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Have you seen him?

Ambo Steve on the receiving end of emergency service

This blurred CCTV image shows the man who broke into the Plains Producer office and probably other Balaklava businesses in October. Police have allowed the image to be published as they continue their hunt for the alleged thief. They seek public assistance to identify the man. Other pictures on page 4.

UP CLOSE with Louise Michael Every town has been calling out for ambulance volunteers lately. The current ambos are working flat out to provide a vital service to our communities.

But what happens when one of their own requires emergency services?

Former Owen, now Balaklava resident, Steve Renshaw is a classic example.

Six years ago, Steve joined the Balaklava branch of the SA Ambulance Service.

After his first year, Steve was on his way to work by motorbike from Owen to Balaklava, when he was cleaned up by a car.

Ironically he was on call for ambo duty that day. His coworkers were waiting for him at the Balaklava station so they could attend a motorbike vs car accident near Owen.

They eventually realised it was Steve in the accident and went to his rescue. The rest is history!

But in the last school holidays in October, Steve thought he’d pulled a muscle in his right side, but as the nagging wouldn’t go away, he visited his GP. Was it or wasn’t it appendicitis? They were unsure so Steve was booked in for a scan the following Monday.

He was heading to Edithburgh for a few days

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If zero is no pain, and 10 hurts a lot ... says Steve Renshaw, pictured on his Harley “It’s a 12” –Davidson.

No, he wasn’t about to ride the bike!

with the family so thought he’d be OK until then.

Overnight Thursday, Steve’s wife Lisa said he moaned and groaned in apparent pain most of the night, but didn’t wake up.

The family headed to Point Turton for lunch on the Friday to celebrate daughter Syjourn’s 14th birthday, but things turned pear shaped.

Steve became violently ill, and bent over in agony, was literally carried to the car by his wife

and daughters to head to Yorketown Hospital.

As luck would have it, the doctor wasn’t there and Steve had to wait. As an ambulance volunteer himself, Steve always asks his patients to rate their level of pain, zero being no pain and 10 being high.

But when asked to rate his level of pain, Steve replied “It’s a 12.” n CONTINUED PAGE 4

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Helen’s concern as farm land falls to urban sprawl

AQUATIC BIOSECURITY CENTRE OPENS:

Marine science a new resource at Roseworthy Australia’s ability to protect the health of its aquatic resources advanced significantly last Tuesday with the opening of the South Australian Aquatic Biosecurity Centre at the University of Adelaide’s Roseworthy Campus.

The $2.4m facility, funded by the South Australian Government through Marine Innovation SA (MISA), posi-

tions South Australia to become a key national provider in aquatic biosecurity research.

The SA Aquatic Biosecurity Centre (SAABC) provides researchers with highly secure conditions for the study of aquatic pathogens and pests offering capabilities previously unavailable in Australia.

It will be jointly operated by the South Austral-

AquA men (from left) Rob Lewis, chair, Marine Innovation SA; James McWha, Vice Chancellor, University of Adelaide; Simon Maddocks, SARDI Director Science Partnerships; Tony Piccolo MP; Ian Nightingale, Chief Executive, PIRSA. ian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) and the university.

The centre is co-located within the university’s School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, offering researchers access to the school’s state-of-the

art diagnostic laboratories and its veterinary specialists.

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“The university is pleased to host the centre which will deliver great benefits in collaborative research and training in one of the State’s most important but developing industries,” Professor McWha said.

Local State MP for Light, Tony Piccolo, who opened the centre, said the collaboration would generate benefits for the seafood industry, university students and all South Australians.

Losing the connection between city and country is one thing, but it’s the loss of farmland itself to urban encroachment that is occupying the thoughts of 2010 Nuffield scholar, Helen Thomas.

Helen, who farms at Manoora, is using her Landmark-sponsored scholarship to investigate how to preserve prime agricultural ground and the surrounding reserves and ecosystems.

“We have lost 14 per cent of our farmland in Australia over the last decade, and as the world needs to feed a population of possibly nine billion by the year 2050, I think every bit of farm land we can preserve is precious and every bit of open space and remnant vegetation also has its place,” Helen said.

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Helen Thomas bigger threat is from small acreages (hobby farms).

“They are creating far more damage to our farmland, not just in the straight acres they’re using, but also the weeds they’re introducing, the risk to fire control and biodiversity infringement,” she said.

Helen said while her land was not directly affected by encroachment, the affect on her district as a whole was all too obvious as expansion of the Clare and Barossa valleys continued.

Although a massive job, making the public understand the value of preserving farmland would go some way to improving the situation.

“We have to delineate where urban stops and rural starts and somehow find a mix and get the community actually talking about it – find ways of getting the debate to start,” Helen said.

Motorcyclist dies at Lewiston A motorcyclist died following a crash on Baker Road, Lewiston.

The crash occurred just after 2pm last Friday and no other vehicles were involved.

The 36-year-old man from Mawson Lakes died at the scene. He was the 19th motorcyclist killed on South Australian roads this year.

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Intersection to finally change

ENJOYING the sideshows are (from left) Lauren Turner, Louise Turner, Martina Chua and Jenny Turner.

Virginia makes music – and fun Bec O’Brien reports:

Under grey skies and threatening rain, hundreds gathered at Virginia oval last Saturday for the Run, Rally, Rock concert.

Hosted by Two Wells RSL and supporting childhood and brain cancer research, the event saw the crowd – all snuggled up, sitting in camping chairs or on picnic rugs – enjoy a myriad of entertainers from across the generations.

There was music from the 70s and 80s as well as up and coming stars, with attractions for the event including bands Acoustic Juice, The Rustlers, and Bjorn Again.

Local band Azz If gave a great performance, with the crowd singing along to many of the well-known cover songs, and funny-men Rob and Tahir, from the hit TV show Fat Pizza, made sure everyone kept warm with a few laughs.

Solo artists Tori Darke and James Abberley also showed their talents, singing strong ballad songs. As well as the extensive range of musical talent on offer, the event offered rides and food stalls aplenty to keep the younger concertgoers entertained.

And in the middle of the oval a few dedicated car and motorbike enthusiasts had brought along their pride and joys to share.

Two Wells volunteer Di Allpike thoroughly enjoyed the event, saying it was a great night for the community, and despite lower than expected numbers, everybody enjoyed themselves.

WORK on notoriously troublesome Balaklava intersection, McCracken’s Corner, is scheduled to begin early next year.

The Department of Transport, Energy and Infrastructure (DTEI) presented an updated proposal for the intersection, which will be tabled at tonight’s Wakefield Regional Council meeting.

WRC infrastructure services manager, David Hassett, said the amended plan for the junction accommodates a more direct alignment between Gwy terrace and Whitwarta road to that of a crossroad junction, rather than offset T-junctions as previously proposed.

The alterations also include concrete islands and some island treatment with semi-mountable kerbing within the junction to determine traffic flow.

A further addition is a traffic alignment entry and exit to the adjacent service station.

Mr Hassett said the concept had not changed dramatically from when first tabled. It did not have any negative feedback at that time, but it now included more island treatments and a traffic alignment delineation for the service station.

“DTEI is exploring the project in detail, which will involve several differ-

Les Pearson reports: ent contractors. Surveys have already occurred.” A start should be made early next year.

• ROAD FORUM: Council’s elected members recently took part in a road forum workshop, touring some of the district’s roads while discussing issues relating to council’s road maintenance and construction programs.

WRC infrastructure services manager, David Hassett, said the forum provided information about council’s asset management system and data collection and analysis, road reclassification and the setting/evaluation of service levels.

Central ward councillor, Owen Chapman, reported a positive response to the forum, published in tonight’s council meeting agenda.

“I found this to be a very interesting and worthwhile forum,” Cr Chapman says in his report.

“Councillors and staff were able to ask questions and discuss ideas about a specific subject (roads), which does not occur during normal council meetings.”

Cr Chapman raised the concept of a road forum at the start of his term as councillor.

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More talks on marine parks – but what is the next step?

Member for Goyder, Steven Griffiths, has welcomed the announcement the draft management plan for the state’s 19 marine parks will be halted to allow further consultation.

Premier Jay Weatherill confirmed over the weekend the State government’s marine parks draft management plan, due for release before Christmas, would be delayed until next year.

“I am pleased the government has finally recognised the concerns that exist within our community and across South Australia. However, I do question the government’s intention now, Mr Griffiths said.

“Marine parks, and in particular the establishment of large sanctuary zones or no-take zones, continue to be a very emotive issue within our community.

“While there is support for the principle of marine parks, serious concerns exist in relation to the size and placement of sanctuary zones and the impact they will have on the economies of adjacent coastal communities.

“Throughout the development process to establish the South Australian marine park network, many people including the Local Advisory Groups, have criticised the government on not listening to them.

“Despite Premier Weatherill and Minister Caica delaying the release of the draft plan to the public, it is unclear what the government’s timeline is for the release of the draft plan and if in fact it is proposed any level of proper consultation will be undertaken. “ Minister for Sustainability, Environ-

South Australian coastal waters are home to an amazing diversity of marine life, with many species found nowhere else in the world, yet only about one per cent of State waters are fully protected.

Marine parks are recognised around the world as a vital tool needed to ensure that marine environments are protected for current and future generations.

“We all agree we need to act to ensure our precious marine environment is protected against future impacts of human intervention and climate change,” Mr Weatherill said.

“This week, Minister Caica and I met conservation groups, recreational fishers and commercial fishers to discuss marine parks. We hope all key sectors will take up this offer to engage in further discussions.”

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Can you identify this man?

THIS is the man police are seeking in relation to break-ins in Balaklava last month.

The imagess were taken from a CCTV camera in the Plains Producer office at 4.53 am on Monday morning, October 17.

The man ransacked the office and stole cash and also allegedly broke into other Balaklava businesses.

Police are seeking the public’s help to trace the man, who appears to be of slight build, estimated to be about 165cm tall (about 5ft 4in).

The track pants he is wearing have the word “Holden” in white down his left leg.

If you have any information, contact BankSA Crimestoppers on 1800 333 000 or call your local police station.

ment and Conservation, Paul Caica said the postponement would allow further discussions to occur with key interest groups. Mr Weatherill said draft plans had been due to be released before the end of the year but he wanted to reengage with key sectors in an effort to find common ground.

“I strongly believe we can create these marine parks in a way that protects our marine environment but also guarantees access to recreational and commercial fishers,” Mr Weatherill said.

“I acknowledge this has already been a long process, but as this is one of the most significant conservation programs ever undertaken in SA, it is critically important we get this right.

“While there is wide support for marine parks, there remain diverse views about how the parks should be designed.

The feedback I have received is some groups feel like we haven’t listened.

“I want to give them the opportunity to come back to the table and work more closely with us over the next few months so that we can ensure these parks are something that everyone can support.”

SA’s Local Government Association welcomed an extension of discussions.

LGA president, mayor Kym McHugh, said the delay would be welcomed by councils.

“I wrote to the Minister recently, seeking an extension of the consultation period on draft management plans for the State’s 19 marine parks to take account of the Christmas/New Year holiday period,” he said. “I am pleased there will now be extra time.”

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‘Ambo’ Steve and his inside story •From Page 1 The RFDS plane finally picked Steve up at 11pm where he and another appendicitis patient from Moonta were flown to the RAH. Steve was operated on at 10am Saturday and a burst abscess on the appendix was deemed to be the culprit.

To cut the gory details short, the whole lot had burst sending pus and infection through Steve’s body. Nice.

His body went into shock and his extremities started to turn blue as his body tried to overcome the poison.

The doctors had to remove his intestines, bowel and other “bits”, wash them and put them back in.

This caused the “bits” to swell to three times their normal size and stops the bowel from working for a time. This is quite common apparently.

Steve’s hospital recovery was stilted as the infection caused high temperatures and pain, and he needed more scans.

But his body overcame the infection and surgery by itself and he came home finally on October 26.

Steve is just taking it easy now and can’t do any heavy work for quite a few weeks.

And he can’t be an ambo!

Steve loves working as an ambo and encourages anyone who is interested and can spare even just a small amount of time, to consider being an ambulance volunteer.

They are desperately short of volunteers around the state and it’s a vital service to have, especially in rural areas. And Steve knows from experience!

Contact Ken Cunningham on 8862 2158 in work hours if you think you could help.

Family fun at new Dublin hotel New Dublin Hotel will host a “Family Fun Day” this Sunday, November 27, as a fund raiser for charity.

The day kicks off at noon, with no entry fee.

The event will be held on the hotel’s spacious grassed area next to the beer garden and the day will include a mega jumping castle, face painting, clown plus Santa and much, much more for the kids.

There’s also plenty of adult fun and activities, with a $3 happy hour from 2pm on all tap beer (including cider) with $1 of the proceeds going to the Leukemia Foundation.

Apart from this there’s the ‘Big Shave’ raising $1,000, plus “wax off,” raffles, auctions (many items up for grabs, including a Crows 2011 signed football).

The day has been organised by Nicole Northey who has put many hours of her own time into this.

Nicole is in the running for U.G.L.Y. Bartender of the Year competition, designed for raising money for the Leukemia Foundation.

“Its been really amazing to see how generous the community businesses and locals are when it comes giving donations for such a fantastic cause such as this,” Nicole said.

With so many activities during the day for the whole family, it’s set to be a fantastic day ‘on the green’ at The New Dublin Hotel.

• Donations before the event can be given at the hotel. For any enquiries please contact 8529 2116.

NICOLE with raffle prizes.

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Brinkworth November 11 not only marks Remembrance Day but the date on which Brinkworth was proclaimed 119 years ago.

Back then, the town was a pivotal rail junction for the mid north.

It’s a bit quieter now, the lines are gone and have been replaced by a linear park and an overnight stay area.

The town held its birthday celebrations last week which included the presentations for the Youth Art and Beautiful Brinkworth competitions.

Wakefield Regional Council Mayor, James Maitland, presented the Art first prize for 12-14 years to Nathan Greenwood.

The winners of various style gardens were presented with KESAB award signs and cash prizes. Wendy Symonds (pictured) was the winner of the Cottage Style Garden.

•There’s more pictures and all the results on page 6 in your Producer.

And as it was also Remembrance Day, a service was conducted at the RSL rooms with nine veterans joining the members of the public and students from Brinworth Primary School.

At the conclusion of the service, the students led the gathering in singing the National Anthem.

Riverton The new synthetic lawn tennis courts have finally been laid. It took a huge effort by the committee, members and sponsors to get the job done.

To celebrate the completion, an Opening Night and hit of tennis will be held on December 10 at 6pm.

For catering purposes, please let Jane Parkinson know if you’ll be attending on 8847 2646.

Mallala Preparation for the Christmas street party and market on Thursday, December 15 is heating up.

Floats are to meet by 5.45pm at the hospital, with the parade set to start at 6pm.

Father Christmas will be kicking around in his Magic Cave at the footy clubrooms from 6-8pm.

The town oval will be turned into a sea of people and colour with the markets, a jumping castle, food and drink stalls, entertainment and dodgems scattered around the oval - something for everyone!

Clare The Australian Red Cross blood bank will be at the Clare Sports Club from November 21-25.

And Carinya Auxiliary is holding its Annual Christmas Tree display in the town hall from December 16-19.

The display opens 10am to 4pm daily and Father Christmas will be in his Magic Cave too.

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Balaklava High School teacher Peter Brown and Community Librarian Keira James represented the Balaklava High School in “Amy’s Ride” on Sunday, November 6.

The ride supports the Amy Gillett Foundation’s mission for safe bicycling in Australia and vision of zero bike- related fatalities.

Peter and Keira joined 3000 other cyclists to ride along the Southern Expressway from Adelaide to McLaren Vale.

Keira rode the 65km track while Peter rode 100km, inlcuding riding up Old Willunga Hill.

The duo hope more members will join them next year, and it is rumoured principal Mark Healy has already bought some lycra bike pants in preparation.

RIVERTON THE primary school is having a Japanese sports day next Wednesday, November 30 from 9-11.30am.

Students will be divided into red and white teams and will participate in a variety of games traditionally played at a sports day in Japan.

Parents and interested spectators are welcome. You might even see Mr McLaren and Mr Wilson doing some sumo wrestling.

Food is fun – Saddleworth Primary School has healthy food on the menu.

Earlier in the year, the school had two parents trained as “Community Foodies”, learning about various aspects of healthy eating. They were sponsored by Lower North Health over a six week training course.

The Foodies have educated parents and students in making healthy food choices.

Steve’s Sudan mission Former Pinery resident and now church minister, Steve Blacket, is making 2012 “A Year of Mission” in South Sudan.

Steve has led the Australian Churches of Christ Global Mission Partners work in South Sudan since 2008, working with other dedicated leaders to establish programs that provide care to orphans, training for midwives and outreach to survivors of the genocide in Darfur.

Steve will be speaking about his upcoming misson at Balaklava Church of Christ hall this Sunday at 6pm.

A pooled tea at 5pm will precede Steve’s presentation and you are all invited to attend.

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NEWS v District Veterans at Brinkworth Remembrance Day Service (from left) Merv Smitham, Murray Burnley, Philip Klemm, Keith Lawry, Pedro Fenwick, Squid Adams,.Bob Mcleod, George Milic and Nick Hart.

A TIME TO REMEMBER – AND AN OCCASION TO REWARD RESIDENTS:

Beautiful Brinkworth shines BRINKWORTH celebrated its 119th anniversary on Remembrance Day, November 11.

The day was a respectful occasion, but also an opportunity to reward residents, both young and old.

When it started out, the town was a pivotal rail junction for the Mid North, bustling with railway employees, builders and all the ancillary tradesmen, shopkeepers and their families who make up a busy community, as well as the district’s farmers and their stock and produce.

These days, things are a bit quieter. The railway lines are gone, replaced by a linear park and overnight stay area while a community barbecue and meeting area has been developed where the railway stockyards once stood.

This was where the town birthday celebration occurred on November 11, when Wakefield Re-

Anne Green reports: gional Council Mayor, James Maitland, presented prizes to the winners of a Youth Art Competition and the “Beautiful Brinkworth” garden competition.

The garden competition was held by the Progress Association to encourage an attractive streetscape.

All gardens visible from the street are inspected, which led to at least one couple, relatively new to town, being quite startled to find themselves on the winners’ list.

Results: Business & Community Garden: 1 - $50 cash plus KESAB Merit Award sign went to Memorial Reserve, Main Street; 2 - $20.00 voucher to Country Lodge B&B; 3 - $15.00 voucher to Mills Freightlines Cottage Style Garden: 1 - $50 cash plus KESAB Merit Award sign to Wendy Symonds; 2 - $20 voucher Jaymi and George; 3 - $15 voucher Tania McLeod.

Landscape-style Garden: 1 - $50

plus KESAB Merit Award sign John & Dorothy Goss; 2 - $20 voucher Nick Hart & Dianne; 3 - $15 voucher Roy & Marlene Martin.

Garden Featuring Australian Native Plants: 1 - $50 voucher plus KESAB Merit Award sign to Paul & Marianne Holliday; 2 - SA Australian Plants Society membership, value $38, donated

by Brinkworth APS Group to Robin Spooner.

“Encouragement Awards” ($20 vouchers): Steve Heinjus & Lisa, Rodney & Veronica Scutcheon, Ann Geldart and Kerry & Kim Waldhuter.

Thanks were given to sponsors: KESAB, Geoff Brock, Rowan Ramsey, Clare Valley Flowers, Australian Plants Society Brinkworth Group.

Art competition judge Marianne Holliday was pleased with all the art entries.

“All entries were wonderful. Well done to everyone who entered,” Marianne said.

Thanks were extended to competition sponsors, The Junction Hotel, F and B Groom and A & P Weckert.

Results ages 6-8: 1 - Lucy Meyer; 2 - Mikey; 3 - Iesha Napier. Ages 9 10: 1 - Brodie; 2 - Bonnie; 3 - Josh.

Ages 12-14: 1 - Nathan Greenwood; 2 - Naomi Wilkins; 3 - Diane Wilkins.

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GEORGE Cook was one of several Brinkworth primary students laying wreaths students made for the service.

THE State Liberal Party has announced a speed limit reduction of its own, although this change is to look after the state’s emergency services personnel while they look after South Australians.

“The Liberals are announcing a speed limit reduction from 40km/h to 25km/h in the presence of CFS, MFS, SES, ambulance and police vehicles (at accident scenes),” Opposition Leader, Isobel Redmond said.

“A speed limit of 25 km/h is in line with road works and school buses.”

The announcement comes barely weeks after the Plains Producer printed an article on its front page documenting local emergency service workers concerned about people speeding past accident sites.

The Liberals have introduced legislation in Parliament to reduce the speed limit past operational emergency services vehicles from 40 km/h to 25 km/h.

“Our state’s 17,000 emergency services volunteers, together with paid staff, are the everyday heroes of South

Australia,” Ms Redmond said.

“With the constant risk of fires, road accidents, natural disasters and other emergencies, we all rely on emergency services for protection.”

She said greater protection measures needed to be in place to ensure the safety of the services’ most precious resource. n Meanwhile,speed limit changes announced by the State government for 45 rural roads within 100 kilometres of Adelaide and on Yorke Peninsula have attracted criticism from Federal Member for Grey, Rowan Ramsey.

Mr Ramsey was critical of figures widely quoted by Road Safety Minister, Jennifer Rankine in press releases last week.

He said those furthest from the city would be worst affected.

“The recent decision by Minister Rankine to reduce the speed limit on 864 kilometres of state roads within a 100 kilometre radius of Adelaide affects many of my constituents,” he said.

Similar to his Liberal counterparts at state level, Mr Ramsey directed most of his criticism to road conditions.

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A 55-year-old woman was reported for an alleged theft on Friday November 18. She will receive a summons to appear in court.

• A 29-year-old Port Wakefield man was arrested for alleged trespass and aggravated assault. He also will appear in court at a later date.

• A Balaklava woman reported someone walked on the bonnet of her car, causing damage, in the hours between 6.30pm on November 19 and 1.30am on November 20, If anyone has any information, please contact police.

Port Wakefield

A 20 year old Snowtown man was reported by Port Wakefield police for driving whilst unlicensed.

His car, a Commodore, was impounded for 28 days and he will he will receive a summons to appear in Kadina Magistrates court at a later date.

• A 23 year old Port Wakefield man was reported by police for making off without payment and theft after he allegedly stole $62 worth of fuel and other items in a service station in metropolitan Adelaide.

He will be summonsed to attend court at a later date.

Plains Producer, Wednesday November 23, 2011

NEWS v District

Long and winding road to bus inquiry THE Parliamentary Inquiry into the State government’s tendering process for rural school bus routes has begun – but it could take until April next year for final recommendations to be made.

A number of rural bus operators, including some in Balaklava, lost their contracts in the tendering process, which were in turn awarded to Victorian transport giant, Australian Transit Enterprises (ATE).

Many of the small operators felt the tendering process was unfair.

The select committee conducting the inquiry had its first meeting on November 9.

Committee member, Family First MLC

Robert Brokenshire, said it worked out a basic plan of what the committee was going to do to get to bottom of the concerns of rural communities and especially unsuccessful tenderers.

As part of the inquiry, the select committee will be advertising around the state for people to put together submissions for evidence.

“From there, we will also decide on who from DECS we would like to bring before the committee,” Mr Brokenshire said.

While the inquiry was welcomed by country bus operators, Mr Brokenshire admitted the timeframe may frustrate a few waiting for results.

“I know some of the unsuccessful tenderers

are concerned about that but unfortunately, the facts are with Christmas coming up, it’s not going to take a short time to get to the bottom of the allegations,” he explained.

“We’ve got to do it as quickly as possible but I would expect it’s going to take until at least March or April.

“It depends what the allegations are. However, we can’t pre-empt any of those.”

Once the evidence is gathered and everyone has had their say, it is then time to raise the issues at a higher level.

“If the allegations are confirmed by the evidence and some serious issues regarding the tendering process arise, then we will report to

RIVERTON NEWS:

SARDI warning on snails in grain

‘Friends’ in deed – cash helps home

Down Under concert, a cake stall at Tarlee markets, a musical afternoon with the Police Dixieland band in August and a ‘Grocery grab’ raffle, starting in July to be drawn in October.

“The Gilbert Valley Senior Citizens’ Home is an important part of

the local community, providing facilities for the elderly to remain in their own environs,” said Friends president, Elzabeth Harris.

“If you would like to become a Friend of the Home and assist with our fundraising efforts, you would be most welcome.”

On-line forum boosts rural women’s group Isolation can be one of the factors rural women face living in the country. However, many have found comfort connecting with other rural women through an on-line rural women’s group run by Women in Agriculture and Business SA (WAB).

WAB was formed in Riverton in 1917 to meet the needs of women who were isolated, and who were working with their families to establish farms and homes in rural districts.

In 2007, an on-line branch was formed for those who found it difficult or impossible to attend the face-toface branches.

Riverton resident, Roz Rowett, has been a member of the on-line group for 18 months, and admits it makes living in the country easier, knowing there are others to talk to.

“It’s great to talk to other rural women across the state who are in the same position I am, and to get different perspectives on issues and basically just talk about what’s hap-

pening on their farms and in their lives,” Roz said.

Members meet monthly by email to discuss issues affecting agriculture, rural life and themselves, usually picking a different topic each month to discuss, from political issues to what they did on Melbourne cup day. November’s issue surrounding country school bus contracts.

“We also try to meet up at events such as the Adelaide show or South East field days so we can have that face-to-face connection,” Roz said.

“Rural women of today can face a range of issues surrounding isolation, childcare and transition to retirement, so to have people in the same position to talk to is great,” Roz said.

WAB is currently involved in designing an independent website and plans to have a forum site on that.

• For more details, contact WAB’s Administration officer, Cheree Reichl at wabinsa@gmail.com or phone 0403 715473.

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GRAIN growers face a heightened risk of snails contaminating grain this harvest, resulting in potential downgrades and clogging of machinery.

The build-up of extreme snail populations during the 2011 cropping season has increased the potential for significant issues at harvest, according to authorities.

The South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) Entomology Unit is urging growers to be aware of receival standards and to monitor snail populations, particularly numbers that are similar in size to grain, prior to harvesting to determine the need for header modifications.

Presenting a cheque to Lesley Smith (centre) is treasurer Deirdre Burman (left) and president Elizabeth Harris.

SARDI entomologist Kym Perry says in spring snails increasingly move into the crop canopy.

“At harvest, snails present in the canopy above cutting height and also in windrows are readily harvested along with grain,” said Mr Perry.

“By harvest, options to reduce snail contamination are limited to minimising the intake of snails into the header, maximising the separation of snails and grain within the header, and postharvest grain cleaning.”

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Friends of the Gilbert Valley Senior Citizens’ Home have had a busy year fund rasing for the home.

At a recent meeting Care Manager, Lesley Smith, was presented with a cheque for $5,255 – proceeds of fundraising events this year. These included a cake stall and raffle at the March and October Tarlee markets and the “song, soup, sandwiches and slices” musical afternoon in July.

As a result of the Friends fundraising efforts, the home has now purchased the final three electric beds needed to provide one in each of the residents’ rooms.

Fundraisers next year will include afternoon tea at the Tour

Parliament and make decisions on what we will do from there,” Mr Brokenshire said.

Submissions are likely to close in late December, while the investigation will get properly cranked up in early February.

“I would encourage people who have concerns to put these in writing and indicate whether they would give oral evidence. That will be deliberated by the committee,” Mr Brokenshire said.

“We may not be able to come up with the results bus operators would like, but at least this gives some democratic process in what appears a less than satisfactory consideration for existing contractors.”

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NEWS v District

Great welcome from a caring community

They came out to play BALAKLAVA’s primary and high schools took part in two events at the Triangle last week. RIGHT: Jack Heaslip and Chloe Lamond take part in a PE Week focused activity.

BELOW: Kaleb Dykes, Jayden Surmon, and Jake Baker-Cox play African drums as part in BHS’s “drumbeat” program, held every Friday, aimed at giving students a challenge.

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On behalf of everyone associated with Carers Link Lower North and Country North Community Services, I would like to say thank you to the people of Balaklava and districts for welcoming us into your region.

Your response to the opening of our Balaklava office has been extremely humbling.

Since opening in mid August, more than 300 people have come to say G’day and welcome us.

Almost 20 local people who care for a relative or friend have since registered with us (we already provide support to more than 100 Carers in the region).

About 70 people attended our official opening on October 24. Two local people now sit on our Board of Directors.

We have been brought cakes, involved in the local businesses’ Melbourne Cup Sweep, invit-

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MOUNT LOFTY RANGES DISTRICT FORECAST Wednesday: Partly cloudy morning. Mostly sunny afternoon. Wind southerly averaging 15 to 30 km/h tending south to southeasterly up to 40 km/h during the afternoon.

Thursday: Sunny. Wind south to southeasterly averaging 15 to 30 km/h.

Friday: Mostly sunny. Wind east to southeasterly averaging 10 to 20 km/h tending south to southeasterly by early evening.

GULF ST VINCENT Wednesday: Winds: South to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots becoming southerly 20 to 30 knots during the afternoon. Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres during the afternoon. Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Thursday: Winds: Southeasterly 10 to 20 knots tending south to southeasterly 15 to 25 knots during the afternoon. Seas: Up to 1.5 metres increasing to 2 metres during the afternoon. Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

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ed to participate in events such as the Christmas Tree display and look forward, very much, to the 2011 Balaklava Christmas Pageant.

Carers Link is here to support people in our community who care for a relative or friend (as one in every eight Australians do). Support shown to us by all of you greatly strengthens our resolve and commitment.

Thank you – we are extremely proud to be here, with you, a vibrant and caring community.

Steve Lowe, CEO Country North Community Services

Clarification on CHAP letter Your correspondent, Annette Barker (Plains Producer page 8, November 16) questions CHAP’s billing and payment processes.

I need to set the record straight.

Our clients are billed only for services they receive in the previous month. It is not necessary to make phone calls to establish or verify the amount charged.

As stated on our account, we provide our

clients with five different payment options. Most choose to pay via POST billpay at any post office.

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Thanks for NZ quake help Once again people of the Balaklava community have put their hands in their pockets to help those less fortunate than themselves.

We pledged $500 to buy two duvet covers for the spinal unit in Burwood Hospital in Christchurch, New Zealand. I am pleased to announce we raised $750 and have transferred the money to the unit. The staff asked me to forward their thanks, and will send a photo when their new covers are made.

The remaining balance will go towards some artwork to cheer up their ward, and the unsold Christmas stars will go to the staff and patients this week. Thank you to everyone for their support. Further donations can be made at the Courthouse Gallery’s Christmas display.

Lynda Pedersen, Balaklava

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Thursday: Sunny. Wind south to southeasterly averaging 15 to 25 km/h.

Friday: Mostly sunny. Wind east to southeasterly averaging 10 to 20 km/h.

YORKE PENINSULA DISTRICT FORECAST Wednesday: Isolated showers early in the morning. Mostly sunny afternoon. Wind south to southeasterly averaging 20 to 35 km/h.

Thursday: Sunny. Wind south to southeasterly averaging 20 to 35 km/h.

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Thursday: Sunny. Mild to warm with moderate south to southeasterly wind.

Friday: Mostly sunny. Becoming warm to hot.

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Thousands of local residents flocked to the Playford Alive community fun day on Saturday .

Supported by the Land Management Corporation in conjunction with Imagine Peachey committee, the event, adjacent to the wetlands at Munno Para West, had a strong “healthy living” theme.

The event was officially opened by MP for Light, Tony Piccolo. The fun day started eight years ago as a way of providing the Peachey community fun for the whole family without a hefty cost.

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Dogs sent barking mad by thunderstorms One thunderstorm too many could land sensitive pooches in long-term rehab according to the Australian Veterinary Association (AVA).

Up to 60 per cent of dogs are prone to noise-related phobias, often brought on by exposure events like thunderstorms and firework displays, according to AVA spokesperson, Dr Andrew O’Shea.

Dr O’Shea warns even a single severe thunderstorm can cause long-term damage to pooches.

“The problem is that a traumatic event such as large thunderstorm or a seasonal firework display can cause your pet’s fear response to quickly develop into a phobia, and once a dog has a noise-related phobia it’s extremely difficult, time consuming and expensive to treat,” he said.

“Dogs with severe phobias start to generalise and then even a darkening sky, a change in the ozone or a drop in air pressure will trigger their fear response,” said Dr O’Shea.

Dr O’Shea says treatment of these most severe cases involves re-wiring their memory through a process of counter-conditioning.

“What we try to do is reprogram them so that when they hear the noise of a thunderstorm approaching they will think of liver rather than the bad experience they had last time there was a storm.”

Plains Producer, Wednesday November 23, 2011

NEWS v Balaklava

Talent

Showcase TOP: Drama performance winners Brandon Taylor and Dylan Williams with judge Nicola Primaro.

ABOVE: Comperes and organisers, Peppe Luciani, Kerry Williams and Jessica Costello.

Senior Public Speaking Award recipients – (from left) Brianna Wedding (winner), Rebecca Mahony (runner-up) and Sally Wilson (encouragement) with adjudicators Lyn Marshman, Bev Venning and Malcolm May.

BELOW: Musical achievement winner, Vanessa Barry, with Nola Branson and Glenn Condo.

Inspiring young achievers A stunning array of talent was on display when Balaklava High School held its “Showcase” recently.

Students of English, Drama, Music, Visual Art and Tech Studies presented a range of skills in a cabaret style evening with supper prepared by the BHS Certificate 2 catering students.

The night, on Wednesday, October 26, was an overwhelming success with nearly 40 students involved and 130 friends, family and guests attending.

There were some outstanding speeches , including Quinn Mackay’s poignant speech about Shamus Liptrot who was his “greatest inspiration” and Tenneal White’s humorous opinion on why “nobody told me” how hard life is being a teenager – a worthy recipient of the Balaklava Lions Encouragement Award.

Brianna Wedding was truly inspirational with her speech about “My Belief is stronger than your Doubt”, claiming her the Senior School Public Speaking prize.

Rebecca Mahony was the Senior School runner-up, who gave us her “Best Advice” about taking voting more seriously.

Another very humorous speech came from Sally Wilson, who

explained why she detested public speaking.

Many of her points were very ironic and her capable presentation earned her the Senior School encouragement award sponsored

by Balaklava Lions.

Congratulations goes to all the English staff who spent hours drafting, viewing and adjudicating heats in the lead up to the Showcase.

Winner of the Middle School public speaking was Emma Mahony, who spoke about the worthy n BY Kerry Williams English/Performing & Visual Arts co-ordinator “Good cause”, the 40 Hour Famine.

Runner-up was Kiara Stacey, who convinced us “Life is what you make it”!

Kayla Skuse’s talented drama performers wowed us with their comedic timing, with the final skit nearly bringing the house down.

Monty Python’s “Nudge nudge”, was cleverly acted by Dylan Williams and Brandon Taylo, and it won the drama performance of the evening.

There were numerous musical items throughout the evening.

My highlights were Rebecca Mahony’s skilful rendition of “La

Comptine” by Yann Tiersen, Taylor Fabry’s vocal solo “Jar of Hearts”

by Christina Perri and Roshambo playing “Homecoming” by Hey Monday.

Vanessa Barry was presented with an award for Musical Achievement 2011, which was for her outstanding contribution to the music faculty throughout the year. A big thank you to Glenn Condo and Nola Branson for the high standard of musical talent we had on display.

Not to be outdone, Aisling Flynn organised a wonderful Visual Arts display supported by Tech Studies student work, set up by Grigor Fahlbusch.

Artwork was of a truly high calibre, demonstrating how much hard work Aisling has put in to achieve such outstanding results in such a short space of time.

Congratulations to Amy Barr who was Visual Arts winner and to Rhianna Mallon, public vote winner. We appreciate the support of the community and would like to thank Balaklava Lions, ANZ Bank and Eckersley’s Art Supplies for generous support.

Thanks also to judges and office staff, who were integral in organising this event. Congratulations to all students. They should be proud of their achievements.

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What’s in a name? Ask the parents

eading the birth notices in the paper or magazines often makes me laugh at some of the outrageous names people give their children.

Celebrities are often worst, with some plain silly names given to poor unsuspecting babies.

Do parents really think of their child’s future? Can’t they spell, or do they think they are making a statement about some unique weird name to notice their child?

Apparently it’s the latter! The new twist on names is the “in” thing in 2011; it’s the desire of parents to make their baby stand out from the crowd by changing the spelling of traditional names or finding rare names. Note: it’s the parents’ desire!

Some examples of the traditional names being altered by the spelling include Rachel to Raychul, Jessica to Jessikuh, and Susie to Siouxsie. But why? The pronunciation still is the same so I don’t see how the child will stand out from the crowd.

I Googled the Tinseltown celebrity baby names for 2011 and found some had called their babies what would be considered fairly

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email: louise@ plainsproducer.com.au traditional names like Robert, Max, Olivia, Sadie and Ava. But then the “odd” ones emerged. Mariah Carey had Moroccan and Monroe, Mike Tyson had Morocco, a younger sister to Milan, obviously the next one will be named Mauritius or Melbourne!

Then there was Cree, Willow, Kase, Clover (roll me over), Colt, Weston, London, Haven, Genesis, Arlo, Hattie, Bingham, Skylar, Kannon, Spike and my favourite, Bear Blu. Maybe that one was from drug-induced parents.

Most sound more like pet’s names than human. But then who am I to say what is or isn’t “normal”!

Having said that, I know of some people whose parents must have wanted them to be

ridiculed. I had a high school teacher named Mr Mann – Hugh Mann. True. Another teacher I know is called Ms Bloom – Rose Bloom.

And what about Will Power, Justin Case, Rick Shaw and the golfers’ favourite, Rick O’Shea. Then there’s Dr David David, Mark Marks, Robert Robert, and Peter Peters. We should’ve named one of our boys Michael Michael. But no, that would hardly be fair on him.

What about twins or siblings named Victor and Victoria, Emma and Emily, George and Georgina – yes people do that!

And I’ve oftened wondered about hyphenated surnames. What if I was named after my parents surnames? Thus: Louise CritchleyBuckley, and Scott’s parents had kept their names so he was Scott Borthwick-Michael.

Now what surname/s would we give our children? Would Ben be known as Ben Critchley-Buckley-Borthwick-Michael? Mmm .... no.

If not, whose name gets dropped? And why?

And what about his future wife’s name and their children? Imagine the mess that would get everyone in.

It’s everyone’s choice and a free world but

one name is certainly less confusing. Recently I read a story on a couple who had their third child but wouldn’t tell their friends what sex the baby was.

Their reasoning? The child could grow up dressing and acting however they wanted rather than wearing/doing the stereotyped boy/ girl things.

The children’s names were along the lines of Storm (of course), so it didn’t give the sex away.

The latest baby has two older “brothers” – aged about two and four – and in their short lives, they’ve already managed to work out they are “boys” and therefore brothers (although one wears his long hair in a plait and often wears pink). Not that there’s anything wrong with that!

I didn’t think such young children would’ve worked out their sex classification by then, unless they had some help.

So there’s a bit of trivia for you! For parentsto-be, it’s OK to announce to your friends whether you’ve had a boy or girl.

And think very carefully about the name of your baby as they’ll have it forever! Although there is deed poll ...

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Check up, or check out Men, there’s really no choice in taking that visit to the doctor

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HILE gender wars have raged for hundreds of years, one area women have men covered is looking after their health.

I’ll be the first to raise my hand when someone asks “who hasn’t had a health check at their GP in the past five years?”

Sure, I’ve had the odd illness every now and then where I’ve ventured into a doctor’s surgery for some Imodium or Panadeine Forte (the softy I am).

Yorke and Lower North Heath men’s health worker, John Monten, said it remains a common issue.

“Usually, something has to go wrong for a bloke to go see a doctor,” he said.

“Most of us think if we’re going alright, our health is alright.”

Women, on the other hand, are much more regular visitors to their GP. So why are they so good at looking after themselves and keeping an eye on their health?

“Women tend to access health services earlier and more often in their lives than men,” Mr Monten explained. “Statistically, males are given less reasons to visit health services early in their lives.”

The unfamiliar surroundings of

a doctor’s surgery can be quite an uncomfortable place to be for a lot of blokes.

“That’s one of the things that can make it difficult for men,” Mr Monten said.

“Sometimes health services are not set up to be sensitive to the needs of men coming to the health service.”

To counter this, some local health services have changed the way they approach men’s health, having available to men specific sessions to check a range of health factors and providing men with an opportunity to get more information about looking after their health.

“Having yearly health checks can lead to the early detection of health issues and implementation of preventative measures,” Mr Monten said.

Men’s Health nights have become the norm and health promotion at events such as Field Days have helped to provide men with information to make informative choices about their health.

Men’s/Community sheds dotted around the region have become a focal point for a different approach to male health helping to pass the word via word of mouth.

However, it is generally the 25 to 45-year-old age bracket where guys

tend to ignore their health needs the most.

Mr Monten said while the information has been out there for a while, health remains a fairly low priority for men in that age bracket.

“Most guys, if you asked them what’s the most important thing in their lives, they would say their kids and family, and providing for them,” he said.

What fits your busy schedule better, exercising one hour a day or being dead 24 hours a day?

“I think they’re probably more aware health is an issue. It’s certainly more out there.

“The challenge facing men is doing something about it before something goes wrong.”

While education helped, it was very much up to the individual to want to take ownership of their health.

“It’s a bit like smoking,” Mr Monten said. “If a person doesn’t want to quit, they will swear black and blue they’re OK. “It’s only when someone says ‘I do want to quit’, that a door opens.”

Modern health practices have vastly improved men’s participation rates in a number of areas.

In the general check-up department, GPs use health checklists to monitor patient’s health.

One area of change is when couples have babies. Men have become more involved when becoming a dad.

Yorke and Lower North Health offers Childbirth and Early Parenting sessions to prospective fathers.

“Guys can basically talk with other guys about what their expectations, what they’re looking forward to and what some of the changes might be after the baby is born, that sort of thing,” Mr Monten said.

“Ten to 15 years ago, there may have been one or two dads in 10 who came to antenatal classes.

“Now, you might get almost 100 per cent of prospective partners coming along. That’s a big change.

“Those sorts of changes in attitude are quite amazing.”

If that change of attitude could be applied to men’s health in

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general, the results would be phenomenal.

“It’s a bit like going to a gym or servicing a car,” Mr Monten said.

“You go to a gym to maintain your fitness level. You service your car so it is less likely to break down.

“The same thing would apply to going to a doctor.

“You go to a GP to maintain your feel-good level, you don’t let yourself deteriorate to the stage where you have to go to a doctor.

“It’s about following something like a maintenance program.”

The benefits of regular checkups are certainly there.

“If something does go askew, it’s more easy to recognise it compared to just going in cold to a doctor who has no idea about where you were, have been or what’s going on,” Mr Monten said.

With that sentence ringing in my ears, I’m going to officially book myself in to my local GP clinic for a health check.

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People are winning tickets on the radio, others are actually going out and buying them but I cannot afford to go. It really is a show you can’t put a price on but the organisers have and it’s out of my budget range – sadly.

I love the Foo Fighters.

The band stands almost alone as being the only rock group to continually produce quality rock albums consistently over a prolonged period, since forming in 1992.

While the group’s founding member, Dave Grohl, was a member of arguably the most famous rock band of the early 90s, Nirvana, the death of lead man, Kurt Cobain, lead to the dissolving of the band.

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In 2007, “Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace” delivered vintage Foo Fighters form, singles “Pretender” and “Long Road to Ruin” exciting fans worldwide.

Finally, in May this year, the band released it’s latest offering, “Wasting Light”.

Two tracks from the album have already been worldwide successes; “Rope” and “Walk”.

The best thing about the band, I believe, is Grohl’s love for music in general. His relaxed, friendly nature, still shines through the heavy undertones of Foo Fighters music.

“It bothers me when bands rely on creating an image to sell their music,” Grohl told ABC interviewer, Andrew Denton in 2006.

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There was also “One Little Bird,” (a numbers game in verse): One little bird sang, “Tweet, tweet, tweet.” He hopped on his dainty feet, feet, feet. He pulled up a worm with glee, glee, glee; Then flew to his nest in the tree, tree, tree. Five children take part, so there are five verses: V.2 Two little birds, V.3 Three little birds, and so on. The players stand by a wall and they recite V.1 together, then child 1 jumps forward, pulls up an imaginary worm, waves his arms and returns to the wall.

V.2: Children 1 and 2 jump forward, pick up worms etc.; V.3: Children 1, 2 and 3 jump, etc. etc., until all five are picking up worms.

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ple tree, will you drop one down for me?” The ‘tree’ may, or may not, drop an apple to the child. When a child is rewarded with an apple, he retires from the game, leaving others to persist until they are also successful.

“How Will You Travel?” – two players would hold hands and form an arch, having secretly decided which is to represent a bus and which is a tram. The remaining players line up and while music is played pass under the arch. When the music stops, the player who is under the arch at the time decides whether he prefers bus or tram, taking up his position behind the side of the arch to which he belongs. When there are no players

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It’s that time of year again – the school year is drawing to a close, those dreaded tests and exams are programmed into the calendar, but there is also the class or school party coming up. And I DON’T mean ‘schoolies week’!

Way back in 1938, there was a magazine for junior primary teachers, entitled “Child Education,” and the December edition included a page of “New Games for a School Party,” written by Mary Vivian, which described eleven different party games.

They included “Christmas Wishes”, a memory game where each child adds a gift or wish to the list, but the word must begin with a corresponding letter from the first

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Christmas festival AVON’S Christmas festival is open to the general public over the coming two weekends – and for groups of 10 or more throughout the week.

Organisers encourage family groups to visit Avon Hall – but any groups wanting to visit should first make an appointment.

All other options, including the popular Christmas lunch and entertainment, are fully booked.

At only $2 entry, it’s a bargain and a Christmas wonderland display for all ages. Art, craft, creative Christmas trees, handmade decorations and more will be on display, plus trading tables and refreshments.

Contact Jill 8867 1127 for info or bookings.

• Visit Avon Hall on November 26 and 27, and December 3 and 4 from 11am to 3pm. Or through the week by appointment.

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Warren McRostie and Leonie Selleck, of Balaklava, were married on Saturday, September 24, at Company Kitchen, Angaston.

New arrival – Shaun Corcoran, formerly of Balaklava, and wife Rose are proud to welcome Eloise Lille Corcoran, born on Tuesday, November 1, at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital.

Eloise weighed 8lb 11ozs.

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It was all chatter as 100 ladies gathered for Blyth Netball Club’s ‘Ladies Night’, where they enjoyed a film evening, held at Blyth cinema last Friday night.

The Blyth hall supper room was full of chatterimng women as the crowd enjoyed nibbles and drinks before venturing over to the cinema to watch “Bridesmaids”.

The Mo Brothers, Dale Stirling and AJ Wood (right), attended the event to raise money for Movember while sporting their newly grown moustaches.

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NEWS v Port Wakefield

Art adds spice to Port Wakefield artist Jeannette Muller with her fabulous artwork.

ENJOYING art gallery are Annie Roeger with daughter Eliza and Heather Kiernan.

Salt of the Earth Cafe and Market had many reasons to shine, as they celebrated not only their first year anniversary last Sunday, but also opened the new Salt of the Earth Art Gallery.

The gallery has been restored from its former use as St Alban’s Anglican Church.

Proprietor of Salt of the Earth, Caterina Mancini, said the art gallery would benefit the whole community.

“It will be open every weekend and have at least one artist working in the gallery, so people can come in, watch them work and also interact with the artist,” Caterina said.

The gallery will also have a children’s art corner where children can paint and experiment with different mediums.

The galley will be open every Saturday and Sunday from 9am to 4pm, however on market days it will contain stall holders.

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POPULAR CAFE AND MARKET CELEBRATES FIRST BIRTHDAY

Celebrations continued as the day marked exactly a year since the old Port Wakefield Hall was restored as the Salt of the Earth Cafe and Country Market.

A birthday cake was shared as many shared in the celebrations and looked through the new gallery.

“After a year in business we have noticed increased popularity in the cafe and the market is steadily growing through word of mouth.

“We want it to be a community meeting place where people can come to socialise or simply sit all day and read a book,” Caterina said.

The next market day will be held on Saturday December 3 from 8am to 1pm.

The cafe is open from Thursday to Sunday every week.

caterina Mancini (left) and Lynne Wilson cut the birthday cake.

HavinG soup on Saturday are (from left) Pat Madigan, Beth Tugwell and Joan Adams with Caterina and Lynne.

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special feature v Home & Garden

Cuttings create a great garden

Taking cuttings is a great way for home gardeners to increase the number of plants they have, or to add new plants to the garden from cuttings provided by gardening friends and relations – and occasionally from stolen snips hanging over footpaths, but we won’t go into that!

There are many factors involved in getting cuttings to root. In fact it is a highly complex chemical process on which even the experts do not agree and in many instances the processes are still not fully understood.

However, there are some generally agreed principles and basic procedures gardeners can follow that should increase the strike rate of their cuttings in most instances.

Cuttings are able to form roots because every plant cell contains all the genetic information needed to reconstruct all plant parts. This characteristic is called totipotency.

Because of this, plants propagated by cuttings are generally perfect genetic replicas of the plants from which the cuttings were taken. This is why you can be sure of flower colour, leaf shape,

etc. with a plant grown from a cutting, whereas a plant grown from collected seed is a product of genetic input from male and female plant parts and is a new roll of the genetic dice.

The other thing generally agreed, and gardeners know from experience, is the ease of striking cuttings depends on the species or cultivar used i.e. it is genetically determined.

Depending on the type of plant, hardwood, semi-hardwood (mostly deciduous) or softwood cuttings may strike more easily,

and some kinds of cuttings are best 4 Ta ke cu tt in g s a t th e ri taken at specific times of the year. time. ght A typical cutting is about pencil 4 Water plan ts before taki thickness with three or four leaves cuttings. ng or leaf buds (nodes).

4 Cut stems just below a Cut just below a leaf node and leaf node. remove any leaves that would 4 Use rooting powder/solutio be below the soil surface when gel. n/ planted. Some plants can be prop4 Use clean po agated by taking leaf, leaf-bud 4 Use light text ts and secateurs. ured propagat or root cuttings. This is where mix. ing a good general gardening text4 Put cutting s book is invaluable to tell you in light shade. in a warm area the most suitable procedure 4 Don’t let cu ttings dry out. for the particular plant you want to propagate.

HOW TO INCREASE THE STRIKE RATE:

1. Preventing the cuttings from drying out is important.

After the first couple of days the cuttings will cease to take up any water through their stems.

We need to keep the relative humidity around the cutting about the same as inside the cutting so it does not lose any water, but maintains enough for the chemical processes going on inside.

This is why we enclose a

pot containing cuttings inside a plastic bag or put it under a plastic cover e.g. the end of a softdrink bottle, in a greenhouse or propagator.

2. The information above also explains why it is desirable to take cuttings from a plant not under stress. Make sure the parent plant has been well watered in the period before you take your cuttings.

3. The closer a branch is

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to the base of a plant and the closer it is to the trunk, the more “juvenile” the plant material is said to be. As a general rule, the more juvenile the plant material, the easier cuttings taken from it will form roots.

4. Most cuttings develop roots more quickly if the ends of the cuttings are dipped in a growth regulator called auxin.

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a powder (rooting powder) or used as a solution or gel. Use only as directed, as excessive application will damage the emerging roots.

5. Light shade is best for most cuttings.

6. Best propagating medium is one allowing plenty of oxygen to enter, while keeping the soil around the emerging roots damp, so a mixture of coarse sand and peat moss is best.

7. Many cuttings root more easily if the propagating medium is kept warm.

8. Cuttings do not require fertiliser to form roots. Only fertilise once roots are formed.

9. Cuttings are very susceptible to fungal and disease attack and hygiene is important. Disinfect pots, secateurs and hands before propagating and keep bagged propagating medium sealed up.

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special feature v Home & Garden HANDY HINTS:

Pruning to be kind Pruning injures plants and reduces the leaves they have to generate their own food and grow.

So there should always be a good reason before doing it.

But new or impatient gardeners often leave plants to grow so large and unruly that discipline becomes the reason to prune. A better approach is to raise well-behaved plants, trained over time to the right shape and size with light and regular pruning.

Start formative pruning early, especially with shrubs. Create a miniature of the general shape you want the plant to become, cutting back wayward or dominant stems to the canopy and pinching the tips off others on newly planted acquisitions. Very small plants can be left until they’ve established and sprouted new growth.

Strong upward shoots only

Juta’s garden win n BALAKLAVA’S KESAB garden award winner for the month of November is Juta Lorenz, of Christopher Street. Juta transformed her front yard into a beautiful garden.

The November service award went to the Plains Producer for its service to Balaklava and surrounding districts by providing local news and services. n Recent award winners of the annual KESAB Tidy Town Awards for 2011 will be acknowledged tomorow night at Balaklava CWA rooms.

become more dominant, overshadowing and out-competing the rest of the plant. Cutting them back re-distributes resources into more buds developing as side-shoots from within the canopy; creating a fuller, more balanced plant.

Keep this up as part of ordinary garden maintenance. For many plants it’s enough to dead-head annually by clipping to a little behind the flowers soon after they’ve finished - or wait until after fruiting.

Tidy up and encourage bushier growth at the same time. Fastergrowing plants will need further trimming through the year.

Pruning away old, dead stems is an easy way to make the garden look tidier as well as clear the way for new growth to come through. n SOURCE: www.plantthis. com.au

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SPORT v Basketball n RYAN Konzag, Owen, jumps for a shot at the basket during Friday night’s Under 18 Boys game, while Long Plains’ Leo Lu puts the pressure on. n BELOW INSET: Umpire Ray Bennett calls a penalty.

Players need to step up After a nasty day and threatening thunderstorms it was a good night for playing basketball. Dribbler was a bit annoyed at some of his team going early for ‘schoolies’.

The big game in the Women’s division had a number of key players missing and so it was not quite the spectacle I expected. Now we have to wait until next time.

I hear that there were a couple of spills and a few injuries.

Hopefully they are short term and sides will be full and in fine form next week.

Dribbler tells me Tenayah Renshaw was in good form in the game between Celtics and Longies. Scores flowed with each side hitting baskets with apparent ease. Baskets, however, are never as easy as they look and neither side could manage that last one to have them end up with a draw.

Dribbler doesn’t reckon the girls were that pleased with the result.

In the juniors there was another draw –

n OWEN players defend as Dean Haynes, Long Plains, jumps above them to shoot in Under 18 Boys.

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this time I know the Bulldogs were happy with the draw. I think the notoriety of a draw is what excites them.

Not only were players missing, but also umpires. You can’t have a game without an umpire. You’d think there would be plenty willing to help out but I only noticed a few.

Dribbler reckons Ray asked lots of people and still a few games had only one umpire.

I heard that those who did help also didn’t want to because they didn’t have the skills, but gave it their best shot.

I am amazed at the difference between people. Some seem to be able to just manage to play one game while others want to play all night.

In my game there were keen youngsters who would tear onto the court at every opportunity to put up a few shots. The White girls seem to never tire.

They play and umpire.

I am not sure how many of them there are, but it seems they could make up a team on their own.

The Wehr family are another who look to be playing and umpiring.

Basketball is to be played over four time slots in the revised program. Dribbler reckons it is to help with the hot weather, but my sources say it is to make more umpires available.

I also heard that Leigh McArdle spent all Friday getting things together for basketball and then umpiring and

scoring all night. There are some helpful people who do more than their share.

The Peckers game against the Bulldogs in A Men was exciting to watch. Dribbler reckons that at full strength they are unbeatable. Lachlan Michael was dominating again and with Jonathon Brice, showed it is not size that matters.

Maybe Bulldogs will put up a better showing when they have all their players. It was still an exciting game.

Jack Heaslip was another in good form, giving his Owen team in Under 12 an easy win over the Strikers. It’s amazing how some people just seem to be able get the ball to drop.

Owen Under 17 player, Josh Harkness has that knack. Dribbler reckons he doesn’t practise much. Just imagine what some of these players would be like if they put in a few hours or two.

Dribbler is going to practise harder. We’ll see next week if it makes a difference.

n Umpire Tanya Greenshields takes a moment for a drink. n BELOW: Cassie Powell, Balaklava, puts the rebound back up while Bulldogs’ Gabby Smith defends in women’s division.

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A MEN

Peckers 60 (L.Michael 17, B.Michael 14, J.Brice 12) def Bulldogs 35 (D.Hill 17, C.Veitch 7, S.McGuiness 6). Avon Bulls 41 (W.Hennessy 18, D.Haggerty 12, M.Curnow 8 def Long Plains 22 J.Mcardle 14, J.Rundle 4, D.Smith 4).

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Old Dogs 35 C.Temby 12, N.Olsen 9, M.Olsen 4) def Young Guns 23 (T.Shepherd 9, K.Robinson 8, A.Bowyer 2. Owen 20 won by forfeit Auburn Hawks 0.

U/18 BOYS

Redlegs 46 (C.Veitch 16, B.Taylor 10, J.Zilm 10) def Raiders 37 (C.Mcpharlin 13, T.Michael 13, J.Taylor 7). Owen 30 R.Konzag 12, J.Dunstan 7, B.Florence 6) def Long Plains 22 (D.Haynes 11, L.Lu 6, D.Wilson 4).

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Owen 53 J.Harkness 19, R.Lloyd 16, B.Florence 14) def Titans 25 (J.Wehr 10, J.Lusung 8, J.Butterfield 4). Bullets 32 (Z.Scholz 17, J.Michael 10, L.Cunningham 2) def Bulldogs 17 (T.Nottle 6, D.Bigg 4, B.Krieg 4.

U/14 BOYS

Eagles 32 (S.Michael 18, W.Dixon 8, E.Allen 2) def Long Plains 16 (D.Page 10, N.Mcardle 4, Z.Snowden 2). Bulldogs 41 (T.Moulds 17, S.Carslake 12, J.Hoepner 6) def Falcons 15 (A.Lawless 6, T.Lamond 5, S.Speissegger 4).

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WOMEN Div

Long Plains 40 (K.Blackwell 16, L.Tynan 14, A.Daniel 4) drew with Celtics 40 ( T.Renshaw 12, A.Barrand 11, T.Barrand 11). Storm 47 (L.Michael 12, C.Powell 12, J.Koch 9) def Redlegs 20 (T.White 12, A.Williams 6, S.Young 2). Pumas 29 (S.Florence 16, P.Florence 7, K.Harkness 4) def Thunder 21 (B.Koch 6, C.Barlow 5, J.Krieg 4,

U/16 Girls

Gems 29 (A.Davey 8, C.Guy 7, C.Barber 4) def Suns 15 (A.Wehr 7, A.Michael 4, C.Mcpharlin 2). Bulldogs 33 (A.Williams 12, N.Greenshields 9, T.White 8) def Owen 29 (B.Wilson 14, K.Wedding 9, R.Fritz 4).

U/14 Girls

Owen 58 (K.Wedding 18, R.Dunstan 12, K.Gregory 10) def Sharks 19 (L.McPharlin 6, B.Smith 6, K.White 4). Bulldogs 29 (T.Williams 12, S.Young 10, M.Hoskings 5) def Wildcats 9 (A.Langdon 4, S.Wehr 3, M.Bennett 2).

U12 Mixed

Bulldogs 24 (M.Lawrie 18, A.White 6) drew with Magic 24 (K.Binka 8, K.Heaslip 8, C.Allen 4). Boomers 23 (E.Brownlie 7, K.Binka 4, C.Selwood 4) def Redlegs 11 (R.Chapman 9, O.Carslake 2). Owen 38 (J.Heaslip 14, T.Gregory 10, C.Harkness 8) def Strikers 16 (T.Michael 8, E.Lane 4, L.Dixon 2).

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Hamley, Riverton downed What a change a day makes. Last Friday we had temperatures in the high 30s. One day later, low 20s, if that, and damp conditions.

Fortunately all matches were able to start and be finished, even though some greens would have been a tad heavy for bowlers.

The unpredictability of Division One has continued with another set of interesting results being produced on the weekend.

Competition leaders, Port Wakefield faced last season’s premiers, Hamley Bridge at ‘the town between two rivers’ (Hamley Bridge).

This match would be an indicator as to how much Port Wakefield have improved since last season as well as how well Hamley Bridge was playing this season.

In what was a low scoring affair, Port Wakefield went home with a two rink up, six shot win over Hamley Bridge.

For Port Wakefield, rink wins were recorded

by Will McPharlin and Greg McPharlin over Anthony O’Brien and Barry Smith, five and 13 shots up respectively, while Darcy Rex was the only saving light for a Hamley Bridge with a sound win over Ray Murphy (PW).

Riverton ventured to Mallala hoping to record a comfortable win over their hosts. For the second week in a row, though, winning two rinks was not enough for Riverton to win the match.

Barry Mullins (R) had a six shot win over Peter Furst (M) while Jason McMillan (R) had a four shot win over Brian Smith (M).

However, Ken Roberts’ (M) strong performance over Neil Rogers (R) ensured Mallala took the match by a narrow four shot margin. For

WMBA REPORT:

By John Glistak Mallala, it was their second win for the season.

The Owen-Wasleys clash was expected to be a close affair. At the end of the match, only seven shots separated the two sides with Wasleys taking the honours.

Wayne Grady (W) defeated Brian Parker (O) by 17 shots while Olive (W) finished seven shots up over Tim Harkness (O). This amassed lead was sufficient to cover Dennis McQuade’s (W) loss to Graham Simpson (O).

The final match for the round featured the local derby between the two Balaklava sides.

Balaklava Gold asserted their dominance over Balaklava Green, winning this match by 22 shots with two rinks up.

So, after the first cycle of Division One matches, Port Wakefield sits comfortably on top.

With Balaklava Gold’s win, coupled with losses to both Riverton and Hamley Bridge, Balaklava Gold has now moved from fourth to second relegating the above mentioned sides each down one position.

Wasleys, another improver in the competition, now sits in fifth position just one point ahead of Owen with Mallala and Balaklava Green filling the two remaining positions.

This week’s games One of the feature matches in Division One this Saturday will see Hamley Bridge face Balaklava Gold.

When these sides met earlier in the season,

Balaklava Gold took the honours by six shots despite having only one rink up.

Since then, both sides have had a 4-2 record but over the past three rounds, Balaklava Gold has had three wins compared to Hamley Bridge’s one win and two losses.

Form suggests that Balaklava Gold would enter this match as favourite but, in the back of every one’s mind, they know that Hamley Bridge is just as likely to bounce back with a vengeance.

Wasleys with four wins for the season so far, hosts competition leaders Port Wakefield.

As mentioned earlier, both sides have been the improvers so far in Division One which would suggest that this clash may be much closer than in past encounters.

However, based on results of their meeting earlier this season, Port Wakefield may hold slight favouritism.

Mallala and Owen meet in what should be another intriguing contest. Both sides have only had one win over the past month, each at Riverton’s expense.

Whichever side is able to adapt more quickly to the playing conditions on the day is likely to take the eventual honours.

The final clash sees Balaklava Green meeting a Riverton side that is coming off two narrow losses to opponents that they would normally be expected to defeat.

Balaklava Green, while not recording wins, has produced credible performances against strong opposition.

While a tight contest is anticipated,

Riverton should return to the winning circle once again.

Division One results – November 19: Mallala 77(8) (P Furst 24, K Roberts 35, B Smith 18) def Riverton 73(4) (B Mullins 30, N Rogers 21, J McMillan 22); Balaklava Gold 81(10) (B Taylor 21, P Thompson 30, T Clifford 30) def Balaklava Green 59(2) (C Cowan 27, D Lamond 18, M Olsen 14); Wasleys 80(10) (D McQuade 16, W Grady 35, D Olive 29) def Owen 73(2) (G Simpson 31, B Parker 20, T Harkness 22); Port Wakefield 62(10) (W McPharlin 20, G McPharlin 26, R Murphy 16) def Hamley Bridge 56(2) (A O’Brien 15, B Smith 13, P Rex 28).

Standings: Port Wakefield 65 (+75), Balaklava Gold 55 (+93), Riverton 52 (+48), Hamley Bridge 47 (+62), Wasleys 41 (-24), Owen 40 (-12), Mallala 21 (-93), Balaklava Green 15 (-149).

November 26 fixtures: Mallala vs Owen, Balaklava Green vs Riverton, Hamley Bridge vs Balaklava Gold, Wasleys vs Port Wakefield.

n CHRIS Cowan bowls for Balaklava Green in Division One.

North Eastern n ABOVE: Lyndall French, Hamley Bridge, doesn’t look impressed with her bowl. n LEFT: Youngster Dallas Hill in action for Port Wakefield.

Owen’s colours lowered

All Division Two sides have now lost at least one match this season with Owen, the last undefeated side, losing to Riverton White last weekend.

Rob Hannaford (RW) secured a nine shot win over Roger Uppill (O), which coupled with John Glistak’s (RW) win over Peter Sullivan (O), easily covered Les Hean’s (O) five shot win over Schwarz (RW).

Only four shots separated Mallala White and Tarlee White, with Mallala White taking match points despite having only one rink up.

John Curnow’s (MW) 14 shot win over John Perry (TW) countered for Peter Dunn’s (TW) and Dean Branson’s (TW) wins over Mick King (MW) and Forrest (MW), respectively.

In the remaining Division Two matches, comfortable wins were recorded by Hamley White, Riverton Black, Port Wakefield Gold, Hamley Red and Port Wakefield Blue.

As a result of last weekend’s matches, Port Wakefield Blue has taken back top position from Owen, though both have identical points, with a better shots up accrued.

Hamley White and Riverton Black occupy the remaining top four positions, setting up for an important clash

between these two sides this Saturday.

As both sides have only had one loss for the season so far, a tight battle is expected with perhaps the result not being determined until the closing stages of the match.

Similarly, a close match between Hamley Red and Riverton White is likely given the closeness of their relative positions in the standings.

Elsewhere, Port Wakefield Blue, Mallala Black, Owen, Tarlee White and Mallala White are favoured to win their respective matches in the remaining fixtures of the round.

• Please note that as Tarlee’s green is temporarily unavailable, the Tarlee Red vs Port Wakefield Blue match for this weekend will be played at Riverton instead.

Division Two results – November 19: Mallala White 74(8) (J Curnow 29, M King 21, G Forrest 24) def Tarlee White 70(4) (J Perry 15, P Dunn 26, D Branson 29); Hamley White 99(12) (J Bell 40, M Nichols 26, A Fyfe 33) def Balaklava Blue 50(0) (R Hillman 11, C Stewart 24, P McPharlin 15); Riverton Black 78(10) (R Schulz 20, P Koster 30, P Gates 28) def Wasleys 58(2) (J McDonnell 25, J Williamson 12, B McDougall); Port Wakefield Gold

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84(12) (K Anderson 27, A Brown 30, A Carslake 27) def Tarlee Red 64(0) (I Rohde 25, D Meyers 19, F Gorey 20); Hamley Red 75(12) (B Morris 22, G Schilling 30, J Tily 23) def Balaklava Red 58(0) (B Moffat 19, C Milton 20, G Heffernan 19); Port Wakefield Blue 82(10) (S Reimers 25, P Fontaine 20, P Baum 37) def Mallala Black 56(2) (K McDonald 20, B Whyte 23, I O’Loan 13); Riverton White 80(10) (R Hannaford 22, J Glistak 36, L Schwarz 22) def Owen 56(2) (R Uppill 13, P Sullivan 16, L Hean 27).

Standings: Port Wakefield Blue 66 (+169), Owen 66 (+96), Hamley White 64 (+114), Riverton Black 61 (+92), Mallala Black 50 (+70), Mallala White 50 (+4), Tarlee White 44 (0), Hamley Red 41 (-10), Riverton White 40 (-13.25), Wasleys 28 (-66.75), Balaklava Blue 25 (-132), Port Wakefield Gold 24 (-51), Balaklava Red 19 (-108), Tarlee Red 10 (-166).

November 26 fixtures: Tarlee Red vs Port Wakefield Blue (to be played at Riverton), Mallala Black vs Balaklava Red, Hamley Red vs Riverton White, Owen vs Wasleys, Port Wakefield Gold vs Tarlee White, Balaklava Blue vs Mallala White, Riverton Black vs Hamley White.

NEMWBA PENNANT RESULTS Wednesday 16.11.11 CLARE GREEN 40 (9) def BALAKLAVA 28 (1); P Errey 21, G Heffernan 9, R Wurst 19, R Hillman 19.

BRINKWORTH 43 (10) def BLYTH 26 (0); R Martin 21, L Mader 12, P McLauren 22, R Deluca 14.

CLARE RED 64 (10) def CLARE BLUE 27 (0); R Howes 27, R Brandt 17, R Jarman 37, K Clarke 10.

SPALDING 37 (8) def CLARE WHITE 32 (2); G Blaser 12, B Sims 23, G Goodridge 25, R Topperwein 9.

BURRA 38 (8) def SNOWTOWN 31 (2); C Boston 21, R Atkinson 12, R Taylor 17, R Brand 19.

Premiership table

Points For Against % Burra 59 269 181 59.78 Clare Red 54 270 196 57.94 Spalding 45 200 163 55.09 Snowtown 38 172 177 49.28 Clare White 32 221 222 49.89 Clare Green 32 201 222 47.52 Clare Blue 31 237 239 49.79 Blyth 31 176 182 49.16 Balaklava 16 188 246 43.32 Brinkworth 12 191 297 39.14 November 23 fixtures: Clare Red v Spalding Balaklava v Clare Blue Blyth v Clare Green Clare White v Snowtown Brinkworth v Burra

Northern light women

Pennant results from November 17.

Riverton Green 38 (J Przibilla 15, A Harrip 23) d Robertstown Gold 24 (L Mosey 10, C Reudiger 14).

Riverton Black 38 (M Keast 16, C O’Toole 22) d Burra Red 31 (L Sutton 16, K Maidment 15).

Auburn Black 47 (L Wildash 25, S Hean 22) d Burra Gold 22 (A Webster 10, D Mengerson 12).

Riverton Blue 52 (E Passehl 26, M Prime 26) d Robertstown Green 26 (S Kimpton 14, D Kotz 12).

Burra Green 57 (C Boston 29, K Lomman 28) d Mintaro 23 (S Ettridge 13, R Tohl 10).

Auburn Red 39 (M Mount 13, M Parkinson 26) d Booborowie 34 (L Pearce 24, R Landorf 10).

Saddleworth Gold 51 (T Ritchie 31, P Milde 20) d Tarlee S Molineux 14, J Branson 8).

Premiership table Auburn Red 44 + 117 Auburn Black 40 + 68 Riverton Black 37 + 40 Riverton Green 36 + 37 Riverton Blue 30 + 52 Saddleworth Gold 30 - 3 Robertstown Gold 28 + 19 Booborowie 26 + 16 Burra Red 23 - 1 Burra Green 22 + 8 Saddleworth Blue 20 - 38 Burra Gold 18 - 35 Robertstown Green 14 - 40 Tarlee 12 - 83 Mintaro 12 - 85

sides for Saturday

Balaklava. DIVISION 1: Balaklava Green v Riverton at Balaklava. Z Guy (lead), N Olsen (second), J Bastian (third), M Olsen (skipper). R Barr, J Roberts, O Chapman, D Lamond. J McPharlin, S Guy, J Milton, C Cowan.

Balaklava Gold v Hamley Bridge at Hamley. K Cottle, B Moffat, K McPharlin, T Clifford. A Northcott, J Olsen, S Hawke, B Taylor. G Palmer, B Olsen, A Chivell, P Thompson. Cars: seconds.

DIVISION 2: Balaklava Blue v Mallala White at Balaklava. D Anderson, H Philp, K Catford, P McPharlin. L Bradock, P Ramm, C Welke, C Stewart.

R Hillman, P Meyer, R McDonald, K Harkness. Cars: seconds.

Balaklava Red v Mallala Black at Mallala. R May, E Edwards, L Zerk, C Milton. N Sampson, A Barr, L Day, T Jones. H Hebisch, R Greenshields, D Beare, G Hefferman.

Owen. Division 1: Owen v Mallala at Mallala.

G Marshman (lead), I Freebairn (second) B Roper (third), B Parker (skipper). G Harkness, K Warnes, N Harkness, G Simpson. P Freebairn, D Greer, G Bubner, T Harkness. Cars: B Roper, G Simpson, T Harkness. Depart 12.45pm.

DIVISION 2: Owen v Wasleys at Owen. D Northcott, D Hartwell, R Hill, P Sullivan. D Brown, D Lauricella, M Miles, L Hean. L Beaty, G Ince, A Wandel, R Uppill. Reserves: J Harkness, B Freebairn.

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Results of A1 cricket played on November 19, 2011

lower north vs brinkworth/koolunga

Match won by Lower north Brinkworth/Koolunga Batting P.Meyer b R.Darling............................... 19 M.Goldsworthy ct C.Ruiz b M.Higgs..... 90 B.Stringer ct T.McPharlin b S.Dykes..... 11 A.Moller ct C.McPharlin b J.Cowan...... 17 D.Lowry ct C.McPharlin b M.Higgs......... 0 S.Goss ct J.Mahoney b M.Higgs............ 0 M.Wiech ct J.Mahoney b J.Cowan......... 8 D.Wilson ct M.Higgs b J.Cowan............. 4 J.Wundke b J.Cowan.............................. 0 P.Homes not out...................................... 6 D.Goss not out........................................ 3 Extras 11 Total 169 Lower North Bowling Bowler O M W R R.Darling 8 2 1 28 B.Jones 5 - - 29 C.Marshall 9 1 - 27 M.Higgs 9 1 3 29 S.Dykes 6 2 1 31 J.Cowan 8 2 4 20

Lower North Batting T.McPharlin not out............................... 73 J.Mahoney ct P.Meyer b S.Goss........... 20 C.Marshall b M.Goldsworthy................. 16 R.Darling not out................................... 53 J.McPharlin.........................................DNB J.Cowan.............................................DNB S.Dykes..............................................DNB M.Higgs..............................................DNB B.Jones..............................................DNB C.Ruiz.................................................DNB C.McPharlin........................................DNB Extras 11 Total 172 Brinkworth/Koolunga Bowling Bowler O M W R S.Goss 5 1 1 11 M.Wiech 5 - - 30 A.Moller 6 - - 28 M.Goldsworthy 9 1 1 40 P.Meyer 8 1 - 26 D.Wilson 6 1 - 27 D.Goss 1 - - 5

Results A1 - played November 19

long plains vs sevenhill Long Plains 4/84 lost to Sevenhill 9/72 Results A1 - played November 19

blyth/kybunga vs watervale Blyth/Kybunga 147 lost to Watervale 2/161 Results A2 - played November 19

blyth/kybunga vs watervale Blyth/Kybunga 129 lost to (dec) Watervale 8/131 Results Under 16 - played November 19

brinkworth/koolunga vs lower north 2 Brinkworth 119 (J.Lee 24, J.Butterfield 4/26, J.Nipperess 2/0) def Lower North 2 73 (T.Williams RO 17, R.Chapman b 19, H.Mills 2/2, J.Moller 2/0)

Barossa & Light Results of A4 Grade cricket played on November 19

mallala vs tanunda

Match won by mallala Mallala Batting A.Buckley ct W.Akkerman v M.Hoklas.... 36 W.Rudd ct&b S.Swan.............................. 23 W.Farrelly ct N.Burton v J.Ellis.................. 2 B.Thomas ct J.Ellis b C.Hart..................... 8 B.Wilson run out...................................... 22 A.Fischer ct D.Hean b S.Swan.................. 3 M.Linn run out........................................... 2 R.Svetec b S.Swan.................................... 2 R.Konzag not out...................................... 3 J.Good..................................................DNB Tanunda Bowling Bowler S.Swan C.Hart M.Hoklas J.Ellis

Extras 5 Total 8/108 O M W R 7 1 3 18 5 0 1 32 5 0 1 24 4 0 1 31

Tanunda Batting T.Brooks LBW b B.Thomas..................... 6 D.Hean ct R.Svetec b J.Good................. 3 W.Akkerman ct W.Farrelly b A.Fischer.. 16 C.Hart ct W.Rudd b B.Wilson................ 15 M.Hoklas b A.Fischer............................ 14 S.Swan run out........................................ 8 S.Brooks b W.Farrelly.............................. 4 C.Smith not out..................................... 20 N.Burton b A.Fischer............................... 0 J.Ellis ct A.Buckley b K.Curnow.............. 2 C.Roehr b K.Curnow............................... 1 Extras 16 Total 106 Mallala Bowling Bowler O M W R A.Fischer 8 3 3 21 K.Curnow 2 1 2 3 W.Farrelly 5 1 1 17 B.Thomas 3 1 1 8 B.Wilson 6 1 1 20 J.Good 7 2 1 12 R.Konzag 5 1 0 18

STANLEY Association team, back from left: David Giles, Jackson Lee, Bryce Chapman, Daniel Garrard, Bill Jenner, Isaac Moller, Will Pratt. Front: Paul Garrard, Sam Haydon, Jordan Ward, Alex Falconer, Brayden McInerney and Matthew Longbottom.

A rocky encounter Rocky River snatch win over Stanley THE Stanley Under 14 side was unable to overcome Rocky River in the association game played at Laura on Sunday.

Stanley batted first with a slow start due to accurate bowling by J Wohling and B Kirk. Kirk dismissed the opening batsmen in his spell of six overs (2 for 3). Will Pratt continued his good form with Jordan Ward, taking over the score to 43 when Pratt was given LBW for 20. David Giles was also in good form, helping Jordan Ward with runs, Ward retiring on 20.

Giles was run out for 22 with the score at 6/94. Bryce Chapman with some excellent drives was not out, 10.

The score after 45 overs was 7/108.

Rocky River also started slowly, losing L Klingner and J Scutcheon early. L Wilsdon and B Kirk kept the score moving but at 20, Kirk was caught by Pratt and bowled by Isaac Moller.

J Wohling came out to help the reliable Wilsdon and started a good partnership, until Wohling was caught and bowled by Longbottom for 10.

Another good partnership was stopped by Garrard and Pratt when R Blackwell was caught by Pratt for 8.

Wilsdon was still batting beautifully and received support from T Craw-

ford, putting on 19 runs. L Wilson was finally out stumped. S Haydon bowled Pratt for 44. Some bad deliveries late in the game helped Rocky River to victory, winning the cup.

Best team man for Rocky River was L Wilsdon with 44 runs and one catch. Best team man for Stanley was Will Pratt with 20 runs, two wickets and three catches.

Stanley association Cricket Results of Under 14 Association cricket played at Laura on November 20

stanley vs rocky river

Match won by Rocky river Stanley Batting A.Falconer b B.Kirk................................. 0 I.Moller ct L.Bowman b B.Kirk................ 2 B.Jenner ct L.Wilsdon b L.Klinger........... 4 W.Pratt LBW b R.Hennesy.................... 20 J.Ward retired........................................ 20 D.Giles run out....................................... 22 D.Garrard b L.Zanker.............................. 4 S.Haydon not out.................................... 2 B.Chapman not out............................... 10 J.Lee b T.Crawford.................................. 1 B.McInerney.......................................DNB M.Longbottom....................................DNB Extras 21 Total 7/108 Rocky River Bowling Bowler O M W R J.Wohling 6 3 0 4 B.Kirk 6 4 2 3 L.Klingner 5 2 1 6 L.Bowman 5 2 0 14 R.Hennesey 4 - 1 9 R.Blackwell 8 - 0 34 T.Crawford 6 - 1 18 L.Zanker 3 - 1 9 A.Nutt 2 - 0 4

Rocky River Batting J.Scutcheon ct&b D.Garrard................... 2 L.Klingner ct S.Haydon b D.Garrard....... 5 L.Wilsdon st W.Pratt.............................. 44 B.Kirk ct W.Pratt b I.Moller...................... 5 J.Wohling ct&b M.Longbottom............. 10 R.Blackwell ct W.Pratt b D.Garrard......... 8 T.Crawford ct W.Pratt b B.McInerney...... 6 S.Cousins ct D.Garrard b B.Jenner......... 9 L.Bowman ct J.Lee b W.Pratt.................. 0 L.Zanker retired..................................... 11 A.Nutt not out.......................................... 4 R.Hennesey run out................................. 0 Extras 18 Total 122 Stanley Bowling Bowler O M W R D.Garrard 8 1 3 15 B.McInerney 8 1 1 16 I.Moller 6 - 1 17 J.Lee 6 - 0 13 M.Longbottom 6 - 1 14 W.Pratt 6 - 2 25 B.Jenner 1 - 1 5 D.Giles 1 - 0 5 B.Chapman 1 - 0 3 A.Falconer 1 - 0 0

Results Grade U/16 - played on November 12 & 19

Mallala vs Gawler Central Gold Mallala/Lyndoch 8/120 def Gawler Central Gold 106

Results Grade A1 - played on November 12 & 19

kapunda vs gilbert valley Kapunda 219 lost to Gilbert Valley 244

Results Grade A3 - played on November 12 & 19

gilbert valley vs lyndoch Gilbert Valley 33 & 8/120 (dec), Lyndoch 49 & 1/40

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JAY Frahm fields for Gawler Central Gold.

Daniel Dalliston makes a few runs for Mallala, helping his side to a 14-run win over Gawler Central Gold on Saturday.

BRODIE Cameron sends one down for Gawler Central Gold during Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Under 16 match against Mallala.

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Mid North lads in winning form

Para Districts Results of A6 cricket played on November 19, 2011

dublin vs brahma lodge

Match won by dublin Dublin Batting J.Mason not out.................................... 15 L.Walker not out.................................... 13 C.Mason.............................................DNB W.Bedell.............................................DNB T.Franklin............................................DNB J.Schwartz-Chapman.........................DNB W.Heslop............................................DNB S.Dalgleish..........................................DNB H.Walker.............................................DNB J.Crosbie............................................DNB B.Starr................................................DNB Extras 5 Total 0/33 Brahma Lodge Bowling Bowler O M W R R.Wood 4 1 0 14 L.Blight 3 0 0 18

• AFTER losing the first game of the season, Dublin have won their past six matches and currently sit second on the ladder

Brahma Lodge Batting R.Timpano ct S.Dalgleish b B.Starr......... 2 N.James ct J.Schwartz-Chapman b B.Starr..................................................... 0 B.Proctor ct J.Schwartz-Chapman b J.Mason................................................... 6 B.Zilm v J.Mason..................................... 0 J.Rees st J.Schwartz-Chapman v L. Walker...................................................... 6 L.Blight b W. Heslop................................ 4 J.Sibbick ct H.Walker b W.Heslop........... 1 R.Wood ct&b W Heslop........................... 1 A.Hatswell b W.Heslop............................ 2 A.Lester not out....................................... 0 Extras 9 Total 9/31 Dublin Bowling Bowler O M W R B.Starr 7 2 2 11 J.Mason 5 2 2 6 L.Walker 4 0 1 7 W.Heslop 4 0 4 6

Results of womens cricket played on October 17 & 24

modbury vs two wells white

RESULTS Game One – Nov 8

Mid North 4/210 defeated North Eastern 66.

Jordan Ward 6, Dylan Goss 10, Bill Jenner (retired) 26, Willam Pratt (retired) 40, David Giles 14, Bryce Chapman 26, Isaac Moller 1, Jackson Lee (retired) 17, Daniel Garrad (retired) 8, Isaac Shearer 10, Sam Haydon 2, Henry Gosse 5.

Daniel Garrad 0/5, Isaac Moller 1/11, Bryce Chapman 0/10, Will Pratt 1/10, David Giles 0/5, Jackson Lee 3/2, Bill Jenner 0/9, Ben Dinning 1/4, Dylan Goss 0/5, Isaac Shearer 2/10, Sam Haydon (not out) 0/11, Henry Gosse (not out) 1/1. Jordan Ward 1/2, run out 2.

Game Two – Nov 8

Mid North 148 defeated Lower Eyre Peninsula 117.

Jordan ward 1, Dylan Goss 0, Bill Jenner 26, Will Pratt 25, David Giles 32, Bryce Chapman 4, Isaac Moller (retired) 14, Jackson Lee 13, Daniel Garrad 3, Isaac Shearer 0, Sam Haydon 0, Henry Gosse 0, Ben Dinning (not out) 13.

Daniel Garrad 1/10, Isaac Moller 1/4, Bryce Chapman 0/13, Will Pratt 1/3, David Giles 0/6, Jackson Lee 1/6, Bill Jenner 1/14, Ben Dinning 0/16, Dylan Goss 1/17, Isaac Shearer 2/5, Henry Gosse 2/4, Jordan Ward 0/20, run out 0.

Game three – Nov 9

Mid North 171 lost to Southern Yorke Peninsula 5/181.

Jordan Ward 29, Dylan Goss 1, Bill Jenner 13, Will Pratt 14, David Giles 4, Bryce Chapman 4, Isaac Moller 46, Jackson Lee 14, Daniel Garrad 0, Isaac Shearer 7, Sam Haydon 3, Henry Gosse 6.

Daniel Garrad 0/9, Isaac Moller 1/9, Bryce Chapman 0/15, Will Pratt 0/20, David Giles 0/11, Jackson Lee 1/9, Bill Jenner 0/32, Dylan Goss 0/20, Isaac Shearer 1/21, Henry Gosse 0/16, Jordan Ward 2/12, run out 0.

Game four – Nov10

Mid North 8/217 defeated Airport 8/113.

Jordan Ward 30, Dylan Goss 1, Bill Jenner 0, Will Pratt 22, David Giles (retired) 56, Bryce Chapman 37, Isaac Moller 32, Jackson Lee 1, Daniel Garrad 14, Isaac Shearer 1, Sam Haydon 1.

Daniel Garrad 1/6, Isaac Moller 0/4, Bryce Chapman 1/9, Will Pratt 1/22, David Giles 0/8, Jackson Lee 1/4, Bill Jenner 0/3, Dylan Goss 2/6, Isaac Shearer 0/6, Sam Haydon 1/8, Henry Gosse 1/11, Jordan Ward 0/7, run out 2.

For the record

A wrong name appeared in the Plains Producer article “Dreams shot with bike malfunction” published on Page 19 of the November 16 issue. The article referred to Adam Pascoe when in fact it was Chris Pascoe who was the subject of the article. Our apologies to Chris, Adam and families.

MID North SAPSASA team, back from left: Will Pratt, Bill Jenner, Isaac Moller, Dan Garrard, Bryce Chapman, Jackson Lee, David Giles. Front: Ben Dinning, Sam Haydon, Dylan Goss, Gus Wenzel, Isaac Shearer, Henry Gosse, Jordan Ward.

THE Mid North SAPSASA team played in Adelaide recently, with the side being one of the strongest for a few years.

On Monday the boys played rivals North Eastern and beat them easily, scoring 4/210 to 10/66.

Will Pratt and Bill Jenner set the game up with 40 and 26 runs before retiring. David Giles hit 14, Bryce Chapman 26, Jackson Lee 17 and Isaac Shearer 10. Lee also bowled well taking 3/2, Shearer took 2/10, with five more bowlers taking wickets.

Tuesday’s game at Westminster School on a wet turf pitch was harder against Lower Eyre Peninsula, and saw the lads chase down 117 finishing with 148.

Bill Jenner 26, Will Pratt 25 and David Giles 32, continued their good form and set the game up for the win.

Isaac Moller hit 14 and Lee and Ben

Dinning 13, were others in double figures. Henry Gosse also took 2/4, Shearer 2/5 and six other bowlers took wickets in this match.

Wednesday’s game was played back at SACA 25 oval, against South Yorke Peninsula and unfortunately was lost by 10 runs, finishing South Yorke Peninsula 5/181 and Mid North 10/171.

Some dropped catches and missed fields by both sides due to the pressure of going through undefeated.

Teammate to the Ray Sutton Woodville boys, Blake Gutschke was the standout for them and although being dropped twice early, scored an impressive 50.

Moller opened the batting and scored 46, backed up by Jordan Ward with 29. Pratt and Lee scored 14 and Jenner 13. Ward took 2/12 with three other bowlers taking wickets.

Rain dampens efforts With overnight rain and a heavy downpour on Saturday morning, it was lucky the afternoon fined up and allowed all Gilberty Valley games to proceed.

The A1 cricketers continued on their winning way with the A3s playing out a draw.

Obviously the opposition didn’t want to go for the outright after A3 gave a sporting declaration.

And A5, having posted a reasonable score, just couldn’t get enough of the opposition’s wickets before they passed the score.

Highlights for the weekend in A1 included James Vandeleur bowling 12 overs six maidens taking 3/18, and Craig Mullins continuing his good form with the ball 3/47.

In A3, Robin “Chopper” Schwartz found some form in the seocnd dig, making 57.

And in A5, Richard McInerney made 65 not out.

Match won by Two wells white Modbury Batting L.Canale ct.............................................. 5 J.Beaumont retired................................ 33 J.Baker b................................................. 0 K.Pope retired....................................... 39 R.Bedford ct............................................ 9 A.Pope ct................................................. 9 K.Gilkes not out....................................... 3 J.Culmsee not out................................... 0 S.Catterwell........................................DNB Extras 39 Total 4/137 Two Wells White Bowling Bowler O M W R DP. Drewett 5 0 1 16 SR.Aworth 4 0 3 17 A.Haynes 3 0 0 17 ZE.Grant 4 0 0 17 L.Pool 5 2 0 11 RM.Forbes 4 0 0 32 NM.Pirri 3 1 0 8 RJ.Turner 4 0 0 15

Two Wells White Batting L.Pool retired......................................... 31 SR.Aworth retired.................................. 30 ZE.Grant ct L.Canale v S.Catterwell........ 1 DP.Drewett retired.................................. 26 RM.Forbes ct ? b J.Beaumont................ 0 A.Haynes not out..................................... 0 NM.Pirri not out....................................... 0 RJ.Turner............................................DNB C.Haynes............................................DNB Extras 67 Total 2/155 Modbury Bowling Bowler O M W R J.Culmsee 6 1 0 45 J.Beaumont 6 1 1 16 R.Bedford 6 0 0 35 J.Baker 6 0 0 26 S.Catterwell 6 1 0 21 L.Canale 2 0 0 12

Results of Under 14 cricket played on November 19, 2011

dublin vs craigmore Game was declared a draw due to rain

Match result - draw Craigmore Batting D.Moseley lbw b D.Irrgang...................... 2 R.Haldenby b D.Coombe...................... 10 M.Sumner b J.Marshall..........................11 K.Shepherdson b D.Coombe.................. 6 M.McIver c ? b D.Coombe..................... 53 A.Ferdinands c ? b W.Martini................ 15 H.Tyesun c ? b B.Robinson..................... 6 J.Franklin b B.Robinson........................ 19 T.Young b B.Robinson............................. 6 J.Hall not out........................................... 8 M.Capin b D.Coombe.............................. 1 N.Brodley............................................. dnb Extras 55 Total 192 Dublin Bowling Bowler O M W R D.Coombe 6.4 1 4 15 W.Martini 2 0 1 16 A.Irrgang 2 0 0 16 D.Irrgang 7 0 1 45 J.Marshall 5 0 1 26 B.Robinson 8 1 3 41 A.Martini 3 0 0 18

Dublin Batting D.Coombe retired not out...................... 51 D.Irrgang c ? b M.Capin.......................... 0 J.Marshall b M.Capin............................... 0 B.Robinson b D.Moseley....................... 18 E.Pepe b T.Young.................................... 0 J.Dalgleish b K.Shepherdson.................. 1 K.Dalgleish not out.................................. 7 A.Martini c ? b J.Franklin......................... 1 W.Martini not out..................................... 0 I.Pepe.................................................. dnb A.Irrgang.............................................. dnb J.Patterson.......................................... dnb Extras 50 Total 6/128 Craigmore Bowling Bowler O M W R J.Franklin 4 0 1 22 M.Capin 4 1 2 19 J.Hall 5 2 0 21 H.Tyesun 2 0 0 13 T.Young 4 0 1 14 M.McIver 4 1 0 3 K.Shepherdson 5 0 1 15 D.Moseley 4 0 1 19

Results of Under 16 cricket played on November 19

A1 results

Gilbert Valley 244 defeated Kapunda 219 Kap: C Reimann 54, S Ryan 28, M Ryan 25, M Goldsmith 24 no, J Brown 23. GV: J Vandeleur 3/18, C Mullins 3/47, M Crawford 1/28, R Vandeleur 1/38, Josh Vater 1/49

A3 results

Lyndoch 49 & 1/40 (off 28 overs) defeated Gilbert Valley 33 & 8/120 dec.

GV: 2nd: R Schwartz 57, A Callery 25, S Goodfellow 11, M Kooyman 10.

Lyn: S Matz 3/26, W Roberts 2/12

A5 results

Lights Pass 4/180 defeated Gilbert Valley 4/173 LP: B Nitschke 86 no, G Camilleri 42, S Auricht 20. GV: C Busch 2/27, T Reichelt 1/21. GV: R McInerney 65 no, M Busch 36, A Parkinson 35, T Reichelt 20. LP: M John 2/24

Salisbury west vs two wells Salisbury West 178 def Two Wells 8/151

Results of Under 14 North cricket played on November 12 & 19

Dublin vs craigmore

Dublin 6/128 drew with Craimore 192 (Nov 19) Results womens cricket played October 17 & 24

two wells red vs gawler central Two Wells Red 67 lost to Gawler Central 0/228 Results Grade 4 - played November 19

craigmore vs two wells Craigmore 106 def Two Wells 6/84

Results Grade 7 - played November 19

two wells vs Rose & crown Two Wells lost on forfeit to Rose & Crown

Results Under 12 - played November 19

Penfield central districts vs virginia Penfield Central Districts 6/75 drew with Virginia

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Croquet Northern YP

Results from November 16.

Pt Wakefield 29 (Algie 6, Simpson 9, McWaters 8, Lipset 6) d Moonta Brown 22 (Hatcher 8, Trenwith 4, Bagshaw 5, Loveridge 5).

Moonta Green 26 (Promnitz 9, Donaldson 4, Bennett 9, Lamshed 4) d Kadina Blue 22 (John Lydeamore 7, Rodstedt 4, Wearn 7, Marshall 4).

Snowtown 20 received a forfeit from NYP. Wallaroo White 29 (Miller 7, Fuss 3, Hendy 8, Learmonth 11) d Kadina White 20 (D Virgin 7, Jenny Lydeamore 7, Daddow 3, Bolvig 3).

Wallaroo Blue 22 (Zuringer 12, Kennett 2, R Walker 4, M Walker 4) d Balaklava 9 (Sutton 3, Hilzinger 0, Clarke 4, N Williams 2).

Wallaroo Blue played at their new club, within the Wallaroo sporting complex, playing on a synthetic green for the first time.

It will take visiting croquet players a little time to adjust.

Golf Balaklava men

Perhaps it was a result of news getting out about the irrigation work completed on the 15th fairway, under way on the 13th and to follow soon on both the first and ninth, but we drew a nice field of 20 for the Stableford round last Saturday. Among these were welcome returnees “Jumpin” James Napper, Rob Gordon and, playing for a Golf Link handicap, Malcolm Liptrop.

So, to address the question of “Who’s who in the zoo?”, we can report that tyro Tate Michael showed those in the A Grade field just how it’s done by scoring 36 points, relegating Rob Gordon to second spot on a count back. Ian Michael, despite his problematic putter, claimed third spot with 35 points. That left us with J Breuer (34), W Lokan (34), M Hameister (33), D Taylor (31), W Nagle (29) and C Michael (27).

Over in the C Grade it was Bill “Never mind the bollocks!” Berry, with 39 points, who streaked the field, chased hard by Ben Michael (37) while big, bustling Barrie Michael (36) successfully stared down a determined Dean Trickett on a count back. In their wake trailed D Addison (35), D Rodgers (32), A Henstridge (29) and B Thompson (22).

While for many it would be easier to tattoo a tear drop than master a well-timed golf swing, not so for one James Napper who smote a lusty 47 points, watched in awe by fellow C Grader Tanya Matz (26).

But Jumpin’ James hadn’t finished with us yet. He went on to top the Putting Trophy stakes with a count of just 22and then had the unmitigated gall to grab a Nearest The Pin on the 15th. NTPs were also claimed by Ian Michael, along with a Birdie at the third, Bill Berry (eighth), Doug Taylor (+ Birdie) at the 10th and Dean Trickett (13th). Tanya Matz chimed in with a Birdie at the eighth.

Five pairs played off in the Summer Cup, such that (earlier in the week) John Curnow defeated Doug Taylor 4/2, Bill Lokan lashed Austin Henstridge 5/4, Bill Berry buried Ian Michael 4/3, Tate Michael totalled Digby “the deckie” Addison 2/1 and Merv Hameister hammered Callum Michael 5/4.

This weekend we have one of those dreaded Par rounds, with a few more Summer Cup contests, however on the Sunday, John Michael’s superb piece of work, a delightful book detailing the history of our club, will be officially released to the waiting world by Andrew Manuel at 2pm, so roll up at around 1pm, do a spot of mingling then grab a copy or five.

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A group of 15 took to the fairways on November 16, Dean Trickett winning the day with 51, Merv Hameister 49 CB, Mike Hahesy 49, Bill Berry 47 CB, Bill Goudie 47, Greg Sonntag 46, Chris Hahesy 45, Dennis Goudie 43, Brian Stewart 42 CB, Bevan Bowden 42 CB, John Curnow 42, Peter Sadler 41 CB, Doug Taylor 41 CB, Rick Campbell 41, Dene Newton 40.

SAM Dunstan pictured with his award.

MALLALA Football Club’s Sam Dunstan was announced as the Woodville West Torrens Country Zone Coach of the Year at the SANFL annual coaches’ dinner recently.

Dunstan led the Mallala junior colts to an undefeated premiership this season. He was presented with the award in the presence of sporting dignitaries including commentator Bruce McAvaney, former Australian cricket head coach, Tim Nielsen and current Woodville/West Torrens coach, Mick Godden. “It was a fantastic night,” Dunstan said.

Birdies: Bill Goudie 3, Merv Hameister 2, 12 and 16, Dene Newton 6, Mike Hahesy 8, Bevon Bowden 9. NTP: Bill Goudie 3, Mike Hahesy 8.

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In a field of 22, veteran campaigner Cliff Applebee won last Thursday’s Stableford comp with 41 points from Wally Jackson, Wim Van Pelt, Ian Rohde, Vince Zito and Warren Isgar all scoring 39. The best of the rest were Bob Hillier, Shirley Noble, Kieth kluske 36, Bob Ahola, Roen Cameron, Dennis Hawke 35. Birdies: Doug Cooper 12, Ross Hienze 16, Dennis Hawke 9, Vince Zito 4, Rex Mortimer 17. Nearest to the pin: Dennis Hawke 9th.

Saturday’s par competition attracted 28 players, including five visitors from Two Wells with only 25 finishing due to testing weather conditions. Vince Zito, Ian Ferguson and Roger Hahn all carded a +7 with Vince winning on a count back. Other prize winners: Barry Schwartz c/b Dave Russell +5, Warren Isgar +3, Barry Zerna C/b Helen Johnson +1. Best of the rest – Paul Shields (Two Wells) Wim Van Pelt, Julie Holland (TW) Square, Elaine Grigg (TW) -1. Birdies: Wim Van Pelt,Vince Zito 9, Barry Schwartz 7 and 11. NTPs: Wim Van pelt 9th, Vince Zito 4th, Elaine Grigg 12th.

The AGM was held on November 9 and Anton Noack was re-elected as president, along with John Bell as secretary. Other office bearers: treasurer John Riley, captain Leigh Durdin, vice captain Bob Charman, ladies captain Helen Bell, handicapper Ian Ferguson, bar manager Barry Schwartz, patron Ian Rohde, auditor Lance Hatcher, media reporter Roger Hahn. Management commitee: Roger Hahn, Bradley Zerna, Barry Schwartz, Grounds Commitee Lance Hatcher, Len Usher, Bob Charman, Roen Cameron and Wally Isgar. Match commitee: Bradley Zerna, Leigh Durdin and Barry Schwartz. It was passed that the management committee submit a five year plan to members in regards to the future development of the club for debate, and build an internet website promoting the club.

Will secretary John Bell seek to have crash helmets mandatory for gopher riders on the golf course after handicapper Ian Ferguson’s classic ‘wheel stand’ turned into a ‘back flip’ while dragging with club president Anton Noack?!

Mallala Night Owls

NIGHT owls were out last Wednesday night, converging on Mallala’s bowling green for a friendly game of bowls. Mallala hosts Night Owls every Wednesday at 7.30pm, with teams of four competing. Everyone’s welcome, so if you’re interested in giving bowls a go, or you want a fun, friendly game, drop into Mallala Bowling Club!

• Pictured from left: Bert Cocks, Jodie Kelleher, Trish Smith, Claire Bruggemann, Beryl Kemble, Max Gaeger and Ralph Barber.

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Sam is coach of the year The unsuspecting junior coach had no idea of his achievement before the event.

“I knew I was nominated via a letter,” Dunstan said.

“I got there and didn’t know what to expect.”

He was surprised to find out he had won the award after perusing the program for the evening.

“I was really rapt actually,” Dunstan said.

His coaching career began back in 1987 and 1988, coaching Mallala’s senior colts. He returned to the coaching fray only recently, the young Magpies responding well to

Tennis balaklava night

The players were hot and sweaty before play even started and were hoping for a breeze of some sort to cool them off, but instead were swamped by flying insects!

A note for all players, again, that Joy Ryan is now a permanent player so please cross her off of your fill-in list.

Bec Houston’s Nemos had a good win 4-31 to 2-18 over Cherie Cleary’s Flintstones in an unusual set scoreline, being three close sets and three 7-1s.

Nemos were assisted by Claire who won all of her sets including a close tiebreaker with Bridget Guthberg over Flintys fill-in Tina Taylor and Ashy Flynn. Tina was the Flintys’ star, winning her other two sets, one each with Cherie and Alice Parsons.

Nemos Kylie Scott had a slow start with Bridget but got going to win her next two in comfortable fashion.

Diane Gregor’s Simpsons won by one measly game 3-25 to 3-24 over David northcott’s unlucky Shreks in a tight contest.

Clare Howard filled in for the Simpsons and had an even contest against David all night, with a tiebreaker and two 5-3s played.

Clare and Carolyn Mutton, recovered from a calf injury, won the tie over David and the Mahindra Man, Warren ‘coach’ McRostie, who apparently hasn’t played tennis for 27 years. The serves were rusty but Wazza started to get his shots going and had a good win with Emmalee Lomman. Emmalee and opponent Danielle Murphy were consistent with every set being a 5-3, just that Emmalee won them all which didn’t amuse Danielle much! Captain Diane had a consistent hit against Megan Shepherd.

The final division two match had a one-sided final scoreline but not one-sided sets. Emily Taylor’s Grinches came second 1-18 to 5-33 to Mary Heslop’s Incredibles.

Grinches young lad Jarek Flight played some excellent tennis against younger Ben Mayne, and these two played three tiebreakers which equals the record, with Ben taking the honours 2-1. Jarek won his tie with fill-in Michelle Williams, who also had a good battle against Mary all night.

Incredys new recruit Wade Hudson did well against the young one who needs to be blonde, Emily, with two close sets. But something went horribly wrong for Emily and newie Daniel Lu, and they had to reveal the daks to opponents Wade and Mary. This was an entertaining match with some high quality shots played.

Areminder to the ‘guns’ to not smash the ball or serve hard to the beginners please.

Remember, you were a beginner once.

The division one matches all had the same final set scoreline of 5-1, with nearly identical game scores. Scott McDonald’s Die Hards struggled early against Marty Brice’s Ghost Busters but got them in the end, 5-32 to 1-18. Scott and Leonie McRostie, who was playing much better without her ‘coach’ sitting on the sidelines, won a tight tiebreaker over fill-in Gary Wehr and Kathryn Taylor. But Ghosty Marty and Helen Barry won a 5-3 to even things up.

Gary had another tie against Scott, this time partnering Helen and Douglas Howard respectively, but Scotty and Dougy won that one too. Marty gave Gary a peptalk but it didn’t help as they only just managed to save their daks. Doug and Leonie also had

his encouragement and leadership.

“It was a good reward to cap off a great year,” Dunstan said.

Next year presents a new challenge, stepping up to take the lead of the senior colts team once more, over two decades apart.

He believed the young Mallala lads could potentially push the flag favourites, 2011 premiers Two Wells.

It will be a bit of a role reversal, having coached the dominant team in the younger grade.

“The hunted will become the hunter, so the shoe will be on the other foot,” Dunstan said. a good win and that was that.

Pauline Hill’s Top Guns won 5-32 to 1-18 too, but over Paul McBride’s Fugitives, with every set exactly the same scores as the aforementioned match. Guns’ Jordan Taylor and opponent Dustin Guthberg had sweat pouring from them after two ties and a 5-3, with JT taking the honours 2-1.

Robert Lloyd was filling in for Adam Pratt, who’s getting a tan, and started well, but with every set got a closer score. Robert and Joyful Ryan let Paul and Tania Allen just save showing off their briefs to the crowd!

Tania regrouped in her set with Dustin to win the Fugitives’ only set in a tight tie. Dustin and Paul were inlucky to lose yet another tie, while Lisa Redpath and Tania almost won a 5-3 but didn’t to the pounding pair of Pauline and Joy! So it was close but no cigar for the Fugitives.

The final division one match saw Louise Michael’s Terminators celebrate with high fives, hugs, squeals and champers after having their first win for the year 5-31 to 1-19 over Andrew Lane’s Bad Boys. Andrew and Kerry Williams were the only regulars with Kirsty Williams and Ben Michael filling in for Julia Hoskin and Wally Treverton.

Indeed the question was asked - where’s Wally? Anyway Andrew and Kerry won a long 5-3 over Chris Curnow and Cherie Cmrlec, with Chris and Andrew going on to have another 5-3, which Chris and Louise won. Termy Jarrad Thiele started his night with a tiebreaker with Cherie, then another one with Chris, winning both. Jarrad and Louise teamed up to have a good win in the grudge match against young Ben and Kirsty. Louise threatened to make son Ben walk home if he beat her, and after nearly being aced by Ben, Louise got the upper hand and once again could state her sons haven’t beaten her - yet! Ironically Tania Allen said she still can’t beat her mother Julia either! Must be a metal block. Laney gave Ben some tips on how to line up the net player and they were unlucky to lose a tie together. Some excellent rallies were played in this match!

Another little tennis tip - the tiebreaker.

Now don’t be scared - just start the tie as you would a normal game - one serve (ie two balls) from the forehand (right) side of the court. The next player to serve has two serves starting from the backhand (left) side, so it’s backhand then forehand. Then the next player does the same thing. So far there have been five serves. The next player will serve one backhand serve, which makes six in total, and players change ends. That same server has one more serve, just continuing on the forehand side.

And so on. Every time the score adds up to a score divisible by six (eg six, 12, 18) players swap ends. The first player to get to seven with a two-point advantage, wins.

Until next week when the bugs will be somewhere else and we can make a noise again.....

Lower north juniors

DIVISION 1 Balaklava Green 3-28 def Balaklava Gold 3-23 Doubles Michael/ Cmrlec lost to Michael/Freebairn 4-6 Lane/ VanKleef defScholz/Greenshields 6-2 Singles Ben Michael lost to Callum Michael 3-6 Kate Cmrlec defBrett Freebairn 6-3 Henry Lane lost to Zac Scholz 3-6 Sam VanKleef defNatasha Greenshields 6-0 Owen 5-30 def Hamley Bridge 1-9 Doubles Robinson/Fry defC.Humphrys/Bell 6-0 Harkness/Lloyd defA.Humphrys/Raether

6-2 Singles Kieren Robinson defClaire Humphrys 6-0 Charles Fry defTristan Bell 6-0 Brayden Harkness defAmy Humphrys 6-1 Ryan Lloyd lost to Leon Raether 0-6 Mallala Black 6-36 def Balaklava White 0-4 Doubles Watson/Graham defMichael/ Freebairn 6-2 Jarmyn/Wilson defWilliams/ Seminutin 6-1 Singles Josh Watson defDillon Michael 6-1 Trent Graham defGemma Freebairn 6-0 Laura Jarmyn defAshleigh Williams 6-0 Brooke Wilson defMitchell Seminutin 6-0 Balaklava Silver v Mallala White - match unfinished due to rain (two sets all).

DIVISION 2 Long Plains 5-34 def Mallala 1-18 Doubles A.Daniel/H.McArdle defDunstan/J.Furst 6-1 J.Daniel/G.McArdle defG.Furst/Strudwicke 6-2 Singles Amy Daniel defRachel Dunstan 6-3 Hannah McArdle lost to Jackson Furst 4-6 Jessica Daniel defGeorgia Furst 6-1 Gerogia McArdle defLachlan Strudwicke 6-5 Balaklava Green 6-36 def Two Wells 2 0-15 Doubles White/Lane defEastman/T. Briscoe 6-2 Selleck/Michael defM.Briscoe/ Baker 6-2 Singles Tenneal White defNatisha Eastman 6-2 Tom Lane defTarsha Briscoe 6-4 Kristy Selleck defMacey Briscoe 6-3 Toby Michael defMonica Baker 6-2 Hamley Bridge 4-28 def Owen 0-15 Doubles Sellars/McCabe defParker/Lane 6-2 Packer/Powell defHarkness/Heaslip 6-1 Singles Jessica Sellars defSophie Parker 6-3 Amy McCabe lost to Riley Lane 2-5 Beth Packer defJake Harkness 2-1 Tyler Powell defJessica Heaslip 6-3 Balaklava Gold v Two Wells - match unfinished due to rain (1 set all) DIVISION 3 Balaklava Green 4-34 def Two Wells 2 2-16 Doubles T.Lamond/ Clifford defC.Foubister/Tapscott 6-1 Woodroofe/C.Lamond lost to J.Foubister/ Boyd 5-6 Singles Tyson Lamond defChelsea Fobister 6-1 Aaron Clifford defJack Tapscott 6-1 Tommy Woodroofe lost to Jake Fobister 5-6 Emma Lane defKobe Boyd 6-1 Owen 4-24 def Mallala 0-13 Doubles Burman/Gameau defHoward/Cocks 6-2 Heaslip/Parker defBakker/Matters 6-5 Singles Lisa Burman defAlex Howard 6-4 Tom Gameau defMatt May 6-2 Jack Heaslip v Brayden Cocks unfinished at 4-1 Lucy Parker v Gabrielle Bakker unfinished at 3-1 Balaklava Gold v Two Wells - match unfinished due to rain (2 doubles sets to Balaklava Gold) Hamley Bridge def Long Plains on forfeit Division 1 Points % Owen 10 86.67 Mallala Black 10 83.33 Balaklava Green 6 58.33 Balaklava White 4 45.83 Mallala White 4 42.31 Balaklava Gold 3 36.67 Balaklava Silver 3 35.00 Long Plains 0 33.33 Hamley Bridge 0 12.50 Division 2 Points % Owen 8 64.29 Hamley Bridge 7 71.43 Two Wells 1 6 61.54 Balaklava Gold 6 50.00 Balaklava Green 5 56.67 Long Plains 4 43.33 Mallala 4 36.67 Two Wells 2 0 20.00

mid north

Balaklava 20/140 def Dalkey 4/64.

Ladies singles: Pauline Hill def Stacey Bell 6-0, Shaz Pike def Cassandra Bell 6-0, Shelley Lamond def Sally Fritz 6-1, Abbie Tiller def Symonn Hutton 6-3, Casey Michael def Kate Barry 6-3, Hannah Hoepner lost to Claire Humphrys 7-6.

Mens singles: Derek Friedrichs def Travis Nicholls 6-2, Rick Lamond def George Gregory 6-1, Scott McDonald lost to Sam Wedding 6-4, Jonathon Brice def Luke Wedding 6-2, Andrew Lane def Richard Gregory 6-4, Douglas Howard def Joseph Gregory 6-2.

MNTA premiership table as at November 12 A Grade Clare Masters Clare Young Guns Blyth Balaklava Saddleworth Hilltown Dalkey Long Plains B Grade Mintaro Blyth Riverton Farrel Flat/Sevenhill Auburn Hilltown Clare Aces Watervale Clare Hot Shots Juniors Auburn Hilltown Blyth Alligators Blyth Crocodiles Clare Green Clare Red Clare White Clare Yellow Clare Blue Sevenhill

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60.57 58.43 56.86 49.52 44.29 51.72 41.23 37.01 60.29 55.21 55.85 52.90 58.61 45.17 44.33 41.26 38.80

57.48 55.86 54.81 53.46 51.84 49.42 48.69 49.77 44.96 32.35

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SPORT v District

Wooroora’s hat trick

Three associations (pictured above) came together at Burra Bowling Club on November 15 to play the annual Region 8 Lower North Interassociation match.

Wooroora Association were winners of the day.

Twenty-four women represented each of the Northern Light, Hutt & Hill and Wooroora associations.

The weather was warm and humid and the bowling was good - and old friends had a chance to catch up.

The Burra ladies were great hosts

and all bowlers were thankful for their hospitality.

The selection for teams seems to be the right process - each club submits their best team, the women are compatible and skippers know their bowlers. If a club has trouble getting a good team, the selector will then pick bowlers to slot in.

This has rewarded Wooroora with wins the last three years. Congratulations to all bowlers on a job well done.

– Gwenda Cheek, Region 8 manager

Fun Bowls Day raises needed funds

Jim Goodfellow (second left) of Saddleworth Bowling Club, with Bowls Day organisers (from left) Lions John and Marian Lloyd and Frank Gorey.

The Lions Club of Gilbert Valley held a Fun Bowls Day at Saddleworth recently, to assist local resident Scott Tomlinson to finance a much needed spine operation.

Scott, who is now recovering from the successful procedure carried out by a

Sydney surgeon, is expected to recover to full health.

The Bowls Day was well supported by both professional and amateur bowlers from throughout the Gilbert Valley, and about $1,500 was raised.

Prizes for successful bowlers, raffles and wines

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for auction, were donated by the Lions Club, Tarlee Hotel, Trevor and Leanne Wright and other local businesses.

The bowls tournament was won by a Saddleworth team, consisting of Trish and John Ritchie, Carmel Noble and John Shephard.

Star struck

FORMER Balaklava basketballer, Olivia Thompson was lucky enough to meet Miami Heat’s Dwyane Wade when he headed 'down under' recently, joining some famous Aussie athletes, including surfer Laura Enever and swimmer Geoff Huegill, for a game of three-on-three to help launch the new G Series by Gatorade.

The athletes tested their skills on the Cook + Phillip Leisure Centre basketball court in Sydney.

Joined on the court by Wests Tiger's Lote Tuqiri and Australian netball champion Mo'onia Gerrard, the six athletes played together in a game of three-on-three against a mixed team of Under 18 elite players.

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Balaklava Christmas Fair raffle winners : Je Smith; B Barr; J Hilzinger; L Enman; C Blackwell; M Shepherd; R Nankivell; J Steward; H Barry; Ja Smith; J Evans; V Barry; M Webber; T Schmeel; R Arikawe; K Loy.

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ROAD CLOSURE Old Port Wakefield Road, Two Wells

Pursuant to Section 33 of the Road Traffic Act 1961, the District Council of Mallala authorises the closure of Old Port Wakefield Road, Two Wells between Gawler Road and Drew Street from 4:30pm to 9:30pm on Friday 16 December 2011 for the Two Wells Christmas Street Parade and Party.

CASH for cans and bottles, Owen Recycling - 18 Railway Terrace, Owen.

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SAILPLANE flights. The Balaklava Gliding Club has $90 gift vouchers available for passenger flights any weekend from their airfield 10km north west of Balaklava on main Snowtown road. Bookings 8864 5062.

garage saleS

balaklava - 27 Harris Street. 26/11/11, lots of Xmas gifts. 8.30am - 4pm.

mallala - Saturday November 26, 9am start, 20 Redbanks Road Mallala.

Toys, furniture, bric-a-brac.

Mallala - Farm house full of furniture. Books, bric-abrac, horse gear, wagon wheel, lots more, must sell.

26 and 27 November lot 921 Dublin Road, Mallala.

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Youth United begins again

that the roadway currently named Devon Road adjacent CT 5195/33, Lot 29 D039535 to CT 5195/34, Lot 30 D039535, Hundred of Port Gawler be renamed Devon North Road. that the roadway currently named Old Port Wakefield Road, Dublin, adjacent CT 5438/536, Section 239 H140400 to CT5452/644, Section 236 H140400 Hundred of Dublin be renamed Sanders Avenue.

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January 16, 18, 20, 23, 25, 27, 2012  A great program for children aged 6 months - 4 years with a qualified instructor  Also qualified in teaching children with special needs within the classes  Registration day: Wednesday December 7, 2011, 9am 12noon at Uniting Church Hall  Registrations close Friday December 9, 2011

Charles Mansueto Chief Executive Officer

All vehicles exceeding 5 tonne will be required to detour the township via Mallala Road, Gawler Road, Brooks Road or Hayman Road as Drew Street has a 5 tonne load limit (emergency vehicles, buses, council vehicles and service vehicles exempt).

Participants of the Christmas Street Parade and Party are exempt of all road rules relating to pedestrian behaviour during the time frames of the road closure. For more details contact District Council of Mallala (08) 8527 0200.

Charles Mansueto Chief Executive Officer

For more information please contact Jodi 8862 1803 or Angela 8862 1750 or email waterawareness@hotmail.com to receive forms electronically

AVON CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL Sat 26, Sun 27 November Sat 3, Sun 4 December 11am – 4pm Entry $2. Avon Hall, Avon ✴ Creative Christmas Tree Displays ✴ Handmade decorations and Christmas Scenes ✴ Country Crafts and Arts ✴ Trading table ✴ A Christmas Wonderland Display suitable for all ages

For more info phone 8867 1127

RENAMING OF ROADS

Melanie Evans 0427 796 970 Lee Cunningham 0429 621 143

Balaklava Swimming Pool

Water Awareness for infants & toddlers

Ph Jillian 8862 1016

Youth United is a venture of the Balaklava Christian Churches

2pm at the Golf Club

for rent

henley Beach, unit for rent, 2 bedroom, air-con, one street from the beach. $245/wk. Phone Michael at Hookers 8355-6222.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Council at its meeting held on Monday, 24 October 2011, resolved to adopt the following road names:

• 5.30 pm - 7 pm fortnightly • Small groups • Worship time

Sunday November 27

whitford, Linda. Three years have passed.

Thoughts of what might have been. Only you know of tears shed. Miss your presence everyday. Your son Billy, Mum and Dad and sister Sandra.

Mon Nov 28

at Balaklava Uniting Church Hall (Edith Terrace, Balaklava)

History Book Launch

In memoriam

DOG Training Club

Thursday November 24

Balaklava Golf Reunion &

Hawke, Marlene Ann 3/7/38 – 20/11/2010. One year has passed.

Sad are the hearts that love you, Silent are the tears that fall, living our lives without you, is the hardest part of all. The loneliness without you is here every day.

Beloved Marlene in 1956 you captivated my heart the moment I saw you.

How could I not love you forever. Don, Stephen, Graeme and families.

Balaklava

6.30pm at Ralli Park • Xmas Break-Up & Fun Night • All members & family welcome • Tea provided RSVP by Nov 24, 2011

Coming Events

90th birthday

bishop, Ethel Mi - 90 on Sunday Nov 27. All the best from Herb and family.

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for sale

Caravan 17’ Majestic Tourer, poptop, 2005, excellent condition.

Electric brake, reg YGG 584, new annex, rollout awning, new TV/DVD, towing mirrors, van towing levellers. Always kept under cover. $21,950.

Phone 8862 2061 or 0421 389 885.

Twilight Golf It’s Back!

Resumes Thursday Oct 20

WIN a bottle of Baker’s Springs Wines

DEFENCE PROOF & EXPERIMENTAL ESTABLISHMENT PORT WAKEFIELD: LIVE FIRING RANGE WARNING NOTICE Test and evaluation activities involving static firings and/or firings of naval and artillery weapons are conducted at the Proof and Experimental Establishment Port Wakefield throughout the year. The Proof and Experimental Establishment Port Wakefield is a vital Defence test and evaluation capability that has supported Defence since 1929.

These firings may require specific tidal or weather conditions, and are critical for the safety of current and new Defence capabilities. Members of the public may notice noise, vibration, flashes and/or smoke during the testing. There is no risk to the public outside of the gazetted Defence Practice Areas.

For reasons of public safety, there is a permanent exclusion zone covering land, sea and air around the Port Wakefield Establishment. Specific details on the Port Wakefield Prohibited Area can be obtained from Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No GN 26, 4 July 1990, and is shown on the diagram below.

Trespassing in this Area is strictly prohibited and very dangerous due to the presence of unexploded bombs. Any person found within the Prohibited Area or on Defence land will be subject to prosecution.

Specific test and evaluation activities may also require restricting public access to the Port Wakefield Defence Practice Areas over specific periods with these areas articulated in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. GN 40, 7 October 2007, and also identified on the diagram below. This may affect access to the Gulf of St Vincent at Port Wakefield and Port Parham.

If any member of the public has inquiries in relation to these activities please contact Proof & Experimental Establishment Port Wakefield – Range Control, on (08) 8867 0270 between 8.00am and 4.30pm weekdays or the Proof & Experimental Establishment Port Wakefield – Security Office, on (08) 8867 0299 outside these hours.

Thursdays, hit off 5 – 6pm Nine holes stableford $10 includes a BBQ Non-members welcome

Balaklava Golf Club Phone 0409 692 891 www.balaklavagolfclub.websyte.com.au

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Training will be supplied, but it is necessary for the right applicant to have: • Good computer skills (especially Microsoft office) • Bright and pleasant personality • Basic accounting knowledge • Payroll experience is an advantage • Self motivation and great time management skills • Adaptable to a wide range of work situations Knowledge of the racing industry is not required. Work and training will begin part time in December, with full time work commencing from February to September.

There will be an opportunity to continue part time from October.

If you love life, are looking for a diverse, interesting job and want to be involved in planning the largest annual country event ‘Balaklava Cup’ we look forward to receiving your application!

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Advert Deadline Monday 5pm

P.B Thompson

• Well located property with advanced farming practices & management • Slightly undulating farming land with sandy loam soils.

• Area generally regarded as 350mm 375mm • Easily managed with large paddocks suited to variety of cropping enterprises • Attractive four bedroom family home • 2 large machinery sheds, plus sundry shedding.

The property has been held in the Gill family for nearly 40 years and is available for sale due to new property purchase Expression of Interest closing 11am 16/12/11 Geoff Schell 0418 842 421 Daniel Schell 0415 436 379

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7169sqm of development potential in exciting ‘Wattle Ridge’ Estate. Excellent development site with relatively flat land. New quality homes in immediate surrounding area. Power and water on the boundary. Proposed plans available to prospective purchasers.

The bank says it is time to sell, don’t delay on this prime residential land!

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ML Jaeschke and Co is seeking an experienced broiler farm worker who could assist a manager.

The position is part time casual including some weekend work. ML Jaeschke and Co has been operating four broiler sheds located at Hill River near Clare, SA for three years. This may suit a semi retiree.

Auction: December 1, 11am at Balaklava Town Hall

Contact: Daniel Schell 0415 436 379 or Geoff Schell 0418 842 421 RLA205501

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Lot 1 Chandler Road Estate of G.L.D. Siviour

Top location only 1 hrs drive to Adelaide. Room to move with 4 acres of fertile flat land ideal for horse enthusiast or children’s recreation. A well presented 3 bedroom hardi-plank home featuring a spacious lounge with s/c heating & rev cycle a/c, kitchen/dine area, W.I.P., tiled bathroom, laundry and separate toilet, rear veranda overlooking established orchard, double garage & stone outbuildings. Rainwater & mains water connected.

Priced to Sell @ $140,000 - $150,000

Elders Real Estate Clare - 8842 2998 Rob Stephens 0407 715 862 Public Notice - Section 7 The vendor's statement relating to matters affecting the advertised properties in this publication may be inspected at the agent's office three business days prior to auction or at the place of auction 30 minutes before sale.

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Large Block of Land 1898m2

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• Frontage 37.7m • Excellent location • Level block • Bitumen street • Main water connected • Great vale

BALAKLAVA/AVON $423,900 • Modern 4 bed brick veneer home with many outstanding features.

• Ranch style with formal lounge, large open plan family/dining living area • Timber kitchen with great work area, cupboards & dishwasher.

• BIR to 3, WIR & ensuite to main • Large laundry, auto vacsystem & separate study.

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BALAKLAVA $209,900 • 4 bed stone home on 2.5 acres • Lounge, country style kitchen/ dine with original cupboards.

• A unique sunken cellar/studio & games room • Stone workshop & car shed with horse stables, round yard & 3 horse yards • Property subject to a HI Order

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Properties sold in the last month

PROPERTIES SOLD IN THE LAST MONTH SOLD

Hentschke Drive, Clare

SOLD

Kurrang Avenue, Clare

West Road, Auburn

SOLD

• Outside has large front & back lawn area, fenced & numerous shedding

BALAKLAVA $235,000 • 3 bedroom double brick family home • Stunning renovated kitchen/ dine, lounge with period glass doors • Rear sun room, low maint. garden & rainwater plumbed to house • 2 garages & corner block

SOLD

Mt Pleasant Rd, Burra

Pattullo Avenue, Clare SOLD

SOLD

BALAKLAVA $349,000 • Kick back on the front deck of this beautifully presented 4 bedroom home.

• 4 year old home on approx 5 acres • Spacious open plan living, 2 bathrooms & a study • Outdoor entertaining space & secure rear yard

Young Street, Burra

Penwortham

SOLD

SOLD

Hicks Road, Armagh

Charles Street, Blyth

SOLD

SOLD

Essington Ave, Clare

Moore St, Blyth

SOLD

SOLD

Melrose Avenue, Clare

Ludgvan St, Burra

Address: 190 Main North Road, Clare SA 5453 | P: 8842 1154 | F: 8842 1273 | E: office@midnorthrealestate.com.au |

Contact us today to arrange an inspection. Your property may suit them.

$230,000

Stanley Place, Clare

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Balaklava 12 Higham Ave

$189,000

Vacant Land

Wattle Ridge Estate Stage 2

• 9 lots remaining • Wide frontages • Sizes: 527m2 to 1,057m2 • Price range $68,950 to $92,950

rental properties Aval.

• 42 Edward St, Pt Wakefield, $250 per week

Balaklava Only $219,000

2 Virgo Terrace

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• 3 Bedrooms • Large Lounge • Close to schools • Semi Modern Kitchen • Workshop • Established gardens • Semi Automatic watering system

Balaklava $195,000

17 Whitwarta Rd

3 Bedroom Double Brick Home

This lovely home consists of 3 bedrooms, large dine in kitchen and a separate carpeted lounge with reverse cycle air conditioner. The bedrooms are also carpeted and feature ceiling fans and a roller shutter on the main bedroom window for extra security and shade. The bathroom is fully tiled with a corner vanity and the roomy laundry is also tiled and has bonus storage cupboards.

A shady pergola is a feature of the back yard as well as the low maintenance Very well presented home on a parking and access to the house and the garden.

The carport provides easy hugeat1012m2 shed the rear block. has convenient power making it ideal for a workshop. Situated •inThree bedroomafter •location 2 GardenofSheds the sought Walsh Street on a large corner block, this home • Large office • Modern kitchen all buyers. Inspections can be arranged by appointment with our office.

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Balaklava $195,000

17 Whitwarta Rd

Affordable home & it’s brand new never lived in

Everything is brand new from the electric stove to the floor coverings and the window treatments. The all new kitchen will be a joy to work in plus, the handy breakfast bar provides extra seating for casual meals.

The home has two great sized double bedrooms complete with built in robes and the fully tiled bathroom is surprisingly large. The home is set on approximately 830m2 in an easy care garden setting and the Very well presented on a outbuildings includehome an attached carport and a separate car garage huge 1012m2 block. floor and power is connected. All of this is topped that has a concrete • Three • 2 Garden Sheds off bybedroom the very realistic price that would be virtually impossible to beat.

• Large office • Modern kitchen Contact us today for an inspection to appreciate the value in this home.

• Double garage

Pt Wakefield $285,000

21 Company Street

Superbly renovated & set on 1021m2 • Stone home • Huge block • New Kitchen • Luxurious spa bath • Updated bathroom • Three bedroom • Shed

Tania & Peter Butterfield Mobile: 0417 884 877 Office: 08 8862 2172 Fax: 08 8862 1280 www.butterfieldagencies.com.au

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ORDER NOW! Avoid getting caught up in the last minute Christmas rush Handmade on the premises 3 Gingerbread Houses 3 Christmas Biscuits 3 Cookie Bouquets 3 Gift Baskets 3 Gift Vouchers 3 Christmas Cakes 3 Catering

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Closing Down Sale

Christmas shopping at Bargain prices • Now open from 9.30am • Last trading day December 24 • Closed December 1 & 2

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Draw closes: Friday December 9. Winners will be contacted by phone & results published in the Plains Producer December 14 edition.

Conditions: Each business participating on this page has donated a voucher to the value of $50 to be spent in store by January 31, 2012. One winning entry will be drawn from each of the 16 boxes placed in the participating stores. Entrants must make a purchase from one or more of these stores to be eligible to enter the draw. Vouchers only apply to the stores bearing their names. Vouchers cannot be redeemed for cash. No refunds or change will be given. Good luck

Plains Producer, Wednesday November 23, 2011