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The Royal Flying Doctor Service has taken over as the healthcare provider at Andamooka and Marla. Pictured is Andamooka Community Health Service remote area nurse Diane Bilka in her new uniform last week. PHOTO: Patrick Glover

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servicesWRITTEN BYPATRICK GLOVER

The Andamooka Community Health Service has fi nally welcomed a new caretaker after months of uncertainty about its future.

Not-for-profi t organisation Frontier Services announced it would be withdrawing from its op-eration of the Andamooka and Marla clinics in April last year.

Country Health SA has since overseen a tender process to fi nd a new service provider for the two towns.

� e Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS), which already operates the Marree Health Service, was successful in its application to take over at Anda-mooka and Marla.

Acting chief executive offi cer Tony Vaughan told � e Monitor he was excited about the joint venture and the benefi ts it would bring to all three tow ns.

“It made sense for us because by bringing all three together we are able to create the one mod-el,” he said. “We can now co-invest in our service delivery, and it will allow us to put some of our

own community-raised funds back into these communities.”

Mr Vaughan said the RFDS had been in talks with Frontier Services over the past few months to ensure a smooth transition and that the standard of care would continue.

“� e community shouldn’t notice too much of a change in service,” he said.

However, the RFDS has improvements in mind for all three of its health services, including new ambulances and a combined patient records system.

“From an RFDS point of view it is a great op-portunity for us to put back into the community, thanks to the support communities like these ones have shown us,” Mr Vaughan said.

Existing Andamooka Community Health Ser-vice staff members will remain, with RFDS top-up workers available from Port Augusta if required.

Mr Vaughan said the top-up staff were well versed in rural work and the area, meaning they would provide a similar service to their Andamoo-ka counterparts.

� e RFDS has signed a contract with Country Health SA that will see it deliver health services to Andamooka and Marla for the next three years with a two-year extension period available.

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WRITTEN BYRYNEISHA BOLLARD

L ake Eyre received its greatest infl ow of water since 2011 when heavy

rain fell on contributing areas in recent weeks.

According to the Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC), a historic downpour at its Kal-amurina Wildlife Sanctuary saw fl ood waters travel down the Macumba River and Warbur-ton Creek and into Lake Eyre.

“� e rapid fi lling of Lake Eyre by local fl ooding is unusual and a stark contrast to the slow ar-rival of fl ood waters from rain in the far off -channel country of Queensland – as occurred in 2011,” the AWC said in a state-ment earlier this month.

� e AWC claims 182mm of rain – more than the average annual rainfall – fell at Kalamu-rina across January 1-2.

“It is the largest rainfall event since AWC acquired Kalamuri-na in 2007 and possibly the larg-est since 1974,” the statement reads. “Magnificent parallel sand dunes are now divided by long pools of fresh water.

“Vast areas of desert are dec-

orated by a network of shim-mering lakes which appear only once in a generation.

“� is is an extraordinary event – the desert around Kati � anda (Lake Eyre) may not fl ood like this again for decades.”

At Oodnadatta, the Bureau of Meteorology recorded a down-pour of 26.4mm in the 24 hours before 9am on December 21, followed by another 4mm the next day.

Further drenching occurred this month with 21mm by 9am on New Year’s Day and 17.8mm by 9am last � ursday.

Heavy rain at Marree also helped bring water down into the lake, with 26.4mm record-ed by 9am on December 22 and 16.6mm by 9am on January 1.

Birdsville contributed less overall but recorded a heav-ier downpour when a total of 31.6mm of rain fell there in the 24 hours before 9am on New Year’s Day.

The wet conditions saw a number of outback roads closed on all three occasions.

Meanwhile tourist numbers in the area are expected to be high while the lake is in fl ood.

William Creek Hotel owner Trevor Wright, who also oper-ates scenic and charter fl ights of Lake Eyre, said he was look-ing forward to a strong tourism season.

Mr Wright said heavy rain in January 2015 had produced a similar eff ect, but he believed a recent increase in Australi-ans travelling within their own country would further boost this year’s numbers.

“I think it’s looking like it’ll be better than last year,” he added.

PAGE 12 More photos on ‘Off the Beaten Track’

Heavy rains fi ll Lake Eyre region

PHOTO OF THE WEEK:Outback HotShots Photography Group member Rebecca Brogan took this picture for the group’s ‘clouds’ theme recently.

A Wrightsair pilot took this photograph of the Lake Eyre water system in fl ood

earlier this month. PHOTO: Trevor Wright

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WRITTEN BYPATRICK GLOVER

A round 100 workers from the OZ Minerals Prominent Hill open-pit mine will lose

their jobs in the coming months.It was revealed last week that

jobs were being cut at the major copper, silver and gold mine – lo-cated 130km south east of Coober Pedy – in response to operational changes at the site.

� e cuts follow 80 contractor po-sitions lost in January 2015.

An OZ Minerals spokesperson said the open-pit section of the mine was nearing an end and its associated services were winding down.

“As we move into the later stages of the mine plan, the quantity of waste rock relative to the amount of ore will decrease, requiring less equipment to move material,” the spokesperson said.

“As a direct result of equipment needs decreasing, there will be a reduced requirement for mining undertaken by our open-pit mining contractor, � iess.

“This reduction in the work undertaken on site by � iess will impact upon the number of people working at the mine as Prominent Hill transitions to an underground-only operation.”

� e spokesperson said OZ Min-erals had always planned to begin scaling down operations at its open-pit mine by 2015 and focus more on its underground mine as that section continued to expand.

� iess is the major contractor for the open-pit mine and will be the hardest hit by the changes.

� e OZ Minerals spokesperson

said both companies would work with staff during this diffi cult time.

“OZ Minerals and Thiess are ensuring support to staff throughout this transition is a priority, and that staff are kept informed and updated throughout the process, have access to fi nancial advisory services and are connected to localised outplacement services,” the spokesperson said.

“Over the past 12 months, � iess has also run nationally accredit-ed training programs to ensure all staff can earn formal qualifi cations in the fi eld.

“Two hundred and fifty-two staff achieved their Certifi cate III in Resources Extraction in 2015.

“OZ Minerals understands the impact Prominent Hill’s transition can have on individuals and are working with Thiess to support people as best possible.

“It is important to understand that Prominent Hill’s underground mine is expanding and is expected to operate for the next decade.”

� e Monitor contacted � iess for comment but was yet to receive a response before this edition went to print on Monday.

OZ Minerals continues cuts

More than 300 people are expected to celebrate Australia Day the Roxby way next Tuesday as part

of the local council’s annual event. Celebrations will take place at the rox-

bylink pool and will include children’s pool toys, Australian fl ag-themed merchandise, face painting and free pool entry from be-tween 9am and 12 noon.

A free barbecue breakfast will be served from 9am before Roxby Council presents its Australia Day Awards at 10am.

� e awards recognise outstanding com-munity members and include Citizen of the Year, Community Event of the Year and Young Citizen of the Year.

“We have had quite a few nominations this year, which is good,” said Roxby Council community projects offi cer Sasha Yantewo.

With crowds of around 200 to 300 in pre-vious years, Ms Yantewo said she was hoping for a similar turnout.

She said all locals, regardless of their na-tionalities and cultures, were welcome.

“We want to include everyone in the event because everyone here has made Australia their home,” she said.

� ose unable to make it to the event can tune in to 105.5 RoxFM for its live broadcast from the pool.

BY PATRICK GLOVER

Roxby’s ready for Oz Day 2016

RIGHT: Marlene Wright and daughter Vicki Mason dressed up

for a previous Australia Day event in Roxby Downs. PHOTO: Supplied

Window broken at TavernA 29-year-old Roxby Downs woman was

reported for criminal damage and breaching her barring order on Saturday.

It is understood the incident took place at the Roxby Downs Tavern on Friday night, when the woman allegedly broke a window.

Two drink drivers reportedRoxby Downs residents were well behaved

over the Christmas and New Year break, according to local police.

However, in separate incidents, two 38-year-old men were reported for driving while being over the proscribed consumption of alcohol limit.

� e fi rst involved an Olympic Dam-based man on New Year’s Eve, while the second saw a Roxby Downs man reported on Sunday, Jan-uary 10.

Both men lost their licences for six months.

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Community CalendarJANUARY

22nd - Roxby Academy of Dance summer workshop

sessions, 9am to 3.30pm. Email: [email protected]

26th - Australia Day celebrations at the roxbylink pool. Free entry until

12 noon. Free BBQ breakfast at 9am, awards presentation at 10am.

31st - Roxby Academy of Dance information and registration day, roxbyblink auditorium, 1-3pm. Email: roxbyacademyofdance@

gmail.com

FEBRUARY20th - Pink Stumps Day. Details TBC.

20th - Roxby Market Day.

The Community Calendar is restricted to the basic details of an event (what, where, when). To add your event to the calendar, email [email protected] or phone 8671 2683.

For more information about upcoming community events, visit: www.roxbydowns.com/Community/c-Whats-On.html

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Roxby Downs residents p a r t e d w i t h t h e i r possessions to assist

Pinery bushfi re victims recently.Local woman Julie Tovakuta

collected donated items for de-livery to St Vincent de Paul at its Wingfi eld depot.

Mrs Tovakuta said the depot staff were grateful for the contri-bution and would use the items to help people aff ected by the blaze, which burned through 85,000ha and killed two people in November last year.

“� ese people need to build their lives back up because they lost pretty much everything,” she told � e Monitor.

St Vincent de Paul chief exec-utive David Wark said Vinnies appreciated all forms of support.

“All donations, both fi nancial and material, that people have specifi cally requested to go to people aff ected by bushfi res are sorted and stored separately in our warehouse,” he said.

“� ere is a signifi cant amount of items at the Vinnies Gawler shop and we send additional items as required.

“At the moment people are mainly requiring household items, toiletries and clothing as many are staying in temporary accommodation.

“Anyone who has been aff ected by the bushfi res can come to the shop and pick out whatever items they need.

“We have a range of furniture and other items that are being delivered either from the warehouse or the Vinnies Gawler shop to people as they request it.

“We expect to be providing support for many months to

come as the people begin the long process of rebuilding their lives.”

Mr Wark said f inancial contributions were particularly important.

“� is crisis has aff ected many people, and what they need var-ies from person to person,” he said.

“Financial donations at this time are crucial so that we can provide immediate assistance to meet the community’s needs, whatever they may be.”

Donations of money are currently being accepted at the Roxby Downs Smokemart via a collection tin, or visit www.vinnies.org.au/sabushfi reappeal or phone 13 18 12.

Smokemart’s Deb Price is also accepting further donations of material goods and will be taking the extra items to Adelaide this weekend.


The local community helped Roxby Traders Mitre 10 raise more than $750 for

the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) last month.

Mitre 10 retail manager Janelle Hueppauff said she was proud of the community for its support of the ‘buy a star’ campaign, which attracted 137 donations.

“We received really good feed-back and we didn’t have to press the campaign too hard either,

which was pleasing,” she said.“We were originally aiming for

$500 but when we went over that I was so proud. � e community response was just brilliant.

“People didn’t hesitate to buy a star, and some even had their own personal stories of why the RFDS was so important to the town.”

All donations put locals into the draw to win a Panasonic hi-fi system courtesy of Mitre 10, with Roxby Downs man Laurie Morrissey taking home the prize recently.

RFDS Roxby Downs Auxiliary acting president Kerrie � omas

said she was grateful to Mitre 10 for its “amazing” eff ort.

“It was a great idea, and we very much appreciate everything they have done for us and the eff ort they have put in,” she said. “Every little bit counts.”

Roxby Traders Mitre 10 staff have since continued their fundraising drive, this time donating $117 to Arid Recovery from the sale of 2016 calendars for a gold-coin donation.

Ms Hueppauff said Mitre 10 hoped to hold more fundraisers in the future to assist other local groups.

Locals star in fundraiser

Donations made to bushfi re victims

Winner of the Panasonic hi-fi system Laurie Morrissey with wife Allison and children Lachlan and Charlotte.

Tyson and Angel had the important role of drawing the winner of the ‘buy a star’ campaign at Roxby

Traders Mitre 10. PHOTOS: Supplied

St Vincent de Paul’s Wingfi eld depot recently accepted a large amount of donated items from Roxby Downs locals seeking to assist Pinery bushfi re victims. PHOTO: Julie Tovakuta

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WRITTEN BYMILLIE THOMAS

O lympic Dam-based Cowell Electric recently contributed to Pinery bushfi re relief eff orts by donating a

two-bedroom cabin to one of the aff ected families.

� e blaze hit the state’s Mid North re-gion in November last year, when it burned through more than 85,000ha and destroyed more than 90 properties.

Michelle and Simon Gregory, of Hamley Bridge, were among those who lost their homes – along with sheds, vehicles, fences, crops, some livestock, sheepdogs and a horse.

Cowell Electric delivered the cabin – which had previously been located in Roxby Downs and was being used for staff accommodation – to the Gregorys last month.

“� e cabin is an absolute godsend,” said

Mrs Gregory. “We wouldn’t know what to do otherwise.

“It was important for us to be back on the land at home, and just starting to get back to what we do.”

Remaining structures on the 140-acre property, which has been in Mr Gregory’s family for 150 years, include a shearing shed, horse stables and a hay shed.

“We have other animals – cows and sheep – that did survive which are on agistment at the moment as we have no boundary fences,” Mrs Gregory said.

“We’ve rebuilt the horse fencing so I could get the horses home. I’m still treating their burns and cuts on a daily basis.”

Cowell Electric managing director Sue Chase said helping out was just the decent thing to do.

“When you fi nd yourself in a position to help others that have fallen on hard luck, to me, it is just a natural reaction to try and help

out wherever you can,” she said.“We were fortunate enough to be in that

position, and jumped at the chance.”Local Cowell Electric employees donated

their time to prepare the cabin, disconnect it and load it for transport.

Meanwhile Mrs Gregory had her local community and many others to thank for their assistance.

“� e community has been outstanding with help with food and with general needs of people and animals,” she said.

“� e Government are trying their hardest. � ere’s diff erent funding that’s available, but because there are so many people aff ected they have to spread it out. � ere were 97 houses destroyed here in fi ve hours.”

Mrs Gregory added that without the help of her local veterinarian, Dr Elizabeth Her-bert, she would have lost all of her horses in the fi re instead of only one.

“An absolutely incredible woman – she

defi nitely deserves a mention,” she said. “She came out the night of the fi re driving

through, moving trees trying to get to animals that needed attention.

“� at night I had two people with horse fl oats remove the horses for me. If it wasn’t for them I would have struggled getting them out.”

Mrs Gregory said a surprising show of sup-port from the community of Cowell on Eyre Peninsula had been “brilliant”.

“(We have gone from) not knowing any-body in Cowell to now having friendships with people,” she said.

Mrs Gregory also thanked Ian McLean, Ken Lamb, Sue Chase, Craig Stratford, the Cowell Lions Club, � e District Council of Franklin Harbour, BSH and Clare Cranes.

She said her family’s plans for the future included demolishing the remains of their old home, which she saw as a “constant remind-er” of the bushfi re’s devastation.

OD-based businessaids family in need

Olympic Dam business Cowell Electric recently donated a two-bedroom cabin to a bushfi re-affected

family in Hamley Bridge, near Gawler. INSET: LEFT: Cowell Electric managing director Sue Chase. RIGHT:

Simon and Michelle Gregory. PHOTOS: Supplied

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A rid Recovery ’s annual trapping event will return this year after last year’s was

cancelled because of hot weather.Beginning on March 1, the trap-

ping will aim to capture small mam-mals and reptiles in the Arid Recov-ery Reserve to check numbers and to observe any new species that may have entered.

“In 2014 we captured 163 reptiles which included 19 diff erent species and 49 mammals with three dif-ferent species,” said scientifi c and education offi cer Kimberley Solly.

“We trap them and then bring them back to the airconditioned of-fi ces and check things like their foot lengths and try and get a general idea of what condition they are in.”

While there has been little sign of any new species in recent times, Ms Solly said there had been cases in the past where certain mammals

or reptiles had fl ourished in the re-serve despite being rarely seen in the Roxby Downs area beforehand.

She said there was always a chance of new species presenting themselves, and the one she was keeping an eye out for this year was the mulgara – a small, carnivorous marsupial that is closely related to the Tasmanian devil.

The annual trapping event at-tracts people from all over the world, with a number of partici-pants set to make the trip from

New Zealand to take part this year. “People will begin arriving on

February 29 while staff begin to get everything set up,” Ms Solly said.

“� en the fi rst day will be March 1, with trapping running through until Saturday lunchtime.

“� is gives people who may not have had a chance during the week because of work to come down on the Saturday morning.”

Two sessions will be held each day from Tuesday, March 1, until Friday, March 4, along with one more on

the Saturday, March 5.Morning sessions will be held

from 6am until 9am, with evening times to be decided closer to the date and dependant on the weather.

Ms Solly is encouraging the com-munity to donate peanut butter and oats towards the trap bait.

A red donation bin will be out-side of Woolworths in the coming weeks, or items can be dropped off at the Arid Recovery offi ce on the corner of Charlton Road, Olympic Dam.

Recovery trapping to return after year off

Arid Recovery scientifi c and education offi cer Kimberley Solly with one of the traps to be used in March. Pictured inside the trap is a fat-tailed dunnart. INSET: ABOVE: Participants getting up close with the animals at one of the

previous trapping events. BELOW: Small mammals and reptiles will be found during the trappings. PHOTOS: Supplied


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Researchers fi nd fi rst meteoriteWRITTEN BYPATRICK GLOVER

R esearchers recovered a meteorite believed to be around 4.5

billion years old from Lake Eyre on New Year’s Eve.

� e 1.7kg meteorite is the fi rst to be recovered as part of Curtin University’s new Desert Fireball Network, which consists of 32 cam-eras positioned at observa-tories all over the Australian outback.

“� is was why we set up the whole thing,” said Fire-ball team leader and plane-tary geologist Professor Phil Bland.

“From our point of view, the system is like a giant machine we have built that stretches across the Austral-ian outback.

“We have put a lot of ef-fort into it and to know it works is a great feeling.”

Prof Bland said research-ers were yet to examine samples of the rock but there was defi nitely a lot, scientifically, they could learn from it.

In time he said they may be able to determine exact-ly where it comes from and how old it is.

“We’ve not had a chance to sample the rock yet, or do all those analyses, but there’s every reason to ex-pect, from analyses of mete-orites a lot like this one, that

it’ll be around 4565 million years old,” he said.

Prof Bland said the aster-oid that the meteorite came from was possibly formed 2 million years after the sun started to shine and 20 million years before Earth’s development.

“We know from the orbit that it links back to the as-teroid belt,” he added.

“� e exciting thing will be if we get more precise than that – to a specifi c part of the belt, or even a specifi c asteroid.

“� at’s where we’ll see the real potential of the Fireball network.”

Professor Bland said the program had its ups and downs but discoveries like this made the time and ef-fort worthwhile.

All of this excitement was nearly missed as planned visits to track fallen mete-orites were only scheduled for after April, when the weather would be cooler.

Plus heavy rainfall hours after the discovery meant the evidence of the rock was nearly wiped away before the team even got there.

“We got there by the skin of our teeth,” Prof Bland said.

William Creek locals fi rst spotted the meteorite on November 27, when it was also detected on some of the Fireball network cameras in the area.

Prof Bland and his team

then went to work tracking the exact location of the fall site before undertak-ing a three-day recovery operation with the assis-tance of local man Trevor Wright and Arabana men Dean Stuart and Dave Strangways.

“The fact we managed to retrieve the meteorite at all is remarkable,” said Fireball team member Dr

Jonathan Paxman. “Our people worked around the clock to reduce the data, enabling rapid recovery of something that would have been lost if we’d gotten there any later.”

Prof Bland said this would be the fi rst of many discov-eries by the Fireball network that could support a greater understanding of our solar system.

Professor Phil Bland with the 1.5kg meteorite at its recovery site. PHOTOS: Supplied

An image captured by one of the Desert Fireball Network cameras of the meteorite fl ying through the sky.

The recovery team included local Arabana men Dean Stuart and Dave Strangways, along with Curtin University’s Phil Bland, Jonathan Paxman and Robert Howie.

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William O’Neill decorates a fish as part of the crafts included at Toddler Story Time.

Dylan Smith, Isaac Bell and Tara Boothey enjoyed

a morning at the library last Wednesday.

Mikaela and Edison at Toddler Story Time at the library last week.

PHOTOS: Patrick Glover

Jenna and Matilda Schipper with Ebonee Vandenberg and Sophia

Bruce at Toddler Story Time last week.

Katie, Will, Mackenzie and Peter Meadow

at Mackenzie’s farewell at The Club.

Rotary Club of Roxby District president Tony Harwood with Mackenzie Meadow at her farewell party recently. Mackenzie departed for Switzerland on the weekend as part of the Rotary Exchange Program. PHOTOS: Supplied

Wilma, Glen, Alexa and Eryn Mungur at the Roxby Downs Community Club on Friday night. PHOTOS: Julie Tovakuta

Brad Dodman, Tim Milner, Shane and Barb Howse, Ally Boyer and Greg Mattner at The Club’s courtyard area.

Scott (‘Yak’) and Brodie Gaskin with ‘Bullet’ and Brock Gaskin at The Club on the weekend.


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Degan, Josh, Danielle and Leon Vardy.

Johnathan (third from left) celebrated his sixth

birthday on Sunday. Also pictured are Ashton,

Tommy, Liam and Joshua.

Izaak, Jamie Beinke, Alexander and Mardi Hawkes at the cricket.

Laura Trotta with son

Christopher.

Nathan, Daniel and

Callum Law.Tourists from Switzerland, Sonja and Edi, at The Tavern on Friday night.

Lily (back, left), Summer,

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NEWS IN

BRIEF

Roxby Council

Opening hours Monday to Friday

9am to 4.30pmCouncil provides transport

services including:• Vehicle registration • Boat registrations

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

All inquiries 131 084.

Opal Road Landfi ll now CLOSED to the public.

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

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

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

Saturday 8am – 12 noon Sunday 1pm – 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

Email: [email protected]

After hours emergency

Mobile 0418 892 870

Web www.roxbycouncil.com

SERVICE SAWASTE MANAGEMENTCOUNCIL OFFICE LIBRARY

Changes to green waste collection in Roxby Downs

Following community feedback last year, Council has moved to a new green waste collection

schedule in 2016. While the service to residents re-

mains the same (green bins will still be collected once a month), the entire town’s green bins will now be collected

on the same day, rather than over four days as per previous years. � is main-tains the existing service in a cost-ef-fective manner.

� e 2016 waste collection calendar was delivered to all Roxby houses in December 2016 and is also available for download (at www.roxbydowns.com/Council/m-Waste.html). Copies can also be collected from the Council offi ce during business hours.

U sers of the roxbylink oval precinct will notice two new sets of signs being installed in

the area. Front in parking

To clarify requirements for the car park at the back of the swimming pool and between the small oval, Council is installing ‘front in only’ parking signs.

Many users of this car park have been confused for some time about the le-galities of right angle parking, particu-larly relating to reverse parking their vehicles, and legal advice has clarifi ed that Council only has the authority to disallow reverse parking in 90 degree car parks if appropriately signed.

Council maintains that reverse park-ing is not a safe option in this car park due to concerns around high volumes of children walking through the area, and so will install the ‘front in only’ parking signs to assist drivers to comply. Dog access to small oval

New signage will also clarify dog ac-cess to the small oval (behind Roxby Downs Area School/roxbylink pre-cinct/tennis courts).

Many people may not be aware that

the small oval is actually leased by the Roxby Downs Area School and consid-ered part of school property on school days.

Following community concerns last year around dogs being exercised on the oval during school hours, discus-sions with the school confi rmed that it is not appropriate for dogs to be in an area where children are present.

As a result, the new signs clarify that dogs are not allowed on the small oval on school days between 8am and 5.30pm (the later afternoon time allows for use of the area by groups such as Out of School Hours Care).

Dog owners are still welcome to use the main (town) oval to exercise their dogs during these times, as well as the school oval before 8am and after 5.30pm, and are reminded to please ensure their animals are under their control at all times and they pick up any droppings and dispose of them ap-propriately.

Dogs should also not be exercised off -leash on the ovals when organised sport or other activities are taking place.

A re you considering installing a shade sail at the front of your house?

Before you do, there are a number of important things you’ll need to take into account – including obtaining Council approval.

The Roxby Downs Develop-ment Plan sets out zones for particular types of development and also ensures that buildings and structures meet standards, appearances and characters suit-able for the zones.

As well as maintaining a high level of appearance, it ensures that adjoining uses are compat-ible and that Land Management Agreements are adhered to.

Generally, development which is to occur at the front of dwell-ings will be closely assessed to ensure that it will not adversely aff ect the appearance of the area.

While in some cases, devel-opment of this kind has been approved, people should not assume that approval will be au-tomatic.

Consequently – to avoid the potential for incurring costs for the purchase of carports and ga-rages, shade sails and verandahs,

which then cannot be erected on site – all necessary approvals should be obtained prior to com-mitting to purchase.

While a few minor backyard structures are now exempt from approval under the Development Act, the vast majority of struc-tures still require approval from Council.

If people are unsure whether their project will require Devel-opment Approval, they should make inquiries directly with Council.

Shade sails are exempt forms of development for planning and building only if they meet all of the following conditions:

• Th e shade sail is to consist of permeable material; and

• the area of the sail will not exceed 20 square metres; and

• no part of the sail will be higher than 3m above ground or fl oor level (depending on where it is situated) at any place within 900mm of a boundary of the al-lotment; or 5m above ground or fl oor level (depending on where it is situated) within any other part of the allotment; and

• no part of the sail will be in front of any part of the building

line of the building to which it is ancillary; and

• in a case where any part of the sail will be situated on a bounda-ry of the allotment, the length of the sail along the boundary will not exceed 8m; and

• in a case where any part of the sail or a supporting structure will be situated on a side bounda-ry of the allotment, the length of the sail and any such supporting structure – together with all rel-evant walls or structures located along the boundary – will not exceed 45 per cent of the length of the boundary.

Th erefore when construct-ing a shade sail at the front of a dwelling, consent of Council is required.

Further information can be ob-tained by calling Roxby Downs Council during business hours on 8671 0010, by reviewing the Roxby Downs Development Plan, which is available online (at rox-bydowns.com), or through the State Government’s ‘Streamlining Planning Assessment’ document (at www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_fi le/0003/22737/Guide_to_residential_code_and_stream-lined_assessment.pdf ).

ROXBY’S NEWEST AUSSIES: Congratulations to Roxby Downs residents (pictured, from left) Ahoura Hosseini, Bahareh Khalili and Ahmad Hosseini, who received their Australian citizenship

in a ceremony at Roxby Council on December 22.

New signage at the oval precinct

Front shade sails require approval from council


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WHO’S ON THE BOARD

CONTACTING THE BOARD

BOARD MEETINGSBoard meetings are held on the last

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

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

be included on the agenda.Confi dential discussions with the

Board can be arranged if required.

For further information, advice or general questions please contact:

Michelle Hales,Executive Offi cer

Roxby Downs Community Board Inc.PO Box 85

Roxby Downs SA 5725Mobile: 0418 833 818


Michelle Davis • George GiakoumisVicki Mason • Gaylene Crane

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

Cherie Gaskin • Sandy Sumsion

Thevoice of the community...

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

contact the following people. New members are always welcome.

ARTS and CULTURE FORUMThursday, February 18 @ 7pm

38 Pioneer Drive

BUSINESS FORUMJohn Wilby 0428 815 436Tuesday, February 9 @ 6pm

The Club Boardroom

COMMUNITY GARDENVicki Mason 0418 526 608

Thursday, February 11 @ 6.30pmCommunity Garden (cnr Alberrie

St, Pioneer Dr & Mulgaria Cres)

ENVIRONMENT FORUMAnni Walsh 0448 168 167

Thursday, February 4 @ 5.30pmCouncil Boardroom

ROXBY ROADSAFE MEETINGMichelle Hales 0418 833 818

TBC 2016

MULTICULTURAL FORUMSasha Yantewo (08) 8671 0010Wednesday, February 17 @ 6pm

Council Boardroom

FAMILY FORUMJoel Hill 0433 792 450

Thursday, February 11 @ 5pm roxbylink library meeting space

Local SA Ambulance Service (SAAS) volunteer Peter Walters accepted the Volunteer of the Month award for

November last month.Mr Walters, who has volunteered with

the SAAS since 2008, said he saw his in-volvement as a way of contributing posi-tively to his community.

“It’s an opportunity to meet some like-minded individuals, get involved in the community and complete some valu-able training,” he said.

“� e SA Ambulance Service off ers a Certificate IV in Health Care (Ambu-lance) to its volunteers.”

Mr Walters encouraged anyone who was thinking about becoming a volunteer to “go out there and give it a go”.

“You’ll quickly fi nd out if volunteering for a particular organisation is right for you,” he said

“For anyone interested in volunteering with the SA Ambulance Service in Roxby Downs, the best way to get involved is either to call me on 0408 847 790 and have a chat, or come down to the ambulance station behind the hospital at 7.30pm on Monday nights.”

Part of the Volunteer of the Month award involves a $100 prize for recipients,

who are able to choose what not-for-profi t group they wish to donate the money to.

Mr Walters has picked mental health organisation beyondblue as the benefi -ciary of his award.

“I know in country areas that mental health issues can often be worse due to the lack of specialist mental health ser-

vices available in small communities,” he said.

� e Roxby Downs Community Board is continuing its Volunteer of the Month award program in 2016.

To download a nomination form, vis-it: www.roxbydowns.com/Communi-ty/c-volunteers.html

Th e R o x b y D o w n s Community Board and Forums are gearing up

for another fantastic year of events, workshops, festivals and initiatives and are looking for new members for various forums.

� e Forums are quite diverse and range from Business, Arts and Culture, Health, Multicul-tural, Education, Alcohol and Substance Abuse, Roadsafe, Women’s Network, Youth, En-

vironment and Community Garden. � ere is bound to be a Forum that matches your in-terests.

� ere are no special skills to be a member of a Forum, just enthusiasm and a desire to con-tribute to the community.

As a member of a Forum it is important that you share your ideas for projects and activities, raise community issues, share your knowledge and expertise and participate.

Most Forums have a meeting

once per month either in the evening or day time – whatever best suits the Forum members. � ere is no expectation to at-tend all meetings.

According to the Board’s Ex-ecutive Offi cer, Michelle Hales, the Forums are like engine rooms.

“� is is where all the action takes place,” she said.

“New events, new programs, new activities all start from the seed of an idea at a meeting.

“Forum members then set

about making their ideas be-come reality with lots of plan-ning, organising and doing.”

Most Forums have dates set for 2016, and you are welcome to attend a Forum meeting at any time as a guest to see what the Forums are all about.

To fi nd out more, see the Fo-rum dates on this page. If you would like to ask some ques-tions, contact the Executive Offi cer Michelle Hales on 0418 833 818 or via email ([email protected]).

The community forums want you!

Walters accepts award win

Volunteer of the Month award winner for November 2015 Peter Walters receiving his certifi cate from Community Board member Cherie Gaskin.


Off the

Beaten Track

The combined eff orts of emergency services helped locate two men who went missing in the Far North earlier this month.

Just before 11pm on Tuesday, January 5, police re-ceived reports of a single-engine ultralight aircraft being overdue after failing to land at Marree at about 7.30pm.

� e Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) Search and Rescue combined with eight aircraft to comb an area of about 5000sq km at Lake Eyre.

� e men, a 34-year-old and a 39-year-old both from Maitland, were found safe and well just before 9.30am on Wednesday, January 6, about 30km north west of Marree and rescued via helicopter.

A combined eff ort from Police, AMSA Search and Rescue, Wrightsair at William Creek, emergency re-sponse workers at Moomba and local businesses led to a successful outcome for the men and their families.

Wrightsair’s Trevor Wright said a frustrating lack of mobile phone coverage in the area meant large and expensive search eff orts like these became necessary.

He called on the State Government to do more to address mobile blackspots, which he saw as a threat to the area’s ability to attract tourists.

“People are looking at where they stay and whether they get coverage, so it’s aff ecting regional communi-ties to not have this,” he added.

The Outback Communities Authority (OCA) announced its appointment of Courtney Harrington as the new Northern Flinders

project offi cer last week.Mr Harrington, who will begin her role on February

1, will provide a link between northern Flinders Rang-es residents and the State Government via the OCA.

� e role will primarily focus on communities in Leigh Creek, Copley, Lyndhurst, Marree, Nepabunna, Beltana, Parachilna and Blinman.

“Ms Harrington brings a wealth of knowledge and understanding of the issues and opportunities facing members of the northern Flinders Ranges community as it negotiates an uncertain future” said OCA chair-person Cecilia Woolford.

Ms Harrington holds a Bachelor of Public Rela-tions with sub majors in Communications and Media Management from the University of South Australia.

She has worked in the region previously as a com-munications and engagement offi cer with the Upper Spencer Gulf and Outback Community Engagement Team for the Department of State Development in Leigh Creek.

Ms Woolford said having Ms Harrington on the ground would be highly benefi cial for the role by im-proving the fl ow of information into and out of the region.

“� is will allow communities and residents to be better able to make and infl uence decisions about the future,” Ms Woolford said. “I am very happy to welcome Courtney to the OCA team.”

Works are under way to reconstruct paving and seal local streets within the Innamincka township and part of the

Strzelecki Track.Roads will remain open but a reduced speed limit

of 25km/h will be in place while workers are on site. � e reconstruction and sealing is expected to be

fi nished by the end of March. � e upgrades will ex-tend the life of the road and improve quality and com-fort for all road users.

Works will be conducted between 7am and 5pm each day over 18-day blocks with 10-day breaks.

� e $1 million project is being funded by the Fed-eral Government’s Roads to Recovery project.

A spokesperson from the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure thanked road users for their patience.

For community and road user inquiries, email dpti.northern&[email protected] or phone 8648 5211.

The Yandruwandha Yawarrawarrka people are now recognised as the native title holders of around

40,000sq km of land in outback South Australia.

Included in the determination is an area that stretches across seven pastoral leas-es and takes in Coongie Lakes National Park, Innamincka Regional Reserve and Strzelecki Regional Reserve.

� e Federal Court held a ‘bush hearing’ at Innamincka’s Cullyamurra Waterhole

last month to hand down its ruling.State Minister for Aboriginal Aff airs

and Reconciliation Kym Maher was in attendance and welcomed the “historic” decision.

“� is consent determination is a won-derful achievement and has been nearly two decades in the making,” Mr Maher said.

“It is an acknowledgement of an im-portant part of our nation’s history, and recognises that the Yandruwandha Yawar-rawarrka people have had an ongoing con-

nection with this land, which has been their spiritual and physical home long before European settlement in Australia.

“It will provide support to protecting the Yandruwandha Yawarrawarrka peo-ple’s rights, their heritage and cultural beliefs – including rights to camp, fi sh, hunt, collect resources and maintain cul-tural practices…

“By working together we are taking sig-nifi cant steps towards reconciliation and strengthened mutual respect and under-standing.”

New outback project offi cer

Native title claim approved on land around Innamincka

Men missing during fl ight in Far North

Works under way on Strzelecki Track

Lake Eyre pictured at its best

William Creek’s Trevor Wright provided these photographs of the Lake Eyre

region in fl ood earlier this month.


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Vimba Warta Civil and Mining Pty Ltd is currently seeking expressions of interest for candidates whom are interested in opportunities across all areas of the Olympic Dam mine site with roles including but not limited to management, professionals, maintenance, plant operators and labouring. Vimba Warta is a preferred labour hire contractor to Olympic Dam and therefore we encourage you to register your interest if you are currently seeking a new role, or are interested in new opportunities.We invite all interested candidates to update their resume and submit their application to [email protected] or visit our website for more information, www.vimbawarta.com.au All applications are treated with the strictest confidence.

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Board MeetingsMembers of the community are invited to attend the 2016 meetings of the South Australian Arid Lands Natural Resources Management Board, which are held in Port Augusta on the following dates:

9 - 10 February27 - 28 April7 - 8 June23 - 24 August1 - 2 November13 - 14 DecemberMeeting details are available from Natural Resources SA Arid Lands on 8648 5300 and are published on the Board’s website www.naturalresources.sa.gov.au/aridlands

Any changes to meeting dates or locations will be readvertised in local papers.Janet BrookPRESIDING MEMBERSA ARID LANDS NRM BOARD

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Nominations sought - NRM Group MembersThe SA Arid Lands Natural Resources Management Board is seeking people with an interest in natural resource management and understanding of their local area to become NRM Group members.

Vacancies exist within the Gawler Ranges, Kingoonya, Marla-Oodnadatta, Marree-Innamincka, Northern Flinders and the North East Pastoral NRM Groups.

Information, maps of NRM Group areas and nomination forms are available from the NRM Board website www.naturalresources.sa.gov.au/aridlands or by contacting the Board’s office on 8648 5300.

Applications close 5pm Monday 21 March.

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Training at the Roxby Downs small oval has grown from only a handful of players at the fi rst session to around 12 taking part in a touch football game recently.

Starkey said he was confi -dent the Barbarians would be able to fi eld a full team plus subs for each game next year.

In the meantime players are still eligible to be selected in as-

sociation sides or the all-star side.

Starkey said plans to hold a Spencer Gulf Rugby League Cup competition in Roxby Downs were also in the works.

“All three teams would come up and we would all play each other during the day, and then the two teams with the most wins would play off in the fi nal at night,” Starkey said.

“It’s just something to try and get the community involved.”


I t is very rare you get to take a trip to America to play basketball and rub shoulders with some of the

world’s greatest athletes.However, that is exactly what local

17-year-old Jack Rigden has been up to recently.

Jack played across the US – including Austin, Los Angeles and San Diego – with the Tristar Basketball Camp.

“It was a very, very good experience,” he said.

“We played a few games in each town, travelled to diff erent cities, got to meet some NBA players and go to some NBA games.”

Jack went with a group of 30 people — including two male teams, a female team and adult supervisors.

His mother, Mel Rigden, was part of the travelling party and said even for her it was an incredible trip.

“I was the mum of the group and the cook,” she said.

“It was pretty cool and very interest-ing to see the standard of basketball over there, even at a junior level.”

Jack, who is currently playing for the Westminster School team and South Adelaide Basketball Club, said he no-ticed a diff erence in the standard and style of play on the court.

“Over there they shoot a lot more threes,” he said.

“� ey all watch and love Stephen Curry, so if they get within range they will shoot and they sink them too.

“� ey can shoot, they are very quick and they played well as a team.”

Jack said his team was competitive against most of its opponents and had done well considering it was assembled just six weeks before the trip.

� e group trained once a week in the lead-up to the competition to learn plays in preparation for their games.

� is year is set to be a big one for Jack, with the point guard aiming to earn a basketball scholarship to an American college at the end of 2016.

In the meantime he will be sending videos to coaches, recruiters and col-leges in America in the hopes of gain-ing their attention.

He has already received one off er from a Lutheran school in LA but de-clined the off er wanting to fi nish his schooling in Australia.

VOLLEYBALL GRAND FINAL: The Roxby Downs Volleyball Association held its B grade grand fi nal on Monday, December 7. Pictured are the winning team, Ze Llamas (above left) and runners-up, Yellow & Blue Balls (above right). PHOTOS: Supplied

Rigden achieves American dream

OD Barbarians take to the fi eld

The Olympic Dam Barbarians are training to compete against other Spencer Gulf Rugby League teams. PHOTO: Patrick Glover

Jack (front, second from right) with teammates and opposition players following one of his games.

Australian NBA player Patty Mills with Roxby Downs local Jack Rigden during his US trip recently. INSET: Jack in action for the Tristar Basketball Camp team. PHOTOS: Supplied

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O lympic Dam took on Andamooka as both sides looked to open their account in their fi rst match of 2016.

After a convincing win against the Miners before the break – and a close game against league leaders OD last time these two teams met – the Roos were set for a fi ght against the Devils.

Andamooka captain Troy Mulders won the toss and elected to bat fi rst in ideal cricket conditions.

Despite two boundaries early in the second over and looking in good touch, Scotty Mac fell for eight after being bowled by OD skipper Seb Holbrook.

Chamila Rathnajake and Sachira Muthuku-marana then set about steadying the ship for

Andamooka after the early wicket by putting on a 36-run partnership.

Muthukumarana fell for 25, attempting one lofted drive too many and hitting Adrian Har-ris’s fi rst ball straight down Patrick Glover’s throat at mid-off .

� is brought Seb Griggs to the crease and, together with Rathnajake, he sought to guide his side to the drinks break.

But with the score at 2/75 and looking com-fortable Griggs tried to charge Ryan Bennett and edged the ball behind to wicket keeper Tom Krieg to be out for 10.

� en when Guillaume Kruger fell the over before drinks, the Roos had let their solid start slip to 4/76.

After drinks the Devils, as they have done so often in the past, put the clamps on and bowled their tight lines to take the last six wickets for just 22 runs to have Andamooka all out for 98.

Rein Geraghty and Ryan Bennett were the pick of the bowlers for the Devils with three wickets each, while for the Roos Rathnajake put up some stiff resistance, despite being giv-en a few lives, to top score with 31.

In reply Glover and Krieg got off to the per-fect start for the Devils, guiding their side to 81 without loss.

Some big hitting from Krieg was the high-light, hitting opening bowler Muthukumarana (0/42) for 18 in one over.

But when Glover fell for 35, it sparked a mini collapse for the Devils, who lost three quick wickets to be 3/93.

� e damage had already been done, howev-er, and Bennett and Harris guided their side home before drinks to chalk up another win for the men in green and gold.

Krieg top scored for the Devils with 45 while Glover fi nished with 35.

With the ball Priyantha Meegasdeniya fi n-

ished with fi gures of 2/13 to be the pick of the bowlers for Andamooka.

Miners d Hornridge

For the Friday night fi xture, the fi rst game of 2016, the Miners defeated Hornridge in a similar game to OD’s

against Andamooka.Batting fi rst, Hornridge was all out for 120,

with Joe Sampson the main wicket taker for the Miners with 3/9.

In reply the Miners passed the score just before drinks four wickets down thanks to contributions of 37 and 42 from Matt Green and Jon Sieburn respectively.

Next week will see Olympic Dam look to continue its unbeaten run against the Min-ers, while Andamooka will try to bounce back with a win against Hornridge.

Roxby Downs Cricket Association

Saturday, January 16, 2016 Andamooka v Olympic Dam

1st InningsAndamooka battingS. Mac b S. Holbrook..........................................................................8C. Rathnajake b R. Bennett ...........................................................31S. Muthukumarana c P. Glover b A. Harris .............................. 25S. Griggs c T. Krieg b R. Bennett ..................................................10G. Kruger c & b R. Geraghty ...........................................................0K. Powe c R. Bennett b R. Rayner .............................................. 13T. Mulders c S. Holbrook b R. Geraghty .....................................0F. Khan lbw b R. Geraghty ..............................................................0M. Samarakoon not out .................................................................0T. Burchill c & b P. Glover .................................................................. 1P. Meegasdeniya lbw b R. Bennett .............................................0Extras (5w, 0nb, 1b, 4lb) .................................................................10Total .................................................................. all out 98

Olympic Dam bowlingBowler Overs Maidens Wides Runs WicketsP. Glover 7 1 1 27 1S. Holbrook 5 1 0 21 1R. Bennett 8 2 0 23 3A. Harris 3 0 1 9 1R. Geraghty 5 1 0 9 3R. Rayner 3 0 0 6 1

2nd InningsOlympic Dam battingT. Krieg c S. Griggs b C. Rathnajake ...........................................45P. Glover c S. Griggs b P. Meegasdeniya................................... 35S. Holbrook lbw b P. Meegasdeniya ............................................. 1R. Bennett not out ........................................................................... 17A. Harris not out ..................................................................................2Extras (1w, 4b, 0lb, 0nb) .................................................................. 5Total ...........................................................................3/108

Hornridge bowlingBowler Overs Maidens Wides Runs WicketsS. Muthu’rana 5 0 0 42 0 G. Kruger 4 0 0 18 0T. Mulders 1 0 1 9 0C. Rathnajake 4 0 0 19 1P. Meegasdeniya 4 0 0 13 2

Note: No Friday results provided before deadline.

Roos no match for Devils

Ben Cooke sends down another delivery for the Miners during their game on Friday night. PHOTOS: Julie Tovakuta

Priyantha Meegasdeniya was the pick of the bowlers for Andamooka after fi nishing with two wickets.

Hornridge’s Leroy Kavanagh looked to hit this ball onto the leg side on Friday night.

Andamooka’s Chamila Rathnajake in action. Rathnajake claimed the important

wicket of Tom Krieg on Saturday night

OD’s Adrian Harris defends this delivery during his side’s comfortable

win over Andamooka on the weekend. PHOTOS: Patrick Glover

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The Olympic Dam Barbarians are bringing rugby to Roxby Downs.

Jason Starkey created the rugby league

team to participate in the Spencer Gulf com-petition against others from Port Augusta, Port Pirie and Whyalla.

However, while the team has confi rmed players, registered for the Spencer Gulf Rug-by League (SGRL) and even has its own uni-form and home ground, it will not be playing

for points until next year. Instead it will take on SGRL teams in

‘friendly’ games during the upcoming sea-son, which begins in April.

“We have plenty of guys interested,” Starkey told � e Monitor.

“I helped set up the Port Augusta team, the

Goannas, and then I got posted up here.“I heard there were plenty of guys inter-

ested, so just before I came up here I created a Facebook page and 30 or 40 guys jumped straight onto it and it spread from there.”

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New Dunes Café Menu launches Monday

February 1. Weekends will now be serving breakfast

until 11am and then lunch until 12:45pm

Healing Hearts and Minds Exhibition by Sue Wegener and Janet Railey

coming to roxbylink Art Gallery on the 30th

January 2016

DADDY’S HOMEDuration: 1 hour 40 minutes Rating: PG

THE DRESSMAKERDuration: 1 hour 20 minutes Rating: M

GOOSEBUMPSDuration: 1 hour 14 minutes Rating: PG

THE PEANUTS MOVIEDuration: 1 hours 30 minutes Rating: G

Pulse Fitness New Year Challenge –

Starts February 1. Prizes to be won – see Pulse Fitness for more

details.

Mr Snot Bottom’s Stinky Silly Show: Tuesday 23rd of February 2016 – 4.30pm roxbylink

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Barbarians take the fi eldMembers of the newly formed Olympic Dam Barbarians rugby team include Leif Tanzer, Jason Starkey, Jamie Lloyde and

Wi Pitau. INSET: Players practise their ball skills at training last Friday night. PHOTOS: Patrick Glover

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