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P eople who accompany their spouses/partners to live in mining communities are the

focus of new research being under-taken in Roxby Downs.

Th e research - Th e Trailing Spouse and an Australian Mining Communi-ty: Roadblocks and Detours along the Hard Hat Highway is being conducted by Michelle Hales, a local resident, as part of her honours degree at the Uni-versity of New England.

Th e aim of the research is to de-scribe and explain the experiences of the trailing spouse (accompanying partner) including any barriers (road-blocks) he/she faces in relation to em-ployment and other aspects of com-munity life and the strategies (detours) he/she uses to overcome these barriers in order to connect to the community.

“Often families make the decision to move to a mining community based on the overall benefi t to the whole family like increased household income or changing from FIFO to spend more time together. However, within the family unit some members make per-sonal sacrifi ces for the greater good,” Ms Hales said.

“Th e spouse/partner, for example, may give up a career, high paying job, independence and friendship net-works. Upon arrival they may not be able to fi nd jobs that meet their skills and experience and if from overseas their qualifi cations may not be rec-ognised and they may have language

barriers,” she said.“For some the personal cost may be

short term as they adapt to the local community and fi nd new ways to settle in. Th ese detours might include volun-teering, a career change or deciding to start a family”. Ms Hales said.

Th e terms Trailing Spouse and Tied Mover have been in use since the 1980s but research has mainly focused on multinational companies and their expatriate workforces. Th e phenom-enon was originally referred to as the ‘Trailing Wife’ but has changed over time to refl ect the changing diversity within the family unit.

“Th is is the fi rst time research of this kind has focused on just one com-munity and captures the experiences of people who have come from over-seas, interstate or from within South Australia. I anticipate that everyone will have a diff erent story to tell which is very exciting, “ Ms Hales said.

“It is also quite unusual to have a re-searcher embedded in the community as usually researchers visit for a brief period, talk to a few people and then leave. Th is means this research is very unique from this perspective”.

Th e research involves an online sur-vey and includes an invitation to take part in an interview.

To be eligible participants must have a spouse/partner working in the min-ing industry (either for BHP Billiton or a contractor) and must have moved to Roxby Downs after January 1, 2009.

Th e research includes people who arrived at the same time as their spouse/partner as well as those that followed later. It also includes people who meet the criteria but have since left town.

It does not, however, include people who met their spouse/partner while living in Roxby Downs.

And why the hard hat highway?“I’ve been driving past the Hard

Hat Highway sign on the Woomera to Roxby Downs for years and I have often thought that this makes a great metaphor for the mobility that occurs within the mining industry. It refl ects the research topic perfectly“.

To participate in this research, ac-cess the online survey at www.survey-monkey.com/s/Trailing.

For further information contact Mi-chelle Hales on 0418 833 818.

WRITTEN BYMILLIE THOMAS

The need to further break down the budget was a main message picked up at an annual draft business plan and budget community

consultation meeting in Andamooka last week.

Almost 40 locals attended at the Community Aff airs Resourcing and Management and Draft Business plan and Budget public meeting – a consultative gathering that went well, according to Andamooka Town Man-agement Committee representative Rob Hancock.

Mr Hancock, who is the Andamooka Progress and Opal Miners Association representative on the Com-mittee, said majority of attendees were happy with the plan for the upcoming fi scal year.

However, a budget breakdown, and potential real-location of funds intended for the school pool were some issues raised.

“Th e thing that’s really come out of it is that we need to break down the budget a little more and make it more explanatory,” Mr Hancock told Th e Monitor last week.

He said subtitles in the budget – such as ‘employ-ment expenses’ and ‘community infrastructure plan-ning’ warranted further explanation.

“Th ere’s a lot of other stuff that goes into employ-ment expenses rather than just wages. Th ere’s a lot of other stuff bundled into it,” he said.

He also explained ‘Community Infrastructure Plan-ning’ was factored in to help organised professionally drawn plans for community projects such as the de-velopment of the Andamooka Caravan Park.

$13,000 in the budget was allocated to the Anda-mooka Primary School pool – in order to keep the pool open and operational for the community – how-ever since the monetary estimate was given last year – things have changed.

“For 20 weeks it’s (now) going to cost in excess of $20,000 and it will not include the community, only the school children,” Mr Hancock explained.

Because of these changes – the ATMC are asking the community for alternative areas to spend the money.

Th roughout the business plan’s consultation peri-od – which is now open until the close of business on Friday, June 27, the community have the opportunity to express, in a written submission, how they think the money should be spent.

“We’re asking people is do you want us to continue down this track, or would you rather we do something else with the money?” Mr Hancock asked.

Suggestions such as putting the money towards regular community bus trips to use the town pool in Roxby Downs have already been raised.

Th e budget is being funded by investment from overarching government body the Outback Commu-nities Authority ($200,000), Andamooka’s Community Contribution Scheme ($200,000) and a $50,000 road works grant from the Department of Planning, Trans-port and Infrastructure.

OCA Governance Manager Byron Gough was pleased with the meeting’s outcome.

“I’m very appreciative to those that attended the public meeting yesterday evening at Andamooka,” Mr Gough told Th e Monitor last week. “Th e meeting was reasonably well attended and by and large, attendees participated in a courteous and respectful manner.

“There was good discussion around the draft budget/CARM and I expect that we’ll be receiving meaningful and positive feedback on what the com-munity want for its dollar.”

OCA Chair Cecilia Woolford urged the community to provide feedback during the consultation period.

“In keeping with the Authorities policy on con-sultation, we are once again looking for community feedback on a draft business plan, budget as well the proposed Community Aff airs Resourcing and Man-agement Agreement and Community Contribution Scheme.

“Th e Authority acknowledges the diffi culties in reaching all aff ected land holders and encourages the communities to be actively involved in the consulta-tion process”.

Copies of the annual business plan, budget and CARM Agreement can be found at www.oca.sa.gov.au, the ATMC Offi ce or by contacting the OCA on 1800 640 54 2 or [email protected].

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ABOVE: Researcher Michelle Hales likened the Hardhat Highway to the mobility that

occurs within the mining industry.

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NOTICE Is hereby given that the Administrator of the Roxby Downs Council on June 13, 2014 made the following orders;

That the Administrator of the Council exercises the power vested in the Administrator

described below is to take place on the road described below is an event to which

that the road on which the event is to be held and any adjacent or adjoining roads

vehicles involved in the event for the period commencing 7.00am Sunday 6 July 2014 until 6.30pm Sunday 6 July 2014.

ROAD: Richardson Place Roxby Downs EVENT: NAIDOC Week FestivitiesADJACENT / ADJOINING ROADS: Burgoyne Street, Arcoona Street, Norman Place, Roxby Club Car Park entrance into Richardson Place and Tavern Road, Roxby Downs

that persons taking part in the event be exempted in relation to the road from duty, to

Australian Road rules Exemption and ConditionsRule 230: Crossing the roadRule 234: Crossing the road on or near a crossing for Pedestrians

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The Roxby Bakery is re-opening! Th e bakery on Tutop Street has been closed for the past six to

seven months but with cleaning at the Bakery fi nishing last Friday the bakery is now ready to open again and owner Lyle Oldfi eld said it will be open in the coming weeks.

“A lot of people said it shouldn’t have closed, so it will be good for the town,” Mr Oldfi eld told Th e Monitor last week.

“I have faith in Roxby Downs (to sup-port the bakery).”

Michelle Stocker, an employee of Red Mulga: a company owned by Mr Oldfi eld’s son Chad, has been working on cleaning up the bakery for the past three weeks, fi tting in cleaning time around her work hours and spending

time there on weekends. Ms Stocker said she has had help

from fellow employees, family members and people just wanting to volunteer their services.

“It was very popular before it closed,” Ms Stocker said.

“It has been missed in the time that it has been closed.”

Food is already being stored in the freezer with pastries, cake mixes and icing some of the things already in stor-age ready for the opening, confi rming Mr Oldfi eld’s timeline for the bakery opening in a few weeks.

Although Mr Oldfi eld lives in Maree he said he will make trips back and for-ward between the two locations in the opening few weeks of the store.

BY PATRICK GLOVER

A bank account accepting donations for the family of the late Scott McK ay has been established at the Roxby Downs NAB.

Th e account has been opened indefi nitely, and the community is welcome to visit the bank to make a donation.

For more information, contact Sarah Cordy on 0428 316 450 or Felicity Foggo on 0400 256 357.

WRITTEN BYPATRICK GLOVER

B ankSA raised more than $7200 towards St. Vincent de Paul through

Roxby Downs’ first ever Vinnies Community Sleepout recently, and donations con-tinue to roll in.

Around 40 people attended the event on Saturday, June 14 in the St. Barbara’s gym with everyone enjoying themselves.

“It was amazing,” said organis-er of the Roxby Downs Vinnies Community Sleepout and Bank-SA Roxby Downs Manager Sam Platten said.

“It was so much better than we had hoped.

“Everyone really enjoyed themselves.”

Th e night was fun fi lled with a number of activities held to in-crease donations, with games in-cluding a quiz and a talent show.

Th e winner of the talent com-petition got the opportunity to sleep on a mattress rather than the fl oor, with Casey Simmons rewarded for raising $240 and winning the competition.

“It was awesome, everyone was really getting into it,” Mrs Platten said.

But the night was not all

about fun and games, with making more people aware of the seriousness of homelessness the main aim.

“My biggest take away from the night was really around the tragedy of homelessness and how sometimes, through cir-cumstances beyond their con-trol, (people) take to the streets,” Olympic Dam Asset Manager Darryl Cuzzubbo, who also at-tended the sleepout, said.

“Th is starts them on a vicious cycle that sadly, becomes very hard to break away from.

“To think that every night, we have over 100,000 people in Australia sleeping in the streets, and that many of them are women and children, is pos-itively frightening.”

Casey Simmons was given the award for the highest fundraiser while BHP Billiton was awarded for the business with the most representatives at the sleepout, with 10 people including Mr Cuzzubbo and his family at-tending.

“Th e night was fantastic,” Mr Cuzzubbo said.

“We saw a strong level of par-ticipation from the community and once again it refl ects the generosity and compassion that defi nes this very unique com-munity.

“I think we were all glad to participate in some small way and I am sure that we will all be back next year to continue to support this going forward.”

With the support received for the event this year, Mrs Platten said the event would ‘absolutely’ be back next year.

“St. Barbs have agreed and are keen to keep holding the event,” Mrs Platten said.

“We would like to make it an ongoing thing to tie in with the CEO Sleepout each year.

“The community feedback was great, we had people wak-ing up on the Sunday morning stiff and sore but still saying they would love to do it next year.”

Th e community, like it does

for all events in Roxby Downs, got behind the sleepout with members of the public provid-ing soup to be served to those whoe attended, Woolworths supplying bacon, eggs and bread for breakfast on the Sunday morning, and Sodexo supplying cups and coff ee for the event.

“With their involvement it was just so easy,” Mrs Platten said.

“We had so much soup, we had leftovers and had to give people some to take home.”

Donations will continue to be accepted up until July 5 at http://savinniescommunitys-leepout.gofundraise.com.au/page/BankSARoxby Downs.

Roxby Bakery re-opening

Michelle Stocker has been cleaning out the Roxby Bakery ready for its re-opening - a date that is yet to be announced by business owner Lyle Oldfi eld.

Account opened for McKay family

Vinnies Sleepout a success

BHP Billiton Olympic Dam Asset President Darryl Cuzzubbo with son David at the Vinnies Community Sleepout recently.

A large crowd turned out to take part in the fi rst ever Vinnies Sleepout last Saturday night.

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Homemade Play DoughYou will need:• 2 cups of plain fl our• 4 tablespoons of cream of tartar• 2 tablespoons of cooking oil• 1 cup of salt• 2 cups of boiling water• 6 drops of food colouringMethodMix together the fl our, cream of tartar and salt.Make a well in the centre of the fl our mixture.Pour in the oil, food colouring and boiling water.Stir very carefully with a wooden spoon.Knead out on a fl at surface. Be careful as it will still be very hot.

Homemade Sausage RollsGet the kids to eat their vegetables in these tasty sausage rolls.Preparation Time: 20 minutesCooking Time: 30 minutesIngredients • 400g sausage mince• 300g chicken mince • 1 onion, fi nely chopped • 1 clove garlic, crushed • 1 medium carrot, grated • 1 medium zucchini, grated • 1 cup (65g) fresh breadcrumbs • 3 tablespoons chopped parsley • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg • Salt & freshly ground pepper • 2 eggs • 3 sheets frozen puff pastry, semi thawed • 1 tablespoon (10g) sesame seeds • Tomato sauce, to serveMethodPreheat oven to 200°C. Line 2 baking trays with baking paper. Mix both minces, onion, garlic, carrot, zucchini, breadcrumbs, parsley, nutmeg and seasoning together. Beat 1 egg and add to mince mixture. Divide into 6 equal portions.Cut pastry sheets in half. Roll a mince portion until 25cm long. Place down the centre of pastry. Beat remaining egg and brush edges.Roll up to enclose fi lling, and cut into 6 pieces. Place on trays, seam side down. Brush with egg and sprinkle with sesame seeds. Bake for 20 mins, reduce heat to 180°C, and cook for 10 minutes until golden. Serve with tomato sauce.Enjoy!

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P ies, pastries and clean skin wines are not the only delicacies on off er at Farina Bakery – but

they are some of the more persuasive reasons to visit.

Sitting on the edge of the desert be-tween Marree and Lyndhurst is not only the Farina Bakery but remnants of the township of ‘Farina’ or ‘Government Gums’ – a “ghost town” entrenched in iconic South Australian history.

It is this history, of a terminus on the Ghan Railway line and optimistic plans for a State wheat and barley hub, a group of retirees volunteering for Fa-rina Restoration Project wish to revive, with funding raised from sales at the little old Farina Bakery.

For the past six years, the mid-1880s bakery has pumped out pastries from an underground baking house to tour-ists and passers-by with this year now the bakery’s most successful, taking in $60,000 worth of sales.

Open only four to six weeks a year the bakery is run by Adelaide based baker Martin MacLennan.

“Basically I was approached by the Farina Restoration Group six years ago to have a look at the feasibility of re-fi ring the bakery and had a look and realised it was still in reasonable condi-tion,” Mr MacLennan told Th e Monitor last week.

After some rooving reinforcements and door replacement (strangely enough the doors were stolen – twice) the fi res of the bakery were stoked once again. Teamed with a ‘Marquee Café’, catering van and a provision of Fari-na labelled clean skin wine and local souvenirs, the little outback destina-tion became a one stop shop for roving nomads.

“It can really only survive as a vol-unteer operation and it relies also on contributors like those who provide all the fl our at no charge and there’s a lot of other benefactors as well,” Mr Ma-cLennan said. “So it relies very heavily on good will and basically there’s only a certain number of people who vol-unteer, so we like to spread their load out, so it’s not becoming too much of a chore, and they continue what they’re doing.”

Th e group normally raises between $15,000 to $20,000 annually, but has revelled in the recent exponential boost in funds due partly to national exposure on television shows such as the 7.30 Report and Lateline, and heightened operational capabilities.

“A lot of the tourist operators up in that part of the world say this is the fi rst time they can ever remember people specifi cally going up to see Farina, not dropping in on the way to somewhere else,” Mr MacLennan said.

“It’s becoming an icon.”And daily business can vary im-

mensely.“Probably on a daily basis it varies

anywhere from two to 300, I know the maximum I’ve seen at any one time was 45 campervans and trailers. So it does get quite busy,” Mr MacLennan said.

“Th e best day fi nancially we’ve ever had was Saturday a couple of weeks ago, we did $5,600 for the day. Unbe-lievable!”

The bakery is open next this July school holidays – from Sunday, July 6 to Friday, July 18, off ering bread, buns, rolls, pies, pasties, sausage rolls, sweet pastries as well as other baked delica-cies.

Th e bakery is located 55 kilometres south of Marree – with a sign on the Marree Road/Farina turn off indicating whether the bakery is open that day.

Re-stoking the furnace at Farina Bakery

ABOVE: Baker Martin MacLennan busy at

work in the underground bakery. All food prep

is now done in the catering van, and

baking in the bakery.RIGHT: The new catering van snugged up next to the Courtesy Marquee.

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ABOVE: The bakery before any restoration work had been done.

LEFT: The bakehouse at Farina.Photos Courtesy of Lydia Strutton.

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The teaching staff at St. Barbara’s are going through some changes with a number of new faces

appearing at the school.

Kristle McKinnon, who has been at St.Barbara’s for two years, will be head-ing back to Coff s Harbour with Lauren Idema has stepping in.

Ms Idema arrived in town last Wednesday and got straight into the job with a teacher dinner that night, and her fi rst day of teaching last Th urs-day.

She graduated from University at the end of last year and spent six months working as a TRT in Adelaide before taking the job here.

“Originally I was taking over Kylie’s job and was only going to be working three days a week,” Ms Idema said.

“But then someone who was taking the full time position pulled out I got a call on the Tuesday morning saying can you come up here and work full time straight away.”

Looking for “the full classroom ex-perience” she grasped the opportunity with both hands.

“Th is is my fi rst country experience,” Ms Idema said.

“I’ve come in with an open mind; it’s a new start, a new beginning.

“If I like it I might even stay here, you never know.”

She believes she will bring a fresh new look to the school and provide a diff erent style of teaching.

While Ms Idema is only just begin-

ning her teaching career at St. Bar-baras, another teacher, Kristle McK-innon, is ending hers.

She is returning to Coff s Harbour to a permanent position she took two years leave from to come up and teach at St.Barbara’s.

“I have loved it, just really enjoyed the quiet life,” Mrs Mckinnon said.

Mrs McKinnon has enjoyed her time as a teacher as well describing all the staff as lovely and providing a great at-mosphere to work in every day.

She is going to miss the chilled at-mosphere of the town the most as she heads back to the slightly busier town of Coff s Harbour.

“I am going to miss the quiet life, no traffi c and j ust the chilled out atmos-phere,” she said.

ver Kylie’s ning her teaching career at St Bar

R iley Holder will be off to Sydney in a few weeks to play for the Under

12 South Australian Football team.

The St. Barbara’s student was selected in the team after a strong performance at the re-cent Under 13 SAPSASA carni-val in Adelaide.

“It (SAPSASA carnival) was great fun,” Riley said.

“I kicked seven goals, I didn’t get a chance to play up forward so had to push up the fi eld to kick goals.”

Riley, who played in the mid-fi eld and off the half back fl ank, was named the best player in the Northern team for the SAP-SASA carnival, enough to earn him a spot at the state trials di-rectly after the carnival.

He is excited about the pros-pect of playing for the State side and is looking forward to the

boot camp the squad must at-tend during the school holidays.

“Th e fi rst day you go out for tea with your coach and do fun stuff like rock climbing,” Riley said.

“It’s all about getting to know your team mates and bonding.

“Th en the next four days are all solid footy training.”

Riley, whose favourite play-er is Patrick Dangerfi eld from his favourite team the Adelaide Crows, hopes to one day make it through the SANFL into the AFL and this is the perfect step-ping stone into those roles.

“There are selectors that come out and watch you and if they select you out they follow you for the next three years and keep a watch to see how you are performing,” Riley said.

“Th en that can lead into play-ing in the SANFL and then the AFL. BY PATRICK GLOVER

Riley makes state AFL side

Changing places at St.Barbaras

ABOVE: St Barbara’s newest teacher Lauren Idema who started last Thursday.

RIGHT: Paige Rowlands, Kristle McKinnon and Grace Forrest on the playground at St.Barbaras.

Riley is looking forward to his trip to Sydney as part of the South

Australian Under 12 football team.


Multicultural women of Roxby Downs have taken to the

airwaves, with the inter-nationally inspired 105.5 RoxFM radio show Mosaic Moments.

Developed from the Rox-by Downs Multicultural Fo-rum, the show airs on RoxFM fortnightly on Saturdays from 12pm until 1pm, showcasing diff erent cultural topics and music.

Mosaic Moments is hosted by local Indonesian woman Nidya Budiarso, Filipino Vani Quinn and Englishwoman Jane Harris – all of whom are members of the Multicultural Forum.

“Th e reason why I volun-teered to be a host for mosa-ic moments is because I want to not only share my knowl-edge of my culture and oth-er cultures, but also so I can improve my skills, my com-munication skills and just to share what I know about oth-er cultures,” Mrs Quinn told

Th e Monitor last week. “We started off weekly,

every Saturday and we slowly changed it to every fortnight because of the time.

“Writing scripts can ac-tually take a little time, and because there are three of us and we’re giving our input so we’re trying to get the draft ready, and then get the three of us to agree on the script!

“So we have diff erent topics every time we’re on air and we play diff erent music.

“We’ve got music from friends we’ve collected – so we’ve got Japanese songs, In-donesian, Spanish, Filipino… so we’ve got all sorts of songs, it’s very multicultural.”

Mrs Quinn explained not only is the show about in-ternational countries, but also about Australia, which featured in one of the most recent shows.

“I think we bring diff erent knowledge about our own culture, for example, Nidya, she brings a lot of differ-ent knowledge about Indo-nesia, and Jane she brings ideas from her background, and myself I bring diff erent

knowledge about Filipino his-

tory,” Mrs Quinn said.

“So we all have different

views, but we just want to

share that with everyone – to

our mosaic friends.”Mrs Quinn explained the

idea behind the show’s name signifi ed the diff erent pieces of everyone’s culture being brought together as one.

“Nidya came up with the use of mosaic, it is really nice, it’s a beautiful name,” she said.

“When we’re on air we address our listeners as our mosaic friends.”

Th e next fortnightly instal-

ment of Mosaic Moments will

be aired on Saturday, June

28 from 12pm until 1pm on

105.5 RoxFM.

Multicultural Mosaic Moments in harmony at ROXFM

Vani Quinn, Nidya Budiarso and Jane Harris from Mosaic Moments earlier this week.

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Most locals would know the CFS and SES are run by volunteers. What Roxby Down’s resident’s

may not know is ambulance offi cers are also volunteers.

Twelve volunteers, with another six to eight currently in training, make up a small crew of Ambulance Offi cers that are on call to attend people in need of an ambulance.

“Many regional locations in South Australian Ambulance services are run by their own people from the commu-nity,” acting Regional Team Leader Nick Brockhoff said.

“Th ere are not enough call outs for Roxby to warrant full time staff , so vol-unteer ambulance offi cers provide the service.

The Roxby Downs team average around one call out a day or 20 to 30 a month in Roxby Downs.

Th ese volunteers train thoroughly for their role, completing training sessions every Monday night from 7:30pm until 9:30pm exploring diff erent exercises and reviewing their work from the pre-vious week.

Volunteers complete a certificate IV in Health Care (Ambulance) whilst working with a qualifi ed, experienced ambulance offi cer.

Because this a call out job, most of the volunteers have other jobs and Mr Brockhoff said the employers play a big part in allowing these people to do the

fantastic job they do.

“We have great employer support,”

Mr Brockhoff said.

Mr Brockhoff said the current volun-

teers do a great job but more volunteers

are always needed with two volunteers

rostered on every day of the year.

“We appreciate what the volunteers

do, but we are always trying to fill

spots,” Mt Brockhoff said.

It is easy to become a volunteer with

people only needing a full drivers li-

cence and to undertake medical and

police checks to qualify to apply.

“Lots of people think it’s a daunting

role, but you receive training to respond

to any emergency,” Far North and West

Coast Operations Manager Robert Tol-

son said.

“Most of our work is treating medical

conditions like asthma, heart attacks,

and also transporting patients to the

local airstrip for transfer by the Royal

Flying Doctor Service.”

If you would like to join, the Roxby

Downs Ambulance Service, contact

1800 655 306 or visit saambulance.

com.au.

Our Roxby volunteers helping to save lives

Left: Bryan Harris, Volunteer Team Leader Peter Walters and Regional

Team Leader Nick Brockhoff watch Te Haika, Beck Jones and

Zara Daniel during practice.

Local of 10 years Stephen ‘Mossy’ Moss is confi dent in his home-grown business Mossy Electrical, and is currently expand-

ing his domestic wiring capabilities for the Roxby Downs community.

Incepted in 2010, Mossy began Mossy electrical after completing his electrician’s apprenticeship, recognising a need for his services locally.

“Th ere was a business out there to serve cus-tomers in town, and I had just come out of my trade a couple of years earlier and decided to be-come a contractor,” Mossy told Th e Monitor last week.

Traditionally, Mossy off ers domestic wiring for lights and pergolas, shed wiring, house fans and general small business and home maintenance jobs.

Since employing his fi rst apprentice and son,

Andrew Moss, Mossy Electrical’s capabilities have expanded, and he and Andrew have been focus-sing on testing and tagging electrical appliances, ensuring they are compliant with legislation.

“It’s something that Andrew could learn a lit-tle bit more about - what electrical appliances, what are we testing for, and help small companies around town here keep compliant, which they are doing already,” Mossy said.

“It’s a service they can have anytime they like.”Mossy has, until now, run a successful electrical

business for over four years largely on only word of mouth, and is only now branching out to help appeal to newer residents in town.

“I pride myself on quality,” Mossy said. “So now that I’m entering a new stage and there’s a lot of new people in town, it’s time to let them know that I’m around and that the work that I do is good quality work.” BY MILLIE THOMAS

Mossy Electrical: A good, local service Stephen Moss is looking to take Mossy Electrical to the next step.

There are some amazing people in Roxby Downs - there is no doubt about it.

As you turn the pages of the paper to-day you see it again and again ... the true spirit of the good people of Roxby Downs.

Last week we told you about those locals who were donating to help sup-port the Andamooka family who lost everything to a house fi re.

Th is week, we learn about locals who raised more than $7,000 for homeless people as part of the St Vincent DePaul Community Sleepout.

And on Page 3 today, locals rally to-gether again to help raise funds for a lo-cal family who recently lost a husband and father.

Th is really is what makes Roxby Downs special, and is the real face of the com-munity.

It’s also what makes working for a com-munity newspaper so worthwhile. We get to report your stories everyday!

When you look at our volunteer ambos (above), the Postie Bash teams, the peo-ple who handle our local Relay for Life, not to mention all those who help with our sporting clubs and community fo-rums ... it really is amazing what a small town can do. We are just grateful to be a part of it.

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A reported pro-j e c t e d $ 3 5 5 million Gonski

school funding cut shouldn’t affect local state schools according to Federal Member Rowan Ramsey.

State Member for Giles Eddie Hughes an-nounced last week that of the $355 million Abbott Government Budget cut, an estimated $764,000 would be taken from the Roxby Downs Area School and Andamoo-ka Primary School over

2018 and 2019.“The cuts to local

schools are brutal and will have lasting impact on educational out-comes,” Mr Hughes said in a statement.

“The funding loss to Roxby Downs Area School is the equivalent of around 8 Student Sup-port Offi cers or nearly 6 teachers.”

However, Mr Ramsey said, “I f people can claim that is a cut, I think that is a fairly imaginative claim.”

He outlined there was a 37 per cent increase in

funding to Government schools over fi ve years, from the 2013-14 fi nan-cial year to the 2017-18 fi nancial year. It refl ects a growth from $334.1 million to $457.8 million.

Based on Federal budget paper number three, page 36, “in the 2017-8 financial year South Australia will re-ceive a total of $457.8 million for government schools, an increase in funding from the Com-monwealth of $33.5 mil-lion which represents a 7.9 per cent increase on the previous year.”


The Roxby Council’s license redefinition will impose some restrictions on

regular local sporting events, and pre booked licensed events in the license area, it has been revealed.

In a letter addressed to stake-holders from the Sports and Recreation Steering Committee, a group currently conducting a review on sports and recreation events and facilities in Roxby, some major changes of access to the area were identifi ed.

One sporting group – the Roxby Downs Netball Associa-tion is possibly facing a decline in spectator numbers, after it

was revealed the current ‘bring your own alcohol’ policy to Fri-day night games may no longer be valid.

However, RDNA President Susan Turley said the commit-tee were still of mixed opinions about the change.

“Th e committee have met in a normal meeting and it has been briefl y discussed and there are mixed opinions,” she told Th e Monitor recently.

While BYO alcohol will no longer be available, Roxby Lei-sure will off er the sale of alcohol to spectators, as revealed in the letter.

“Current BYO arrangements must cease under the new liquor licensing arrangement, however the purchase of alcohol can be negotiated with Roxby Leisure

prior to netball events,” the let-ter stated.

“When alcohol is not being provided as part of a licensed event, the town ovals, including netball courts, will legally be-come a ‘dry / alcohol-free zone’.”

An opportunity to pre book up to 10 community event in the licensed area a year has been presented – with the option of having alcohol supplied.

“Under the new licensing ar-rangement, there is a provision for up to 10 designated commu-nity events per annum within each licensed area (refer to li-censed area map). Community events such as Relay for Life will be able to pre-arrange the sale of alcohol during their events,” the letter states.

MPs debate claims cuts will affect local schools

Roxby town oval event restrictions identifi ed

What’s happening at RDAS?

A re you ready for the Races? Have you got your heels, fascinator, frock and

garnishments all organised? If your answer to any of the above is no, don’t despair, the Roxby Downs Area School Parents and Friends Fashion Show is just around the corner.

To be held this Saturday at the RDAS hall, it is the P&F’s major annual fundraiser, and a good ex-cuse to get out of the house and ogle at some exciting races extras.

“But also, it’s just another ex-cuse for people of Roxby to get out and have fun, and for the ladies to dress up if they want to,” said P&F vice Treasurer and event organiser Janie Butterworth. “I’m always for any reason to wear high heels! We don’t get many chances.”

Set this weekend particular-ly in aid of Roxby Race goers in early August, retailers both from in town and across the state will bring their produce to the hall – and have them modelled by RDAS staff , with a reported appearance by school principal Steve Bennett.

Retailers include local made-to-order fascinators from Di Stan-ton, Roxby Downs Mensland, Sportscene, Soul Lifestyle, Chilli Pink, Store on Second, Progeny

and Bodyshop.As well as a fashion parade of

the merchandise, there will also be games run throughout the night, raffl es, door prizes, and possibly a silent auction.

In its third year now, last year’s Fashion Show proceeds were donated to help refurbish the re-claimed school library.

“It was just looking a bit drab for the kids. So they’ve been doing that, and that’s ongoing at the mo-ment, because we’re doing quite a few big things in there,” Mrs But-terworth explained.

Th e RDAS P&F also run regular Market Days throughout the year, aid charities and keep up a local presence at community events such as Races and Christmas Pageant.

Tickets are available at RDAS for $25 each, which includes nib-bles and a glass of champagne on arrival.

Th e RDAS P&F would like to acknowledge the integral support of Tracey Mckay and her late hus-band Scott, who have worked with the P&F Committee for a number of years.

BY MILLIE THOMAS

Giddy up for races fashion show

ABOVE: Parents and Friends Vice Treasurer Janie Butterworth getting ready for the Fashion Show this weekend.

A new road safety program aimed to educate children to make smarter vehicle

purchases and showing students a driving simulator visited Roxby Downs Area School last week.

‘Crime Scene Investigation’ – a new program headed by the South Australian Police, also uses Year 10 physics – namely Newton’s Law – to explain car crashes, and include itself into high school curriculum.

It also explains to students the use of ANCAP safety ratings, and how important they are when purchasing vehicles.

The program has initially been funded by Adelaide BMW to service 10 regional and 10 metropolitan schools, with the hope of picking up government funding in the future.

Save a Life’s Darren Davies ran the car simulator at the area school on Friday, and said since the first demonstration in Port Broughton late last year, schools and commu-nities have responded well to the presentation.

“I’ve done some previous work with the Motor Accident Commis-sion and the police, and together we decided we’d try and write a pro-gram that could involve the police

as well,” Mr Davies told Th e Monitor last week.

“So we wrote this, and we then went a step further and said lets go to communities and talk to the par-ents as well.”

While the 10 metropolitan schools were included on a ‘first in, best dressed’ basis, country schools were chosen on a needs basis.

“For the regional ones, what SAPOL did was look at crash stats and chose spots that need better ed-ucation in that area,” Mr Davies said. “So we looked at local crash stats and targeted those areas.”

He said program organisers had been surprised at how well it had been received.

“The students love it because they’re engaged. It’s very experien-tial, which is the best way to learn,” Mr Davies said.

“SAPOL are not lecturing at them, they’re taking to them about safer choices. And the parents have been the real bonus.

“Th e feedback form the parents has just been amazing.

Th ey’ve learnt a lot, they’ve just been engaged, they’ve come away with different attitudes about not only the learning process, but their own driving as well, so we’re aff ect-

ing the generation before these kids as well.”

Mr Davies explained that with more traffic congestion, there are more car crashes in metropolitan areas, but in the country – there are more road fatalities.

“In country areas you get more deaths because of higher speeds and things like seatbelt use,” he said.

“Country people, because there’s less chance of being caught, tend to take more risks.

“So that’s why we’re thinking that the country areas are really just as, if not more important, than metro areas. So we’ll keep coming to these places as much as we can.”

The program is travelling right across the country to spread the road safety message – even as far west as Streaky Bay and Port Lincoln.

“Th at’s another thing we do with the students, is talk about how to look after each other better – be the core one, that everyone sort of looks back on and trusts and thinks, yeah, that was actually pretty cool, he drove or she drove really well, and I always felt safe,” Mr Davies said.

“Th ere’s nothing cooler than keep-ing your mate safe, so that’s what we’re trying to get across to them.”

BY MILLIE THOMAS

Nothing cooler than keeping your mates safe

Darren Davies visited the Roxby

Downs Area School on Friday

as part of the Crime Scene Investigation

program touring South Australia.


OUT ABOUT&

CRAIG ANTHONYLead Singer from EAST

ACOUSTIC SUNDAY SESSIONSunday June 29

from Midday

FREE ENTRY

Fairy Belle is bringing a Sprinkle of Magic to the Roxby Downs Tavern for family night!

Starting Friday, June 20

6.30-9pm

Jumping Castle, Face painting and MORE! Bookings are

essential. Call the Tavern on 8671 0071. Parents must stay

on the premises

EVERY FORTNIGHT!

$15per child

(Includes Meal)

Sari getting her face painted by Fairybelle.

Liana and Bethany at The Tavern on Friday night.

Ethan and Matthew enjoy children’s activities at The Tavern.

Incoming Rotary Club of Roxby Districts President Laura Van Der Hucht with outgoing President John

Davies at the changeover on Saturday night.

Daniel Pegler, Joel Arbon, Josh Baker, Dwayne Parker and Darren Male.


OUT ABOUT&Luke Gersch and Katherine Folland.

Ashley and Rebecca Webster.

Katrina and Shayne Mitchell.

Mama Jen Hanson (who also celebrated her

birthday on Saturday) and Darren Male.

Rhiannon and Paul Watkinson.

Hayley and Maya Grosser.

Warren, Amanda, Jett, Finn and

Lila Giles.

Jhy McCarthy, Renee Johnson, Layla and Lachy.

Sean Caputo and Max Hanson.

Pictured at Hornridge

Sporting Club’s 2014 Progressive

Dinner were...

Phone 8671 0053 CLUBKARAOKE

Friday, July 25

Live music all through JulyThis Friday - Gavin Chandler

Formerly of the BC BoysJuly 4 – McGuired for Sound

July 11 - Adelaide Hills band Sonic MuseumJuly 18 - Rusty Bonnett (Eyre Peninsula)

$5PINTSfrom 5pm

THIS FRIDAY


NEWS IN BRIEFNEWS IN BRIEF

Opening hours Monday to Friday9 am to 4.30 pm

Council provides transport services including:

• Vehicle registration • Boat registrations

• Licensing transactions • Learner written theory tests (test to begin

before 4 pm)All enquiries 131 084.

Opal Road Landfi llOpening hours

1 pm to 6 pm every dayDisposal of household rubbish is FREE

Levies apply for businessesRecycling can be taken either to the Opal

Landfi ll orBSH Waste Solutions on Gosse Street

All enquiries: 8671 1154

Opening hours 9 am to 5 pm Monday-Wednesdays,

Fridays9:30am to 5pm Thursdays

9.30 am to 12 noon SaturdaysTelephone 8671 0500

Email: [email protected] membership is free. Wide range of resources are available including books, DVDs, magazines and internet facilities.

Toddler Story Time 2 pm Thursday.

Opening hours

9 am to 5 pm weekdays

Telephone 8671 0010 • Fax 8671 0452

Email: [email protected]

After hours emergency

Mobile 0418 892 870

Web www.roxbycouncil.com

SERVICE SAWASTE MANAGEMENTLIBRARYCOUNCIL OFFICE

Roxby Council

Thank you to the residents who attended the Draft Annual Business Plan 2014-15 meet-

ing, Th ursday, June 5, 2014. Th e comments submitted at the

meeting and during the consulta-tion period will be reviewed and a Final Annual Business Plan 2014-15 completed.

Scheduled Township Electricity Maintenance Power Outages Cancelled.

The Scheduled Township Electricity Maintenance Power Outages have been cancelled, due to unforeseen circumstances.

Residents are asked to disregard the map and instructions communicated previously, as the works will be rescheduled.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

Following consultation with the Far North Football Association, Roxby Council has installed two new coaches boxes at the main

oval in Roxby Downs.

Th e Far North Football League is appreciative of the new boxes and refl ected to council the desire for coaches and players to be positioned closer to the oval boundary. Following collaborative planning the new coaches boxes were installed closer to the boundary.

Th e new coaches boxes have doubled the size avail-able for teams during game day, allowing them be seated closer to the action of the game.

It is hoped the new coaches boxes will encourage spectators to walk behind the coaches box, ensuring the coach and team have constant view of the game.

Th e Roxby Council appreciates the partnership fostered with the Far North Football League and is committed to working with them.

In coming weeks further CCTV cameras will be installed in Roxby Downs.

A monitor will be placed in the Roxby Downs Police Station, assisting with surveillance of the town centre.

Th e cameras have been installed to further as-sist with the security of the main street and deter vandalism. Th ey will also be useful during large scale events hosted in the main street, assisting with crowd control and surveillance.

Th e new cameras will strengthen the coverage of existing cameras and improve the opportunity to identify inappropriate behaviour.

New coaches boxes at

Roxby Downs football oval

LEFT: The new coaches boxes

Making Roxby

Downs safer

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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 so that you can 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 • Nidya Iwan• George Giakoumis

Vicki Mason • Gaylene Crane Mary Lewis • Brett McNeil• Bill Boehm • Chris Gibson

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

contact the following people. New members are always welcome.

ARTS and CULTURE FORUMRachel Young 0428 671 000

Thursday, July 17 @ 7.30pmCouncil Boardroom

BUSINESS FORUM Laura Trotta 0412 734 964Wednesday, June 25 @ 6.15pm

Council Boardroom.

SPORTS and REC FORUMMichelle Hales 0418 833 818

TBC

COMMUNITY GARDENPatrik Ibele (08) 8671 0168

Thursday, July 7 @ 10am

Council Boardroom

ENVIRONMENT FORUMPerri Carter 0433 248 627

Thursday, July 3 @ 7pm

Council Boardroom

ROXBY ROADSAFE MEETINGMichelle Hales 0418 833 818

Thursday, July 10 @ 5.30pmCouncil Boardroom

MULTICULTURAL FORUMSasha Yantewo (08) 8671 0010

Wednesday, July 16 @ 6pm

Council Boardroom

WOMEN’S NETWORKLisa Hewerdine (08) 8671 0010

TBC

The YAC held their Gaming night for kids recently, it was a very positive event.

Held on Friday June 13 and the theme was ‘Black Friday’ and there were some scary little people running around the Library. It was great to see the kids get in to the spirit of the event!

Th e YAC are very positive about working with this age group and developing more events of this kind for the kids of Roxby.

Well done to the YAC and thanks for your great contributions within the Roxby community.

The Roxby Downs Community includes some 44 nationalities and this cultural diversity is, in fact, one of the key things

that make Roxby Downs unique.

Promoting cross cultural awareness and cel-ebrating this cultural diversity will be key to a harmonious and sustainable future for the Roxby Downs Community.

Food and entertainment are the two most ac-cessible ways to explore and understand other cultures. Th e Roxby Downs Multicultural Forum is pleased to announce that the second Roxby Downs World Food and Music Event will be held on Saturday, October 18 2014.

Th ey would like to off er your business the op-portunity to become a part of what will be the most high profi le and exciting cultural event on Roxby’s community calendar.

Th ere are many sponsorship opportunities, for more information contact Sasha Yantewo on 8671 0010 or [email protected]

The 2014 Roxby Downs Business Awards Nominations are open-ing – you must vote to be in the

running for the awards.

Categories are for Best Large busi-ness, Best Medium business, Best Small business and Best Micro business, as well as the Most Popular business award and a new award this year, the MEGT trainee/Apprentice of the year award.

Voting online is available this year for the fi rst time.

Information packages include clear details on the judging process and ap-plication process with criteria and scor-ing guidelines, these are available for download on www.roxbydowns.com

or collect a pack from the Visitor Info Centre or Roxby Council reception.

It is important to read this info before nominating your business to ensure you have covered all areas correctly.

Th e major sponsor this year for the awards is BHP Billiton.

Other sponsors of the event include Th e Monitor, RoxFM, Roxby Council, Mitolo and Cariole.

Mitolo and Cariole are boutique win-eries based in the Adelaide Hills region and sure to impress at the wine tasting reception at the Awards dinner which will be on Friday September 19.

Th e event is set to be the gala event of the year with fi ne food, wines, enter-tainment and of course the 2014 Award winners.

Calling for support for the World Food and Music Festival 2014

Business Awards Nominations open

Spooky YAC Gaming Night attracts kids

Danielle Edwards, Kimberley Hargrave, Kirsten Falt, Angela Heyland and Ann-Marie Arthur at the YAC gaming night

Acacia and Peta enjoying

the YAC gaming night

Riley dressed as a vampire

Business Awards

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Mossy Electricalwhere quality counts

Stephen Moss“A” Class ElectricianABN 52519123086

Roxby Downs SA0457 727 119mossy. [email protected]

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Depots

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Our thoughts are deepMemories of you are ours to keep

Taken too soonNo chance to say goodbye

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Our deepest sy pathy to Tracy, Demi, Kiara, Jay,

Ray, Pat, JB, Sandy and families.A t easured iend, work colleag e and

boss. Will be sadly missed and forever

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DUBLIN Gerry’s Meat Store. New $230 freezer pack (mix and match) 2kg lamb roast, 1kg beef schnitzel, 2kg pork roast, 1kg chicken schnitzel, 2kg beef roast, 1kg budget bacon, 2kg roast chicken, 2kg mar-inated wings, 1kg BBQ steak, 2kg beef sausages, 1kg beef mince, 20 gourmet patties, 1kg BBQ lamb chops, 1 large mettwurst, 1kg pork leg chops, 1kg diced steak, and 1 bottle of marinade. Top quali-ty, grain fed meat at affordable prices. Phone: 8529 2229.

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Times to accommodate shift workers

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24/7 Booking & enquiry service PHONE 8645 0880

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PREMIERSHIP TABLE P W L D F A % PtsRoxby Districts 7 6 1 0 1047 395 265.06 24Hornridge 6 3 3 0 747 691 108.10 12Olympic Dam 6 3 3 0 476 551 86.39 12Coober Pedy 7 3 4 0 586 921 63.63 12Andamooka 6 1 5 0 381 679 56.11 4

Far North Far North Football LeagueFootball League

ROUND 8 - June 21, 2014A GRADE

Hornridge 9.7 17.13 25.16 32.23 (215)Coober Pedy 4.0 6.2 9.5 10.6 (66)Hornridge best players: R. Hamilton, T. Grosser, S. Schwartz, A. Baxter, B. Grimston.Coober Pedy best players: A. O’Toole, I. Fielding, W. Chamberlain, K. Roderick, K. Brown. Hornridge goal scorers: A. Baxter 7, S. Mitchell 6, T. Grosser 4, R. Kahahi, J. Baker, L. Gersch, S. Schwartz, D. Parker 2, R. Hadfi eld, R. Hamilton, B. Grimston, K. Forrest, J. Male 1 goal each.Coober Pedy goal scorers: D. Warren 4, J. Ryan, B. Buller 2, A. Dingaman, R. Murray 1 goal each.

Olympic Dam 1.3 4.8 9.12 13.14 (92)Roxby Districts 5.4 7.11 7.12 9.15 (69)Olympic Dam best players: T. Walsh, R. Castellano, J. Veale, J. Barker, L. Copeland.Roxby Districts: C. Hall, J. Roberts, L. Ryan, C. Gibson, L. Sander.Olympic Dam goal scorers: C. Green, L. Hewett, S. Montgomerie, J. Oldfi eld 2, L. Copeland, J. Simmons, J. Barker, J. Veale, M. Shaw 1 goal each.Roxby Districts goal scorers: B. Wray, C. Gibson 2, L. Ryan, A. Jago, C. Haugum, J. Kenny, J. Watson 1 goal each.

Roxby Downs Junior Roxby Downs Junior Football LeagueFootball League

Senior ColtsHawks 1.1 4.2 7.8 11.11 (77)Bulldogs 3.1 7.4 8.6 9.9 (63)Hawks bets players: B. Caden, D. Gates, B. Caden, B. Evans, W. Steer.Bulldogs best players: I. Fielding, C. Taylor, J. Male, J. Zeptner, S. Brougham.Hawks goal scorers: J. Coaby 3, B. French 2, R. Edwards, D. Gates, B. Daddow, B. Evans, R. Heckenberg, B. Caden 1 goal each.Bulldogs goal scorers: J. McCarthy, J. Male 2, L. Johnson, D. De-marchi, I. Fielding, R. Hadfi eld, L. Holder 1 goal each.

Junior ColtsBulldogs 2.0 4.2 8.3 10.4 (64)Hawks 2.0 2.3 2.4 3.4 (22)Bulldogs best players: not suppliedHawks best players: B. Chamberlain, T. Spartalis, C. Woolford, C. Seery, J. Van Kruyssen.Bulldogs goal scorers: not suppliedHawks goal scorers: C. Seery, Z. Wilson, L. Young 1 goal each.

ROUND 6 - June 14, 2014

Ex Roxby local and Port Adelaide football player Jack Hombsch publically supports an AFL disability recognition round

from next season, Th e Advertiser reported last week.

Hombsch, who grew up in Roxby Downs with his family, made the big time after being drafted by the Greater Western Sydney Giants in 2012, and later traded to his home state team Port Adelaide in the same year.

His 16 year old brother, Todd, who also grew up in Roxby has Down syndrome.

According to an article in Th e Advertiser on Friday, the SA Intellectual Disability Association launched a campaign last month to push the AFL to introduce a disability round.

Th e report also stated the move already has backing from the State Government, the Ade-laide Crows and the Port Adelaide Power foot-ball clubs, but the AFL is yet to make a decision.

Hombsch shows

support for AFL disabled

round


R iders have departed Roxby Downs on the weekend following the inaugural Roxby Downs Motocross

Club (RDMXC) day meet saying the club has ‘the best track in the State’.

Open Experts winner, and previous Roxby Downs local Nick Murray said ‘the track was perfect for the whole day, defi nitely the best prepared track in SA’, and visiting ex State and National rider Shane Metcalfe said the track was ‘prepped superbly’ and that it was ‘awesome’.

RDMXC President Clint Gow-Smith was happy with the turnout of the meet – which

attracted almost 60 riders locally and across the State, and up to 500 spectators through-out the day.

“We had more than expected riders come up from Adelaide and it was good to see a lot of the local riders and kids come out and have a ride,” Mr Gow-Smith told Th e Monitor earlier this week.

“It probably exceeded our expectations, I think, with the amount of riders we had and how well the day ran, and the track was awesome as well. We’ve done a lot of work to the track, we’ve had a lot of comments on how well that was prepped, with no dust.”

Despite a highly skilled bay of riders in the Expert Open class, it was experienced ex-lo-cal Nick Murray who took out the top spot.

“It was awesome to see Nick back riding,

he’s spent a lot of time up here over the past six or seven years, and it’s great to see him back up the front. He’s had a fair few injuries and is expecting a baby later this year, so it’s good to see him back riding and mixed in with the best of the State,” Mr Gow Smith said.

Highlights of the event included a girls-only class – a rarity in competitive riding, and the high calibre of local and vis-iting riders, who put on a spectacular show all day.

Mr Gow – Smith thanked all sponsors, committee members and volunteers on the day, as well as the Roxby Downs community for supporting the event. Th e next event for the Club is the night meet later this year.

450cc OPEN 1st N.Murray2nd C. Dixon

3rd S. Metcalfe

Senior Lites1st J.Tilbrook2nd I. Maule3rd J.Giorgio,

Junior Lites1st N. Day

2nd Z. Hoffrichter3rd O.Maule

85 Standard/Big Wheel 1st T.Edwards2nd N. Breed3rd B.Smith

65cc 7-12 1st B. Anderson

2nd N. Headland3rd R. Feltus

Division 250cc1st Z. Metcalfe

2nd H. McDonald3rd A. Way

Junior Girls(65/85cc)

1st B. Reimann2nd J. McDonald

3rd G. Scobie

Veterans1st D. Footner2nd G. Nolan

3rd A. Swanson

Motocross Motocross resultsresults

MotoX track the best MotoX track the best in the Statein the State

ABOVE: 85cc Big Wheel contender Travis Edwards high-fi ves the out-

stretched hands of young spectators following a race on Saturday.

RIGHT: Visiting motocross star and trainer Shane Metcalfe (25) wins the gate in

one of the Senior Lite Class races on the weekend. Each class competed in fi ve

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Roxby Downs Netball AssociationRoxby Downs Netball Association

Friday, June 20, 2014C GRADE

Hornridge Pink (51) defeated Miners White (24)Hornridge Green (38) defeated Miners Red (35)

Od Green (44) defeated OD Yellow (22) B GRADE

OD (47) defeated Miners (44)Hornridge (47) defeated Andamooka (23)

A GRADEHornridge (55) defeated Andamooka (30)

Miners (53) defeated OD (41)

WRITTEN BYVERITY CASSERLY

F riday night was a pleasant winter’s eve that provided some close games, sur-

prising wins and disappointing losses.

Th is season has seen a drop in spectator numbers and for the second week in a row there was a poor turn out in support of senior netball.

In a surprising turn of events Hornridge A Grade took their fi rst win for the season defeat-ing Andamooka 55 – 30. Both teams came out strong, though Hornridge managed to create a three goal lead by the end of the fi rst quarter.

Hornridge did not alter the player line up throughout the game while Andamooka changed players and positions every quarter.

This appeared to affect the score line as Hornridge found their stride in the third quar-

ter taking the lead by 23 goals, with Amanda Giles and Madi-son Evans working hard in the goal ring.

When Miners A Grade and Olympic Dam came up against each other, it is not only an-other chance for them to win game points but to intimidate in preparation for the fi nals.

This time around Miners overcome OD 53-41, in a phys-ical game that showcased the rivalry between the A Grade competition’s two top teams. Joice Takaidza and Meaghan Kiely, Miners, played a superb game in the goal circle in what appeared to be a change of tac-tics with Joice feeding the ball to Meaghan who was getting her shots in at distance. A notable mention should be made for Ali Knights, OD, who played a hard goal attack creating completion within the mid court.

Olympic Dam B Grade de-feated Miners 47 – 44 in a close, hard fought game. Miners lead for the fi rst quarter by one goal

though by half time OD had tak-en the lead by three goals and held on until the fi nal whistle. Mikayla Davis, Miners, and Emy Nicholson, OD, along with Sam Summerton, OD, and Whitney Chinner, Miners, entertained spectators with their adversar-ial completion within the OD goal circle.

B Grade ladder leader, Horn-ridge, continued their domi-nance overpowering Andamoo-ka 47 – 23. Hornridge shooters Tammy Feltus and Jessica Has-sett created havoc with their accuracy for the Andamooka defence.

Hornridge Green C Grade continued their winning streak defeating Miners Red in a close encounter 38 – 35.

Miners Red began strong fi n-ishing the fi rst half with a two goal lead. It appeared that Min-ers Red where going to take the game when they still held a three goal lead at three quarter time. After a team shuffl e Hornridge Green fought back in the last

quarter to win by three goals. Hornridge Pink C grade de-

feated Miners White by 27 goals. Kaitlyn James as Horn-ridge Pink’s centre provided a strong attack and defence against Miners White.

Hornridge Pink held a 15 goal lead at half time, with Holly Mortimer playing a strong goal defence hampering the attack of Miners White. In the fi nal quar-ter Hornridge Pink extended their lead by six goals bring the fi nal score to 51 – 40.

Olympic Dam Green C Grade dominated OD Yellow in an in-terclub clash 44 – 22. Kelly Reid, OD Green, worked well in de-fence creating turn overs and blocking the fl ow of play against OD Yellow.

With many people leaving the game and the town this season, there has been a drop in um-pires causing a dilemma for all clubs in sourcing umpires every week.

Hornridge fi ght for fi rst win

Junior netball action on the

weekend.LEFT:

Thunderbirds Matilda and

Shooters Tailee chase down

the ball.RIGHT: Shooters

Siannah and Thunderbirds

Millie battle off a centre pass.

RIGHT: Devils’ Megan Crawford defends a goal from Miners’ Erika Syvertsen.

FAR RIGHT: Miners’ Mikayla Davis passes in against a persistent Emy Mitchell.


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More than 200 people were at the Italian Club on Saturday night June 14 to help Coober

Pedy Football Club celebrate their 10 year anniversary.

Despite the team going down by 101 points to Roxby Districts the same day the large crowd enjoyed the celebra-tions and the tributes to recently de-ceased co-founder Robin Walker.

Martin Grava was named player of the decade while Coober Pedy Mayor Steve Baines was named supporter of the decade for his services to the foot-ball club.

“It was pretty special, I didn’t expect it,” Grava said on receiving his award.

“I was happy but sad (due to the pass-ing of Robin Walker) but it was a nice accolade”

Grava has played 70 games for the Coober Pedy Football Club and has earnt the nickname Mr.Consistant be-cause of his continual good form which has led to two best and fairest awards and being named vice captain for the past three seasons.

Baines was awarded for his eff orts with the club, having been involved in every facet, from water boy, to runner, umpire, masseuse and the list contin-ues.

Th e team of the decade was also an-nounced on the night along with the club’s fi rst honour board.

Certifi cates were presented to every volunteer the club has had over its 10

year history as well as recognising the sponsors that have been a part of the club for more than fi ve years.

A tribute was made to recently de-ceased co-founder Robin Walker, which fellow co-founder Mark Bell said was the highlight of the night from his per-spective.

“We had a big crowd which was terrifi c and really testament to our 10 years,” Bell said.

“Th e Saturday night we had more than 200 people in the Italian Club, a great number to help celebrate our 10 year anniversary.”

Special guests on the night included present and past Far North Football League (FNFL) President’s Henry An-dryszczak and Graham Warren, South Australian Football Commission Com-munity Football board member Peter Lindner, FNFL offi cials as well as past players and supporters.

“We had past players come down from Adelaide, Port Augusta and Ce-duna to be a part of the night,” Bell said.

“It was nice to see some older faces there.

“We would like to thank all the sup-porters, sponsors, players and commit-tee members for all their support over the 10 years.

“We would also like to thank the League for accepting us and their con-tinual support throughout our time in the league.”

Th e crowd partied well into the night with 100 people still at the Italian Club at 2am when the place closed.

“It was a brilliant night,” Bell said.

Coober Pedy celebrate with large crowd

S even junior footballers from Roxby Downs took part in the 22 man

Northern team that came second in the recent Under 13 State SAPSASA football carnival held in Adelaide.

Riley Holder (St Barbs), Bai-ley Chamberlain (St Barbs), Lachlaun Garaghty (St Barbs), Coby Seery (St Barbs), George Clarke (RDAS), Bailey Ryan (RDAS) and Tyler Spartalis (RDAS) were the seven players

selected to represent the North-ern team in Division 3.

Following the carnival, Riley was picked in the State side that will compete at the national titles in July.

Second place was one of the best results the Northern Team has had in its history and with this result moves up to Division 2.

Parent Rein Geraghty went down for the week and said all the boys got along and per-formed really well for a team that

only had two one hour training

sessions together before the car-

nival.

“They all had a really good

week and played the game in re-

ally good spirit,” Geraghty said.

“Off the fi eld, they conducted

themselves really well.

“Th ey also got along really well

with the other players from the

Northern team as well as with

the other teams.

BY PATRICK GLOVER

Roxby juniors in best ever result

George Clarke, Bailey Chamberlain, Riley Holder, Lachlaun Geraghty, Coby Seery, Tyler Spartalis, Bailey Ryan were all selected in the North under 13 SAPSASA AFL team.

Ben Buller and Mark Bell present Martin

Grava (centre) with his player of the decade award.

Junior football on the weekend.

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Hornridge v Coober Pedy

In good conditions a very young Coober Pedy side lined up against an undermanned but more experienced

Hornridge.

Th e game was very open from the start with lots of goals being kicked, both de-fences struggled with the fast moving open style. Baxter and Mitchell up forward for the Magpies proved a bit too wily for their younger opponents scoring seven and six goals respectively.

Hamilton in his first game for the club looks a good player, while Grosser, Schwartz and Grimston played well.

For Coober Pedy captain Warren scored four goals for the game and looked danger-ous, while Ryan up forward kicked two in the fi rst quarter.

President Ben Buller kicked a very spe-cial check side goal in the second quarter showing us all that he shouldn’t retire just yet. O’ Toole looked good in the middle of the ground with a lot of quality touches.

Other good players were Fielding, Cham-berlain, Roderick, Brown and Saints player of the decade Martin Grava. Leroy Boland proved elusive early in the game setting up some good forward moves with his elec-trifying pace. Th e Saints will now have to regroup to win their next two home games to give themselves a chance of regaining second spot

Roxby Districts v Olympic Dam

O lympic Dam picked one of their better sides for the year and was able to pull off a big win against

the previously undefeated miners on Saturday throwing the competition wide open.

Ladder leaders Roxby started off well with a solid fi rst quarter and looked like they may keep their unbeaten record in-tact. However the Devils had other ideas and worked their way back in to the match outscoring the Miners in all of the last

three quarters to score an impressive win.Ruckman Tim Walsh was outstanding

for the Devils controlling the aerial duels, together with Jono Veale and Jack Barker gaining control of the midfi eld, the Devils forwards were given plenty of opportu-nities to score goals. Boom recruit Ryan Castellano in only his second game for the club proved elusive and he will no doubt prove a valuable acquisition come fi nals time for the Devils.

Other good players for Olympic Dam were Lachy Hewett showing all his class with a spectacular mark and goal in the last quarter to seal the game. Cameron Green continued his impressive form with anoth-er solid game.

For Roxby none battled harder than Craig Hall who showed his class all day along with Luke Ryan and Justin Watson. Roberts, Gibson and Hampel were also good players however no match for the up and about Devils.

Coaches commentsOLYMPIC DAM: Great hard

fought win over the top team. Boys played tough hard

football for 4 quarters and deserved the win thoroughly.

COOBER PEDY: Great effort from our young players

– who are our future.

ROXBY DISTRICTS: Massive effort from the guys. Our young blokes were inspirational, and

it holds us in good stead in the lead up to the fi nals.

HORNRIDGE: A great 4 quarter effort today. Every player contributed from the

fi rst picked to the last.

ABOVE: Miners’ Mitch Alves loses grip while tackled by the opposition. INSET: Miners’ Justin Watson takes control of the ball.

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