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Volume 14, Wednesday, June 28, 2017
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DEVILS AT HEART: Three generations of Olympic Dam Sporting Club preparing for its 30th birthday celebrations at the weekend (from left) life member Tony Richter with grandchildren Arley McKenna, Lando and Sirra Montgomerie, current football player Stuart Clark, and life members Merv Rogers and Sandy Richter.
30 years of history
WRITTEN BY EMMA ZIRKEL
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elebrations were in full swing as Olympic Dam Sporting Club (ODSC) rung in 30 years of history at the weekend.
Past and present players, life members and club supporters commemorated the club’s proud legacy, built on foundations of dedication, comradery and the hard work of members. Sandy and Tony Richter, along with Merv Rogers, are ODSC life members and have helped shape the club from its early years in the late 1980’s to what it is today.
Between them, Mr and Mrs Richter have worn just about every hat available to members of a sporting club in the Far North Football League. While Mrs Richter hasn’t donned the green and gold as a player, her dedication and involvement has been integral to the spirit of the club. “I was on the committee for well over ten years,” she said. “I used to sell lots and lots of raffles, (and) I ran water for the footy club for nearly ten years.” Mr Richter, a former player of the club, has also contributed a significant amount of volunteer time to the club as a league delegate, president,
was a mail medal winner in 1990 and reached the milestone of playing 150 games for the club. And Mr Rogers, a member of the club since 1988, has played for the football team, been a patron, a committee member and vice-president. “The club is a big part of our lives up here,” he said. “My family’s life too. “My son Daniel was also a winner of the mail medal.” As a club ODSC has won 13 football premierships in its time, with Mr Richter having played in six of those. According to the trio, winning the grand finals provided them with some of the best memories of their
time with the club. “We would celebrate for three days,” Mrs Richter said. “The after parties were unbelievable.” In the early days of the club, members and players would go to the camp one (now known as Olympic Village) bar, which was brought over to where the clubrooms are now sited and provided the foundation for the building which has stood for almost 20 years at Olympic Dam. “It would’ve taken us about a season from “whoa to go” in terms of actually constructing the clubrooms,” Mr Rogers said. “It used to just be a sand hill here
and then we built the ATCO shed,” Mr Richter added. Mrs Richter credits the club for being the reason she has stayed in Roxby Downs all these years. “In the early days if it wasn’t for the football and the club I don’t think I could have stayed, but I’ve developed such close ties with it,” she said. “Everyone lived for the footy,” Mr Rogers added. “It’s all we did back in the day. “The comradery started even before OD came about when we would go to Woomera to play football and then go to the Eldo pub after.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 2