remaining job cuts to be limited, but everything was dependent on what hap-

pened globally with commodity prices.“� e ongoing review of Olympic Dam, and

the impacts on our workforce, is not a refl ec-tion of any policy settings in South Australia,” said BHP Billiton Olympic Dam asset president Jacqui McGill.

“Instead it is driven by the global challenges in the resources sector, and the need to trans-form Olympic Dam into a sustainable opera-tion that can contribute to the South Australian economy for many years to come.”

A BHP Billiton Olympic Dam spokesperson said the company remained committed to stay-ing active within the local communities that are

being impacted by the recent developments.“We are committed to our host communities

and strive to make a positive impact through our active participation in community events and our investment in key community priori-ties,” the spokesperson said.

“We recognise our decisions will impact on local communities and we will seek to work in partnership with our communities to help ensure they stay strong.

“We can better assist our local communities if we are a strong business.”

BY PATRICK GLOVER

Young violinist Joaquin Velasco was among the performers at the Red eARTh Festival's Community Concert on Saturday. PHOTO: Patrick Glover

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Two local staff members will be aff ected by the closure of the Beyond Bank branch on Tutop Street, Roxby Downs, on October 2.

Both have been off ered redeployment opportunities, but � e Monitor has confi rmed that they are unable to make media comment regarding their situations.

Instead, a statement from Beyond Bank Austral-ia general manager of distribution, Ray O’Brien, last week clarifi ed the reasoning behind closing the branch.

Mr O’Brien said the change would “vastly improve” the customer experience at Beyond Bank.

“Our customers and their communities always come fi rst, and the changes we make today will allow us to invest in technology and a service delivery model that will give our customers the best banking experience tomorrow,” he said.

“We have conducted a comprehensive review of our distribution channel with the aim of improving the experience for our customers – no matter how they access their fi nancial services.

“As a result, we will now move to implement a change in how we service the Roxby Downs region.”

Mr O’Brien said mobile, internet and phone bank-ing had become increasingly popular in recent years.

“When combined with the accessibility of the rediATM network, the need for in-branch transactions has substantially reduced,” he said.

“Less than 5 per cent of Beyond Bank customers rely solely on a branch for their transaction needs, with branch transactions declining by 24 per cent in the last two years.

“In conjunction with the changes to the Beyond Bank service delivery model, the traditional branch environment will be transformed into a more customer-focused location – a combination of self-service and face-to-face interactions, and new technologies that help to better connect our customers with advice-based services in the fi elds of wealth management, business services, risk insurance services and more.

“We are leading the online charge to ensure that we deliver services beyond traditional means as more customers take their core banking online…

“By improving the way in which we operate and updating branches to a relationship-based model, we will take our great service ethos to the next level.”

Following the closure, a relationship manager will visit Roxby on a regular basis to meet customers in preferred locations (or via phone).

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A fter a year off , the Roxby Downs Police Ball is set to return in October and will include a performance from the SA Police

Band on the night. � e event will be held in the roxbylink audito-

rium on Friday, October 23, with all funds raised going towards local charities.

“It is a great night and a great band,” said Senior Sergeant Terry Boylan.

Tickets are $60 per person and will include supper.BY PATRICK GLOVER

Roxby Downs Police Ball returning in 2015


Two local women have been recognised at the inaugural SA Women

in Resources Awards held in Adelaide recently.

Erin Woolford and Jo Barron-Perry were joint winners of the Exceptional Woman in South Australian Resources award.

Both said they were thrilled to have been chosen.

“� ere are so many incredi-ble women in our industry and high-calibre fi nalists, so I was humbled and very excited to win,” Mrs Woolford told The Monitor.

“To be recognised by peers as exceptional is an amazing feeling.”

Despite having last year won the Premier’s Award for Social Inclusion and Outstanding Ser-vice to the Status of Women at the Women of Achievement Awards, she said this latest ac-colade still came as a shock.

Mrs Woolford started her ca-reer with an Aboriginal compa-ny’s Community Development Employment Program before

progressing to the role of direct-ing its APY Lands and regional development operations.

She entered the resource sec-tor with BHP Billiton in 2011 at Olympic Dam, where she imple-mented the Aboriginal Partici-pation Program.

� e program has resulted in more than 130 Aboriginal re-cruitments across the site.

“As an Aboriginal woman growing up in a community where there is so much disad-vantage for our people, it is my personal ambition to ensure that I contribute to closing the gap,” she said. “I hope over my lifetime I will see substantial improvement in the lives of all Aboriginal people.

“I have been working in Ab-original aff airs for 18 years and I am committed to continuing this work.”

Mrs Woolford said she had seen “incredible positive change” for Aboriginal people during her time at Olympic Dam.

“In the three and a half years I was responsible for Aboriginal economic empowerment , OD increased the Aboriginal

workforce to 130 full-time Aboriginal people, making BHP Billiton one of the largest employers of Aboriginal people in South Australia.

“Further, through procure-ment and enterprise develop-ment strategies, we grew the ca-pacity of OD to direct contract three Aboriginal Enterprises, again something which I’m ex-tremely proud of.

“� is wouldn’t have been pos-sible had it not been the shared drive and ambition of the con-tracting partners on the Aborig-inal Engagement Framework to provide Aboriginal people with employment opportunities.

“Of particular note Exact Mining, Flinders Crest, Head-ings Contractors, Monadel-phous, Red Mulga and Vimba Warta were massive supporters, and I will always look back on these relationships with a great deal of pride.”

Apart from the award she shared with Mrs Woolford, Ms Barron-Perry also received a Gender Diversity Champion award for her work with a va-riety of groups supporting and promoting women.

SA Women in Resources Awards chairperson and OZ Minerals business improvement manager Aimee Chadwick said Ms Barron-Perry thoroughly deserved the honour.

“Jo has made an outstanding contribution to the resources sector as it relates to the attrac-tion, retention and advancement of women,” Ms Chadwick said.

“Her involvement in policy and advocacy initiatives as well as on-the-ground activities in various states and territories is testament to her passion and commitment to gender diversity.”

Ms Barron-Perry has built a successful career over two dec-ades including roles as mining engineer, technician and in sen-ior management with compa-nies including BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto.

While she has had to balance work and family, she still man-aged to build a career while also helping other women develop their own in the resource sector.

Ms Barron-Perry was una-vailable for comment before � e Monitor went to print on Monday.

State’s ‘resourceful’ women recognised

Erin Woolford with her Exceptional Woman in SA Resources Award. PHOTOS: Supplied

Shaune Finn of Thiess Mining presents Jo Barron-Perry with the Gender Diversity Champion award.

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The Roxby Downs Lutheran Church will celebrate 25 years since its establishment during a gathering on the weekend of August 29-30.

A meal and fellowship will be held at the Pioneer Drive premises from 4pm on the Saturday before a breakfast at 9am, worship service from 10.30am and a light lunch at 12 noon on the Sunday.

RSVPs are due this Sunday, with church committee chairman Andrew Winterfi eld already expecting about 60 attendees.

Mr Winterfi eld said the committee had tracked down original members of the congregation who were willing to make the trip to Roxby Downs for the weekend, along with other previous members from the past two decades.

Special guests will include SA/NT District Bishop David

Altus, who will travel up from Adelaide, while Pastor Robin Zadow from the Southern Flinders Lutheran Parish will make one of his regular visits.

“� e Saturday will be a good catch-up for everyone who has been part of the congregation for the past 25 years,” said Mr Winterfi eld.

“It’s a chance to connect and refl ect, and I’m looking forward to fi nding out how the church has changed.”

Mr Winterfi eld, who has been a member of the church for more than eight years, said planning for the 25th cele-brations was going well.

“It’s been a good excuse to give the church a bit of a tidy up and a fresh coat of paint,” he said.

Mr Winterfi eld encouraged all locals and visitors to at-tend on either day.

“Anyone interested in fi nding out more and hearing about the history of the church is more than welcome,” he said.

For more information or to RSVP, phone Mr Winterfi eld on 0458 517 313.

Church to celebrate 25th anniversary

The Roxby Downs Lutheran Church will celebrate its 25th anniversary later this month. PHOTO: Supplied

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1“� e fact we had the rare opportu-

nity to experience live theatre and live music as well as have workshops with locals on off er was outstanding,” she said.

“� e crafts and art workshops were a success and the ones like Rachel Young’s jewellery class were just fan-tastic.

“Most of the workshops had a wait-ing list on them, so we will put our thinking caps on at our debrief and see if we can have this going every year rather than every two.”

The Community Concert also proved a major hit, with $450 collected via ticket sales at the door on Saturday.

Acts included instrumental solos, a dance number from the Roxby Acad-emy of Dance and a number of singing performances.

“It just shows the kind of entertain-ment people in this town want to see,” Mrs Arthur said.

“Parents love to come along and watch their kids perform.”

� e Seraphim Trio also performed last Friday, running a number of ses-sions during the day for students be-fore concluding with a performance on Friday night.

The group held a school perfor-mance of Mother Chook’s Nursery Book in the morning before a master class with school students in the afternoon.

� is was the trio’s fi rst time in Roxby Downs and they said they had thor-oughly enjoyed their stay.

“We have found some really vibrant

little musicians,” said group violinist Helen Ayres.

“It is an interesting town with a lot of people only being here for a short time, but as Rachel Young said, it gets under your skin and we can totally see that.”

Having performed at many city ven-ues, the Seraphim Trio has spent the last few years coming out to regional centres.

Piano player Anna Goldsworthy said regional towns like Roxby Downs were very welcoming and enjoyed the opportunity to experience live music performances.

“You feel a real warmth and a hunger for classical music,” she said.

“� ey are the most appreciative – for them it is like they are on a diet because they don’t get as many oppor-tunities as the city.”

Ms Goldsworthy also held a book signing on the Friday, when her novels Welcome to Your New Life and Piano Lessons were available for sale.

Roxby Downs Community Library team leader Sarah Powell said she and other staff members were “always thrilled” to have authors and illustra-tors come to town.

“And it is a bonus that she is mul-ti-talented and is able to share her mu-sic with us as well,” she said. “We have got both of her books in the library and they have been very popular.”

All of these events made for a big fi nal week of the Red eAR� Festival, and Mrs Arthur said the help she had received from volunteers had been amazing.

Curtains close on Roxby’s 2015 Red

eARTh Festival

Local school students were treated to a classical performance of Mother Chook’s Nursery Book at the roxbylink auditorium on Friday morning. PHOTOS: Patrick Glover

Anna Goldsworthy from the Seraphim Trio signed copies of her books for local fans.

Master classes were held in the roxbylink auditorium on Friday afternoon.

Local vet calls for dog kennels in Roxby Downs

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1“In 2001 council did explore the

opportunity of establishing a board-ing kennel as part of a potential use of the former CFS shed on Olympic Way on a commercial basis, with the prospective applicant providing a dog pound as part of the arrangement,” the spokesperson said.

“At the time, this came about be-cause the proponent was using what is now the youth centre as a veterinary clinic and was required to relocate as this space was needed for swimming pool administration whilst extensive renovations of the leisure and cultural centres were being undertaken.

“However, for commercial reasons (including cost and lack of suitable land being available at the time) the

proposal was not proceeded with and council elected to provide its own dog pound.”

Since this time there has been fur-ther land subdivided in the industrial area, and the spokesperson said this had removed one barrier to establishing a commercial dog boarding kennel.

Meanwhile Roxby Paws Social Club member Gina Marshall said the feed-back received from the Roxby Council in relation to the dog park consultation was positive.

“We got most of the questions an-swered,” she said.

“From here we want to make the next steps and make them loud.”

To view council’s dog park consulta-tion feedback, visit: www.roxbydowns.com/Council/Consultation

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Frontier ServicesAre celebrating

50 Years in AndamookaYou are invited

To a Bush Dance with live music

Dress – Casual Country Clothes

When - 29th August 2015 at 6.30pmWhere - Andamooka Emergency

Services ShedHospital Road, Andamooka

Dinner provided /BYO drinksRSVP - 24th August

Ph. 8672 7238 or 8672 7087

Andamookacommunity newsletter


And amo ok a’s thre e main representative bodies held a meeting

to discuss a number of issues within the town last week.

Members of the Andamooka Town Management Commit-tee (ATMC), Outback Com-munities Authority (OCA) and Andamooka Progress and Opal Miners Association (APOMA) met to clarify their roles in cur-rent and future project man-agement, along with fi nding a replacement for administrator Deb Allen, who resigned earlier this year.

ATMC chairperson Lyn Breuer said the biggest issue raised at the meeting was the need to boost local tourism.

“We want to try and get more tourists in the region,” she told � e Monitor on Tuesday.

“Andamooka and Roxby Downs have a lot to off er and have proven particularly popu-lar with the ‘grey nomads’.

“� ere is Lake Torrens, the historical cottages and the mine – there is a lot to see and a lot to sell.

“� e last thing we want is for them to just drive through.

“Even when I drove in today there were Sturt desert

peas everywhere – it never ceases to amaze me. It’s just unbelievable.”

Ms Breuer said the ATMC, APOMA and OCA would work together and sit down to devise a plan to lobby the State Gov-ernment for tourism funding.

In the meantime she said there were other ways both Andamooka and Roxby could get themselves out there – including social media, increasing signage and pursuing four-wheel-drive and caravan clubs and magazines.

“We want to be included in all the publications and bro-chures we can to put ourselves out there,” she said.

Ms Breuer said while tourist numbers may be down at the moment, this was not the result of recent job cuts.

She reminded locals that other towns were experiencing similar issues.

However, Mrs Breuer said she hoped the Andamooka Yacht Club’s opening would help at-tract a larger number of visitors to the town.

“Even to bring people from Roxby Downs will be good,” she said.

“I have even heard people mentioning it in Adelaide, so hopefully people will come up for that.”

� e position of Andamooka

town administrator, formerly held by Ms Allen, remains unre-solved, with the review process set to continue.

Ms Allen was also an ad-ministrator for Iron Knob, and there is discussion being held on how to best represent these two areas.

“Deb did a great job and

worked the two roles smoothly,” Mrs Breuer said.

“� ere is talk about wheth-er the role should change or should the status of the job change.

“We have to look at all the op-tions, but we do need someone to help boost Andamooka with so much happening.”

The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) Healthy Living Program kicked off in Andamooka last month,

with walking groups currently being run three times per week.

One of the local program’s development group members, Gill Rowley, said attendees have been enjoying the scenic walks, which gave them a chance to catch up with friends while also improving their health.

“� e main aim of the Andamooka RFDS Healthy Living Program is to establish a ‘something for everyone’ recreational pro-gram which is free, simple and accessible but most importantly relaxed and enjoy-able with an opportunity for socialising,” she said.

“Walking was seen as a good starting point for the program as it off ers a great range of benefi ts, not just physical fi tness.

“It is a great ‘de-stressor’ and body bal-ancer, with its repetition and cadence help-ing to free up the mind, relax muscles and organs and also develop a sense of freedom and connection with our environment.

“Another major objective for the group is to promote Andamooka’s unique township as a great visitor destination, and so the walks provide the opportunity for visitors to walk with the locals and see and learn about parts of Andamooka’s history often not on visitors’ everyday agendas.”

� e Tuesday evening walks have proven to be the most popular and start at the An-damooka Community Hall at 5pm.

� e other two walks also begin at the hall and are held on � ursday and Sunday afternoons at 3pm.

Ms Rowley said the group was keen to talk to other locals in the hope of develop-

ing the program further. � ere is already ta lk of adding activities to the walk in the aim of increasing fi tness levels.

To encourage more locals and families to get involved in the program, a ‘Clean Up Andamooka’ walk is planned for Sunday, August 30, from 2pm, at which locals will be allocated a 2km stretch of road to clean up.

Bags and gloves will be supplied and the community bus will transport participants to and from their allocated road section.

“Funds raised from refundable bottles and cans collected will be donated to the Royal Flying Doctor Service, and locals are also encouraged to donate bottles and cans to the cause,” Ms Rowley said.

For more information or to share your ideas, email dbsmgr@bigpond, contact Gill on 0427 508 075 or simply turn up for one of the walks.


F rontier Services will celebrate 50 years since the opening of the Andamooka Community Health Centre during

a bush dance and live music on Saturday, August 29.

� e event will be held in the emergency ser-vices shed on Hospital Road, Andamooka, from 6.30pm.

Operating under the Australian Inland Mis-sion (AIM), a Presbyterian organisation, the health care was originally provided to local res-idents by nurses based in a caravan in the town.

� e opening of the Andamooka Communi-ty Health Centre in 1965 provided them with more space and on-site accommodation.

After the establishment of the Uniting Church in 1977, AIM’s work continued at An-damooka as part of national charity agency Frontier Services.

Remote area nurse Diane Bilka, who has worked at the centre on and off for 34 years, said she enjoyed being able to see patients’ cas-es through from start to fi nish.

“You get to know people and they get to know you,” she said.

Mrs Bilka said the upcoming 50th birthday celebrations would be an opportunity to refl ect on the centre’s achievements while also bidding farewell to Frontier’s presence in the town.

As reported in � e Monitor earlier this year, the charity is set to discontinue operations at the centre in October, with Country Health SA prepared to put the service out to tender if Frontier is unable to fi nd a replacement pro-vider before then.

Mrs Bilka said the event would also be a chance to thank Andamooka residents who had been “incredibly supportive” in providing fi nancial assistance to the health centre over the years.

“� ey raise money fairly quickly, even if it’s thousands of dollars,” she said.

� is month’s bush dance will include live mu-sic from local man Brent Finzel – whose wife Vicki works at the Andamooka Community Health Centre – and his band.

� e dinner is set to feature roast meat in bread rolls and jacket potatoes with toppings, along with a special birthday cake and extra slab cakes for dessert.

“Hopefully we’ll have a good turnout and a good time,” Mrs Bilka said. “We’re hoping to have between 50 and 100 people attend.”

RSVPs are due by Monday, August 24, and can be made by phoning 8672 7238 or 8672 7087.

Tourism a hot topic at ATMC meeting

More walkers welcome Bush dance to mark health

centre’s 50th

Members of the Andamooka walking group on one of the

Tuesday evening sessions recently. PHOTO: Supplied

Lyn Breuer (front) with Katalin Wilby, Stefan Bilka and Rob

Hancock at the meeting in Andamooka last week.

PHOTO: Patrick Glover

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

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

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

CommunityCalendar

AUGUST14th - RDNA A grade:

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

15th - Roxby Market Day, 9am to 12 noon.

15th - Dot painting workshop, roxbylink gallery, 10am to 12

noon. Ph: 8671 0010.

15th - FNFL semi finals, 12.30pm and 2.30pm. Followed by

Mail Medal count.

15th - Blue Light Disco at the roxbylink auditorium. Juniors (5 to 10yrs) at 6pm to

7.30pm, seniors (11 to 15) at 8pm to 9.30pm.

18th - Community Snake Awareness

Session, RDAS Hall, 7pm. Ph: 8671 0010.

20th - Business Forum Breakfast, Chives

Restaurant, 7-8.30am. Tickets from the visitor

information centre.

21st - Critter Cinema at the Arid Recovery Reserve, 4.30-10pm.

Ph: 8671 8282.

21st - Quiz night fundraiser at The

Club, 7.30pm. Ph: 0488 244 911.

22nd - FNFL preliminary final, 2pm.

22nd - Roxby Downs Sporting Car Club

night meeting, 7pm.

28th - RDNA prelim. finals, times TBC.

29th - FNFL grand final, 2pm.

29th - Kids gaming party, roxbylink

library, 6pm to 8pm. Ph: 8671 0010.

29th - Bush dance and live music at

Andamooka, 6.30pm.

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EDITORIALBy Ryneisha BollardWith BHP confi rming on Sunday that 380

jobs will be cut from the Olympic Dam mine site by mid-September, there remains a col-lective holding of breath in Roxby Downs.

Even if you still have a job, the downsizing at OD is gradually hitting closer and closer to home.

Everyone is feeling the strain around town, but it is slightly easier to believe that all will be well up until the moment that a friend or close acquaintance may have to move out of town because they or their partner have been given their marching orders.

� e shock of losing such a well-paying job is disruptive to the futures of families and individuals, with not only a new location but a new lifestyle being something they may have to get used to.

It is up to those of us who dodge this bullet

to be as supportive as understanding as we can be.

While it may seem like there is not much to be positive about, we also need to come together as a community and grow from this experience.

We need to be ambassadors for this town if we want to keep attracting new people here.

It is certainly natural to question why an-yone would want to stay in Roxby if so many are leaving.

However, it is likely that out of the remain-ing Olympic Dam employees there will still be people who live out of town and commute to work.

One would hope that once BHP Billiton completes this signifi cant downsizing that those who are left have better job security because their positions have had to be scru-tinised and justifi ed.

As one local put it to me recently, if you

work at Olympic Dam you should live in Roxby Downs as a way of giving back to the local community. You have to ‘do your time’, so to speak.

� ere are still people out there who say that living in Roxby gave them some of the best years of their lives.

� ere have also recently been supportive comments on Facebook in response to one person’s inquiry about what it is like to live in the town. � ose commenting praised Roxby for its family-oriented community and quality schools and sporting clubs.

For OD employees with young families, the town also gives them an important opportu-nity to see more of their children during their formative years.

Yes, there is the classic ‘quality time over quantity of time’ argument when it comes to justifying a fly-in, fly-out workforce, but I cannot help but wonder how many still

make this claim after giving Roxby a go.� ere is something to be said for being able

to see your loved ones every morning and night, even if only for an hour or two before they go to work or have to sleep.

So, let’s take ownership of the town we live in. Let’s give people a reason to join us in this Roxby Downs ‘experiment’. We need to let them in on the secret.

Complaining about services that other re-gional towns can only dream of does nothing to help the situation.

� ose of us who plan on sticking things out here need to keep helping each other out and doing our part, regardless of how we feel about BHP Billiton, the State Government and Roxby Council. � ey all have their roles to play as well, but the words of Martin Luther King Jr come to mind:

“Faith is taking the fi rst step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.”

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

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D ecorating you home and having enough storage space can be difficult when faced with

the limitations of living in a rental property.

However, with a little creativity and a willingness to put things back the way you found them, you can apply your own personal touches without making signifi cant structural changes.

For a start, consider the various soft furnishings – such as cushions, throw rugs, curtains and blinds – that you could use to add a sense of texture and comfort to a room.

Make sure you keep the original cur-tains and blinds so that they can be restored to their rightful place before you move.

Floor and table lamps are another way to help brighten up a room. With so many designs, sizes and shapes available these days, you will be sure to fi nd a look that suits you.

If done the right way, enhancing your home’s storage capacity can also help add a creative fl air without the room becoming too cluttered.

Brightly coloured and/or patterned storage trunks and baskets are great for this, while bookcases and cabinets provide an opportunity to display col-ourful vases, candles, books and other trinkets.

If you have a lot of books, try col-our coding them in your bookcase to give a rainbow eff ect. Another way of customising your bookcases – or cab-inets, shelving, room dividers etc. – is to apply wallpaper or other adhesive embellishments.

Potted plants, terrariums, fl owers and herb gardens are also ways of sprucing up your rooms with objects that can be taken with you to another property.

Try hanging them from rope or other material to add new angles and focal points in your room or outdoor area.

Remember – plants require regular maintenance to avoid your home being fi lled with wilting or dead plants.

Given that you usually cannot paint or paper the walls, focus on enhancing your fl oors instead with rugs, beanbags and fl oor cushions.

You could even go as far as to invest in faux fl ooring such as click-together wood panelling or custom-cut rubber mats.

Or otherwise if you are keen to liven up your walls, use adhesive hooks to put up wallpapered panels, framed photo-graphs and paintings – just make sure you use the right hook to match up with the weight of what you are hanging.

Another way of displaying framed items is to sit them on the top of

bookcases and cabinets and rest them against the wall to avoid the need for hooks. If you are worried about the frames falling down you could try using an adhesive putty to help keep them in place.

If your kitchen cabinets have outdat-ed handles and hardware, try switching them out with newer items – again, remember to keep the originals so that they can be put back before you move.

Also lining your cabinets is a must – it will help them look cleaner and will mask any marks made by previous ten-ants. It will also make your exit clean that little bit easier.

Adhesive liner works well, but a soft-er grip liner is easier to install and will help prevent glassware from chipping.

On a smaller scale, if you are simply looking for a bit of a ‘refresh’ of your home, try new couch covers, cushions or even just a few new tea towels for your kitchen.

A little home facelift is the ideal way of sprucing up your rental without breaking the bank.

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Best dressed male Connor Woolford and best dressed female Jelena Dal Grande.

Social Queen Ashlee Malm and King Tristan

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Event organisers Jody Gow-smith, Jane Rogers, Lana Chamberlain, Hayley

Thompson and Theresa Wurfel.

Student Social 2015

The Student Social organisers (Jane Rogers, Lana Chamberlain, Theresa Wurfel, Jody Gow-Smith and Hayley Thompson) would like to thank the following for their assistance: Pam from Oasis (venue), Roy Showgun (food), Tandales (ticket sales), Roxby Hourglass Jewellers (gifts), Darryn ‘The Abbott’ Walsh (DJ), Di Gardiner (sash material), Karen Atkins (printing on sashes), Gina Syvertsen (decorations), Kiani and Tasha (serving the endless drinks). Congratulations to door prize winners Emily Parker and Ayesha Winter, along with Best Male Dancer Tom Bourn and Best Female Dancer Bianca Caden. Also thanks to all the parents for making beautiful children – you should be proud – and to the kids for making it such an awesome

night. They all went to such great effort with their outfits and they looked amazing. We can’t wait for next year. See you then!

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Bekki Vandenberg (with Tatumroux), Vicki Mason (with Sophia Bruce) and Ebonee

Vandenberg at the car boot sale.

Felix, Yves, Alice and Nevin Lettens at the roxbylink auditorium

on Friday night.

Mark, Abigail, Alex and Joanna Runge with Susanne Parker and Sophie at the classical music concert.

Lia and James Simmons at the Seraphim Trio performance.

Imogen, Tessa and Ella from the Roxby Downs Area School choir at the

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Roxby Council

Opening hours Monday to Friday

9am to 4.30pmCouncil provides transport

services including:• Vehicle registration • Boat registrations

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

All inquiries 131 084.

Opal Road Landfi ll now CLOSED to the public.

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

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

Downs (in the light industrial area). Monday to Friday 10am – 4pm

Saturday 8am – 12 noon Sunday 1pm – 5pm

All inquiries 8671 1154

Opening hours 9am to 5pm

Monday - Friday9am to 12 noon Saturdays

Telephone 8671 0500Email: [email protected]

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NEWS IN BRIEFDog & cat registrations

Got a canine or feline friend at your house? Don’t forget – dog and cat registrations are due for payment by

August 31. If you haven’t received your registration no-

tice or have any queries about payment, come and see the friendly staff at Council or call us on 8671 0010.

Roxby Council would like to advise the community that the two ovals – the main town oval and the

school oval – will be closed at various times for maintenance during the week commencing Monday, September 7.

� e works have been timed so as not to disrupt the 2015 football season and will be completed before the 2015/16 cricket season begins.

“We will be undertaking a range of works as part of our ongoing maintenance

program developed last year in consulta-tion with former Adelaide Oval curator Les Burdett,” said Shane Mills, council’s water and electrical operations manager.

“During the week we will scarify, core, top dress and fertilise each of the ovals to ensure the turf is in good condition for the summer season.

“We’ll be using a specialist contractor to kick the works off at the start of the week and then our internal team will take over to fi nish it off .”

Access to the ovals will be restricted at various times while the work is undertaken, with signs up to help the community know when they will need to keep off the grass.

“We don’t anticipate any major disrup-tion but do apologise in advance for any inconvenience caused,” Shane said.

“We’ve notifi ed all of our key sporting and community stakeholders and trust the advance notice will give them enough time to organise an alternative if required.”

Do you give much thought to what you tip down your kitchen sink or fl ush down the toilet?

Many of us probably don’t, but the bad news is that what goes down our drains could cause issues for Roxby’s wastewater network.

Roxby Council owns, manages and maintains more than 35km of wastewater mains, nine wastewater pumping stations and a wastewater treatment plant. � ese play an important role in protecting public health and the environment.

When things are put down sinks (or fl ushed down toilets) that shouldn’t be, they can prevent our wastewater management system from work-ing eff ectively.

Where possible, Roxby Council recommends you use washing detergents sparingly and look for ones that are biodegradable and phosphate-free.

Natural cleaners such as bicarbonate of soda

and vinegar can be used very eff ectively instead of commercial cleaning products.

It’s important to remember that your sink is not a garbage bin! Don’t put food scraps down the drain – they should be scraped into your bin (or better still, put them in your compost or feed them to the chooks!).

Don’t pour cooking oils or fats down the drains, as they are diffi cult for the system to pro-cess and can also clog up the pipework (look up ‘fatberg’ if you’d like more information on how bad this can get!).

Never pour boiling water down the sink, as temperatures over 60C could damage PVC pipes.

Don’t discard unwanted medication down the sink – instead, take them back to your chemist or appropriate disposal. Also think about what you’re fl ushing down the toilet – sanitary prod-ucts, condoms, cotton buds, syringes, nappies and nappy wipes should never be disposed of this way, and belong in the rubbish.

Community website www.roxbydowns.com is hosted by Roxby Downs Council as a ‘one-stop shop’ for community

information.With sections covering the Council, Com-

munity, Leisure, The Monitor/RoxFM and BHP Billiton, you’ll fi nd tonnes of information ranging from food safety rules and regulations; opening times for roxbylink leisure facilities; upcoming events; community business listings; cinema schedules; information on the Com-munity Board and its supporting forums and partnerships; council publications; dog and cat regulations and much, much more!

� e website also features a calendar that is a great tool to keep everyone informed about upcoming community events, and hopefully to reduce issues with multiple events being held at the same time.

Council staff try to keep the information up-dated as much as they can, but if you are part of a business, community group or organisation we would appreciate if you could check if your information is correct and let us know if any-thing needs updating!

Please send any changes to: [email protected]

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WHO’S ON THE BOARD

CONTACTING THE BOARD

BOARD MEETINGSBoard meetings are held on the last

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

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

be included on the agenda.Confi dential discussions with the

Board can be arranged if required.

For further information, advice or general questions please contact:

Michelle Hales,Executive Offi cer

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Roxby Downs SA 5725Mobile: 0418 833 818


Michelle Davis • George GiakoumisVicki Mason • Gaylene Crane

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

Cherie Gaskin • Sandy Sumsion

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, August 20 @ 7pmLibrary Meeting Room

BUSINESS FORUMTBC

COMMUNITY GARDENThursday, August 13 @ 6.30pm

Council Boardroom

ENVIRONMENT FORUMAnni Walsh 0448 168 167

Thursday, September 3 @ 5.30pmCouncil Boardroom

ROXBY ROADSAFE MEETINGMichelle Hales 0418 833 818

Tuesday, October 13 @ 7pmCouncil Boardroom

MULTICULTURAL FORUMSasha Yantewo (08) 8671 0010

Wednesday, August 19 @ 6pmCouncil Boardroom

FAMILY FORUMJoel Hill 0433 792 450

Thursday, August 13 @ 4pmLibrary Meeting Space

WOMEN’S NETWORKLisa Hewerdine (08) 8671 0010

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The Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) will be at the markets this Saturday with merchandise that they are selling to raise

funds towards the purchase of an air hockey table for the new Community Youth Centre.

Come by and visit the stall and purchase a hand tie-dyed T shirt.

Dot Painting WorkshopGuest Indigenous Artist - Colleen Taylor

Naidoc week 2013 award winner – Artist of the Year

SATURDAY 15th AugustTime: 10am to 12pm

Location: roxbylink Art GalleryCost: $10

All Welcome - No Experience Necessary! (Includes canvas, paints & brushes)

To book your spot in this workshop, visit the Visitor Info Centre to register or contact Sasha Yantewo on 8671 0010 or email [email protected]

The Multicultural Forum is holding small workshops

for the community, star t ing with dot painting this Saturday.

� e workshop will be run by local indigenous

artist Colleen Taylor in the roxbylink art gallery, and the cost is only $10 and includes all materials.

Limited places are available – contact the Visitor Information Cen-tre to book your place!

Terry BoylanRaised: $800.00

Supporting Cancer Council SA

KELLY WISE

Golden Tickets Purchased: 0

Raised: $610.00Golden Tickets Purchased: 0

Supporting Dry July Foundation

PATRICK GLOVERRaised: $265.00

Golden Tickets Purchased: 0Flinders Medical Centre

ROSS WILSONRaised: $500.00

Supporting Cancer Council SAGolden Tickets Purchased: 0

Dot painting workshop

Dyeing for air hockey

Kirsten, Zac and Alistair making tie-dye T shirts.

Local public fi gures raised more than $2000 for projects assisting adults with cancer as part of the

recent Dry July campaign.Senior Sergeant Terry Boylan – who

took part in Dry July because his close friend was suff ering from cancer – was the highest fundraiser with $800 for the month.

“I found it easy to participate,” he said.“It was good to be able to raise so

much money for such a great cause.”His colleague Kelly Wise was the next

highest fundraiser after raising $610 (full amount not recorded online) to-wards the cause.

She said she was grateful for all the support she had received and was pleased the group was able to raise so much money.

Media personalities Ross Wilson and Patrick Glover also made worthy con-tributions with $500 (full amount not online) and $265 respectively.

“Everyone did really well,” Mr Wilson said. “To raise over $2000 between the four of us was a really great eff ort.”

Not only did the month have fi nancial benefi ts, it also had health and well-be-ing benefi ts.

Mr Wilson said he thought he would be craving a drink at the end of the month but experienced the opposite.

“It came to Saturday night (on August 1) and I was really going to let my hair down, but I had one beer and a couple of glasses of wine and that was it,” he said.

“And I haven’t had one since –it’s just a case of mind over matter.”

Mr Glover was the only participant out of the four to purchase a golden ticket in July, but said he had never-theless enjoyed being involved in the fundraiser.

“I did feel bad about it but it was a big night for the football club with the Partington-Zeptner memorial match, and to be handed the coach’s award on such a prestigious game was an opportunity too hard to pass up,” he said. “� e rest of the month was fi ne, and I was glad to be able to take part in raising money for a cause that is close to my heart.”

Mr Glover said he hoped that including the updates in � e Monitor throughout the month had inspired others to jump on board and spread the Dry July message of responsible alcohol consumption.

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G etting the Roxby Downs r a c e c o u r s e i n t o p condition for the Outback

Cup is an annual achievement that local woman Michelle S tocker prides herself on.

Her 10 years of service to the Roxby Downs Racing Club were recognised when she received life membership during Metso Cal-cutta celebrations at � e Club on Friday, July 31.

“It was a bit of a shock, actually,” she said. “I was lost for words. I didn’t think it was my time yet.”

Ms Stocker’s partner, Tom Han-nigan, received the same honour last year and was infl uential in her decision to join the club.

As the committee member in charge of catering, marquees and course beautifi cation, it takes Ms Stocker months of planning to give attendees of the Roxby Downs Races a venue they can enjoy.

“It’s just a beautiful place to be,” she said. “It’s fantastic out there, it’s peaceful and there’s no great-er achievement than when peo-ple walk through the gate on the

Saturday for the races and you see their happy faces.”

Ms Stocker said the feedback she received from this year’s event was that the race track was looking better than it ever had before.

“From where it was to where it is now, there have been plenty of improvements,” she said.

Recent upgrades to the racecourse, which was established in 1990, have included a car park expansion and improved children’s entertainment area, along with a new catering shed and new toilets.

“I enjoy looking at all the old photographs from where it was to where it is today,” Ms Stocker said.

“It’s a very colourful and happy place to be, and it dressed up well for the races.”

Ms Stocker said the committee had already started discussions regarding the 2016 Roxby Downs Races, with possible track im-provements including an addition-al entrance and shade sails over the lawned area.

She said she would like to thank all racing club members – both past and present – for their hard work over the years and for recog-nising her as a life member.

Two Fremantle Dockers recruiters made the trip to Roxby Downs with

the West Adelaide Football Club (WAFC) last week.

Local junior footballers were given the chance to pick their brains, along with re-cently retired AFL footballer Jason Porplyzia and former lo-cal (now West Adelaide foot-baller) Tom Schott at a pizza and Q&A night on Monday, August 3.

“It is a great experience to come and see the grassroots football,” Fremantle recruiter David Walls told � e Monitor.

“It has been good to see things from West Adelaide’s perspective and come out and see how the zone works.

“We do draft players from remote locations like Roxby Downs, so it helps us un-derstand what it’s like to live remotely, get drafted and re-locate to Perth – it is a huge transition.”

While West Adelaide foot-ball manager Andrew Marks, along with Porplyzia and Schott, stayed in Roxby Downs

from Monday to � ursday last week, Walls and Mosbey were only in town for two days.

However, during their time in Roxby Downs, they expe-rienced an under 16 scratch match, Q&A and pizza night with junior footballers, clin-ics with St Barbara’s Parish School students and a mine tour.

“� ere are defi nitely a few junior kids that have the AFL qualities we look for,” said Mosbey.

“� ey just need to keep do-ing what they are doing and train hard.

“We love the enthusiasm and their passion for the game, and it helps when you have blokes like Taita, Youngy and Rein there for support.”

Local Jaydn Brind has been catching the eye of a number of recruiters of late, and both Walls and Mosbey said if the current crop of Roxby Downs juniors stuck with their football they too could fi nd themselves playing for WAFC and pushing for a spot in the AFL draft.

Roxby Downs Racing Club welcomes new life member

Roxby Downs Racing Club president Mike French (right) presents a life membership award to Michelle Stocker in recognition of her 10 years of service. PHOTO: Ryneisha Bollard

AFL Recruiters dock at Roxby Downs

Roxby Downs junior footballers at a session with West Adelaide representatives and

Fremantle recruiters. PHOTOS: Patrick Glover

Andrew Marks, Trent Mosbey, Jason Porplyzia, David Walls and Tom Schott

visited Roxby Downs last week.

Connor Woolford in

action during an under

16 scratch match.

The Desert Dirt Kart Club hosted its annual championships at the Roxby Downs track on Saturday.

Leigh and � omas Frankish signed off their Ps after three race meetings of starting at rear of the fi eld. � ey are now able to start in tgrid position.

Racing with the KTs, � omas Wilson unfortunately blew up his motor while getting track time in preparation for the Queensland titles.

Lucy Ramsey had her fi rst race with the Juniors after stepping up a class.

KART CLUB CHAMPS RESULTSJuniors: 1. Brock Andrew (#5), 97pts.

2. Lucy Ramsey (#7), 62pts. 3. � omas Frankish (#33), 48pts.

KT Opens: 1. Heath Mynhart (#17), 97pts. 2. Leigh Frankish (#74), 49pts. 3. � omas Wilson (#69), 20pts.

Rookies: Riccard Andrew and Max Vugts.

Desert kart club hosts championships

Junior racer Thomas Frankish (33) leads ahead of Brock Andrew (5), Lucy Ramsey (7) and Zac Wilson (17) on the weekend.

Thomas Wilson (69) looks to overtake Heath Mynhart (17) as Leigh Frankish (74) watches on from third. PHOTOS: Patrick Glover


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Friday, August 7, 2015Catch-Up Game

13 & underT-birds 36 d Shooters 8

Saturday, August 8, 201511 & under

Bullets 11 d T-birds 6Lightning 19 d Shooters 2

13 & underT-birds 51 d Bullets 8

Lighting 18 d Shooters 1517 & under

Bullets 45 d T-birds 38Lighting 26 d Shooters 17

Roxby Downs Junior Netball

Roxby Downs Netball Association

Friday, August 7, 2015A GRADE

East Roxby 48 def Hornridge 40Roxby Miners 58 def Olympic Dam 24

B GRADERoxby Miners 53 def Olympic Dam 37

East Roxby 48 def Hornridge 33 C GRADE

Miners White 34 def OD Yellow 23Hornridge 46 def East Roxby 28Miners Red 67 def OD Green 20

Roxby Downs Golf AssociationSmartline 4 Person Ambrose - Saturday, August 8, 2015

NAME NAME NAME NAME SCOREOVERALL WINNER JOEL HARMAN DION McEVOY DAMIEN HANN BRENT JOHNSON 55.125SECOND MARK DILLON MICHAEL DILLON PAUL WATKINSON SHANE HUNTER 58.5THIRD DAMIEN CONDON MEL CONDON NEVILLE PETHERICK KATE MACDONALD 59.25FOURTH LUKE BRIND RUSSEL BRIND SHAUN TAYLOR STEVE PAK-POY 60.5FIFTH DOUGAL MACLEOD HARRY NOLL ROBIN PASSMORE RICK RUSSELL 61MIXED WINNERS ANN SHIELDS DON SHIELDS JOHN LACHMUND MAL PENGLASE 58.125NAGA SEB GRIGGS ADAM MALM CRAIG WILSON CHRIS PILLAR 61.875LONG DRIVE DIV 1 SHANE HUNTER LONG DRIVE DIV 2 STEVE PAK-POYLONG DRIVE LJ MANDY CRAWFORD NTP DIV 1 SEB GRIGGSNTP DIV 2 MAL PENGLASE NTP LJ NIL

W eek 22 of 26 was played in the Roxby Downs Darts League last Wednesday night.

As usual a great night was had by all with some great darts thrown.

Charlie Lucas of Four Play threw his fi rst 180 for the season while teammate Dion Patterson also threw a 180, making it two for him so far this year.

Evelyn Hill of � e Wannabies had an im-pressive 87 peg out, along with teammate Kylie Gates at 48 rounding out the females’ top per-formers.

Neither eff ort was enough to knock Hill’s cur-rent highest peg for the season of 99.

For the males, Troy Giddens of Dead Eye Dicks scored a respectable 90 and Wayne Kemp of Chukkas was close behind on 80.

Once again neither player was able to take the highest peg for the season from Riaan Grobler of ISITIN? on 158.

ROUND ONE, WEEK 22: ISITIN? d Anda-mooka Opals 10-1, Tenners d � e Wannabies 6-5, Four Play d Red Bull 11-0, FODFA d Pointer Sisters 9-2, Dead Eye Dicks d GC12 9-2, Chuk-kas d Bull Shooters 7-4, Twisted Flights d Bullz N All 6-5.

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


The fight for the Far North Football League (FNFL) Mail Medal is set to be another close

one this year when the winner is announced this Saturday at The Oasis.

Olympic Dam captain Michael Shaw currently leads the Blackwoods Medal but is closely followed by Hornridge and East Roxby coaches Ashley Baxter and Cam Faulkner.

� is could be an indication of the fi nal leader board for the Mail Medal, as all have had standout seasons, al-though Faulkner and Shaw have missed a number of games because of injury.

However, FNFL president Henry An-dryszczak said he believed the winner may come from outside of these play-ers.

“Haris Vrbovac is my tip,” he said. “He has had a consistent year for

Roxby Districts and also represented the northern area at the country carni-val, where he played well at the highest level.

“But it has been a very even compe-tition and it is going to be hard to pick.”

However, Vrbovac may fi nd it hard to poll enough votes to win the medal.

As has been the case in previous years, given the Miners dominance and spread of talent, he will be forced to fi ght his teammates for votes.

Jonathon Veale and Cameron Green from Olympic Dam and Clayton Mil-lard and Michael Schipper from East Roxby are set to pole highly for their respective teams.

Coober Pedy is also set to have a presence at the top of the leader board despite only winning one game this year.

Dylan Warren, Bradley Crombie and Ray Stapleton have all fought hard for a losing side all year and have subse-quently polled well in the Blackwoods Medal.

Although last year’s Blackwoods Medal winner was diff erent to the Mail Medal recipient, the names mentioned will most certainly be around the mark after the fi nal rounds.

F riday saw a chilly night that kept the spectators away and saw unsurpris-ing results in the penultimate round

of the Roxby Downs Netball Association season.

The leader board has remained un-changed for most of the second half of the season.

East Roxby A grade defeated Hornridge 48-40 in the opening game.

� e Magpies came out fast to take the lead in the fi rst quarter by two goals, 11-9.

East Roxby goal keeper Louise Faulkner and goal defence Cerys Kirkwood worked hard to cause havoc in the goal circle against the Hornridge shooters.

� e Roos took the lead in the second quarter by four goals, 23-19.

A change in the East Roxby goal circle saw Madison Evans as goal shooter and Tanisha Herilhy-Graham as goal attack for the second half of the game.

� e Roos took control of the game in the third quarter, scoring 17 to increase their lead to 11 goals, 40-29.

Hornridge made a comeback in the fi nal quarter, gaining 11 goals to East Roxby’s eight, but this failed to stop the Roos from taking the game by eight.

Roxby Miners A grade defeated Olympic Dam in a game full of unforced errors, 58-24.

� e Miners dominated the game from the fi rst whistle and took a 10-goal lead in the fi rst quarter, 15-5.

Hannah Wurfel (Miners) worked hard as goal defence to create turnovers and prevent scoring opportunities against OD goal attack Lucy Prior.

� e Miners continued their dominance and increased their lead to 19 goals by half time, 31-12.

OD’s Kateland McBey played a strong game against Kelsey Hampel (Miners) to create an interesting duel between the two centres.

By third quarter time the Miners had a 21-goal lead, 41-20.

� e Miners continued their dominance into the fi nal quarter to take the game by 34 goals.

With one game left of the minor rounds, Roxby Miners lead the table on 28 points, followed by Olympic Dam on 14, East Roxby on 10 and Hornridge on four.

With OD’s devastating loss to the Roxby Miners, are we looking at the outcome for the premiership or will East Roxby contin-ue its winning streak into the fi nals?

Roxby Miners B grade defeated Olym-pic Dam, 53-37, with the score line belying the competition displayed on the court.

Spectators were provided with a battle in the wings between Miners wing attack Renee Wurfel and OD wing defence Clair Ziebarth.

Erika Syvertsen (Miners) as goal attack played a hard game against OD goal de-fence Sam Fishlock.

After OD matched them in the third quarter, the Miners took back control in the fi nal quarter to take the game by 16 goals.

� e East Roxby Roos continued their winning streak in the B grade competition with their defeat of Hornridge, 48-33.

East Roxby took the lead in the fi rst quarter by four goals thanks to shooting tag team Karen Wegner and Jess Hassett.

Centre Lisa Phillips (East Roxby) worked hard to move the ball down the court against Hornridge’s Kaitlin James.

Hornridge’s Glenys Wickens worked hard throughout the game in both goal defence and centre, creating turnovers and strong leads.

� e points table stands as follows head-ing into the fi nal round of the season: Rox-by Miners leading on 20 points, followed

by East Roxby on 16, Hornridge on nine and Olympic Dam on eight.

� e question is will the Roos continue their winning streak into the fi nals or will OD put a stop to the East Roxby charge?

Roxby Miners White C grade defeated Olympic Dam Yellow, 34-23.

Matilda Cordy (Miners White) worked hard in wing attack, creating leads and feeding well into the ring.

OD Yellow’s Jeanette Taylor was strong as goal attack and worked hard to create scoring opportunities.

� e Magpies continued their winning streak in their defeat of a hapless East Roxby, 46-28.

Hornridge fi ll-ins Jane Campbell and Katherine Folland worked well in the ring to overcome the East Roxby defence.

Hornridge held a nine-goal lead at half time, 23 – 14. � e second half saw Horn-ridge dominate play to take them game by 18 goals and thus ending East Roxby’s fi nal hopes.

Roxby Miners Red defeated Olympic Dam Green, 67-20.

Miners Red’s Amy Turley (goal keeper) and Laura Johnson (goal defence) worked hard to prevent scoring opportunities for the OD Green shooters.

Heading into the fi nals, the points ta-ble stands as follows with little chance of change: Roxby Miners White on 26 points, Roxby Miners Red on 23, Olympic Dam Yellow on 16, Hornridge on 10, East Roxby on four and fi nally Olympic Dam Green on one.

Saturday, August 8, 2015UNDER 12

Strikers d Roos 10-3.Strikers scorers: Lochlan Macleod 1, Owen Mulady 6, Agatino

D’Arrigo 3. Roos scorers: Andrej Vukotic 1, Ardie Prem 1.Eagles d Dragons 6-2.

Eagles scorers: Xavier Curr 3, Takunda Takaidza 1, Diego Yupanqui 2. Dragons scorers: Kobe Neilson 2.

UNDER 6Joeys d Bilbys 7-nil.

Bilbys scorers: Archie Faulkner 7.

Roxby Downs Junior Soccer

Close count expected for Medal

Four weeks remain in Darts

competition

BELOW: Kobe Neilson under pressure from

Diego Yupanqui during their under 12s soccer match

on Saturday.

RIGHT: Owen Mulady takes a

corner kick for the Strikers.

One more round before fi nalsVERITY CASSERLYNETBALL REPORTER

Georgia Sleep and Amanda Giles (Hornridge) prepare for Tanisha

Herlihy-Graham’s goal attempt for East Roxby A grade on Friday night.

Bullets centre Jessica Smith faces off against her T-Birds counterpart, Olivia Demaine, during Saturday’s under 11

netball match. PHOTOS: Patrick Glover

Saturday August 15th, 20157pm at the Oasis Restaurant

FREE Entry

Fingerfood provided

Music with DJ Rob

Wear your club colours and su�ort your players.

Broadcast live on RoxFM

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PREMIERSHIP TABLE

TOP 6 GOAL KICKERSName Club This round TotalTodd Paull East Roxby 0 35Sean McIvor Roxby Districts 0 26Troy Maulders East Roxby 0 22Terry Clancy East Roxby 6 21Ashley Baxter Hornridge 0 17Joel Harman Hornridge 2 17

Far North Football LeagueROUND 15 - August 8, 2015

A GRADEEast Roxby 1.1 5.4 9.7 13.11 (89)Olympic Dam 5.4 6.4 8.4 9.4 (58)East Roxby best players: C. Faulkner, D. King, K. Kirvan, T. Clancy, E. Walker.Olympic Dam best players: M. Shaw, C. Green, N. Howard, J. Veale, S. Montgomerie.East Roxby goal scorers: T. Clancy 6, B. French 3, B. Kelly, A. Moss, T. Kirkwood, R. Simms 1.Olympic Dam goal scorers: S. Montgomerie 4, L. Copeland, L. Hewett, T. Corneliusen, J. Veale, I. McBey 1.

Hornridge 0.0 5.3 5.4 7.4 (46)Roxby Districts 7.9 13.11 16.18 20.25 (145)Hornridge best players: , L. Webb , A. Baxter , S. Henke , T. Milner , J. Ellis Roxby Districts best players: T. Hall, C. Kenny, H. Vrbovac, L. Ryan, K. Zeptner.Hornridge goal scorers: S. Taylor, J. Harman 2, T. Milner, L. Webb, T. Grosser 1.Roxby Districts goal scorers: R. Prosser 4, T. Roberts, T. Hall, K. Zeptner 3, J. Sheppard, C. Kenny, L. Munro, D. Reese, J. Christall, C. Haugum, J. Ford 1.

Roxby Downs Junior Football League

Senior ColtsBulldogs 8.8 (56)Hawks 10.9 (69)Bulldogs best players: B. Court, B. Appleby, C. Woolford, K. Dadleh, W. Steer.Hawks best players: J. Arnold, B. Caden, K. Gates, B. Daddow, T. Odgers.Bulldogs goal scorers: C. Taylor , B. Court 2, L. Baker, J. Zeptner, E. Taylor, C. Woolford 1.Hawks goal scorers: T. Odgers 4, B. Caden, B. Caden, B. Daddow, J. Arnold, J. McCarthy, T. Spartalis 1.

Junior ColtsHawks 10.6 (66)Bulldogs 5.4 (34)Hawks best players: Z. Annand, T. Lecons, G. Clarke, O. Mulady, B. Chamberlain.Bulldogs best players: S. Crilly, J. Snell, H. Wellgreen, W. Meadow, G. Steer.Hawks goal scorers: B. Chamberlain 4, O. Mulady 2, C. Robertson, Z. Wilson, T. Lecons, D. Hooper 1.Bulldogs goal scorers: W. Meadow, S. Crilly 2, H. Wellgreen.

Under 10’sHawks best players: D. Rynne, J. Grigg, J. Giles, C. Qualmann, B. Anderson.Bulldogs best players: D. Arnott.

P W L D F A % PtsRoxby Districts 11 10 1 0 1346 496 271.37 44Olympic Dam 12 8 4 0 901 731 123.26 32East Roxby 12 7 5 0 1080 933 115.76 28Hornridge 12 3 9 0 763 1005 75.92 12Coober Pedy 11 1 10 0 542 1467 36.95 4

ROUND 8 - August 8, 2015

NAME CLUB VOTES

1 Michael Shaw Olympic Dam 12

2 Ashley Baxter Hornridge 11

3 Cam Faulkner East Roxby 11

4 Clayton Millard East Roxby 10

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Results from FNFL Round 16

Footballer of the Year Leaderboard after Round 16

VOTES

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CURRENT LEADER

MichaelShaw

HIDDEN ROUND

The opening quarter of Saturday’s fi rst Far North Football League game saw Olympic Dam kicking with a breeze

towards the scoreboard end.According to the ‘weather men’ on the

boundary, this was worth two to fi ve goals.Despite Andrew Moss scoring the fi rst

major for the East Roxby Roos thanks to some early short passing, the quarter was dominated by the Devils, who scored the next fi ve goals.

Singles went to OD’s Lee Copeland and Ian McBey, while Scott Montgomerie was providing a handful up front, leading well and bagging two.

Copeland probably had his best quarter of football since retirement with assistance coming from Cameron Green, James Sim-mons and Jonathon Veale.

After the fi rst quarter the score was OD 5.2 (32) to East Roxby 1.1 (7).

� e tempo lifted in the second quarter with hard tackling from both sides, but a lot of forward movement was repelled across the half back lines.

OD eventually scored a major through Veale but this was to be its only one for the quarter as East Roxby started to gain more of the ball out of centre and kick in longer to the forward line.

Terry Clancy started the push for East Roxby with a good goal from the pocket, then Rhett Simms marked and scored a major.

Clancy took another from the opposite and supposedly impossible pocket before Ty Kirkwood soccered one off the ground.

� is was East Roxby’s quarter, getting them to 5.4 (34) at half time against OD’s 6.4 (40).

OD again scored the opener in the second half with Montgomerie continuing to be prominent.

Dale King had been active in the fi rst half and really became involved in this quarter.

Clancy made another good mark and goal before following this up with a second just a few minutes later, mainly owing to drivers coming out of the centre.

OD bounced back with a running goal to Lachlan Hewett, but Clancy responded with his third for the quarter.

Bowde Kelly and Cam Faulkner were lift-ing in the centre and around the ground.

East Roxby eased in front at the final break with a goal to Bailey French right on the siren, when the score reached East Rox-by 9.7 (70) to OD 8.4 (52).

� e habit of starting well saw a goal from Corneliusen put OD back in touch, but

this was to be the Devils’ only major for the quarter.

East Roxby replied with four in the fi nal quarter – including a long running goal for Kelly, then French almost immediately af-terwards.

A snap by Clancy and another off the ground by French sealed the match for the Roos.

� e fi nal score was East Roxby 13.11 (89) defeated OD 9.4 (58).

Mention must be made of the young play-ers on both sides who are all showing signs of maturity at this level.

Juniors included Tyler Odgers, Nicholas Calligaris and Keenan Gates for OD and Benjamin Caden and French for the Roos.

Roxby Districts d Hornridge

The second match of the day saw Trent Grosser break the Magpies banner to celebrate 50 games at the club.

However, this turned out to be their Hornridge’s only positive for the match.

� e fi rst quarter set things up for the Miners, who came out aggressively to dom-inate all over the ground, with Hornridge struggling to get past their half forward line.

Roxby Districts shipped the football around and kept control for most of the quarter, with coach Ricky Prosser having a great start in marking four and kicking a couple of goals while Kain Zeptner added two.

Terry Hall, Todd Roberts and Josh Shep-pard also added to the Miners’ onslaught to bring their score to 7.8 (71) against Horn-ridge’s nil.

� e Magpies lifted in the second quar-ter, with their fi rst goal coming early from Shaun Taylor, but Roxby Districts replied via Cody Kenny.

Joel Harman (Magpies) received a free up front and converted, but again Prosser replied.

Hall and Jordan Christall followed up with another goal each for the Miners.

Harman bounced back for a strong mark and goal for Hornridge and a second fol-lowed thanks to a running shot from Luke Webb.

Zeptner kept bobbing up for Roxby Dis-tricts with another goal before the 50-gamer Grosser belted a huge goal through from well outside 50m.

� e Miners fi nished the quarter with one snapped from Dylan Reese to bring them up to 13.11 (89) against Hornridge’s 5.3 (33).

After the break the game lacked enthusi-asm. Hornridge appeared to be active, par-

ticularly through Nigel Tutthill, but nothing made the scoreboard until the Miners broke clear for goals to Prosser, Hall and Roberts.

Roxby Districts was back in control and blazed away for several behinds.

Hornridge only added one point to its score while Roxby added 3.7 by the end of the third quarter.

� e conditions under the lights were cool, particularly for the spectators, but the pat-tern of play continued on the fi eld.

Hornridge scored its fi rst for the quarter through Taylor but Roberts replied and was followed by three goals from Hall, Lachlan Munro and James Telfer.

� e Magpies pegged one back through Benjamin Grimston but again came a reply – this time from Munro, Callan Haugum and Jake Ford.

A late snap from Hornridge was its last score for the quarter, which finished at Roxby Districts 20.25 (145) to Hornridge 7.4 (46).

Special mention must be made of the juniors – particularly Jay McCarthy, who competed well for the Miners, along with Rudayne Hadfi eld and Eli and Carlos Taylor for Hornridge.

Jack Dalgleish had limited time on the fi eld for the Miners but played well.

Roos rally for 31pt win

Hornridge: Well ran out game - Ashley

Baxter

East Roxby: Good hit out for both teams. Looking forward to

the � nals next week - Cameron Faulkner

Roxby Districts: Great win. Looking forward to � nals -

Ricky Prosser

OD: Good last hit out leading into � nals

- Brett Chamberlain

OD: Good last hit out

Olympic Dam’s Michael Evans attempts to lay a tackle on East Roxby’s Clayton

Millard. PHOTOS: Patrick Glover

Miners coach Ricky Prosser fi res out a handpass as Hornridge’s

Eli Taylor approaches.

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Former local Tom Schott returned to Roxby Downs with the West Adelaide Football Club (WAFC) on its annual

visit last week.Schott was joined by recently retired AFL

footballer Jason Porplyzia and West Adelaide football manager Andrew Marks to run clin-ics with school students, attend junior train-ings and pass on their knowledge to local players.

“It has been great coming back to Roxby,” he told � e Monitor. “Especially coming back to the schools – it brings back so many memories.

“I don’t get back as often as I would like, so it’s a good way to come back – to try and teach kids some skills of football and guide them so they can come through to West Adelaide.”

Marks said running clinics with school stu-dents and attending junior trainings helped grow the relationship between Roxby Downs and the WAFC.

“By coming out and doing clinics at the school, we may not fi nd the next AFL foot-baller but we are lifting the profi le of the club,” he said.

“We are gaining more support. We have young kids like Lachlaun Geraghty and those that are a part of our Elite Development Pro-gram who get to see us up here rather than

having to come down and see us in Adelaide.”For the fi rst time since the WAFC has been

visiting Roxby Downs, it was asked to attend a senior training as well.

At the Olympic Dam Football Club’s train-ing on Tuesday, August 4, the WAFC put the team through its paces and gave players and coaches a new perspective on the game.

“It was really enjoyable,” Marks said.“To hold a training with the older guys gives

you a sense of the town culture.”The three WAFC representatives also

brought two Fremantle recruiters to town, David Walls and Trent Mosbey, and all agreed there was some talent within the current group of juniors and seniors.

“We were at St Barb’s and I was talking to

Mr Nicholls and he was showing me the kids that played SAPSASA from years six and sev-en, with a few year fi ves,” Schott said.

“� ey played a scratch match and they real-ly stood out, and I believe some of them have a really bright future ahead of them.”

Porplyzia recently coached the WAFC un-der 15 country side, which included a number of Roxby Downs junior footballers.

� is was his fi rst visit to the area and he said he was impressed with what he observed.

“It has been good – a little bit of an eye opener just to see how remote it really is,” he said.

“But the footy clinics have been good and it is great to see the enthusiasm the kids have towards sport and football.”

Roxby gets a SchottWest Adelaide footballers Tom Schott and Jason Porplyzia watch as RDAS students George, Hayley and Coby show

off their kicking techniques. PHOTO: Patrick Glover

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