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RoxFM wins againBy Millie Thomas

Community involve-ment was key to local radio station

RoxFM receiving their most recent, and possibly most prestigious award – the Community Broadcasters Association Australia’s award for Best Station Production.

Th e national awards were held in Sydney on S aturday night, with station represent-atives Julian Tregenza, Teresa Malcolm, Kerryn Jones and Kylie Piper attending the event.

Th e awards recognised the 60 second intro to country music show Outback Tracks (Sundays, 10.30am until 12pm), a piece that was writ-ten and produced by one of the show’s regular listeners.

It was judged the winner against productions from community radio stations right across the nation.

“What was recognised by the Community Broadcast Association of Australia was the fact that the award was for the Outback Tracks in-troduction, which is a 60 sec-ond musical ditty,” explained show presenter and previous Station Manager Julian Tre-genza. “I think the reason the CBAA was so impressed with it, is because it truly epitomises what community radio is all about.”

Local listener Alex Camer-on was inspired to create the

show’s award winning jingle on a typical evening on his porch in Roxby Downs.

“I sat out under the veran-da in Roxby, got very drunk, wrote and recorded a short, messy intro tune for the country music radio show,” Alex recapped honestly. “Th is tune has just won a national award for radio production. Th ank you and congratula-tions to JT and everyone at RoxFM. You lot Rox!”

“And it’s a great produc-tion,” Julian said. “It shows how community radio truly does involve the entire com-munity if you’re on commer-cial radio, you just couldn’t do this!

“Community radio is all about community involve-ment.”

Acting Station Manager Teresa Malcolm said RoxFM took to the awards night like old hands.

“We were the loudest, the craziest, the silliest and I must say we would probably be the most honoured of the night too. We are just very proud of what we do,” she said. “Everybody should be very proud of what they do for their station.”

“It shows how RoxFM is part of the community, but the community is also a big part of RoxFM,” added Julian. “If you want to be involved in an award winning commu-nity radio station – call 8671 2545 – it’s easy, and it’s fun!”

Acting 105.5 RoxFM Station Manager Teresa Malcolm and previous Station Manager Julian Tregenza with the coveted award.

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By Millie Thomas

E ver wanted to make curry in a hurry, but have no idea where to start? Falguni Solanki has come to the rescue!

Originally from Gujarat, West India, Falguni makes

delicious Indian curries every day, and answered local

demand after the spicy fumes stirred interest in local

passers-by.

“Whenever I’m cooking and the courier guys or

someone comes to the house they just say ‘oh, it smells

good!’” Mrs Solanki told Th e Monitor last week. “Th ey

say, ‘I love to have curry, but I don’t know how to

make it!”’

Quelling popular rumour that curry making is long

and tedious work, Mrs Solanki said curries can take

only a matter of minutes to create.

“I think a lot of people think making a curry takes

a lot of time and a lot of eff ort, so I thought I’d better

do a cooking class and let them know it’s not hard,

it’s easy!” she said.

Mrs Solanki was taught the art of curry making by

her mother, following popular Indian tradition that

women should know the curry making ropes before

they become married.

Running her classes in rounds of three (curry, rice

dishes and breakfast and quick snacks), Mrs Solanki

has taught up to 15 local women how to make chicken,

salmon, chickpea, lentils and French fry curries! (Yes,

you read correctly, French fries!).

“Th at’s especially for kids because it doesn’t have

any chilli, but it’s still a curry and kids can eat it,” Mrs

Solanki explained.

With two rounds of lessons down, Mrs Solanki will

be completing her third round of classes in the new

year, and hopes to hold a special event at the end.

“I’m thinking of doing some Roxby Curry Mas-

terchef competitions! I’m just looking for sponsorship

and we’ll see how it goes.”

Mrs Solanki thanked the support of her family, for

allowing the classes to go ahead.

“My husband and kids, they help me a lot. My

husband has given me lots of support, so I’m really

thankful for him, because he has looked after the kids,”

she said.

Mrs Solanki charges $35 per person for the class-

es, with participants greeted with mango lassi, spice

samples and a taste of all food produced.

All left over proceeds are then sent to support or-

phanages in India.

For more information on Mr Solanki’s curry cook-

ing classes, visit the Facebook page at https://www.

facebook.com/groups/622471741136592/.

Curry in a hurry!

Falguni Parmar Solanki has mastered the art of curry making and

is sharing her skills with the Roxby community.

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Local team fi nalists at SA Health Awards

By Millie Thomas

The team at Roxby Health Services were last week recognised as one of three

fi nalists in the Premiers Award category at the SA Health Awards in Adelaide.

Th e awards recognise and reward individuals, teams, programs or projects that have signifi cantly im-proved the delivery of health ser-vices to the South Australian com-munity.

Roxby Health Services Executive Offi cer Janine Connell said it was the third time the team had been nom-inated for an SA Health Award, but the fi rst time they had made it to the fi nalist level.

Th e team was recognised for pro-moting community well-being in a remote mining town, where Mrs Connell said they had explored a number of avenues.

“We do that by a multitude of programs that we develop and we

continually revise and streamline to keep relevant to the community, so as the community changes, we meet regularly and gather feedback and adapt the program to the changing needs of our community,” she said earlier this week.

Th e team connect with over 200 people weekly through a combina-tion of community programs that include a coff ee morning, toddler story time, multicultural group, hy-drotherapy, My Time, Strengthening our Families, Big Warm Welcome, Community Midwife, Community Health Nurse and Aboriginal Liaison as well as established links with the Child and Family Health Clinic.

“A lot of the positive outcomes relate to people being connected up socially,” Mrs Connell explained. “Social isolation is a big factor when someone moves to Roxby Downs, so through our programs we’re able to assist them to establish social net-works; we’re also able to support people.

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Friday 22 November 2013We’re heading to Roxby Downs for our last Out of the Glass Case Road-show for 2013!We’ll be visiting Roxby Downs Area School and bringing them sessions suitable for early years students, all the way up to students in Year 12.

(R-Yr 12).

which animals they came from (R-Yr 12).

Community Twilight EventRoxby Downs Area School Library6-8pm, freeWe invite the community of Roxby Downs and surrounds to come along to the Roxby Downs

natural science and history questions answered by the experts. All welcome!

- See more at: http://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/learn/mobile-museum/out-of-the-glass-case-

Johnston Withers Lawyersare now visiting Roxby Downs each month

Offering professional legal advice and representation in most areas of law including:

Nic Kernahan and Emma Wilkinson will next be in attendance at

For appointments, contact us at:

Telephone: (Adelaide) (Pt Augusta)Fax:

Contact us for our “Wills Package”

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Feeling welcome in the Yakarti Room

MIriam Alford with students in the new Yakarti room at RDAS

By Millie Thomas

Indigenous students at Roxby Downs Area School have been assigned a ‘Yakarti’ room, a

space to do activities, catch up and relax – and they love it.

The space, which was opened this term, has been designed to give the students not only a space to receive Government funded learn-ing assistance, but also space to hang out and act as enticement to keep the kids interested in school.“Th ey’ve got their own room now,” said Sandy Gibb, Aboriginal and Community Education Officer (ACEO). “Th ey’re happy to come in here, they don’t have to ask...Th ey just relax, and sometimes get a little crazy, but they love it!”

Students using the room have said they get more of a chance to work with each other, and make new friends, and feel completely welcome in the room.

“It’s something diff erent,” student Connor said. “It’s the sort of room you can chill out in at recess and lunch.”

“You always feel welcome here.”It also provides a platform for

heightened communication between the students’ parents and the school, as Sandy explained. Parents are wel-come to drop in for a cuppa and chat.

“We’ve also got a more formal way

of getting community opinions with our ‘Family Voices Forum’,” Sandy ex-plained. “We’ve had three meetings already, and they’ve proved really popular.”

“We can let people know about the things we do in the room, and they can fi nd out about what their kids are doing in school. Whatever the fam-ilies want to talk about really – they can bring up any issues they have and we can work together on them.”

She also said there have been in-dications of a lesser absenteeism rate from reluctant students that have utilised the room. Students are also invited to bring a friend into the room at recess and lunchtimes, which has proven to be a popular move amongst students.

RDAS Assistant Principal Miriam Alford explained she had brought home to the students an important message following a recent visit with a famous Indigenous role model.

“I was really lucky to meet with Jessica Mauboy the other day, and she’s got this message, which is, ‘you’ve got to come to school, and you’ve got to make something of your own life’,” Mrs Alford said last week. “Th at’s her big, big message to everybody. We really welcome all the families and want to keep talking to each other about what’s impor-tant. W ithout each other, really, you might have materialistic things, but

it’s people that are important.”She said the extra help in

the building had enabled more movement from students to get to school, and helped families become more involved in the school.

“Especially I think some middle school kids, who are often hard to get out of bed!” Mrs Alford said.

Muloorina Station goes into Top Gear

By Millie Thomas

Internationally renowned ‘Top Gear’ host Richard Hammond made a trip to the South Australian outback last

week, as part of filming for his new series.

In a sharp change from the methanol fuelled, boys toys ‘Top Gear’, broadcaster, writer and journalist Hammond’s new pro-gramme ‘Big Weather’ will be broadcasted on BBC1.

Th e three part series aims to capture the full force of the world’s most extreme weather experiences in the natural world.

Almost a week’s worth of fi lming was done at Muloorina Station – 54 kilometres North West of Marree.

According to local reports, Hammond’s crew hired rental cars and drove up to the station after fl ying into Roxby Downs last week. Popular rumour also suggests some locals were asked to act as extras in fi lming.

According to information released by the BBC, “remarkable sequences will bring to life in stunning detail the epic journey a tornado takes across a dusty plain; the beautiful microscopic world of a hailstone forming inside a cloud; a time slice of a lightning strike; and the inside of a fi re-storm,” said BBC Head of Commission-ing for Natural History and Science, Kim Shillinglaw.

“Richard will fl y a light aircraft into a hailstone storm, show us how to destroy a house with just six inches of water and have an avalanche detonated right on top of him,” she said.

AAA snss eaky shot of Richard Hammond (LEFT) at Muloorina

Station last weekend.


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Tyler and Peta Berryman and Deb

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Norm and Pam Evans

Back: Clancy and Hamish and front:

Whitney and Kiaran at Win it in a Minute.

Anna Gubbin, Ana, Sienna,

Isabelle, Kymberley and Shantaia at the cupcake stand.

Caitlin and Peter McDougall having fun playing the coin slide.

Ash and Lewis O’Hara,

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The Rotary Club of Roxby District presents

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Please note: No alcohol or water pistols/bombs permitted on float during procession and lollies need to be wrapped. Thank you.

Saturday, November 30, 2013

FLOAT REGISTRATION FORM

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Please return this form to Roxby Hourglass Jewellers or Raine & Horne or Fax 8671 3366 before Saturday, November 30, 2013.

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By Millie Thomas

The Andamooka Press, a ten page newsletter produced in Andamooka, has a new editor in local Carmel Dahl.

Carmel, who has lived in Roxby Downs since Feb-ruary this year, lived previously in Andamooka for two years, and Marla in Outback SA for three years – where she worked in a similar position with a local publication.

Th e fi rst edition of the Andamooka Press created under Carmel’s watchful eye will be released later this week.

In coming editions, she hopes to include informa-tion about the Andamooka Progress Opal Miners’ Association, the Andamooka Primary School, the CWA and the local hospital.

“I will be attending all the progress association meetings and I’ve got a few people that I know in Andamooka that will hopefully provide me with the information I need,” Carmel explained.

“I hope everyone in the community, if they have information will let me know, so I can put it in the newspaper!”

Carmel lives in Roxby Downs with her pet chooks and dogs.

To alert Carmel of information that should be in-cluded in the Andamooka Press, call 0429 486 026.

Th e position has been funded by the Andamooka Town Management Committee (ATMC)

Th e A n d a m o o k a To w n Management Committee has enlisted the help of engineer-

ing fi rm GHD to plan and execute development of the community hub, and further reaching projects.

Locally run GHD will undertake consultation with the community to structure a plan to be implemented over a long term basis, for the de-velopment and improvement of the community’s hub, and eventually wider areas of the town.

“One of the things that got me, was that they are going to assign a dedicated community consultation consultant specialist to get the com-

munity thinking about how, and what

they want,” said ATMC Administra-

tor Deb Allen.

GHD will also run and release

the designing of plans, and concept

drawings, that will ideally refl ect the

majority of the community’s wishes.

“It will be developed around this

community,” Ms Allen said. “Th ey

will have the opportunity to put in

what it is wanted.

“We’ll start at the nucleus and

gradually work our way out,” she said.

“However it’s got to be realistic as

well to fi t in the budget.”BY MILLIE THOMAS

R enaissance Uranium (ASX:RNU) has re-com-menced diamond drilling at its 1050 East copper-silver-cobalt prospect within Olympic

Dam’s iron-oxide, copper-gold-uranium (IOCGU) belt in South Australia.

Drilling will target extensions at depth and along strike from the new copper-cobalt-silver zone inter-sected in Renaissance’s fi rst pass drilling completed last month.

Grade and width are inferred to increase at depth, with induced polarisation data indicating strong sul-phide development along strike of the Angle Dam fault to the near south.

Th e 1,000 metre program is expected to be complet-ed in mid-December with results due shortly thereafter.

Carmel takes Editor’s position

GHD runs Andamooka feasibility study

Renaissance Uranium drilling

near OD

Carmel has taken up the position of editor of the Andamooka Press

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TEXT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE EDITOR ON 0439 898 159TEXT TALK or email [email protected]

HAVE YOUR SAY

Do you think a community bus service would be

useful in Roxby Downs?

Yes, I think it would be

good. It would help because you won’t get sore feet from riding on your

scooter.Jhy

McCarthy

Yes, because it would be much better than having to walk

everywhere.Rhayanee, Jessica and Chloe

Nice to see the library introducing new magz not purchased from the local retailers, and the ‘community orientated’ council also

shopping out of town. That’s COMMUNITY shopping local??Local Shopper

It looks like it might be a cooler summer this year! Only two so far over 36c. Ooohhh nice!!

Too Cool

The RDAS Enterprise Evening was a massive success - job well done kids!!

Proud Parent

After all the fuss, the Andamooka Splash Pad has proven to be a winner amongst locals... surprise surprise! Well

done to all the team that got this project going.Thumbs up!

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The dangers of diabetesBy Millie Thomas

The celebration of World Diabetes Day 2013 last Th ursday serves as a timely reminder to locals the dangers of the mishandling of both

types one and two diabetes.

A silent assassin, diabetes is a condition that inhib-its the body’s ability to produce insulin, and slowly impacts upon numerous bodily functions.

Unfortunately, Roxby Downs residents are not im-mune to the onslaught or eff ects of diabetes, how-ever there are services available to those with the condition.

Services range from counselling, education, diet and nutritionists, advice on self-management, occu-pational therapy, specialised pharmacy visits, phys-iotherapy and help with vision loss are all available through bookings.

Th e services are provided by visiting Allied Health

Services, who practise in Roxby Downs periodically, in many cases monthly.

Statistics show that one in two people living with diabetes are undiagnosed, and keeping that in mind, Community Nurse Jazzy Grenville urged people to see their doctors.

“With the prevalence of Diabetes continuing to increase, World Diabetes Day is aimed at raising its awareness,” Ms Grenville told Th e Monitor last week. “I urge anyone concerned to ask your GP for a diabe-tes test, particularly those with family members with diabetes or are overweight who are at greater risk.”

According to Diabetes Counselling Online, Diabe-tes is among the top 10 causes of disability, resulting in life-threatening complications such as heart dis-ease, stroke, lower limb amputations and blindness.

Two-hundred and eighty people diagnosed with diabetes in Australia every day.

For more information about diabetes or to get your-self checked, call Roxby Health Services on 8671 9020.

The ‘silent assassin’ ... get your blood/sugar level checked!

A $200,000 reward is still on off er to anyone who can help locate the remains of Coober

Pedy woman Karen Williams after ground penetrating radar was used last week.

Th e Australian Federal police search continued last week after the arrest of 42-year-old Mount Gambier man Nikola Novakovich on Wednesday, November 7.

He has since been charged with the murder of the teenager and remanded in custody.

Novakovich is a former Coober Pedy resident and was allegedly the last to see Williams before she disap-peared on August 4, 1990.

ABC Online last week report-

ed Novakovich allegedly raped and murdered Williams, but someone else disposed of her body in a disused mine shaft.

Novakovich had been questioned several times in the 23 years since the teenager’s disappearance.

Th e ground penetrating radar used last week is believed to have identifi ed an area of disturbance, which will be analysed before police continue the search in an identifi ed area of interest.

The area is the same area police searched in July this year.

Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or online at www.sa.crimes-toppers.com.au.

$200,000 reward still on offer

Congratulations to the Year 12s! You all looked wonderful at the formal.

Proud Mum and Dad.

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F linders Ranges & Outback tourism operators are invited to attend an Online Development Workshop presented by the SA Tourism

Commission in Port Augusta on Thursday, December 12.

Participation is free and open to those businesses listed on the Australian Tourism Data Warehouse.

Th e morning program will begin with expert guest presenter Julia Campbell who will talk about Website Content Marketing, which will be followed by updates from Explorers Way Touring Route and the local Vis-itor Information Centres.

Representatives will provide information about the latest online opportunities for Flinders Ranges and Outback tourism businesses.

Th e afternoon session will cover four topics: Trip Advisor, mobile responsive websites, Google + and the Australian Tourism Data Warehouse.

Th e information will be presented by SA Tourism Commission Online Development staff , who will also be available for individual meetings to answer ques-tions about online marketing and distribution.

Th e workshops will be held at the Port Augusta Business Centre at 2a Stirling Road.

Relevant businesses are invited to register partic-ipation and to gain more information about specifi c sessions by emailing [email protected] or calling (08) 8463 4591 by Monday, December 2, 2013.

By Millie Thomas

W ith Roxby Downs now spanning a larger land mass than ever before, locals have posed the question; ‘is it time to get a

community bus service’?

Th e service would no necessarily be a 15 minute pick up metro style service, but rather a sched-uled service in aid of school pick up and drop off s, shopping centre routes and possibly the odd booze bus service.

Th e idea was raised recently by Roxby Downs Area School Assistant Principal Miriam Alford, who hoped the service could help deter student absenteeism.

“A few families don’t have the ability to get their kids to school, and at the moment, we don’t have any way of subsidising that at all, because the school bus is only for students travelling to and from Andamooka,” Mrs Alford explained last week.

“But if you live here, and you live a long way away from the school and you don’t have a car, it particularly impacts on some families.”

Local mum, Candace, said she and her sister struggle to get their combined children up and off to school every morning.

Between them, they juggle six children between the ages of two and ten years.

Th e topic has been discussed at school ‘Fam-ily Voice Meetings’, which brings Indigenous students, families and their teachers together to discuss pressing issues and concerns, as well as off ering opportunity in brainstorming ways to aid students’ learning.

“So we’ve been talking about how we can work together with the community to try and help that,” Mrs Alford said.

“Everyone wants it to happen, everyone is com-mitted to bring their kids here but, if there was just some way, even just sometimes that people get picked up and dropped off , it just would be easier!

“Th ere’s a possibility in town that other people may need access to those services as well.”

Stringent red tape regulations mean that a pri-vate service could require both a large amount of money, and constant professional maintenance.

Is it time for a community bus?

Online Development

Workshop in Port

Augusta

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A community bus could help get more students to school on time and help other community members gain better access to local services.


RegionalR E A L E S T A T E

The Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) says the latest housing finance figures released by the

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show first home buyers are now at a record low despite total lending for housing growing in response to interest rate cuts, and the more positive housing outlook for much of the country.

Housing fi nance fi gures for September

2013 show, in trend terms, that the number

of owner-occupied fi nance commitments

rose by 0.4 per cent – following increases

of 0.7 per cent in August and 1.0 per cent

in July.

Th is was the lowest monthly increase, in

trend terms, since December 2012.

If refi nancing is excluded, in trend terms

for September, there’s been no change over

the previous month.

REIA President, Peter Bushby says, “In-

creases were recorded in all states except

Western Australia with the largest increase

in the Australian Capital Territory, up 1.9

per cent, in trend terms.”

“Th ough slowing down, increases con-

tinue with the purchase of established

dwellings up 0.5 per cent in trend terms

and the number of commitments for the

construction of new dwellings up 0.3 per

cent in trend terms,” Mr Bushby continued.

“However the purchase of new dwellings

fell by 1.1 per cent.”

Th e value of investment housing commit-

ments rose by 1.5 per cent, in trend terms,

in September resulting in well over a year

of consecutive monthly increases.

“Th e proportion of fi rst home buyers in

the number of owner-occupied housing

fi nance commitments fell to 12.5 per cent

compared to the August fi gure of 13.7 per

cent and is the lowest fi gure since data be-

gan to be collected in July 1991.

It is far lower than the long-run average

proportion of 20.1 per cent, despite eight

interest rate cuts since November 2011.”

“With the proportion of fi rst home buy-

ers at historic lows and fi gures indicating

no bubble in lending, the Reserve Bank

Board should be taking a ‘steady as she

goes’ approach in December,” concluded

Mr Bushby.

P arkside is the top suburb for people selling property in

South Australia for the third quarter in a row, according to data released by realestate.com.au today.

Th e top sellers’ markets data reveals that the fol-lowing ten South Austral-ian suburbs have the most people looking on average at each listing:

1. Parkside 2. Belair 3. Fullarton 4. Norwood 5. Aldgate 6. Burnside 7. Beaumont 8. Torrens Park 9. Edwardstown 10. Brighton Th e quarterly top sellers’

data reveals that Parkside is still popular with South Australian property hunt-ers, while demand in the suburb of Belair has in-

creased signifi cantly over the last three months as the suburb enters the list in second position.

Th ere are four newcom-ers – Belair, Burnside, Tor-rens Park, Edwardstown – to the top October ten list, with the suburb of Ful-larton re-entering the top 10 after falling off the list last quarter.

Real estate agent John McRostie from Smal-lacombe Real Estate in Kingswood says that it is the proximity of Parkside to the city which primarily attracts buyers to the area.

“I have been selling prop-erty in Parkside for the last 18 years, and in that time I have witnessed a number of diff erent growth periods. Th e most recent is an in-crease in demand from fi rst home buyers and young, professional couples who like to be close to the city. Additional conveniences like restaurants and cafes

I t’s a question many people face at some stage in their lives: ‘should I rent or buy my next property’?

Th ere are a number of factors to consider when making the big decision, so strap your-self in for the following real estate advice.

For many years, experts have claimed that rent money is dead money.

You can spend years paying regular rent on a home without coming out of it with any asset at the end, whereas with a mortgage you eventually end up with a home to call your own.

Recently, however, Australians have start-ed to come around to the idea of renting

homes. Data from the 2011 Australian Cen-sus showed a slight decline in outright home ownership from 2006 results, and a slight in-crease in rental tenures over the same period.

Homes can be a huge investment, and it doesn’t just stop when you’ve made the initial deposit.

Houses cost money to run, plus you’ll need insurance and no doubt have rates to pay too. If something breaks or goes wrong in your home, as the owner it’s up to you to fi x it.

When you’re renting, these costs often go to your landlord or property manager.

Generally, rent on homes is less than what the mortgage repayments are. Th is allows

renters to spend or invest money saved on other things.

Home owners, on the other hand, often get a sense of pride in having their own place. When you own a property you can make as many renovations and redecorations as you like, without having to check with the land-lord.

A home is also an asset that can be used as security when applying for loans. Making home loan repayments is also often seen as compulsory saving, plus there’s the added benefi t of knowing you only have to move out when you decide the time is right, not when the property manager or owner tells you to.

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Mr McRostie says that while Parkside is a large suburb, property in the area is relatively tightly held with residents re-luctant to leave the CBD-fringe area.

“Th ere is constant de-mand for property in Parkside. With more than 2000 properties, there is a natural generational progression of property turnover – with people looking to upsize, down-size and extend existing properties. Those who own property in the area enjoy the suburb and are generally reluctant to leave,” he says.

“For those considering selling their property, there is strong buyer in-terest which makes it a good time to sell. Th ere is increased positivity in the market following the elec-tion, combined with low interest rates and a slight jump in spring activity. If your property is present-ed and priced correctly, the buyers are there”.

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Community organisations are being off ered the chance to create a free television commercial or short doc-umentary to promote their services and the work of

their volunteers.

Minister for Volunteers Tony Piccolo said applications were now open through the Community Voices program, which matches Flinders University fi lm students with community organisations to create television commercials or short docu-mentaries to promote volunteering.

“Community organisations do great work around South Australia – and it wouldn’t be possible without the passion,

Stuey Orr Nukunu

let’s break the smoke cycle

Contact your local health service to get help quitting.

“ I WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO BE SMOKE-FREE.”

By Millie Thomas

E ighteen-year-old Nukunu local Stuey Orr is helping close the gap in Indigenous health outcomes, by speak-

ing up about his wish for the Roxby Downs community to be ‘smoke-free’.

A representative for an anti-smoking cam-paign run by Australian Government Initiative ‘Closing the Gap - Tackling Indigenous chronic disease’, Stuey, who has never smoked, said he thought a smoke-free community would pres-ent a better lifestyle for himself, his friends and his family.

Not only does Stuey hate ‘the smell’ of cig-arettes, but he also lost an uncle to a smoking related disease.

He said he encourages everyone around him to stay away from smoking, or try and give it up if they have already succumbed to the ad-diction.

‘Closing the Gap’ is part of the National Ab-original and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan, which was launched in July this year.

It features a 10 year plan for the direction of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health policy and hopes to set a foundation for fund-ing future investment and activity towards the factors that will contribute the most to closing the gap in life expectancy between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians and the broader population.

At present, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Is-lander people experience a burden of disease two-and-half times that of other Australians.

For information on quitting smoking, call Quitline on 13 78 48 .

LEFT: Stuey Orr’s campaign poster.

Stuey’s helping close the gap

Celebrating the work of our volunteers

dedication and commitment of our volunteers,” Mr Pic-colo said.

“I’m sure there are many community organisations that would benefi t from the publicity provided through Community Voices, which helps promote their fi ne work and, in doing so, encourage more people to get involved.

“Th e program also gives the fi lm students valuable experience in creating material for an important com-munity organisation.”

Mr Piccolo said that since the program started in 2006, a total of 50 not-for-profi t organisations have benefi ted from Community Voices.

Under the program, successful organisations are as-signed students from Flinders University’s Department of Screen and Media.

“Th is is a unique opportunity for organisations to ac-cess skilled students to develop a high quality promo-tional tool for their organisation, at no cost to them,” Mr Piccolo said.

Mr Piccolo said the Offi ce for Volunteers provides $50,000 to support the program.

Community organisations wishing to participate should lodge an application by 5pm on Friday, Decem-ber 6, 2013.

For more information on how to apply, contact the Offi ce for Volunteers on 1300 014 712 or visit www.ofv.sa.gov.au.

By Millie Thomas

Long time RoxFM volun-teer and trainee Leroy Doran successfully

completed his Certifi cate III in Media recently, receiving high accolades from his mentor and manager – pre-vious Station Manager Julian Tregenza.

18 year old Leroy, who has volunteered at 105.5 RoxFM for almost four years, was pre-sented with his study certifi -cate, as well as a certifi cate of appreciation from RoxFM at the Station’s AGM last Mon-day night.

Leroy said throughout his traineeship, he has learnt of a myriad of diff erent opportuni-ties in media, and completed a lot of media based activities.

“I’ve learnt so much!” he told Th e Monitor last week. “The main thing we learnt about doing was we did a few Vox Pops, which is similar to street talk only for radio. So we did a few of those for the fi rst

Market Day of the year, we did it for the races and played that on Th e Scoreboard.”

Leroy hosts his own radio show twice weekly (Tunes in the Dunes – Wednesdays 3pm to 4pm and Fridays 4pm to 5pm), helps out other shows with his panel operating skills and worked with Year 11s to completed his Certifi cate II in Media a couple of years ago.

“So I’ve done a fair bit over the years and helped out with special events as well,” Leroy said.

Leroy and his family have been invaluable contributors to RoxFM, holding positions on the board and dedicating countless hours to help the station keep singing, however they are relocating to Queens-land in 2014.

Leroy hopes to continue working with media in his new home town.

“I just also want to thank JT for everything that he’s done for me throughout my train-eeship,” he fi nished.

Leroy reaches media milestone

The South Australian Chamber of Mines (SACOME) last week

reported the Woomera Prohibited Area (WPA) Advisory Board would pre-pare its fi rst annual report on the balance of national security and economic interests in the Woomera Protected Area.

Th e report would include an assessment of existing coexistence policy and pro-cedures.

S A C O M E r e p o r t e d “Th e Board has received reg-ular briefi ngs on consulta-

tion that has occurred for the proposed legislative scheme, and these have in-cluded issues raised by exist-ing users about the current arrangements.”

The WPA Coordination Offi ce is now inviting inter-ested parties to make sub-missions on the experience of obtaining access to, and operating within, the WPA. Comments can be forwarded by email to [email protected] or fax (02) 6265 6313 before Wednesday, Novem-ber 27, 2013.

Woomera Protected Area submissions

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Saturday night saw the Roxby Downs Area School Year 12 class of 2013 celebrate the end of their schooling with a formal dinner.

All students were there in their fi nest, celebrating the evening with family, friends and teachers. The entire evening was organised by a dedicated group of students

who ensured that the auditorium and The Dunes looked wonderful, with Jayme Doran, one of the students, ensuring the night ran smoothly as the MC.All students looked wonderful and enjoyed the recognition of all of the

hard work they have put into their schooling in the past 13 years. Awards were given to all students from their home group teacher Mr Evans.

Madison Evans, Ruby Turner, Danielle Weir and Chelsea Brind returned the favour by presenting all of their Year 12 teachers with a special gift. Principal, Bek Pressler ended the formalities by congratulating and encouraging all students to take on all the challenges they face in

the future in the same positive way they have in the past.

Year 12s celebrate at formal

ABOVE LEFT: Becky Halloran and Callan Haugum.

ABOVE RIGHT: Madison Evans and Danielle Weir.

BELOW: Lizzi Bancroft and Joseph Starr.

RIGHT: Deb, David and Peter Allen with Cheree MacDonald.

RIGHT FROM TOP: Paul, Mel and Leatyn Nilsen with Asha Pedler and Erika Syvertsen.

Leroy Doran, April Newman and Christine, Shaun and Jayme Doran.

Lachlan Paul, Luke May, Tamsim Keogh-Paul and Wendy Cassidy.Lee Copeland, Andrew Hudson,

Chris Jones and Wade Ball.Trevor and Sian Bacon.

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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


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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

TBC

BUSINESS FORUM Laura Trotta 0412 734 964

TBC for 2014.

SPORTS and REC FORUMDamien Condon 0439 862 784

To be confi rmed.

COMMUNITY GARDENPatrik Ibele (08) 8671 0168

Wednesday, November 20 @ 7pm

7 Coolibah Drive

ENVIRONMENT FORUMAngela Neyland 0448 168 167

TBC 2014

ROXBY ROADSAFE MEETINGMichelle Hales 0418 833 818Thursday, December 12 @ 5.30pm

Council Boardroom

MULTICULTURAL FORUMSasha Yantewo (08) 8671 0010

Wednesday, November 20 @ 6pm World Food and Music Festival

2014 Planning. All welcome.

Council Boardroom

WOMEN’S NETWORKSasha Yantewo (08) 8671 0010Wednesday, November 20 @ 8.30am

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L iving in the desert doesn’t mean your garden has to look bare and boring.

Th ere are many colourful plants which thrive in our dry, sandy environment.

Th e plants best adapted for our area are those which are native to it, so a wonderful example of a fantas-tic fl owering plant to grow here in Roxby Downs is Sturt’s Desert Pea.

Red fl owers with a black centre are the most common variety of these plants, but there are others including those with pink and white centres. Sturt Desert Peas are also South Australia’s emblem fl ower.

You can either purchase a grafted plant from a nursery, or grow them from seed. Th ey will grow well in self watering pots, or you can plant them in the sand with a water-ef-fi cient drip irrigation system on a low setting.

Th ey require good drainage and full sun which is easy to provide in Roxby Downs gardens. And as they really don’t need much water or fertiliser they are fantastic plants to grow from an environmental sus-tainability perspective.

Growing Sturt Desert Peas in your own garden

If you are interested in learning more about diff erent plants and gardening techniques suit-able for our desert environment keep an eye out for the Roxby Downs Community Garden.

Our group of volunteers from the community is working towards building an arid smart dis-play garden and helping to provide information for the community about sustainable gardening practices.

We are also looking for new members to help

design and plant the garden and no experience

is necessary.

For more information about this group ring

Patrik Ibele 86710168 or email Angela Neyland

at [email protected] and

‘like’ the Roxby Downs Community Garden Page

for updates and gardening tips.

Just a couple of the different varieties of the Sturt Desert Pea.

M aintaining a lawn and garden can add up to expen-

sive water bills in Roxby Downs. Our water comes from the Great Artesian Basin, an underground aquifer with a finite supply, so anything that we can do to save this precious resource is very worthwhile.

Recycling water from cer-tain household tasks pro-vides a great source of ‘free’ water for the garden. Th is can reduce your water bill and help the environment.

Not all water can be re-cycled, but there are many things that are easy to do that require little more than a plastic bucket.

Legally for health rea-sons, storing grey water for future use is not allowed without an approved grey water treatment system which can be expensive.

Th is means that you can-not store water from your washing machine in a water tank as it can grow bacte-ria. However if you cap-ture some of the washing machine output water in a bucket and put it immedi-ately on lawns or trees, this is safe.

Another option is to put a bucket in the shower. In the kitchen, water used to wash fruit and vegetables can be

Water your garden for free

reused, as can water used to boil vegetables (just cool it fi rst). You could also capture the fresh water that comes out of a tap while you wait for hot water for dishes.

Water from dishwashing can’t be reused as it contains too many oils which are bad for your plants.

If you are thinking about re-using some of your grey water it is important to use grey water friendly household and personal products.

Th ese don’t contain chemicals

that can be harmful for plants like phosphates and bleach. These products are widely available in standard grocery stores and are often cheaper than chemical lad-en products.

It is also important to take care which plants you water with grey water. Lawns, trees and ornamen-tal plants are the best. If you are going to use it on edible plants it is important that the grey water doesn’t touch the part of the plant you eat.

So lettuce is out of the question,

however fruit trees are ok so long

as you don’t eat fallen fruit.

If you would like more green

tips for your home and garden,

‘like’ the Roxby Downs Environ-

ment Forum Facebook page. We

are a community run group and

would love to have new members.

Contact angela.neyland@rox-

bycouncil.com.au for more info

about meetings.

Did you know that cooled water used to boil vegetables can be reused?


ROXBY COUNCIL

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 8.30 to 5 pm weekdays

9.30 am to 12 noon SaturdaysTelephone 8671 0660 • Fax 8671 1418

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

Toddler Story Time 9.30 am Tuesday and Thursday.

Opening hours

9 am to 5 pm weekdays

Telephone 8671 0010 • Fax 8671 0452


After hours emergency

Mobile 0418 892 870

Web www.roxbycouncil.com

SERVICE SAWASTE MANAGEMENTLIBRARYCOUNCIL OFFICE

A re you travelling in a car or fishing in your boat over Christmas?

Don’t forget to check and update your vehicle and boat registrations.

Payments can be made in person at the Roxby Council offi ce or by using the online EzyReg system.

It is important to note the Roxby Council offi ce will be closed from 12 noon Tuesday, December 24, 2013 and will reopen in the New Year on

Th ursday, January 2, 2014. Also a reminder water and power

bills can be paid online via BPay or a direct debit can be arranged.

For further information contact Council staff on 8671 0100 or visit [email protected].

please deliver to the Library

Please contact the library on 8671 0550

if you have any questions.

Thank you for your support!

Support the 2013

Rox by D ow ns will celebrate International

Vo l u n t e e r ’s D a y o n T h u r s d a y , December 5, giving us time to refl ect and acknowledge the val-uable contributions of volunteers in our com-munity. International Volunteer Day was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1985 and is now celebrated around the world as a day to recognise volunteers in their communities.

“Roxby Downs has a high level of volunteer-ing in sport, the arts, the

environment, and emer-gency services as well has many other sectors of the community. We are all sincerely thankful for the generous eff orts of these volunteers,” said Michelle Hales, Executive Offi cer of the Community Board.

Over six million Aus-tralians make a diff er-ence in their local com-munity by volunteering each year, doing a wide range of tasks for a va-riety of organisations. People volunteer for many diff erent reasons; volunteering provides opportunities for people to share their skills with the broader communi-

ty, learn new skills and meet new people.

L o c a l l y , R o x b y Council is hosting a celebration evening at the Dunes. If you are a volunteer in the Roxby Downs community and would like to attend the celebrations please contact Sasha Yantewo on 8671 0100 or email [email protected].

Do you know of any outstanding Australians within the Roxby Downs community that could be nominated for an Australia Day

Award?

Th e community spirit and volunteer eff orts are what make Roxby such a thriving place to live. Community groups and members contribute to our town's vibran-cy, and now is the time to recognise those individuals and groups by nominating them for an Australia Day Award.

Th e 2014 Roxby Downs Australia Day Awards are open for nomination, and will be presented at the Aus-tralia Day celebrations (26 January 2014).

Th e awards categories include; Th e Citizen of the Year, Young Citizen of the Year, Community Event of the Year, Senior Sportsperson of the Year, Young Sportsperson of the Year, and Team of the Year.

Looking back on 2013, the past 12 months have been a time of celebration and refl ection, as Roxby Downs celebrated 25 years. Community events were once again a big part of Roxby life, bringing people together to entertain, educate, fundraise and celebrate. Commu-nity events are those that inspire the entire community and showcase Roxby Downs and Olympic Dam as the

positive place that we all cherish. Whatever event you have enjoyed most this year, be sure to nominate it for an Australia Day Award.

You are also encouraged to nominate individuals who have made an outstanding contribution during the current year and/or given outstanding service to the Roxby and Olympic Dam communities over a number of years.

Outstanding contribution and community service includes areas such as education, health, fundraising, charitable and voluntary service, business, recreation-al, environmental or other areas that contribute to the advancement and well being of the community.

Sporting groups and individual athletes are also an important part of regional culture, residents are en-couraged to nominate a sporting group or person who has made a diff erence or excelled in a sport.

To nominate, download a nomination form at www.roxbycouncil.com.au or alternatively pick up a form from the Roxby Council offi ce.

Completed nomination forms must be lodged by 5.00pm, Tuesday, January 10, 2014 at the Roxby Coun-cil Offi ce (6 Richardson Place, Roxby Downs).

Australia Day Awards Get yourself ready for the holiday season!

International Volunteer’s Day

2013 Award Recipients Cindy Harrichund (for Event of the Year: World Food and

Music Festival), Ayrton Koning, Vicki Mason.


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COMMUNITY BOARD VACANCY

The Roxby Downs Community Board Inc. is seeking nominations from interested members of the community

considered.

Nominations close 24 November 2013

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SITUATIONS VACANTFOR SALE

NRM Group MembersNOMINATIONS SOUGHT

The Board is seeking people with an

interest in natural resource management

and understanding of their local area to

become NRM Group members.

Vacancies exist within the Gawler Ranges,

Kingoonya, Marla-Oodnadatta, Marree-

Innamincka, Northern Flinders and the North

East Pastoral NRM Groups.

Information, maps of NRM Group

areas and nomination forms are

available from the NRM Board website

www.naturalresources.sa.gov.au/aridlands

or by contacting the Board’s office on

8648 5300.

Applications close 5pm Friday

17 January 2014.

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Come and Sing Christmas Carols!You will enjoy it and no one will hear you

blending in with the crowd!

Sunday evenings 7pm-9pm, November 3rd, 10th, 17th and 24thin preparation for

Carol Service: Sunday, 1st December at 7:30pm

Roxby Downs Community Church – Corner of Tutop/Burgoyne.

No Charge!

Just turn up or phone 86710270, email [email protected].

So far involving Sing Australia Roxby Downs, Roxby Downs Christian Community Church and New Life Christian Community Centre,

Roxby Youth Orchestra and Roxby Folk Club.

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Carols in the Car Park

At the Roxby Downs Christian Community Church Car Parksituated on the Corner Burgoyne and Tutop

Streets. On Sunday, December 1st at 7.30PM.

Safe flame candles available for purchase.BYO chairs.

A joint ministry of the Catholic, Lutheran and Roxby Downs Christian Community Churches

and the New Life Christian Community Church.

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105.5 RoxFM Community Radio Station Manager

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AndamookaFootball Club

AGMwill be held at the

MotoX ClubNovember 20th,

2013, 7pmBBQ supplied.

The Andamooka Football Club is seeking expressions of interest for

the Coaches position for the2014 season.

Interested applicants forward relevant details to AFC

PO BOX 65 Roxby Downs 5725. For further information contact

President Ian Tuohy on 0408 925 854. Applications close 4th December, 2013.

COACH WANTED

The Far North Football League AGM will be held on Monday, 2nd of Dec at 7.30pm

in the board room at the Roxby Club.

FNFL AGM

AGMWednesday, 27th November

7.30pmRoxby Club Board Room

Everyone welcome

Held on Friday 22nd November, 2013 8pm at the Club Rooms.

All new members are welcome.

For any questions please call Blair on 0407 605 824

Roxby Downs Sporting Car ClubAGM

Bowls resultsFriday, November

15, 2013Boom Recruits won by forfeit

Bowls of Steel (60) drew Allsorts (60)NFI (61) defeated

Bang Done Beers (59)

Bowl Burnders (67) defeated

Turf Ticklers (53)Desal (82) defeated

Rollers (38)Crowless (84)

defeated Carefactor (36)

NEWS from the pool

Thank you to all who donated goods for our

not be able to raise the money that is going to fund

Lap-a-thon

Carnival Information

Happy Swimming!

closing dates for each carnival nominations:

Northern Area Challenge Sunday, December 1, 2013

Whyalla Saturday, December 7, 2013.

Port Augusta Saturday, December 14, 2013.

Jamestown Sunday, February 2, 2013.

Quorn Saturday, February 22, 2013.

Booleroo Centre Sunday, March 9, 2013.

Port Pirie Saturday, March 15, 2013.

nominate for carnivals on:

A BBQ tea will be held after to celebrate the end of

sweet that would be great!

ABOVE:Robert ‘Tubby’ Gray and Don Shields received

the honour of Life Membership to the Roxby Downs Golf Club on the weekend.

Roxby Downs Golf AssociationRoxby Downs Golf Association2013 winners for presentation night2013 winners for presentation night

AWARD WINNER SCORE TROPHY

BEST NETT OF THE SEASON Adam Malm 64 PLAQUE

BEST STABLEFORD OF THE SEASON Craig Wilson 46 PLAQUE

BEST PAR ROUND OF THE SEASON Brad Cox .+5 PLAQUE

ECLECTIC (SCRATCH) WINNER 2013 Brad Cox 56 PLAQUE

BEST PUTTER OF THE YEAR (BEST OUT OF 3 ROUNDS)

Brad Cox 24, 24, 28

PLAQUE

BEST GROSS OF THE SEASON Wade Hooper 75 PLAQUE

HANDICAPPER’S CONSISTENT GOLFER (BEST STROKE, PAR & STABLEFORD ROUNDS)

Brad Cox 71, +5, 45

PLAQUE

BEST THREE NETT SCORES 2013 Chris Pillar 65, 69, 70

PLAQUE

BIGGEST HANDICAP REDUCTION OF THE SEASON

Tony Holbrook -2.1 PLAQUE

HANDICAP MATCH PLAY CHAMPION FOR 2013

Brad Cox 4 with 2

PLAQUE

PRESIDENT’S NIBLICK (3 BEST STABLEFORD SCORES)

Craig Wilson 46, 43, 36

PLAQUE

ECLECTIC (NETT) WINNER 2013 Tony Forrest 44 PLAQUE

DON CRAWFORD TROPHY 2013 (FORMALLY CAPTAIN’S TROPHY

Andrea Freeth PLAQUE

MOST IMPROVED LADY 2013 Andrea Freeth -1.3 PLAQUE

There was just the one game of T20 p laye d on the

weekend in the local c o m p e t i t i o n w i t h Olympic Dam taking on Roxby Rogues.

Rogues won the toss and elected to bowl fi rst. Adam Homer fell in the third over bowled by a good ball from Adrian Boulton for four. This brought Wally Hand to the crease to join Phil Stacey.

Th e pair batted well un-til Stacey was dismissed for 20 with the score on 51. Seb Holbrook was then dismissed for one off a sharp catch from Dave Kovac.

From there Hand and Jack White steadied the innings putting on a partnership of 53 with both players playing some great shots, until Hand was dismissed for 65 in the 14th over. Only one more wicket fell after this with Craig Nichols being dismissed for two off the bowling of Mill.

White and Moyse took the score to 5/164 at the end of the 20 overs. Best bowling fi gures for Rogues were Dadleh 2/26, Mill 1/15 and Boulton 1/21.

In response Rogues were put under early when opener Caden was bowled for a duck in the third over by Hand.

For the next few overs Mill maintained most of the strike scoring freely until he was dismissed for 33 with his team then 2/36. A further three

Ro x b y h o s t e d W h y a l l a o n Saturday after-

noon in the second round of the Inter-city cricket matches.

In almost perfect con-ditions Whyalla won the toss and elected to bat, getting a great start through a quick fi re 32 from S. Collison. A great catch by B. Hahn got Roxby’s fi rst wicket for A. Hand who was bowling well without luck.

In the thirteenth over S. Holbrook was intro-duced into the attack with immediate reward picking up two quick wickets to reduce Whya-lla to 3/82 from 19 overs. C. Beaty joined J Dunbar at the crease steadying the innings and building a matching winning 144 run partnership before B.

Hahn picked up his first Roxby association wicket by having Beaty caught on the bounda-

ry by a leaping P. Polu-jnikoff .

S. Holbrook then re-turned to the attack, picking up four wick-ets in his last two overs to fi nish the game with 6/38, he was well sup-ported by A Hand taking 1/39.

Whyalla finished at 8/265 from their 50 overs, best with the bat was Beaty (80), Dunbar (74) and Collison (32).

A much improved fielding performance from Roxby with no drop catches after last week’s 11.

Roxby’s run chase got off to a great start with D. Fisher and B. Baldey adding 78 for the first wicket before Baldey was out for 41, caught at mid-off trying to push along the score against some very tight bowling from R Harris.

At 1/78 Roxby were in a similar position to Whyalla at the same

point in their innings however Roxby just couldn’t fi nd anyone to support Fisher.

A steady fl ow of wick-ets and increasing run rate saw the game taken away from the Roxby boys with Fisher falling for 84 trying to push things along in the last ten overs.

Some late innings hitting from the ham-strung R Mill (29no) got Roxby to 7/205 from its 50 overs. Best for Why-alla with the ball were D. Chenoweth 3/44, R. Lacey 2/35 and R. Harris 1/17 from 10 very accu-rate overs.

Whyalla clearly en-joyed playing under lights for the fi rst time in Roxby with some excel-lent ground fi elding on display.

Next weekend Roxby travels to Port Pirie for their third and fi nal in-tercity game for season 2013/14. Good luck boys.

Roxby plays in Whyalla Local cricket news

quick wickets fell with Poly, Nelson and Boulton all falling for a combined total of two runs thanks to some sharp catches from the ever green Craig Nichols and some tight bowling from OD.

This saw Rogues at 5/42 in the 9th over and from there it looked like Rogues were just intent on batting out the overs without ever looking like they were going to attempt to chase down the runs. Th ey succeeded in their goal of making it through the 20 overs however, lost the wick-ets of Baldey and Dadleh along the way, fi nishing on 7/91.

The pick of the OD bowlers were Harris who looked fresh after return-ing from his honey moon 2/7, S Holbrook 2/20, Fuller 1/8 and L Holbrook 1/17.

Th is sets up a very in-teresting game this week with Hornridge taking on Rogues in their T20 clash on Friday night at 7pm. With one win already on the board, Hornridge will be keen to get over the line to secure themselves a berth in the T20 fi nal

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Team Leader Blaster and Painter

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Women of Roxby Downs will be given the chance to learn how to defend themselves at an upcoming community self-defence

course, to be held by the Roxby Downs Shotokan Karate Club.

Th e sessions will be held by visiting Sensei Malcolm Kadow sixth Dan on Saturday, November 30. Th e 90 minute session, at a cost of $10 per person, is available for women and girls aged seven and above.

“I think it’s important for girls and women to learn a bit of self-defence so they can be a bit more confi dent,” said local Sensei Deanne Hancock.

She said the age barrier was only put in place as chil-dren younger than that would have a diffi cult time trying to understand the concept behind self-defence, and when it might be called upon.

Sensei Deanne said her years of karate training meant should she come across a sticky situation, “I probably wouldn’t even need to think about it, I would just react. It’s all about the reaction,” and said those taking the course will “have a bit more confi dence in that they will be able to get out of a nasty situation if they had to.

“Th ey’ll have a bit of fun, as well as learning how to defend themselves,” she added.

For more information on the session or to book, con-tact Sensei Deanne on 0408 445 232 or email [email protected].

BY MILLIE THOMAS

By Millie Thomas

Roxby Downs Junior Football Association’s own Mark Young took out the coveted Junior

Country Coach of the Year award at the Coaches Award Dinner at AAMI Stadium recently.

Approximately 350 people attended the event, which coaches from a range of accreditations and levels in SANFL zones.

Each football club within the SANFL mentor amateur football associations across the state.

WAFC Football Services Manager Andrew Marks said he nominated Mark from the country zone, which includes associations from the Riverland and Mallee for the work he does to promote junior football.

“Mark has done a level one course, he’s been involved in a community coaches conference and he’s always looking to improve his coaching,” Mr Marks told Th e Monitor last week.

Th e fi rst ever recipient from the RD-JFA, it was Mr Young’s willingness and willingness to learn that stood out to Mr Marks

“Th e district area of Roxby downs should be really pleased that they have someone like Mark Young and Taita (RDJFA President Matthew Daddow) for that matter, because without those

guys, I’m not sure how junior foot-ball would go up there,” Mr Marks said. “Th ey do an amazingly good job – don’t take them for granted and en-courage them and see where it might take them!”

Mr Young has been involved with the RDJFA for nine years, in various levels of coaching and umpiring, originally to spend more time with his children that were going through the ranks.

“I’ve enjoyed watching the kids im-prove, watching them get better and letting them have fun,” Mr Young said.

Mr Young was surprised to be award-ed with Junior Coach of the Year, but enjoyed attending the ceremony.

“It was a pretty big night,” Mr Young said. “They had Brenton Sanderson from the Crows – he was the guest speaker there.”

He thanked past and present RDJFA Presidents, including Andrew Farmer, Brian Hombsch, Harry Harrison and Matthew Daddow.

“Th ank you also to the West Adelaide Football Club – they have been excel-lent for the junior football since they’ve been involved. I think we get looked after a bit more than the other clubs!” he said.

WAFC will be back in the Roxby Downs area for football clinics in the new year.

Junior coach takes a mark

Chance to learn self-defence

The Roxby Karate team at a week long training session recently - Sensei Deanne

Hancock, Sensei Reinhardt.Viljoen, Shihan Manabu Murakami, Senpai George

Holland and Senpai Chris James.

ABOVE: Jessica Smith (Magic, 6) shoots for a goal in junior basketball.

TOP RIGHT: Molly Sobey (Slamdunks, 5) and Ashlee Rowlands (Flames, 11) wrestle for the ball.

RIGHT: Ben Hahn bowls a good one in cricket on the weekend.

Stefan Ahrens, Mark Young, Andrew Winterfi eld and Andrew Muir.

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