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TheWesternerFRONT PAGEPLAYERS TO LACE UP FOOTYBOOTS FOR CHARITY 5 ON THE LAND: RURAL AND ACREAGE LIVING FEATURE 11

SECTIONSEDITORIAL 2ALPHA MAIL 2 NEWS 3WESTERNER FLASHBACK 3 IN THE COMMUNITY 4COMMUNITY 4 COMPETITIONS 4POLICE BEAT 6 BODY 10 SCHOOL TALK 10ARTS 18 NOTICEBOARD 19 CROSSWORD 19 TRADES AND SERVICES 20CLASSIFIEDS 22 SPORT 23

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Editor/Journalist: Lee OliverSales Manager: Lorraine BaileyDesigner: Sheryl LucasDirector: David Paterson

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The Westerner is distributed to the letterboxes of Armstrong Creek, Bunya, Camp Mountain, Cashmere, Cedar Creek, Clear Mountain, Closeburn, Dayboro, Draper, Highvale, King Scrub, Kobble Creek, Laceys Creek, Mt Glorious, Mt Mee, Mt Nebo, Mt Pleasant, Mt Samson, Ocean View, Rush Creek, Samford Valley, Samford Village, Samsonvale, Warner, Wights Mountain, Yugar and the acreage areas of Albany Creek, Eatons Hill, Joyner and Upper Kedron. Bulks drops are made at Albany Creek, Arana Hills, Brendale, Bunya, Cashmere, Eatons Hill and Strathpine.

While every care is taken in the publication of The Westerner, we cannot be held responsible for omissions, errors or their subsequent effects.

Love it or loathe it, the Federal Election campaign has begun ahead of Australia’s adults heading to the polls in July.This election will see two local political stalwarts squaring off against each other. The Liberal National Party’s sitting Member for Dickson, Peter Dutton, has overseen Federal Government affairs relating to The Westerner area since 2001.Since December 2014, Mr Dutton has also served as the Australian Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, a portfolio covering some of the most divisive issues in current political and social debates, including the welfare and rights of asylum seekers.The recently endorsed Labor Party candidate for Dickson is Linda Lavarch, who represented the electorate of Kur-wongbah in the Queensland Parliament from 1997 to 2009. She was the state’s fi rst female Attorney-General, embroiled in the case of notorious former Bunda-berg surgeon Jayant Patel.Both Mr Dutton and Ms Lavarch have been under intense public scrutiny during their careers, and ultimately the scrutiny of local voters will decide their political futures.

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n e w sIn 2016, The Westerner community newspaper celebrates its 20th birthday: two decades of informing and entertaining the residents of Pine Rivers, and later the Moreton Bay Region. To celebrate the milestone, this year we are going back through the archives to revisit some of the biggest and most entertaining stories printed over the past 20 years.

TheWesterner Flashback

THIS WEEK IN 2007: After 11 years as an A4-sized publication, an exciting new style of The Westerner was unveiled with its 24 May edition. After many years as a black and white paper, and later with a small number of colour pages, The Westerner was revamped as an eye-catching full colour publication, setting it apart from other local community newspapers. Along with a larger page size was the introduction of new sections including the ‘In the Community’ profi le as well as colour Trades and Services advertisements. The fi rst ‘cover girl’ of the new The Westerner was Kaye Minnaar, who sold her stunning paintings to fund overseas trips to undertakehumanitarian projects. Stories in this edition included the forced amalgamation of Pine Rivers Shire with neighbouring councils, and a feature on the 60th anniversary of the Camp Mountain railway disaster, in which 15 people died.

Labor Party candidate for Dickson Linda Lavarch, left, with Deputy Leader of the Opposition Tanya Plibersek during their visit to Albany Creek last week.

Lavarch back on political trailBy Lee Oliver

The fi rst skirmish in the battle for the seat of Dickson at the Federal Elect-ion was waged last week, with Deputy

Leader of the Opposition Tanya Plibersek and a local Labor Party stalwart visiting voters at Albany Creek and Strathpine.

Linda Lavarch will run as Labor’s cand-idate for Dickson against sitting Liberal National Party (LNP) member Peter Dutton at the election on 2 July.

Queensland’s fi rst female Attorney-General who served as State Member for Kurwongbah from 1997 to 2009 before stepping down from politics to tackle depression, Ms Lavarch said it “wasn’t a hard decision” to nominate to be Labor’s local election candidate.

“I’ve been politically engaged for 40 years and the same things I was fi ghting for (then), for high quality education and... a universal health system, we’re back fi ght-ing for them again,” she said.

“I want to leave a legacy for my children and potential grandchildren so I put my name forward and received the Labor Party endorsement.

“I think my experience in state (politics)

will certainly go a long way to providing strength of representation at a federal level.”

Mr Dutton, the Member for Dickson for 15 years, said he was not deterred by running against an experienced and “formidable” political opponent.

“My opponent has been around a long time and is a formidable opponent, but (Labor Dickson election candidate) Cheryl Kernot was a formidable opponent back in 2001,” he said.

“I’ve always run a positive campaign and I’ve never spoken ill of my opponents but I think the Labor Party would be bad for our local community and bad for our country if they were to win Dickson and win the election.”

The LNP won Dickson with a margin of 6.7 per cent last election, and Mr Dutton believes it will be a key marginal seat.

“There’s no way Malcolm Turnbull can be Prime Minister if the seat of Dickson goes to Labor,” Mr Dutton said.

Ms Lavarch believes the biggest election issues “both nationally and locally” are education and health, adding, “There’s a clear contrast between the proposals of the LNP... and the Labor Party.”

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After operating out of a club mem-ber’s shed for fi ve years, Dayboro Mens Shed will have its own perm-

anent home by the end of the year.The Federal Member for Dickson Peter

Dutton last week turned the fi rst sod on the construction site for the new Dayboro Mens Shed facility.

The building will be located between the Dayboro Rugby League Club and Dayboro Scouts sites in the Dayboro Showgrounds precinct.

“The benefi ts of Mens Sheds is well known... and it’s of a great benefi t to the community,” Mr Dutton said.

“(Dayboro Mens Shed) is just part of growing this whole precinct; it’s such a beautiful setting and a lot can be done here to give back to the Dayboro comm-unity and surrounds.”

Mr Dutton also announced a $15,000 Federal Government grant for the group, to help with construction costs of its shed.

Federal, state and local government grants have contributed to funding of the Dayboro Mens Shed project, as has sales of items such as wooden toys and furniture made by members and sold at markets.

Since it was founded in 2011 with the backing of the Dayboro Lions, Dayboro Mens Shed’s activities have taken place in the Armstrong Creek shed of its presi-dent, Ben Stafford.

“About ten people in a shed that size, that’s about enough otherwise you start to trip over each as people are moving round,” Mr Stafford said.

“With our own shed here we can open additional days a week… and down the track after we get settled we envisage having a unisex day for girlfriends and wives.

“A huge amount of community money is going into it (the shed) so we’d like as many of the community to be able to use it as they can.”

Mr Stafford expects membership of the group to more than double once the facility opens some time between winter and December, dependent on further funding contributions.

Retired Moreton Bay Councillor and Dayboro Mens Shed advocate Bob Millar also expects the group to take a “quantum leap forward” once the shed opens.

The Dayboro Mens Shed is part of the

Australian Mens Shed Association, a community-based organisation providing social outlets for men, mainly retirees and the semi-retired, while advancing the health, wellbeing and skills of members.

For more information on Dayboro Mens Shed, its meetings and activities phone 3425 1041 or email [email protected].

Shed happens at Dayboro

Federal Member for Dickson Peter Dutton, watched by Dayboro Mens Shed Funding Offi cer Terry Heinemann and President Ben Stafford, turns the fi rst sod at the group’s new home at Dayboro last week.

Winners: Queen of the Desert tickets: M. Atkinson (Bunya), S. Withers (Samford Valley), T. Shanahan (Closeburn), C. Price (Dayboro), K. Waddell (Warner); Second Chance Town books: K. Williams (Cedar Creek), S. Vanden Berg (Carseldine), J. Parker (Ocean View); Autistic to Artistic book: L. Holyoak (Dayboro); Angel Killer book: R. Roberts (Warner); Hunt For the Wilderpeople tickets: A. Van der Maat (Mt Pleasant), J. Hodge (Chermside West), J. Connor (Meadowbrook), L. Conroy (Oxley), A. Petersen (Northgate), P. Funnell (Holland Park), J. Cooper (Strathpine), T. Foster (Daisy Hill), J. Topping (Bracken Ridge), C. Roberts (Chermside West); The Man on the Twenty Dollar Bills book: J. Mayer (Dayboro).

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CompetitionsCompetitionsThe mind-bending adventure Now You See Me 2 sees the Four Horsemen elevate the limits of stage illusion to new heights. After outwitting the FBI and winning public adulation with their Robin Hood-style magic spectacles, the illusionists resurface in the hopes of exposing the unethical practices of a tech prodigy, who threatens the Four Horsemen into pulling off their most impossible heist yet. Starring Woody Harrelson, Lizzy Caplan, Mark Ruffalo, Daniel Radcliffe, Jesse Eisenberg, Michael Caine, Dave Franco and Morgan Freeman, Now You See Me 2 opens in cinemas on 2 June.

Thanks to Entertainment One, The Westerner has 10 double passes to Now You See Me 2 to give away. For your chance to win tell us in which year the fi rst Now You See Me movie was released – 2005, 2010 or 2013? Send your answer, name and contact details to: The Westerner movie competition, PO Box 5189, Brendale 4500 or email [email protected], Attn: Movie competition. Entries close 2 June.

The owner of a literary café in Paris, Diane has a charmed life. But when she suddenly loses her husband and daughter in a car accident her perfect world is shattered. She moves to a small Irish village where she meets a brooding photographer and a surpris-ing romance blossoms. An international bestseller soon to be made into a Hollywood fi lm, Happy People Read and Drink Coffee is Agnes Martin-Lugand’s at once heartbreaking and uplifting literary phenomenon that outsold 50 Shades of Grey in France.

The Westerner has one copy of Happy People Read and Drink Coffee (Allen & Unwin, RRP $27.99) to give away. For your chance to win to us which country Happy People Read and Drink Coffee author Agnes Martin-Lugand is from – France, Belgium or Ireland? Send your answer, name and contact details to: The Westerner book competition, PO Box 5189, Brendale 4500 or email [email protected], Attn: Book competition. Entries close 6 June.

In the community

Teresa is an Assistant Minister of the Church of United Spiritualism of Australia, host of the eighth Mind Body Spirit Fair at Samford Village. The fair will feature psychic and tarot card readings, astrology, numerology, healers, massage, stalls and food.

The best things about the Mind Body Spirit Fair... The community gets to see, and sample, a wide variety of readers and healers and sustainable products. The community interest has grown every year we’ve held the fair.

Why spirituality is important to me... When my youngest sister passed away I needed to know she was alright – I believed it, but I wanted to see/hear it for myself. Now I regularly have conversations with her and my other siblings and relatives. It brings me much happiness knowing they are ok.

My passion for spirit and body healing began... I was eight years old when my fi rst experience occurred. I had spirit visions throughout high school. When my sister passed in 1988 I decided it was time to share my gifts with family and friends, and now I have the courage to share them with the wider community. These gifts bring comfort and happiness to those who have lost loved ones, and that makes me happy.

The main misconceptions about tarot readers and psychics... That life ends when our mortal body passes away, and all psychic work is part of the occult.

The best things about living where I do... Green space, clean fresh air, awesome energy from Mother Earth and nature, peace and quiet to think, meditate and do the work I love doing. The energy around Samford is terrifi c for healing and spiritual work.

If a biography were written about my life it would be called... The Daughter of a Vietnam Veteran. That is what I am, that is where all my interest in healing started from – living with an ex-veteran with then undiagnosed PTSD.

The Mind Body Spirit Fair is on at Samford Farmers’ Hall, corner Main Street and Cash Avenue, Samford Village on 4 June from 9am to 4pm.

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An iconic fundraising event that attracts more than 10,000 spect-ators in Melbourne each year is

coming to Pine Rivers.The Reclink Community Cup, a charity

Australian Rules football match that pits musicians against music media workers, started in Victoria in 1993.

It raises money for Reclink Australia, which supports at risk youth, people ex-periencing mental illness, the homeless, people with a disability, and those tackling alcohol and drug issues and social and economic hardship.

The fi rst Sydney Reclink Community Cup was held in 2012, with Adelaide and Perth games introduced in 2015.

This year the event is nationwide, with Hobart and Brisbane to host footy fund-raisers for the fi rst time to create a six-date series.

The Brisbane event, a family friendly fun day with live music, will be held at Pine Riv-ers Showground at Lawnton in September.

The multi-gender football game between the Rockinghorses team (musicians) and Brisbane Lines (media) will feature some of the country’s most notable musicians,

both performing and kicking a ball.In past years, Australian music luminar-

ies such as Paul Kelly, Courtney Barnett, Tim Rogers and Tex Perkins have partici-pated as players, coaches or water run-ners.

Reclink CEO John Ballis said the Commu-nity Cup is “a time when the media – par-ticularly the community radio sector – and local musicians band together to help raise much needed funds”.

“(Money raised) enables us to deliver sport, recreation and arts programs that make a huge difference to lives of the neediest in our community; programs that foster self-confi dence, fi ght isolation, de-velop skills, and establish connections and lasting friendships,” he said.

Last year’s events in Melbourne, Syd-ney, Perth and Adelaide raised more than $215,000 to better the lives of people ex-periencing disadvantage around Australia.

Reclink Australia aims to raise more than $250,000 from this year’s six events, which run from June to September.

For more information on the inaugural Brisbane Reclink Community Cup go to www.communitycup.com.au/brisbane.

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Action from the 2015 Melbourne Reclink Community Cup fundraising football match. The event will come to Lawnton in September. Photo by Tony Proudfoot Photography.


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Wheelchair scam, Warner: Pine Rivers Police have received reports from the Warner area regarding a man in an elect-ric wheelchair pretending to be broken down. He requests money from members of the public in order to catch a taxi home, saying that his wheelchair has a fl at battery. The man then pockets the cash and drives off. While police are heartened by the generosity of some members of the public, they request that people take care when handing over money to unknown persons. If anyone has any information about the man in the wheelchair contact Petrie Police on 3897 7222.

Fatality Free Week: Running until 29 May, Fatality Free Week is a Queensland Police initiative that encourages motorists to remember to drive safely on our roads and for pedestrians and cyclists to act safely and responsibly around vehicles. The aim of Fatality Free Week is to have zero fatalities on Australian roads – and for safe driving habits to continue during the other 51 weeks of the year. Senior Constable Kerrianne Edwards from Pine Rivers Police said: “It’s not just during Fatality Free Week that we expect motorists to drive with care and courtesy, but we expect it every day of the week, every week of the year.” Last year, 243 people were killed on Queensland roads. There have been 25 fatal vehicle crashes in the Pine Rivers area in the past fi ve years. One fatality is too many.

Break and enters, Pine Rivers: Amongst the break and enter offences reported to police during the past fortnight were incidents at dwellings at Laceys Creek Road in Mt Pleasant, Winlock Circuit, Avoca Place and Moor Circuit in Warner, Chickowee Street and Boronia Crescent in Albany Creek, and Moylan Court and Dee Court in Bray Park. Items stolen included cash, sneakers, jewellery, iPads, tools, and garage door keys. A business at Gympie Road at Strathpine was also broken into, with cash stolen. Inner West Police were alerted to wilful damage incidents at homes at Stavewood Court, Highvale and Yathong Court, Arana Hills.

Motor vehicle offences, Pine Rivers: Vehicles were stolen from Lena Court, Albany Creek and Harvey Street, Strath-pine last week. Neither vehicle has been recovered. A laptop, briefcase, handbag, rollerblades, purse and cash were stolen from vehicles at Alan Court, Leatherwood Drive, View Crescent and Bringelly Street in Arana Hills, and Woodtop Court and Wandearah Crescent at Ferny Hills.

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Imagine being diagnosed with cancer. Then imagine that your family lives 15,000km away.

That is the scenario being faced by Maribel Marquez from Strathpine.

In December she was diagnosed with stage-three breast cancer at the age of 36, resulting in a mastectomy and six months of chemotherapy.

Her fi ancé Chris Dale, who quit his job to care for his partner fulltime, said the cancer diagnosis and treatment “kind of puts your life on hold for a while”.

“Obviously there has been considerable fi nancial pressure but we really are just taking it week by week,” Mr Dale said.

“Going up to the hospital every week puts things into perspective. There’s a lot of people doing it tougher than us.

“We keep that in mind and try not to go around kicking stones too much.”

Since Ms Marquez has been sick and

the couple’s fi nances are stretched, she has been unable to visit her family in her homeland in South America.

A fundraising show has been organised by musicians and Ms Marquez’s former

employers, the Junk Bar, to help her to see her family.

Members of Mr Dale’s award-winning alternative country band Halfway will perform in rare acoustic mode, along with Mexico City and a special guest.

“Maribel is originally from Colombia and she will use whatever funds are raised to return home and

spend some much-needed time with her family,” Mr Dale said.

The Songs For Maribel concert is at the Junk Bar, 215 Waterworks Road, Ashgrove on 12 June from 3.30pm. Buy tickets from tickets.oztix.com.au/?Event=62726.

Donations are also welcome at the fund-raising website www.chuffed.org/project/help-for-maribel, in the hope of raising $6000 to support Ms Marquez.

Strathpine’s Chris Dale and Maribel Marquez.

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A local small business that combines its owner’s two pass-ions – beauty and working with children – has been shortlisted for a national award.

Warner resident Alycia Hansen started Glamour Parties four years ago, and now her business is in line to win at the What’s On 4 Junior Awards.

Up against franchised businesses, the independent Brendale-based enterprise is a fi nalist in the Best Party Venue category of the awards, with winners to be announced at a function at the Gold Coast next week.

Glamour Parties hosts birthday parties for girls and teenagers, aged four to 16 years, where guests are made to feel like princesses or pop stars for a day.

They are pampered with hand massages, a perfume spritz, foot soak and scrub and get their hair curled, nails painted and make-up done, while wearing robes, head towels, chocolate face masks and cucumber eye masks.

Guests can also dress up, make jewellery, get fake tattoos and enjoy pink lemonade and a lolly and biscuit buffet, while listen-ing to tunes on the jukebox.

“I just decided that I would like to make little girls feel good about themselves and give them a really awesome birthday,” Ms Hansen said of conceiving her business.

“We can make little girls feel special and we have a really beautiful place. We also include the mums as we do Mummy

and Me Packages, so mums and daughters can come and have some girly time together.”

The What’s On 4 Junior Awards celebrate the best activities for children throughout Australia, with businesses nominated and voted for by parents and parents-to-be.

“This year the awards received over 1000 nominations and so to reach this (fi nalist) stage is a great achievement for Glamour Parties,” Ms Hansen said.

Tina Harris from ABC Kids TV show Lah-Lah’s Adventures will host the awards at the Gold Coast on 4 June, with former Aust-ralian Olympic swimmer Elka Whalan the guest speaker.

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Even in retirement, Warner’s Deborah Bennett is learning skills to help her community.

She was recently awarded a Certifi cate III in Business (Volunteering), part of a learning programme for Moreton Bay Region tourism volunteers.

A volunteer at the Pine Rivers Visitor Information Centre at Strathpine, she is one of 16 latest graduates of the course, part of a new council initiative called Working With Wisdom.

“It’s very interesting and covers a different range of components dealing with tourism, which we ourselves are able to implement... to make the visitor feel

welcome and impart as much knowledge as we can,” Ms Bennett said.

“It also enables us to meet volunteers from other centres and it is great to hear other people’s ideas.”

Ms Bennett did not hesitate to volunteer at the Pine Rivers Tourist Visitor Centre when the opportunity presented itself.

“I enjoy interacting with the public, whether it be travellers or people wanting to know more about their local area,” she said.

“I fi nd it very rewarding providing people with the knowledge that I have acquired after being a resident of the Pine Rivers area for 40 years.”

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It is envisaged that the proposed Uni-versity of the Sunshine Coast campus, set on the former Petrie paper mill site, will cater for up to 10,000 university students within the fi rst 10 years of opening.

It is expected that the campus will offer more than 30 major Bachelor degrees including law, business, science and engineering, as well as opportunities for economic, cultural and community facil-ities on the Petrie site.

Moreton Bay Mayor Allan Sutherland said residents and businesses have the

opportunity to help create the new uni-versity precinct from the ground up.

They can have their say on the project via an interactive online engagement plat-form called ‘Your Say, Moreton Bay’.

“Council is seeking your feedback about the employment, housing, sport and recreation, health and community outcomes you think could be realised on site to help complement the planned university campus,” Mr Sutherland said.

“Community feedback will be at the heart of how we develop this bustling new destination to generate thousands of local study opportunities and jobs for our region.

“For our region to continue its strong economic growth, we must carefully shape the future of this vibrant new regional

precinct, and community feedback is at the heart of that plan.”

To have your say register your details and fi ll out the survey at www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/uniprecinct before 31 May.

The feedback received online will help develop a concept plan for the site, for further community consultation later in the year.

Residents can also visit information kiosks at one of council’s three customer service centres, at Strathpine, Caboolture and Redcliffe.

A community open day will be held at Petrie State School hall, 42 Dayboro Road, Petrie on 28 May from 10am to 2pm.

Council seeks feedback on university

An artist’s impression of the proposed university campus at Petrie.

Cubs in Australia turns 100 this year and Samford’s own group of junior Scouts is ready to join the

celebrations.Samford Cub Group Leader Tony Scott

said the local group, consisting of boys and girls aged between seven and 11 years, is marking the major milestone with some special events.

“Upcoming activities for Samford Cubs in the centenary year include an abseil camp, canoe camp and a centenary year celebration campfi re camp,” Mr Scott said.

After Lord Robert Baden-Powell estab-lished Scouting in 1907, followed by the formation of Sea Scouts and Girl Guides three years later, a junior section of Scouts – Cub Scouts – was created in 1916.

Cub Scouts was originally called Wolf Cubs, with its framework based partly on the Rudyard Kipling novel Jungle Book.

Queensland’s fi rst Wolf Cubs groups commenced at Warwick and Methyr in 1918, with girls fi rst admitted to Queens-land Cub Scouts and Scouts in 1988.

Mr Scott said Samford’s Cub Scouts is a “professionally operated and well-resourced” group that provides adventur-ous activities for children.

“Each school term we have an overnight camp in tents, which the Cubs and their leaders enjoy enormously,” he said.

Samford Cubs currently has openings for new members and new group leaders. Email [email protected] for details.

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Alex Given from Samford Cubs descends down the abseiling tower at Baden Powell Park at Samford Valley.


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Keeping children in the water after they learn how to swim has led to a local aquatics centre winning a

national award.Genesis Aquatic Centre at Bray Park

won the SwimSPORT Award at the Swim Australia Awards held on the Gold Coast on 10 May.

The award is presented to the swim school or aquatic centre that leads the way in reducing the gap between children learning to swim and kids’ participation in swimming as a sport.

Genesis Aquatic Centre has been in-volved in the creation of a Junior Dolphins program, and also in a pilot Sporting Schools program.

The centre’s swim school co-ordinator Sally McKitrick said the SwimSPORT Award recognises “the centre that converts children from the Learn To Swim program across to the squad program the most successfully”.

However, Ms McKitrick admits that can be a “really hard task”.

“It’s very diffi cult to get kids to go (on) from Learn To Swim to because parents think once they (children) have learned to swim, that’s all they need to do,” she said.

“We encourage kids to stay in the sport of swimming… and (recognise) the health benefi ts of swimming and the opportunit-ies that swimming creates later on.

“We want the kids to be safe in water. Once they are competent in water then what we want them to do is to develop their fl exibilities, the health benefi ts, the fi tness – and swimming can do all of that.

“If we keep kids in swimming we’ll have fi tter, healthier kids.”

Genesis Aquatic Centre head coach Brendan Keogh, who is also the head coach of Australia’s Paralympics swim team, said the SwimSPORT award is something “everyone at the aquatic centre is very proud of”.

“This award highlights the amount of teamwork that exists between the Genesis Aquatics swim teachers and coaches,” he said.

Ms McKitrick said key to the success of the swim school was having its swimming instructors “co-operate together and blend together to bring the kids through”, by each teaching a number of age and skill levels.

Located at Genesis Christian College, the aquatic centre is also home to a triathlon club.

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Samford State School’s student leaders are Courtney Combrink, Cate Gaskell, Eloise Taylor and Matisse Stone (back row) and Caitlyn Allen, James Atkins, Zac Panagiotopoulos and Niamh Bedggood (front row).

The sporting talent of a Mt Samson State School student has been recognised with the awarding of a

Future State Greats grant.The grant helps young triathete Ethan

Close and his family cover the cost of competing in events around Queensland.

“For me to be awarded a grant from Future State Greats... was a huge privil-ege,” Ethan said. “It helped Mum and Dad out with the huge costs of all my sports.”

Ethan was introduced to triathlon at school as “there were quite a few kids from Mt Samson doing them”.

“The thing I enjoy most about triathlons is being able to do three sports in one,” he said.

“I love the bike (leg) but my favourite part of a triathlon is the run because a lot of people are tired by then, so I use that to keep going to the fi nish.”

In February, Ethan represented Metro-politan North Region at the Queensland State Schools Championships for aqua-thon – a two-stage race with swimming and running – at Hervey Bay.

He fi nished sixth out of 92 competitors from 11 regions throughout Queensland, with 19 seconds splitting the fi rst six placegetters.

Ethan, a Cashmere local who has also competed at state titles for swimming, cross-country and athletics, has some big ambitions for his future sporting career.

“I would love to be a professional triath-lete and one day do an Iron Man triathlon, which is a 3.8km swim, a 180km bike and a 42.2km run, like my Dad,” he said.

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Look out for signs of eye damage

People are being urged to have an eye test – a simple test that could possibly save their sight – during Macular Degeneration Awareness Week from 22–28 May.

Macular degeneration, which causes progressive macula damage resulting in loss of central vision, affects more than 1.5 million Australians over the age of 50.

Symptoms include loss of central vision, diffi culty in adjusting to low light, dimming of colour vision, visual hallucinations, distorted vision, dark or empty spaces blocking the central fi eld of vision, and a gradual decline in the ability to see objects clearly.

Optometrist Andrew Wadley of Specsavers Strathpine says the macula is the central part of the retina, which helps us process visual images and is responsible for the ability to read, recognise faces and see colours.

“Macular degeneration affects the centre of your sight and can result in blind spots, blurred or distorted vision and eventual blindness,” Mr Wadley said. “This disease can go unnoticed for some time, but symptoms include the inability to see fi ne details, diffi culty driving and diffi culty recognising people’s faces.”

Many people are putting themselves at risk of irreversible blindness. Risk factors such as smoking, a diet low in omega 3 and insuffi cient exercise contribute to the prediction that the number of Australians affected by macular degeneration could increase to 1.7 million by 2030.

People most at risk are those aged over 50, who smoke and who also have a direct family history of macular degeneration. Smokers are three times more likely to develop macular degeneration than non-smokers.

While an eye test is key to detecting macular degeneration, new research reveals 56 per cent of Australians have put off having an eye test.

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But as soon as you start building up your orchard or getting a few head of cattle, you soon realise - unless you already have a creek - that the bore or dam that you’ve considered in the past (but put off) is really what you need.

If you already have a dam on your property, don’t assume that the water is suitable or that the dam can hold water permanently. You should do a water test.

Check the bank for any damage, that the banks are covered with the original top soil, and that there are no trees growing near the dam; tree roots can cause serious and expensive damage.

If you need to build a dam, make sure you use an experienced contractor. It will save you time and years of problems.

Although a bore can be expensive, if you do fi nd water, you will have a source of water that is more reliable than a dam.

You can try the services of a water diviner, as long as they’re recommended to you, or you can ask neighbours about any successful bores in the area and what their water quality is like.

And again, if you do hit water, make sure you get it tested before you give it to your plants or animals.

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The pHacts on soil acidityThe pHacts on soil acidity

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Soil acidity and alkalinity affects soil fertility and is a problem that gardeners and farmers often face.

If you’re having trouble growing plants, or if you’re thinking about starting a crop, you should give your soil a pH test. You can get test kits from your local gardening or produce store or online.

pH is a measure of the acidity and alkalinity of the soil using a scale from 1 to 14; where 7 is neutral, less than 7 is acid, and greater than 7 is alkaline.

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This has resulted in problems such as soil erosion, loss of soil structure, weed invasion, salinity, reduced water quality, and loss of biodiversity.

Across your property a minimum of 30 per cent cover of native vegetation will help productivity and maintain ecosystems.

Trees can enhance the value of your farm and increase productivity by providing shade and shelter for stock, windbreaks for crops and pasture, habitat for native wildlife and by stabilising soils to reduce erosion.

Thick strips of native trees and shrubs can also improve the survival of lambs and ewes, provide protection against drying winds, moderate temperature extremes, prevent pollution of streams by nutrient runoff, and provide effective barriers against windblown weed seeds such as Serrated Tussock.

Remnant vegetation can protect an area from rising water tables and salinity, and provide a home for native animals, including threatened species.

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If you have only remnant native vegetation on your property, fence it off to protect the native fl ora and fauna.

If you don’t have any native vegetation on your property, consider fencing off an area for native plant regeneration.

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This has resulted in problems such as This has resulted in problems such as soil erosion, loss of soil structure, weed soil erosion, loss of soil structure, weed invasion, salinity, reduced water quality, invasion, salinity, reduced water quality, and loss of biodiversity.and loss of biodiversity.

Across your property a minimum of Across your property a minimum of 30 per cent cover of native vegetation 30 per cent cover of native vegetation will help productivity and maintain will help productivity and maintain ecosystems. ecosystems.

Trees can enhance the value of Trees can enhance the value of your farm and increase productivity by your farm and increase productivity by providing shade and shelter for stock, providing shade and shelter for stock, windbreaks for crops and pasture, habitat windbreaks for crops and pasture, habitat for native wildlife and by stabilising soils for native wildlife and by stabilising soils to reduce erosion. to reduce erosion.

Thick strips of native trees and shrubs Thick strips of native trees and shrubs can also improve the survival of lambs can also improve the survival of lambs and ewes, provide protection against and ewes, provide protection against drying winds, moderate temperature drying winds, moderate temperature extremes, prevent pollution of streams extremes, prevent pollution of streams by nutrient runoff, and provide effective by nutrient runoff, and provide effective barriers against windblown weed seeds barriers against windblown weed seeds such as Serrated Tussock.such as Serrated Tussock.

Remnant vegetation can protect an Remnant vegetation can protect an area from rising water tables and salinity, area from rising water tables and salinity, and provide a home for native animals, and provide a home for native animals, including threatened species. including threatened species.

Native trees, shrubs and most native Native trees, shrubs and most native grasses are deep-rooted perennials that grasses are deep-rooted perennials that keep saline groundwater well below the keep saline groundwater well below the surface.surface.

If you have only remnant native If you have only remnant native vegetation on your property, fence it off to vegetation on your property, fence it off to protect the native fl ora and fauna.protect the native fl ora and fauna.

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Also consider linking the Also consider linking the native vegetation area to your native vegetation area to your bush areas of your neighbours bush areas of your neighbours to create a corridor for native to create a corridor for native animals.animals.

When it comes to managing When it comes to managing weeds, make sure you can identify weeds, make sure you can identify your natives - many native grasses your natives - many native grasses look like noxious weeds such as Serrated look like noxious weeds such as Serrated Tussock.Tussock.

For more help and information, join your For more help and information, join your local Landcare group - landcare.org.au.local Landcare group - landcare.org.au.

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The community garden operates under the principles of organic gardening, with no chemicals or pesticides used.

Hills Organic Garden President and co-founder Kathi Hildebrand said the goal of the group is to provide opportunities for people to “come together to grow fresh food, to learn, relax and make new friends”.

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New Zealand has produced some fantastic fi lms over the past decade. Movies such as The World’s Fastest Indian, Black Sheep, The Dark Horse, What We Do in the Shadows and Boy are testament to that claim.Now from director Taika Waititi, the maker of coming-of-age comedy Boy and hilarious vampire satire What We Do in the Shadows comes Hunt for the Wilderpeople, the highest grossing local fi lm at the New Zealand box offi ce. It’s also one of the funniest.Based on the book Wild Pork And Watercress by Barry Crump, the adventure-comedy movie sees troubled city kid Ricky (Julian Dennison) move to rural New Zealand to start a new life, while living with a foster aunt Bella (Rima Te Wiata) and the cantankerous Hector (Sam Neill).Things go awry and Ricky and Hector soon fi nd themselves on the run in the wild bush, after a national manhunt is ordered to fi nd the kid and Hector, who is suspected of kidnapping the rebellious boy.Also tracking the pair, who have to put their differences aside to survive the perils of the wilderness, are an overzealous social worker (Rachel House), her dim-witted police offsider Andy (Oscar Kightley), malicious hunters and the media.Hunt for the Wilderpeople has everything one would want from a comedy movie – funny and loveable characters, great comic set pieces and quotable lines of dialogue. Then there’s the great cinematography of the seemingly otherworldly bush locations.It also boasts a stack of memorable perform-ances, from screen veteran Neill eliciting a range of emotions, to hilarious cameos from the likes of Rhys Darby, Troy Kingi and writer-director Waititi, who appears as an analogy-challenged church Minister.Dennison, who popped up in the Australian family favourite Paper Planes, is a big nugget of comedy gold, stealing the show as the ‘bad egg’ who is endearing despite rarely cracking through his angry shell.It would have been great if the likeable character of Aunty Bella, played by Te Wiata of Sons and Daughters and the Full Frontal comedy show fame, had more screen time.Hunt for the Wilderpeople gradually becomes more ridiculous but like the Pixar animated fi lm Up, it’s also a touching tale of love gained and lost and the gap between generations becoming smaller through an unlikely alliance.Mixing a down-to-earth spirit with dashes of the fantastical, Hunt for the Wilderpeople is a funny and odd buddy fi lm that fans of movies like Boy, Son of Rambow and Belle and Sebastian should love.

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Following a successful debut in 2015, a showcase of local artists will return in June.

The second Samford and Surrounds Arts Trail and Open Studios will see 31 art-ists exhibit work in 22 venues in 12 suburbs.

The month-long event will see celebrated local painters, sculptors, wood turners, textile artists, jewellers, glassmakers and ceramicists invite the community into their work spaces and exhibiting areas.

Visitors will have the opportunity to meet the artists and view and discuss their work. Some studios will host demonstrations by the artists.

Glass artists Peter and Carol Williams will open up their art studio, Gum Blossom Cottage Creations at Mt Glorious, to the

public throughout June.The couple has been making glass

artwork, jewellery and bowls for the past 26 years and has been invited to exhibit

their work in London and New York.Mrs Williams said it was exciting to

show and explain the process of creating her art pieces to visiting art lovers.

“We set up our studio… and we actually

show the process of how we start off with two pieces of glass and then it progresses to how we do our patterns,” she said.

“Most people spend half an hour or more, sometimes an hour, just talking about it before they look at anything else.”

The other participating art studios are at Dayboro, Mt Glorious, Highvale, Clear Mountain, Samford Valley, Ocean View, Camp Mountain, Mt Samson, Samford Village, Cedar Creek, Cashmere and King Scrub.

All art studios will be open every Saturday and Sunday in June from 10am to 4pm.

For more details includ-ing maps visit www.creative

samford.com/arts-trail-and-open-studios.Trail booklets featuring artists and their

locations are available from libraries and the Samford Visitor Information Centre at John Scott Park in Samford Village.

As a teenager playing in bands in London in the 1960s, John Waters “found a lot of inspir-

ation in John Lennon’s gutsy songs” during his time in The Beatles.

Flash-forward 25 years and Waters, by then an established Australian fi lm and television actor in titles such as Breaker Morant, All the Rivers Run and Grievous Bodily Harm, devised Lennon: Through a Glass Onion with singer/pianist Stewart D’Arrietta.

Waters said the theatrical concept show about “John Lennon, the man and his music” really “hit the spot – more by luck than by good management perhaps” when it premiered in 1992.

“(The fi rst show) was at the Tilbury Hotel in Sydney in a room which sat 85 people at round tables, and I had to crawl over the tables to get on to a tiny stage,” he recalls.

“We had such a reaction there that it went on and on”, to include sold-out shows at the Sydney Opera House and a three-month engagement in London’s West End.

Waters revived Lennon: Through a

Glass Onion in 2001 and again in 2011, in between acting roles in popular TV shows such as All Saints and Offspring.

Part concert and part biography, Lennon: Through a Glass Onion reveals the essence of the life and talent of the iconic musician, and features songs such as ‘Imagine’, ‘Revolution’, ‘All You Need is Love’, ‘Come Together’, ‘Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds’, ‘Working Class Hero’, ‘Jealous Guy’, ‘Help’ and ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’.

“It’s a dream-like trip inside John Lenn-on’s head with all the songs swirling around and mixed up with spoken monologue,” Waters said. “I’m just inhabiting Lennon. I don’t do a direct impersonation, but get inside his head for a while.”

Waters and D’Arrietta are bringing Lennon: Through a Glass Onion back to

Australia, including a show at the Eatons Hill Hotel on 4 June, following a 16-week season in New York City.

“I have the advantage in Australia that people know me and they’re predisposed maybe to be interested in what I’m doing, whereas being unheard of in New York City, for example, it was the show itself that our success depended on,” Waters explains.

“It was a great challenge, we got great reviews and we got nominated for a Dramafest Award, which is one of the big off-Broadway theatre awards over there, and the fact that we got picked from hundreds of shows... was fantastic.

“The way we started as a two-man show is the way we do the show now, it’s the way we took it to New York City and it’s by far the best way to tell this story.”

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Following a 16-week season in New York, Stewart D’Arrietta and John Waters are bringing their John Lennon-themed show to the Eatons Hill Hotel on 4 June.

Peter Williams, Jennifer Redmond, Shan Wood, Carol Williams and Helen Evans are participating in a regional art trail throughout June.

Follow the trail to Samford’s artistic delights

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It’s a date27 MAYStand Up Comedy NightEnjoy side-splitting laughs provided by comedians Cal Wilson, Dave O’Neil and Damien Power at the Eatons Hill Hotel from 8pm. www.eatonshillhotel.com.au.

5 JUNEPine Rivers Charity Fun RunFun run at Les Hughes Sports Complex at Bray Park, with proceeds assisting Rotary Club of Pine Rivers Daybreak’s local and community projects and Rotary International’s work worldwide. www.pineriverscharityfunrun.org.au.

29 MAYDayboro Day FestivalDayboro’s biggest day of the year – celebrating the ‘town of yesteryear’ for the 25th time. Six hours of fun from 8.30am. www.dayborodistrict.com.au.

UNTIL 29 MAYMoreton Bay Region Art AwardsExhibition of art awards entries at Pine Rivers Art Gallery and the Strathpine Community Centre. www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/artawards.

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ARANA VIEW CLUB: Luncheon meeting Wednesday 1 June at Arana Leagues Club, Dawson Parade, Keperra, 10.30am for 11am. Guest speaker from the RACQ, trading table & raffles. Two-course lunch inc. tea/coffee $25. Bookings: 3300 3733 by 4pm, 30 May. Arana VIEW welcomes new members and visitors to meetings and social activities each month. Arana VIEW supports The Smith Family: www.thesmithfamily.com.au/view

AUSTRALASIAN NATIVE ORCHID SOCIETY (QLD.) KABI GROUP Inc. meet 7.45 pm on Second Tuesday each month (except January) at Bald Hills Memorial Hall 2126 Gympie Road, Bald Hills. Ph 0414 761 367 or 3399 9208, web www.ourshopfront.com/kabi

BIRD WATCHING: along the South Pine River. Meet second Wednesday of month at 7.30am at Kumbartcho Sanctuary, 15 Bunya Court Drive, Eatons HiIl. To register phone 3325 1577 or email [email protected]

BRENDALE EVENING VIEW CLUB: meets for dinner with a guest speaker on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at Wantima Country Club, 530 South Pine Road, Brendale. Fun and friendship for women of all ages as well as supporting The Smith Family. Phone Anna on 3425 2937 or 0400 557 082.

BRISBANE BOOK AUTHORS: Non-profit, social networking/information sharing for published authors. Group meets at 6.30pm on 3rd Wednesday of each month at varying Brisbane venues. Upcoming guest speaker topics include: public speaking, book launches, grammar? For more information or to register your interest email Carolyn Martinez at editor@hawkeye publishing.com.au or find Brisbane Book Authors on Facebook.

BUNYA TOASTMASTERS CLUB: meet 1st & 3rd Wed of month, 7pm at Aspley AFL Club, Graham Rd, Carseldine. Develop leadership & communications skills in a supportive, friendly environment. Ph 3889 6335 or 0409 053 455.

@CREATIVESAMFORD: A community group whose aim is to increase the visibility of the arts in the local area. We have regular activities and events throughout the year. Go to www.creative samford.com for full details.DAYBORO ART GALLERY: Cnr Williams Street & Mt Mee Road, Dayboro. Open daily 10am - 3pm. Paintings, pottery, art. Ph 3425 2000. DAYBORO LIONS FAMILY MOVIES: “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” screening 18 June at Dayboro Community Hall at 7pm. Doors 6.30pm. Cost $6/person, $18/family. Phone 0466 619 660. For movie schedule email [email protected]. DAYBORO MARKETS: 1st Sun of the month, 8am, cnr Williams & Heathwood Streets. Find a bargain, new or pre-loved, fresh produce & plants. New stallholders welcome! Site fee $15. Contact 3425 2456 or 3425 2260. Money raised goes to chosen charities and local community.DAYBORO MENS SHED: meets Mondays 10am-4pm. Woodworking, metalworking & involvement with other community groups. Contact Mike 0435 204 456 or email [email protected] TRAIL RIDERS: Meet 4th Sunday of month at 8am. Ph 0475 383 553.LAWNTON POULTRY CLUB: Meetings first Tuesday of month from 7.30pm at Pine Rivers Showgrounds, Gympie Rd, Lawnton. Ph 5499 0553 or email [email protected] IN THE ZEN TRADITION: in Samford every Tuesday, 7pm to 8.30pm at the old Catholic Church, cnr Samford & Camp Mountain Rds. Individual instructions each night. Beginners welcome. $5 donation requested. Phone 3298 5094.NATIVE PLANTS QUEENSLAND: Samford Branch meets on the first Tuesday of each month (except January) at 7.15pm at the CWA Hall, Main St, Samford Village. Email: [email protected]. Pine Rivers Branch meets on the third Sunday of each month at noon at various garden and parks. Ph. Jan 3285 3322.

NATIONAL SENIORS ALBANY CREEK: meets 2nd Friday of each month at Albany Creek Community Centre, Ernie St, Albany Creek at 5.30pm. Speakers, entertainment & interest groups inc. dining out, reading, craft, photography, golf, theatre & more. Ph Len 0488 744 706. www.nsaalbanycreek.org.auPINE RIVERS CATCHMENT ASSOCIATION: Activities relating to integrated catchment management. Meets 2nd Tuesday of month at Kumbartcho Sanctuary, 15 Bunya Pine Ct, Eatons Hill. Phone Graham 0415 127 959.PINE RIVERS CROQUET CLUB: Social croquet players welcome at the clubs grounds at Joe David Park, Brendale on Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday mornings, 8.30am to 11am. All equipment provided. Ph Carolyn 3298 5576.PINE RIVERS VIEW CLUB: meets 3rd Wed of month for lunch at Murrumba Downs Tavern, 10.30 for 11am. Interesting speaker. Outing 1st Wed of month. Ladies come and meet new friends. Vistors welcome. Ph Sandra 3425 2738 or Elizabeth 3886 4937.PROBUS CLUB SAMFORD VALLEY: meets 3rd Thursday of each month, 10am at Samford Bowls Club. Guest speakers, monthly outings. Contact Betty 3351 4572.QUEENSLAND STEAM & VINTAGE MACHINERY SOCIETY: located at Old Petrie Town, open 9am - 1pm Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays. ‘Live Steam’ day first Sunday of month, when we fire up the boilers and run big engines as they were meant to operate. Ph Chris 3353 2349.SAMFORD AREA MENS’ SHED: meet every Tuesday at 9.30am for morning tea and chat at the Shed, Samford Showgrounds, Showgrounds Drive, Highvale. Web: www.samfordshed.org.au Email: [email protected] ART & CRAFT ASSOC: at the Slab Hut, John Scott Park, Main St, Samford. Wide selection of locally produced art and craft items. 10am-4pm, 7 days a week. Ph 3289 3113. www.thehutsamfordart andcraft.com.

SAMFORD DISTRICT HISTORICAL & MUSEUM SOCIETY: Museum open Wed and Sun 10am-3pm, Station St, Samford Village. Local & family history, research & displays. Group visits & tours by appointment. Ph: 3289 2743, email [email protected]; web:. www.samfordmuseum.com.au. New members welcome.

SAMFORD RSL: A pension officer attends every Tuesday and Thursday 9am - 12pm at 6 Progress St, Samford Village. A JP is usually in attendance during those hours. Please call 3289 6928 for an appointment. Email to [email protected] re: our meetings and functions.

SAMFORD VALLEY MARKETS: 2nd Saturday of month (excluding January), 7am-12pm, cnr Mt Samson Rd & Serendipity Drive, Samford. Fresh produce, arts & crafts, cakes inc. gluten free, plants, BBQ, morning teas, coffee. 40-50 stalls - new ones welcome. Ph Kate 0414 550 302.

SAMFORD WRITERS GROUP: meets the 1st Thursday of month. First-time or experienced writers, all genres. New members welcome. Email essential. Phone Barbara Cook on 3289 3046 or email [email protected] or [email protected]. www.samfordwriters.org.

TRUE BLUE CARAVAN CLUB: We are a small Club on the north side of Brisbane with a very friendly group of people. We have a rally once a month of one week duration. Destinations within 300-400km of GPO. Use your caravans more often, make new friends and enjoy an active lifestyle. Ph Carol 3882 3227 or Lesley 3264 5053.

ZONTA CLUB OF PINE RIVERS: improving the lives of women & children locally & globally. Dinner meetings 2nd Wed of each month (except January), 6.30pm at Eatons Hill Hotel. Dinner $25pp. Phone 0413 451 764 or 0417 615 405 or email [email protected].


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Name: Paige TrembleClub: Pine Hills Hockey ClubTeam: Junior Turf 3Position: Goalkeeper

What age did you start playing hockey? At the age of seven.What is your biggest achievement in hockey to date? Brisbane under-11s, Metropolitan North under-12 School State Championships. What is your favourite/best hockey skill? Sliding/taking people out. What is your pre-game routine? To make sure all my lucky charms are there, then I start to stretch while taking to the girls.What are the best things about hockey? Is there a bad thing?Attributes needed to be a good hockey player. You need to have the right equipment and all the basic skills.The best things about my club. I like Pine Hills because everyone is friendly and I get more opportunities to play hockey and I can make more friends easier when it is a small club.Who is your sporting idol and why? Anna Flanagan because she is a really good hockey player and I love watching her play and score goals. What are your goals for sport? To one day rep for Australia or go to the Olympics. What advice would you give to other people considering trying hockey? To just give it a go and if you like (it) then keep going. If you don’t try you’ll never know. What are your three favourite sporting teams? The Hockeyroos, the Kookaburras and North Queensland Cowboys. What are your interests outside hockey? I like to draw and play with my dog and my other sport I do is surfi ng.

My sportingMy sportinglifelife The Junior World Cup dreams of local

hockey player Jacob Anderson are closer to becoming reality.

The Pine Rivers St Andrews Hockey Club member was selected to attend a Hockey Australia training camp at the Australian Institute of Sport this week.

The fi ve-day camp in Canberra is the next step in selection to the Australian under-21 squad to prepare for the Junior World Cup to be held in India in December.

The players are also in line to play for Australia at the Sultan of Johor Cup

tournament in Malaysia in October. Anderson, who plays as a forward or

midfi elder, was selected for the training camp after winning a bronze medal for Queensland at the Australian under-21 national championships in Sydney in April.

The Mackay product plays alongside Australian Olympic gold medallist Liam de Young and ex-Queensland Blades players

Brent Garske, Ryan Gibbs, Craig Smith Andrew Butturini and Scott Richards with the Saints in the Brisbane Hockey League.

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Jacob Anderson in action for Queensland at the Australian Under-21 Hockey

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