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for the Mail Medal count.The top honour went to James Telfer (Roxby

Districts) on 26 points, followed by runner-up Michael Shaw (Olympic Dam) on 21.

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Roxby Districts player James Telfer won the Far North Football League’s Mail Medal in recognition of his efforts over the 2015 season. PHOTO: Ryneisha Bollard

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Following the announcement of 380 job cuts at BHP Billiton Olympic Dam, South Australian Premier Jay

Weatherill said it is time for the mining giant to ‘come clean’.

In an interview on Adelaide radio station FIVEaa, Mr Weatherill said there had been a number of “false starts” at OD when it came to news of expansions, and it was time for BHP Billiton to let SA know what the future held for the site.

“I think it’s incumbent on them to explain exactly what their future plans are for SA,” he told FIVEaa last week.

“We’ve seen many false starts – not just the last expansion but the one before that – and we keep hearing there are very bold plans for the future which seem exciting.

“It’s really been left to the (State) Govern-ment to front media and explain what BHP is up to, and I’m getting a bit sick of that.

“It’s time for BHP to front. � ey have the resources to do that. � ey’re one of the larg-

est companies in the world, (so) they should be stepping out.”

Mr Weatherill said the situation had cre-ated tension between the Government and BHP, and he had since explained to the com-pany that he would no longer b e fronting for them.

Having met with BHP representatives be-fore the announcement, he said he encour-aged them to release as much information as they could and told them their decision could leave them open to criticism.

“I did meet with them before they made the announcement and I encouraged them to give as much detail as they could and they chose not to do that,” he said.

“So that’s a matter for them, and they may also have to accept there will be some criti-cism of them being less than available to the media on this matter.”

Mr Weatherill said an expansion was bound to eventually go ahead.

“It is one of the richest ore bodies in the world and BHP regard it as a fi rst-class de-posit and copper is an element that is in-credibly important for the development of the world economy,” he said.

“It has uranium, gold and silver, so it is a very substantial mine.

“� e rate at which they are going to de-velop it and what they expect from people up there in the state are things I would like to hear more about.”

Mr Weatherill said a Government mining policy released in November outlined the addition of 5000 jobs between BHP Billiton and Alinta Energy mines by the end of 2017, but this now appeared unlikely to happen.

However, he said these were simple tar-gets set as part of a strategic plan, and they had been aff ected dramatically by the col-lapse of commodity prices

With the loss of jobs at BHP Billiton and the state having the highest rate of unem-ployment in Australia, Mr Weatherill said now was not the time to hit the “panic but-ton” just yet.

“� e critical thing in uncertain economic times is to have consistency,” he said.

“You need careful economical manage-ment, and what is critically important is that you have a plan for the future, and also not to hit the panic button at the fi rst sign of bad news.”

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� e new cafe and com-munity hub is located in the Andamooka Com-munity Hall and every-one is encouraged to attend.

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Brothers face same diagnosisWRITTEN BYRYNEISHA BOLLARD

A Roxby Downs family is seeking local support after all three boys – Charlie, 7,

Hayden, 2, and Lockie, 11 months – were recently diagnosed with a rare and debilitating genetic disorder.

Jenna and Clayton Faggotter have lived in the town for the past four years.

Earlier this year, the couple start-ed noticing that their eldest son Charlie was becoming more fa-tigued than usual.

“He was cramped up in his legs every now and then,” said Jenna.

“We had to pick him up from school, but it hadn’t happened very frequently so we didn’t think much of it.

“But then at VACSWIM he got out of the pool and he could hardly walk.

“That was the final straw that made me go and get him looked at.”

Jenna took Charlie to see his pedi-atrician in Port Augusta, where it was noticed that he had increased muscle enzymes.

“Silly me decided to Google what that meant,” said Jenna.

“I kind of looked at it and said there’s no way that can be what it is.”

In May an Adelaide neurologist diagnosed Charlie with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a rare genetic condition aff ecting 1 in 3600 boys that results in muscle degener-ation and a shorter life expectancy.

“Part of me already knew and I didn’t really want to hear it,” said Jenna.

“I’d never even heard of it before, and we didn’t really get told what it involves.”

DMD is passed on by the moth-er, who may have either inherited it or a new mutation may have been generated in her egg cells.

Jenna said there had been no family history of the disorder, which gives the son of a carrier fe-male a 50 per cent chance of being aff ected.

Blood testing of Hayden and Lockie found that they also had DMD and would require treatment.

“Charlie is seeing the physio and that’s the main thing for now,” Jenna said.

“He and Hayden wear splints to keep their legs stretched out overnight.”

Jenna said Charlie lacked fl exi-bility in the back of his legs, so the splints would help keep him walking normally for as long as possible.

She said the splints were more of a preventative measure for Hayden, who still had normal movement in

his legs, and Lockie was being mon-itored for symptoms rather than re-quiring treatment at this stage.

While Charlie has been told that he has a rare medical condition, his parents are waiting until he is older to tell him the overall prognosis.

“He’s pretty good with it,” Jenna said.

“He’s always been very accepting of change. He kind of just goes with the fl ow.

“It’s kind of hard because I’ve told him the name of it and that it means he has weaker muscles than every-one else, but at his age they don’t think too much about their future.”

Jenna said Charlie’s school had been notifi ed about his condition, but for now it was not too obvious.

“He’s never been a fl at-out fast running kid or super active, so it doesn’t really faze him,” she said.

Jenna said the symptoms and pro-gression of DMD can vary among patients, so it was hard to know what to expect going forward.

“I’m kind of hesitant to look into it too much because there are so many diff erent cases,” she said.

“I’d rather stick to the facts as they come.

“� ere are still possibilities for them to fi nish school and go to uni-versity and have a job and have kids.

“No one knows what their future will be.”

In the meantime, Clayton and Jenna are saving up to eventually move to Port Augusta, where the boys will be closer to medical treat-ment and where a house will be spe-cially built to suit their needs.

“It would be nice to say we’ll be living there within two to three years at the maximum,” Jenna said.

“We’re doing a lot of block re-search down there at the moment, but it’s hard to fi nd the perfect price.

“At the moment Clayton and I are just working as much as we can to save the money to put towards it.”

Jenna’s sister Tina lives in Port Augusta, so the boys will be able to

see more of their four cousins from that family.

“It’s kind of good to have that closeness, and we feel that’s where the boys will have the best life we can give them,” Jenna said.

Just three weeks ago, Tina start-ed up an online fundraising page to help gather fi nancial support for the move.

She set a target of $70,000 – half of which had been raised in the fi rst week.

“� ere are defi nitely some very generous people out there,” Jenna said.

The tally reached $50,000 last week and as of Monday morning it stood at $51,736.

Jenna said she would miss Rox-by’s relaxed lifestyle but the move to Port Augusta would help give her sons the best life possible.

“Clayton and I had always planned on building a house somewhere eventually,” she said.

“It was in our 10-year plan, but

this diagnosis has kind of sped it up a bit and forced us to make a con-crete decision.

“Now we’re just doing what we can to get to that point as quickly as possible.”

Jenna said the diagno sis for her sons had been hard to accept, which was why she had been hesitant to go public about their situation.

“We were just kind of wandering around feeling like we were living in an alternate reality,” she said.

However, Jenna is sharing her family’s story in the hopes of attract-ing further support for their cause.

To donate, visit www.mycause.com.au and search for ‘3BWD’ (3 Boys With Duchenne’s) or go to � e Monitor’s Facebook page for the link.

For more information or to off er other forms of support, contact Anne-Marie Seagrim ([email protected] or 0427 424 412) or Tina Baxter ([email protected]).

Local brothers Hayden, Lockie and Charlie Faggotter have all been diagnosed with Duchenne muscular distrophy. PHOTO: Supplied


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EDITORIALBy Ryneisha Bollard� e following is a recent conversation on

the ‘Roxby IDLE CHIT CHAT’ page. As it is a closed group, commenters’ names have been removed. � e Monitor wishes to share these comments in light of recent Adelaide media coverage claiming that Roxby could become a ‘ghost town’.

Q: Visited Roxby yesterday for the fi rst time. It’s so small. How does everyone up there fi nd it to live? Is there lots on for kids etc.? I was considering doing the big move.

A: It’s great. Defi nitely a family commu-nity.

A: We only moved here about six months ago with four kids and the community is great for kids.

Q: How so?A: I’ve lived in Roxby for a year and have

three kids and we love it. It’s the best com-munity ever.

A: Lots of kids activities during the week. � ey put on community get-togethers in summer like (the) outdoor cinema and Christmas pageant. Everyone’s very helpful.

A: Every event held has things for kids, the schools are great and there (are) lots of sports and stuff .

Q: Is it expensive living up there?A: We don’t think so. It’s cheaper for us

here than it was in NSW.A: Yes. Search this page for ‘water bill’

or ‘electricity’.A: Depends where you live. We rent our

house in Adelaide and pay cheaper rent here per week.

A: It is a great place to live. � ere is so much for kids. Football, netball, cricket, indoor hockey, soccer, swimming, karate, Scouts. Playgroups and library activities.

� ere is a skate park. Motor activities such as dirt circuit and go karts. If your kids are older get them to join the youth advisory committee. � ey help organise activities. � ere are two schools.

� e youth centre is currently in the pro-cess of being upgraded so the youth have a place to go, plus provide for other activities in the community.

We have an awesome Christmas pageant plus market days. � e only downside is the negativity that tends to appear in these pag-es instead of focusing on what the town has to off er some tend to focus on what we don’t have.

But we have a clothes store, a chemist, a bakery, take-away food, Mitre 10 etc. You can (go) down the street and have coff ee and cake catch up with friends.

Weather is fantastic. Gateway to the out-back. If you need to get out for an emergen-cy we have an airport. We are not far from medical services with an awesome hospital plus the RFDS.

People come together here in a crisis and will help you out if you need it.

A: Well $350 a week for a four bedroom, two bathrooms open-plan living and a pool is good if you ask me.

Q: No I mean food.A: It’s okay. We have Woolies and what

u can’t get here you order in and gets de-livered to your door.

A: Woolies prices are normal, it’s utilities

that are dear and if you don’t budget you will get caught with those, otherwise Roxby is a good place to raise kids.

A: If you’re lucky enough to be able to get and keep a job, that is. A lot of people here are living with the current fear of becoming unemployed.

A: � e biggest expenses are rent, utili-ties and fuel when you head out of town. If you are prone to illness and need medi-cal specialists then that’s an extra expense.It’s a great town for families. Isolation can be hard at fi rst if you are not used to it or being away from family support, but overall a good community.

A: Rent isn’t that expensive at the mo-ment because of the job losses. � ere are lots under $350pw at (the) moment. If you have a goal and can deal with being away from family support you’ll do fi ne.

A: Defi nitely make use of the companies who deliver up here for fresh fruit and veg and meat. You can always do a day trip to Port Augusta too! Roxby has its good points but, like everywhere, also has its bad points.

Gas, electricity and water is expensive. Rent at the moment is cheap(ish) because the town is in a slump. When it eventually does come back up you’ll be paying double.

Petrol is expensive, usually at least 20c/litre (more) than Adelaide. It is full of great people but also *********, also like anywhere. I lived there for fi ve years and that was enough for me. It was time to come back to the real world.

A: We lived there for 26 years. We’d still be there if we had jobs. It’s the long drive that gets to be a thing, but it can be man-

aged with kids. We found lots to amuse ourselves with once we realised we were staying for a while.

In fact, some opportunities we would never have had anywhere else. I am lucky we moved away when we did for health reasons but I miss the sense of community every day.

A: I have (also) been here 26 years. I will probably be he re for another 26 or as long as we have employment. Heaps to do for kids and families.

Like any other place it is what you make it and you get out what you put in. Wouldn’t want to be anywhere else. Except maybe the Maldives or Bahamas…

A: We intended on moving to Roxby for only two years but loved it so much we’ve been here almost 12 now. Wonderful com-munity, but like anything in life it’s what we make of it that determines the outcome.

A: It’s not where you go but what you make of it. You can never know until you’re in. Each to their own. Good luck!

A: My parents are original residents… 27 and a half years and counting. I have been and gone many times, and am back again now for a little while.

A: Yes plenty for younger and older kids. Craft and sport groups, too. Family enter-tainment via go karts and dirt circuit, foot-ball and netball plus other sports. You have to make the eff ort to get involved, though. I came up here for three years and (have) been here nearly 20 years.

A: Lifestyle and great people, need I say more!

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AUGUST20th - 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 - Trivia night fundraiser at The

Club, 7.30pm. Ph: 0488 244 911.

21st - RDNA semi finals, times TBC.

22nd - FNFL preliminary final, 2pm.

22nd - Roxby Downs Sporting Car Club

night meeting, 7pm.

28th - Outback Smart workshop on ‘Green Beauty’ at

the RDAS Hall, 7pm. Email: Jessica.Davis@

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28th - RDNA prelim. finals, times TBC.

29th - FNFL grand final, 2pm.

29th - Andamooka Yacht Club launch

party at the community hall, 3-6pm. Email:

andamookayachtclub @gmail.com

29th - Kids gaming party, roxbylink

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

29th - Bush dance and live music at the Andamooka

emergency services shed, 6.30pm. Ph:

8672 7238/8672 7087.

29th-30th - Roxby Downs Lutheran Church 25th. Ph: 0458 517 313.

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Local man receives jail timeLocal man Glade Galen Wouters was

given a jail sentence of two months and 21 days after his court hearing in Roxby Downs last Wednesday.

� e 31-year-old was facing charges for three counts of driving under dis-qualifi cation, one count of exceeding the speed limit, failing to store ammu-nition correctly and breaching his bail.

Mr Wouters was escorted from court last week by police and is likely to serve his jail time in Port Augusta.

WRITTEN BYPATRICK GLOVER

The Roxby Downs Area School (RDAS) has initiated the first Mining Minds

programs with the Odyssey and Inspire sessions being held for year eight to 11 students last week.

� e programs focus on students’ well-being and self-esteem, among other things, and aim at empower-ing them with the skills they need to develop into healthy, responsi-ble young people.

Mining Minds projects offi cer Angela � ompson said there had been a good turnout from both RDAS and St Barbara’s Parish School students, and they had all been engaged in the sessions.

“There has been some really positive work going on throughout these programs,” she said.

“The kids have come out of the sessions feeling good about themselves and the feedback we have got back from them has been great.”

� e programs ran across two days – Monday, August 10 and Tuesday, August 12 – with the boys and girls being separated.

� e boys took part in the Odys-sey program, learning about topics including decision making, anger management and mateship.

� e girls completed the Inspire program – looking at friendships, self-image, positive psychology and relationships.

A session was also run for parents on Monday, August 10, so they could understand more

about their children and the var-ious infl uences – particularly the internet – their children are deal-ing with.

“It really hit a chord with the parents and family members,” Ms � ompson said.

“It just shows them a wide range of things about their kids. It is a bit of a follow-on from the Carly Ryan (Foundation) visit.

“We went through some of the websites their 13-year-old daugh-ters were on.

“We told them to tell all their girls to the turn their GPS off on their phones, because when they are on the internet it can tell peo-ple exactly where they are.

“� ere were a lot of dads there, which was good to see, and the message they took away from the night was to treat your daughter

the way you want other men to treat them.”

Ms � ompson said the sessions run with the students and the par-ents were personalised in order to deal with situations that they could relate to.

Teachers were also given time out of their classes to be a part of these workshops so they could carry these messages into everyday school life.

“It helps them to understand ways to talk to kids in everyday teaching scenarios,” Ms � ompson said. “It’s also about ways to keep encouraging them and learning to understand how they feel.”

Toll Group has provided $3000 in funding for the program, while Mining Minds – which is partner-ing with Semann & Slattery – has covered the rest of the cost.

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David Lindsay presents the Odyssey program to RDAS students.

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WRITTEN BYRYNEISHA BOLLARD

Local families are being invited to a night of entertainment at the Arid Recovery Reserve for its Critter Cinema event this Friday.

Two hundred tickets have been made available for purchase from either Beyond Bank on Tutop Street, Roxby Downs, or the Arid Recovery offi ce on Char-lton Road, Olympic Dam.

� e Critter Cinema is being held for the fi rst time as part of National Science Week (August 15-23) and has received Federal Government funding to cover the hire of a blow-up cinema screen.

Proceeds from the event, which is set to include a screening of A Bug’s Life along with footage from the recent Red eAR� Festival and a wildlife fi lm, will go towards Arid Recovery and its conservation eff orts.

A bus service will meet attendees at the gate to the Reserve from 4.30pm to 6.45pm to transport them into the venue.

Local business D&D Supplies will be providing a jumping castle along with popcorn and hot chocolate

available for purchase on the night.A sausage sizzle and soup will also be on off er,

along with a visit from Macca the Bilby and self-guid-ed sunset tours of the Reserve before the screenings begin.

“We just thought it would be something really cool and really diff erent,” said Arid Recovery’s Leti-tia Sikora.

“� e town hasn’t had something like this at the Arid Recovery Reserve before.

“We just thought we’d try it and if it’s popular we’ll keep doing it.

“It’s also a bit of an opportunity to show people what we have to off er.”

Attendees will need to bring their own seating or picnic rugs, and torches are recommended but there will be lighting to guide people to the toilets and other facilities.

In accordance with the Reserve’s usual dress code, both adults and children will also need to wear closed-toed shoes and long pants.

For more information, phone Arid Recovery on 8671 2402.

Locals will put their general knowledge to the test while also raising money for a

good cause at the Roxby Downs Community Club from 7.30pm this Friday night.

Proceeds from the Trivia Night event will go towards installing automatic external defi brillators (AEDs) at local venues, with � e Club agreeing to be the fi rst re-cipient.

Local man Brad Langshaw is driving the project in the hopes of making Roxby Downs business-es, sporting clubrooms and other public venues better prepared in the event of someone having a cardiac arrest.

Mr Langshaw said the Trivia Night was a way of putting on something special for the town and helping it become a role model for other regional locations when it comes to medical emer-gency preparedness.

“As always through these tough times we need to get more peo-ple coming along to boost people’s spirits and to be positive,” he said.

“It’s going to be very competi-tive but all in good fun, and the more people who come the better it will be.”

Mr Langshaw told � e Moni-tor last week he was still on the lookout for donations of items to

give out in a raffl e and as prizes on the night.

“� e money raised here stays here and there is a visible benefi t,” he said.

Mr Langshaw said children were welcome and there would be special questions and games for them to get involved in.

“We’re trying to do whatever we can to make it enjoyable and fun

for people,” he said.Mr Langshaw said he was also

keen to gather some last-minute additional trivia questions that relate to facts about Roxby.

To share your ideas for ques-tions or to make a booking for the Trivia Night (either as a table of eight or as individuals), phone Brad Langshaw on 0488 244 911.

BY RYNEISHA BOLLARD

Spend a night at the Reserve this Friday

Test your trivia talentsBrad Langshaw

demontrates how an automated

external defi brillator (AED) works. This Friday’s

Quiz Night will help raise funds to install AEDs at local

venues. PHOTO: Patrick Glover

Margaret Wyatt (with Adele the snake) and Kimberley Solly at Arid Recovery’s market day stall, where tickets for the Critter Cinema event were available for purchase. PHOTO: Kristen Dwyer

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Roxby Community Postie Bash com-mittee members held another stall at the markets on Saturday in a bid to gain further team registrations and sponsorship support.

The deadline for registrations has been extended until September 20 for the October 31 event.

To register, contact the Postie Bash committee via email ([email protected]) or send a pri-vate message to the Facebook page to be sent an enrolment form. Alterna-tively the committee will be at the An-damooka markets on Saturday, Sep-tember 5, before a fi nal Roxby Market Day stall on Saturday, September 19.

The committee is also planning another information night early next month, with a date to be confi rmed.

In addition to having Top End Train-ing as the major sponsor this year, we have Kempe Engineering back on board as a gold sponsor.

They have been supporting the Post-ie Bash for many years and their com-mitment to this event and the commu-nity is greatly appreciated.

Without sponsorship from our spon-sors the event would not be able to run.

Check out the next fortnightly Postie Bash column in the September 2 edi-tion of The Monitor for further details on this year’s event.

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ROXBY DOWNS

Desert DashSunday, 6th September 2015

5km or 10km run/walk

REGISTRATION PRIOR TO THE DAY IS ENCOURAGED.

Entry forms are available from the Leisure Centre, BHP Billiton Olympic Dam Medical Centre and from

Roxbydowns.com.au. Scanned forms may be emailed to

[email protected] on the day will be from 7am - 8am only

for an 8:30am start.Created by Emma Offler


The Roxby Downs Desert Dash is back for another year, with the race to be run on Sunday,

September 6. Director Phil Behrens said everyone

was encouraged to attend the run/walk no matter what fi tness level they were at.

“� ere are fi ve and 10km events, so it caters for everyone, and we don’t hurry people across the line,” he said.

“People with prams are welcome but no dogs, scooters or anything else with wheels.”

Around 230 people took part in the event last year and Mr Behrens said he was hoping for a similar turnout this year.

He said with the City to Bay only two weeks after the event, this would be the perfect warm-up, which may help in-crease numbers.

“� ere were around 230 last year and there was a shift of runners from the 10km event to the 5km event,” he said.

“If we get 200 this year that would be good.”

With September marking the start of spring, Mr Behrens said he was hoping for some warm weather to encourage even more runners.

� e race begins at the oval before run-ners make their way up Olympic Way to-wards Bypass Road with 10km and 5km runners turning back at diff erent stages.

Registrations can be made on the day between 7am and 8am, or entry forms are available at roxbylink, the BHP Bil-liton Olympic Dam medical centre or online (roxbydowns.com.au).

� ese forms are to be completed and returned via email ([email protected]).

Desert Dash to have another run

ABOVE: Patrick Glover, Daniel Rowlands, Sam

Oliver and eventual winner

Davin Mason lead last year’s

10km race.

LEFT: Alistair, Jake and Connor at the 2014 Desert Dash.

RIGHT: First place in the 5km run

went to Andrew Pocock last year.


Roxby Downs 8671 3355Shop 4/14 Tutop Street, Roxby Downs, SA 5725 RLA208715


For free appraisals in Roxby Downs or Andamooka, contact the team at Raine & Horne Roxby Downs on 8671 3355. We’ll look after you

Property Sales � Property Management

rh.com.au/roxbydowns

Properties for Sale

A GREAT STARTERLocated at the southern end of town this property offers a great position featuring a two bedroom home with large living room with timber floors & split system A/C, kitchen with gas range and bathroom. Verandahs and decks can be found across the front and rear of the house plus a single iron garage with a single carport attached. All this is located on a good-sized allotment of approximately 1316 sqm.

Call Craig to arrange an inspection.

FOR SALE

TOP OF THE HILLA large allotment of approximately 2003sqm situated in an elevated position overlooking the town, with sealed road access. Features a two roomed shack with a detached room off the verandah, an enclosed garage at one end of the shack and a carport at the other, plus a small workshop area. A great location with potential.

Contact Craig to arrange an inspection.

Lot 697 Faehrmann Dve, ANDAMOOKA $89,000

Lot 361 Old Drive-in Rd, ANDAMOOKA $69,000

Shop 4/14 Tutop Street, Roxby Downs, SA 5725 RLA 208715


SEAVIEW APARTMENTSSensational opportunity to acquire this highly desirable apartment group conveniently located just minutes to central Victor Harbor.Perched high on a rise overlooking the town, each unit has been strategically built to capitalise on the spectacular ocean views. A panoramic vista from the Bluff to Middleton is enjoyed from each self-contained unit, while two storey managers residence has a balcony with extra special ocean views.The complex has a very versatile arrangement, currently comprising six 2 bedroom units, plus a manager’s residence and office. This could be changed to make 7 self-contained 2 bedroom units.

Recently renovated to a high standard including new kitchens and bathrooms, these units are sure to impress. Although these units are to be sold as a whole, each unit has its own Strata Title, an opportunity to divide and sell individually, if required. With an excellent occupancy rate, these apartments have terrific cash-flow and would appeal to the astute investor or owner occupier who could manage the complex on site and capitalise on the great return.

Call Vince LeRay 0488 572 730 for inspection. RLA 241454

75 Inman Valley Road, Victor HarborAUCTION: August 22, 2015,12 noon on property (unless sold prior)

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Superbrand Raine & Horne last month launched a new mobile-

responsive website, delivering more in for mat ion for consumers and signifi cantly increased f lexibility for agents.

“With the growing pervasive-ness of video as an online com-munication tool, the new rh.com.au includes a series of audio visuals on key real estate subject areas,” said Greg Oddy, Raine & Horne’s Business Sup-port & Development Manager (Digital), who led the website development team.

“� ese videos are targeted at home buyers, sellers, commer-cial and residential investors, tenants, and prospective busi-ness partners, and are host-ed by the likes of television presenter Peter Colquhoun from Better Homes & Gar-

dens and Sandcastles fame.”In addition to the video

content, Raine & Horne has partnered with CoreLogic-RP Data to supply suburb profi le data including number of sales, average and median sales prices and median rental prices, ac-cording to Mr Oddy.

Consumers will also have access to a series of online cal-culators, covering everything from loan repayments to stamp duty.

“Every Raine & Horne offi ce in Australia will also be able to customise the look and feel of their offi ce site using home page tiles and modules, while our sales agents and property managers will have their own unique profi le page, which in-cludes current listings and sales, their bios, client testimonials, social media links, even indi-vidual blogs,” he added.

With the major i ty of

consumers now interacting with the internet by means of a mobile device, the new rh.com.au also features a mobile-fi rst design that meets the needs of the brand’s growing online audience.

“The planning for the new rh.com.au website started in early 2014, and our launch is perfectly timed following Google’s announcement in April that websites which are not mobile-optimised will be penalised in the search rank-ings,” said Angus Raine, Execu-tive Chairman, Raine & Horne.

Eff ectively, the new rh.com.au website is built for touch-screens, and will automatically resize depending on the screen size of the mobile device, ac-cording to Mr Raine.

“Importantly though, and I stress, the new website still functions just as successfully on a desktop or laptop,” said

Mr Raine. “rh.com.au switch-es seamlessly between devices, delivering a vastly superior con-sumer and franchisee experi-ence to conventional websites.

“More signifi cantly, rh.com.au will off er to mobile users all the features traditionally avail-able to desktop users, including high-quality photography and graphics.”

� e abolition of navigation tabs at the top of the home page is another key feature, accord-ing to Mr Raine, with the site instead constructed of a series of tiles and modules that work in a continuous scroll down the page.

“It provides a much cleaner and more streamlined look to the website and means there are no menu items to choose from, which are more typical of old-school desktop-based websites,” he added.

T he Real Estate Institute of South Australia (REISA) released its regional market update for the

second quarter of 2015 earlier this month.

REISA reports that, according to the Val-uer General, the regional housing market recorded a decrease of 4.25 per cent in the median house price over the last quarter

but only 0.49 per cent over the same period last year.

� e median price levelled out at $253,750 – down from the previous high of $265,000 but still at an impressive level.

Sales in this quarter were down from the previous 2015 quarter and also when com-pared to the same quarter last year.

“� e regional results mirror those found in metropolitan Adelaide. Median prices re-

main at record levels but the volume of sales is signifi cantly down,” said REISA president Greg Moulton.

“Uncertainty over employment and re-cord-low temperatures have perhaps made this result inevitable.

“What is good is the fact that vendors are being realistic and purchasers are willing to pay premium prices for the properties that they want.”

Housing market update

A large percentage of the taxman’s dollars will be used to boost the housing market this year, according

to realestate.com.au blogger Alice Bradley.

“Almost one quarter of Australian taxpay-ers will be using their tax refund to pay off a mortgage,” she writes.

“Young adults are especially keen to cash in their tax return to get ahead in the property game, a homeloans.com.au survey found.

“� e 18-24-year-old demographic are committed to strengthening their foothold in the property market, with more than 15 per cent planning to put their tax refund towards a home deposit.

“� e same number are earmarking the money for mortgage reduction, having al-ready purchased a home.

“Another third of young people plan to

invest or save the money.“Shopping sprees and cars were less of

a concern, accounting for less than 5 per cent of plans for tax refunds overall.

“� e fi ndings come at a time when home prices are reaching all-time highs and housing aff ordability in Australia is being questioned.”

Ms Bradley quotes homeloans.com.au marketing manager Will Keall, who says people are trying to be more careful with their money.

“Because property prices have contin-ued to increase throughout the nation and perceived aff ordability has become more restrictive, people know it’s tough and know that they have to be prudent,” he said.

Keall said 18 to 24 year-olds were usually unable to buy when they fi rst come into contact with brokers but were defi nitely planning ahead.

“� e average age for purchasing your fi rst

home is 25 and four months,” he said.“� ose that do successfully get in (to the

market) are prudent and open to sugges-tions on how to get there.

“� ere are some that are keen to get in as soon as they can, and that may not be in their best interest. � ey may not have a substantial deposit, or will settle for a less-than-perfect property.”

Keall said younger buyers should avoid diving into the property market under-prepared.

“� ere’s been a lot of publicity in the last 12 months about median property prices and young people are paying too much at-tention to it,” he said.

“Someone who’s just coming to the mar-ket is unlikely to pay middle of the road.

“Median house price is the best barome-ter to use when talking about house prices, but not when you’re talking about Gen Y.”

Raine & Horne offers mobile-responsive website

Young Aussies using tax refunds for home deposits

APARTMENTS AUCTION: South Coast Realty is putting a highly desirable apartment group at Victor Harbour up for auction on Saturday, August 22. See the advertisement to the left for more details.

Don’t miss our next Real Estate feature

in the November 18 edition.

Phone 8671 2683 or email [email protected]


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NEW LAND RELEASE

www.woodvaleland.com.au

Whether you are wanting ample room for the family, low maintenance living or even an investment property, Woodvale offers a selection of allotment types and a range of house and land packages designed by a selection of Adelaide’s top builders.

Located in two exclusive cul-de-sacs, Stage 2 offers elevated home sites, many with extensive views of the area’s stunning landscape.

Woodvale at Gawler South, without a doubt, is one of Gawler’s most desirable locations. Open space, country sensibility and modern convenience.

The secret to better living is Woodvale.

Due to popular demand, remaining allotments have been released in Stage 2.

IN DEMANDLARGE LOTS WITH STUNNING VIEWS 600m2 to 1,024m2

GAWLER-ONE TREE HILL ROAD GAWLER SOUTH

HOUSE & LAND PACKAGESTo view our range of house and land packages visit our website.

Elders Gawler, 37 Murray StreetGawler SA 5118 (RLA: 64256)

Email: [email protected]

Karen Hughes: 0432 340 533

Stage 2

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Imagine waking up each morning to enjoy an exclusive lifestyle of quiet tranquillity with gently rolling hills and

majestic gumtrees right at your doorstep – and not too far away are all the modern conveniences of a vibrant township bursting with activity.

Located just a two-minute drive to the Gawler township, Woodvale is naturally a desirable place to live.

Due to an increase in demand, Woodvale is now off ering a number of allotments in a

secluded location which forms the completed release for Stage Two.

Stage Two now incorporates two exclu-sive cul-de-sacs (Sullivan Grove and Clancy Court) that off er elevated allotments, many with stunning views of the surrounding areas.

With allotment sizes ranging from 600sq m to 1023sq m, they won’t last long.

� is is a perfect opportunity to take ad-vantage of traditionally large allotments in a unique and striking location.

Whether you are wanting ample room to move and play with a growing family or prefer

low-maintenance living, Woodvale off ers a selection of allotment types designed to cater for a range of individual housing and lifestyle needs.

There is also a range of house and land packages available from a select number of Adelaide’s top builders at www.woodvaleland.com.au that can help you realise the possibilities of building your dream home at Woodvale.

With its distinct differences of natural wooded beauty, integrated walking trails and a true sense of community, Woodvale truly is hard to surpass.

Construction on the site is also due to commence in September, so people are be-ing encouraged to get on site over the next few weeks to check it out before access to the land becomes restricted.

Be quick, though, as 50 per cent of this re-lease has already been sold off the plan.

For more information, contact Karen Hughes from Elders Real Estate Gawler on 0432 340 533, visit woodvaleland.com.au or like us on Facebook to be kept up to date with the latest release information.

Development enters 2nd stageThe Woodvale development is surrounded by rolling hills and majestic gum trees.

An increased demand has seen the release of Stage Two of the development, at which allotment sizes range from 600sq m to 1023sq m.


OUT ABOUT&

Blue Light Disco attendees Makayla Leahy, Michael

Gobbie and Summer Ohrnberg-Wilson pose for a photo.

Tessa Pakpoy, Amber Trevethan and Tiana Leahy

at the disco.

Bethany and Jaxon Frith at the Roxby Market Day.

Alison Edmunds (with Walt) and Nadene Murray (with Zooey)

caught up at the Roxby Market Day.

Jearim and Sanjama at Saturday’s disco event in the roxbylink auditorium.

Jodie, Hailey and Sophie McDonald at the

markets on Saturday.

Dara (back, left), Gareth, Bryce (front,

left) and Alissa Toms enjoyed a

family morning out at the markets.

Alex and Kristen Ward purchase a cupcake from Lex Wilkinson and Kelly

and Milly Wise at their market day stall.

Jamie and Suzie Reese at the Market Day on the weekend.

Brodie and Brock Gaskin show a bit of brotherly love at the Blue Light Disco on

Saturday night.

PHOTOS: Kristen Dwyer

Jason Kelly at the Roxby Community

Postie Bash stall.


OUT ABOUT&

Brett Chesson, Jake Roberts and

Raggie Bjoeru.

Mikaela Wedding, Jess Shaw, Kylie Green and

Kateland McBey.

Todd Paull, Donna and Codie Pope and

Jennifer Young.

Warwick Giles, Brent Johnson and

Jason Carstairs.Event emcee Jack McGuire with FNFL president Henry Andryszczak.

Ricky Prosser, Gavin Shephard

and Kain Zeptner.Rob McElhinney

provided the PA system and music on the night.

Far North Football League sponsors Craig Sumsion, Ricky

Hanson and Brett Chamberlain.

2015 Mail Medal count PHOTOS: Ryneisha Bollard

Memberships - Single $20 ~ Family $40• TAKE AWAYS OVER THE BAR*

6pm - MIDNIGHT • MONDAY to SATURDAY •*Members only. Conditions apply

Ph: 8671 0053Fax: 08 8671 0076 E: [email protected]

COLOURING COMPETITION1.To be judged at member’s night at The Club by members of The Club’s committee on Wednesday, Au-gust 26, 2015. 2.Finished coloured in pictures to be presented in person at 6pm on Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at member’s night at The Club. 3.Two categories - Ages 2yrs -5yrs and 6yrs -12yrs, prize for both. 4. One competition each month for the next three months of 2015.

Family Members NightFantasticHeaps for

kids!6 - 8:15pm • Special guest appearance for the kids • Kids Under 12 eat

free, Special kids dessert • Themed buffet for adults $15 • Jumping castle • Kids games • Kids corner • Treasure chest for adults to win CASH

• Spin the wheel to win CASH and PRIZES

Membership Renewals NOW DUE


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]

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

DVDs, magazines and internet facilities.Toddler Story Time 9.30am Wednesday.

Opening hours

9am to 5pm weekdays

Telephone 8671 0010 • Fax 8671 0452


After hours emergency

Mobile 0418 892 870

Web www.roxbycouncil.com

SERVICE SAWASTE MANAGEMENTCOUNCIL OFFICE LIBRARY

R efurbishment works to upgrade the community youth centre have begun

and are expected to continue for the next four months.

Plans for the upgrade have been underway since 2013, when the need for a community kitchen and improvements to the youth building was identifi ed by council.

� is need was reaffi rmed dur-ing the ‘Future Roxby!’ consul-tation in 2014, and also during public consultation once draw-

ings were released in February/March this year.

The refurbishment aims to improve access to the centre and create larger indoor and outdoor space. � is will maximise oppor-tunities for young people to un-dertake a variety of activities and will consolidate their historical home.

Higher-quality facilities will in-clude a kitchen facility equipped for use by community groups.

� e works under way will ef-fectively double the size of the current facility, including the

construction of a commercial community kitchen, multipur-pose space for local clubs and organisations to use, an outdoor seating area, new facade and upgrades and improved access to the existing pool toilets and change rooms.

After an extensive tender pro-cess, Pascale Construction Ser-vices (who recently completed Roxby’s Trade Training Centre) were awarded the contract, and will be using a number of local contractors in these works.

E very month council receives a report from the local contractor who is responsible for waste collection in

Roxby Downs. The charts below show the amount of

green waste and recycling that is ‘clean’ and the amount that is contaminated each month

that ends up in landfi ll.Unfortunately both collections end up with

general waste in the bins, which then results in the load becoming contaminated.

For the green waste this means it is unable to be stored and turned into mulch for use within the town.

For recycling the contaminated loads are unable to be sent down to Adelaide for re-cycling.

Roxby Council encourages its residents to please be mindful of what they are placing in each bin.

If you are unsure of what is to go in each

bin, a list can be found on the front of your collection calendar, which can be downloaded from our website (www.roxbycouncil.com.au).

Or alternatively, please call the offi ce on 8671 0010 or come and see us in our Richard-son Place offi ce and we will happily explain to you what you can and cannot put in your bins.

I f you’re interested in family history, the SA Library Network resource Ancestry

Library could be a really valu-able tool in fi nding out more about where your ancestors came from.

Ancestry Library is available to all roxbylink library members and is an ‘in library’ resource, meaning you just need to pop into the library during opening hours and log on to one of the library’s four computers to use the program.

Users have access to genealog-ical information from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Europe, Australia and other are-as of the world, enabling you to research your family history, his-torical events or famous people.

You can search the entire data-base, or just specifi c collections including:

- Birth, marriage and death records

- Census and voter lists- Immigration and travel - Military - Schools, directories and

church histories - Tax, criminal, land and wills- Stories and publications - Photographs and maps

Ancestry Library is a free ser-vice to library members.

To access Ancestry Library or for more information, call into the library Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, or 9am to 12 noon Saturdays.

Unfortunately both collections end up with general waste in the bins, which then results in the load becoming contaminated. For the green waste this means it is unable to be stored and turned into mulch for use within the town. For recycling the contaminated loads are unable to be sent down to Adelaide for recycling. Roxby Council encourages its residents to please be mindful of what they are placing in each bin. If you are unsure of what is to go in each bin, a list can be found on the front of your collection calendar, which can be downloaded from our website (www.roxbycouncil.com.au). Or alternatively, please call the office on 8671 0010 or come and see us in our Richardson Place office and we will happily explain to you what you can and cannot put in your bins. Find out where you came from

January February March April May JuneLandfill 0 3.58 4.07 1.78 0.98 2.14Mulched 9.06 1.83 1.71 2.49 4.25 2.16

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Unfortunately both collections end up with general waste in the bins, which then results in the load becoming contaminated. For the green waste this means it is unable to be stored and turned into mulch for use within the town. For recycling the contaminated loads are unable to be sent down to Adelaide for recycling. Roxby Council encourages its residents to please be mindful of what they are placing in each bin. If you are unsure of what is to go in each bin, a list can be found on the front of your collection calendar, which can be downloaded from our website (www.roxbycouncil.com.au). Or alternatively, please call the office on 8671 0010 or come and see us in our Richardson Place office and we will happily explain to you what you can and cannot put in your bins. Find out where you came from

January February March April May JuneLandfill 0 3.58 4.07 1.78 0.98 2.14Mulched 9.06 1.83 1.71 2.49 4.25 2.16

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January February March April May JuneLandfill 5.51 1.8 0 1.9 1.57 5.04Recycled 17.35 13.89 20.24 14.6 15.23 11.76

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Roxby Council conducted Austra l i an c i t i zenship ceremonies for a number of

Roxby Downs residents last week. Big congratulations to Tatenda and

Takunda Takaidza, originally from Zimbabwe, who became Australian

citizens with their parents; along with Neisha, Abraham and James Ferrao (formerly of India).

Warmest congratulations to our newest citizens (more photos from the ceremony will be published next week).

Do you know where your green waste and recycling goes?

Find out where you came from

Youth centre upgrade Meet Roxby’s newest Aussies

Neisha, Abraham and James Ferrao.

Tatenda and Takunda Takaidza.

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Thevoice of the community...

WHO’S ON THE BOARD

CONTACTING THE BOARD

BOARD MEETINGSBoard meetings are held on the last

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

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

be included on the agenda.Confi dential discussions with the

Board can be arranged if required.

For further information, advice or general questions please contact:

Michelle Hales,Executive Offi cer

Roxby Downs Community Board Inc.PO Box 85

Roxby Downs SA 5725Mobile: 0418 833 818


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 @ 7pm

Library Meeting Room

BUSINESS FORUMJohn Wilby

Tuesday, September 8 @ 6.15pm

COMMUNITY GARDENThursday, September 10 @ 6.30pm

Council Boardroom

ENVIRONMENT FORUMAnni Walsh 0448 168 167

Thursday, September 3 @ 5.30pm

Council Boardroom

ROXBY ROADSAFE MEETINGMichelle Hales 0418 833 818

Tuesday, October 13 @ 7pm

Council Boardroom

MULTICULTURAL FORUMSasha Yantewo (08) 8671 0010

Wednesday, August 19 @ 6pm

Council Boardroom

FAMILY FORUMJoel Hill 0433 792 450

TBC

Thanks to all the volunteers from the Red eARTh Festival committee for the fantastic

festival they have hosted over the last few weeks.

Roxby has been lucky to have so much arts and culture.

� e list of festivities was endless – workshops, performances, singing, music, exhibitions and so much more.

� e HQ space has been a hive of ac-

tivity and we have all loved having such a welcoming place in the mall to stop and visit a friendly face.

Watch out for future workshops and festivities organised by the Arts and Culture Forum.

� e Forum welcomes more mem-bers. If you are interested in being involved in the forum, please get in touch.

We look forward to Red eAR� Fes-tival 2017!

L iving in Roxby Downs offers signifi cant challenges for sustainable living.

It is a remote community with an arid en-vironment and long, hot summers.

� is means that the average ecological footprint of Roxby residents is likely to be larger than those who live in cities due to the increased need to use air-conditioning in summer and transportation costs for travel, food and waste.

� e Outback Smart program was estab-lished in 2008 and is an initiative of the Roxby Downs Environment Forum and the Roxby Downs Community Garden.

Outback Smart off ers opportunities for the community to get involved in energy and water-saving initiatives, learn about waste reduction and implement environmentally friendly options into the home or workplace.

Sustainability knowledge has been shared through the Outback Smart program via

workshops and market day appearances. � e Environment Forum and Community

Garden have recently produced two book-lets, ‘Sustainable Living in Roxby Downs’ and ‘Arid Smart Gardening’, which are avail-able for free from the Roxby Council offi ce and roxbylink library.

� e fi rst workshop to be held this year will be on Green Beauty. Participants will make their own beauty products from items typically found in the kitchen.

� is workshop will be hosted by Jessica Davis and held on � ursday, August 27, at 7pm at the RDAS Hall. � e workshop is $10 per person, and bookings are essential via email: [email protected]

Outback Smart is inviting people to share their skills in sustainability by hosting hands-on workshops.

Contact Anni Walsh on 0448 168 167 if you would like to share your knowledge and host an Outback Smart workshop.

Share your knowledge with Outback Smart

Red eARTh 2015 – what an amazing festival

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Pt Pirie & Adelaide

Depots

Antique & Household RemovalsLocal, Interstate & Country Storage

Delivery Specialists

Phone: 0427 716 173Roxby Downs • Pt Augusta • Pt Pirie

Self StoragePORT AUGUSTA

Irvine Self Storage Pty Ltd - Carlton ParadeWestside Self Storage - Old Tarcoola Road

Individual undercover locked units for vehicles, furniture, boats etc.

Competitive rates, monitored security.7 day access, inspection invited.

New storage cartonsavailable for purchase

Allan 0429 670 096 Mark 0412 044 406

telephone 08 8671 1353 facsimile 08 8671 [email protected]

PO Box 275 - Roxby Downs - South Australia 5725

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What’s happening at RDAS?

A group of year 10 boys completed the Roxby Downs Area

School’s Operation Flinders program recently.

Nine students, teacher Shane Hodgson and two Op-eration Flinders staff mem-bers embarked on an eight-day walk in the Gammon Ranges, east of Leigh Creek.

While on the trek the stu-dents had no technology and no watches – just a backpack with a change of clothes, bed roll, sleeping bag, an all-weather sheet and a pack.

“Operation Flinders is a unique wilderness charac-ter-building program,” said Mr Hodgson.

“The participants find

that the choices they have are limited, impersonal and imposed by the situation and the environment, but with consequences which are personal and the eff ects relatively immediate.

“� ey learn that relying on others, co-operating, sharing and trust are better than go-ing it alone.”

The group trekked over unmarked territory that test-ed their physical and mental endurance.

Students took it in turns to be captain for the day. � e role involved leading the rest of the group and look-ing after their mascot, named Blaze.

Mr Hodgson said days be-gan at 6am, when students

had to have their packs packed within 15 minutes, have breakfast and complete their set tasks before begin-ning the day’s walk.

“Over the eight days we walked over rough scrub,” he said.

“After 103km the boys had plenty of blisters and sore muscles to show for their eff orts.

“� e boys completed the walk with a lot of team pride and enthusiasm at their ac-complishments.”

“We would all like to thank BHP Billiton for their spon-sorship which made the trip possible.”

Operation Flinders has been run by RDAS since 1993.

Roxby Downs Area S c h o o l ( R D A S ) welcomed back its

students from the July school holidays recently with a number of new students attending for the fi rst time.

RDAS principal Steve Ben-nett said attendance numbers had increased from 613 at the start of the year to 624 last month.

� e school will now focus on a number of important events this term, including the two major events – the reception to year two and year three to year six sports day on Wednesday, August 19, and the year seven to year 12 sports day on � ursday, Au-gust 20.

“We recently emailed out a term three calendar, but as events sometimes change due to unforeseen circumstances, please keep a close eye on the school calendar on our website, which we update as changes are made,” Mr Ben-nett said.

Mr Bennett also provided an update on what has been happening at RDAS since the beginning of term three.

Staffi ng update� e school has farewelled

Mrs Karpinski, who has gone on maternity leave, and is transferring back to Adelaide at the end of the year.

July 31 was her last day at RDAS. It was a sad day for all, but we wish her all the best as she prepares for the birth of her fi rst child and as she and her husband build a new home in Adelaide.

Mrs Karpinski’s role has been taken by Ms Meredith and so I congratulate her on her appointment and wish her all the best in her role at RDAS from now until the end of the year.

Community donationLate last term we were con-

tacted by Tribal Connections, through the initiative of Jude Materoa, to inquire if there was any way they could assist us with our sports programs at the school.

We are currently looking to update some of our inter-school uniforms and so this

was raised as a priority. As a result, Tribal Con-

nections has donated $650 towards the purchase of new school tops. � is is a very gen-erous off er and will be greatly appreciated by the students of our school.

Promotional videoDuring 2014, the school

contracted 57 Films to pro-duce a promotional video for our school as a means of assisting in the attraction of teachers and as information to parents who are consider-ing applying for work in the local area.

� ere is a short, two-minute video and a longer 10-minute version, with links to both on the front page of our school website.

Bring Your Own DeviceThe number of students

who are choosing to ‘Bring � eir Own (Computer) De-vice’ to school is gradually on the rise, but we still have a long way to go to reach our target of every student from year 7 to 12 having their own computer at school.

I would strongly encourage parents who have been put-ting this off to date to make a commitment to providing this resource to your child between now and the end of the year.

Our two main computing rooms are both equipped with computers that are now seven years old, and there is a possibility these rooms will be decommissioned by the end of the year, making it even more crucial that students have ac-cess to their own computers at school.

Please contact the school if you would like support or information in relation to the BYOD initiative. Assessment and reporting

Reception to year 6: � e new semester one report for reception to year six was pre-pared using the Day Map soft-ware, and a great deal of eff ort went into developing the re-port to cater for the needs of parents.

During term three we are reviewing the report format, so if you have any construc-tive ideas about the report I

encourage you to use the link on the website to provide feedback.

Years seven to 12: In term three, the report will not be printed and sent out and it will be uploaded to children’s Day Map fi les so that parents can access the reports using the Portal on or around Friday, September 18.

A printed copy will be pro-vided for families that have no computer access.

� is new approach has two major benefi ts – it provides families with an electronic fi le of the report, which makes it much easier to save and store (or email off to Grandma), and environmentally it creates an enormous saving in relation to the number of printed pages produced.

In order to download the reports, parents will need to have access to the parent portal in Day Map, something we have been encouraging all parents to do for the past six months.

If you currently do not have access to the parent portal, go onto our website and follow the link and instructions pro-vided.

If you have any problems, please let us know so that we can off er assistance.

The portal provides you with up-to-date information about your child and a ready means of communication with your child’s teachers.

Uniform update To assist parents in getting

ready for the 2016 implemen-tation of the new uniform for years seven to 12, we encour-age families to consider bring-ing forward your purchases to 2015. To facilitate this:

A large shipment of uni-forms has arrived and so we are now fully stocked with all sizes.

Our current year six stu-dents are able to wear the new year seven to 12 uniform from term four 2015.

A Facebook page has been set up to assist parents/carers who may wish to buy or sell second- hand uniforms.

We are off ering parents a ‘lay-buy’ option, with goods set aside until full payment is made.

Year 10s complete Operation Flinders

The Operation Flinders group at the top of Mount

Rose during their recent

eight-day trek. PHOTO: Supplied

Ella prepares for soloist spot WRITTEN BYPATRICK GLOVER

Roxby Downs Area School year s ix student Ella Ramsey

has been selected as a soloist for the South Australian Public Primary Schools Music Festival to be held on Thursday, September 17.

She has also received the Jane Lyall Memorial Schol-arship, which will pay for her upcoming trip to Adelaide for a rehearsal.

“I am really excited,” she said.

“Last year I tried out for a solo spot and didn’t get it, so this year I thought I would go for it again.”

Ella beat 150 students from across the state for

one of 11 spots to perform a vocal solo during the choir’s rendition of Happy by Phar-rell Williams.

All this from a girl who has only been a part of the school choir for two years and began by singing at concerts that she and her cousins held for their family.

“I enjoy being a part of the choir,” she said.

“One day when I’m older I want to go on X Factor, but for now I would like to start taking up singing lessons and just enjoy being a part of the choir.”

Ella said she practised around three times a week at home using a karaoke machine and apps from an iPad while also taking part in choir rehearsals.

Being a part of the festival will also give her the chance

to mix with students from other schools.

“Our school isn’t going down there, so when I go down for my next practice it will give me a chance to see what other schools are like,” she said.

� e school has had singers perform solos at the festival before, but until now they had never been able to at-tend the rehearsal.

Choir teacher Jayne Win-ter said the scholarship, which is awarded to musi-cians living remotely, was a big help, and Ella earning a spot as a soloist was “huge” for the music department.

“This is like the sing-ing equivalent of making a sports state team,” she said.

“� ere are only 11 kids in the state that are selected to sing that song.”

RDAS set for busy termLEFT: RDAS year six student Ella Ramsey has been selected to sing a solo at the SA Public Schools Music Festival. PHOTO: Patrick Glover

WEST ADELAIDE FOOTBALL CLUB VISIT: Angelica (right) handballs to Mel (left) while Morgan attempts to intercept during a WAFC clinic recently.


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Roxby Downs Netball Association

Friday, August 14, 2015A GRADE

Roxby Miners 78 d Hornridge 47Olympic Dam 40 d East Roxby 28

B GRADEEast Roxby 52 d Olympic Dam 40Roxby Miners 55 d Hornridge 24

C GRADEEast Roxby 41 d OD green 35 OD Yellow 48 d Hornridge 37

Miners White 43 d Miners Red 41

Saturday, August 15, 2015Shooters 16 d Bullets 0

Lightning 16 d T-birds 1213 & under

Shooters 32 d Bullets 14T-Birds 31 d Lightning 18

17 & underBullets 49 d Shooters 31T-Birds 30 d Lightning 21

Roxby Downs Junior Netball

F riday night was the fi nal minor round of the 2015 Roxby Downs Netball Association season.

Players were relieved to experience hints of the warmer weather to come. With the completion of the minor rounds, netballers will be focusing their attention on the RDNA presentations – to be held this Saturday – and the start of the fi nals on Friday night.

As for last week’s games, the Roxby Miners kicked things off for the A grade competition with a win over Hornridge, 78-47.

� e Miners took the lead by eight goals in the fi rst quarter with shooting duo Cassie Weir and Joice Takaidza in the goals, 21-13.

A battle in the goals saw Miners keep er Georgia Mandemaker work to limit Horn-ridge’s hard-working shooter, Amanda Giles.

At the half time break the Miners had in-creased their lead to 12 goals, 41-29.

Staying true to form, the Miners once again dominated the third quarter to increase their lead by 22 goals, 61-39.

Miners wing attack, Britt Hall continued her strong season, directing play and creating clear passages down the court.

Hall’s side continued to dominate the score line in the fi nal quarter, gaining 17 goals to take the game by 31 goals.

Olympic Dam A grade defeated East Roxby, 40-28.

OD came out strong to take a six-goal lead in the fi rst quarter, 9-3.

OD’s goal defence, Hayley Smith, and fi ll-in goal keeper, Michelle Giff ord, created a for-midable barrier for the East Roxby shooters.

� e Devils held an 11-goal lead at the half time break, 22-11.

Going into the second half, East Roxby was

unable to gain back lost ground, with OD maintaining a 10-goal lead at three quarter time, 29-19.

A change in positions saw East Roxby shooter Ruby Haeata play a hard-fought game in goal keeper, creating turnovers with her fast feet and aerial displays.

It was an even last quarter, with East Roxby containing OD to a 12-goal win.

With the RDNA presentations in the lime-light, pundits are having a hard time pre-dicting this year’s A Grade Best and Fairest winners, with some strong candidates taking the court.

With the Miners having such a dominate team creating multiple options for the award – including team captain Britt Hall and last year’s runner-up Joice Takaidza – who surely must be in the running.

Or will OD’s new kid on the block and strong defender Hayley Smith and stylish mid-court player returning from a 2014 season hiatus, Kateland McBey, be contenders?

Adding to the mix will be East Roxby cap-tain Cerys Kirkwood and young gun Tanisha Herlihy-Graham, along with Hornridge’s jun-ior centre, Millie Clarke.

East Roxby’s B grade players continued their winning streak in overcoming Olympic Dam, 52-40.

OD took the lead in the fi rst quarter by fi ve goals, 14-9.

A battle in the wings saw East Roxby wing attack Lisa Phillips work hard to overcome strong OD wing defence Claire Ziebarth.

East Roxby had managed to decrease OD’s lead to one goal at half time, 26-25.

OD goal defence Sam Fishlock worked hard against goal attack Jess Hassett to create forced errors in the goals.

� e Roos took back the lead in the third quarter by three goals, 37-34.

East Roxby wing defence Kirsten Falt played a consistent game against OD wing

attack Emily O’Sullivan. She assisted Alex Nedelkovic and Kate Wilson in defence to create turnovers and move the ball quickly down the court.

East Roxby found its groove and took the game by 12 goals.

Roxby Miners B grade defeated Hornridge in a game that belied the score line, 55-24.

� e Miners took a 10-goal lead in the fi rst quarter, 16-6.

Goalies Millie Young and Erika Syvertsen worked hard in the goal circle, taking scoring shots from far out and creating strong leads.

� e Miners had increased their lead to 19 goals at half time, 29-10.

Hornridge goal shooter Melissa Haynes worked hard in the ring to gain scoring op-portunities while being tag-teamed by Miners defenders Ines Badman and Mikayla Davis.

� e Miners dominated the score line to create a 23-goal lead by third quarter time, 39-16.

Quiet achiever Whitney Chinner (Miners) worked hard as wing defence against wing attack Chelsea Denholm (Hornridge) to create turnover opportunities in the mid court.

� e Miners took the game by 31 goals at the fi nal whistle.

Predictions for the B Grade Best and Fair-est this year are no easier than those for the A grade.

Will last year’s reining champion, East Rox-by’s Karen Wegner, once again lead the points table or will fellow shooters Jessica Hassett (East Roxby) or Melissa Haynes (Hornridge) take the podium?

We could be looking at a mid-court winner with both OD’s Emily O’Sullivan and Claire Ziebarth or Hornridge’s Kaitlin James in the running, as well as Miners all-rounder Renee Wurfel.

East Roxby C grade defeated Olympic Dam Green in the fi nal game of the season for both teams, 41-35.

OD Green took the court with fi ve fi ll-ins to play out their fi nal game.

� e Devils held an eight-goal lead at half time, 22-14.

East Roxby found its rhythm in the fi nal quarter to take the game by six goals.

Olympic Dam Yellow C grade defeated Hornridge, 48-37.

OD Yellow held a nine-goal lead at half time, 16-7.

Shooting tag team Clo Finlayson and Jean-ette Taylor (OD Yellow) worked hard against Hornridge defenders Jade Williams and Ame-lia Johnson.

OD Yellow took the game by 11 goals at the fi nal whistle.

Roxby Miners White C grade overcame Roxby Miners Red, 43-41.

Miners Red held a fi ve-goal lead at the half time break, 23-18.

Miners Red defenders Laura Johnson and Amy Turley worked hard against Miners White spitfi res Hayley Wurfel and Miranda Syvertsen.

Miners White found its stride in the second half to take the game by two goals.

Pundits are spoilt with choice for the C Grade Best and Fairest, especially with the likes of consistent shooter Rhij Paulauskas (Hornridge) and strong centre court player Susie Smith (Hornridge), along with up-and-coming goalies Hayley Wurfel and Matilda Cordy (Miners White).

Also Clo Finlayson and Jeanette Taylor (OD Yellow) have been a strong shooting tag team, Libby Steer and Laura Johnson (Miners Red) a solid shooter and defender combination, Shannon Scarr (OD Green) a hard-work-ing centre court player and finally Emma Cochrane and Allie � omas (East Roxby) the fast-developing newcomers.

With fi nals in the air, clubs are poised for action and spectators wait in anticipation for the fi nal outcome with bated breath.

Strong games ahead of presentation nightVERITY CASSERLYNETBALL REPORTER

RIGHT: Lightning goal shooter Jada

Wellgreen gets a pass away during

her under 13 match.

LEFT: Lightning under 13 goal keeper Rachel Slusser gets the ball out of the goal circle.PHOTOS: Kristen Dwyer

Under 13 T-Birds

player Millie Cordy gets a pass over Lightning’s

Bianca Caden.

A grade netballer Jemma Howe

(Hornridge) in action.

Hornridge A grade wing

defence Chelsea

Denholm takes on Miners wing attack Britt Hall.

Miners A grade goal attack Cassie Weir sets up a shot while Hornridge goal keeper Bonnie

Harman stretches to block.

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With 68% of South Australian road deaths occurring in rural areas, we need to keep reminding our mates to drive safely.

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Local under 16 and under 12 soccer players will be competing in this weekend’s 2015 Country Championships at Renmark.

Organised by the South Australian Junior Soccer Association, the championships were originally set to be held at Barmera but have been moved to ensure that there will be enough pitches within an appropri-ate distance from each other.

Coach Tony D’Arrigo has been conducting extra weekly training for those entering the championships.

D’Arrigo said the line-up for this weekend’s com-petition had changed since � e Monitor caught up with him last month.

“We’ve had a few people that weren’t able to go for family reasons, so we had to get some new kids in there,” he said.

“We’ll just do our best. � ey’ve got to focus on themselves, really.

“Any team they go against is going to be hard for them because for these guys here the competition is nowhere near as strong as other clubs.

“Finally the kids get an opportunity to see what it’s like out there in case any of the kids want to take on soccer on a diff erent level.”

D’Arrigo said the change of venue for the champi-onships had suited the teams well as they were staying in Renmark because they had been unable to book accommodation near Barmera.

He thanked the following local businesses for their support in getting the teams to the championships: BHP Billiton, MTM Contractors, Roxby Downs Community Club, Roxby Bakery, Toll Group and roxbylink.

Another week of the 2015 Roxby Downs Darts League season was played last Wednesday night.

Andrew Williamson of Dead Eye Dicks threw his fi fth 180 for the season, while teammate John Komene throwing his fi rst 180 for the season.

For the peg outs the league saw solid performanc-es worth mentioning with Darren Hill (GC12) peg-ging out 140 and Matt Baker (FODFA) at 116 for the males, while in the females Liz Chilton (Bull Shooters) pegged out an impressive 63, followed by Maeve Ken-drick (Andamooka Opals) pegging out at 49.

However, none of these were able to knock out the highest for the season.

With only three games remaining, Riaan Grobler may have this in the bag for the males at 158, while Evelyn Hill looks set with her 99 peg out for the fe-males.

ROUND ONE, WEEK 23: Four Play d FODFA 6-5, GC12 d Red Bull 7-4, Dead Eye Dicks d Andamooka Opals 9-2, Bull Shooters d Bullz N All 6-5, � e Wan-nabies d Pointer Sisters 7-4, Tenners d ISITIN? 7-4, Chukkas d Twisted Flights 7-4.

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

Results from the fourth round of the SA Motocross Titles held at

Renmark on Saturday, August 15Bodie Smith: DNF (bike troubles). Taj Gow-Smith: Second place on both bikes (85cc

and 65cc). Sitting second in the championship on both bikes.

Andrew Swanson: Fourth place for the day (1-4-6). Sitting second place in the championship. A strong performance including two hole shots.

Trent Smits: Sixth place for the day (6-8-5).The � fth and � nal round will be held at Gillman on

Saturday, September 5.

Komene throws his fi rst 180

Soccer kids off to

champs

RIGHT: Soccer coach Tony D’Arrigo (back, left) with the under 12 country championships team. BACK:

Takunda Takaidza, Lakeisha Bowden, Diego Zabarain, Owen Mulady, Matija Vukotic and Darrell Soka. MIDDLE:

Ahoura Housseini, Andrej Vukotic, Diego Yupanqui and Oliver and Riley Watherston. FRONT: Mikey and

Agatino D’Arrigo. Other team members not pictured are Max Masters, Kobe Neilson and Jess Smith.

LEFT: Under 16s coach Dan Bronco (front, right) with his team. BACK: Danielle D’Arrigo, Taylor Leis, Alister Williamson and Prodosh Mazumder. FRONT: Juan Zabarain, Amy Thomas, Bobby D’Arrigo and Lachlan Lloyd. Other team members not pictured are Louis Campaniello, Lachlan Raspe, Andrew Fonseca, Declan Gates, Sam Thompson, Emilie Chesson, David Cuzzubo, Ayesha Telfer and Lachlan Baker.


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WRITTEN BYRYNEISHA BOLLARD

A large turnout of more than 100 locals gathered to support the Far North

Football League (FNFL) at Oasis on Saturday night for the Mail Medal count.

� e top honour went to James Telfer (Roxby Districts) on 26 points, followed by runner-up Mi-chael Shaw (Olympic Dam) on 21.

On accepting the award, Telfer said he felt pr ivileged to be named the recipient of this year’s Mail Medal, which is voted on by um-pires.

“� ere are so many good foot-ballers in this league, and to be considered the best is such an honour,” he said.

Telfer thanked his family, par-ticularly his mother and father, for their support over the season.

“� ey mean so much to me and I wouldn’t be here without them,” he said.

Telfer also thanked his Roxby Districts “family” for inviting him to join their club.

“I’ve never looked back,” he said. “I’ve made some of the best mates.”

In announcing the Blackwoods Medal, sponsor Brett Chamberlain said his business had enjoyed sup-porting the FNFL over the past six or seven years.

“We’re happy to do it and really

proud to do it,” he said. “I can’t say enough to (FNFL president) Henry (Andryszczak) and the committee. It’s a really hard job, and what you guys do is absolute-ly magnifi cent.”

� e Blackwoods Medal, which is voted on by coaches, went to East Roxby footballer Clayton Millard.

Millard said he had enjoyed playing for the Roos after previ-ously being a member of the Horn-ridge Sporting Club, and he was humbled to receive his award.

“I didn’t think I had that great a season,” he said.

“I think (the Roos) will have a bigger and better season next year.”

Millard also collected 20 points towards the Mail Medal, making him the third-highest scorer.

� e leading goal kicker for the season was revealed to be Todd Paull, while Miners footballer Josh Sheppard was named the best footballer aged under 21.

Paull was also awarded a life membership on the night, along with Jack Orr and Damien Hann.

“To actually be here for 10 years and play 1000 games is a really big achievement,” said FNFL president Henry Andryszczak.

Acting umpire co-ordinator Grant Aitchison gave out the Golden Whistle award to Paul Trotta and the umpires’ encour-agement award to Connor and Corey Hayes.

“If anyone’s keen on helping out

with umpiring etcetera please do it,” Aitchison said. “It’s good fun and we defi nitely enjoy it.”

On the night, Andryszczak told attendees that this season had been “probably one of the closest competitions in the past couple of years”.

He thanked RoxFM station manager Ross Wilson for provid-ing a live broadcast of Saturday’s event and for his broadcasts of FNFL games over the season.

Andryszczak also gave assuranc-es that the FNFL committee was doing its best to secure Adelaide Oval for next year’s Miners Cup.

“It is getting harder and hard-er to get games at Adelaide Oval, but… it’s not out of the question yet,” he said.

Andryszczak also acknowledged outgoing committee vice president Norm Evans and treasurer Tracey Ryan for their years of service.

He told The Monitor he had been very pleased with the im-proved attendance at this year’s Mail Medal count.

“It’s about a thousand per cent better than the one we had last year,” he said.

“We had great support from the clubs and we had a very worthy and popular player win on the night.

“It’s been great for football and it’s been great for the town as well.

“It was a wonderful night en-joyed by all.”

Strong support for FNFL awards night

Mail Medal runner-up Michael Shaw. Josh Sheppard was named the best footballer aged under 21.

Tracey Ryan is stepping down from her role as FNFL committee treasurer. She was

recognised for her 15 years of service.

Acting umpire co-ordinator Grant Aitchison with Golden Whistle award recipient Paul Trotta.

FNFL president Henry Andryszczak presented life memberships to Damien Hann, Todd Paull and Jack Orr.

Blackwoods Medal recipient Clayton Millard (right) with award sponsor Brett Chamberlain. PHOTOS: Ryneisha Bollard

James Telfer is congratulated on winning the Mail Medal.

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The fi rst semi-fi nal of the Far North Football League season saw the up-and-coming East Roxby Roos,

who have had a stellar month, take on last years’ grand fi nalist Hornridge in sunny, still and warm conditions.

� e two teams had contrasting form com-ing into the fi nals series, with the Roos hav-ing a stellar month while the Magpies have been struggling over the last few weeks.

East Roxby was without a few of its key playmakers because of injury but was still confi dent of a win.

Hornridge on the other hand had a num-ber of senior players back for the game, so it promised to be an even clash.

� e game started off with Hornridge kick-ing to the southern end, which was slightly favoured by what little breeze there was.

Both teams were working and tackling hard, with Hornridge getting a good start from the middle and scoring a goal to take an early lead.

� e Roos were looking dangerous out wide but were struggling to convert under enormous pressure from the Magpies.

They finally broke the deadlock with a strong mark by young Bailey French in front of goals. He then kicked truly to put the Roos on the board.

It was an arm wrestle all quarter with nei-ther team getting any real ascendency, and the fi ne conditions allowed both teams to show off their skills.

The quarter finished with both teams kicking two goals and the Roos leading by a point.

While the second continued much like the fi rst quarter, East Roxby was starting to get on top, settling early and getting a lot more of the play.

� e Roos got the fi rst goal of the quarter through Terry Clancy and were starting to look dangerous.

� ey were unable to convert their ad-vantage on the score board, however, with Hornridge’s Luke Webb playing a key role on the wing. He blocked many of the Roos’ attacks and set up numerous attacks with his balance, poise and precision kicking.

� e Magpies wrestled back the advan-tage to kick four goals straight to set up a 10-point lead at half time.

� e arm wrestle continued in the third quarter, with Terry Clancy maintaining his mission to win the game off his own boot by kicking the fi rst two goals for the Roos.

Hornridge was stronger in the clinches, but East Roxby was looking fi tter and faster out wide and was set to bust the game wide open.

� is is the time when champions stand up, and it was Hornridge’s Miners Cup star Ashley Baxter who was playing well all day to lift things up another notch. He banged on two goals to steady the game for the Magpies, who went into the last break with an 11-point lead.

� e last quarter started with an air of anticipation, with the expectation of a comeback from the fi tter Roos to make for a cliff -hanger fi nish.

But the Magpies showed they have big hearts, and they knew their season was on the line and had no intention of being overrun.

� is time it was Ben Grimston who stood up when Hornridge needed him most to kick three crucial goals in the fi rst half of the quarter to seemingly put the game out of the Roos’ reach.

East Roxby was desperate right to the very end and kept on fi ghting and battling to get back within 11 points with only fi ve minutes to go.

Just as the game may have turned back towards East Roxby, Hornridge steadied and Jhy McCarthy kicked a late goal to break the Roos’ valiant heart.

Hornridge ran out eventual winners by 26 points to end the Roos’ season.

Best for the Magpies were Luke Webb, Benny Grimston with four goals and Tim Milner, with other goal kickers being Jhy McCarthy and Ashley Baxter with two each.

Brett Harris, Terry Clancy with fi ve goals and Jack Orr stood out for the Roos, with rising star Bailey French also kicking two goals.

Roxby Districts d Olympic Dam

The second semi-fi nal was an eagerly awaited clash between the two top sides, with their last encounter

being a very tight aff air in the inaugural Partington/Zeptner game.

Ideal weather conditions gave each team the chance to show off their skills.

� e game started off at a high intensity, with no doubts that both sides were there to play football.

Skills were at a high level from both sides, and both were pressing hard.

� e Miners took control of the game ear-ly, with the excellent conditions suiting their skilful style of play.

Led by Haris Vrbovac, the Miners’ de-fence was virtually impenetrable, and the pressure by Roxby’s midfi eld on the Devils meant that a lot of their kicks into the for-ward lines were directionless, making it easy for the Roxby defence to mop up.

� e Miners, on the other hand, were look-

ing for targets in their forward lines and fi nding them with their excellent delivery.

Roxby Districts took a three-goal lead by quarter time, and things were looking omi-nous for the Devils.

In the second quarter the Miners stepped up another gear and began tearing the game apart.

� e Devils were trying hard but nothing they did could stem the tide.

� e Miners had superior numbers around the ball, used it well among themselves and delivered it precisely to their forwards.

When the Devils had the ball, the Miners jumped on them and worried and hassled them so much that most of the Devils’ dis-posals were under pressure and often not fi nding their mark.

Confi dence was rapidly evaporating from the Devils and they started going wide and playing a short game, which played even more into the Miners’ hands.

Roxby Districts led by 10 goals at half time and the game was well and truly in its control.

OD is a proud club, however, and the Devils came out fi ghting after half time and managed to slow the play down for a while.

The Miners still managed four unan-swered goals in the quarter, playing the long, direct and accurate style of football that has won them the last two premierships.

By the start of the fi nal quarter, the Devils’ hearts were well and truly broken, and after chasing guernseys all day they could only go into damage control and slow down the Miners where they could.

� e Miners kicked another eight goals and ended up winning the game by an im-posing 136 points to claim the hot favour-itism for the 2015 fl ag.

It was a dark day for the Devils, who were held goalless in one of their worst fi nals per-formances in the club’s history.

However, it is not time to write them off just yet, as they are a courageous club with plenty of heart and will lick their wounds and come back fi ghting when they take on Hornridge in the preliminary fi nal this Sat-urday.

All played well for the Miners, with the standouts being Terry Hall with three goals, Benjamin Hampel and Sean McIvor with seven goals.

Other multiple goal kickers for the Miners included Gavin Shephard with three and Justin Watson and James Telfer with two each.

� ere were no goal kickers for the Dev-ils, but Michael Shaw, Cameron Green and Jack Barker battled their hearts out in a very tough day at the offi ce.

’Pies make prelim fi nal Far North Football League

SEMI FINALS - August 15, 2015A GRADE

East Roxby 2.4 4.6 6.9 9.10 (64)Hornridge 2.3 6.4 8.8 13.12 (90)East Roxby best players: B. Harris, T. Clancy, J. Orr, C. Millard, B. French. Hornridge best players: L. Webb, B. Grimston, T. Milner, A. Bax-ter, T. Price.East Roxby goal scorers: T. Clancy 5, B. French 2, T. Kirkwood, D. King 1. Hornridge goal scorers: B. Grimston 4, J. McCarthy, A. Baxter 2, N. Tutthill, J. Harman, T. Price, L. Rawlins, R. Hamilton 1.

Roxby Districts 3.4 9.8 13.11 21.14 (140)Olympic Dam 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 (4)Roxby Districts best players: T. Hall, B. Hampel, S. Mcivor, L. Munro, B. Chesson, H. Vrbovac.Olympic Dam best players: M. Shaw, C. Green, J. Barker, S. Fair-clough, S. Clark.Roxby Districts goal scorers: S. Mcivor 7, T. Hall, G. Shephard 3, J. Telfer. 1. Olympic Dam goal scorers: J. Watson 2, D. Reese, L. Godfrey, C. Haugum, V. Buza 1.

Roxby Downs Junior Football League

Senior ColtsBulldogs 6.12 (48)Hawks 10.10 (70)Bulldogs best players: H. Mulady, B. D’Arrigo, D. D’Arrigo, J. Dalgleish, J. Ellis.Hawks best players: J. McCarthy, N. Slusser, K. Gates, B. Caden, B. Caden.Bulldogs goal scorers: L. Baker, L. Geraghty 2, C. Hales, J. Ellis 1.Hawks goal scorers: B. French, K. Gates 3, S. Beresford, B. Caden, J. McCarthy, B. Caden 1.

Junior ColtsHawks 7.5 (47)Bulldogs 8.9 (57)Hawks goal scorers: B. Chamberlain, D. Hooper 2, M. Natt, O. Mulady, M. Gordon 1.Bulldogs goal scorers: J. Jones 4, S. Crilly 2, M. Steer, H. Backer 1.Hawks best players: D. Hooper, Z. Annand, T. Lecons, A. Hewett, G. Clarke.Bulldogs best players: H. Wellgreen, P. McKee, C. Kemenyvary, H. Bird, J. Jones.

Under 10sBulldogs best players: L. Vugts L. Bird, M. Parker, D. Smith, N. Headland.Hawks best players: J. Grigg, J. Giles, J. Scott, B. Higgins, D. Rynne.

SEMI FINALS - August 15, 2015

Hornridge: Good hard faught game. Great win

great teamwork - Ashley Baxter

East Roxby: Id like to thank everybody involved with the east roxby football club for a great year. I have really

enjoyed my time at the club.- Cameron Faulkner

Roxby Districts: Great win for the club. Bring on the � nal - Ricky Prosser

OD: Outclassed in every aspect of the game -

Brett Chamberlain

Roxby Districts footballer Jordan Mandemaker gets

a kick away during his side’s big win over OD on Saturday.

PHOTOS: Kristen Dwyer

East Roxby’s Kirk Kirvan looks for options while

being pursued by a group of Hornridge opponents.

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Local girl Millie Clarke has impressed in her fi nal year of tryouts to be named in her fourth Spencer Netball Academy

team. � e 16-year-old was awarded a spot in the

under 17 team for the second time in as many years and is looking forward to playing with and competing against some of the best net-ballers in the state for her age group.

“I am pretty excited; it is a really good com-petition,” she told � e Monitor.

“For us up here it is not every day you get to experience this level of netball.

“To be in a team where everyone is on the same level as you, and to play against girls that

are the same skill level and better, it makes for a harder competition.”

Millie has one more training session with the fi nal squad before the carnival at the Net-ball SA Stadium in Adelaide from September 29 to October 1.

A squad of 20 has been training every month since earlier this year. Players have had access to Matrics netballers and former Australia and Adelaide � underbirds coach Marg Angove.

� e squad was then trimmed to 10 on Sun-day, August 9, with Mille making the fi nal cut.

This will be her fourth carnival having played a year of under 13s, a year of under 15s and now two years of under 17s.

� e squad will stay together while in Ade-laide and hold team bonding exercises to get to know each other, something Millie said

had helped her form long-term friendships.“I have friends in the squad from when I

started,” she said.“� ey also compete in the basketball car-

nivals I’ve been to, so I also see them at them and then you go away as a team for the Spen-cer (Netball) Academy trips so you make some pretty good friends.”

Millie was picked as a reserve in last year’s carnival team, which takes part in a week-long netball training camp with high-quality coaches.

Reserves are unable to attend the camp, so she missed out last year.

However, this year Millie said she aimed to go one better and make it into the training side.

Millie was one of three girls from Roxby Downs trying out for a spot in the Spencer

Netball Academy sides, with Millie Cordy and Millie Young looking for a spot in the under 13 side.

Both were in the training squad of 20 but missed the fi nal cut.

“� ey’re only young so they still have a number of years to go and push for a spot in the side,” Millie said.

Her mother, Roxby Downs Netball Asso-ciation squad co-ordinator Jane Rogers, en-couraged more local netballers to try out for the Spencer Netball Academy squads in years to come.

“� ere are a lot of kids from here that are scared to try out,” she said.

“Some kids think you have to be invited to it, but it is an open trial – everyone is welcome to try out.”

Millie selected for 4th

Spencer team

Millie Clarke has been selected for the under 17 Spencer Netball Academy team. PHOTO: Patrick Glover

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