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Volume 11, Wednesday, September 10, 2014www.themonitor.com.au Phone (08) 8671 2683 Fax (08) 8671 2843
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O lympic Dam’s heap leaching pilot plant took a step closer to fruition last week as the
Federal Government gave it the environmental green light.
News sources last week announced the project would bypass a lengthy environmental impact approvals process.
However, Olympic Dam Asset President Darryl Cuzzubbo said the timeframe for the pilot plant would remain the same, with construction to begin at the end of 2015, subject to further approvals.
“We take our environmental performance seriously and will meet all approval conditions applied by
State and Federal regulators for the heap leach demonstration plant,” Mr Cuzzubbo told Th e Monitor.
“Specifi c measures to avoid envi-ronmental impacts were included in the document lodged with the Federal Department of Environment …”
“The approval ref lects those measures by incorporating stringent conditions to be met and determines that a full environmental impact assessment is not warranted,” he said.
Mr Cuzzubbo said the timeframe on building the demonstration plant is contingent on a number of factors, including additional approvals.
Mr Cuzzubbo said the heap leach pilot plant, which is expected to be located on 18 hectares of predom-
inantly cleared land on the existing mining lease, would be small, and therefore have little impact on the area.
“OD (Olympic Dam) holds itself to stringent environmental controls and monitoring, and due to the small size of the trial - less than one half of one percent of our current production and proximity to existing operations - any impacts from the trial are expected to be negligible,” he said.
It was still too early to tell how many jobs would be created during construc-tion or as part of the ongoing trials.
“Th e majority of the work is likely to be contracted out and at this stage, and we are still working through the details of what exactly will be required.”
Mr Cuzzubbo said last week’s signing
of the bilateral civil nuclear coopera-tion agreement with India, allowing Australia to supply uranium to India, was an important step to providing clean energy to millions of people.
“We welcome the signing of the bilateral civil nuclear cooperation agreement between India and Australia,” Mr Cuzzubbo said.
“With the appropriate uranium safeguards in place, this could be an important step in providing clean energy to around 400 million people who currently live without electricity in India.
“As far as Olympic Dam is con-cerned, we are first and foremost a copper mine. Less than 20 per cent of our revenue is derived from uranium,”
Mr Cuzzubbo said.“Our current focus at Olympic Dam
is to deliver optimum performance with our current plant.”
Mr Cuzzubbo said the company would continue to explore options to expand Olympic Dam to its full potential, but that the case for expan-sion must successfully compete against other investment opportunities in BHP Billiton.
“We are taking a phased expansion appro ach with each phase demonstrat-ing success and credibility for the next.
“We are exploring and evaluating all options for a less capital-intensive design of the proposed expansion project, including technology options.”
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S t Barbara’s Year 9 students have taken to the air-
waves and are learning all about radio and the way it works as part of their english studies.
This is the first time
the school had been in-volved with radio, and teacher Virginia Snoswell was hoping it might be-come a regular thing.
“Th is (having a show on radio) is unique, you wouldn’t be able to do it in the city,” she said.
“You get the kids into the radio station and get
them thinking outside the box – experimental learning is important.”
While only four stu-dents are currently act-ing as the core on-air group, Ms Snoswell said the whole class was still a part of it.
“It is great, the idea of giving these boys a
chance to go on radio is to help them develop their confidence,” Ms Snoswell said.
“Th ere is the core team that will be on radio and there will be guests on from time to time.
“Th e rest of the class are doing artwork to promote radio in the community.
“Th e whole class is also
working on scripting so everyone gets to practice in the classroom.
“We are working on getting an in-house ra-dio presentation train-ing course running in the school, just an informal one.”
The idea of allowing the students on air has been in the pipeline since Term 1 but has only
come to fruition since the appointment of the new radio station man-ager, Ross Wilson.
Mr Wilson said it was great to have the students come into the studio and he was more than happy to help them develop their skills.
“It is a good learning curve for the kids,” Mr Wilson said.
“One of the main rea-sons why I took this job was so I could do things like this.
“It really pleased me that half way through one of them said: ‘this is fun’.”
The Year 9 students can be heard on 105.5 RoxFM on Wednesday mornings between 9am and 10am.
The Giant Royal Flying Doctors Service (RFDS)
Auction and Golf Day will be held again this year on September 20.
Th e day consists of a nine hole Ambrose golf competition in the morn-ing with the auction be-ginning at 1pm. Dinner is served at 6pm and the day will be finished off with a fi reworks display.
“Th e RFDS Giant auc-tion and Golf Day is a wonderful family day and everybody is well catered for,” RFDS Roxby Downs
Auxiliary Secretary Che-rie Gaskin said.
“Th e RFDS lifeline is of great importance to everybody in Australia, not only rural and re-mote areas but in the city as well and is desperately in needs of funds.”
The event has been running for over 20 years and in that time the RFDS Roxby Downs Auxiliary has raised over $1.7 million.
“Th is is hugely massive amount, which has only been achieved by the in-credible local support,” she said.
“It is absolutely won-derful to have the sup-port of the local com-munity, without them, we wouldn’t be able to raise the much needed funds we do.”
Last year the RFDS made 111 visits to the Olympic Dam Airport, which is two-to-three times a week, and Mrs Gaskin said everyone would either know
someone who has used the RFDS or would have used it themselves.
As well as the golf and the auction, the kids will be kept entertained by a clown who will be hand-ing out lollies during the auction.
Th e auction goods will be available for viewing down the main street on Friday September 19 and at the Market Day on Saturday September 20 until 12:30 when they will be taken out to the Golf Course.
Golf will commence at 9am on Saturday morn-ing with the auction to be held at 1pm and tea served at 6pm.
Dinner for adults is $10 and children $5, while registration for a golfer will be $15, which includes tea.
Registrations can be made on the morning at 8am or via Damien Condon at deece69@bigpond.com.
BY PATRICK GLOVER
RFDS Auxiliary looks to boost $1.7 million Golf Day fundraiser
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K ate Yates has joined the The Monitor’s team
as the new managing editor, taking on the role from Gail Heritage as she moves into another integral position within the organisation, after nurturing the paper periodically for eight years.
Coming from an ex-tensive background of publishing spanning over 20 years, both na-tionally and interna-tionally, as a newspaper editor, magazine editor, sub editor, PR agent, and foremost a prominent journalist, Mrs Yates is looking forward to tak-ing Th e Monitor to the “next level”.
She hopes to revel in the local community and the diversity and opportunities the town has to off er.
Mrs Yates said, “Rox-by Downs is one of the most magnifi cent des-tinations in the world, with so much to inspire every one of all walks
of life and a culturally founded eclectic net-work that is amazing and embracing.
“In my few days here, the residents of the town have been so welcoming and shown uncondition-al kindness and hospi-tality.
“Our paper (Th e Mon-itor) has so much room for growth and can be utilised as a community engine to generate, re-
iterate and put forward all of your news and ventures.
“The paper is your voice and we want you all to be heard.
“Please feel you can contact me at any time about your adulations, events, concerns and otherwise. We want to pay attention to each and every member of the community, and that includes you.”
The Monitor would like to apologise for some errors in last week’s
bumper sports edition.
A hectic weekend of cov-erage, short staff numbers, sickness and a mad rush to print on Monday caused us to confuse some names with captions in our junior sports coverage. We sincerely apol-ogise if one of your children was named or listed incor-rectly.
We would also like to apol-ogise for an error in an ad for the Roxby Downs Sporting Club in our Grand Final Foot-ball Feature.
An “update” message re-mained on the file through print and covered key infor-mation and sponsors.
Th e error was completely unintentional, and no off ense was mean to those sponsors involved.
We also recently incorrectly addressed Dr Alice Gorman as Mrs Gorman.
Th e Monitor has tightened its proofi ng controls, and with a full team back on board this week hopes to avoid any fur-ther issues at print.
WRITTEN BYPATRICK GLOVER
Th e R o x b y D o w n s Community Club has shown off its fundraising
skills recently by running two fundraisers on the one weekend.
Th e Club became a part of the world wide phenomenon ALS ice bucket challenge with staff mem-bers taking the challenge last Sat-urday.
Th e Club was nominated by lo-
cal Chelsea Brind and the idea es-calated from there, not just happy with tipping a bucket of ice over their heads.
“We came together as a group and did the ice bucket challenge as a team bonding exercise and it went from there,” Th e Club man-ager Clayton Newnham said.
“We threw some ideas around and then we came up with the ice cold shots to go with the theme.”
The cold as ice shots, which were on sale for one night only last Saturday night, raised around $800
that Th e Club then donated to the ALS foundation.
“It was just for one night and we had no aim,” Mr Newnham said.
“We were happy and surprised with the outcome.”
However Th e Club was not fi n-ished there, holding a poker night to raise money for the Zeptner family on the same weekend.
Th ey will also be participating in the UGLY bartender competi-tion in the coming months, raising money for the Leukaemia Foun-dation.
Roxby Council has released its Annual Business Plan and Budget Summary for
2014-15 highlighting more than $9 million in spending on major projects.
$4.7 million has been earmarked for various projects associated with the Leisure Centre Precinct redevelopment – including $1.8 million for “internal and external improvements”, $2.3 million for “additional space” for community media, indoor play café and pop up retail, and $603,000 to “refurbish” the gymnasium and foyer.
Th e project is believed to have been scaled down following rate payer concern, however recent Future Roxby consultation work-shops highlighted the fact that most people believed the project should go ahead.
A youth community kitchen, toi-lets and fences for the Curdimurka Playground and spending on roads, footpaths and crossings have also been allocated budget this year, and $2.054 million is expected to
be spent on upgrading local water and sewerage works.
A massive $3.79 million has been highlighted as foreshadowed works for redevelopment of local ovals, sports courts, playgrounds, road resealing and footpaths over the next four years.
Council has highlighted its plans in a new, easy to read document reproduced for print by Th e Mon-itor as a centre spread in today’s edition.
Th e more public release has been made in an eff ort to better inform rate payers of council’s plans after more transparency and consulta-tion was identifi ed as a main area of concern for locals following the Future Roxby workshops.
Th e document is also available to view at www.roxbydowns.com, and a large A3 document is expected to be letter box dropped along with rate notices in coming weeks.
Turn to Page 8 and 9 for the full summary and watch next week’s edition of Th e Monitor as we shed more light on the budget.
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Former member for Giles, Lyn Breuer, has been elected by the Outback Community Authorities (OCA) as
the chairman of the Andamooka Town Management Committee (ATMC).
Ms Breuer, who stepped down from her local parliamentary role after 17 years at the last state election, said she was “really pleased” to be awarded this voluntary role and was looking forward to spending some more time in Andamooka.
“I have a very long association with An-damooka, so I know the area very well,” Ms Breuer told Th e Monitor last week.
“Having spent 17 years as the local politi-cian I understand the needs in a small com-
munity and the issues for remote areas, in Andamooka particularly.”
Ms Breuer had her fi rst week on the job last week including her fi rst meeting last Tuesday.
Taking on this role still allows Ms Breuer to remain at her base in Whyalla making trips to Andamooka two or three days every month something she said will help her in her role.
“In this role I will be independent, not being a resident will help,” Ms Breuer said.
“I can use my parliamentary experience and prior local government experience as well as my knowledge of government de-partments and political processes to work for the town.”
Since stepping away from local politics Ms Breuer has spent her time relaxing and
“learning how to live out of politics” but she said this role is only voluntary, not a job, and will be something she will enjoy.
Beco ming a part of the ATMC is some-thing that had been fl agged with Ms Breuer 12 months ago but due to her political com-mitments she was unable to join.
But she has been keeping an eye on the work the group has been doing and is very impressed.
“I have been impressed with what has happened in the town in the last couple of years since AMTC has come in,” she said.
“Th ey have been working closely with OPOMA and I hope they can continue to work together.
Ms Breuer said her door will always be open and she is always willing to talk to any-one about issues or concerns they may have.
F ederal Member for Grey Rowan Ramsey said he is pleased the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) seems to be giving
the green light to REX Airlines continuing services into Coober Pedy until the strip can be widened.
Last week CASA threatened to close the airstrip if cross winds exceeded 10 knots or more due to legislative changes that require it to be widened from its current 18 metres to 30 metres to reach aviation regulations.
CASA informed Rex Airlines of the conditions that would have eff ectively brought the service to a halt from November 13.
However, by Friday CASA had withdrawn the ruling and will allow the service to continue.
“I have now been advised CASA has committed to allow the service to continue irrespective of the proposed legislative changes beyond the Novem-ber 13 deadline previously set, even though there appears to be a small ambiguity in their language that REX is seeking clarifi cation of before com-mitting to an ongoing service,” Mr Ramsay said on Friday.
“It now seems clear CASA is insisting on the strip being widened. If CASA had been clearer in their intent and language through the last nine months it is highly likely we may have had the problem fi xed by now,” he said.
“However up until their communication in late August I had always believed they would allow for the continuation of service on a strip that has been perfectly adequate for the last 27 years.
“CASA is an independent body beyond the control of government, and I thank the Assistant Minister for Infrastructure Jamie Briggs, for his eff orts over the last few weeks to bring urgent attention to this problem.
“I am hoping that in the very near future REX will confi rm with CASA that they are clear to con-tinue the service and I will be pressuring …War-ren Truss for a substantial contribution from the Commonwealth to help the Coober Pedy Council with the upgrade.
“Th is vital service simply must continue and is hugely important for the town of Coober Pedy.”
In a statement to media CASA said it had been working closely with the regional airline and air crr aft manufacture SAAB to better ensure the ongoing safe operation of Rex Flights at Coober Pedy.
“However, aspects of the arrangements that have been in place for the Rex SAAB 340 fl ights at Coober Pedy do not provide for the appropriate continued management of safety on an 18 metre sealed runway with gravel edges,” the statement said.
“CASA believes it is in the best interests of the travelling public to introduce new safety standards for all narrow runway operations across Australia, including Coober Pedy.
Th e Coober Pedy council has said the runway would be widened to the 30 metre requirement.
“Given these assurances CASA will continue to permit Rex to operate the SAAB 340 to Coober Pedy while the runway widening work is carried out.,” Council stated in a formal document.
“CASA expects the runway work will be com-pleted as soon as possible in the interests of safety.”
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Former local MP new ATMC chairperson
APOMA committee member Kym Rowett, Quinten, Lincoln, New ATMC Chairperson Lyn Bruer and ATMC aministration services offi cer Stephen Lyons.
The Outback Smart program that has been designed by the environment forum and the Community Garden
has been awarded a grant for $3587.
The group will be using the grant to compile a booklet that will help people living in Roxby Downs to be more sus-tainable.
“It is nice to be able to produce a book-let like this, one that is specifi c to Roxby Downs,” Environmental Forum Chairperson Perri Carter said.
“Th ere are a lot of resources out there to
with this kind of thing but this will ensure there is some consistency.”
Th e Outback Smart program has been running multiple workshops over the past few weeks with a workshop being run as lately as last night with the green beauty workshop.
Th e booklet will look at combining all en-
vironmentally friendly ideas and extending
on them to give the community of Roxby
Downs tips and tricks on how to be more
sustainable.“Th e Community Garden and Environ-
mental forums have come up with personal tips, ideas and ways for local people to be more sustainable,” Community Board rep-resentative from the Community Garden Vicki Mason said.
“It is (designed) so other people can tray and save and enjoy a better lifestyle it gives.
“We were going to do it anyway, but this way (with this grant) it can be a good pre-sentable booklet,”
“Th is is a booklet Roxby Downs can be proud of.”
Th e booklet will be released early next year. BY PATRICK GLOVER
Outback Smart program to receive grant
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V eggie patches, lawn and gardens are under attack, with
an infl ux of crickets and grasshoppers ascending on Roxby Downs.
Roxby Pest Control’s Travis Hague said not since 2010/11 had there been an infl ux of crickets and grass-hoppers like this.
“It is something diff erent all the time,” he said.
“When we have specifi c
weather if it is right for a particular insect they just erupt (in numbers).
“It is just how the outback is.”
He said it was not uncom-mon for a large number of insects to suddenly appear in town.
“It is fascinating, there are so many diff erent insects,” Mr Hague said.
“Th ey are always around, but it is only when they ap-pear in big numbers that people notice them.”
The large number of crickets and grasshoppers
has resulted in a few call- outs for Mr Hague but not many.
“I have had a few call-outs (for crickets and grasshop-pers) but not many, mainly just hardcore gardeners,” he said.
“Th ey (crickets and grass-hoppers) love something green and succulent.”
Mr Hague couldn’t pre-dict when numbers would begin to deteriorate but said it could just be a season-al thing and they could all be gone when the weather warms up.
The circus is coming to Roxby Downs – but it’s not exactly what you might be thinking!
Country Arts will bring 61 Circus Acts in 60 Seconds to the Roxby Downs stage on Tuesday, September 23 and locals are being told to come join in the fun.
Firstly … just picture it …61 circus acts ….in just 60 minutes. It’s like a circus buff et – you get a taste of everything.
Witness an astounding range of acts as acro-bats race against the clock, juggling, balancing and tumbling with touches of magic, humour and surprise. Can they really make it in time? Th e action doesn’t let up. You’ll laugh, cheer and be amazed by what the human body can do.
Set to upbeat music and featuring multiskilled
performers, this is circus without the boring bits.
Th e time element creates an exciting rush for the audience and the performers as acro-bats complete their acts within the time limit, associate director Ben Knapton said.
“We have a digital clock on stage facing the audience, and it does get quite tense towards the end,” he said. “Last time we fi nished with just 3.7 seconds to spare.”
Win free tickets by entering our contest on Facebook. Like us at Th e Monitor today!
Tickets for 61 Circus Acts in 60 Seconds are adults $25, group (6+) $22 and under 17 $15 and can be bought at the Roxby Downs Visitor Information Centre.
Crickets bounce into Roxby Roll up, roll up, roll up
O rganisers for the 2014 World Food and Music Festival are inviting everyone to attend the
event wearing their national dress as part of this year’s celebrations.
Th e amazing event, to be held on Sat-urday, October 18, is expected to bring Richardson Place alive again with a huge array of performers, foods, cook-ing, craft and the many cultures that make up Roxby Downs.
Th e town is now home to more than 40 diff erent nationalities, and Multicul-tural Forum chair Grace Morokai said community members are welcome to take part in the day by showcasing their country or culture in a variety of ways.
“Th is year, we would like to make it
more special by asking everyone who is attending to come in their nation-al dress or colour that represents you country of origin, so we can walk or march around the Richardson Place like we do at pageants, as our opening for the event,” Ms Morakai told Th e Mon-itor last week.
“It is an opportunity for you to display and be proud of your unique cultural background and to share with others.
Ms Morokai said organisers were hoping for as many people as possible to take part in the parade, and other events and activities on the day.
Locals can volunteer at craft sessions, the community kitchen, give perfor-mances and showcase their cultures by displaying items, costumes, fl ags, post-
ers and pictures by hiring a free stall.Th e event will be held on the main
Richardson Place with no charge to at-tend and food and drinks will be avail-able to buy at the event.
Th e event will feature many live acts, including performers Sol Nation who appeared at last year’s event, along with Damushi Ensemble, local group Tribal Connections and much much more.
Entertainment for the kids will in-clude Pyro Passion, a Kids Corner and the fantastic Nylon Zoo.
Anyone who would like to be in-volved or to find out more contact Roxby Council Community Project Offi cer Sasha Yantewo on 8671 0050 or Multicultural Forum Chairperson Grace Morokai on 0402 761 720.
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Buff el Busters from Roxby Downs will ascend on Bon Bon Station next weekend as Arid Recovery looks to take a team to assist Bush
Heritage in removing some of the pest grass.
Only months after Arid Recovery and Bush Herit-age joined forces to form the South Australia Range-lands Alliance the Buff el Busters will look at strength-ening this alliance further.
“Th is is just another way we can work together to help create a positive outcome for the environment,” Arid Recovery Education and Community Offi cer Perri Carter said.
Th e team will set up base camp on Bon Bon Station at a spot 20 kilometres out of Glendambo and will work its way through diff erent areas of the station eliminating what they can over the weekend.
“It (its work) will all be done on Bon Bon Station,” Ms Piper said.
“It is quite a large area, so all the work we will be doing is past the Stuart Highway.”
Th e area along the Stuart Highway from up near the APY Lands and Coober Pedy are some of the worst areas for growing the pest grass with a state wide report released addressing the area as a priority area.
Ms Perri is hoping there will be large number of people to help out with the buff el busting weekend.
“We would love to take as many people – as many families and vehicles up there as possible,” she said.
Th e weekend will not be all about buff el busting however, with people on the trip given the opportu-nity to explore the Bush Heritage Station and take in some of the wildlife.
“You get the opportunity to travel around in a four-wheel-drive in areas you wouldn’t usually be able to go,” Ms Perri said.
Th e Bush Heritage station has a rich history with plenty of places to explore including heritage listed buildings such as a homestead, post offi ce and nu-merous small houses.
Th e weekend will run from September 19 to Sep-tember 21 with everyone welcome to attend.
For more information or to book call the Arid Re-covery offi ce on 8671 2402.
“WatchSA enhances com-munity safety through the application of a community
based problem solving approach” is the Neighbourhood Watch mission statement.
Led by Vicki Mason and Cherie Gaskin a group of 12 people passion-ate about keeping the Roxby Downs Community safe are doing just that.
But with just 12 members the group is encouraging more people to step forward and join the team.
“Anyone can join our Neighbour-hood Watch, new members are al-ways welcome,” Neighbourhood Watch Secretary Cherie Gaskin said.
“(We are looking for) extra people who can see things, report on things and encourage people who are hit-ting Facebook fi rst without reporting issues to report them to the correct channels.
Th e Neighbourhood Watch group
has a number of diff erent roles and works closely with the local police.
“We have set up a successful en-graving register that encourages people to get their bikes, scooters skateboards, and such engraved, so if they are ever misplaced, we will be able to return them to their rightful owner,” Mrs Gaskin said.
“Our Neighbourhood Watch com-mittee is available as a contact for issues that people may not be keen to bring up directly with the Police, although we encourage people to go directly to the police station fi rst and foremost.
“We also have a Neighbourhood Watch Facebook page, which we use to pass on bulk messages from the local police station, as well as holiday and road tip warnings.”
If anyone is interested in joining up forms can be collected from the Roxby Downs Police Station during offi ce hours. BY PATRICK GLOVE
Buffel Buffel busting busting
Bon BonBon BonArid Recovery Eductation and Community Offi cer Perri Carter and volunteer Alix Palmer.
Neighbourhood Watch on the look for new members
Neighbourhood Watch Area Co-ordinator
Vicki Mason and Secretary Cherie
Gaskin with Constable Dan
Bronca (middle).
OUT ABOUT&
Brooke Perrett, Helen Eggart and Hayley Speck
at the Roxby Tavern.
Rob van Berkel, Leanne Hunter, Noel Riley, Rose Sternal, Harry and Collene Noll at the Roxby Tavern.
Rick Hanson, Jane Rawlins, Ray Rawlins
at Roxby Tavern.
The Giants playing at the Roxby Tavern over the weekend.
Peggy, Timmy and Terri at the Roxby Tavern.
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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
Email: halesm@roxbycouncil.com.au
Michelle Davis • George GiakoumisVicki Mason • Gaylene Crane
Mary Lewis • Brett McNeilBill Boehm • Nidya Iwan • Di Stanton
• Cherie Gaskin • Sandy Sumsion
JOINING FORUMSIf you would like to join a forum and would like more information please
contact the following people. New members are always welcome.
ARTS and CULTURE FORUMRachel Young 0428 671 000Thursday, September 25 @ 7pm
Council Boardroom
BUSINESS FORUM Laura Trotta 0412 734 964Tuesday, October 7 @ 6.15pm
Club Boardroom
SPORTS and REC FORUMMichelle Hales 0418 833 818
TBC
COMMUNITY GARDENAngela Neyland 8671 0010
Thursday, September 11 @ 6.30pm
Council Boardroom
ENVIRONMENT FORUMPerri Carter 0433 248 627
Thursday, October 2 @ 7pm
Council Boardroom
ROXBY ROADSAFE MEETINGMichelle Hales 0418 833 818Thursday, September 11 @ 5.30pm
Council Boardroom
MULTICULTURAL FORUMSasha Yantewo (08) 8671 0010
Wednesday, September 17 @ 6pm
Council Boardroom
WOMEN’S NETWORKLisa Hewerdine (08) 8671 0010
TBC
L ast weekend the Outback Smart program off ered local residents an opportunity to learn how to grow
native peas (including Sturt’s Desert Peas) from seed at a workshop at the Roxby Downs Community Garden.
Local gardening enthusiast Jen Macken-zie shared her experience growing these plants which are famous for being very diffi cult to grow.
More than 33 people attended the work-
shop and planted their own pea in punnets to take home including 5 diff erent native pea varieties local to the Roxby Downs area.
Th e Community Garden forum would like to give a huge thank you to Jen Mac-kenzie for volunteering her time and hope that all who attended will soon have some beautiful pea specimens in their own garden. For more information about the Community Garden and how you can be involved contact Angela on 0448 168 167.
I t’s never too early to start talking about alcohol and other drugs with your child.
Th is is the start of a series of short and informative articles designed to empower par-ents and to provide support as they navigate a road less travelled. Starting the conversation, communication, role modelling and safe par-tying are amongst the topics we will cover to help parents.
Th e Alcohol and Substance Abuse Forum hope you will fi nd the content of benefi t to your family, the information has been pro-vided by the Australia Drug Foundation, de-velopers of the other talk content.
The other talk is about families talking openly about alcohol and other drugs and is an important step when preparing your child for a teenage party. However, you could start talking to your child as early as eight years of age to make sure they have the right information and attitudes when they reach high school. Starting the conversation early means you create an understanding that when it comes to alcohol or drugs. No question is too silly and no topic is off limits. Research shows that young people consider their par-ents to be credible sources of information about alcohol and drugs.
While having ‘The Other Talk’ can be daunting, following these tips, parents may feel better prepared:
• Get the facts. Start at www.Th eOtherTalk.org.au for information about common drugs and safe alcohol drinking guidelines
• Be clear in your beliefs. Make it known how you feel about use of drugs or underage drinking
• Know your child, do you know how your child will react if off ered alcohol or drugs?
• Set clear rules and let your child know the consequences for breaking them
• Look for opportunities to start the con-versation and start early. Before your child has their fi rst alcoholic drink they will have already formed attitudes and expectations about alcohol. Use this article as a catalyst
• Ask questions. Find out what your kids know already – you might be surprised!
• Make sure they understand the specifi c harms of drinking alcohol while their brains are still developing
• Help them develop ways of getting out of situations where their friends are using alco-hol or other drugs and they don’t want to be embarrassed by not taking part
• Be a role model. When it comes to alcohol parents are the greatest infl uence on their children’s drinking habits
• Delay your adolescent’s introduction to alcohol – don’t off er them alcohol before they are 18 and delay the fi rst drink for as long as possible
• We will be following up with more infor-mation in upcoming columns, but please visit the other talk website if you wish to fi nd out more. www.Th eOtherTalk.org.au.
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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.
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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
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9:30am to 5pm Thursdays9.30 am to 12 noon Saturdays
Telephone 8671 0500Email: library@roxbycouncil.com.au
Library membership is free. Wide range of resources are available including books, DVDs, magazines and internet facilities.Toddler Story Time 10.30am Thursday.
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On behalf of the 25th anni-versary committee, Council and BHP Billiton would like
to remind the town that we are creating a time capsule to mark this signifi cant milestone.
If you have been thinking about what you can include to show future Roxby residents just how great liv-ing here is today, it’s time to put your thoughts into action.
Your contributions can be left at the library or at the Roxby Council offi ce. Please remember that in 25 years’ time, technology may have changed signifi cantly so this might determine what you leave as a me-mento. We also need to be mindful of the space available so keeping it to A4 is recommended.
Keep an eye out in coming weeks for more information about the time capsule and its creation and intern-ment.
What a fi tting way to signify the end of our fi rst 25 years and the start of the next!
F rom Monday, September 1, 2014 there are several new changes to road laws and regulations in South Australia with the aim of increasing road safety.
As of this date motorists travelling past emergency service vehicles with red or blue fl ashing lights activated will be required to slow down to a speed of 25km/hr. Th is a reduction from 40km/hr. Th is also applies to areas where there have been two sets of fl ashing safety lights placed by emergency workers over a stretch of road. Th is new law allows emergency workers to be able to focus on their important job at hand without concerns for their safety from ongoing traffi c.
Other laws that aff ect many Roxby Downs families apply to children in booster seats. It is now a requirement that booster seats are fi tted correctly with an adjusted lap sash seatbelt or child harness. It will no longer be legal for a child in a booster seat to just a lap seatbelt.
Finally other changes this month include reduced speed limits on sections of the South Eastern Freeway and the scrapping of legisla-tion that requires drivers with a medical condition recorded on their licence to have annual medical checks. Drivers are still encourage to seek regular medical checks, particularly those over 70 years of age, but this is no longer a legal requirement.
Library overdue notices
The Roxby Link Library is trialling overdue notices, in an effort to be reunited with overdue resources. Please return the
items as soon as possible so that others can access them. If you have any queries, don’t hesitate to contact library
staff on 8671 0500 or library@roxbycouncil.com.au.
What’s your time capsule contribution?
New road rules in South Australia from September 1
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What’s happening at RDAS?
Abbey, Alyssa, Tamzyn, Paige, Amber, Jasmine, Tessa, Corinna, Ameliya, Bayley and Erin.
Ahoura competing in the discus at Sports Day last Friday.
Harry winds up to kick the soccer ball.
Noah B cleared this hurdle at sports day.
Millie clears the bar in the high jump.
Thomas skips his way through an obstacle course
Soane juggled an egg in the egg and spoon race.
The RDAS reception class enjoyed Sports Day last Friday.
Year 7s Harry and Mackenzie helped out with the junior primary Sports Day.
Zach launches himself in the doing jump, he went on to win the event.
The under ten-year-old boys after completing the long jump.
RDAS enjoys sunny day for sports day
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The iconic Roxby Desert Motocross track will light up once again for the seventh Night Meet this weekend.
Th e annual event has grown from ambitious beginnings to become one of the State’s big-gest and best, and is expected to again attract riders from across the State.
Prize money has hit the $10,000 mark across races in three classes, and riders will also be able to compete in a new feature race – Th e Scotty McKay Memorial. Riders on both 250cc and 450cc will compete in two, ten lap races with only a six minute break in between at the end of the night for a cool $3000 prize pool.
Club president Clint Gow Smith said the event had come a long way since its inception.
“I don’t think the local community realize just how iconic this event has become across the State, and the strong rider numbers sup-port this as they increase year on year as we continue to develop and promote the event,” Gow Smith told Th e Monitor last week.
‘From the early days the club ventured into the unknown, with the unveiling of night meeting Number 1, which looking back was such a courageous and bold move,” he said.
“Th e club learnt some hard lessons through this period but we also knew collectively that
we were on to something big if we could just get the little things right.
“We had freestyles early on with mixed suc-cess and then made the decision to make this event about motocross racing, and the rest is history,” he said.
“The past three years we have been able to attract SA’s very best , show-casing one of the best prepped and well lit motocross tracks in the State.”“Through our very generous sponsors we have added start gates, improved pit are-as, viewing areas, fencing, toilets facilities, and bar facilities. All this adds so much value when people come here and see the development and infrastructure that has gone into this club over a period of time.Mr Gow Smith said over the last three years the club has put over $35,000 up for grabs,
including prize money, trophies, and novel-ty cheques, which continue to drag people through the gate to see the very best in action.
Th is year’s event could attract up to 2000 spectators, including an estimated 1000 vis-itors to the town.
SA owned, Australian Number 3 ranked Luke Arbon will return to defend his Roxby Downs title this year, and competition is ex-pected to be steep.
He will be challenged by second place getter for the past three years and this year’s Day Meet winner John Tilbrook, and other class challengers including Tyson Whillas, James Booth-Elliot, ex local Nick Murray and Izak Maule, to name a few.
Full bar and canteen facilities will be availa-ble and admission is $10. Gates open at 12pm. Racing starts at 3pm.
Iconic Roxby night meet this weekend
ABOVE: Roxby Desert Moto X Club President Clint Gow Smith is urging everyone to come to the iconic Night Meet at the local motocross club this weekend.
LEFT: Red hot action on the track at last year’s event attracted
large spectator numbers.
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NIGHT MEETRoxby Desert Motocross Club
C ash is tight and sponsorship is hard fought in a transient town of dwin-dling population numbers – but as
usual, Roxby Downs steps up when help is needed.
It’s the reason the night meet has grown and become such a success, Club President Clint Gow Smith said.
Often much of the support has been in lab our, with many local contractors lending their skills, equipment and blood, sweat and tears to build a track now known as one of the best in the State.
“We are very unique here in Roxby and we operate diff erently to the footy clubs and other sporting clubs where our cash spon-sorship is minimal, however our in kind support would be close to 100,000 which is just simply phenomenal,” Gow Smith said.
“A combination of a lot of things has made this event successful, sponsorship, willing members, the committee … above all the amount of external volunteers that put their hands up - or get roped in by either Jody or me - to help run canteens, bars and many other jobs.
“Th is year we have Roxby Districts Footy Club doing all the fl ag marshall points, the Hornridge boys doing the bar … they have done this for fi ve years … the Hornridge girls running merchandise, beer tickets and sell-ing glow sticks, plus our new house mates Andamooka Football Club is running can-teen and Rotary is helping on the gate.
“ T h i s i s w h a t m a k e s t h i s night such a community e vent .”“I am personally proud of the network of people we have been able to engage to help the club throw this event, it’s pretty cool.
“Like any club there’s a dedicated few that drive such events and the crew that have been there from the beginning. I call them “Th e Untouchables”. We have all shared a vi-sion of what this should look like and slowly but surely we are getting there.
“You have the hiccups along the way, but as president, I’m starting to see the fruit from so many people’s labour which is very rewa. It’s time for the committee to really soak it up and enjoy a few good years after the toil to get the club where it is today ..“We have new members and volunteers coming on board every week which is spreading the work load a little and allow-ing us to really focus on how we can keep on improving this event.”
Local companies MPS Building Services, Gory & Cole Drillers and the BHP Billiton Community Grants program were the driv-ing force behind the large prize pool – the largest prize pool for one race meeting an-ywhere in Australia in 2014.
“Our non-fi nancial sponsors can never be under-stated and lead by AJ and Amy at Coates Hire, these guys along with Hol-cim, Cat Rental, ODT and Red Mulga have contributed so heavily into this event,” Gow Smith said.
H e e x t e n d e d a n e n o r -mous thank you to al l involved. “Sponsors old and new, I know we put the squeeze on and push hard in this cur-rent tight fi nancial market, but you all con-tinue to dig deep and support our club and the community so thank you so much.
“Th is is no cliché - we simply couldn’t do what we do without this generosity.”
Don’t miss all the action at the Roxby De-sert Moto X Track this weekend.
Many hands and that true Roxby spirit
Action from last
year’s night meet.
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Former member for Giles, Lyn Breuer, has been elected by the Outback Community Authorities (OCA) as the chairman of the
Andamooka Town Management Committee (ATMC).
Ms Breuer, who stepped down from her local par-liamentary role after 17 years at the last election, said she was ‘really pleased’ to be awarded this voluntary role and was looking forward to spending some more time in Andamooka.
“I have a very long association with Andamooka, so I know the area very well,” Ms Breuer told Th e Monitor last week.
“Having spent 17 years as the local politician I un-derstand the needs in a small community and the issues for remote areas, in Andamooka particularly.”
Ms Breuer had her fi rst week on the job last week including her fi rst meeting last Tuesday.
Taking on this role still allows Ms Breuer to remain at her base in Whyalla, making trips to Andamooka two or three days every month something she said will help her in her role.
“In this role I will be independent. Not being a res-ident will help,” Ms Breuer said.
“I can use my parliamentary experience and prior local government experience as well as my knowledge of government departments and political processes to work for the town.”
Since stepping away from politics Ms Breuer has spent her time relaxing and ‘learning how to live out of politics’ but she said this role is only voluntary, not a job, and will be something she will enjoy.
Becoming a part of the ATMC is something that had been fl agged with Ms Breuer 12 months ago but due to her political commitments she was unable to join.
But she has been keeping an eye on the work the group has been doing and is very impressed.
“I have been impressed with what has happened in the town in the last couple of years since AMTC has come in,” she said.
“Th ey have been working closely with OPOMA and I hope they can continue to work together.”
Ms Breuer said her door will always be open and she is always willing to talk to anyone about issues or concerns they may have. BY PATRICK GLOVER
Andamooka may experi-ence an infl ux of visitors soon with the town
being named a recreational vehicle (RV) friendly town recently by the Campervan and Motorhome Club of Australia (CMCA).
A number of things had to be altered in the town and criteria met to obtain this status but in a letter sent the Andamooka Town Management Commit-tee (ATMC) from the CMCA all criteria was met.
Street parking across from the shopping precinct for mo-torhomes, campervans and caravans has been allowed by the ATMC as well as allowing short and long term overnight parking for these vehiles at the Andamooka Camping Ground.
A free public dumping point has also been agreed on, in the water dispensing unit on water way, as well as enabling access to coin operated portable water available at the same place.
Th e status lead to immedi-ate promotion of Andamooka with the town being promoted in CMCA’s magazine Th e Wan-derer while also being promot-ed in its website.
“Th is will put our name out there,” Andamooka Community Administrator Deb Allen said.
“Hopefully the title will at-tract a few more people to come and stay.”
Th is status will be reviewed yearly and by the CMCA and the ATMC has agreed to notify them of any changes that may occur. BY PATRICK GLOVER
The biggest funeral in the history of Andamooka, as many people were calling it, took place last Wednesday to
farewell on of the most prominent names in town - Steve “Tuckabox” Smirnios.
Mr Smirnios’ generosity has rubbed off on lot of people over the years as evident by the amount of people that attended his funeral.
“People from all over the country have been lucky enough to experience his gen-erosity, in fact people all around the world,” Peter Allen said.
“He was a pillar of Andamooka and what it is.”
Mr Allen said Mr Smirnios, who created the Tuckabox Restaurant in Andamooka, supported everyone who came in to town whether it be supplying them with a beer, food, a place to stay or giving opal miners a place to dump their fi ndings.
His fi rst encounter with Mr Smirnios came
in 1976 after he fi rst moved to Andamooka and he recalled how Mr Smirnios off ered him a free feed and accommodation until he could aff ord somewhere to stay.
“He found out we had no wher e to live so he just said we could sleep in a couple of rooms out the back,” Mr Allen said.
“He gave us a free feed everyday as well and just said pay it back when you can, you can’t go hungry.
“Th at’s how he was with everyone.“He got burnt a few times by people, but
that never stopped him trusting people.”Mr Smirnios moved to Andamooka in
1961, looking for adventure and to manage the Tuckabox restaurant, having come to Sydney from Greece as a 14 years old.
He passed away in the Quorn hospital on Wednesday, August 27 this year.
Steve Smirnios will be missed by many. BY PATRICK GLOVER
Biggest funeral in Andamooka history to farewell local legend
ATMC elect former local MP as new
chairperson
Andamooka named RV
friendly town by CMCA
WRITTEN BY PATRICK GLOVER
Andamooka local Bronwyn West has successfully returned from her trek up Lake Torrens complet-ing the adventure without any “major hiccups”.
Ms West, who completed the trek with her broth-er-in-law Oliver Koehn and best friend Susie Barr, said she thoroughly enjoyed the trek and was already looking at doing another trek.
“It was really hard work, but it was a fantastic ex-perience – really worthwhile,” Ms West said.
“I wouldn’t have missed it for the world. “It was something great and I’m really glad I did it.“I will have a break next year but I will look at doing
something the year after.“I would prefer to do something out in the bush, so
I will have to come up with a few ideas.”She was amazed at the sheer size of it all and some
said at stages she just stopped and realised the enor-mity of what she was doing.
“It was a great experience, just to see the size, the vastness and the distances – it gave you a chance to look at the big picture.
“I got a real sense of achievement (from the trek).”Ms West said the group was privileged to see some
of the things it did, including some interesting ani-mals and insects, massive creeks and a huge variety
of scenery.
Th e three started at the bottom of Lake Torrens
and took 18 days and 17 nights to complete the trek
covering around 15-20 kilometres a day with a 100
kilogram sled fi lled with supplies.
Th e group endured blisters, which were obtained
before their feet hardened after a few days; no show-
ers for long periods of time, the fi rst shower coming
nine days into the trip, and ‘terribly boring’ high en-
ergy food.
Despite the toughness of the journey, Ms West said
all three worked well together and enjoyed them-
selves.
“Th e others didn’t want to come back,” Ms West
said.
“Everybody pitched in and there was 100 per cent
team work.
“I thought that would be the case and it was.”
Th e group completed this milestone to raise mon-
ey for Frontier Services with the group raising over
$1500 up until paper deadline on Monday, and the
opportunity is still open for people wanting to donate.
Money can be donated to Ms West through her
Torrens Trek donation page http://personalchallenge.
gofundraise.com.au/page/WestFS.
Torrens trekkers return
People came from all over the country to farewell Andamooka local Steve “Tuckabox” Smirnios last Wednesday.
TOP: The group set up camp while on their trek. ABOVE: Oliver Koehn, Susie Barr and Bronwyn West during their adventure.
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Middle row from left: Lucy, Lilliana, Alex, Alana, Charlee, Tariro, Nelly, Jesse
Front from left Bailey, Coby, Gus, Joaquin, Jett & Cole.
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S t Barbara’s Parish School held a special mass last Friday night to celebrate the First Eucharist of
13 students and Confi rmation of seven others.
Making their First Eucharist’s were Alana Bain, Jessie Baumgarten, Lucy Chamberlain, Lilliana Crettenden, Jett Giles, Alex Hoff -man, Nelly Curkpatrick, Cole Marasigan, Charlee McDonald, William Meadow, Tariro Mtendeudzi, Gus Steer and Joaquin Velasco.
While celebrating their Confi rmation was Harry B aumgarten, Bailey Chamberlain, Emily Jamieson, Ashlee Malm, Ruby Nottle, Coby Seery and Brianna Votino.
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St Barbs students’ Parish milestone
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Regina Qualmann paints John’s face.
Team Zep - Matilda, Hayley, Kim, Amelia
and Chloe.
Shania, Riley, Jasmine and Millie.
Mark and Jack Dalgleish.
Umpire Medal winners Connor Hayes, Luke Young,
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Craig Rainsford and James Beenham.
Patrick Glover live on RoxFM during the Grand Final.
Best on Ground Jared Greenbank.
Hornridge’s Lachie
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Miners’ Luke Godfrey chases down Brad
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Tedd Kenny for Miners take a mark during Saturday’s
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Junior Colts Grand Final winners, the Hawks, celebrating after Saturday’s match.
Junior Football Association President Matthew Daddow, with Bailey
Chamberlain and Matt Matchoss.
Coby Seery is cheered off
after Saturday’s grand fi nal.
Local Taj Gow-Smith won four races out of a possible six at the final round of the South
Australian Motocross state titles at Crystal Brook on the weekend.
Due to poor weather at Round 4, it was decided that the 7-9 years 65 and Div 2 50cc would do a catch-up round at Crystal Brook on the weekend, re-sulting in six races being held on the day rather than the usual three.
After missing Round 2 with a broken arm, Taj’s chances of being right up the pointy end in the 2014 overall title were very slim, but with a strong comeback ride at Keith in Round 3, he had closed the gap on the leaders and was sitting third in the championship with two rounds to go.
Taj’s four wins, a second and a third have given him the ideal preparation for the Junior Nationals next month.The last race saw Taj fall off at the fi rst corner on the fi rst lap and was last but battled back through the fi eld of 17 riders to somehow be bat-tling for the lead with a few corners
to go, but couldn’t quite get it done.“That last race was the gutsiest I have seen Taj ride and he really showed his determination and skills to get back to second from such a long way back,” father Clint Gow-Smith said.“We are so proud of what he had done this year in just his second year of rac-ing, but his genuine show of sports-manship on the weekend, jumping off his bike after the race to congrat-ulate his mate, Clay Burnett who was the newly crowned SA Champion for 2014 was a real proud moment for us.“Th e way he conducts himself with his peers make us very proud parents... he loves this sport, loves his mates and that was so evident on the weekend.”Taj would like to thank all his sponsors both locally and in Adelaide for this year, YAIM, Shane and Amy Metcalfe, Tommy at MAITS tyres, Troy, and the boys at Roxby Fabrication, Th e Mon-itor Newspaper, Outlaws Coatings & Conveyors, Coast KTM/Yamaha and SPMX Suspension, Auto Pro and Black-chrome.
Taj fi nishes season with a bangTaj in action at the SA Motocross State
Titles at Crystal Brook on the weekend.
Taj with coach Shane Metcalfe.
The Hawks took out the senior and junior Colts in a grand fi nal win during Saturday’s showdown.
Hawks triumph in junior footy fi nal
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On a warm sunny day with very little breeze, the two best teams of the league in Roxby Districts and
Hornridge faced off in the decider for the fl ag.
Roxby Districts had beaten Hornridge con-vincingly in its last encounter in the second semi-fi nal, but Hornridge had run itself into premiership form with a rout of Olympic Dam a week earlier, so the stage was set for a classic battle.
And a classic battle it was. In front of a big crowd, the game started off with a ferocious intensity being displayed by the Magpies as they jumped on the Miners, who were looking uncharacteristically fl at after the week’s rest.
Th e Magpies’ enormous pressure and in-tensity resulted in an unforced error by the Roxby defence and gave the Magpies the fi rst goal of the game.
Th e Miners are a classy unit, and quickly responded with a goal. Hornridge had a lot
more of the play and their defence were on top, but they were sloppy going into their forward lines and turned over the ball too easily on numerous occasions.
Th is caught the Magpies out of position, and Roxby capitalised on these errors with easy goals against the run of play to give the Miners a three goal lead at quarter time.
Hornridge started the second quarter in similar fashion and scored the opening goal for the quarter. Roxby kicked two answering goals quickly, and there were some danger signs for the Magpies as the Miners were starting to fi nd their rhythm.
Th e Magpies weren’t just going to lie down, and two free kicks to them resulting in goals changed the momentum of the game.
Hornridge moved up a gear, and banged on fi ve goals to Roxby’s one to hit the front. A late goal by Roxby’s Luke Godfrey, which came with his long bomb sailing over the pack in the goal square after receiving a 50 metre penalty on the wing gave Roxby a three point
lead at half-time, but they looked under siege and Hornridge looking full of fi re and running.
Th e scene was set for a classic second half, the air heavy with anticipation across the en-tire ground.
Th e third quarter is known as the premier-ship quarter, and Roxby came out and showed why they were the best team all year.
Whatever coach Ricky Prosser said at half time worked, because they upped their work rate and got their running game going, kicking six goals to Hornridge’s one. Hornridge looked to have spent all of their emotional energy in the fi rst half, beginning to look fl at as the team started chasing guernseys. Hornridge had no answer to Roxby’s run, and was swept aside by the red and white tide. With a fi ve goal lead at three quarter time, Roxby were in a com-manding position for the fl ag.
Th e last quarter was a tense aff air, with both teams tiring and Roxby slowing the game down. Hornridge tried and tried to get some traction, but they couldn’t get through Roxby’s
impenetrable defence. Roxby kicked a few goals late in the quarter
as Hornridge’s spirit was broken, and took out the 2014 premiership by 50 points in a stellar performance. Roxby was the best side all year and were worthy winners of their back to back premierships.
The best on ground was given to Jared Greenbank of the Miners in a magnifi cent performance that also bagged four goals. Josh Sheppard and Jordan Mandemaker also starred for the Miners, with Chris Ladhams kicking four goals and Luke Godfrey three.
For Hornridge, Tim Milner Benjamin Grim-ston and Joel Harmon were best with Joel Har-mon bagging six out of Hornridge’s eight goals.
It was also great to see the support that was given to Team Zep during grand fi nal day. Around 5000 dollars were raised in a generous display by the Roxby Downs football fraternity, with the “Z” T-shirt being very prominent around the ground, regardless of what team the supporters were barracking for.
Miners go to back to back
HORNRIDGE: The g ame was played in two halves and Roxby got the better of us in the second half.
ROXBY DISTRICTS: It was a hard fought game. We went in at half time with the game in the balance, but credit to our players who took charge and
gave it their all for The Miners.
A big thankyou to all who supported our club, and most importantly, Team Zep..
Miners took the grand fi nal crown
on Saturday for a second year in a row.
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