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P assengers boarding flights at the Olympic Dam Airport no longer need to go through the security screening

process before getting on the plane.� e changes came into eff ect on Sunday fol-

lowing talks between Alliance Airlines, BHP Billiton, the Civil Aviation Safety Authority and

the Offi ce of Transport Security about changes to the classifi cation of F50 aircrafts.

“The F50 has recently been reclassified to be below a critical 20,000kg maximum take-off weight limit,” said a BHP Billiton spokesperson.

“As a result, F50 fl ights from Olympic Dam to Adelaide will no longer need to be screened pursuant to the Aviation Transport Security Regulations.

“� e screening equipment will remain in place and will be maintained to allow for fl exi-

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tinue to provide a high standard of safety and security to its customers, including additional personnel during peak fl ight times.

Meanwhile 52 Alliance flights over the Christmas holidays have been cancelled be-cause of a seasonal reduction in passenger demand.

Alliance South Australia, Victorian and New Zealand general manager Tim Wright said the number of fl ights removed was similar to the

approach the company had taken in previous years.

“The removed services are on the peak weekdays/times where we operate two fl ights at similar times,” he said.

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Sacrifi ces honoured at serviceWRITTEN BY PATRICK GLOVER

Locals will join people all over the world in marking Remembrance Day next week.

Roxby Downs and Andamooka Returned and Service League branch president Jack McGuire said the occasion – this year falling on Wednesday, No-vember 11 – commemorated an important day in history.

“On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, the guns fell silent in World War I,” he said.

“In that war more than 60,000 Australian lives were lost, and approximately 100,000 Australians have been killed across all confl icts.

“At the end of the day these people paid the supreme price so that we can demonstrate our right to live free, have freedom of speech and not wake up every morn-ing worried about who is going to bomb us.

“It is all about remembering those who made the sacrifi ce before and now, and who will make it in the future.”

Mr McGuire said while there were many who lost their lives there were also many who returned only to suff er from mental health issues, which was why it was also important to honour those who survived confl icts.

With a number of countries fi ghting as allies with Australia, Mr McGuire said Remembrance Day was a multicultural occasion.

“People who have travelled from overseas to live here can aff ord a lifestyle they want to live in,” he said.

The local Remembrance Day service will take place at the war memorial on Richardson Place, Roxby Downs, on Wednesday, November 11, from 10.30am.

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A detail in one of last week’s stories ( ‘Ne w church

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� e article states that a gathering to celebrate David Bunyon’s ap-pointment as the local New Life Church pas-tor will be held at the Roxby Downs Christian Community Church on � ursday, November 5, from 5pm.

However, the celebra-tions will in fact be held on Sunday, November 8, from 5pm.

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Local accepts service medalWRITTEN BYPATRICK GLOVER

So u t h A u s t r a l i a P o l i c e D e p u t y Commissioner Linda

Williams visited Roxby Downs last week in time to present Senior Constable Mel Haynes with a National Service Medal.

The medal recognises Sen-Constable Haynes’s 15 years of diligent and ethical service to the police force.

“I was very surprised,” she said. “It was quite an honour to receive the award from Deputy Commissioner Linda Williams, too.”

Sen-Constable Haynes has been in Roxby Downs for 10 years after previously work-ing in Adelaide for fi ve years and in Port Augusta for six months.

The visit from Deputy Commissioner Williams was also an opportunity to award Reverend Mary Lewis for her fi ve years of service as the lo-cal police chaplain.

Rev Lewis said she was tak-en aback by the recognition of her work, which she saw as a way of helping people in the community – especially newcomers.

Deputy Commissioner Williams, who is the first woman to hold the role, said she enjoyed recognising people like Sen-Constable Haynes and Rev Lewis for their eff orts in person.

“I like to take this time out to thank staff for their com-mitment to the force and for all the work they do,” she said.

Deputy Commissioner Wil-

liams also attended the State Government’s regional Senior Management Council meet-ing as part of her visit, which came after already making

stops at Port Augusta and Coober Pedy to touch base with their police stations.

Senior Sergeant Terry Boy-lan said it was a privilege to

have Deputy Commissioner Williams in Roxby Downs.

“We are very happy to have her up here,” he said.

“It’s good to have her here

to present the medal to Mel while also giving us a chance to give her an overview of what we do and how we op-erate here.”

Just a week after Alliance Airlines announced it would be cutting ties with Qantas,

Woolworths has axed Freqent Flyer points from its rewards scheme.

Woolworths revealed last week that it was launching a new scheme, Woolworths Rewards, to replace the Everyday Rewards program.

It came into eff ect last Wednes-day, October 28, and allows cus-

tomers to earn $10 off their shop-ping twice as fast.

Customers will now earn Wool-worths Dollars instead of Every-day Rewards points.

� ese dollars can be earned at any Woolworths supermarket or BWS store.

“Woolworths asked many of our customers what changes they’d like to see in the rewards program and overwhelmingly they said they’d prefer a sim-pler scheme with no points, just

money off their shopping,” said a Woolworths spokesperson.

“Until December 31 existing Everyday Rewards members who are linked to their QFF account will receive both Qantas Frequent Flyer points and Woolworth Dollars.”

� e spokesperson said Wool-worths would continue to work with Qantas “to endeavour to bring additional value to Wool-worths Rewards members”.

BY PATRICK GLOVER

The local Country Fire Service (CFS) brigade is bracing

for a busy fi re danger season after a warmer-than-average spring.

� e season began lo-cally on Sunday and will continue until March 31.

Roxby Downs CFS brigade captain Brett At-kins said everyone need-ed to be aware of the fi re danger risks, especially with holidays coming up.

“� ose that are trav-elling need to be aware of their nearest safe base in case there is a fi re and they need to get back,” he told � e Monitor.

“If you are going out camping, make sure campfires are put out properly.

“Particularly in this area it may not look like the scrub will burn, but all it takes is one ember to start a bushfi re.”

Mr Atkins said locals

also needed to be care-ful around the house, especially if working with power tools during warm conditions.

CFS state co-ordinator Yvette Dowling added it is always good to have

plans already in place.“Last year suburbs

and towns came close to being impacted by bushfi res, and many res-idents had never consid-ered having a bushfi re survival plan,” she said

in a recent statement.“It’s not hard to be

bushfi re ready, and there are simple things all of us can do that could save ourselves and our fami-lies this summer.”

BY PATRICK GLOVER

Busy fi re danger season ahead

No Qantas points at Woolies

Local Country Fire Service volunteers Deb Perkins and Tobi-Jane Allcock work the hoses as Clinton Atkins and Paul Johnson watch on. The brigade

is gearing up for a busy fi re danger season. PHOTO: Patrick Glover

Deputy Commissioner Linda Williams (right) visited Roxby Downs last week. She is pictured with Senior Sergeant Terry Boylan, Reverend Mary Lewis and Senior Constable Mel Haynes. PHOTO: Patrick Glover

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WRITTEN BYRYNEISHA BOLLARD

R everend Jane Harris from the Roxby Downs Christian C o m m u n i t y C h u r c h

(RDCCC) has left town after three years of service to the area.

Rev Harris and her husband Frank are going back to their home at Gos-ford, New South Wales, where they will be closer to family.

While they usually spend their summers in NSW, this time the couple will make no return trip, with Rev Harris currently transfer-ring over to the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle.

“It was time to come home,” she told � e Monitor last week.

“Everything in our lives has a sea-son, and it’s the end of my season here. I believe that God has some-thing in store for me (back in NSW).

“I will see what they want me to do. I’ve said I’ll go anywhere and do anything, but I don’t think anything I do in the future will hold a candle to Roxby because it is so unique.”

After fi rst visiting Roxby for three weeks for a Bush Church Aid mis-sion in 2010, Rev Harris found her-self being invited by Rev Mary Lewis to take on a more permanent role at the beginning of 2013.

Rev Harris joined the RDCCC as a community minister before being ordained in December last year.

Mr Harris has kept himself busy with various maintenance work at the church and around town while

also volunteering as a free driving instructor when needed.

“I think this has been one of the most amazing experiences of our lives,” said Rev Harris.

“A lot of people have touched our lives and I think we’ve touched theirs.”

Rev Harris said she had made a lot of friends during her time in Roxby and was considered to be a surrogate grandmother to many local children.

“� ese people have become my family over the past three years,” she said.

“What more could I want in life, to be accepted in that way?”

Apart from her work at the RDCCC, Rev Harris has served as a hospital chaplain, English language tutor and visiting minister at Anda-mooka while also assisting with the Aboriginal Women’s Network and, as a Multicultural Forum member, the Mosaic Moments radio show on RoxFM for tw o years.

“One of the things I notice most about this town is that community is everything,” she said.

“Everyone helps everyone. If someone’s in need, there’s always somebody to help.

“It’s the most amazing thing to me and it really is an inspiration.”

Rev Harris thanked the local com-munity for being so accepting, along with the church and especially Rev Lewis for asking her to come up here in the fi rst place.

Meanwhile Rev Harris’s fi nal local project has been the co-ordination of

Christmas stockings to be donated to Families SA in Port Augusta.

A total of 175 stockings had been sewed and decorated by the end of last Saturday’s workshop at Roxby Central HQ.

Woolworths Roxby Downs has donated small chocolates to put in the stockings, which will reach Families SA in time to be given out to disadvantaged children as part of

the offi ce’s Christmas celebrations.Rev Harris thanked the locals who

got involved in the project by sewing the stockings and helping to deco-rate them.

“I never believed it would happen, and to fi nd that everyone is support-ive and just so happy to help, all I can say is the people in this town are just amazing,” she said.

Rev Harris said none of the lo-

cal children who helped decorate the stockings tried to take one home, and the project had been an eye-opening experience for them.

“One girl said to me she was going to kiss her stocking so whoever gets it will know they got a kiss at Christ-mas,” she said.

“� ey’ve all been amazing kids. To me I couldn’t have fi nished here in Roxby on a better note.”

The State Government’s Senior Management Council visited Roxby

Downs to tour the area and hold a regional meeting last week.

Arriving on Wednesday afternoon, the group of Gov-ernment department chief executives sought to gain a better understanding of re-mote South Australia.

Members attended a night tour at the Arid Recovery Re-serve before visiting BHP Bil-liton’s Olympic Dam mine site on � ursday morning, when

they met with management staff and were treated to an underground tour.

Also Department for Education and Child De-velopment chief executive Tony Harrison visited Rox-by Downs Area School last week.

Department for Premier and Cabinet chief executive Kym Winter-Dewhirst, who spent 10 years with BHP Bil-liton and previously worked with WMC Resources, has a wealth of mining industry experience.

Mr Winter-Dewhirst said visiting remote locations like Roxby Downs was an impor-tant part of department chief executives gaining a better understanding of regional SA.

“We have a commitment as a Senior Management Council to bring as many of

our chief executives into the regions three times a year to spend a couple of days,” he said.

“It’s about getting boots on the ground and gaining a much better and deeper un-derstanding of issues in these communities.

“We can’t solve everything, but we might be able to solve some things, and being here gives us a great insight into what makes a community tick.”

Mr Winter-Dewhirst said the regional gathering was run in a similar manner to the

council’s usual monthly meet-ings in Adelaide in the sense that there was a set agenda including the standing item of employment and future initiatives to support job cre-ation in SA.

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Roxby Downs locals are being invited to take advantage

of free cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training sessions available later this month.

Local fi rst aid trainer Brad Langshaw will facilitate the training at Roxby Central HQ on Monday, November

30, from 7am to 8pm.� e event is being held as

part of Take Heart Austral-ia Day, which aims to raise awareness of the organisa-

tion’s eff orts to dramatically increase the survival rate of Australians who suff er a car-diac arrest.

Mr Langshaw said the free training was a way of making locals better equipped to as-sist someone experiencing cardiac arrest.

“I want to try and get 95 per cent of Roxby Downs in-volved on the day,” he said.

“It would be nice to get at least one person from every house in Roxby to attend.”

In Australia, around 30,000 people suff er a sudden cardiac arrest each year, but only nine to 10 per cent survive.

“It could happen to anyone,” Mr Langshaw said.

“It takes time for ambulanc-es to come, and every minute without CPR reduces the per-son’s chance of survival by 10 per cent.

“It will usually take around eight to 10 minutes for an ambulance to arrive, so that is why it is important to teach

CPR to as many people in the community as we can.”

Mr Langshaw said he was aiming for Roxby to get as close as possible to the Guin-ness World Record for the most CPR training conducted in 24 hours.

The record was set in 2012, when 20,035 people completed the training at an event organised by the Taoyuan County Government in Taipei, Taiwan.

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Christmas is just around the corner and that means one thing – it is time for the Roxby

Downs Community Christmas Pageant.

� is year’s pageant, run by the Rotary Club of Roxby Districts, will be held on Saturday, November 28.

Local Rotary club secretary/treasurer Sandy Sumsion said the event would be a positive way to end the year.

“It is an annual event that is impor-tant to everyone,” she said.

“School is about to break up and everyone is about to leave town for holidays, so it acts as a bit of an end-of-year catch-up.

“� is year in particular it will prove important because a number of peo-ple have moved out of town, so it will give those people who were here an op-portunity to return and catch up with friends and family.

“� ere have been a few things can-celled of late as well like the business awards and Postie Bash, so we as the Rotary club are hoping to make this a successful and enjoyable night for everyone.”

Mrs Sumsion said the pageant for-mat would remain similar to last year, with the only real diff erence being the introduction of a calendar on display in Roxby Central to count down the days until the pageant.

Already 12 fl oats have been regis-tered, and Mrs Sumsion said she ex-pected more in the coming weeks.

“Most (are made) in November,” she said. “We can always have more fl oats.

“We usually have in the high 20s for fl oats, around 28 to 32.

“Floats can be anything from a large truck to a tiny bike.”

Rotary is currently in talks with the Roxby Downs Pharmacy about hosting Father Christmas again.

For more information about the pageant and to register a fl oat, phone co-ordinator John Davis on 0427 957 687.

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One of the fl oats from last year’s pageant.

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11th - Remembrance Day service, Roxby

Downs war memorial, Richardson Pl, 10.30am.

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2.30pm to 6pm. Ph: 0448 168 167.

13th - U.G.L.Y. night at The Club, 4pm.

Jumping castle, raffles, baked goods, sausage sizzle. Ph: 8671 0053.

14th - Outback Tourers Toy Run. Meet on

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14th - Kids Pool Party at roxbylink outdoor

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14th - Roxby Downs

Area School year 12 formal, 6.30pm.

20th - Quiz Night hosted by Arid

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21st - Roxby Market Day, 9am to 12 noon.

21st - Scott McKay Golf Day at the Roxby

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Ph: 0433 270 202.

28th - Roxby Downs Community Christmas Pageant, Richardson

Pl, Roxby Downs, 7pm. Ph: 0427 957 687.

28th - Festival of Trees exhibition

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EDITORIALBy Ryneisha BollardOften we find that it does not

matter how many times we are told, or tell ourselves, that we cannot please everyone – we still wish we could.

In a small community like Rox-by Downs, the word can quickly get around if someone is unhappy with another person, group or business.

However, such feedback can at times contradict itself – some want more while others want less, or some see an injustice where others see a fair result.

When faced with these situations, there is a centuries-old fable that may off er some solace.

It is known as the tale of the mill-er, his son and the donkey, and it goes something like this:

A man and his son were taking their donkey to the market. As they were walking along, a countryman passed them and said: “You fools, what good is a donkey unless you ride it?”

On this advice, the man put his son on the donkey and they continued on their way.

Soon they passed a group of men and one of them said: “� at boy has young legs, why is he making his father walk? How lazy!”

To avoid further judgment, the man swapped places with his son and they

kept walking. Further along the path they passed two women, one of whom said to the other: “What a bad father for making his son walk on such a hot day. � at poor boy!”

And so both the man and his son rode on the donkey as they came into town. However, they began to notice that people were pointing and scoffi ng at them.

When the man asked a passer-by what was wrong, he was told: “Aren’t you ashamed of yourself for putting so much burden on one donkey?”

Shocked at this harsh criticism, the man and his son got off the donkey and tried to think of what to do.

� ey decided to tie the donkey’s feet to a pole and carry it into the market.

� ey were laughed at as they strug-gled to walk under the animal’s weight.

The two of them were crossing a bridge when the donkey got one of his feet loose and kicked the boy, who dropped his end of the pole.

In the struggle the donkey fell over the bridge and, because it was still tied to the pole, it drowned.

“� at will teach you,” said an old man who had been following behind them.

� e moral of the story is that if you try to please everyone, you will please no-one.


Outback fundraisers get U.G.L.Y.

Off the

Beaten Track

WRITTEN BYRYNEISHA BOLLARD

Woomera’s Eldo Hotel has been supporting the Leukaemia Foundation and its U.G.L.Y. Bartender of the Year campaign by hosting

a range of fundraising events recently.� e venue hosted a quiz night on Saturday, October

17, when fi ve teams gathered to test their general knowledge.

According to local newsletter Gibber Gabber, quiz master Vince Berkelaar’s questions and challenges had many stumped.

� e night raised $400 for the Leukaemia Founda-tion, which provides accommodation in Adelaide for blood cancer patients and their families.

Woomera’s Jamie Surman, ‘Shaun’ and ‘Woody’ were the next to do their part last Saturday night when they had their hair shaved off as a way of attracting nealry $800 in donations to the cause.

The Eldo’s Morag McGough is acting as its U.G.L.Y. (Understanding, Generous, Likable You)

Bartender of the Year contender and has been helping to co-ordinate fundraising eff orts, which include donation tins on the bar.

She told � e Monitor on Monday the tally had reached nearly $1600.

“I think that’s a lot for a small community and area,” she said.

“� ey’ve done it before but this is the fi rst time I’ve done it.

“I just love organising these sorts of things.”� e Eldo still has a few more fundraisers coming

up to help fi nish off its U.G.L. Y. Bartender campaign, with ideas including a blue desert oasis event and raffl e – the prize for which is a bottle of Chivas Regal scotch – to be held this Saturday night. For more information, phone the Eldo Hotel on 8673 7867.

Meanwhile the Glendambo Hotel is joining the U.G.L.Y. Bartender campaign for the fi rst time this year.

U.G.L.Y. Bartender of the Year contender Ashlee Ford said the venue was taking a “low key” approach to its fundraising eff orts, with donation tins having attracted $20 as of early last week.

Far North events

NOVEMBER4th & 5th - Australian Red Cross Blood Service visit, Parish Centre Hall, Pt Augusta. Ph: 13 14 95.12th - Aussie Muscle Car Run

visit, Olympic Dam Rd (off Footner Rd), Pt Augusta, 10am to 1.30pm.

Ph: 0402 965 500.7th & 21st - Twilight Explorer

diesel railcar return service, Quorn to Woolshed Flat, departs

5.30pm. Ph: 1800 777 245.14th - Twilight greyhound racing,

Chinnery Park, Pt Augusta, 5.30pm. Ph: 8642 4805.

15th - Undercover Flea Market, Gateway Shopping Complex, Pt

Augusta, 8.30am.15th - Troopers Barracks Market,

Beauchampe Ln, Pt Augusta, 9am.15th & 29th - Barwell Bull diesel railcar return service, Quorn to Woolshed Flat, 10.30am. Ph:

1800 777 245.

DECEMBER12th - Twilight greyhound racing,

Chinnery Park, Pt Augusta, 5.30pm. Ph: 8642 4805.13th - Carols in the Park,

Gladstone Square, Pt Augusta, 7.30pm. Ph: 0448 809 134.

2015 Glendambo Gymkhana

Lochie Perkins sends the red dirt fl ying during last month's Glendambo Gymkhana. PHOTOS: Chris Warrior from Oz Minerals

Peter Morgan (left) from Macumba performs a mono during a motorbike event.

Bridie Greenfi eld from Billa Kalina Station in action during one of the gymkhana events. Riders ready for one of last month’s events.

Mother-daughter duo Alesha (left) and Heidi Johnston won the Ladies Motorbike Gretna Green event.

Ed Rankin (left) from Twins Station leads the pack during one of the motorbike events.

2015 Glendambo Gymkhana

Results from the competition held on Saturday, October 10:

Leading Junior Horse Rider: Jenna Cuffe

Leading Pony: Starlight

Leading Senior Horse Rider: Hannah Moat

Leading Horse: Lilly

Motorbike Junior Leading Rider: Max Aulich

Motorbike Senior Leading Rider: Ryan Rankin

Led Horse Encouragement Award: Issy McTaggart

9 & Under Motorbike Encouragement Award:

Maximus Matheson.

Woomera locals ‘Woody’ (above left) and Jamie Surman (above right) had their heads shaved as a fundraiser for the Leukaemia Foundation on Saturday night. PHOTOS: Supplied


OUT ABOUT&PHOTOS: Kristen Dwyer

Bec Tayler and Alex Runge at the Halloween markets held in the Andamooka

Community Hall on Saturday.

Amber Vanwageningen and James Beenham at the

Roxby Downs Skid Party.

Dylan Stagg with Josh, Cliff and Cara Lange at the

raceway on Saturday night.

Ken Guinan with Indianna and Josh Perkiss

on Saturday night.

Thyeshya Pak-poy and Kimberlie Leahy at the skid party on

Saturday night.

Christina Gutteridge and Ryan Sharp at the

Andamooka Yacht Club.

Seth And Tayah Jones at the Red Dunes Raceway.

Russell and Beau Feltus with Tamzyn

Martlew at the weekend’s burnout

performances.

Ellen Walker and Tyler Smith at the burnouts

on Saturday night.

Bobby Hardwick, Marie Gubbin and Georgia Mandemaker at The Tavern’s Halloween

party. PHOTO: Supplied


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Charlotte and Jamaica had fun decorating Christmas stockings.

Lex Wilkinson, Nabila Budiarso and Nidya Iwan at the Multicultural Forum’s fi nal

Christmas stocking workshop on Saturday.

Shayla, Anastazia and Felecia helped decorate Christmas

stockings at Roxby Central HQ.

Jane Harris and Sasha Yantewo prepare stockings to donate to

Families SA in Port Augusta.

Roxby Downs Area School year 1/2 students Senula and Fareed

decorated Christmas stockings at Roxby Central HQ last Thursday.

Dylan Higginson, Archie Faulkner and Blake Grillett

from the RDAS year 1/2 class.

Christmas stocking workshops PHOTOS: Ryneisha Bollard and Kristen Dwyer

Jackson joined his class in helping out with the Christmas stockings project on Thursday.


Roxby Council

Opening hours Monday to Friday

9am to 4.30pmCouncil provides transport

services including:• Vehicle registration • Boat registrations

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

All inquiries 131 084.

Opal Road Landfi ll now CLOSED to the public.

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

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

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

Saturday 8am – 12 noon Sunday 1pm – 5pm

All inquiries 8671 1154

Opening hours 9am to 5pm

Monday - Friday9am to 12 noon Saturdays

Telephone 8671 0500Email: [email protected]

Library membership is free. A wide range of resources are available including books,

DVDs, magazines and internet facilities.Toddler Story Time 9.30am Wednesday.

Opening hours

9am to 5pm weekdays

Telephone 8671 0010 • Fax 8671 0452


After hours emergency

Mobile 0418 892 870

Web www.roxbycouncil.com

SERVICE SAWASTE MANAGEMENTCOUNCIL OFFICE LIBRARY

N ew display shelving h a s m a d e a n immediate impact

in the Roxby Downs Community Library.

The children’s picture book section has been transformed with large, for-ward-facing display shelves (pictured right) that allow children to more easily see the books available.

In addition, a new display shelf for magazines has also arrived (pictured far right) that also allows readers to quickly and easily see what’s available and browse the collection.

Following on from community and stakeholder consultation sessions over October 19-20,

two surveys seeking feedback to help shape the Sport and Recreation Master Plan have now been released.

� e Master Plan project is the result of 18 months’ work by Roxby Council’s Sport and Recreation Steering Group to investigate a large array of operational improvements for sport and recreation in Roxby Downs.

� e survey for community members is available online (www.surveymonkey.com/r/roxbycommunity).

A separate survey for sporting and recreational clubs and organisations has been emailed direct to key sporting club

contacts (one survey to be completed per organisation).

Your input will be used (along with extensive community feedback from the last two years) to ensure all key issues, comments, concerns and opportuni-ties have been harnessed, and will help shape the future of community recrea-tion and sporting infrastructure for the town.

Surveys are to be completed by 5pm on Friday, November 27. Further infor-mation is available from Jeff Dry, One Eighty Sport and Leisure Solutions, on 8431 6180 or at: jeff @180sls.com.au

Hard copies of the survey are also available from the library or the Council offi ce during business hours.

Council has been advised that dog faeces are being

left on street verges and footpaths around the Roxby township.

Leaving dog faeces in public areas such as foot-paths or parks is not only unsightly and disrespect-ful to others who use the area, but can also be un-hygienic.

Dog faeces have the potential to cause health issues, spreading disease and infection to other dogs and humans.

Council urges dog owners to take responsi-bility while walking their pooches, and pick up any defecation from your dog while in a public area.

Under the Dog and Cat Management Act 1995 a dog’s owner, or the per-son responsible for the dog, must immediately pick up and dispose of that dog’s faeces from a public place.

Failure to do this con-stitutes an off ence under the Act.

Roxby Council pro-vides ‘dog poop’ bags at

Council-managed areas, including the ovals and tennis courts. � ese bags can also be purchased from the vet clinic.

It is recommended that you carry your own bags when walking your dog in non-Council-managed areas. � ese bags can eas-ily be attached to your dog’s lead so you have a ready supply of bags.

Dog faeces can then be picked up, wrapped securely and placed in a public bin or your own general waste bin.

New display shelves hit the mark at library

Reminder – surveys out for Sport and Rec Master Plan

Be responsible by cleaning up after your dog

NEWS IN

BRIEF

Thank you, Ron Gee, for toddler

pool works

Ro x b y l i n k a n d Council sincerely thank Ron Gee

E n t e r p r i s e s , w h o recently donated their time and services to

complete fibreglassing repairs to the toddler pool.

Ron Gee donated the time of four staff who spent approximately four hours putting a fi berglass coating over cracks in the pool area.

� ank you, Ron Gee!


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WHO’S ON THE BOARD

CONTACTING THE BOARD

BOARD MEETINGSBoard meetings are held on the last

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

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

be included on the agenda.Confi dential discussions with the

Board can be arranged if required.

For further information, advice or general questions please contact:

Michelle Hales,Executive Offi cer

Roxby Downs Community Board Inc.PO Box 85

Roxby Downs SA 5725Mobile: 0418 833 818


Michelle Davis • George GiakoumisVicki Mason • Gaylene Crane

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

Cherie Gaskin • Sandy Sumsion

Thevoice of the community...

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

contact the following people. New members are always welcome.

ARTS and CULTURE FORUMTBC

BUSINESS FORUMJohn Wilby 0428 815 436

Tuesday, November 10 @ 6pm

The Club Boardroom

COMMUNITY GARDENThursday, November 12 @ 6.30pm

Community Garden

ENVIRONMENT FORUMAnni Walsh 0448 168 167

Thursday, November 5 @ 5.30pm

Council Boardroom

ROXBY ROADSAFE MEETINGMichelle Hales 0418 833 818Tuesday, December 8 @ 7pm

Council Boardroom

MULTICULTURAL FORUMSasha Yantewo (08) 8671 0010Wednesday, November 18 @ 6pm

Council Boardroom

FAMILY FORUMJoel Hill 0433 792 450

Thursday, November 19 @ 5pm

Council Boardroom

Local Country Fire Service (CFS) volunteer Tobi-Jane Alcock received September’s Volunteer of the Month

award from the Community Board last week.

Mrs Alcock joined the CFS nearly fi ve years ago after her husband Anthony, who has volunteered with various branches for the past 13 years, encouraged her to get involved.

Her role as the Roxby brigade’s fourth lieutenant and administration offi cer in-cludes assisting with fi re training for local youths. She is also a voluntary representa-tive for CFS Region Four.

“I didn’t really know much about

firefighting when I was a kid, so I like sharing that knowledge,” she said.

Mrs Alcock said while large blazes were rare in the Roxby Downs area, the local CFS branch often attended bushfi res outside of the region as part of district units.

She said attending the Bangor fi res, which burned through more than 35,000 hectares in the Mid North in early 2014, was her most diffi cult callout so far.

“� ere was just big red glow,” she said. “I’d never seen anything like that.”

While the work could be challenging at times, Mrs Alcock said it was also a reward-ing experience.

“I enjoy helping people, and the brigade is all one big family,” she said.

“Joining the CFS was totally out of my comfort zone, but I thought ‘why not give it a try’.

“I just love it. � e satisfaction you get from it is just overwhelming. It’s also about the skills and the friends you make.”

Mrs Alcock, who has lived in Roxby Downs for the past seven years, said she was surprised to receive her award and was grateful to whoever nominated her.

She said she would put the award’s $100 grant towards a donation to the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

To lodge a Volunteer of the Month nomination, visit: www.roxbydowns.com/Community/c-volunteers.html

N ational Recycling Week is fast approaching, and to celebrate the Roxby Downs Environment

Forum will be hosting a Clothing Swap on Friday, November 13, from 2.30pm to 6pm.

Held at Central HQ, which is the vacant shop eight in Roxby Central, this event is an opportunity for people to spruce up their wardrobe without breaking the budget.

While purchasing new clothing can be exciting and rewarding, the manu-facture of new clothing is quite costly to the environment, and a large amount of energy and water is used in the pro-duction and transport of new clothing.

� e amount of resources used can be alarming, with approximately 6000L of water and 37.7kg of carbon dioxide required to manufacture just one pair of new jeans!

Clothing production not only uses precious resources, but many of the

crops grown to make certain fabrics and garments are treated heavily with pesticides.

A large number of toxic chemicals are also added during the bleaching, dyeing and fi nishing stages of clothing manufacture.

Exchanging items of clothing during the Clothing Swap will give participants an opportunity to obtain new clothing for free while also helping the environment by using less resources and promoting the benefi ts of recycling.

Quality items of clothing can be placed in the box at the Roxby Council foyer or near the roxbylink kiosk until 5pm on � ursday, November 12.

A token can be collected for each item of clothing placed in the box, and the tokens are then exchanged for new items of clothing at the Clothing Swap event on Friday, November 13.

For more information phone Anni Walsh on 0448 168 167.

Local fi refi ghter’s efforts spark volunteer award

Swap clothing to help save the environment

Community Board member Cherie Gaskin

presenting a Volunteer

of the Month award to Tobi-Jane Alcock.


What’s happening at RDAS?

WRITTEN BYPATRICK GLOVER

Roxby Downs Area School has come on board with the Totally Locally campaign

and will be helping the Business Forum to get the program up and running.

Business Forum member Kata-lin Wilby, with the help of Angela � ompson from Mining Minds,

will be working with year 10 stu-dents to come up with ideas for Totally Locally.

“Over the next few weeks, stu-dents will start to come up with ideas for marketing Totally Locally and local businesses,” Mrs Wilby said.

“� ey will also be playing a big part in some of the web design and helping put together diff erent projects.”

� e students’ involvement with

the Totally Locally campaign will be part of their school work, with groups needing to make a pres-entation on their fi ndings to both the Roxby Downs Community Board and the Business Forum.

� ey will look at ways of adver-tising businesses while also consid-ering the expenses for everything they do.

� e project will have students

out in the community and inter-acting with businesses – a task Mrs Wilby said would be benefi cial to all of them.

“� is is good because they can engage and learn at a local business level,” she said.

“They will see what the real world is like and what it means to work within the community.

“It is almost like work experience

and it starts getting them thinking about whether they want to partake in further studies, set up their own businesses or take up a trade.”

Mrs Wilby said the Business Fo-rum initiated the project as a way of providing free marketing assis-tance to local businesses.

“It is also engaging community members and getting them to work together,” she added.

Local parents of children with autism or Asperger’s syndrome benefited from a presentation by special needs educator and

author Sue Larkey at the Roxby Downs Area School Hall last week.

Ms Larkey held an information session for the public last � ursday night and another for teachers on Friday morning, when she spoke about the best way to approach children with special needs.

“I love coming to regional towns,” she said.“I am so glad I can make it to places like Roxby

Downs – it is my absolute passion.”A large crowd turned out for the � ursday night

session, when Ms Larkey said communicating with a special needs child was like being a GPS in the sense that you have to give advance notice and speak in a calm manner.

� e audience shared what was going well for them and then Ms Larkey answered questions – the whole time interacting with attendees.

She said she was pleased to see so many in attend-ance and hoped people would go away and form their own support groups.

“Hopefully the discussion we had will allow these parents to put something into action,” she said.

“A lot of the time in regional towns there isn’t a parent support group, not like in the big cities.

“If there is something it is usually a private forum and there isn’t an expert there to guide them, so they don’t know what to do in the way of solutions.”

Ms Larkey has been a teacher for 25 years and a special needs educator for 12 years.

She said her current role was easier and quicker to get the message out to people rather than teaching in a school and only seeing each student once or twice a year.

“� is way I can inspire other people to go out and do it as well,” she said.

“� is way I can give a group of people the infor-mation and they can use it to spread the word and use it with their children.”

“It takes a whole community to care for a child with autism or Asperger’s.”

Ms Larkey said one of the biggest issues parents and teachers had was they were initially unaware the child had autism or Asperger’s, as the disorder/syn-drome was diffi cult to detect. For more information, Ms Larkey can be contacted at her Facebook page or via email ([email protected]).

BY PATRICK GLOVER


For the second year in a row, Rox by D ow ns

Area School (RDAS) students are holding an exhibition in the roxbylink art gallery.

Students from years 8 to 12 have completed a number of different pieces throughout the year – based on a range of themes and tech-niques – and are dis-playing their eff orts to the public.

� e exhibition was of-fi cially opened during a public gathering in the gallery last Thursday night.

“This year we had a slightly smaller group doing art as part of their SACE studies, but they all did an amazing job,” said secondary school

ar t teacher Kr isty Mackenzie.

“� ere has been a lot of hard work and per-sistence go into these art pieces.”

Year 8 students de-signed masks while year 9 students covered a vast array of social issues and designed art pieces on them using charcoal and photography.

� e year 10 students completed artwork using entered paintings while year 12s had the option to choose their format.

Only four students make up the year 12 art class , including two newcomers to the school.

James Plumb is one of them and said the class was challenging but also very rewarding.

James said he was thrilled with the final outcome of his work.

“Defi nitely it was hard,

especially being my fi rst year up here,” he said.

“I have always done art at school, so I have learned a lot of diff erent techniques.

“But for the two pieces I did this year I decided to move away from what I usually do and use dif-ferent techniques like laser cutting.”

James said it was ex-citing to be part of the exhibition.

“I haven’t had my artwork displayed at anything this big before,” he said.

“I have had artwork hanging up at home and people have walked past it and said ‘hey, that’s pretty good’, but that’s about it.”

� e RDAS exhibition will be on display at the roxbylink art gallery un-til the end of this month.

RDAS opens its second student art exhibition

Special needs educator makes presentation

‘Totally’ all on board to help locally

ABOVE: RDAS secondary school art teacher Kristy Mackenzie, pastoral care worker Silvie O’Connor and student James Plumb with

his artwork. PHOTOS: Patrick Glover

RIGHT: Year 12 student Kaitlyn Hotham with one of her pieces currently on

display in the roxbylink art gallery.

Katalin Wilby spoke to a year 10 class recently about the new Totally Locally

campaign. PHOTO: Patrick Glover

RDAS principal Steve Bennett, Special Education teacher Kylie Christie and guest speaker Sue Larkey at her presentation last

Thursday night. PHOTO: Patrick Glover

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Sunday November 29th12 noon at the Club rooms

to be followed by a BBQ and drinks.All members who purchased a Gold Marquee

ticket are encouraged to come along and bring their ticket with them.

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Roxby Community Postie Bash

Inc. Annual General Meeting will be held at the Roxby Downs Bowls Club

on Thursday, November 19 at 7.30pm. AGENDA:

• Recap of the past year’s accomplishments• Projects going forward

• Nominating and voting in new committee

New members welcome to join the committee

Any questions can be directed to [email protected]

INVITATION FOR QUOTATIONCONCRETE FOOTPATH

CONSTRUCTION and LINE MARKING of CARPARK

TENDER NO MW053/15Quotations are invited by Roxby Downs Council for construction of approximately 150 lineal metres of Concrete Footpath, DDA compliant pedestrian access ramps.

Quotations close at the Council Offices, Richardson Place Roxby Downs 5725 on 17 November 2015 at 4pm.

Quotations are to be submitted two hard copy in a sealed envelope marked “TENDER NO MW053/15 CONCRETE FOOTPATH CONSTRUCTION AND LINE MARKING OF CARPARK” accompanied by all supporting documentation, to be received by Council no later than 4pm on Tuesday 17 November 2015. Council’s tender box is located in the foyer of Council’s Offices, Richardson Place, Roxby Downs.

Specifications and drawings for the works may be obtained from the Council office or via download from www.roxbycouncil.com.

All communications in respect to this Quotation should be directed to Mr Peter Keller, Council Works Manager, [email protected] or 08 8671 0010.

Council is not bound to accept the lowest or any quotation submitted and may seek to clarify points of qualification with the lowest or any tenderer before acceptance of the quotation.

Bill BoehmAdministrator

You are invited to attend the East Roxby Netball Club Inc.

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CONTINUED FROM BACK PAGE“It wasn’t a competition it was just a par-

ty, so people came to have a bit of fun and enjoy themselves,” said event organiser Rory Hatch.

The party was held to raise funds to extend the Roxby Downs Sporting Car Club’s current burnout pad while also gaining prize money for next year’s skid competitions.

Hatch said he was still waiting to confi rm a fi nal fi gure but was certain the night had made enough money for the pad extension, on which works would begin soon.

“Even with the pad we have now, we are pretty much up there as one of the two big-gest pads in South Australia,” he said.

“Once we add in the new one it will give drivers more of a run in and allow them to get more momentum.

“It will bring it up to an Australian stand-ard of pads, which will allow us to have what they have in the big city.

“� ere are not too many country towns that have that kind of pad.”

Hatch thanked the event’s sponsors and the Roxby Downs Sporting Car Club for their support in ensuring the night’s success.

Ready for next tournamentABOVE LEFT: The women’s division two side was the best performer out of three Roxby Downs Volleyball Association teams entered into the Port Augusta Open Volleyball Tournament. ABOVE RIGHT: The men’s division one side. PHOTOS: Supplied

Roxby Downs Skid Party a roaring success


None of the Roxby Downs Volleyball Association (RDVA) sides made it to

the fi nals at the most recent regional tournament in Port Augusta.

� e RDVA entered a division one and two division two teams to the Port Augusta Open Volleyball Tournament on October 24-25.

The women’s division two team was the closest to playing in the fi nals as it fi nished just four per cent out of contention.

“Despite not making finals this time around, all of the team members greatly enjoyed their time and most are already look-ing forward to the next tourna-ment in Port Lincoln early next year,” said RDVA president Si-mon Parker.

For the first time ever the RDVA had a men’s division one tournament side, and Parker said team members held their own against tough opposition.

“� e division one boys faced a steep learning curve in step-ping up to division one, but rose to the occasion showing that we were in the right division,” he said.

“� e scoreboard unfortunate-ly didn’t refl ect how well the teams did, being close in almost every game we played but just being edged out.

“With this in the back of our minds, we are aiming to train harder and improve before next year’s competition to ensure we can push into the finals next time.”

Parker said all teams had showed promising signs over the course of the tournament.

He said strong turnouts for the rest of the season coupled with some confident juniors meant they would be heading to Port Lincoln next year to

“give it a red hot go”. “Roxby has a history of strong

performance there too, with 2015 seeing a Roxby versus Roxby division two final,” he said.

“It is a mixed competition too, so a good chance to show-case the male and female tal-ent we have within the Roxby Downs Volleyball Association.”

Parker thanked local families and friends for their support, along with the Port Augusta Volleyball Association for or-ganising the tournament and Veolia for supplying players’ shirts.

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New-look track for night meetBy Patrick GloverA variation in the Roxby Desert Motocross Club track is

set to change the whole �ow of the course for the Night Meet next Saturday.

Club president Clint Gow-Smith said he had heard nothing but praise about the slight alterations and was looking forward to seeing them test riders in race conditions.

“The cool thing about our event is that we are forever re-inventing things and giving people something fresh and new,” he said.

“It’s also great development for our ever-growing junior riders, who were a little limited on the ‘hard pack, one line’ style track we had before.”

With only a few days to go before the club’s big event, Gow-Smith said the night was coming together well, especially given that the club only decided to hold it six to eight weeks earlier.

Gow-Smith said he was unsure of how many attendees the meet would attract but was con�dent that the club, which boasts some of the best facilities in the state, would attract high-quality local and out-of-town riders.

“I just hope it gets the support, both locally and also from around the state, that the event deserves,” he said.

“Numbers were a little down last year and there were factors we knew about, however this year I would like to think we would see a lot more riders and a lot closer racing across all grades.”

With the prize pool reduced slightly and set to be more spread across all grades, Gow-Smith said some of the high-pro�le riders who competed last year would be unable to return this year.

However, Gow-Smith said that would simply make things more interesting, with closer races to entertain the crowds.

There will also be the introduction of a quad category, which Gow-Smith said he was interested in see in action.

Gow-Smith said he was expecting to see all local junior and senior members competing on the night.

“It will be cool for them to show o� their skills in front of their home crowd and family and friends,” he said.

Gow-Smith said that, despite a number of other events being held on the same day, the night meet still had the potential to pull a crowd of around 1000 spectators.

He believed it would also be bene�cial from a local business point of view, with visitors needing a place to stay and somewhere to eat.

With a lot of work going on behind the scenes, Gow-Smith said he wanted to thank everyone for their continued help and support.

The division one men’s volleyball team in action at last month’s tournament.

Jay Johns smokes up the Roxby Downs Sporting

Car Club’s burnout pad.

Christopher Strawbridge got behind the wheel to perform burnouts last Saturday night.

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Roxby Miners d Hornridge1st InningsHornridge battingC. Denbesten b J. Dadleh ...............................................................15J. Way run out .................................................................................... 13T. Cox c P. Trotta b J. Dadleh ...........................................................7D. Hargraves b M. Nelson .................................................................2A. Malm c J. Sieburn b S. Birrell ......................................................2C. Rainsford b S. Birrell ...................................................................... 1R. Winter c S. Cane b S. Birrell ........................................................0P. Jones c G. Aitchison b K. Dadleh..............................................0T. Grosser b M. Nelson ..................................................................... 13M. Hanson not out .............................................................................2J. Ellis c M. Nelson b K. Dadleh ...................................................... 3Extras (2w, 1nb. 4b, 0lb) ....................................................................7Total ................................................................................65

Miners BowlingBowler Overs Maidens Wide Runs WicketsP. Trotta 2 0 0 23 0G. Aitchison 3 0 1 12 0M. Nelson 3.2 1 0 6 2J. Dadleh 4 3 0 2 2K. Dadleh 2 0 0 7 2S. Birrell 3 0 0 5 3J. Sieburn 1 0 0 6 0

2nd InningsMiners BattingM. Green c M. Hanson b D. Hargraves .........................................7J. Sieburn c and b J. Ellis ................................................................. 11K. Dadleh c J. Ellis b R. Winter .......................................................4P. Trotta c b A. Malm ....................................................................... 23S. Birrell c b R. Winter .......................................................................0S. Lane st J. Way b R. Winter ..........................................................4A. Hicks c T. Grosser b A. Malm .................................................... 11J. Dadleh not out ................................................................................9Extras (2w, 2b, 0lb, 1nb) ................................................................... 5Total .............................................................................7/74

Hornridge BowlingBowler Overs Maidens Wide Runs WicketsJ. Ellis 3 0 0 18 1C. Denbesten 3 0 2 12 0D. Hargraves 4 2 0 6 1R. Winter 4 1 0 4 3T. Cox 2 0 0 16 0A. Malm 2 0 0 18 2

Olympic Dam d Andamooka1st InningsAndamooka battingJ. Gareth c&b P. Glover .....................................................................4C. Rathnajake b P. Glover ..............................................................29S. Muthukumarana c T. Simms b R. Selkirk ..............................8R. Castellano c R. Selkirk b R. Raynor ....................................... 25K. Powe not out ................................................................................. 5A. Williamson b P. Glover ................................................................0Farhad c S. Holbrook b P. Glover ..................................................0S. Griggs not out ................................................................................10Extras (2w, 0nb. 0b, 1lb) .................................................................. 13Total ............................................................................6/84

Olympic Dam BowlingBowler Overs Maidens Wide Runs WicketsS. Holbrook 4 1 0 8 0P. Glover 4 0 0 7 4A. Harris 3 0 2 22 0R. Selkirk 4 0 0 21 1L. Holbrook 4 0 0 21 0R. Raynor 1 0 0 4 1

2nd InningsOlympic Dam BattingR. Selkirk c b D. Costello ................................................................. 18P. Stacey c Farhat b ‘Jeffro’ ...........................................................28B.Hill c T. Mulders b ‘Jeffro’............................................................14S. Holbrook not out .......................................................................... 11D. Kaminski not out .......................................................................... 5Extras (3w, 0b, 5lb, 0nb) ..................................................................8Total .............................................................................3/91

Rogues BowlingBowler Overs Maidens Wide Runs WicketsS. Muth. 3 1 0 7 0T. Mulders 3 0 0 13 0Priyantha 2 0 1 8 0C. Rathnajake 2 0 0 12 0D. Costello 4 0 1 9 1K. Powe 1 0 0 11 0‘Jeffro’ 3 0 1 25 2


The Miners will play Olympic Dam in the Twenty20 grand fi nal this Friday night after defeating Hornridge by

three wickets last weekend.Hornridge won the toss in the do-or-die

clash and elected to bat fi rst, with Cam Den-besten and Jamie Way taking to the crease against the bowling of Paul Trotta and Grant Aitchison.

Denbesten and Way got Hornridge off to a fl ying start before the latter departed with the score at 28.

� is was the biggest partnership Horn-ridge could manage and, when Tyson Cox departed after Way with the score at 39, the Wanderers lost 6/6 to be struggling at 7/45.

Some late hitting by Trent Grosser (13) saw them to 65 in the 18th but the damage had already been done.

Wickets were shared around for the Min-ers, with Sam Birrell the pick of the bowlers on 3/5 from three overs.

Best with the bat was Denbesten with 15 and Way and Grosser with 13 each.

However, the game was not over. Horn-ridge fought hard to restrict the Miners but

was a few runs short, with the men in red passing the score in the 17th over with three wickets still in hand.

Best with the bat for the Miners was Paul Trotta, who made an important 23 batting at four, while with the ball Rhett Winter fi nished with fi gures of 3/4 to be the pick of the bowlers for Hornridge.

� e Miners will now take on OD in the T20 grand fi nal this Friday night, while An-damooka and Hornridge will have a week off before the 40-over competition starts on the following weekend.

Olympic Dam d AndamookaOlympic Dam continued its unbeaten run

this season when it defeated Andamooka by seven wickets last Friday night.

� e Devils won the toss and elected to fi eld fi rst – as has been the case in all their T20 fi xtures this season.

Tight bowling early on from Seb Hol-brook and Patrick Glover saw Andamooka just 1/8 after four overs.

Despite good bowling from OD’s newcomer Ryan Selkirk at the fi rst change, Chamila Rathnayake and Ryan Castellano combined for a 45-run partnership to get the score to 65.

Castellano was the fi rst of the pair to go

for 25 off the bowling of Robert Raynor be-fore Glover returned to the attack to take three wickets in one over to restrict the Roos to just 6/84 off their 20 overs.

Best with the bat for the Roos was Rathnayake with 29, Castellano with his 25 and Seb Griggs with 10 not out – all coming off the fi nal over of the innings.

For the Devils Glover was the pick of the bowlers with 4/7 off four overs, while Sel-kirk and Raynor were the only other wicket takers with one each.

In reply it took the Devils until the 18th over to reach the target, but the result was never in doubt with the men in green and gold still having seven wickets up their sleeve.

Phil Stacey, in his last game for the club, combined with Selkirk to guide the Devils to 43 without loss.

Selkirk then departed for 18 before Sta-cy was caught for 28 and Brendan Hill fol-lowed soon after with just eight runs to get.

As he did the week before, Holbrook hit the winning runs with a six to give the Dev-ils another win leading into the grand fi nal this Friday.

Wickets were shared around for the Roos with all single wicket takers.

Miners in T20 grand fi nal

Sam Birrell (Roxby Miners) sends down another delivery during his side’s win over Hornridge on Saturday night.

The Miners’ Jordan Dadleh (left) on his way to taking 2/2.

Hornridge’s Adam Malm plays a shot during his innings of two.

PHOTOS: Kristen Dwyer

Andamooka’s Sachira Muthukumarana bowling.

Olympic Dam’s Ryan Selkirk played this ball off his pads.

Troy Mulders sends down another delivery for Andamooka on Friday night. PHOTOS: Patrick Glover

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Come in to the VIC to pick up an entry form to participate in

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2015 Skid Party raises funds for extension

Rory Hatch in action during the Roxby Downs Skid Party held at the Red Dunes Raceway on Saturday night. PHOTO: Kristen Dwyer


Entrants came from near and far on to take part in the Roxby Downs Skid

Party in front of more than 250 attendees on Saturday night.

A number of entrants from Port Augusta and Adelaide were competing in their fi rst-ever Skid Party, while there were also a few returning from Whyalla and Woomera to join a cast of local drivers.

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