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Th e R o x b y D o w n s community is in mourning following the sudden loss

of long-serving council staff member David Hallett on Sunday.

Mr Hallett died at the age of 62, leaving behind wife Tina, children Michael and Rebecca and grandchil-dren Charlie and Wade.

In a notice published on in this week’s classifi eds section (see page 13), the family said Mr Hallett would “live on in all of us” and their mem-ories of him would keep him near.

Mr Hallett was Roxby Council’s electrical services manager, and had

last year celebrated a quarter of a century as a council employee.

His death was acknowledged by council on the classifi eds page.

“It is with great sadness that Roxby Council notes the passing of David Hallett, council’s electrical services manager, who passed away suddenly on Sunday, April 12,” the notice reads.

“Dave has been a long-serving member of Roxby Council and of our community for the past 25 years.

“Our thoughts are with Dave’s family, friends and colleagues. He will be dearly missed.”

Sudden loss at 62David Hallett (left, pictured receiving an award for 25 years of service to Roxby Council from administrator Bill Boehm last year) died suddenly at the age of 62 on Sunday.

The Monitor’s Patrick Glover caught a bettong on camera during a tour of the Arid Recovery reserve last Friday night.

Furry friends on show for tour night

WRITTEN BYPATRICK GLOVER

N early 200 people visited the Arid Recovery reserve to mark the opening of its tour

season on Friday night.Both locals and visitors had the

opportunity to watch the sun set

over the picturesque reserve and en-joyed guided tours and a barbecue.

“We had a feeling it was going to be well supported because of how popular the posts we shared on Facebook were, but we weren’t ex-pecting that many people,” said Arid Recovery education and community offi cer Perri Carter.

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Anyone with an interest in the outback is being encouraged to provide input to the

Outback Communities Authority (OCA) Strategic Management Plan (SMP) 2015-2020.

� e OCA, which supports Anda-mooka and other Far North towns, has identifi ed three key objectives it wishes to accomplish from July 1 onwards – growing outback South Australia’s economy, infl uence and presence.

By achieving these objectives, the OCA hopes to put the area in the best position to deal with the uncertain-ties of global and local infl uences.

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into the long-term strategic direction of the OCA as it works for outback SA.

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“It’s not a fi nished document, but rather a snapshot of what we’ve heard so far.

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T eachers from Roxby Downs and Andamooka have joined forces with other educators in the region to create a local partnership improve-

ment plan for the Far North.� e plan is aimed at building partnerships between

schools in the area to help teachers develop their skills by communicating with their regional coun-terparts.

“We have an automatic link, a unique isolated link, which gives us a baseline for working together,” said Roxby Downs Kindergarten director Adam Christie.

“We all live where we work, so there wouldn’t be another partnership like that.”

� e improvement plan involves schools from Rox-by Downs, Andamooka, Hawker, Leigh Creek, Maree, Oodnadatta, Coober Pedy, Mintabie and Woomera.

� e partnership allows teachers to rely on each other, along with the Department of Education and Child Development (DECD), to better understand their roles.

Roxby Downs Area School principal Steve Bennett said the partnership had been successful so far, with teachers from all of the schools involved attending a workshop last month.

“We calculated it and the number of kilometres travelled by everyone totalled 150,000km collectively,” he said.

“� at’s three times around the world.“My staff are still talking about the workshop.”Groups have already organised catch-ups since the

workshop and are keeping in touch via Facebook, blogs and phone calls.

It is understood the partnership will involve one of these workshops being held each term.

Teachers all in this together

Roxby Downs Kindergarten director Adam Christie, Andamooka School and Rural Children’s Centre principal Deb Pagsanjan, DECD Far North education director Ian May, RDAS principal Steve Bennett and Woomera Area School principal Tony White

met to discuss the Far North local partnership improvement plan recently.

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CONITNUED FROM PAGE 1Ms Carter said attendees were

treated to multiple sightings of some of the usually less active spe-cies on the reserve.

All of the ‘big four’ reintroduced species – the burrowing bettong, greater stick nest rat, western barred bandicoot and greater bilby – were spotted by diff erent groups on the night.

Green Army members also at-tended the tour night to help Arid Recovery staff run the event.

“I would like to thank the staff and Green Army (members), who took one of their fi eld days to be there

and helped run the night,” Ms Cart-er said.

“I would also like to thank every-one in town for coming.”

With the season now open, Arid Recovery will run tours on Wednes-day and � ursday nights.

Ms Carter encouraged anyone who missed out last Friday to book now.

� is will be Ms Carter’s last event at Arid Recovery as she will be mov-ing on at the end of the week. � e team at � e Monitor wishes her all the best in her future endeavours.

Changing of guard at ODWRITTEN BYRYNEISHA BOLLARD

BHP Billiton Olympic Dam is making sever-al changes to its senior leadership, with head of production Cornel Parshotam set to leave the organisation this month.

While � e Monitor was yet to receive an offi cial response from BHP Billiton’s me-dia department before its print deadline, it

recently obtained a copy of an email sent to Olympic Dam staff members and dated � ursday, April 2.

� e email from BHP Billiton Olympic Dam asset president Darryl Cuzzubbo reveals the organisation is simplifying its management structure.

“� e right number of people doing the right job is central to achieving a safe, stable and lean business,” the email reads.

� e head of production role will no longer exist, with general managers and managers for integrated planning and non-processing infra-structure to report directly to Mr Cuzzubbo.

Several other structural changes have been made, but � e Monitor is seeking to confi rm which details can be made available to the public.

In his email, Mr Cuzzubbo thanked all de-parting members of the leadership team for

their contributions, and congratulated those taking on new roles.

“I want to particularly acknowledge Cornel Parshotam at this time,” he said.

“Cornel has made an amazing contribution over his eight years at Olympic Dam as man-ager (of ) mine development, general manager (of the) mine and head of production, and has provided great leadership to his team through diffi cult times.”

Disqualifi ed drivers caught ignoring ban

M agistrate Melanie Little was shocked with the number of driving under

disqualifi cation cases heard in the Port Augusta Magistrates Court at Roxby Downs last Wednesday.

� e court saw 12 cases of driving while disqualifi ed, including a num-ber involving Roxby residents, since the last hearing in February.

“I have never seen so many driv-ing under disqualifi cation cases in the fi rst 10 minutes of a hearing,” Magistrate Little said in court last week.

Senior Sergeant Terry Boylan said he had noticed no change in the number of people driving while disqualifi ed, but Roxby Downs po-lice offi cers had been keeping an eye out.

“We are always vigilant of people driving who shouldn’t be,” he said.

“We have located a few through normal traffi c stops for speeding or traffi c off ences, so we are always aware.”

Medication stolen before delivery

Twelve boxes of prescription medication were stolen from a courier depot on Callanna

Road, Roxby Downs, between 8am and 9am last Saturday.

Police were called and attended the scene on Saturday morning.

� e boxes were set to be delivered to Roxby Downs Pharmacy.

An unknown person or persons entered a shed at the depot and also stole four other private parcels of general goods.

Local police are investigating the incident, and are encouraging an-yone with information about the theft to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

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M a c m a h o n i s continuing to work with BHP

Billiton despite recent job losses, a company s p o k e s p e r s o n h a s confi rmed.

A Macmahon spokes-person last week told � e Monitor the cutbacks had been made in light of the Svedala Mill’s closure.

“Macmahon can con-fi rm that it has reduced the level of manning at Olympic Dam in line with current operational re-quirements,” the spokes-person said.

“Macmahon maintains a strong working rela-tionship with BHP Bil-liton and is continuing to provide a range of under-ground mining services to Olympic Dam in South Australia.”

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Roxby Downs Kindergarten staff members had a once–in-a-lifetime opportunity recently

when they flew to New Zealand to work with some of the most infl uential people in education.

Kindergarten educator Tanya Park-er last year took out the 2014 School/Preschool Support Staff Member of the Year at the SA Public Teaching Awards.

� e award included a personal de-velopment grant, which Mrs Parker de-cided to use on a trip to New Zealand.

“I was extremely lucky enough to be nominated and win SA School/Pre-school Support Staff Member of the Year 2014,” she said.

“After exploring some different options with (kindergarten director) Adam (Christie), it wasn’t hard to de-cide that it had to be something involv-ing (specialist educator) Wendy Lee.

“In 2011, as a staff team we attended a conference of Wendy’s about ‘learn-ing stories’, documentation and mind-sets and it was amazing.

“It not only changed and inspired us as a team but also had a profound eff ect on me as a person and a mother.”

� is year’s trip to New Zealand in-cluded Mrs Parker, Mr Christie, Kerry Lecons and Tina Trice, with Ms Lee acting as a tour guide for the group.

Ms Lee took the group to diff erent kindergartens around New Zealand, from which Mr Christie said they took home many diff erent ideas.

The group also had a chance to mix with some of the most infl uential people in education, including Carol Dweck and Guy Claxton.

“From the time we got up until we went to bed it was almost all profes-sional learning,” Mr Christie said.

“We were extremely lucky to be able to spend time with her.”

Mr Christie said the trip taught the group a number of lessons, including new ways of planning, ways to have a greater inclusion of culture into learn-ing and celebrating the process chil-dren go through to get an answer.

While only four staff members out of the ten made the trip, the ones that attended said they had been looking forward to bringing back all of the in-formation they had learned and shar-ing it with the others.

� e other six will also get the chance to attend a workshop with Ms Lee in Adelaide during the school holidays.

Mrs Parker said while it was disap-pointing to have to leave six staff mem-bers behind, the group she had with her was “amazing”.

“To share this adventure with three amazing work colleagues and friends has been the cherry on top,” she said.

“To bring Tina, Kerry and Adam was great. It allowed me to share it with someone, and to be able to sit down at the end of the day and refl ect and bounce ideas off the other staff .

“Now it is time to go forth and share our knowledge and ideas to all.”

Mr Christie said he was thrilled to be invited by Mrs Parker, and the trip showed that people living outside of cities could still access such opportu-nities.

“It doesn’t matter where you live, there is always an opportunity for everyone,” he said.

“Then you get to come back and share it all with the community and young minds, so everyone still learns.”

Mr Christie said while the trip and information had been benefi cial to the teachers, it also showed the children that their teachers were still learning and helped them to connect even more.

Roxby Early Learning Community Group (RELCG) educators

recently participated in a professional learning workshop facilitated by Adelaide-based Gowrie SA.

Gowrie SA is a well-known advocate for the well-being and learning of all children, families and educators.

� e community-based organi-sation is leading the development of innovative and responsive ser-vices for children, families, com-munities and the education and care sector.

The workshop was held for RELCG educators over Saturday, March 28, and Sunday, March 29, with the personal development program being split into four fo-cus areas – meaningful programs,

intentional teaching, indoor/outdoor environments and doc-umentation of children’s learning.

“A large emphasis of the work-shop was related to the impor-tance of play and the educator’s roles in scaff olding and extending each child’s learning and foster-ing meaningful play experiences,” the RELCG committee said in a statement.

“Over the course of the week-end, the educators extended their knowledge on how to establish thoughtfully prepared indoor and outdoor learning spaces which invite children to explore, discover and imagine.

“� e importance of creating these inclusive and versatile learning environments as these provide the foundation for chil-dren’s learning was also covered.”

The committee said profes-

sional development was impor-tant in the early childhood ed-ucation industry as it enabled educators to continually build on their knowledge and skills to be able to provide high-quality care.

“Being in a remote location it is diffi cult for people within the Roxby Downs community to access personal development, so it has been very benefi cial for RELCG staff to have the oppor-tunity to attend the professional learning programs workshop,” the committee said.

“At RELCG encouraging and supporting the development of our educators is essential, not only through their formal qual-ifi cations but through their per-sonal development as well, the outcome being improved out-comes for both the educators and children.”

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Once-in-a-lifetime trip for kindy staff

Roxby Downs Kindergarten director Adam Christie (back, left) with New Zealand-based education experts Guy Claxton and Wendy Lee. FRONT: Kindy staff members Tanya Parker, Tina Trice and Kerry Lecons.

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S leeping ‘rough’ for one night to raise awareness about the more than 105,000 Australians who do it all

year will be the aim of a local Vinnies Community Sleepout.

Roxby Downs Bank SA branch manager Jade Quinn, customer service offi cer Abi Mann and customer service specialists Jess Daw and Zoe Bannerman and are organising the event, which will be held on Saturday, June 13.

With only two months to go, they are en-couraging local businesses and individuals to register teams now so that they can raise money for the St Vincent de Paul Society beforehand.

� e event has its own GoFundraise team account that locals can join and add to, with the tally currently standing at about $260.

Ms Quinn said being involved in the sleepout was a way of having fun while also raising awareness of, and funds for, a serious issue aff ecting Australians.

She said the night was set to include a busking competition and ball games, but it would also involve screenings of videos about homelessness and the St Vincent de Paul Society.

“We try to keep some sort of element of seriousness,” Ms Quinn said.

“We make it as fun as we can without trying to make it comical.”

Ms Quinn said the sleepout would be restricted to participants over the age of 16 years, or over 14 with parental super-vision, while requests from children under 14 would be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Registration for the sleepout costs just $10 and includes an evening supper and cooked breakfast.

For details on how to register, contact the team at Bank SA Roxby Downs via phone (8678 3200) or email ([email protected]). To make a donation towards the cause, visit the GoFundraise page (http://bank-sa2015sleepout.gofundraise.com.au/page/roxby2015sleepout).

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EDITORIALBy Ryneisha Bollard

An important piece of information I received during my schooling was how to handle an emergency and ad-minister cardiopulmonary resuscita-tion (CPR).

My memory of the latter is a little shaky, but I’ll always remember that vital acronym, DR ABC – danger, re-sponse, airway, breathing and CPR.

� e National Heart Foundation has since expanded it to DRS ABCD to include the importance of sending for help (via Triple Zero) and administer-ing defi brillation.

A defi brillator is a machine that gives the person’s heart an electric shock that may make it start beating again.

According to the Foundation, a cardiac arrest is when your heart suddenly stops beating, and usually happens as a result of a heart attack but can also be caused by drowning or an electric shock.

Cardiac arrest in a child or baby can also be caused by many other things – including choking, sudden infant death syndrome, asthma, infections or congenital abnormalities.

A person in cardiac arrest collaps-es, is unresponsive to your voice and touch, is unable to breathe normally

and – most importantly – will die without immediate treatment.

� e individual has the best chance of survival if CPR is started imme-diately and a defi brillator is used on them as soon as possible.

Knowing how to do CPR, and start-ing as soon as someone’s heart stops beating, can save lives.

Having that knowledge buys vital time until ambulance paramedics arrive, and if more than one person knows CPR the task can be shared to avoid fatigue.

If all of that is not enough moti-vation to learn CPR, let’s look at the statistics.

In 2009, coronary heart disease

(mainly heart attacks) was the under-lying cause of nearly 23,000 deaths in Australia, and many of the deaths from heart attack happen before the person reaches the hospital.

In fact, cardiac arrests often happen in the home, meaning the person you are mostly likely to perform CPR on, and whose life you save, will be a fam-ily member or friend.

� e Heart Foundation recommends that all adults and teenagers learn CPR.

It’s one of the most important les-sons you will ever learn.

If you would like to share your opinions in The Monitor, send us an email ([email protected]) or a letter to PO Box 72, Roxby Downs SA 5725

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Community CalendarAPRIL

15th - School holiday family lunch time at The Tavern, 12-2pm.

17th - Roxby YAC hosts National Youth

Week Scavenger Hunt at Lions Park, 10am

to 1pm. An event for students in years 7-12.

Booking forms from www.roxbydowns.

com or the VIC. Phone: 8671 0010.

18th - Youth Week silent disco, roxbylink auditorium, 6-10pm. Phone: 8671 0010.

18th - Hornridge vs OD at Roxby, 2pm.

East Roxby vs Coober Pedy at Roxby, 4pm.

18th - Sporting Car Club night meet.

Email: [email protected]

22nd - School holiday family lunch time at The Tavern, 12-2pm.

23rd - Roxby Downs Christian Community

Church creative holiday fun day

including string players for special guest

recital. Master class at 1.15pm, afternoon tea

at 2.45pm, recital at 3pm. Ph: Mary Lewis on 0401 569 224.

25th - Roxby Downs and Andamooka RSL sub-branch to host Anzac Day dawn service at the war

memorial at 6am then community breakfast

and auction at the bowling club. March through Richardson Place at 10.30am, memorial service at

11am then barbecue and live entertainment at the bowling club. Ph: 0434 222 321.

25th - Coober Pedy vs Hornidge at Coober Pedy, 1pm. Roxby Districts vs OD at Roxby, 2.30pm.

MAY 7th - Jazzamatazz,

roxbylink auditorium, 11am. Ph: 8671 2001.

7th - Adelaide Cabaret Festival

Roadshow, 7.30pm. Ph: 8671 2001.

8th - Bush dance fundraiser for the

Roxby Downs Scouts, roxbylink auditorium, 7pm. Music from the

Roxby Folk Club.

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W ith plans designed to introduce 12 automated external defibrillators

(AED) around the Roxby Downs area, Heart Start Far North SA project manager Brad Langshaw is looking for support.

Mr Langshaw said the project was set to cost about $150,000, meaning he needed to attract community in-terest and funding for it to happen.

“It is going to be a lot of work and we are going to need funds, but I am just looking at getting the ball rolling,” he told � e Monitor.

“Raising awareness among the com-munity that it is safe to use an AED is a key step to empowering bystanders to have the confi dence to act as fi rst responders.

“Early defi brillation gives the best chance of survival, even if adminis-tered by a lay rescuer.”

Along with more defibrillators, more people need to be trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

Mr Langshaw said he was also aim-ing for 85 per cent of the community over the age of 14 and 95 per cent of

all school students under 14 being aware of the need to dial 000 in the case of an emergency.

He said he had come up with a quirky way of showing off the high number of people able to do CPR in Roxby Downs – breaking a world record.

Conducting CPR non-stop for the longest period of time is the world re-cord he would like to attempt to break, and Mr Langshaw said doing so for more than tw o days non-stop could be manageable.

He said he had drawn up a timeline for the project and was hoping to be-gin fundraising and even purchasing the fi rst unit (at a cost of $2650) as early as this month.

With more people dying from car-diac arrests than cancer each year, Mr Langshaw said having more defi -brillators around the area could save people’s lives.

“If there is an issue at work on site, the ambulance will get there in quite a prolonged time,” he said. “If there is (a defi brillator) already on site, the protection is already there. (Cardiac arrests) can happen anywhere.”

Visit � e Monitor’s Facebook page to check out a video of Mr Langshaw coaching journalist Patrick Glover in CPR and using a defi brillator.

Heart in right place for defi b project

Brad Langshaw demonstrates how one of the new automated external defi brillators would work.


OUT ABOUT&A special event was held

at the roxbylink gallery on Tuesday, April 7, to

celebrate the entries on display as part of the #innerselfie project.

�e project is an initiative of the South Australian Body Image Cam-paign being run by the Office for Women, and it is being promoted locally by the Roxby Downs Com-munity Board.

�e campaign aims to educate girls and young women that their value comes from their character, skills and attributes – not their weight or shape.

At last week’s exhibition event, Roxby Council community projects officer Sasha Yantewo said she was impressed with the large number of entries submitted.

Ms Yantewo addressed a gath-ering of mostly contributors to the project on the night.

“Thank you for contributing, because we couldn’t have done it without you,” she said.

“�is was an exhibit to showcase our inner self.

“We are not defined by our shape and size. We are so much more than that.”

Council community projects as-

sistant Jane Gloster said she appre-ciated locals’ trust in providing pho-tographs about their inner selves.

Ms Gloster also made mention of positive comments received from the Office for Women, including a post on the Women’s Information Service Facebook page indicating it was impressed with the number of entries coming from Roxby Downs.

In light of council’s Youth Arts Awards being cancelled because of a lack of entries, the #innerselfie exhibition will remain on display until the next exhibition opens later this month.

School’s victorious

viking day

Celebrating inner selfies

The Roxby Downs Area School year 5/6 classes participated in a ‘viking day’ to promote

student well-being last week.�e day was a culmination of activ-

ities based on the novel How to Train Your Dragon, which the classes had been reading throughout term one.

Class battle cries and dances were performed before students participat-ed in a ‘dragon treasure hunt’.

A round robin ‘bashy ball’ event fol-lowed, and the day ended with a ‘vi-king feast’ – including stews, curries, roast meat, vegetables and a pudding dessert – enjoyed by 90 students in the school hall, along with a screening of the How to Train Your Dragon film after lunch.

Sue Brown and Yvonne Thorpe, both of Adelaide, checked out the gallery exhibition during their visit to Roxby.

The Roxby Downs Area School year 5/6 classes participated

in a ‘viking day’ last week.

Jane Gloster explains her #innerselfie project entry, which is currently on display along with others at the roxbylink gallery.

Jenny Laird with her entry.

Alina Cojocea, Kerrie Thomas and Erica Williamson catch up at the exhibition event.

Gemma Thomas with Camelia Cantell, who performed

songs on the night.


OUT ABOUT&

Alisha Millar, Ella Halpin and

Sophie Spartalis.

Brianna Votino, Hayley Lamb and Jordy Honner.

Deklan Gates, Malacky Lynch, Will Stockman

and Connor Woolford.

Jemma Perry, Amber Hassett, Zoe Bannerman, Madison

Evans and Jess Hassett.

Elyshiah McCarthy (right) with

Maddison Hooper.

Amy Turley (back, left), Regan Moore (with daughter Rylah Powe) and Tracey Higginson. FRONT: Harper Hall, Josh Turley and Dylan and Sophie Higginson.

Tori Robertson.

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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 enquiries 131 084.

Opal Road Landfi llOpening hours

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

Levies apply for businessesRecycling can be taken either

to the Opal Landfi ll orBSH Waste Solutions on Gosse Street

All enquiries: 8671 1154

Opening hours 9am to 5pm

Monday - Friday9am to 12pm Saturdays

Telephone 8671 0500Email: [email protected]

Library membership is free. 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

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NEWS IN BRIEF

I t ’s N a t i o n a l Youth Week this week and there

are two awesome events being held in Roxby organised by the Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) – the Scavenger Hunt (Friday, April 17, 10am to 1pm) and Silent Disco (Saturday, April 18, 6pm to 10pm).

For more informa-tion, contact Kirsten Falt on 8671 0500.

The Little Big S h o t s F i l m F e s t i v a l i s

coming to Roxby Downs as part of the 2015 Come Out Children’s Festival program on Friday, May 22.

Featuring fi lms for children of all ages, it will be held in the roxbylink cinema – stay tuned for more information soon!

Roxby Downs Community Library’s

s c h o o l h o l i d a y program continues next week with ‘Animals, Beetles and Bugs’ activities on Tuesday and Thursday after-noons, 2pm to 3pm, for children 5-12 years of age.

Bookings are es-sential on 8671 0500. Toddler Story Time (for children under five) also contin-ues in the library on Wednesdays at 9.30am.

Snakes are a common and natural part

of living in Roxby Downs.

If you have any issues or queries re-garding snakes or any other wildlife in or around your home, please con-tact the Wildlife Response Number (0497 808 315).

Roxby Power a n d R ox b y Wa t e r a r e

conducting meter reads for the March qu ar ter. P le a s e ensure your meters are easily accessible.

The roxbylink auditorium will be transformed into an atmosphere-filled cabaret

club when the Adelaide Cabaret Festival comes to town on � ursday, May 7, with off erings for kids and grown-ups alike.

A joint collaboration between Roxby Council, Country Arts SA and the Adelaide Festival Centre, the shows will feature renowned per-former Ali McGregor direct from a smash-hit season in Edinburgh and the UK.

� e fi rst session, Ali McGregor’s Jazzamatazz, is aimed at children 0-10 years old and will take over the roxbylink auditorium at 11am.

Described as “jumpin’, jivin’ jazz for kids”, Jazzamatazz gives partic-ipants the chance to experience the magic of jazz fi rst-hand in a setting they’ll never forget.

Ali and her three-piece band, along with two Jazzamatazz danc-ers, will deliver an hour of jazzy beats fi lled with early 90s references to get kids singing, prancing, twist-ing and dancing.

Tickets are $35 for an adult and one child (additional children $15 each) and can be purchased from trybooking.com or the Roxby Downs Visitor Information Centre (phone 8671 2001).

For the adults, the Adelaide Cab-aret Festival Roadshow kicks off at 7.30pm and promises to present “hand-picked international talent... delivered to your doorstep in an un-forgettable evening of variety”.

Hosted and curated by Ali McGre-gor, the roadshow features comic Eddie Bannon, singing sensation Michaela Burger and rock ’n’ rollers David Cosma and Damon Smith.

� e night promises to “cook up an unforgettable night of variety at its most thrilling” and is created to get you laughing, drinking, crying, eat-ing and maybe even involved.

Tickets for the evening cabaret show are $55 (or $53 per person if purchasing a table of eight or more) and include a complimentary drink and light supper.

Purchase your tickets at try-booking.com or through the Roxby Downs Visitor Information Centre (phone 8671 2001).

For more information about either Jazzamatazz or the Adelaide Caba-ret Festival Roadshow, drop in to the Roxby Downs Visitor Information Centre or call the friendly staff on 8671 2001.

Roxby gets jazzy

Ali McGregor’s Jazzamatazz is coming to the roxbylink

auditorium on Thursday, May 7.


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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

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 FORUMRED EARTH FESTIVAL MEETING

Rachel Young 0428 671 000Wednesday, April 22 @ 7pm

Library Meeting Room

BUSINESS FORUMTuesday, May 5 @ 6.15pm

Council Boardroom

COMMUNITY GARDENTBC

ENVIRONMENT FORUMPerri Carter 0433 248 627

Thursday, May 7 @ 7pm

Council Boardroom

ROXBY ROADSAFE MEETINGMichelle Hales 0418 833 818

Tuesday, June 9 @ 7pm

Council Boardroom

MULTICULTURAL FORUMSasha Yantewo (08) 8671 0010

Wednesday, April 15 @ 6pm

Council Boardroom

WOMEN’S NETWORKLisa Hewerdine (08) 8671 0010

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The Vibe is a means of communicating with the Roxby Downs community on a weekly basis.

� e community radio show has been running since January 2013, airing every Friday from 1pm to 2pm and featuring community projects offi cers Sasha Yantewo, Ann-Marie Arthur, Kirsten Falt and Anni Walsh.

� e show aims to help keep the community in the loop with upcoming community events and opportu-nities for volunteering and projects coming out of the various Roxby Downs Community Board community forums.

It also features other community groups such as volunteer-based emergency services, sporting clubs and much more.

Integral members who contribute to the community are invited to speak on the show as guests regularly about what they do and what makes Roxby Downs the town it is.

� e show seeks to promote and communicate the many events, programs and happenings within the local community while entertaining listeners with good tunes.

If you would like to promote your community organisation and event on � e Vibe, contact Sasha Yantewo at Roxby Council on 8671 0010.

Tune in on Fridays at 1pm with Sasha, Anni, Ann-Marie and Kirsten on 105.5 RoxFM – local, live and lovin’ it!

The Red Earth Festival planning committee is on the search for artists in our region to partic-

ipate during the festival in August this year.

� e committee is working on many other inspirational activities and projects that the community can get involved in.

� e festival committee is calling for local artists, craft practitioners, writers, storytellers, musicians and others who may be interested in lead-ing workshops during the festival.

You may even have aspects of your culture that you may like to share

with the community. � is is a great opportunity to teach

and share your skill with other com-munity members.

Running workshops can be very re-warding not only for the participants but also for the workshop leader. It can be very inspirational for your own creative practice.

Why not share your skills with our local community of Roxby Downs?

If you think that you may have something to off er, but the whole task seems daunting, then rest assured that the Red Earth Festival commit-tee is always available to lend a hand and provide guidance.

You can download the expressions of interest form online (www.roxby-downs.com) or for more information contact Ann-Marie Arthur via phone (8671 0010) or email ([email protected])

Get into The Vibe

The Vibe radio show presenters Sasha Yantewo, Ann-Marie Arthur, Kirsten Falt and Anni Walsh.

Calling all local artists


R ebecca Johnson will serve as the Andamooka Primary School and Rural

Children’s Centre governing council chairperson for the next 12 months.

“I am very excited about tak-ing on this role, as I have been on the governing council before as a committee member, so I have some knowledge of what it in-volves,” she said in a recent school newsletter.

“I have been involved with the school for the last fi ve years, since my daughter Summer has been attending.

“I am always interested in what is going on in the school and what is available to our students and our staff …

“I am sure we are going to make a great team and make the best decisions we can for the children and the school.”

Kymberley Rowett, who was the previous chairperson, will serve as a governing council member alongside Ben Cromp-ton, Tyson Holland, Chelsea Parker, Nancy Bode (secretary) and Anthony Johnson (treasurer).

Meanwhile principal Deb Pag-sanjan will continue in her role until 2019.

A letter from Department for Education and Childhood Devel-opment Far North education di-rector Ian May sent to families last week confi rmed the appointment.

“She brings a wealth of experi-ence and enthusiasm to this very important role,” he added.

Andamookacommunity newsletter

Andamooka Primary School students will be treated to a visit from the South Australian Museum’s Out of the Glass Case roadshow on Wednesday, April 29.

� e visit will include a community event to be held at the school from 4.30pm to 6pm, when members of the public are invited to come along and meet the SA Museum team.

Anyone with a fossil or insect that they would like identifi ed can bring it along for the scientists to look at.

� e Out of the Glass Case roadshow has been touring re-gional, rural and remote SA since 2003.

It has travelled more than 45,000km to share the museum’s stories, specimens and science with more than 36,000 people along the way.

Out of the Glass Case will visit Coober Pedy, Woomera, Andamooka and Roxby Downs this month, when it will be using stories, collections and research from the South Aus-tralian Museum to provide students with free, interactive and memorable learning experiences that are suitable for all ages.

SA Museum head of public engagement Katrina Nitchke said this year’s theme was ‘Treasures of the Outback’, with the wonders of the local landscape providing a rich source of scientifi c exploration.

“In the Flinders Ranges, a couple of hundred kilometres east of Coober Pedy, is where ediacara biota were fi rst discovered,” she said.

“� ese fossils are the oldest known examples of complex,

multicellular animal life on earth, and give us vital clues about how life has evolved over the course of the last 600 million years.

“� e Coober Pedy to Andamooka area was where we have discovered plesiosaur fossils – these were ancient marine rep-tiles that lived during the age of the dinosaurs 100-150 million years ago, when an inland sea stretched across the interior of Australia from north east South Australia, northern NSW and western Queensland.”

Ms Nitschke sad Australia was the only continent where fossils have been preserved by precious opal.

“� e unique climatic history of the South Australian deserts has resulted in fossil bones and shells of dead marine animals being replaced with silica, often as precious opal,” she said.

Apart from fossils, Out of the Glass Case tells students about the museum’s latest research, with local fauna including insects that exist on salt lakes currently being explored.

Students will also have the opportunity to take part in several hands-on activities.

“One of the hands-on activities we’ll be off ering is a cyano-type workshop,” Ms Nitschke said.

“Cyanotype is a printing method that uses chemicals and sunlight to create vibrant imagery, and students will use found objects such as leaves and feathers to generate their own de-sign.

“We’ll also bring our well-loved program for younger chil-dren, Tell Me a Story, along with us. “� ese sessions centre on

real objects from our collections and use story, song, dance and poetry to surprise and inspire.

“� e Out of the Glass Case activities will give people of all ages an unforgettable museum experience.

“It’s also a great chance for students to see research in action, discover the relevance of science in everyday life and discuss careers in science.”

� e SA Museum’s Out of the Glass Case roadshow will visit the Coober Pedy and Woomera area schools on Monday, April 27, and Tuesday, April 28, respectively.

After the Andamooka visit, the roadshow will attend the Roxby Downs Area School on � ursday, April 30.

WRITTEN BYRYNEISHA BOLLARD

A m a p f e a t u r i n g t h e newly named streets of Andamooka is among

the key projects being carried out in the town by the town management committee.

The committee started on the map after residents requested it be created during consultations between the Andamooka Progress and Opal Miners Association and the Outback Community Authority.

“Signage up on the information bay was one of the ideas that the community identifi ed as a project they’d like to see carried out this year,” said town administrator Deb Allen.

“It’s a map of all the street names in Andamooka.”

Ms Allen said the street naming project began in 2006 and involved extensive community consultation before everything was approved last year.

She said signs were gradually be-ing erected to identify each road, and as of last Monday the town map was set to be installed at the infor-mation bay this week.

“It’s been a long process, but now we can put the street names up in town and we can put the map up,” Ms Allen said.

“We’re about 20 per cent through the process of getting the street signs up.

“� e names are really typically

Andamooka. � ey certainly relate to some people who were important in town and have since passed.”

Ms Allen said the town map would serve three key purposes – assisting emergency services, pro-viding an interest point for tourists and making the town easier to nav-igate in general.

Meanwhile the ablution block and other development at the camp-

ing grounds was progressing well, Ms Allen said.

“In the next 12 months we should see it all rolled out,” she said.

Ms Allen said there had also been “no trouble” with the town’s water dispenser since receiving repairs recently.

“We’re reasonably confi dent the problems have been sorted out,” she added.

F rontier Services will no longer provide health care at Andamooka and Marla after June 30 this year.

� e national charity has decided against renewing its contract with Country Health SA, and is in discussions with other providers to take over its role in these communities.

While � e Monitor is yet to receive a response from Frontier Servic-es, a Country Health SA spokesperson said the clinics at Andamooka and Marla were set to remain.

“While these discussions are taking place, health services at Marla and Andamooka will not change,” the spokesperson said.

“We will work closely with Frontier Services and any other po-tential provider to ensure the continuation of health care for these communities.”

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Delegate of the Commissioner of Highways

Outback treasures on show

Map highlights new street names Johnson new head of school council

June deadline for health services

An opalised cockle shell from Coober Pedy will be one of the artefacts shown to local children during an Out of the Glass Case session later this month.

A copy of the map that will

be on display at the Andamooka information bay.

Rick Boston and Bev Burge. Local resident George Saunders.Vicki Sheppard, Rebecca Johnson, Robert Hancock, Stefan Bilka and Jono Johnson.

More photographs from Andamooka’s 85-year reunion on the Easter long weekend

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NOTICE Is hereby given that the Administrator of the Roxby Downs Council on April 10, 2015 made the following orders;

That the Administrator of the Council exercises the power vested in the Administrator under the Roxby Downs (Indenture Ratification) Act 1982 and Section 33 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 and Clause F of the instrument of General Approval of the Minister 12 March 2001.

Pursuant to Section 33(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1961 declare that the event described below is to take place on the road described below is an event to which Section 33 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 applies; and

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HALLETT, DAVIDDied 12/4/15 aged 62 years.

Much-loved husband of Tina, father of Michael and Rebecca, grandfather of Charlie and

Wade, father-in-law of Cass.Brother of Pat and Rosemary.

He will live on in all of us.Our memories will keep you near.

HALLETT, DAVIDIt is with great

sadness that Roxby Council notes the passing of David Hallett, Council’s

Electrical Services Manager, who passed

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the past 25 years. Our thoughts are with

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The Roxby Downs Swimming Club (RDSC) wants to up-skill parents in the hope of

developing more coaches. However, it will depend on one

thing – votes.The swimming club has entered

the Thermoskin sports club fund, which involves people voting for the club they believe is most deserving of $1500.

“It only takes 10 seconds,” said RDSC president Lia Jordan.

“You just have to follow the link,

click SA then fi nd our picture and click on it.”

If the RDSC is successful in receiv-ing the $1500 grant, Jordan said the club would put the money towards holding coaching seminars.

Currently the three coaches at the RDSC no longer have children swim-ming, and Jordan said it was hard to keep coaches because of the town’s transitional nature.

“We would like to up-skill some of the parents in the club,” she said.

“We want more swimming coach-es so we can increase the number of participants as well.”

Jordan said any leftover funding

would go towards facilities and get-ting the club’s swimmers to more carnivals.

“We are trying to drum up support and funding for coaches and our fa-cilities,” she said.

“We would like to take the kids to another carnival, and that costs a lot.

“It is a great experience for the swimmers, so we are also looking for funding for accommodation and the bus.”

Voting is currently open on-l i n e ( w w w. f a c e b o o k . c o m /� ermoskinAU?sk=ap-p_1428822860732237&app_data) and closes on � ursday, April 30.

The Roxby Downs Darts League (RDDL) season is shaping up to be a good one, with more than 100 players currently

registered after only fi ve weeks of a 31-week competition.

“We knew the league was growing and gain-ing more interest, which is what we wanted and it is well refl ected in our player numbers,” a league spokesperson said.

“Yet again another great week of darts has been played, with Andrew ‘Andy’ Tyler of FOD-FA throwing his fi rst 180 for the 2015 season.

“� is was followed up with teammate Mark Beenham throwing a nice peg of 120 to win his fi rst singles.

“It may have been the highest male peg thrown this week, but it was not enough to knock Steve Warner (FODFA) out of top spot at 149, set in week three.

“Well done also to Mel Karpinski (Pointer Sisters) for throwing this week’s highest female peg of 38 in her fi rst singles.

“It was still not enough to take the title from Zoe Leslie (Twisted Flights), which was set at 92 in week two.”

ROUND ONE, WEEK FIVE: Dead Eye Dicks d Tenners 10-1, Bullz N All d Pointer Sisters 11-0, Andamooka Opals d � e Wannabies 8-3, GC12 d Bull Shooters 11-0, FODFA d Twisted Flights 7-4, Four Play d ISITIN? 8-3, Red Bull d Chukkas 8-3.

LEADER BOARD: 1. Four Play. 2. Dead Eye Dicks. 3. ISITIN?. 4. Red Bull. 5. GC12. 6. FOD-FA. 7. Andamooka Opals. 8. Tenners. 9. Bullz N All. 10. Twisted Flights. 11. � e Wannabies. 12. Chukkas. 13. Pointer Sisters. 14. Bull Shooters.

Local athlete Harry Mulady is off to Perth on Thursday, April 23, with the Athletics

SA junior team af ter his impressive performance at the state championships in Adelaide recently.

� e 13-year-old won gold in the 100m and 200m, silver in the 800m and bronze in the 400m while also fi nishing fourth in shot put.

“He has been travelling since July last year after he was picked in the star squad due to his performances last year,” his mother Kylie Harrison said. “Once a month he has been heading down to Adelaide to prepare himself for the state championships.”

Harry spent the past week in Ade-laide at compulsory trainings to help him prepare for the upcoming meet in Perth.

“He is really looking forward to it,” Ms Harrison said.

“He will be over there for a few days and will get to do things like go to Government House.

“I will be fl ying over as well… but the hardest part as a parent is not be-ing able to see them until they have competed.”

Ms Harrison said there was a lot of travelling involved with Harry’s athletics, and thanked Red Mulga for supporting the family and sponsoring Harry.

Harry and Ms Harrison make trips to Port Augusta for Little Athletics on a regular basis because of the lack of a local club.

He has been involved in the Port Augusta club for two years and before that honed his skills at the Salisbury Little Athletics Centre.

“I tried getting a club going up here a few years ago, but it didn’t come off ,” Ms Harrison said.

“It would be good to see one going here.

“It’s great that people like Bill and Sally (Natt), who have been involved with the Adelaide Eagles athletics club, and Lena Barrett, who has been involved in Little Athletics herself, trying to get it going.”

Ms Harrison said there would be enough people willing to come up from Port Augusta to train and com-pete if there was a Little Athletics club in Roxby Downs.

She said members of any Little Athletic team were able to participate in other clubs’ activities.

“You can go to another club and compete with other kids,” she said.

“� e good thing about it is it’s not all about ‘did I beat this person or did I beat that person’, it’s about beating your personal best.

“Children can have fun, they can take it seriously, it’s whatever extent you want to take it to.”

BY PATRICK GLOVER

Dive in and vote for $1500Roxby Downs Area School

students (the school itself is not a person and

therefore can’t feel emotions like enjoyment, hence you mean the students) have enjoyed a successful SAPSASA period after taking out the titles in football, netball and basketball in term one.

� e most recent success came just two weeks ago, when the football team went through the division one (numbers under 10 are written out) SAPSASA com-petition undefeated to take out the title.

In the same week, the RDAS netball side also took out the division one SAPSASA compe-tition.

“All of them play junior foot-ball or netball, beside a couple that had never played football before,” said the school’s SAP-

SASA co-organiser, Wade Ball.“It was a great experience for

all of them.“� e last three to four years

James Simmons and I have been involved and we have watched the young kids develop, and now they are the peak of their age group.”

� e success from this carnival has seen eight boys selected for the SAPSASA northern football squad and another six girls se-lected in the SAPSASA northern netball squad.

Earlier in the term, the RDAS boys’ and girls’ basketball teams took out the titles at the SAPSA-SA basketball competition.

Both teams will now go on to play in the Country Champion-ships at Kadina in August, with a spot in the metro vs country championships in Adelaide later on in the year.

BY PATRICK GLOVER

Over 100 darts players

signed up

PIRIE RACES: Bailey Anderson

with father Jesse Anderson

at the Prince of the Gulf motocross

competition held at Port Pirie earlier this month.

BELOW: Ben Dixon

competing in the Prince of the Gulf.

State athlete right here in Roxby

Local athlete Harry Mulady with his medals and fellow Port Augusta Little Athletics

member Emily Murphy at the recent state championships.

Kicking goals at SAPSASA

The RDAS boys and girls basketball teams took out their respective divisions at the SAPSASA competition.

The triumphant RDAS division one SAPSASA netball team with their shield.

The RDAS division two netball team.

RDAS’s division one winning

football team.

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Roxby Downs Golf Association

NAME H/C POINTSDIVISION 1 (0 - 18)SEB GRIGGS 9 43NEVILLE PETHERICK 12 41TONY HOLBROOK 11 41GLEN MUNGUR 10 40HORRIE DILLON 11 38ANDY HIGHET 12 38CRAIG NICHOLS 13 37PETER PENGLASE 9 37DANNY BUSK 14 36BRIAN KRIEG 17 36DON SHIELDS 17 35JOSH EARLE 11 33DAVID CAMERON 18 33ROBIN PASSMORE 10 32CRAIG WILSON 15 32IAN McHUGH 6 32ROBERT GRAY 16 31LUKE SNOWDEN 12 30PETER WALSH 13 30RICHARD EARLE 12 30IAN COCKS 15 22ANDREW STANLEY 12 16LADIES / JNR (0 - 45)ANNE GRAY 38 22MEL CONDON 42 16MICHAEL DILLON 36 16

DIVISION 2 (19 - 36)MICHAEL HOFFMANN 22 38IAN GRILLETT 20 37BILL BOEHM 23 36DAMIEN CONDON 19 36ROY TAYLOR 19 36STEVEN OLDS 30 36HARRY NOLL 29 35MICHAEL NELSON 23 35MAL PENGLASE 25 34BEN HAINES 33 33JEFF CHILTON 32 33MATT BAKER 24 33HAYDEN SHIELDS 36 32WOODY TURNER 20 32MARK BRUSNAHAM 20 31CRAIG TURNER 25 30PETER SMITH 26 30JOHN LACHMUND 20 28PADDY O’KEFFE 22 28MICHAEL PAUL 23 27CHRIS JACKSON 24 23LONG DRIVE HOLE NO.16DIVISION 1 JOSH EARLE DIVISION 2 MICHAEL NELSONLADIES / JNR ANNE GRAY NEAREST TO THE PINS HOLE NO.11DIVISION 1 PETER WALSH DIVISION 2 PADDY O’KEFFE LADIES / JNR MEL CONDON

Coates Hire Stableford - Hooper Turner CupSaturday, April 11, 2015

TOP 5 GOALKICKERSName Club This round TotalDale Summerton Olympic Dam 10 10Sean McIvor Roxby Districts 7 7Michael Beelitz Coober Pedy 6 6Josh Sheppard Roxby Districts 4 4Jack Barker Olympic Dam 2 2

Far North Football League

ROUND 1 - April 11, 2015A GRADE

Olympic Dam 4.5 10.6 13.9 19.14 (128)Coober Pedy 1.3 6.5 10.5 15.6 (96)GOALSOlympic Dam best players: S. Clark, D. Summerton, J. Veale, J. Barker, M. Shaw.Coober Pedy best players: G. Warren, B. Crombie, M. Beelitz, M. Grava, D. Warren.Olympic Dam goal scorers: D. Summerton 10, M. Evans, N. Calligaris, J. Barker 2, K. Forrest, L. Hewett, C. Green.Coober Pedy goal scorers: M. Beelitz 6, B. Buller, D. Warren 2, R. Williams, K. Henry, G. Warren, J. McKenzie, K. Aitken.

Roxby Districts 6.3 11.6 17.10 24.14 (158)East Roxby 1.1 2.4 4.11 4.14 (38)Roxby Districts best players: S. McIvor, J. Mandemaker, L. Munro.East Roxby best players: C. Faulkner, J. Millard, T. Kirkwood.Roxby Districts goal scorers: S. Mcivor 7, J. Sheppard 4, J. Mandemaker, L. Munro, C. Haugum, K. Lynch 2, R. Prosser, J. Christall, C. Kenny, D. Reese, C. Hall.East Roxby goal scorers: B. Kelly, B. Caden, T. Kirkwood, T. Mulders.

COMMENTATOR CALLOUT: Despite the football season beginning last Saturday, RoxFM is still in need of

commentators for FNFL games. For details, contact station manager Ross Wilson (phone 8671 2545 or email

[email protected]).

Summerton’s 10 sinks the SaintsCoober Pedy vs Olympic Dam

Coober Pedy faced off against Olympic Dam on home ground in a heat that saw the water boys run just as much as the players.

� e teams gathered for a min-ute’s silence to mark the loss of Brian ‘Parto’ Partington.

Parto was a massive infl uence on the Olympic Dam Football Club, building it into the great and successful club it is today. He was and always will be the spirit of the club.

With emotions running high, OD was looking to get off to a quick start. � e ball was moved quickly and Dale Summerton was soon able to register his fi rst major.

Coober Pedy also had oppor-tunities, entering its 50 a num-ber of times with only accuracy letting its players down.

Olympic Dam was able to perform consistently to push out to a 20-point lead by quar-ter time.

� e second quarter saw the Saints rally through the mid-dle. They began to win more clearances and the speed that is typical of the Saints had them improve the scoring ratio and bring the game back to level pegging.

� e boys in the centre for OD lifted to rein the game back into their control.

Some mighty eff orts by Kyle Forrest provided inspiration to the team.

However, a late goal by Coo-ber Pedy had the quarter on an even keel, with Coober Pedy narrowing the margin to just 15 points at the long break.

The home side jumped out of the blocks in the third quar-ter and applied heavy pressure. � e Saints were rebounding well and were able to keep the ball pressed in their forward half.

Four goals from the Saints to the Devils three saw the margin continue to narrow, setting up for a fourth quarter that would be a hard fought battle.

� e heat was taking its toll in the fourth quarter, and the game

opened right up. It came down to the midfi elders of the respec-tive sides to grind out the game.

Excellent delivery into the for-ward line from OD meant Sum-merton was able to bag 10 and push the game into OD’s hands.

� e fi nal score was OD 19.14 (128) d Coober Pedy 15.6 (96).

Along with Summerton, Mi-chael Shaw, Jono Veale, Jack Barker and newcomer Stewie Clark were best for the Devils.

Michael Beelitz was one of the outstanding performers for the Saints, slotting six goals, while Gary Warren, Martin Grava and Barry Crombie also put in good games for Coober Pedy. Roxby Districts vs East Roxby

The start of the Far North Football League season at Roxby Downs was a game between the reigning premiers, Roxby Dis-tricts, and the newly named East Roxby (formerly Andamooka).

Thanks to a major revamp during the off season, the oval was in the best condition it has ever been since it was fi rst put down in 1988.

East Roxby – with its new name, coach and guernsey – had a new ‘mojo’ about itself, while Roxby Districts, fresh off its back-to-back premierships, was looking fi t and supremely confi dent.

Following one minute’s si-lence for Brian Partington and John Zeptner, the game started

off in earnest fashion in warm conditions, with both teams wanting to have a good start to the 2015 season.

Roxby settled early and got the fi rst two goals of the game, before the Roos got their fi rst midway through the quarter.

Roxby had much of the play and used the ball well, but the Roos defended dourly and Rox-by was unable to put its advan-tage onto the scoreboard.

East Roxby struggled to get the ball cleanly into its forward lines, with the Miners’ defence led by Haris Vrbovac putting a lot of pressure on their opposi-tion and forcing many kicks to miss their marks.

Roxby kicked another goal to open up a 2 goal lead, and the Roos eased their intensity late in the quarter to allow Roxby to kick 3 quick goals to extend their lead to 5 goals at the end of the quarter.

� e second quarter was much like the fi rst, with the Miners playing fluent open football and using the ball well, unlike the Roos who were working very hard but not getting much re-ward for their eff orts.

Roxby played the same struc-tured game that won it the last two premierships, while East Roxby was getting drawn into the play, leaving no one on the outside when the ball came out.

This gave the Roxby run-ners time and space, and they

used this well to deliver to Sean McIvor, who was a major focal point in their forward lines.

There were some ominous signs for the Easts as they start-ed tiring, and the game was be-ginning to slip.

With only eight minutes left, the quarter was marred by a shocking injury to East Roxby player Cameron Hocking in a seemingly harmless passage of play.

Hocking had to be taken off by ambulance and was later fl own out by the Royal Flying Doctors Service (RFDS) with what was later diagnosed as a dislocated ankle and fractured tibia.

� e East Roxby Football Club is hoping for a speedy recovery for Hocking.

� e third quarter started with renewed vigour from the Roos, who had their best quarter for the game and showed some of the potential that they have been promising.

� ey had nine scoring shots for the quarter but could only manage the two goals and failed to slow the Roxby machine, which notched another six goals of its own.

� e game was well and truly over by three-quarter time and Roxby, with its superior fi tness, ran over the Roos in the last quarter with seven unanswered goals to fi nish with a comforta-ble 20-goal victory.

All players contributed for Roxby, but the best were Victor Buza and Vrbovac.

McIvor played a central role in the forward line with seven goals, and Sheppard made a sol-id contribution with four.

Best for the Roos were Jack Millard, new coach Cam Faulkner and Bowde Kelly, who were all busy throughout the match.

Special mention must also go to young Ben Caden, who as East Roxby’s fi fth junior player bagged an impressive goal – one of only four kicked by the Roos all day.

Jordan Mandemaker was one of the Miners’ best on Saturday.

S. McIvorJ. Mandemaker

L. Munro

NAME CLUB VOTES

1 S. McIvor Roxby Districts 3

1 D. Summerton Olympic Dam 3

1 C. Faulkner East Roxby 3

1 G. Warren Coober Pedy 3

G. WarrenB. CrombieM. Beelitz

D. SummertonM. ShawJ. Veale

C. FaulknerJ. Millard

T. Kirkwood

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Results from FNFL Round 1

Footballer of the Year Leaderboard after Round 1

VOTES

321

G. Warren

BYEC. Faulkner

CURRENT LEADER

Four wayTie!

Roxby Districts: Great way to kick off the season. Solid contribution from all 22. Really happy with our young guys today.

East Roxby : Took us a while to get going. Bowde Kelly into the ruck lifted us. Disappointing start to the season. But don’t worry we will bounce back.

Coober Pedy: Disappointed with � rst-up loss but great effort.

Olympic Dam: Really pleasing � rst effort hitout. Thanks to all players for travelling to Coober Pedy. Onwards and upwards for the rest of the season.

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THE SPONGEBOB MOVIEDuration: 1 hour 33 minutes Rating: PG

THURS 16th | 1:30pm FRI 17th | 10:30am SAT 18th | 1:30pmSUN 19th | 10:30am MON 20th | 1:30pm TUES 21st | 10:30am WED 22nd | 10:30am

Footy season kicks off

The Far North Football League season began on Saturday. Pictured is James Telfer (Roxby Districts) and Daniel Fisher (East Roxby) in pursuit of the ball during their round one clash on the weekend. MATCH REPORTS PAGE 15

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