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Mr Whan said the RACQ Foundation had been looking for ways to provide a community-wide benefit to farming precincts that have suffered hardship over the past 5 yo 6 “Strengtheningyears. community infrastructure, in this case the Felton Hall facility, was judged to be an effective way of distributing benefit across a relatively large number of households,” he said.According to Mr Whan, a large array of government agencies, corporations and charitable foundations make grant funds available to not-for-profit organisations that are run by volunteers and generate community-wide benefits. But to win a grant, an organisation must prove its eligibility then argue the merits of its claim for funding.

The application must nominate a ‘project’ for which funds are being sought, it must establish a need for the project, it must specify who will benefit, it must provide competitive quotes and also nominate a referee to support the project.

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Hall Secretary Ian Whan has been making the most of Felton Hall’s new mower. Hall Secretary Ian Whan said the grant from the RACQ Foundation secured the purchase of the $6,5000 mower from B&B Machinery.

The application was boosted by the support of Cr Megan O’Hara Sullivan as a referee.

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Thanks to a grant from the RACQ Foundation, the Felton Hall Association is the proud new owner of a Rover RZ 46” ride on mower, the Hall’s lawn now looking better than ever before.

Mr Whan said the mower has had a good workout already. He is very impressed with its speed, as the job of mowing the hall’s grounds which used to take him hours can now be completed in less than one hour.

Federal Member for Groom Garth Hamilton has written to all Toowoomba Region high schools to encourage year 10/11/12 students to enter the Commonwealth Parliament’s “My First Speech” competition. Students are given the task of presenting their political views in a 90-seconds speech to be delivered to Parliament.

The competition encourages students to imagine themselves as newly elected members of the House of Representatives. Their task is to record themselves presenting the 90-seconds long speech on issues they are passionate about.

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ABOVE & BELOW: Kindness is the focus of term 3.

This term the students at Cambooya State School have been focusing on being kind to one another. During the beginning of the term staff have been on the lookout for random acts of kindness and providing ‘kindness gotchas’ to students.

Three lucky winners will be chosen to travel to Parliament House in Canberra with their guardian to present their speech.

“Students from our region will play an important part in our country’s future, and I urge them to take the opportunity to enter the competition,” Mr Hamilton said.

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Entries close next Tuesday, 30 August. More information about the “First Speech Competition” can be found at aph.gov.au/myfirstspeech

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“A members first speech is a long standing tradition that provides an opportunity for them to speak about issues they are passionate about,” Mr Hamilton said.

At the end of week 5, all students with five or more ‘kindness gotchas’ attended a kindness café. On parade in week 6 all of these students received a kindness certificate. Keep up the random acts of kindness Cambooya and well done!

Cr O’Hara Sullivan said councillors were looking for more ways to engage with all residents throughout the Region.

Cr Carol Taylor cannot see meetings taking place in council chambers such as at Greenmount, where she says the air conditioning does not work.

“Having meetings in the smaller communities would provide an opportunity for school groups and residents to interact with us more and it would allow for individuals in those areas to give delegations to Council.”

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The motion was voted down 5-6, with councillors O’Hara Sullivan, O’Shea, Vonhoff, Shine and Melissa Taylor voting for it.

Answering a question from Cr Nancy Sommerfield about the logistics of holding the meetings across the region, CEO Brian Pidgeon said in some places connectivity is fine while in other places Council will need to investigate to see if it is possible to do so.

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Cr Tim McMahon suggested it would be a good idea to host special meetings of council in regional towns when a development application pertaining to the local area is the topic of the meeting. Mayor Paul Antonio, who was Deputy Mayor during the previous regional meetings, said he did not think the meetings held at the smaller towns were any success at all. He said he had hoped to host more town meetings this term, which began in early 2020, but COVID-19 made it impossible to do so.

Cr Megan O’Hara Sullivan proposed a motion at the Ordinary Meeting of Council last week that a meeting be held once a quarter in regional townships on a rotational basis, with residents encouraged to make deputations at the meeting and to have the opportunity to talk with councillors informally.

“We all get feedback about not being accessible enough so we need to look at ways we can change this as we genuinely want to hear from each community member in the Toowoomba Region,” Cr O’Hara Sullivan said.

Cr Carol Taylor was critical of the original proposal, believing the best way to know what is happening in the region is to talk to people at events, having “ordinary conversations with ordinary people.” She said the only people who will attend are those strongly against or for an issue.

Toowoomba Region Council (TRC) is looking into ways of better connecting with residents outside Toowoomba City by holding meetings in regional towns.

An alternate motion proposed by Cr Geoff McDonald, seconded by Cr Bill Cahill, will see a report outline a variety of options and officer recommendations for additional engagement of councillors into regional communities, to be presented in October. This motion passed unanimously. Although the towns were the meetings could be held were not specifically mentioned, the eight areas that amalgamated to form the Toowoomba Region were Toowoomba, Cambooya (Greenmount), Clifton, Pittsworth, Jondaryan Shire (Oakey), Millmerran, Rosalie (Goombungee) and Crows Nest. Council meeting chambers still exist in each centre.

In her motion, Cr O’Hara Sullivan noted that this idea was trialled after amalgamation but she believed it was very costly due to the number of staff having to travel to the regions in order to speak to their items. With modern video conference technology, the cost and time would be greatly reduced.

Cr Sommerfield said general town hall meetings turn into “yell-at-us fests” and she preferred a more structured approach.

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Judges Cr Melissa Taylor and Miss Shannon Kochelak will have their work cut out for themselves deciding on a winner in the various categories. The community is encouraged to participate in the fashion parade, by making an outfit completely out of recycled materials (cardboard, paper, bottles).

There is certainly something for everyone on stage, at the Vale View Fete on September 10.

The action packed Tornado All Star Cheer routines will certainly entertain the crowds, as will the suave garments designed and modelled by those participating in the first Garbage to Garments Fashion Parade.

Radiance Dance Academy will also be keeping the crowd enthralled with their performances.

As preparations for the Vale View Fete continue, this Garbage to Garments Fashion Parade sign is being painted. With the Vale View Fete fast approaching (three weeks to be exact), we are putting the finishing touches on all things entertainment.Fetegoerscan grab a bite to eat from the amazing food providers, take a seat and watch the many performances that will be on stage.

Saxophone quintet, Pinkies on Ice will also keep the crowds entertained with their range of music as will the many other performances by the students of Vale View State School.

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I have recently attended the National Homelessness Conference in Canberra. The message is that the housing crisis cannot be solved by simply throwing more money at it. This is a nationwide problem, and it will require all levels of government working together to solve it.

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Garth Hamilton MP and Amanda Dalton from Protea Place at the National Homelessness Conference Tomas (left) and Kyrna Crump (right) presented the 2nd place prize to Richard Stockley.

As Deputy Chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Economics, I will make sure that Groom’s issues are being listened to in Canberra. I will continue listening and working hard for you.

The number one issue people have been raising with me as I travel around our region is housing. Whether it is housing affordability or housing availability, there isn’t a corner of Groom that is not affected by the crisis. Young people are struggling to save a deposit, rental property vacancy rates are at all-time lows, and empty nesters have very limited options for downsizing. Sadly, the crisis is also driving up the incidence of homelessness in Groom, especially amongst women aged 55 and above. When access to safe and secure housing is unavailable, it can impact a person’s health, employment, and relationships.

“We would like to especially thank the people who donated money to them. We very much appreciate this help,” she said.

Cambooya teenagers Kyrna and Tomas Crump will be able to compete at the Australian Cross Country Championships in Adelaide thanks to those who bought raffle tickets and donated to their cause. Their mother, Del, said the family would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who bought tickets in the raffle to get Kyrna and Tomas to Adelaide for the championships.

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2nd prize, Richard Stockley (Cambooya). 3rd prize, Bea McIntosh (Cambooya). The championships begin tomorrow (Friday) and Kyrna and Tomas will be striving to perform at their best and make their hometown proud.

1st prize went to Melissa Smith (Goondiwindi).

“This is followed by cotton debt, growing 53.1 per cent to $1.69“Grain/grazingbillion. also saw a large increase, totalling $1.68 billion and recording a 40.9 per cent growth since the 2019 survey.”Thetotal number of rural borrowers has decreased by 920 to 17,312 borrowers, down 5.05 per cent on 2019.

Rural debt has increased by $3.34 billion, or 13.89 per cent, on the Eastern Darling Downs region according to the 2021 Queensland Rural Debt Survey. Over the same period, total rural debt in Queensland has risen to $24.06 billion, an increase of 25.97 per cent. At the same time, the quality of that rural debt has remained strong with almost 95 per cent rated viable or long term viable, despite challenging times for rural businesses.

“Debt funding remains the principal source of capital for Queensland primary producers including for working capital, infrastructure, property, and other investment purposes,” Mr Furner“Debtsaid.in the beef industry accounts for the largest proportion of rural debt across Queensland, growing by more than $3 billion and accounting for around 60 per cent of the increase in total debt.

Rural debt is defined as the total indebtedness of all farmers and rural enterprises throughout Queensland, where the servicing of the rural debt relies primarily on rural generated income.Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries, Mark Furner said the average debt per borrower rose by 32.67 per cent to $1.39 million.

The Western Downs and Central Highlands region represented the largest portion, just over 35 per cent, of total rural debt in Queensland totalling $8.51 billion. Since the survey was conducted in December 2021, much of the State has experienced an extended La Niña season with several major flooding events, particularly in South East Queensland.Seethe2021 Rural Debt Survey full report and interactive dashboard at rural-debt-surveyqrida.qld.gov.au/queensland-

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•Wednesday, 31 August - The Range Shopping Centre, High Street Plaza, Grand Central

Legacy currently looks after more than 350 beneficiaries, providing services like home-care visits, day trips, education support, and holiday camps for Legacy Youth. Legacy merchandise, including badges, and Legacy bears will be available as follows:

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For almost a century, Legacy has kept the promise to thousands of veterans’ families - helping provide financial and social support during times of hardship and grief.

The LPR vehicles scan, mark and photograph a vehicle’s number plate and location and alert the Smart Parking System of an overstay.

In 2023, Legacy will be commemorating its centenary with The Legacy Centenary Torch Relay presented by Defence Health, marking 100 years of service to those who have sacrificed.

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Legacy is hoping that face-to-face fundraising this year will help increase donations that help provide support and services for some of the most vulnerable in the community.Honorary Secretary David Scott said Badge Week 2022 is the major fundraising activity for the year and the charity’s Legatees and Defence Force volunteers will be out and about at various Toowoomba and regional shopping centres selling LegacyToowoombaBadges.

So, what has changed? Sccan to discover how to use the parking pay stations.

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Toowoomba Legacy is calling upon the local community to buy a badge this Legacy Week, from Sunday, 28 August to Saturday, 3 September.

For the last two years, COVID-19 and lockdowns have created difficulties for Legacy Week volunteers to fundraise in theToowoombacommunity.

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•Thursday, 1 September - Kmart Plaza Kearney Springs, Highfields Village, Highfields Plaza, The Ridge Shopping Centre, Clifford Gardens Shopping Centre Friday, 2 September - Bunnings West, Bunnings North, Wilsonton Shopping Centre and Oakey Campbell Street Nationally, Legacy cares for 43,000 beneficiaries including 1,300 children and 1,100 people with a disability.

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The importance of slowing down when crossing the rail bridge should be crystal clear now.

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Toowoomba Regional Council has installed warning signs at Wyreema on either side of the bridge on Umbiram Road over the railway in an effort to improve safety. The LED Vehicle Activated Warning Signs light up with the words SLOW DOWN when vehicles approach. A report made to Council noted there is poor visibility when approaching the bridge. Conventional improvement measures such as realignment or traffic signals would be problematic and cost prohibitive, however, the newly installed signs have proved to be a cost effective alternate to improve the safety of this intersection,” the report said.

Alice Benfer (below) will perform at the Gowrie Little Plain Hall for a Country Music concert on Saturday, 3 September at 7.30pm. She is known for her number one hit Never Tasted Dirt and her latest release I Wonder What Your Doing, plus a four track EP Cowgirl Rockin and her latest album What Can I Say Benfer, an award winning Country singer, attended James Nash High School in Gympie and performs regularly at festivals, hotels, private functions, clubs and charity events. Her hit song Never Tasted Dirt is a tongue-in-cheek song about the qualities Aussie women look for in a man. Tickets are $20 including supper and can be purchased by calling Shirley on 4630 4384.

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“This strategy outlines the steps that we must take as an organisation to ensure we are a Digital Health Service by 2027,” Mr Craig said.

“Over the next five years we’ll look to invest significantly into a broad range of areas including our people, infrastructure and data processes that will help deliver the best outcome for patients, staff and more broadly the community.

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“This will all culminate when the new Toowoomba Hospital is completed and we’ll be utilising various digital devices and platforms across the facility, which will be incredibly exciting.”Operating over three project delivery milestones, the strategy includes the development of a data warehouse, a full suite of Wi-Fi connected devices for all and training the workforce to be digital ready, among other key milestones.

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“A lot of what we are planning to do will be through utilising network connectivity that leverages off the latest technologies, meaning instantaneous connectivity, data transfers and accessibility to information, which is a complex task in a hospital setting where the security of data is so paramount.”AnnetteScott, Chief Executive of Darling Downs Health, said that the digital strategy would enable the Health Service to be better connected across the 110,000 square kilometres it covers.“We have over twenty facilities in our Health Service and this strategy outlines how we can improve the connectivity not just to the facilities and their patients, but to staff as well,” Ms Scott said. “If we can empower our clinical staff with digital solutions, we know that there is an increase in capability and efficiency, which means more time can be spent with patients in our facilities or providing updates to family and friends.

Director of ICT Services at Darling Downs Health, Matt Craig said the strategy would lay the foundations for the future of digital healthcare for the community.

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Tip design popular Responses from Toowoomba Regional Council’s survey on the design for Greenmount’s new waste management facility show 78 per cent support. The upgrade will see the construction of the region’s second Tier Two waste management facility. It will be built on the site of the existing landfill and will service residents at Cambooya, Wyreema, Vale View, Ramsay, Top Camp, Hodgson Vale and some of the southern parts of Toowoomba.Theproject team is reviewing the individual comments to finalise the design and development application.

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The ‘Digital Strategy 2022 – 2027’, released earlier this year, outlines the steps the Health Service will take over the next five years to become better connected and improve the digital capability of the organisation.

The program was developed by QUT chemist and postdoctoral research fellow Dr Michael Pfrunder and his wife, Caitlin Pfrunder, who is a primary school teacher at Brisbane’s Jindalee State School.

Bookings are now open for primary schools interested in having scientists zoom into their classrooms in 2023. Primary school teachers interested in bringing ZoomedIn-Science to their schools can visit research.qut.edu.au/cms/ zoomed-in-science/ or email zoomedinscience@qut.edu.au

“I was already thinking about developing a program like this prior to the pandemic, but then during COVID schools got so used to using Teams that we decided to leverage that momentum in classroom technology,” he said. “It’s enabled us to reach schools in regional and remote areas where we couldn’t normally go.” Ms Stenzel said the students especially loved taking the QUT staff off on their learning journey and having hypotheses of their own tested, and concepts reaffirmed.

Based on their learning from the Zoomed-In-Science program, students experimented for themselves.

Science is as hands-on as a virtual experience can be. We loved the face-to-face interaction, and that all of our students’ ideas were celebrated.

Greenmount’s combined Year 3 to 6 class took part in Zoomed-In-Science in July with their teacher Kelly Stenzel.

Greenmount State School is one of fifteen schools in Queensland that is taking part in Queensland University of Technology’s (QUT) Zoomed-In-Science” virtual outreach program.

The program is an initiative of QUT’s Centre for Materials Science and involves a team of PhD students, lecturers and postgraduate researchers. They stream live to classrooms while they film each other doing experiments, presenting curriculum-relevant science, and answering questions from the young audience.

“For rural communities this program provides access to fabulous lab facilities, and knowledgeable staff who are in tune with students and who demonstrate a real keenness to engage all students in all things science.

“Virtually visiting the scientists in their amazing lab was a real experience for our students, and we enjoyed watching our students really light up with connection and ‘new idea’ moments.”DrPfrunder said Zoomed-In-Science was delivered live via iPads, smart phones and the Teams virtual meeting app used by Queensland state schools.

“Our classroom limitations, including not having access to a lab, has meant in the past that many of these experiments and ideas have only been discussed or watched on video,” she said. “Being involved in the magic of science unfolding was exciting for every member of our classroom – to say our students loved it was an understatement.

“We feel very privileged to have been involved in the program and can’t wait to see what QUT does next.”

“We were very excited to be a part of the program,” Ms Stenzel“Zoomed-Insaid.

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“From a classroom perspective, it was suitably aligned to our C2C (Curriculum into the Classroom) and encouraged students to test and extend their knowledge as well as their interest in chemistry.

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Thursday, August 25, 2022 ON OUR SELECTION NEWS Page 15 Local Events Calendar If you are holding an event in the area covered by On Our Selection News, forward details to editorial@cliftoncourier.com.au DATE EVENT LOCATION CONTACT 27 August

BELOW: The whole were dressed up for Book Week.

Wyreema Community Hall Monthly Meeting 7pm Wyreema Hall, Umbiram Road Sara Howell 0429 864 September Succulent Fest, 8am to 2pm Bunker’s Hill State School,315 Bunker’s succulentfest@gmail.com or Hill State School Road, Westbrook facebook.com/SucculentFest Annual Motorbike Show, 10am to 12.30pm Greenmount Hall, 11 Ramsay Street Bill 4697 1480 September Cambooya Rural Fire Brigade training, 7.30pm Cambooya Fire Station, George Street Rohan Greer 0408 456 820 September Cambooya Rural Fire Brigade GM & AGM 7.30pm Cambooya Fire Station, George Street Rohan Greer 0408 456 820

BOOK WEEK 2022 It is Book Week time again and this year to celebrate the love of books and reading, Bunker’s Hill State School held a dress up day and a Book Fair. Students and staff were encouraged to dress up as their favourite book character. The school also held a Book Fair to help fundraise for the school. This year’s theme was “Dreaming with eyes open!”

10 September

Last week, “Dreamtime Games” visited the students at Wyreema State School. Students engaged in fun and educational traditional Indigenous games focusing on physical activity and cultural learning.Thegames provided students with an insight into both the past and present cultural heritage of Australian Aboriginal

24 September

LEFT & ABOVE: The indigenous games were great fun.

Friends of Gorman’s Gap Inc working bee, Top of the track, Gorman’s Gap Barbara Lindbergs 0408 455 465 7.30am - 11.30am Road, Preston or president@fogg.org.au Cambooya Rural Fire Brigade training, 7.30pm Cambooya Fire Station, George Street Rohan Greer 0408 456 820 Vale View Fete, 11am to 3pm Vale View State School, Sarah Coote 4696 2158 or 873 Drayton Connection Road scoot7@eq.edu.au September Cambooya Rural Fire Brigade training, 9am Cambooya Fire Station, George Street Rohan Greer 0408 456 820

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WYREEMASTATESCHOOL and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The students engaged in games such as “Gorri”, a discbowling game played in Central Australia and “Prun”, a mock warfare game from North Queensland. It was an incredible way to integrate Indigenous education in an active and positive environment.

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DREAMTIME GAMES

- Glyn Rees

Ted Cavanagh

Saturday’s encounter was “a very tough game,” according to co-captain/coach Garth Lonergan.

Wattles 22 (Michael Pearson, Les Hartvigsen, Zach Stevens, Aaron Hooper tries; Kai Williamson-Duggan 3 goals) defeated Warwick 14 (Morgan Byrne, Tyrelle Ross, Dustin Close tries; Nick Carrie goal).

Our annual general meeting this year will be held this Sunday, the 28th of August, at 11am followed by a barbecue lunch. If you could let us know if you are coming it would help for catering purposes. A good crowd would be good so that we can hopefully go forward in the spring time and get some more functions happening.

Hodgsonvale Community Sports Club

Wattles ran in four tries to three in a contest closer than the scoreboard suggests in front of a packed Warwick crowd.

Wattles finals-bound

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“Warwick showed up with nothing to lose and gave it to us from the get go,” he said.

Memberships for 2022/23 can now be paid. The cost stays at $25 for the family and deposits can be made at the Westpac Bank or online to our bank account, BSB 034 142, Account number 158 247 or post to PO Box 8315 Toowoomba South 4350.Ifyou are hiring the hall please be conscious of the near neighbours and keep the noise levels down. -

Wattles will play in at least two finals in both A Grade and Reserves following second and first place finishes on the ladder respectively following the home and away season. Wattles finished the regular season strongly against the Warwick Cowboys securing a ninth consecutive TRL A grade success edging out the Cowboys 22 to 14 to win the prestigious Basil Nolan Memorial Shield for the first time. The award was introduced in 2019 in memory of former Cowboys player and community identity Basil Nolan Jr who died in a farm accident in November 2018.

Wattles will feel the full force of finals football on Sunday when they meet the Highfields Eagles at Clifton.

RESERVE GRADE Wattles are over the line as TRL Reserve Grade Minor Premiers after a hard fought 24-18 win over Warwick, earning the side a break for the initial weekend of finals.

Wattles’ Travis Burns rated the Saturday night success among the more favoured in his coaching tenure, given his line-up was missing some key faces with injury, including himself, backrower Ryan Duggan and playmaker Matt Duggan.

Burns is looking forward to his Wattles line-up assuming full strength to match up against the Eagles, with his return along with the Duggan brothers and star forward enforcers Mitch Koina and Jordan Crocker.

The heated Sports Club is open for private functions so please contact Mark, our booking officer. The mobile contact is 0431 014 618 for further details, inspections and future bookings. You can check out our website to see what facilities are available or you can send an email to hcsc8315@gmail.com Discounts apply for financial members who hire the facility. The tennis courts are available for hire, the keys are available down at the Hodgsonvale shop. Hire costs are $4 an hour for financial members and $8 an hour for non-financial members. Government Covid rules must be adhered to at all times while the tennis courts are being used. The toilets at the Sports Club are also available for tennis hirers.

Wattles finished the competition rounds with sixteen wins and a single loss, that being to Highfields in Round 4.

Wattles 24 (Alex Morris, Jack Rubie, Mitchell Duff, Tim Duggan tries; Tom Morris 4 goals) defeated Warwick 18 (Matthew Henry, Morgan Taylor, Cameron Martin-Brown tries; Matthew Henry 3 goals).