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7/7th heaven?BHP Billiton considers week on, week off roster for Olympic Dam

WRITTEN BY RYNEISHA BOLLARD

The Department of Defence is set to spend up to $750 million on a redevelopment of its

Woomera Range Complex.Released last � ursday, the depart-

ment’s Integrated Investment Pro-

gram – a complementary document to its 2016 Defence White Paper – indicates that the money will be spent between 2018 and 2026.

“� e Woomera Range Complex is a critical national asset ,” the document states. “It is an internationally unique facility able to support leading-edge systems.

“It provides a large, secure and

remote training and testing area that could not be replicated anywhere else in Australia without major investment.”

� e department notes the com-plex is used largely by the Defence Science and Technology Group and Royal Australian Air Force for testing and evaluation aeronautical weapons systems.

It predicts increased co-operation and training with the United States and other security partners would likely see more activity at facilities such as Woomera.

“As such, additional investment is programmed within the decade to 2025/26 to ensure Woomera contin-ues to support increasing demands,” the document states.

The Monitor attempted to gain more information from the Depart-ment of Defence regarding what the upgrades would involve and what impact the redevelopment may have on the Woomera township.

However, a response was yet to be received as of Monday’s print deadline.

Woomera redevelopment takes fl ightRoyal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Flight Sergeant Sean McClure in front of the Heron Remotely Piloted Aircraft at the 2014 Woomera

Open Day. The RAAF base is set to receive up to $750 million in upgrades. PHOTO: Department of Defence

WITTEN BYPATRICK GLOVERAND RYNEISHA BOLLARD

BHP Billiton has raised the question of whether a week on, week off roster should be

introduced at its Olympic Dam mine by opening a confi dential poll last week.

� e poll will continue for anoth-er week and is collecting opinions

from workers in operational areas, along with a small number of those in functional support roles.

BHP Billiton Olympic Dam’s Chad Menzies said the initiative was in re-sponse to employee discussion on the topic.

He said most respondents would need to be in favour of the roster be-fore considerations could proceed further.

“If at the end of the polling pro-cess there is a majority in favour,

the business case supports it and the leadership team propose to im-plement a seven/seven roster, we’ll commence a formal consultation process for those individuals likely to be aff ected,” Mr Menzies told � e Monitor.

“We are already meeting with key stakeholders in the local communi-ty to discuss potential impacts and identify opportunities to ensure Roxby Downs remains a location of choice.

“Above all, this is about hearing from our workforce on whether it is their preference to work a seven/seven roster.”

Locals recently took to Facebook to express their concerns regarding the proposed roster.

These include the potential for Roxby Downs residents to move out of the town in favour of a drive-in, drive out or fl y-in, fl y-out arrangement.

It is being claimed that the less

frequent commutes and lengthier breaks would make such a situation easier for those who would rather live elsewhere.

However, others with young fam-ilies have said they would move to Roxby if they were working a sev-en/seven roster because the longer blocks would otherwise mean too much time away from their children.

For further exploration of the topic, see PAGE 6 for this week’s Editorial.

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Local Country Fire S e r v i c e ( C F S ) volunteers fl ew out

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Stephen Scarr and John Scheibl were deployed on behalf of the Roxby Downs and Andamooka CFS crews respectively.

They helped form a S outh Au stra l i an contingent and formed a crew with three other firefighters from CFS Region Four after arriving in Tasmania.

� e crew worked on the containment line, putting out ‘smokers’ from the Mawbanna fire, which has burned an estimated

63,265ha of land since January 14.

They utilised Spald-ing’s 34 pumpers, with Mr Scheibl driving and Mr Scarr serving as team leader.

The crew, which was based in the nearby Stan-ley township, worked alongside other fi refi ghters from Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania and New Zealand.

Crew members depart-ed on Sunday, February 21, and were set to return last Sunday, but rain on the Wednesday and � ursday beforehand allowed them return home last Friday.

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Man arrested following brawl at Roxby premises

A 25-year-old Roxby Downs man was arrested and another arrest remains outstanding following a brawl at the

Roxby Downs Tavern last Wednesday night. Following the man’s arrest on Saturday night,

he was charged with two counts of aggravated assault, aggravated aff ray and re-entering a li-censed premises.

He was bailed and is set to appear in court at later date. He also received a six-month bar-ring order from both � e Tavern and the Roxby Downs Community Club.

Two drink drivers caught near Marla last week

Police reported two individuals in as many days for drink driving near Marla late last week.

A 41-year-old man from Hermannsburg, Northern Territory, was reported after being located at the Marla Travellers’ Rest roadhouse last Friday.

� e man had been reported by locals and had been allegedly involved in a crash while travelling from Adelaide to Coober Pedy the night before.

� e man allegedly returned a blood alcohol reading of 0.275 per cent – more than fi ve times over the legal limit.

It was also found that the man was driving while disqualifi ed and in an unregistered and uninsured car.

He was issued with a 12-month loss of licence, his Holden sedan was defected and impounded for 28 days and he will have to appear in court at a later date.

� e alleged off ender’s passenger – a 60-year-old man also from Hermannsburg, Northern Territory – was the vehicle’s owner.

He was issued with an immediate fi ne for causing and permitting another person to drive an unregistered and uninsured vehicle.

Meanwhile a 46-year-old Indulkana man was reported for drink driving following a crash 20km north of Marla on Saturday.

� e driver allegedly returned a blood alcohol reading of 0.133 per cent. He was issued with a six-month loss of licence and will have to appear in court at a later date.

It was also found that the driver held a proba-tionary licence and was driving an unregistered and uninsured car.

Neither the driver nor his passenger was hurt during the crash.

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Community hub opens March 19WRITTEN BYRYNEISHA BOLLARD

Upgrades to Roxby Council’s Community Youth Centre are nearly complete and

are set to be offi cially revealed to the public on Saturday, March 19.

Council had previously given a December 2015 timeframe for the building, with the overall project to be fi nished by January.

Administrator Bill Boehm said this had been achieved, but an op-portunity to add improvements to the area meant the official opening had to be scheduled for March.

Mr Boehm said the extra works included a revamp of the adjacent car park to increase its capacity, along with improved pedestrian access with the replacement of paving and installation of shade sails at the roxbylink outdoor pool grounds.

The centre is accessible from both the Roxby Downs Commu-nity Club car park and the town pool.

“A mid-March opening is planned in recognition of the ex-panded nature of the project,” he said.

“The building works are now completed, and we are working to

fi nish the surrounds – including landscaping and works in the car park area – which are separate but complementary projects.”

Mr Boehm said an extensive tender process had seen Pascale Construction Services appointed as the main building contractor.

Pascale engaged local businesses – including MPS Building & Elec-trical, MTM Contractors, Roxby Earthmoving, Roxby Traders Mi-tre 10, Holcim, BSH Transport and Bianco – during the works.

“� e project was a refurbish-ment to upgrade the Community Youth Centre into a modern, func-tional facility,” Mr Boehm said.

“� e works eff ectively doubled the size of the previous building – including the construction of a commercial community kitchen, multipurpose space for local clubs and organisations to use, an out-door seating area, new facade and upgrades and improved access to the pool toilets and changerooms.

“Ultimately, larger indoor and outdoor spaces have been created which will maximise opportunities for key users such as young people and multicultural groups to under-take a variety of activities.”

Locals will have a chance to tour the facility and see what has been done during an open day on Satur-day, March 19, from 11am to 2pm.

� e event is open to the whole

community and will feature activ-ities for children of all ages – in-cluding crafts, giant chess, a pho-to booth and pool and air hockey tables.

A ‘kids kitchen’ will run from 11am to 11.45am, and health ysnacks will be available for every-one to enjoy.

� e building’ offi cial opening will be held at 12 noon on the day.

“Roxby Council is proud of the refurbished Community Youth Centre and welcomes the entire community to come along and have a look on March 19,” Mr Boehm said.

“We are confi dent the centre will meet the needs of a number of key community groups, such as young people (including the Youth Advi-sory Committee, who have made many positive contributions in-cluding to the design, the interior fi t-out and the exterior artworks) and our local multicultural group, who are excited to get involved – particularly as users of the com-munity kitchen.

“We are still fi nalising opening times and operating hours etc. but envisage it will open partly as a drop-in centre as well as by appointment/booking through roxbylink as a multi-use area for community groups to meet, train, cook and socialise.”

Roxby Council will reveal the new and improved Community Youth Centre to the public during a special event on Saturday, March 19. The day will include children’s activities and an offi cial opening. PHOTO: Supplied


A local business will have to close after Cleanaway Waste Management – formerly

known as Transpacific – lost its contract with BHP Billiton Olympic Dam recently.

Transpacific officially became known as Cleanaway last month and had been operating a business on Gunson Street in the Olympic Dam industrial area in order to provide waste management services to the mine site.

A Cleanaway spokesperson last week told The Monitor that the contract with BHP Billiton had not been renewed.

The spokesperson said all local staff and assets are set to be rede-ployed to the Mel bourne-based com-pany’s other operations around the country.

Meanwhile Western Austral-ia’s Toxfree Solutions last week an-nounced it had been successful in se-curing a fi ve-year contract with BHP Billiton Olympic Dam for industrial

and waste management services.� e contract is set to commence in

June and will include the management of all wastes generated from mining operations.

Toxfree will also be responsible for landfi ll management and recycling, industrial cleaning and quarantine services.

Managing director Steve Gostlow said Toxfree had a track record in im-proving productivity and cost savings for its clients without compromising safety, reliability and sustainability.

“We are very optimistic about the opportunity to demonstrate our ca-pability to BHP Billiton through the award of the Olympic Dam contract,” he said.

A BHP Billiton spokesperson told � e Monitor the company made its decision to appoint Toxfree as its waste management provider in ac-cordance with its usual approach to contract negotiations.

“As per normal business practise we went to the market for cleaning and waste management services,” the spokesperson said.

“Toxfree were the successful bidder for this fi ve-year contract.”

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Following on the success from her classes for adults at roxbylink’s Pulse Fitness gym, local yoga instructor Kim

McGrath is now off ering her services to help local children improve their fl exibility.

Two yoga classes will be run on � ursday af-ternoons for children aged four to eight years (at 3.30pm) and eight to 12 years (at 4.30pm).

“It is lots of fun, and hopefully it is teach-ing them some skills that can act as building blocks that they can take through life,” said Ms McGrath.

Along with the adult classes at roxbylink, Ms McGrath is also off ering yoga sessions tailored for children with additional needs.

For more information, phone Kim or Bec Cooke at roxbylink on 8671 5952.

Ms McGrath said she particularly enjoyed those classes and and was hoping to draw on her experience from them for her newest venture.

“It is about having fun,” she said. � e new children’s sessions are held at the

Roxby Downs Lutheran Church on Pioneer Drive each � ursday, and each term will in-volve a diff erent theme to focus on.

Ms McGrath has been practising yoga for 20 years after fi nding her passion while looking for something diff erent from normal sports at school. She completed a Certifi cate in Chil-dren and Family Yoga at Rainbow Kids last year and is set to undergo more training at Zenergy in Brisbane later this year.

For more information, phone 0400 713 403.

A 30-minute workout that lasts for 24 hours – sounds too good to be true, right?

Wrong! It’s called a Metafi t class and is just one of the services Mel Ferry – through her new business Revitalise re-habilitation, massage therapy and fi tness – will be off ering.

Ms Ferry said she was excited to be able to follow her dream and off er these ser-vices to the community.

She has completed a Certifi cate IV in Fitness, Certifi cate IV in Massage � er-apy and a Diploma of Remedial Massage.

Ms Ferry said it had always been a dream of hers to open her own studio and incorporate all of those skills at the one practice.

“I was petrified to start with that I would put the time and eff ort in and no one would come,” she said.

“But I decided one day to take things into my own hands and do it, so I launched the Facebook page and forced my own hand.

“I have had amazing support from family and friends, and I am very excited about getting the business up and running.”

Ms Ferry offi cially started her business on Monday, February 22, having already

run Metafi t classes in the lead-up with the Olympic Dam netballers and a launch session on February 13.

� e Metafi t class is a high-intensity, complete body workout that lasts for 30 minutes. It produces benefits includ-ing increased fi tness, metabolism and strength.

Ms Ferry said the best thing about the class was it improved your resting met-abolic rate and kept it working at a high level for up to 24 hours after the session – burning around 500 calories after you have worked out.

She said the classes have already been full of energy, and people were coming up to her on the street and asking her about her business.

� ere is still more to come from Ms Ferry, with one-on-one personal train-ing to be offered in the future, along with pregnancy massages and pre- and post-pregnancy workout sessions.

Metafi t classes will be run throughout the week and can also be held in the com-fort of people’s own home via the ‘M obile Metafi t’ option.

For prices and more information on Revitalise rehabilitation, massage therapy and f i tness , v i s i t the Facebook page (www.facebook.com/revitalisehealthandwellness).

Children to have own yoga class

Kim McGrath shows off one of her yoga poses. She recently added children’s yoga

sessions for ages four to eight years and eight to 12 years to her schedule of services.

New business set to revitalise Roxby

Mel Ferry recently started up her own business – Revitalise

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Roxby Downs woman Mel Aitchison will be participating in this

year’s World’s Greatest Shave in memory of her mother and cousin, who both died from cancer.

Mrs Aitchison will be raising money for the Leukaemia Foun-dation ahead of having her hair shaved off during a special event at the Roxby Downs Tavern on � ursday, March 10.

� e cause is close to her heart because her cousin died from leukaemia at the age of 13.

Also her mother, who died from lung cancer nearly four years ago, would have celebrated

her 60th birthday on March 10.� e shave will take place just

four weeks before Mrs Aitchison is set to attend her aunt’s wedding.

However, as her aunt is from the same extended family as her deceased cousin, Mrs Aitchison said appearing with her head shaved would bring added mean-ing to the ceremony.

Mrs Aitchison had already passed her initial goal of $500 last week and is therefore com-mitted to doing the shave.

“If it was anything less I would’ve just coloured it, but it looks like it’s coming off ,” she said.

“It’s going to be fun. It’s just hair – it’s going to grow back.”

Raffle tickets are currently being sold at the Roxby Downs

Tavern and � irsty Camel bot-tleshop, where Mrs Aitchison works, to help raise money to-wards her cause.

Mrs Aitchison’s three children – aged four, seven and 11 – are set to help with the shave and will be colouring their hair as a show of support.

She said having her children participate would help them gain a better understanding about cancer and its impacts.

“All (cancer patients) want to do is live a healthy life, and all we can do is do the shave and raise money for them,” she said.

To support Mrs Aitchison’s eff orts, buy a raffl e ticket or vis-it her fundraising page (http://my.leukaemiafoundation.org.au/melanieaitchison) to make a donation.

OTHER LOCALS TAKING PART IN THE WORLD’S GREATEST SHAVE 2016Nicola Butler: http://my.leukaemiafoundation.org.au/nicolabutler

Millie Clarke: http://my.leukaemiafoundation.org.au/millieclarke

Michael Fereti (aka Michael Walker): http://my.leukaemiafoundation.org.au/michaelwalker

Deb Price: http://my.leukaemiafoundation.org.au/debbieprice

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Mel Aitchison will be doing the World’s Greatest Shave at the Roxby

Downs Tavern on Thursday, March 10. PHOTO: Ryneisha Bollard

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‘Burrow’ to aid conservation


Roxby Central HQ is set to be transformed into a ‘Bilby Burrow’ as part of local Easter

celebrations.� e Roxby Central Traders Associa-

tion is teaming up with Arid Recovery and � e Monitor to provide informa-tion displays and craft activities at what is normally an empty shop.

� ere will also be opportunities for children to have their photograph taken with Arid Recovery’s mascot, Macca the Bilby.

� e Monitor’s usual Easter colouring in competition (see page 7) will feature a bilby instead of a bunny, and entries will be displayed on the Roxby Central HQ front windows.

Arid Recovery scientifi c and educa-tion offi cer Kimberley Solly said she was pleased to see the move away from an Easter bunny reference.

“I think it’s a great idea to increase people’s knowledge and understand-ing about the bilby and support the bilby instead of the Easter Bunny,” she said.

Ms Solly said feral rabbits had im-pacted negatively on native Australian mammals – including bilby species – because they helped sustain their pred-ators, feral cats.

� ey have also caused severe dam-age to the environment and agriculture across the country since being intro-duced during European settlement.

The lesser bilby was forced into extinction, while the greater bilby is

slowly becoming endangered because of competition with other animals and habitat loss and change.

Ms Solly said the timing of the Bilby Burrow worked well because the next Arid Recovery Reserve tour season was set to be launched on April 15.

She said it would also be a good op-portunity to promote the organisation’s bilby sponsorship program.

For $50, locals receive a soft bilby toy and certifi cate of adoption, with pro-ceeds going towards maintaining the Arid Recovery Reserve.

� e reserve is home to a large greater bilby population and provides an op-portunity for university-level research to be conducted at the site to help pro-tect the species.

Roxby Central Traders Association chairperson Katalin Wilby said her group was glad to have found a way of supporting Arid Recovery’s work.

“I realised the importance of what they’re doing for our environment,” she said.

“There are a lot of new people in town who don’t know about what Arid Recovery do and we also have a lot of tourists coming through.

“I think it’s a great idea to be able to publicise them more.”

� e Bilby Burrow will be open on � ursday, March 17, Saturday, March 19 and Wednesday, March 23, with additional sessions available via appointment.

For more information, phone Arid Recovery on 8671 2402. PAGE 7 Easter colouring in competition

Arid Recovery mascot Macca the Bilby, pictured here at last year’s Christmas pageant, will be at Roxby Central HQ as part of a Bilby Burrow ahead of the Easter holiday break. PHOTO: Ryneisha Bollard

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The Community Calendar is restricted to the basic details of an event (what, where, when). To add your event to the calendar,

email [email protected] or phone 8671 2683.For more information about upcoming community events,

visit: www.roxbydowns.com/Community/c-Whats-On.html

Community Calendar

MARCH4th-7th - Annual

trapping at the Arid Recovery Reserve. Ph: 8671 2402.

4th - Blue Light Disco, roxbylink auditorium,

6.30pm to 8pm.

6th - Clean Up Australia Day.

8th - International Women’s Day at Dunes Cafe from

8am. All welcome. Ph: 0419 935 316.

19th - Roxby Market Day, 9am to 12 noon.

19th - Community Youth Centre Open Day, 11am to 2pm.

19th - Roxby Downs Sporting Car Club

night meet inlcuding the Rick McPhee Memorial Trophy.

21st - Colourfest short film festival at the roxbylink

cinema, 6.45pm. Ph: 0428 727 583.

23rd - 26th - Queen of the Desert Festival

from Marree to

Coober Pedy. Ph: 8675 8344.

25th-28th - Andamooka Easter

Weekend.

26th - Andamooka Easter Market,

9am to 3pm in the Community Hall. Ph:

0484 367 629.

26th - Copper 9s rugby league

competition hosted by the Olympic Dam

Barbarians.

Ph: 0426 829 243.

APRIL9th - ‘Youth Fiesta’ at the community

centre, 6pm, as part of National Youth Week. Ph: Kirsten

on 8671 0500.

9th - Roxby Downs Sporting Car Club

night meet.

16th - FFSA Regional Round

Soccer Event at the Roxby Downs small oval. Includes West Torrens Birkala vs

Croydon.

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EDITORIALBy Ryneisha BollardLocals have been in a Facebook fren-

zy over BHP Billiton’s consideration of a seven shifts on/seven days off roster at its Olympic Dam mine site.

It is unclear who exactly would be aff ect-ed, but the fi ve/four roster workers would appear to be among the likely targets.

Concerns about the impact of a seven/seven roster include locals leaving Roxby Downs in favour of a drive-in, drive-out or fl y-in, fl y-out arrangement.

It is being claimed that the less frequent commutes and lengthier breaks would make such a situation easier for those who would rather live elsewhere.

One would hope that anyone tempted by this option would give it careful thought before making a decision.

A seven/seven roster could put more pressure on the spouses of Olympic Dam workers if they have children together and

live out of town. Such spouses would have to manage parental duties on their own for longer periods of time than they are used to.

If a signifi cant amount of locals decide to move away, the concern is that the town’s population will shrink to the point that it is unsustainable and those who want to stay will be forced to leave.

Some have gone as far as to call a seven/seven roster “the end of Roxby”.

However, the likelihood of this occurring should be balanced against the fact that many Olympic Dam mine workers who live in Roxby Downs are here because their children are still in school and/or their partners have jobs with other employers in the area.

� is means the motivation for moving town may need to be more than just a change in roster.

Optimists believe a seven/seven roster would encourage more workers with young families to move here instead of spending a

longer time away from their children.Perhaps such a scenario could bring with

it the fi nancial security that local property owners and businesses have been longing for?

Some are also arguing that changing from fi ve/four to seven/seven is necessary because it would boost productivity at Olympic Dam – after all, this town relies on the success of the mine in the fi rst place.

� ey claim the fi rst and last shifts of each block are often less productive than those in between, and a seven/seven roster would mean less handovers.

Others see the longer blocks as counter-productive for commuters because missing their families would distract them from their work.

� is would also bring with it concerns regarding the mental health and safety of workers.

For many who currently work 20 shifts on/10 days off , either roster would seem like a better situation.

Hopefully such workers will be moved to seven/seven as well.

I have heard that there have been discus-sions with mine work safety groups, and BHP Billiton has confi rmed that a phone poll is allowing workers to vote on the idea.

However, the fi nancials and other busi-ness concerns will also have to be weighed up against this, so it remains to be seen how much impact this consultation may have.

Also I am yet to see a discussion about how a seven/seven roster may aff ect Roxby if people continue to live here but go away on their weeks off .

If they are eff ectively only here half the time, what impact could this have on local businesses?

As always, � e Monitor appreciates your opinions about this topic and all others.

Letters to the editor can be submitted via email ([email protected]), or give us a call on 8671 2683 to let us know what you think.


THE MONITOR COLOURING COMPETITIONLocal children are being encouraged to colour in the image below for their chance to win a basket full of Easter goodies worth

$100 (courtesy of the Roxby Central Traders Association and The Monitor). Entries will be split into two age categories (six and under, seven to 12 years) and displayed at the Bilby Burrow in Roxby Central HQ until entries close on Friday, March 18.

Submissions can be made to the Monitor office on Richardson Place or by post (PO Box 72, Roxby Downs SA 5725).


OUT ABOUT&

Peter and Deb Price at the Roxby Downs Tavern on Friday night, when Mrs Price

hosted a World’s Greatest Shave fundraiser.

CJ Hobbs (back, left), Byron Aitchison, Shania Zeptner (front, left),

Matilda Aitchison and Ella Halpin.

Nathan Rainsford with Nissa Gordon and Paige Rainsford at The Tavern.

Jordan Mandemaker, Ben Hahn, Keegan Powe, Mahinda Samarakoon, Priyantha Meeegasdeniya and Kiran Patel at the town oval on Saturday night.

Amanda and Tyson Bremner with Kelsey

Hampel at the cricket.

Craig Parker and Christine Spartalis have left Roxby Downs after 20 years and 10 years respectively. They are pictured at a farewell at The Tavern on Friday night.

Tanisha and Deb McKinnon at The Tavern.

Leanne Thompson and Leanne Riely

at The Tavern.

Olivia (back, left), Tamika, Peta, Indy, CJ (front, left) and

Byron at The Tavern on Friday night.

Rebecca Cooke, Meaghan Kiely and Leah Mattner at The Tavern on Friday night.

Josh Sansom, Jason McTackett and Peter Landers shared

a pizza at The Tavern.

PHOTOS: Julie Tovakuta


OUT ABOUT&Crowd goes silly for Snot Bottom


A vocal crowd of around 50 children and parents turned out to see Mr Snot Bottom’s

Stinky Silly Show at the roxbylink auditorium last week.

� e audience was treated to new material as Mark Trenwith (‘Mr Snot Bottom’) geared up for his Adelaide Fringe Festival show, which started on the weekend.

Trenwith’s show at the Fringe marks his 15th appearance – includ-ing six as Mr Snot Bottom – before taking some time off .

“� ey were a very vocal audience, which is a good sign,” he said.

“It is engaging to kids, and to have them going crazy means they are latching on to the story and they are able to think their react ions are driv-ing the show.”

� e crowd got exactly what they paid for – snot and bottoms and a silly show with a lot of crowd involvement.

Also two fathers were called up on stage to take part in the show.

Mr Snot Bottom had children run-ning around and laughing from the outset.

� e comedian said he had enjoyed his stay in Roxby Downs, loved the enthusiasm of the crowd and hoped he would be able to return to put on another show in the future.

Mr Snot Bottom, aka Mark Trenwith, pulls a face during his show. PHOTOS: Patrick Glover

‘Derek’ and ‘Mr Snot Bottom’ performing last week’s show in the roxbylink auditorium.

INSET: Mr Snot Bottom shows off a dirty handkerchief

to the audience.

Asha, Isaac, Leon and Degan enjoyed some colouring in before Mr Snot Bottom’s Stinky Silly Show.

Lily and Grace.

Lachlan and Josh.

RDAS Out of School Hours Care attendees went to the show together.


Roxby Council

Opening hours Monday to Friday

9am to 4.30pmCouncil provides transport services including:

• Vehicle registration • Boat registrations

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

All inquiries 131 084.

Opal Road Landfi ll now CLOSED to the public.

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

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

Downs (in the light industrial area).

Monday to Friday 10am – 4pm Saturday 8am – 12 noon

Sunday 1pm – 5pmAll inquiries 8671 1154

Opening hours Monday - Wednesday 9am - 5pm

Thursday 9am - 6.30pmFriday 9am - 5pm

Saturday 9am - 1pmToddler Story time – Tuesday and Wednesday (repeat) 9.30am start

Telephone 8671 0500Email: [email protected]

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

DVDs, magazines and internet facilities.

Opening hours

9am to 5pm weekdays

Telephone 8671 0010 • Fax 8671 0452

Email: [email protected]

After hours emergency

Mobile 0418 892 870

Web www.roxbycouncil.com

SERVICE SAWASTE MANAGEMENTCOUNCIL OFFICE LIBRARY

NEWS IN BRIEF3rd quarter rates notices

Rates notices for the third quarter of the 2015-16 fi nancial year have now been

issued, with a due date of March 18. If you have not yet received your

notice, or have a query about your account, contact Roxby Council on 8671 0010.

I s your Roxby Power account in credit due to your home solar system, or have you

overpaid your Roxby Water account via direct debit?

Whatever the reason, Council has now simplifi ed the process for transferring credit between your accounts.

Credit on Roxby Council rates, Roxby Power or Roxby Water ac-

counts can now be transferred, removing the previous process where a credit refund had to fi rst be issued to the resident, who could then repay their chosen account.

To transfer a credit from one account to another, just fill in the ‘Account Credit Transfer’ form (available from the Coun-cil offi ce during business hours or from www.roxbydowns.com)

and return to the Council offi ce for processing.

The minimum credit trans-ferrable between your accounts is $100, and refunds can still be paid to you if preferred.

For further information, call the friendly Roxby Council cus-tomer service team on 8671 0010 during business hours.

This is the time of year many Roxby residents may start to notice mosquitoes in their

backyards. � e warmer weather, along with easy

sources of water for breeding, means that mosquitoes are often noticed in and around homes… which often re-sults in people getting bitten.

According to SA Health, the most common disease spread by mosquitoes in South Australia is Ross River virus, followed by Barmah Forest virus.

� ere is currently no cure or vac-cine for either virus, with symptoms including:

- A rash - Joint and muscle pain, swelling or

stiff ness - Flu-like symptoms (fever, chills,

headache) - Tiredness or weakness - A feeling of being unwell. � ere is no specifi c treatment for ei-

ther virus, and both can last for more than a year.

� e best way to avoid contracting both Ross River and Barmah Forest viruses is to minimise the opportuni-ties for mosquitoes to breed, therefore reducing your likelihood of being bitten and infected.

Roxby Council plays its part by treating stormwater catchments around town with Prolink, an insect growth regulator that contains methoprene, an additive recommended by the World Health Organisation for use in drinking water supplies to control container-breeding mosquitoes.

Council also undertakes a range of other activities such as maintaining vegetation levels around water storage areas and drains, as well as ensuring

reticulation in parks and gardens does not leak or allow for pools of water, which mosquitoes can breed in, to form.

To avoid being bitten by mosquitoes in and around their homes, Roxby res-idents are reminded to:

- Cover up with clothing: Wear long, loose fi tting, light-coloured cloth-ing, covering as much of the body as you can. Mosquitoes can bite through tight clothing like jeans.

- Repel with repellent: When out-doors, apply insect repellent containing DEET (diethyl toluamide) or picaridin and always follow instructions on the label. Mosquito coils can also help when used outdoors.

- Eliminate with household protection: Simple changes around the home can help to reduce or eliminate mosquitoes.

As mosquitoes breed in still water, fresh or salty, a big step you as a resi-dent can take is to remove water sourc-es from around your home.

� is can include ensuring pet drink-ing containers (as well as bird baths) are emptied and refi lled at least once a week, emptying wading pools at the end of each day, emptying ornamental ponds or unused swimming pools and not over-watering pot plants so that excess water collects in, underneath or around them.

You can also stop mosquitoes com-ing indoors by placing mosquito-proof mesh on doors and windows, covering sleeping areas with mosquito nets if you don’t have insect screens and using aerosol knockdown or surface insect sprays (but only as per the directions on the label).

For further information, visit: www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/Fight� eBite

New account credit transfer form is here

Minimising the mozzie risk at your residence

Extended library hours – don’t forget about them!

The Roxby Downs Community Library is currently trialling extended opening hours,

with the library staying open until 6.30pm on � ursdays and 1pm on Saturdays.

� e slightly longer hours are aimed at giving more people a chance to ex-perience all the library has to off er, and will remain in place until April 30.


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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


George GiakoumisVicki Mason • Gaylene Crane

Mary Lewis • Bill BoehmSandy Sumsion • Angela Thompson

Thevoice of the community...

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

contact the following people. New members are always welcome.

ARTS and CULTURE FORUMThursday, March 17 @ 7pm

38 Pioneer Drive

BUSINESS FORUMJohn Wilby 0428 815 436

Tuesday, March 8 @ 6pm

The Club Boardroom

COMMUNITY GARDENVicki Mason 0418 526 608Thursday, March 10 @ 6.30pm

Community Garden (cnr Alberrie St, Pioneer Dr & Mulgaria Cres)

ENVIRONMENT FORUMAnni Walsh 0448 168 167Thursday, March 3 @ 5.30pm

Council Boardroom

ROXBY ROADSAFE MEETINGMichelle Hales 0418 833 818

Tuesday, April 12 @ 7pm

Council Boardroom

MULTICULTURAL FORUMSasha Yantewo (08) 8671 0010

Wednesday, March 16 @ 6pm

Community Youth Centre

FAMILY FORUMJoel Hill 0433 792 450

Thursday, March 17 @ 6.30pm

Library Meeting Space

H a r m o n y D a y is held ever y year on March

21 to coincide with the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

The theme for Har-mony Day 2016 is ‘Our diversity is our strength’.

It’s a day to celebrate Australia’s diversity – a day of cultural respect for everyone who calls Australia home.

Harmony Day is an annual event that cele-brates our rich cultural diversity. It’s about in-clusiveness, respect and a sense of belonging for everyone.

The central message of Harmony Day is that everyone belongs, re-inforcing the importance of inclusiveness to all Australians.

In Roxby Downs, we will be celebrating this day in the form of a short film festival and light supper catered for by the Multicultural Forum.

The event will take place on Monday, March

21, at 6.45pm in the rox-bylink cinema.

� e Colourfest short films will run for only one hour and the fi lms will showcase the suc-cess, challenges and nu-ances of migrant com-munities in Australia and the world.

� e short fi lms are a great way to share and celebrate the cultures we have in Roxby Downs.

With over 44 national-ities in our community, we are unique and di-verse and simply worth celebrating!

� e event is free but there are limited tickets, so make sure you get your free ticket from the Visitor Information Cen-tre today.

If you want more information, contact Sasha Yante wo v ia phone (0428 727 583) or email ([email protected]).

A casual gathering with all ladies purchasing their own breakfast from the menu. To plan for numbers, place your name down at the Visitor Information Centre or contact Kaye on 0419 935 316.The Theme for International Women’s Day 2016 is: ‘Pledge for Parity’.Worldwide, women continue to contribute to social, economic, cultural and political achievement. And we have much to celebrate today.But progress towards gender parity has slowed in many places.The World Economic Forum predicted in 2014 that it would take until 2095 to achieve global gender parity. Then one year later in 2015, they estimated that a slowdown in the already glacial pace of progress meant the gender gap wouldn’t close entirely until 2133.

Multicultural Forum set

to celebrate Harmony Day 2016

International Women’s Day

BreakfastWhere: Dunes Café

Time: 7:45amfor an 8:00am start

When: Tuesday 8 March 2016


S t Barbara’s Parish School will be raising funds for Caritas Australia’s Project Compassion

throughout Lent this year. Donations began on Tuesday, Feb-

ruary 9, when students, staff and par-ents enjoyed pancakes in celebration of Shrove Tuesday while making do-nations to the cause.

Year 7, 8 and 9 students were accom-panied by principal Bernadette Lacey and parent volunteers to help cook the pancakes, which were topped with ei-ther maple syrup or lemon and sugar.

Shrove Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday, which marks the start of Lent.

It is a reminder that Christians are entering a season of penance, and over the years it has become a day for them to indulge before beginning their fast-ing for Lent.

Lent will last for 40 days, and St Bar-bara’s will use that as a time to raise money for Project Compassion, which is entering its 50th year.

A coin line will also be held later in the term to collect further contribu-tions the cause.

Caritas Australia is an agency for international aid and development that helps bring renewed hope to the world’s poorest people, empowering them to learn more and create change.

Project Compassion is held each year during Lent and is the organisation’s main fundraising and awareness-raising appeal.

It aims to bring Australians together in solidarity with the world’s poor to help end poverty, promote justice and uphold dignity.

For more information, visit: www.caritas.org.au

A compassionate cause during Lent

ABOVE AND BELOW: St Barbara’s students enjoy pancakes as part of Shrove Tuesday celebrations recently.


S t B arb ara’s s cho o l captains, Student Voice and house captains were

announced at an assembly held last Friday.

Tawana and Harrison were elected as school captains, while two students from each class from foundation to year 7 were selected to be Student Voice members.

“I am looking forward to the work of the Student Voice in 2016 under the guidance of Chrissie

Grocke,” said St Barbara’s princi-pal Bernadette Lacey.

“It is important for students to have a say in what goes on in the school.”

Two captains were also elect-ed for each house to lead the stu-dents on sports day later in the year.

Student leaders elected for 2016

St Barbara’s Student Voice members were

annouced during an assembly held at the school gym

last Friday. PHOTOS: Patrick Glover

Tawana was named school captain. ABSENT: Fellow

school captain Harrison. NOTE: Students’ surnames omitted on request from the school

Ardill captain Renz. ABSENT: Fellow house captain Maddison

Hurley captains Grace and Jessica

Monaghan captain Meg. ABSENT: Fellow house

captain Harrison.


CHURCH NOTICES

NEW Life Church, Roxby Downs. Fam-ily-friendly, contem-porary worship. A member of Australian Christian Churches. Meeting at the Rox-by Downs Christian Community Church hall, corner of Bur-goyne St and Stuart Rd, 3pm on Sundays. Interactive children’s ministry for ages three to seven and eight to 12. Features an innovative and engaging 12-month curriculum. For more details, phone Pas-tor David Bunyon on 0403 058 050 or Theresa Bunyon on 0413 609 102. Web-site: newlifeccc.org.au/churches-news/roxby-downs

ST Barbara Catho-lic Parish. Masses at Roxby Downs are held at the Lutheran Church on Pioneer Dr, Saturdays 6pm and Sundays 8am. At Andamooka on fi rst and third Sundays at 11am. Woomera: Sunday masses are by telephone ar-rangement with the parish priest. Contact Fr John Folkman on 8671 0925.

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HOUSES FOR RENT

Casual PositionThe Dunes Café is situated in the heart of the roxbylink cultural and leisure precinct making it the perfect location for breakfast, lunch and morning or afternoon coffee. With seating for approximately 67 people the Dunes Café is a great location for social gatherings, meetings and functions.Responsibilities:• Cooking – Lunch and Breakfast service• General cleaning• Some preparation of food for functionsPrevious café environment experience preferredEssential:• Available to work over a 7 day roster as required• Experience in preparing meals• Ability to work effectively under pressure• Hygiene conscious• Have excellent presentation

If you are a friendly person, hard working, reliable and able to work well in a team environment, please send a copy of your cover letter and resume to:

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FOR RENT

Communications & Community

Engagement Officer(Maternity Leave Relief)

We are seeking applications from people with experience in communications and community engagement to undertake a 12 month maternity leave relief. The successful applicant will work with staff across the organisation to plan, develop and implement communication, public relations and community engagement activities that support Council’s corporate and community objectives. This is a temporary position with full time or part time options considered. It is envisaged that this role will commence in late April or early May 2015 for a period of 12 months. Suitably qualified and experienced people who have a passion for working in and with the community are encouraged to apply. You must have experience in: working with the media; marketing and promotion; working with community groups and liaising with key stakeholders. You will need to have excellent writing skills especially in the production of articles, media releases and promotional materials and have experience working with websites and social media. Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with a range of internal and external stakeholders are crucial to success in this position. A tertiary qualification in communications, journalism, or public relations will be highly regarded.Salary and conditions will be in accordance with the Roxby Downs Council Enterprise Agreement (2014) and classified at a Level 4. Salary benefits include a housing and utilities allowance. Some after hours work may be required.A copy of the job description is available from Council reception and must be read prior to applying. Further enquiries about the position may be directed to Michelle Hales, Manager Corporate Strategy and Governance on 8671 0010.Written applications addressed to the Administrator should consist of a formal letter of application addressing the selection criteria, a Resume and contain the contact details of two referees. Please send your applications via • Post to the Roxby Downs Council Office, PO Box 124 Richardson Place Roxby Downs SA 5725; or• Email: [email protected] close 12 noon on Monday 21 March 2016.Bill BoehmAdministrator


SPORTMonitorThe

Roxby Downs Cricket Association

Friday, February 26, 2016Hornridge v Olympic Dam

1st InningsHornridge battingG. Shorrock c P. Glover b S. Holbrook .......................................... 1A. Malm not out .............................................................................. 80S. Taylor c R. Rayner b S. Holbrook ..............................................0 J. Way b R. Geraghty ....................................................................... 35N. Tuthill c D. Kaminski b A. Harris ..............................................0M. Howard c D. Kaminski b R. Geraghty ...................................0Z. Bradbery c P. Glover b R. Geraghty ....................................... 12C. Denbesten c C. Nicholls b R. Rayner......................................31Extras (12w, 0nb, 1b, 2lb) .................................................................15Total ........................................................................... 7/176

Olympic Dam bowlingBowler Overs Maidens Wides Wickets RunsP. Glover 8 0 0 0 38S. Holbrook 8 0 4 2 32R. Geraghty 8 0 2 3 39A. Harris 8 0 0 1 30R. Rayner 7 0 6 1 31D. Kaminski 1 0 0 0 4

2nd InningsOlympic Dam battingC. Nicholls c N. Tutthill b M. Howard......................................... 52P. Glover c M. Howard b S. Rienstra ..........................................36M. Paul b Z. Bradbery ..................................................................... 22S. Holbrook lbw b S. Taylor ............................................................ 17D. Kaminski b S. Taylor .....................................................................9A. Harris c M. Hammerling b M. Howard ..................................0R. Geraghty c Z. Bradbery b S. Taylor .......................................... 1R. Rayner not out ............................................................................... 3M. Hopper b M. Howard ..................................................................0D. Flavel lbw b M. Howard ..............................................................0B. Hagger not out ..............................................................................0Extras (2w, 0nb, 14b, 0lb) ...............................................................16Total ...........................................................................9/155

Hornridge bowlingBowler Overs Maidens Wides Wickets RunsM. Hammerling 7 1 0 0 27Z. Bradbery 8 1 0 1 20S. Taylor 7 0 0 3 27S. Rienstra 8 1 1 1 28G. Shorrock 5 1 0 0 18M. Howard 5 0 1 4 21

Saturday, February 27, 2016Miners v Andamooka

1st InningsAndamooka battingR. Griggs c ? b M. Nelson .................................................................. 1B. Hann b S. Orr ................................................................................. 23S. Muthukumarana b S. Orr ...........................................................10J. Mandemaker b K. Dadleh .........................................................24K. Powe b D. Kovac ...........................................................................14J. Gareth b D. Kovac ...........................................................................4M. Tuohy c ? b D. Kovac ....................................................................6N. Shrodkra c ? b D. Kovac...............................................................6M. Samarakoon st M. Nelson b M. Green................................. 11P. Meegasdeniya c ? b M. Green ...................................................9K. Patel not out ....................................................................................2Extras (nb 0, w 0, b 0, lb 0) ............................................................0Total ...............................................................................123

Miners bowlingBowler Overs Maidens Wides Wickets RunsP. Trotta 5 1 0 0 18M. Nelson 8 3 0 1 18S. Orr 5 1 0 2 19G. Aitchison 3 0 0 0 18K. Dadleh 4 0 0 1 22D. Kovac 6 2 0 4 10M. Green 3.4 0 0 2 14

2nd InningsMiners battingD. Kovac c ? b ? ..................................................................................28M. Green c ? b ? ................................................................................. 37P. Trotta not out ...............................................................................39D. Law b ? ..............................................................................................0G. Aitchison lbw b ? ..........................................................................0J. Bremner c ? b ? ................................................................................7M. Nelson not out ..............................................................................6Extras (nb 3, w 0, b 4, lb 3) ............................................................10Total ........................................................................... 5/127

Andamooka bowlingBowler Overs Maidens Wides Wickets RunsS Muthukumarana 6 0 0 1 28J Mandemaker 6 0 0 0 20P Meegasdeniya 3 0 0 0 10M Samarakoon 5 0 0 3 16N Shrodkra 1 0 0 0 8B Hann 5 1 0 0 25M Tuohy 4 0 0 1 11

SPORTS DEADLINESAll sports results and reports

must be submitted by10am on Mondays.

Around the groundsAround the groundsAround the grounds

Abby Hardwick (Heat) gets ahead of the pack during

Friday night’s under 16 girls

basketball match against Panthers.

Hayley Lamb (Eagles) lines up a shot during her under 16 girls basketball game against

Lightning on Friday night.

Jaiden Bryant (Magic) attempts to get a pass

around Millie Cordy (Bullets) during their under 19 mixed

Tyler Odgers (Hornets) lines

up a shot during under 19 mixed basketball on Friday night.

Lachlaun Geraghty in

action for Heat during his under 19 mixed game against Hornets.

Rachael Slusser (Heat) makes a long

pass while under pressure from Cody Jackson (Panthers).


SPORTMonitorThe

Roxby Downs-based athletes Harry and Owen Mulady took home silver medals from the State Track and Field Relay Championships

in Adelaide recently.Held on Sunday, February 21, the Little Athletics SA

competition saw Harry earn fi rst place in the under 14 boys discus and shot put events.

Owen was third in the under 14 boys high jump and fourth in the long jump.

Together they earned a silver medal on behalf of the Port Augusta and Districts Little Athletics Centre in the under 14 boys fi eld relay event.

� e brothers also competed at the Eyre Peninsula Country Games at Port Lincoln on the weekend.

However, � e Monitor was unable to obtain their results before its Monday print deadline.

Meanwhile the Roxby Downs Little Athletics Club congratulated two of its members, Mitchell and Char-lotte Boehm, for their eff orts at Port Lincoln.

Charlotte fi nished with a silver medal in the under 6 girls age group, while Mitchell earned a bronze in the under 10 boys competition.

Both are set to compete in the Little Athletics SA State Challenge this weekend.

Silver medals for Mulady brothers

ABOVE LEFT: Harry and Owen Mulady at the State Track and Field Relay Championships. ABOVE RIGHT: Charlotte and Mitchell Boehm at Port Lincoln on the weekend. PHOTOS: Supplied

With 68% of South Australian road deaths occurring in rural areas, we need to keep reminding our mates to drive safely.

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A new coach will lead Roxby Downs into another Miners Cup this season in the hopes

of bouncing back from last year’s defeat.

Mark Dalgleish is taking over the role from Mark Telfer to get the side ready for the game at Adelaide Oval, where it will serve as a curtain rais-er to Port Adelaide vs Brisbane on May 8.

“We are very happy to have se-cured Mark,” said Far North Foot-ball League (FNFL) president Henry

Andryszczak. “He has a deep under-standing of the game and has a good relationship with all players, teams and the league.

“He is an excellent communicator and has been an assistant coach of the Miners Cup team in the past, so he knows what needs to be done.”

Dalgleish said the role was some-thing he had wanted to take on for a long time.

He said being part of the coaching team last year had given him a taste of football on the big stage and a hun-ger for the position.

Dalgleish has gained a broad un-derstanding of the FNFL, its teams

and players during his 15 years as a league player (for three clubs), coach (of Roxby Miners) and umpire.

� is year he will be introducing ‘Operation Wedge Tail’ in a bid to win back the Miners Cup.

He said he had already been scout-ing out players to bring home the win.

“I will be touching base with all league coaches, attending pre-season trainings to get a feel of who is new, what the numbers look like, who has capability and so forth,” he said.

“I am looking for a fi t and fl ighty type side, an on-pace running side that can move the ball at lightning speed and hit set targets.”

New coach to lead our Miners Cup side

Mark Dalgleish will be taking over as Roxby’s Miners Cup

team coach this season.

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The Olympic Dam Cricket Club suff ered its fi rst loss in two seasons across any format on Friday night.

It was last year’s T20 and 40-over run-ners-up, the Hornridge Wanderers, who ex-acted their revenge as they set up a prelimi-nary fi nals birth with the Roxby Miners.

Olympic Dam won the toss and elected to bowl fi rst, and the decision looked to have paid off early with Seb Holbrook claiming two wickets in his fi rst two overs to have Horn-ridge at 2/9.

Jamie Way then combined with Adam Malm to steady the ship and guide their side to 2/68 before Rein Geraghty claimed the wicket of Way (35).

Nigel Tutthill and Michael Howard came and went in quick succession, and at drinks Hornridge was at 5/73.

Geraghty struck again after the drinks break to give his side momentum, but that was to be the last bit of joy for the Devils as Malm

and Cam Denbesten set about putting on a big partnership to steer Hornridge to 7/176 off 40 overs.

Malm carried his bat for the second week in a row to fi nish unbeaten on 80 while Den-besten was dismissed on the fi nal ball of the innings for 31.

Best with the ball was Geraghty with three wickets while Holbrook also took two.

In reply the Devils got off to a solid start with Patrick Glover and Craig Nicholls put-ting on 57 for the fi rst wicket.

But on the stroke of drinks a sharp catch to Howard off the bowling of Simon Rienstra saw Glover heading back to the pavilion and leaving his side at 1/61 at drinks.

From there the Devils struggled to pick up its scoring and, with too much work to do, batters tried to lift the scoring only to fi nd themselves getting out.

Nicholls provided some resistance with a patient 52 but even he fell while trying to lift the scoring rate.

A steady fl ow of wickets saw the Devils fall 22 runs short to fi nish their innings at 9/155.

� e pick of the bowlers were Howard and

Shaun Taylor with four and three wickets re-spectively, while with the bat Nicholls’s half century and Glover’s 36 were the top scores for OD. Roxby Miners d Andamooka

The Saturday night fixture saw the Miners take on Andamooka with the Roos needing a win to stay in the race

for a fi nals birth.But the Miners, wanting to cement their

spot in the preliminary fi nal, had other ideas. � e Roos won the toss and elected to bat

fi rst, but with none of their batters able to go on and a make a sizable contribution, con-tinual wickets saw them all out for 123 in the 34th over.

Ben Hahn and Jordan Mandemaker made 23 and 24 respectively to be the leading run scorers for Andamooka.

With the ball, Dave Kovac took 4/10 to be the pick of the bowlers for the Miners.

In reply the Miners passed the required score fi ve wickets down thanks to an unbeaten 39 from Paul Trotta and 37 from Mark Green.

With the ball Mahinda Samarakoon was the

best bowler, taking three of the fi ve wickets in the Miners’ innings.

� is week is the fi nal minor round fi xture, with OD taking on Andamooka on Friday night and Hornridge taking on the Miners on Saturday night.

� e fi rst week of fi nals has already been decided with OD having secured a spot in the grand fi nal to be held on Friday, March 18.

Hornridge and the Miners will face off for two weeks in a row, playing each other in the preliminary fi nal after this weekend, with the winner taking on OD.

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Roos out of

race for fi nals

Shaun Taylor with four and three wickets re-spectively, while with the bat Nicholls’s half century and Glover’s 36 were the top scores

he Saturday night fixture saw the Miners take on Andamooka with the Roos needing a win to stay in the race

But the Miners, wanting to cement their

Andamooka’s Keegan Powe in action during his side’s loss on Saturday night. INSET ABOVE: Jordan Mandemaker top scored for Andamooka on the weekend with 24. INSET RIGHT: Roxby Miners captain

Michael Nelson sends down another delivery against Andamooka. PHOTOS: Julie Tovakuta

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