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Wednesday, September 18, 2013
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What’s the score? FOOTBALL AND NETBALL GRAND FINAL TEAMS, PLUS PREVIEWS, PAGES 14-18 DRIVE SAFELY
Brett and Andrew Sharman, whose family are club sponsors, with the new scoreboard in the background. – PICTURE Lisa Redpath.
Footy goes ‘high tech’ with new scoreboard for grand finals A BRAND new digital scoreboard will be used for the first time at this weekend’s APFL grand final at Long Plains. United Football Club president, Kelvin Gameau, said a digital scoreboard had been on the wish list for some time. “It was something we’ve talked about as a committee for quite a few years,” he said. “We priced a couple and as we’re hosting
Les Pearson reports: the grand final this year, we thought this year was probably the one to grab one.” As there were only two other digital scoreboards in the state, the club sent a handful of members to Adelaide to see one in action and they were suitably impressed.
The 1.9 x 2.35m scoreboard will be operated from the clubhouse side of the oval, using a computer program specifically designed to keep football scores. A time clock could also be displayed, although Kelvin indicated it would probably count up, as opposed to counting down. “The other day, we had it set up with a mock scoreboard and we were adding goals
Crop that! Plains awash after heavy rain HEAVY recent rains could possibly affect the Lower North district, poised to record a superb grain yield in what is being billed as potentially the third largest harvest on record at about 8.7 million tonnes statewide. Waterlogging of crops is the primary concern, which has already been an issue in a number of
areas around the state. According to the Bureau of Meteorology, falls of between 18mm in Brinkworth, to more than 40mm in Balaklava, Hoyleton and Auburn, were recorded in the seven days up to Tuesday morning. Rain has not impacted greatly on hay crops, with only small amounts cut.
The latest Crop and Pasture Report released by Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA), says total production looks to be just shy of previous records from 2001-02 (9.36 million tonnes) and the largest, in 2010-11 (10.34 million tonnes). n Continued Page 2
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with little electronic animations, so you can pretty much put what you like on it,” Kelvin said. “I was extremely impressed by it and it certainly exceeded my expectations. “I think it might be a talking point on grand final day.” Club sponsor, Sharmans, purchased the scoreboard, which the club now leases.
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