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Festival program revealed

‘Tourists’ exposed to OD

NAIDOC Week’s footy fun

Numbers high for holiday fun

Dog park progressWRITTEN BYRYNEISHA BOLLARD

E stablishing a dog park in Roxby Downs will be the topic of discussion at a meeting between council and local

stakeholders later this month.Roxby Council staff met with three local dog

owners on June 22 to learn more about their needs.

Th e Roxby Paws Social Club members pre-sented council with the results of a 10-question survey conducted by local woman Gina Mar-shall, who found that 97 per cent of the 327

respondents were in support of opening a dog park in Roxby Downs.

Ms Marshall told Th e Monitor such a facility would provide locals with a place for their dogs to exercise safely.

“It’s a great way to socialise with dogs and people,” she said.

“Th ere are no worries about unwanted inter-actions in other public areas.

“It’s also about having the security of know-ing your dog will be safe.

“You’re not having to go out to the bush to let your dogs run free and worrying about them running away, chasing wildlife, getting injured and/or eating something harmful by accident.”

Th e meeting also explored what the dog park could look like – including the location and fencing – along with council’s initial thoughts on the proposal and how to move forward with the investigation.

“As a next step, we’d like to get together with a broader group of dog owners to hear their views, and are currently in the process of or-ganising this for later in July,” said a council spokesperson.

“As council expressed in its 2015/16 Draft Annual Business Plan, it is open to investigat-ing a dog park, and this is what is currently being undertaken.

“A decision on whether the park will

proceed or not has not y et been made.”Th e council spokesperson added that the dog

park would ultimately need to be considered by the Roxby Downs Sports and Recreation Steering Committee as part of its plans for the allocation and provision of recreational facili-ties in the town.

“As responsible dog ownership is also a coun-cil issue, in the meantime we are also happy to work with the Paws group to better understand their needs,” the spokesperson said.

“Council appreciates the amount of work that has been undertaken so far on the pro-posed dog park, and looks forward to our next discussion later this month.”

Sam and Jack enjoyed the activities available during the Winter Warm-Up session held in the roxbylink stadium last Wednesday. PHOTO: Patrick Glover

Local school holiday activities have proved popular, with sessions booked out at the

roxbylink library and up to 40 children attending Out of School Hours Care (OSHC) each day.

For the fi rst time, Strengthening Our Families has teamed up with Country Health SA to also off er Winter Warm-Up activities to chil-dren aged up to 12 years.

Meanwhile the Roxby Downs Christian Community Church has been running a Star Wars-themed

program, which ends this Friday, July 17.

Th e library’s fi nal holiday ses-sions will have a mosaics theme and will be held at 10.30am and 1.30pm tomorrow.

Roxby Downs Area School’s OSHC program will continue from 6am to 6pm today, tomorrow and Friday.

When school resumes on Monday, OSHC will off er its usual service from 6am to 8.30am and 3pm to 6pm on weekdays. Phone 0417 813 209 for more information.

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this photograph of two white-faced herons perched behind her back fence recently.

Mikaela’s warm welcomeLocal woman Mikaela Wedding

is the latest addition to the Monitor office, where she

recently began work as the fi nance and sales assistant.

She has replaced fellow local Jodie McDonald (nee Zschorn), who con-tinues to live in Roxby Downs and currently works at Roxby Engineer-ing and Fabrication.

Ms Wedding has lived in Roxby Downs for the past seven years. She moved here with her family after she fi nished high school.

Roxby’s relaxed lifestyle and the way her friends have become her family are some of the reasons why she has enjoyed her time here so far.

Ms Wedding worked for BHP Bil-liton until April last year.

She is now dividing her time be-tween Th e Monitor and the Roxby Downs Child Care Centre, where she runs the Time for Twos program and works as a support educator in the nursery and preschool rooms.

When the fi nance and sales posi-tion became available, Ms Wedding

said she applied because she was interested in a new challenge and a career change.

“I have enjoyed becoming part of an enthusiastic and supportive team, along with learning a new system and the fi nance role,” she said.

In her spare time, Ms Wedding enjoys watching Australian Football League games and is also involved with local netball.

She is also currently studying a Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood) via correspondence with Curtin University.Meanwhile Mrs McDonald said

deciding to leave Th e Monitor after three years had been diffi cult, but she was appreciating the extra time with daughters Hailey, 5, and Sophie, 2.

Mrs McDonald said she had em-braced the challenge of implement-ing new fi nancial policies and pro-cedures when she fi rst started here, and she had enjoyed working with her fellow Monitor staff members.

“Th e Monitor was a great place to work, and I really enjoyed my time there,” she added.

The Monitor recently welcomed new fi nance and sales assistant Mikaela Wedding to

the team. PHOTO: Ryneisha Bollard

The Roxby Downs Community Board is urging locals

to nominate for its Volunteer of the Month awards after receiving a disappointing number of entries in the fi rst half of the year.

While three awards – for January, February and May – have been given out so far, the months of March and April had to be missed because of a lack of suitable nomina-tions.

Th e board has received only six entries since starting the 2015 compe-tition.

“Volunteers tend to fall off the radar as they do what they do so well, but we can’t forget they we would be lost without

them,” said Roxby Coun-cil community projects offi cer Sasha Yantewo.

“Plus volunteers do what they do to contrib-ute, not for recognition.”

Volunteer of the Month award recipients receive $100 to put towards a club, organisation or charity of their choice.

Th ere are no limits to the level of volunteering being conducted by the individual – they can be doing anything from cooking sausages for foot-ball barbecues to serving on a club committee.

Locals can nominate themselves or someone else via a simple form available online (www.roxbydowns.com) or from the visitor information centre.

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WRITTEN BYPATRICK GLOVER

H aving started as just a pool business, Roxby Splash can now cater for just about any job.

Th e business started in February 2013 after owner/manager Jake Hemsley saw a niche market for pools in Roxby Downs.

“We started with three pools we cleaned and ser-viced regularly,” he said. “Now we have 20 to 30 reg-ular jobs and 60 clients.

“And we continue to grow – all through word of mouth we have been able maintain quite a large cli-ent base, which we are really happy about, and the customers are satisfi ed with what they are getting.

“But now we want to start getting the word out, because people don’t know that we don’t just service pools. We do just about everything.”

Mr Hemsley said Roxby Splash was going through changes including the introduction of various new services.

Th e business off ers anything from cleaning yards and excavating to handyman jobs and general repair – Mr Hemsley said there was nothing too big or too small.

Th e Roxby Splash team also enjoys supporting lo-cals and being part of the community. Th is is evident through its involvement with the Roxby Community Postie Bash, Vinnies Community Sleepout and the Royal Flying Doctor Service auction.

Th ey also point a ny customers they are unable to help to local contractors who can.

“Being a part of the community is an important part of being in this town,” Mr Hemsley said.

“We are always looking for more and more ways to get involved with the community.

“We attend the business forum meetings when we can and the market day during summer to show off our extended range and provide people with the op-portunity to obtain discounts.”

Th e family-orientated business is made up of four team members who work up to 15 to 16-hour days

and are also available outside of hours. Mr Hemsley said he and the team were out working

when others were not, and would often be out in 45C heat in the middle of summer.

He said the business had got to the point where it is today because of community support, and he thanked locals for their business.

BY PATRICK GLOVER

Police arrest murder suspectWanted man Danny Ferguson has been

arrested by police approximately 100 km north of Oodnadatta.

He was wanted for murder following the death of a woman at Oodnadatta on Friday, July 3.

Just before 10am on Tuesday, July 7, police located Mr Ferguson 8km north of Hamilton Station.

Working closely with Northern Territory Po-lice, Major Crime Detectives and Far North LSA, police made the arrest following an extensive search of the Far North that included using the skills of an Aboriginal tracker.

At 3.30pm on Friday, July 3, a 34-year-old Oodnadatta woman was taken to the local clinic by three people.

At the time, the woman was unresponsive and died a short time later.

POLICEBRIEFS


The recently released Red eARTh Festival ( July 24 to August 8) program has revealed an impressive

line-up for the two-week event.

Headlined by prestigious Seraphim Trio and workshops by Circus Elements, co-ordinator Ann-Marie Arthur said there would be something for everyone to enjoy at this year’s festival.

“We are trying to get all community members involved by including a variety of performances and workshops,” she said.

“We tried to get different genres or crafts of art so we can get people involved that wouldn’t usually get involved in these kinds of things.

“We are also hoping to appeal to diff er-ent age groups too.”

Th e Red eARTh Festival kicks off on Friday, July 24, with an offi cial launch and Community Art Exhibition opening at the roxbylink gallery from 6pm.

Performances throughout the two-week event will include a gospel choir and band, Mother Chook’s Nursery Book, and Th e Ballad of Pondlife McGurk by Windmill Th eatre at local schools.

Workshops will focus on activities rang-ing from photography to jewellery making, knitting, Japanese origami and three-di-mensional biscuit cutting.

Meanwhile Isaac Lomman will bring his comedy hypnotist show to the roxbylink auditorium on Friday, July 24, and Satur-day, July 25, and the Roxby Races (Satur-day, August 1) will also be held while the festival is on.

“To have things like this just adds to the duration of the festival,” Mrs Arthur said.

“Especially with the Roxby Races, with people having family members come up they may look to see what else is on and attend a performance or a workshop.”

Mrs Arthur said Red eARTh provided aff ordable activities, with tickets availa-ble either at the events or at the festival’s headquarters in Roxby Central.

Th e headquarters at shop 11 will host both ticket sales and workshops.

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Th e following is a revised version of a registered letter, to which I have had no reply, that I sent to the Andamooka Progress and Opal Miners Association (publishers of the Andamooka Press) on June 23:

It is with a heavy heart that because of your unthinking, biased, dictatorial and blatant lies I pen this letter in the hope that I am able to – on behalf of my wife, family, friends and folk I have never met – correct the wrongs that you have said about us.

In your editorial you support the words of an OCA budget meeting at-tendee who said “in the past, none of the anti-levy handful had ever volunteered”.

Firstly, I ask you to look around, open your minds and ask yourselves: how did our present township originate, and who sacrifi ced much in order that we could inherit the fruits of their labours?

For instance, just to name a few, let’s start with the Andamooka Hall – trans-ported here from Maralinga and erected by volunteers, some of whom are still here.

Th e gun club was started by volun-teers and is still being run successfully.

Our water supply from Olympic Dam was laid by volunteers. Our SES is staff ed by volunteers. Our local hospi-tal is supported by an auxiliary of vol-unteers. Our local post offi ce was de-stroyed by volunteers of a diff erent type.

Th e great ladies of our CWA branch work tirelessly and give so much back to our community, such as the kitchen in our community hall.

Th is is just to name a few.Th e fact that people live here and do

not go around beating their chests as to what they have contributed voluntarily to this and other communities does not mean they have done nothing.

For instance, let me bring you up to date with a little of our volunteering times.

I have been, in the past, president, secretary, committee member, delegate etcetera all as a volunteer to various or-ganisations – such as a memorial com-munity centre during which time we built local hall that is still used today and is being maintained by volunteers.

I have been a volunteer in an offi cial capacity to many sporting organisations, chairman/president of school councils

and a founding mem-

ber of the SA Epilepsy

Association (including

chairman of the Port

Lincoln branch) – just

to name a few.

My wife, Hazel, among other things,

has certifi cates of voluntary service to

the St Vincent de Paul Society in Port

Lincoln totalling 50 years (40 plus 10)

and has been for 27 years, and still is, a

volunteer worker with the local CWA.

Many of our friends and acquaintanc-

es have been volunteers in this commu-

nity for many years and, although some

may no longer live here, their voluntary

eff orts of the past have helped to pro-

gress this once great town, including

‘Bill’s Pub’ at White Dam, for the benefi t

of us all.

And yet you have the temerity to pub-

licly claim that none of us have ever vol-

unteered!

Darryl GillingsAndamooka

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

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

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

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

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JULY13th-17th - Roxby Downs Christian

Community Church ‘Star Wars’ program.

Ph: 8671 1221.

16th - ‘Mosaics’ sessions at the library, 10.30am & 1.30pm.

17th - RDNA A grade: East Roxby vs

Hornridge at 6.30pm, Olympic Dam vs Miners at 8pm.

18th - FNFL: Coober Pedy vs Hornridge at Coober Pedy at 1pm, OD vs Roxby

Districts at Roxby at 2.30pm (Parto/Zeppy

memorial game).

18th - Oodnadatta bronco branding

national champs. Ph: 8670 7961.

18th - Roxby Downs Sporting Car Club

night meeting. Racing from 7pm.

24th - Desert to Himal exhibition by Rachel Young at the RDCCC

until August 8.

24th - Red eARTh Festival launch and

Community Art Exhibition opening,

roxbylink gallery, 6pm. Ph: 8671 0010.

24th & 25th - Isaac Lomman show at

roxbylink auditorium, 8pm. Ph: 8671 0500.

26th - Neighbourhood Day at the Curdimurka Street playground, 12

noon to 2pm. Free BBQ, activities and

music. Ph: 8671 0010.

30th - The Ballad of Pondlife McGurk,

roxbylink auditorium, 11am and 1.30pm.

Ph: 8671 0010.

AUGUST1st - Outback Cup

at the Roxby Downs Racecourse.

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Buses will run from 10:30am - 1:00 pm from the Bus Stop in Richardson Place. A bus will pickup at Andamooka at 10:30 for the people out there and will return at 5:30 from the Track

Buses back from the track will start at 4:30 pm untl 6:00pm and drop at the Tavern, Richardson Place and then the Club.

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NAIDOC Week celebrations concluded on

the weekend with Indigenous round in the local football and post-game celebrations at the sporting car club.

Roxby Council Com-munity Projects Offi cer and NAIDOC commit-tee member Anni Walsh said the celebrations had

been a success with each event held well attended.

“It was extremely suc-cessful,” she told The Monitor.

“Everything was well attended, well received and we have had plenty of positive feedback so we are really happy with the way it went.

“We will have a de-brief in the coming weeks and discuss what worked well and what we could do better next time then we will start

applying for funding for next year’s event.”

T h e I n d i g e n o u s Round in the Far North Football League and the post-game celebrations held at the Roxby Downs Sporting Car Club were as part of NAIDOC Week for the a fi rst time this year.

Dance group Dusty Feet performed be-tween football matches on Saturday and per-formers Erin Woolford, James Butler and Jane

Murdoch were joined by rapper Caper MC and DJ Q at the post game entertainment.

Ms Walsh said the new events coupled with slight alterations to the

street party were the key to the event’ s success.

“Th e main street event was better attended be-cause we made it short-er,” she said.

“People came in at one

time rather than spread across the afternoon.

“I would like to thank everyone for their sup-port of the event, the committee for organis-ing it and the sponsors.”

Events conclude NAIDOC WeekThe male Dusty Feet dancers also performed at the football on the weekend as part of NAIDOC Week.

Police arrested a man following a cra sh on

Pioneer Drive on Sunday.

Just before 6pm, witnesses saw a Hold-en station wagon col-lide with a pole. Police also received another report of the same car driving erratically.

Th e station wagon was located a short time later on Quan-dong Street and the driver was breath tested and returned a blood alcohol reading of 0.181 per cent.

Police then con-ducted a search of the man’s home address and seized a number of unsecured fi rearms and ammunition.

The 34-year-old from Roxby Downs was charged with aggravated due care, misuse of a vehicle, drink driving, unse-cure fi rearm and un-secure ammunition.

He has been bailed to appear in the Rox-by Downs Magistrates Court on August 10 .

Driver blows 0.181

following local crash


TAX&FINANCEThe following checklist

provides you with some of the documents and information

that Roxby Downs Accounting will ask you about when preparing your income tax return.

Please bring any relevant informa-tion to your appointment.

As the tax offi ce no longer issues refunds by cheque, you must also bring along your bank account de-tails, including the BSB and account number.

Th e checklist is as follows:

INCOME

PAYG payment summaries Allowances, tips, directors fees Employer lump sum payments Employer termination payments Government allowances (i.e. New-

start, Youth Allowance) Government pensions Superannuation and annuities Superannuation lump sum Business income/PSI Interest received from banks and

building societies Dividend statements for dividends

received or reinvested Employee Share Scheme (BHP) Income from a rental property Capital gains from the sale of

assets Annual tax statements from man-

aged funds Any other income – i.e. foreign

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The following is a list of items, courtesy of Roxby Downs Accounting, that

you can claim as an immediate deduction against rental income for this year.

Th ere are also deductions that you can claim over a number of years, and it is also important to be aware of what items are not deductible.

Th is information can help you compile your information and make it easier to prepare your in-come tax return. It may also im-prove your decisions in relation to managing your rental properties.

For more information, phone Roxby Downs Accounting on 1300 728 048.

DEDUCTIBLE IMMEDIATELY

Property management and maintenance expenses: Advertising for tenants (ei-

ther directly by or via payment to an agent) Body corporate or strata title

fees and charges Cleaning Gardening/lawn mowing Pest control Security patrol fees

Rates and taxes: Water rates, charges and

usage Council rates Land tax (Note: First-time

owners have to lodge an initial land tax return with the state rev-

enue offi ce in each state. You have to initiate this. Th ey will not chase you up but they will penalise you for late lodgement.)Property agent: Fees and commissions (in-

cluding GST) Postage and petties Statement fees Bank charges Lease document expenses Letting fees

Administration exp enses including: Stationery used to maintain

your rental records etc. Postage on documents relat-

ing to property management Telephone calls relating to

property management Legal expenses relating to

debt collection or tenant problems

Electricity and gas not cov-ered by tenantInsurance: Landlord’s Building Contents Public liability On acquisition – from the

solicitor’s settlement letter Balance of the council rates Balance of the water rates Balance of the corporate fees

Repairs and maintenance:Plumbing, electrical, handy-

man etc. (excludes repairs made immediately after purchasing the property).Interest and loan account fees:

For the interest to be deductible the loan must have been applied to acquire an income-producing asset e.g. rental property.

Travel expenses to: Inspect/maintain the prop-

erty Collect rent Note: A full deduction can

only be claimed if the sole purpose of the trip relates to the property. Where the inspection is combined with a holiday, expenses must be apportioned.Surveyor’s report:

Cost of preparing a quantity surveyor’s report showing depre-ciation expenses and special build-ing write-off s.Seminars:

Cost of attending property in-vestment seminars – only to the extent that they relate to operating or maximising the return on cur-rently owned properties.

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Work-related car expenses (diary or log book) Work-related

travel expenses (fares and accommodation) Uniform or

protective clothing Work-related self-

education (note: fi rst $250 not claimable) Other work-

related expenses (i.e. union fees, registration, tools, subscriptions, memberships) Books and work-

related publications Stationery Consumables Home offi ce Electronic

organiser Phone calls Depreciation of

business items

Interest expenses Dividend expenses Gifts or donations Cost of managing

tax aff airs Travel to tax agent Income protection

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Spouse’s date of birth and income Did you spend

more than 183 nights in a remote zone Did your family

income exceed $168,000 Do you maintain

an invalid dependent or carer Private health

insurer statement

Income tax checklist (continued)

Brian from Hern & Associates will be in

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F riends of the Earth represent-atives brought their annual Radioactive Exposure Tour

(RET) to Roxby Downs last week to learn more about what has been happening at Olympic Dam.

Th e environmental organisation has been making trips to Roxby Downs and Olympic Dam since the mine’s con-struction and, with the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission currently in progress, tour organiser Gem Romuld said now was a good time to make this year’s trip.

“It is an education road tour as well as one about supporting the commu-nities that are worried about uranium mining,” she told Th e Monitor.

“One of the reasons we came out here this time is because of the SA royal commission. We know a lot of people in remote areas have voiced to us they are worried and think remote communities are being targeted.

“So we have come out here to see for ourselves what is happening.”

Ms Romuld said the group aimed to bridge the gap between metropolitan and remote areas, including Roxby Downs, so that people in major cities knew what was happening in regional communities.

One of the issues that kept arising at each stop, Ms Romuld said, was water usage.

She said the group stopped at the

springs on the Oodnadatta Track to investigate the mine’s impact on water in the area.

Th e group went on a mine tour while it was in Roxby Downs on Monday, July 6, and spoke with BHP Billiton employ-ees about their thoughts on environ-mental issues.

Having already been to Broken Hill, Dubbo, the Blue Mountains and Jarvis Bay, the tour headed to Woomera and Port Augusta on Tuesday, July 7, before making its way to Adelaide that night and concluding on Wednesday, July 8.

While visiting mainly mines and nu-clear plants throughout its visit, the stop at Woomera gave group members a chance to fi nd out more about the weapons testing while talking to some of the local tribes.

“It is really jam packed, we cover a lot of kilometres,” Ms Romuld said.

“We have a convoy of fi ve vehicles and a range of people from two-year-old twins to 80 year-olds.”

Th e tour, which is known to have conducted protests here in the past, visited Roxby Downs with no major incidents.

Senior Sergeant Terry Boylan said the group had been well behaved on its most recent tours.

“Members of the RET visited Roxby Downs on Monday, July 6, without inci-dent,” he said. “Th ey have been coming here every year for a while, and most people don’t even know they’re here.”

Friends of the Earth representatives visited Roxby Downs last week as part of their Radioactive Exposure Tour. PHOTO: Mikaela Wedding

Sharleen and Jasmine Lloyd depart for their Scouts World Jamboree adventure on Friday with both excited about what

lies ahead.Th e pair will join 40,000 scouts and support staff

from around the world at the jamboree to be held in Kirara-hama and Tokyo in Japan from July 18 to August 13.

“We have had a few meetings in Adelaide recently and there have been numerous emails back and forth to make sure we stay in touch with our troops,” Mrs Lloyd said.

“It is close now so we are getting excited.”Australian troops will arrive in Tokyo, after a six

hour stopover in Sydney, where they will spend fi ve days together before heading to Kirara-hama for the jamboree for 10 days, then fi nishing with two-three days with a Japanese family before fl ying home.

Scouts will undertake various activities while away including rock climbing, hiking, white water rafting, traditional Japanese games, and more.

Jasmine said she is particularly excited about the trip with a list of things she hopes to achieve.

“I would love to be the Australian fl ag bearer or the Hiroshima peace keeping representative, but we will have to wait and see,” she said.

“I will also be looking for my previous scout lead-er from my trip to the centenary jamboree in Fiji last year.

“Trading pins will also be on my list, trying to get as many diff erent countries as possible.”

Th ey have both stocked up on Australian mer-chandise and will be looking to trade at any chance

possible.While Jasmine already attended the centenary

jamboree in Fiji last year she said she is still nervous with this set to be a bigger scale event.

Fundraisers have been held to help support the payment of the trip for the pair.

Two golf days, numerous sausage sizzles and the Halloween disco last year were held and the duo thanked the community for supporting them.

Jasmine said she is hoping to get a blog going while in Japan to allow locals to keep track of her progress.

BY PATRICK GLOVER

Th e R o x b y Tr i b a l Connections Community and Kapa Haka groups

stopped operations last week, going out with one fi nal good-will gesture.

The groups will donate $3229.55 of left over funds orig-inally raised for costumes at the 2014 World Food and Music Festival performance to groups within the community.

A donation of $1150 was giv-en to the Andamooka CWA, and $650 went to the Roxby Downs Junior Football Association, Rox-by Downs Area School and the Feltus Family.

Th e group said the community had been kind enough to donate the money to them in the fi rst place so it was only fi tting they donated it back.

Created nearly two years ago the groups were original-ly formed by Lisa Kerehi who wanted to establish something

to help locals fi nd a sense of be-longing within Roxby Downs and connect them with family and friends.

More than 80 women and chil-dren have joined the group since.

“It is sad that it has fi nished,” the group said.

“Even though it is at an end, it has brought members of the town closer together, which was the original intent.”

Th e group has ended due to work commitment and members leaving town.

BY PATRICK GLOVER

Tour gains local exposure

Scouts pair depart for Japan

Final act for community groups

The Roxby Tribal Connections group in their costumes ready for their performance at the

World Food and Music Festival last year.

Sharleen and Jasmine Lloyd

with their specially labelled cases

ready for Japan and the Scouts

World Jamboree.

ATTENDING OUR OFFICE MONTHLYAt 1A Tutop Centre, 20-22 Tutop Street, Roxby Downs

Offering professional legal advice and representation in most areas of law including: Employment Law Personal Injury Commercial & Conveyancing

Thursday 13 August 2015

For appointments, contact us at:P: 8231 1110 (Adelaide) 8642 5122 (Port Augusta)

Email: [email protected] or


OUT ABOUT&The talents of local Aboriginal

artists, along with Indigenous-themed artwork, are currently

on display as part of the NAIDOC exhibition at the roxbylink gallery.

Launched on Monday, July 6, dur-ing local NAIDOC Week celebrations, the exhibition features a variety of dot paintings and cultural objects including a boomerang and clapping sticks.

While introducing the exhibition to a packed gallery, local man Graham War-ren said indigenous artists expressed their personal and family histories in their artwork

“Behind every traditional Aboriginal painting there is a story,” he said.

Th is was true of local artist Nicola Butler, who has entered some of her artwork into in the exhibition.

Part of Butler’s family descends from the Eastern Aranda and Luritja peoples of the Central Desert regions, and she also has English on her father’s side and Scottish, English, German and Swedish on her mother’s side.

Butler’s great-grandmother, an East-ern Aranda woman, was taken from her family and home at Arltunga, Northern Territory, as a child.

She was forced to help trap other Ab-original children during the time of the Stolen Generation.

“Th ere was a lot of confl ict in her community about that,” Butler told at-tendees of last week’s exhibition open-ing.

Butler’s great-grandmother was sex-

ually abused by her captors and, when she gave birth to a child as a result, she was forced to smother the baby in a creek bed.

“It wasn’t until she was on her death bed that she told the head of my family what happened to her,” said Butler.

Th is story is refl ected in Butler’s art-work, which often includes the image of a creek among other symbols.

Butler said she wanted to share her history with others, particularly Abo-riginal children, but without the “trau-ma and violence” coming into it.

Along with her Uncle Brian, Butler founded Lateral Love Australia, an or-ganisation devoted to raising aware-ness about lateral violence – including attacks between family members – in indigenous communities while also encouraging a spirit of care between all humans.

“It’s just about trying to reinstate the values of our elders through caring, sharing, nurturing and respect as a way forward for our children and grandchil-dren,” she said.

“We’ve been doing workshops and things like that around the country.”

For more information, visit the Face-book page (‘Lateral Love Australia’).

Th e NAIDOC exhibition is on dis-play in the roxbylink gallery for another week and will be followed by the Red eARTh Festival’s Community Art Ex-hibition, which will open on Friday, July 24.

Art shares family’s history

Local artist Nicola Butler (second from right), Donna Waters, Tyler Miyani Davis and Sandy Gibb with the

artwork that Butler is currently displaying at the gallery.

Ann-Marie Arthur with Kate and Cassie Weir at the roxbylink gallery last week.

Graham Warren and Sandy Gibb at the NAIDOC exhibition opening.

Lisa Humes, Rhys Newchurch, Duane Parker and Jordan Borett

caught up on Saturday night.

Matthew and Karen Daddow at the Roxby Downs Sporting Car Club on Saturday night.

William shows off his NAIDOC Week tattoo.

Vaughn Hampton (with Charlee) was selling raffl e tickets to win a signed Crows, Hawthorn or Port guernsey.

The Dusty Feet female dancers performed between football matches on the weekend.

Benny Crawford, Robert Trott-Damm, Simon Rienstra and Duane Parker at the NAIDOC Week after game celebrations.

Erin Woolford, James Butler and Jane Murdoch performed a number of songs

as part of the NAIDOC celebrations.


OUT ABOUT&School holiday activitiesSchool holiday activities

Tessa, Cailin and Breanna made bird houses at

OSHC last week.

Jett, Max and Caiden hang out together at OSHC.

Georgia shows off some of her skills on the bars during the RDAS Out

of School Hours Care’s vacation program.

Matilda and Jocelyn made boomerangs to

celebrate NAIDOC Week as part of school holiday activities at the roxbylink

library last week. PHOTOS: Ryneisha Bollard.

Zoe and Lachlan at the small oval

last week.

Skylee and Hailey enjoy the OSHC play equipment.

Carrie Maxfi eld (with Hugo), Amy Fulton (with Ollie) and Holly pose for a photo at the roxbylink

stadium last Wednesday.

Alice, Alina and Katrina Cojocea enjoyed one of the fi rst-ever Winter

Warm Up sessions to be held in Roxby Downs.

PHOTOS: Patrick Glover

Kristin Humphries with sons Archer and Shepherd at the roxbylink

library on Tuesday, July 7.

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]

1.To be judged at member’s night at The Club by members of The Club’s committee on Wednesday, July 22, 2015. 2.Finished coloured in pictures to be presented in person at 6pm on Wednesday, July 22, 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 four months of 2015.

Family Members NightFantastic6 - 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

July 22 - Pizza and Pasta night

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 08 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

NEWSNEWSIN BRIEFIN BRIEF

Pet registrations now due

Don’t forget – dog and cat registra-tions are now payable, with a due date of August 31.

Expiation fees will be issued for non-pay-ment.

Quarterly water and power rates

Quarterly rates notices for water and powerr are now being issued, with a due date of August 15.

To update your details, or for any que-ries regarding payment of accounts, con-tact Council during business hours on 8671 0010.

Segregate your waste!

Thanks to everyone who is using the new waste facility at BSH Waste Solutions on Gosse Street (in the

Roxby Downs industrial area).

A reminder that if you intend to depos-it waste there, you will need to segregate it into ‘categories’ to make the process as easy as possible. Th is includes sorting into wood/green waste, cardboard, glass, steel, batteries, e-waste and whitegoods. +For further information, call BSH on 8671 1154.

Council has now released its response to feedback received on the 2015/16 Draft Annual Business Plan, which was made

available for public comment in June. A report of the Council meeting – held on

Th ursday, June 25, in relation to the Draft Plan – has been placed on the Council website.

Th anks to everyone who took the time to ask questions, comment and provide feedback.

During 2014/15, Council proceeded with successful stakeholder consultations to redevelop the existing Community Youth Centre to incorporate

a community kitchen. Th e Youth and Multicultural forums both provided val-

uable input, which was incorporated into fi nal designs. Th e project was put out to tender for construction in

2015/16 and was expanded to include a refurbishment of the existing changerooms.

Council has now completed a very thorough and ex-haustive tender review process, which considered quali-tative matters such as industry experience, quality of staff , subcontractors, compliance and price.

Following this process, Pascale Construction Services, of Adelaide, has been awarded the contract.

Pascale has recently worked in Roxby Downs and has a strong track record of using local contactors on its pro-jects, and has expressed a desire to do so again.

Pascale expects to take possession of the site in the fi rst week of August, with works expected to take until mid-late December at the earliest and a contingency handover in early January.

Council is appreciative of all of the input received in what will be an excellent project to upgrade a building that was long overdue for attention and will serve the community for many years to come.

Further progress updates will be provided as a matter of course.

A re you being kept up at night – or interrupted during the day – by a

persistent, barking dog in your neighbourhood?

Under the Dog and Cat Management Act, Council may take action against a dog owner if the dog persistently interferes with your peace and harmony.

Convincing a dog owner to change their pet’s habits is not easy, and the more information Council has on the suspected problem, the easier it is to help you.

Sometimes all that is re-quired is for someone from Council to talk to the dog owner about the problem, but we do need your help so that we can give the barking dog’s owner as much information about the problem as possible.

Th is process is not as simple as making a verbal complaint to Council; if you wish to make a complaint about nuisance barking, you will be asked to fi ll in a Barking Dog Nuisance Form.

Th is form includes provid-ing a range of information in-cluding how often and when the dog barks, how long it is barking for, why it is barking (i.e. people/dogs passing prop-erty, or neighbours’ children),

where it is barking (front/back/side of fence line), what the dog does while it is barking, how many dogs are barking and any other relevant infor-mation you can provide.

You will also be asked to keep a record over seven days of every time the dog/s barked, as well as a statement of how

the barking is aff ecting you. Once Council has this infor-

mation, it will be assessed and, if there is suffi cient evidence, one of our animal management offi cers will approach adjoin-ing/nearby residents and the dog owner either in person, by letter or both.

If the owner is not co-oper-ative or the nuisance barking

does not abate, Council can then take formal steps, includ-ing legal action, against the dog owner.

For further information, contact our helpful Council staff during offi ce hours (either call into our Richardson Place offi ce or call us on 8671 0010) and we’ll talk you through the process.

Barking dogs: what can I do? Feedback received on draft annual

business plan for

Community youth hub

Kenny Guinan, 5, making a dream catcher at the roxbylink library’s school holidays activity session last week.

Barking dog forms.


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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

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 FORUMRED EARTH FESTIVAL MEETING

Rachel Young 0428 671 000Thursday, July 16 @ 7pm

Red Earth HQ

BUSINESS FORUMTBC

COMMUNITY GARDENThursday, August 13 @ 6.30pm

Council Boardroom

ENVIRONMENT FORUMAnni Walsh 0448 168 167Thursday, August 6 @ 5.30pm

Council Boardroom

ROXBY ROADSAFE MEETINGMichelle Hales 0418 833 818

Tuesday, August 11 @ 7pmCouncil Boardroom

MULTICULTURAL FORUMSasha Yantewo (08) 8671 0010

Wednesday, August 19 @ 6pmCouncil Boardroom

FAMILY FORUMJoel Hill 0433 792 450Thursday, July 23 @ 4pm

Council Boardroom

WOMEN’S NETWORKLisa Hewerdine (08) 8671 0010

TBC

W e are spoilt for choice with the Red eARTh Festival happening in Roxby Downs later this month.

Th ere is so much to do, see, be involved in and appreciate from the arts and culture spectrum.

Th ere are workshops, performances, visual arts, circus, theatre and so much more.

Locals and guests will hold workshops including beading, silver jewellery making, 3D printer creations, singing, fi lming and photography, leather craft and so much more.

Check out the workshop timetable in the festival program.Th e Seraphim Trio is Anna Goldsworthy (piano), Helen

Ayres (violin) and Timothy Nankervis (cello) and was formed 21 years ago by three friends for the pure enjoyment of making music together.

Now recognised as Australia’s pre-eminent piano trio, the group has studied in Germany with Hatto Beyerie and many other prominent Australian music artists.

Th e Seraphim Trio will be in Roxby Downs to hold an evening performance on Friday, August 7, at 7pm, as well as an afternoon workshop/masterclass, a performance of Mother Chook’s Nursery Book and a book signing event.

To get tickets to the performance, book via the Visitor Info Centre or HQ (in the mall) today.

SERAPHIM TRIORED EARTH FESTIVAL, ROXBY DOWNS

Friday 7 August 2015

www.seraphimtrio.com | [email protected]

HELEN AYRES violin | TIM NANKERVIS cello | ANNA GOLDSWORTHY piano

11.00am – SCHOOLS’ PERFORMANCEMother Chook’s Nursery Book

music by Graeme Koehne, libretto by Peter GoldsworthyRoxbylink Auditorium | Price: $5

12.00pm - BOOK SIGNINGAnna GoldsworthyRoxbylink Library

1.30pm – STUDENT WORKSHOPS/MASTER CLASSES piano, violin, cello | Price: $10

7.30pm – FORMAL RECITALThe Auditorium | Price: $25

BOOKINGS: Festival HQ Roxby Central and Roxbylink VIC

Support our local DJ’s by donating athttps://au.dryjuly.com/


S enior Sergeant Terry Boylan jumped at the chance to be a part

of Dry July, especially after recently finding out that one of his good friends in Adelaide was suff ering from cancer.

“I am glad to be raising money for cancer,” said Snr Sgt Boylan.

“I have a close friend in Ad-elaide suff ering from cancer, and he is in his fi nal stages and there is nothing I can do to help.

“So I thought I would raise some money for adult’s can-cer.”

Snr Sgt Boylan said he was also giving up coffee and

chocolate to make it even harder for himself.

“It will be a good thing the raise money for adult’s can-cer, but it will also be good to have a detox,” he said.

“I think I am going to miss chocolate and coffee more than I am alcohol.”

Despite a number of sig-nifi cant social events taking place in July, Snr Sgt Boylan said he would stay true to his word and decline the tempta-tion of a gold pass to be able to drink.

Donations can be made to Snr Sgt Boylan via his Dry July account: https://au.dry-july.com/profi le/terryboylan

He has currently raised the highest amount out of the four local personalities with a tally of $550 at the time of print.

Music, art, workshops and more in Roxby!

Going ‘dry’ for a mate


Andamooka will host three days of art, photography, quilts, sculpture and other

fun activities in October.

Th e Andamooka Progress and Opal Miners Association (APO-MA) decided at its May meeting that it would stage the October Long Weekend Festival, including the Iron Man Jim Shaw Wheelbar-row Race.

Market stall items will be avail-able for sale, with a 10 per cent commission going to the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

Th e festival program is set to include a town-wide garage sale, at which any resident can sell un-wanted surplus items from their homes.

Also the Andamooka Yacht

Club is organising for three yachts to be brought into town for the weekend, and buskers are wel-come to perform at the festival.

The October Long Weekend sub-committee consists of Jenny Moxham, Jennifer Moylan, Liz Schultz, Deb Pagsanjan and Peter Allen.

Th e sub-committee meets on the third Th ursday of each month in the Andamooka Press office from 3.15pm to 5pm. All are wel-come to attend.

Volunteers are currently need-ed for the art and photography events.

“Our major interest is to pro-mote Andamooka, giving visitors plenty of items of interest over three days,” said Ms Moxham.

“Th e main event will of course

be Saturday’s Wheelbarrow Races. “Th ese are inspired by Iron Man

Jim Shaw, who pushed a steel-wheeled wheelbarrow and later lived here in Andamooka, where his house still stands.

“So, there’s a challenge for Rox-by Downs sports teams!

“Th e winning teams in the past took less than two hours to do the distance from Axehead Drive to Andamooka.”

A tour bus will be operating for visitors on all three days and will provide tours around town to places of interest.

“Th e whole weekend is planned to showcase Andamooka – its community, opal mining herit-age, the intriguing landscape and future development planning,” Ms Moxham added.


The Andamooka Yacht Club is aiming for an early August opening with work on the new

business moving ahead as planned.

Owners/Managers Kurt Jury and Matilda Moylan-Blaikie said work had moved forward in leaps and bounds in the past weeks and the club was beginning to take shape.

“We’ve been working hard to get the space prepped and ready for the delivery of the kitchen equipment,” they told Th e Monitor last week.

“All our furniture is almost fi nished and painting is underway.

“Th anks to all the locals who have given us a hand and to those who were happy enough to be the testers for our baking trials.”

Th e pair has also created a blog and an Instagram account for interested onlookers to track their progress.

Th eir blog can be found at www.andamookayachtclub.com and the Instagram name is @andamookay-achtclub.

Th e yacht club’s Instagram account already had 104 followers when Th e Monitor went to print on Monday.

A small group of Andamooka locals have created a ‘something for everyone’ health group aimed at lifting the health and wellbeing of the community.

Th e decision was made following a Royal Flying Doctors Service (RFDS) community meeting recently and will be run in conjunction with its healthy loving program.

A winter walk session will be run three times a week as part of the program, commencing on Tuesday July 21, with more activities hoped to be added to the program.

“Kurt from the Andamooka Yacht Club said we can use that as part of a healthy eating session and there is another member of the community who has experience in supporting people with exercise programs,” Andamooka Primary School and Rural Children’s Centre principal Deb Pagsanjan said.

“We are trying to get the word out and we have a sugges-tions wall inside the Andamooka School Community Library (the current base for the program).”

Other suggestions have included bare-foot bowls, resur-recting the Andamooka pool, badminton, various workshops, community gardening and the revival of the outdoor theatre.

Andamooka Primary held a consultation session in its community library with a RFDS representative recently and Ms Pagsanjan said she was looking forward to the program commencing this month.

“It is free and the RFDS representative talked about what we can do and how we can work together to support a healthy lifestyle,” she said.

Th e winter walks will depart from the Community Hall at 5pm on Tuesdays and Th ursdays, commencing July 21, with Sunday walks to be run from 3pm commencing July 26.

Th ese walks will incorporate diff erent paces and durations with a standard session to be around 20-30 minutes long, with plans to also include monthly extended walks.

For more information or to become a part of the group call the Andamooka Primary School on 8672 7018 or simply show up at the fi rst walking session.

BY PATRICK GLOVER

T elstra has been contacted in regards to internet issues in Andamooka following the

release of a local survey recently.

Andamooka Town Manage-ment Committee (ATMC) admin-istrative support offi cer Stephen Lyons, said out of the 32 responses received 70 per cent said the inter-net was slow and frustrating.

“It is so slow people said they avoid using the internet if they need to do something because they just can’t be bothered waiting that long,” he told Th e Monitor.

“It has never been brilliant, but in the last six to eight months it has just been painfully slow.”

Th e survey results have been sent to Telstra and the ATMC in conjunction with the Outback Communities Authority has been in talks with the telecommunica-tions giant.

Mr Lyons said Telstra will now conduct diagnostics on the ser-vice in an attempt to determine the problem.

“They said there could be a problem with the signal, which comes from Roxby Downs, or it

could just be Andamooka is taking more out than it can cope with,” he said.

“Or there could be interfer-ence in the signal between Roxby Downs and Andamooka.

“So we’ll just have to wait and see what they can come up with – hopefully they can find the problem.

“Th ey have said it is the best we can get so if the wireless system is working properly it should be quite a good system.”

BY PATRICK GLOVER

Walking to a healthier lifestyle

Andamookacommunity newsletterWheels in motion for

APOMA October festivalSmooth sailing for yacht club works

Andamooka Yacht Club owners-managers Kurt Jury and Matilda Moylan-Blaikie at the site of their new business.

Survey reveals residents are searching for answers to ongoing internet issues

Amy (year three to six class) interviewed fellow class mates in Spanish.

Mel’s preschool children shared their cutting skills and had everyone doing ‘A Sailor Went to Sea’.

Junior Andamooka Primary’s junior primary class explained fractions with their giant

pizza at its June assembly recently.

Karmaley interviewed our special guest John Robertson, the principal from St Barbaras Parish School - Mr

Robertson helped present the schools assembly awards.

Andamooka Primary School June assembly


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The inaugural Partington/Zeptner memorial game will take place this weekend as a tribute to two

of the biggest names in the history of the Olympic Dam and Roxby Districts Football Clubs.

Brian Partington and John Zept-ner were the driving force behind the proud clubs before their deaths in re-cent years.

As two of the oldest teams in the competition the sides have already developed a healthy rivalry, and the memorial game is expected to provide added incentive for both clubs.

“Both blokes had great passion for their respective clubs and loved noth-ing more than beating the other,” ODFC president Cameron Green told The Monitor.

“It is a good way to remember a cou-ple of good blokes who had made an impact not only in football, but also the greater community.

“We hope to see a good crowd and a few ex members and players make it out to fl y the fl ag and show their sup-port.”

Roxby Districts’ president James Bremner said for the Miners it was about the entire Zeptner family’s con-tribution to the club.

“We respect everything the family

has done for the club and this will be a good day to remember them and Zep-py,” he said.

Bremner said it would be a big day for both clubs with the Miners hosting a sponsors night following the game and the Devils holding a past players night.

Both he and Green said they were expecting a big crowd with past players and sponsors from OD and the Miners respectively to attend the game.

Th e idea of the memorial game has been in the pipeline since the start of the year, and both club presidents said it was great to have the support of the league to run the match.

Far North Football League president Henry Andryszczak said it was a fi tting way to honour two icons of the league that made huge contributions to not just their own clubs, but the league and the community.

“After Parto passed the idea came up in league meetings a few times,” he said.

“We were then approached by Rox-by Districts and Olympic Dam and the league was 100 per cent behind the idea.

“Th ese two put so much time and eff ort into their respective clubs and while we lost Brian Partington in trag-ic circumstances earlier this year we wanted to celebrate the good the he and John Zeptner had done.”

Andryszczak said, while nothing had been formally agreed on, the match was likely to become an annual event.

This week round saw some more great darts played with Damien ‘Sicko’ Sinkinson of GC12 throwing his fi rst 180 for the 2015

Season.

In the pegs this week was Wayne ‘Kempy’ Kemp of Chukkas with a nice 94 peg out, closely followed by ISITIN?’s Riaan Grobler at 92.

Neither were enough to take Highest Male Peg for the 2015 season, which is still held by Riaan at 158.

For the females Kylie Gates of Th e Wannabies and Lee Telfer of Dead Eye Dicks each threw 52. It was still not enough to take the title away from Evelyn Hill of Th e Wannabies at 99, set last round.

2015 RDDL Week 18 Game ResultsBullz N All beat Pointer Sisters 11 - 0 (Forfeit)Dead Eye Dicks beat Tenners 10 - 1Four Play beat ISITIN? 8 - 3Th e Wannabies beat Andamooka Opals 6 - 5GC12 beat Bull Shooters 11 - 0Red Bulls beat Chukkas 6 - 5Twisted Flights beat FODFA 7 - 4

‘Sicko’ Sinkinson hits fi rst 180

D amian Hann played his 100th game of football for Hornidge on the weekend after begin-

ning his career in the black and white 12 years ago.

Despite three knee reconstructions before he moved to Roxby Downs Hann said he decided to don the Mag-pies guernsey and start playing as a way of meeting people.

But he said he never imagined play-ing 100 games.

“I started in 2003 and have played just about every season since,” he told Th e Monitor.

Although he hasn’t won a grand fi nal with the Magpies he said he has some fond memories, none more so then a win against Roxby Districts during the clubs 10 year anniversary in 2008.

Th e club had not won a game all year and came out and beat a strong Min-ers outfi t by a point in a game Hann labelled “my grand fi nal”.

He has seen a number of players come and go from the club over the years and said at times it has been hard to get a team on the park.

“It is sad to see your good players go but there are always new players com-ing in each year which makes it exciting getting to meet them,” he said.

“With the amount of turnover up here it does make it hard – just from week to week even getting the same team with shift work and other factors.”

He has also experienced a number of coaches in his Hornridge career, some he said were good and others bad.

Olympic Dam he said he rated the toughest team to play against following their dominance in the 2000’s with fi ve to six fl ags.

But he said he has seen the league change and it is a lot more even now and has become a social event that people can look forward to each week.

“It used to be a one sided competi-tion but now there is a lot more event spread team wise,” he said.

“It is a great sport for the town, it is a social outing these days; it is a great way to meet new people.

“Especially at a time like this it gives people an out.

“Th ere are always so many kids down there which is great to see, such a fam-ily oriented country football league.”

Hann said he played his junior foot-ball in Mt Gambier with the North Gambier Tigers before taking a few years off and then moving to Roxby Downs.

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Hann cracks the ton

Tribute match to remember two

Roxby icons

Damian Hann celebrated his 100th game on the weekend. Pictured running through the banner with

his children before the game.

Volleyball MVP’s

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Final Simon Parker was the A Grade male MVP.

Brooke Essex was Runner Up in the A Grade Female MVP.

Wade Ball was Runner Up in the Male B Grade MVP race.

Ze Llamas’ Courtney Brown was Runner Up Female MVP for the B Grade.

A Grade Best Male on Court Will Thurlow from Notorious Dig.

Randall Howse was named B Grade MVP.

Mel Ferry won the B Grade Female MVP awad.

Craig Cruikshank was runner up A Grade MVP.

Benders’ Claire Muniyard won Best Female on Court in the A Grade grand fi nal as well as taking out the A Grade Female MVP.

Dan McKinnon was awarded Best Male on court for

the B Grade fFnal.

Sophie Reid was awarded Best Female on court for the B Grade Grand Final.


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Results from FNFL Round 12

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ROUND 12 - July 11, 2015A GRADE

Hornridge 0.0 2.1 2.1 4.3 (27)Olympic Dam 3.1 4.3 6.7 6.8 (44)Hornridge best players: T. Price, S. King, B. Grimston, S. Henke, J. Rigden. Olympic Dam best players: M. Shaw, C. Green, J. Secker, J. Veale, I. McBey. Hornridge goal scorers: B. Cooper, A. Carlile, D. Hann, J. Rigden 1 goal each. Olympic Dam goal scorers: M. Taggart 2, J. Korovulavula, J. Bark-er, J. Secker, C. Green 1 goal each.

East Roxby 6.1 10.2 20.3 26.7 (163)Coober Pedy 0.1 3.3 3.4 4.6 (30)East Roxby best players: M. Schipper, R. Vaughan, G. Dingwall, D. King, T. Mulders.Coober Pedy best players: R. Stapleton, M. Lynch, M. Coulthard, M. Beelitz, W. Chamberlain.East Roxby goal scorers: T. Paull 8, T. Mulders 6, T. Clancy 4, R. Vaughan 2, D. King, G. Dingwall, K. Kirvan, B. Ryan, M. Schipper, B. Kelly 1 goal each.Coober Pedy goal scorers: M. Lynch 3, S. Murray 1 goal.

P W L D F A % PtsRoxby Districts 9 8 1 0 1015 405 250.62 32Olympic Dam 10 8 2 0 798 576 138.54 32East Roxby 10 5 5 0 941 829 113.51 20Hornridge 9 3 6 0 585 699 83.69 12Coober Pedy 10 0 10 0 431 1261 34.18 0

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Hornridge: Disappointing

loss, bad weather conditions. Damon hahns 100th game

Ashley Baxter

East Roxby: Great celebration of

indigenous round played in great spirit.

Cameron Faulkner

Coober Pedy: All good Carmelo Crisa

OD: Good hard fought winJason Elliott

OD: Go dod hard

Round 12 kicked off on Saturday w i t h s e c o n d

p l a c e d O l y m p i c Dam taking on last year’s grand finalist Hornridge on a cold, mainly sunny day with a howling southerly wind.

Olympic Dam won the toss and elected to kick with the aid of the breeze.

It was a scrappy aff air with both teams working hard to come to terms with the wind.

Hornridge was strug-gling to get any distance on its kicks and the Dev-ils continually found themselves being drawn under the ball.

Th e Devils dominated the play but had diffi cul-ty breaking through the Hornridge defence.

Th e deadlock was fi -nally broken with Dev-ils president Cam Green taking a solid pack mark in the goal square and getting Olympic Dam on the board with a great goal.

Olympic Dam man-aged two more goals for the quarter while Horn-ridge remained score-less, to give the Devils a three goal break at quar-ter time.

The second quarter saw a more even game with Hornridge look-ing a lot more confi-dent with the aid of the breeze.

Goals were still hard to come by and the Magpies were clearly missing their spearhead Joel Harmon.

It was a battle of the defences but Hornridge got off the mark and managed to kick 2 goals.

Olympic Dam were still able to scramble a goal against the run of

play to maintain a 2 goal lead at half time.

The second half was much like the fi rst with all the play at the north-ern end and goals virtu-ally impossible to get at the southern end.

Olympic Dam forced 2 goals to Hornridge’s none in the third quar-ter, and Hornridge re-paid the favour in the last quarter, kicking 2 goals whilst keeping Olympic Dam goalless.

Olympic Dam ended up solid 17 point win-ners, with the margin not being truly refl ective of how much play they had, which was a credit to the dour Hornridge defence.

Best for Olympic Dam was Michael Shaw, Cam-eron Green, Jon Secker, Jonathon Veale and Ian McBey, with Michael Taggart being the only multiple goal scorer for the Devils with two goals.

For Hornridge Tyrone Price, Shaun King, Ben Grimston, Simon Hen-ke and Jack Rigden were best, with the Magpies having no multiple goal scorers.

Special mention must go to juniors Jon Seck-er and Jack Rigden who both had great games for their respective clubs, and are showing a lot of promise for the future.

Devils prevail in wintery conditions

ABOVE: Ashley Baxter (Hornridge) evades Bill Hagger (OD) in his sides

17 point loss on the weekend.

RIGHT: Hornridge’s Levi Rawlins gets a handpass away depsite pressure from OD’s Jon Secker.


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Roos big win marks Roos big win marks Indigenous round Indigenous round

East Roxby vs Coober Pedy

Following a wonderful performance by dance group “Dusty Feet” to mark the Indigenous round, giant killers East

Roxby took on a weakened Coober Pedy, with both teams sporting new Indigenous round guernseys.

Even though Coober Pedy was aided by the return of last year’s mail medallist Matthew Lynch it was always going to be a tough game for the Saints, particularly with Cam Faulkner returning from injury to add extra horsepow-er to the Roos’ engine room.

The Roos won the toss and predictably kicked with breeze, and immediately took control of the game, kicking six unanswered goals in the fi rst quarter.

Th ey followed this up by outscoring the Saints four goals to three against the breeze in the second quarter, and never looked back, getting stronger as the game progressed as the Saints tired.

Easts kicked 10 goals to nothing in a third quarter blitz, and again outscored the Saints against the wind in the last quarter to deliver a crushing 22 goal victory.

Th e Roos were physically much stronger and aggressive, smashing the Saints in the clinches and dominating the clearances.

Whilst the Saints looked very good when they got clear, the conditions didn’t let them use their silky skills to full eff ect.

As the Saints tired their pressure dropped which the Roos’ midfi eld took full advantage of.

Best for the Roos was Matthew Schipper, Robert Vaughan, Glenn Dingwall, Dale King and Troy Mulders who bagged six goals.

Todd Paull kicked eight goals and Terry Clancy scored a solid four majors.

Best for the Saints was Ray Stapleton, Mat-thew Lynch with a classy three goals, Mal-colm Coulthard, tireless Michael Beelitz and Wayne Chamberlain, who battled hard all day against a blue and white tsunami.

Indigenous Sportsperson of the Year Stuart Orr (East Roxby) shakes hands with

Coober Pedy’s Jamaal Witchen before the coin

toss. INSET: East Roxby Football Club president Ian

Tuohy with Eric McEnzie and the Indigenous

round trophy which was won by East Roxby.

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