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The splashpad reopened on Saturday 30 September, and Roxbylink’s General Manager Tony Weir said they’re already seeing a lot of people using the facilities. “The temperature wasn’t all that high on Saturday, but we had fairly good visitation,” he said. “It’s very different to a pool opening because normally the pool is usually cold – and it is a bit cold at the moment – but the splashpad gives you another option where the water isn’t as cold because the equipment takes some of the chill out of the water. “Normally at this time of the year we’d have roughly ten people in the pool, and we have had upwards of 50-60 throughout the day using the splashpad.” The splashpad first opened briefly from this year’s Australia Day until late February, but the site was closed during winter so that further work could be carried out to make the venue usable throughout the whole year. “There were a lot of small jobs that needed to be done,” Mr Weir said. “There was some tiling that needed to be done and some concreting work, and we’ve installed a fence to go around the main pool that’s removable during the winter so that hopefully the area can be set up as a park. “It will virtually be a park that’s open from 9am-5pm and people will be able to go there and have a barbecue throughout the day.” The amenities block has also been completed, which includes a baby change room. Mr Weir is confident the splashpad will continue to be a popular choice for families throughout the warmer months. “The kids love it, and it’s something they’ll run around in for about an hour or so and enjoy it and that’s not necessarily the case with the pool. “And there’s plenty of shade in the area, but it moves so it’s just a matter of moving your gear and following the shade.” According to Mr Weir, the other advantage of the splashpad is that it’s safe. “We still have to make sure people aren’t running and that sort of thing; it is still important that the kids play safely. The splashpad will be open during the school holidays from 10am-8pm, and 3.308pm during the school term. Entry is $6 per adult and $5 child. SPLASHPAD FUN IN THE SUN School holidays and warm weather saw plenty of locals using the recently opened Splashpad.
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Senior Sergeant First Class Steve Griggs said around ten drivers have been caught drink driving in the last fortnight, including five last week. On Thursday, a 25 year old male from Adelaide returned a 0.79 reading in a random breath test, while on Friday evening another driver blew 0.75. Later on Friday night, a male driver returned a reading of 1.61. His car was impounded and he
was handed a 12 month instant loss of licence. On Saturday night, a 22 year old Roxby Downs male was issued a six month instant loss of licence after returning a reading of 0.138, and on Sunday evening a 55 year old Adelaide male blew 0.58 in a random breath test. “We urge people that if they are going to enjoy a few drinks, please don’t drive a car,” Snr Sgt Griggs said. Meanwhile a 24 year old male from Queensland was arrested on Saturday evening for disorderly behaviour after a disturbance at Roxby Club. He has been bailed to appear in court at a later date and was issued a 72 hour barring order from the venue.
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Roxby Downs Early Learning Centre, Roxby Downs Kindergarten, Roxby Downs Childcare Centre, St Barbara’s Parish School, Andamooka Area School and Woomera Area School have each received a $500 grant to sign up to the program and purchase seedling and equipment. The program aims to educate students on how to grow, harvest, and create their own fresh food.
Time for Wellbeing’s project coordinator Angela Lafferty said there were a number of reasons why she wanted to see local education sites sign up. “From Time for Wellbeing’s perspective, early childhood development is important so that’s why we looked at [the kitchen garden program],” she said. “It’s for the children so that they learn about wellbeing and putting food together, and learn that things don’t just come out of packaging and cardboard boxes.” Roxby Downs Early Learning Centre (RDELC) started working on their kitchen garden during winter. Currently the garden has herbs and vegetables including spinach
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and beetroot, as well as a worm farm and compost. Children at the RDELC recently used some of the garden’s herbs in their afternoon tea and they’re looking forward to harvesting their first beetroot crop. Director Beth Frankish can see that the children are having fun while they’re learning. “They really do enjoy it. “Now that it’s warming up we are watering every day, and the kids follow [my colleague] Mena ka in a line and water the garden. “The worms are amazing; [the children] are really looking after them by watering and feeding them about every second day.” Mrs Frankish said
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n the lead up to next month’s Remembrance Day, the Roxby Downs War Memorial has been vandalised.
Last week, council workers discovered that sections of the rosemary bush surrounding the memorial had been jumped on and pulled out. Sue Bowskill, supervisor for Outback Landscaping which is contracted to do work for Roxby Council, was angry when she saw the damage. “Some people just have no respect,” she said. “Most of our ancestors –grandfathers and great grandfathers - would have been in the war, and people need to be a bit more responsible. “What about having some pride in our town?” Mrs Bowskill said while this isn’t the first time the rosemary has been targeted, it’s particularly disappointing given Remembrance Day is only one month away. “It’s been happening for years, and you come in and fix it up and then it happens again,” she said. “This is going to take a long time to grow back – months and months – so it won’t be grown back in time for Remembrance Day.” Vice president of the Roxby Downs and Andamooka Returned Services League (RSL) Sub-branch Vicki Harris echoed Mrs Bowskill’s disappointment when she saw the vandalism,
describing it as “disgusting and disgraceful”. “This site means a lot to a lot of people in Roxby Downs,” she said. “We’ve got our memorial here that says ‘soldiers, lest we forget’, so it’s obvious what the garden is for. “We have a very important day of the year coming up and our shrubs normally look beautiful, and now they won’t.” Mrs Harris said the resulting damage to the rosemary was the worst she’d seen at the local memorial, and doesn’t understand why vandals would target the site. “This whole area is sacred, it signifies why we live here,” she said. “As the plaque says, people gave the ultimate sacrifice so that we could live here in this free society. “I don’t understand why people would get pleasure out of doing something like this.” Mrs Bowskill said her and team will try and “pretty [the rosemary] up as much as we can” over the next four weeks. “We’ll tie it up with steaks, pull it back and prune it, and do it that way so that we can have it looking half decent for Remembrance Day. “This is supposed to be a tight community and we are supposed to look after what we’ve got. “People need to be more aware and more respectful, because we are lucky with what we’ve got in this town.”
Sue Bowskill holding some of the damaged rosemary bush at the Roxby Downs War Memorial.
Farina restoration the people’s choice
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he Farina Restoration Group won the People’s Choice Award at last week’s Brand South Australia’s 2017 Regional Showcase.
The Regional Showcase program acknowledges individuals, groups and businesses that have made a contribution to the State’s regional areas. Farina Restoration Group member Martin
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MacLennan travelled to Whyalla for Friday night’s awards, and was surprised to find out they’d won. “It was a really good night, and a nice surprise that it was a state award and not just a regional award,” he said. “It was nice to receive the recognition, and hopefully people can see what we’ve achieved. “It’s great for the group to be acknowledged and it enables the volunteers to see that their
work is valued.” Mr MacLennan was particularly pleased that his group won the People’s Choice Award. “It definitely is special; the number of people who obviously appreciate [Farina] is great. “We are thankful for their support.” Mr MacLennan plans on displaying the award in the newly completed replica of Farina’s Patterson House. The Farina Restoration Group was formed
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in 2008 and has since been working to restore the town, which was founded in the 1870’s, to “reflect its past and ensure that it is retained in the history of the Australian outback.” Each year the group plans for eight weeks of restoration work which is completed with the help of volunteers. To find out more, or to provide feedback or suggestions on the group’s work, head to http://www.farinarestoration.com
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Chad’s foodbank donation I n the lead up to Christmas, a generous donation from a BHP Olympic Dam team member to Foodbank South Australia will provide 50,000 meals to South Australians in need.
At BHP’s recent Health, Safety, Environment and Community (HSEC) Awards, Chad Menzies, Lead Community at BHP Olympic Dam, took out the community category for his involvement with the locally based Mining Minds: Building Our Community project. The win came with a US$20,000 donation to a charity of Mr Menzies’s choice, which was Foodbank SA. Mr Menzies chose Foodbank SA knowing the money would be used to support those in the community who need it the most. “I recently assisted at a popup event run by Foodbank, with a number of my BHP colleagues,” he said. “Helping to get food to those in need was incredibly rewarding, however it was the time spent talking to many of the people and families that gave me the greatest insight into the importance of this work. “People were there for many different reasons, though all
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Each Thursday morning, The Monitor’s Amanda Astri will join RoxFM’s station manager Jordan Curtis to discuss what’s made it into the latest edition of the newspaper. There’ll also be some great music related to the stories and the latest news headlines. Mr Curtis is excited to have The News Stand back on the airwaves. “The News Stand is an opportunity for The Monitor to promote their newspaper while keeping RoxFM’s listeners informed about what’s happening in their community,” he said. “Being the only two media outlets in Roxby Downs, it really does makes sense that we’d team up, and I’ve been enjoying getting on air with Amanda each week - even if it is at 9am in the morning!” Join Jordan and Amanda each Thursday from 9-10am by listening to 105.5 RoxFM, or stream the program live at www.roxfm.com.au
Chad Menzies (right) with Jamie King supporting Foodbank.
of them spoke of how grateful they were to Foodbank for their support.” CEO Foodbank South Australia Greg Pattinson said they were humbled and grateful for the donation. “This donation will be very welcome in the lead up to
Christmas” said Mr Pattinson. “On behalf of the staff and volunteers of Foodbank SA, I would like to thank BHP Olympic Dam and especially Chad, for this donation. “Foodbank relies on the support of our corporate partners to enable us to ful-
fil our mission of sourcing and distributing good food to people in need around South Australia.” Mr Menzies’s donation strengthens the partnership between BHP Olympic Dam and Foodbank SA, which is now in its third year.
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here is a new officer in charge at the Roxby Downs Police Station
Senior Sergeant First Class Steve Griggs has moved to town from Port Pirie, where he has spent the last 15 years working as a patrol and highway patrol sergeant. He has spent a lot of time working in rural areas with small police stations, including Woomera and Kalangadoo. Snr Sgt Griggs started his new job on 29 September, and said he’s looking forward to the challenge. “I’d been doing my previous job for quite some time and it was time for a change,” he said. “I like this part of the state; I worked out at Woomera in the 1990s and enjoyed my time there so I’m quite familiar with this type of area and the policing that goes with it. “It’s a difference type of policing
Senior Sergeant First Class Steve Griggs is Roxby Downs’ new officer in charge.
in the country, with much more of a community focus and community involvement.” Snr Sgt Griggs has spent a lot of time in traffic policing and intends on using those skills in his new posting. “Traffic policing is a pretty important part of policing, particularly on country roads where we have more fatal and serious injury crashes than in the metros,” he said. “I still have an interest in promoting traffic safety and traffic policing. “It’s already a big part of the policing up here from the existing members, and it will be something I continue to focus on and encourage.” Snr Sgt Griggs has been in the police force for 32 years, and while the work can be challenging, it’s also satisfying. “It’s one of those jobs where
you do get to impact on people’s lives often when they are in a crisis,” he said. “You get to help people, get involved in the community and the reward for that is a big part of the job. “And the variety; you don’t know what you’re going to get from one day to the next.” While he doesn’t see the need for any huge changes to the local police force’s operations, one thing Snr Sgt Griggs is looking at doing more of is drug testing drivers. “I [drug tested drivers] for six years, and we are looking at introducing that into our role up here as soon as we can. “There might be a bit of a need for that and is one area where there is a potential for change.” Snr Sgt Griggs sees himself in his new role for at least two to five years.
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This is the seventh year of the event which raises money for the National Breast Cancer Foundation. Organiser Ann Shields told The Monitor last week they have 11 teams registered, but she’s keen to see more enter. “You don’t have to play golf, it’s just a fun day raising money for breast cancer,” she said. “Dress up in pink, buy a caddie for the day and have a good time.” There’ll be a number of prizes handed out on the day including best dressed team, and there will also be a raffle draw and auction with mystery prizes.
The Roxby District Rotary Club will be cooking breakfast in the morning, and the Think Pink committee will provide lunch. In previous years, participants have raised $10,000, and Mrs Shields would love to see that happen again this year. The Think Pink Ladies Golf Day is on at the Roxby Downs Golf Club on October 14. Only 20 teams are able to sign up. For more information or to enter a team, contact Mrs Shields on adshields@bigpond.com Register your team by Friday 13 October.
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How connected are you really?
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e all know that too much alcohol isn’t a good idea, but many of us enjoy a drink with our mates after work, at dinner with family or at a party with friends.
According to the Roxby Community Health Partnership (Time for Wellbeing), it’s about making sure we don’t overdo it. Too much alcohol over a lifetime increases the risk of heart disease, liver disease, cancer and more. Too much alcohol short-term just doesn’t make you feel good. So how much is too much? Well, of course it varies greatly from person to person, but you’ve probably heard the medical recommendation that we drink no more than two standard drinks a day — but how big is a standard drink anyway? Unfortunately, not as big as most of us think! Beer — 280ml (just over a cupful) Wine — 100ml (less than half a cup) Spirits — 30ml (two tablespoons). If you’re thinking about cutting down, there are a few ways you could go. Maybe it’s about planning two AFDs
(Alcohol Free Days) a week and on those days, have a non-alcoholic spritzer as a refreshing alternative. Maybe it’s simply making sure that you alternate an alcoholic drink with water or a soft drink whenever you do drink. If alcohol helps you relax after a stress-filled day, why not try out some other proven stress-busting options occasionally, such as a massage, a relaxing bath, Staying connected with family and friends via social media is great — but connecting through a screen can have its limitations. Research shows there’s absolutely no substitute for real face to face contact. In fact, a new article in the Harvard Business Review says that in spite of our increasing connectedness, society is seeing rising levels of loneliness. We human beings are tribal creatures. We’ve been designed to live in close communities and interact with others every day, in real life, face to face. In this busy, highly technologically-advanced world that we have created, getting enough social interaction can sometimes be a real chal-
lenge. It’s now possible to outsource jobs, chores, shopping and more, quite easily through your screens. All while being safely cocooned in your home, in your workplace or in your car. Many of us are starting to realise that connectivity is not really the same thing as being connected. But getting more social interaction doesn’t need to take a lot of time or effort. Whether it’s organising a coffee with a friend, kicking around a footy with your mates or inviting your family or friends over for a BBQ or out to dinner, real social interaction is critical to our ongoing psychological health. Lots of ways to get involved Locally, you’ll find lots of ways to get involved in our community. As well as loads of sporting clubs and community groups, there are also local Community Boards and committees who are always keen for new volunteers. Here are just some of the groups that are active in our area: Roxbylink Roxby Council Time for Wellbeing
Mining Minds Strengthening our Families Andamooka Yacht Club APOMA Family Forum, Multicultural Forum, Environment Forum and other Community Board Forums For more information, check out their websites and facebook pages. For community wellbeing resources visit Angela Lafferty at the Community Health Partnership in Richardson Place. the dog, a gym session, or kicking the footy around with the kids? Changing long-term habits can be challenging but there are a lot of great resources available to help you. For more information visit SA Health’s ‘Healthy Living’ page www.sahealth.sa.gov.au or www.hellosundaymorning. org to download their very handy app. For community wellbeing resources visit Angela Lafferty at the Community Health Partnership in Richardson Place, Roxby Downs.
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Community Calendar OCTOBER 14 - ‘Think Pink’ Golf Day 14 - A21 Walk for Freedom 28 - RFDS Bogan Bingo fundraiser, 7pm at the Roxby Downs Tavern. 28 - RDAS Parents & Friends Halloween Disco (over 18s), 7.30pm, RDAS school hall 29 - Arid Recovery leatherwork workshop (session 1 of 2), bookings essential to admin@ aridrecovery.org.au NOVEMBER 5 - Arid Recovery leatherwork workshop (session 2 of 2) 18 - RDAS Twilight Market (final market for 2017) 25 - Roxby Downs Community Christmas Carols DECEMBER 2 - Roxby Downs Community Christmas Pageant.
To add your event to the calendar, email editor@themonitor.com.au or phone 8671 2683. The Community Calendar is restricted to the basic details of an event (what, where, when).
Little Lizards Does your child love celebrating birthdays? The Monitor has started up a Little Lizards section where it gives a shoutout to local kids enjoying birthdays, with one child selected to have their photo appear in the paper as well. To participate send your name and contact phone number, along with your child’s name and date of birth, to editor@themonitor.com.au, phone 8671 2683, drop it in to our Richardson Place office or mail it to PO Box 72, Roxby Downs SA 5725.
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new ecologist has recently joined the Arid Recovery team.
Georgie Neave is originally from southeast Queensland and has spent the last six years working with the Victoria state government’s environment department. While she loved her former job working in fox control and fauna conservation, Miss Neave was ready for a change. “Most recently I was living in Portland in the far southwest corner of Victoria and it rained every second day,” she said. “I did my Honours [university] project in far north Queensland in the desert, so desert ecosystems really intrigue me. “Arid Recovery is one of those places I used to hear spoken about at conferences, and I always thought ‘they sound like they do really interesting stuff out there’.” Miss Neave has been an ecolo-
gist for six years and said she always knew she would fall into this field of work. “The environment is kind of the only thing I was ever passionate about so it kind of made sense,” she said. “I always had a botanical love, and only since being in Portland have I been working with fauna in the zoology world, and that’s been a really nice mix up and has filled in pieces of the puzzle for me. “I love to be outside doing field work and observing all the amazing things that happen in nature.” In the five weeks since she started with Arid Recovery, Miss Neave has been doing vegetation monitoring, spotlighting, and hosting spotlighting tours. She described her job as “the maintenance” of the organisation. “It’s kind of implementing all of Arid Recovery’s monitoring programs that we do,” she said.
“There’s research and there’s monitoring going on; the monitoring is the year-to-year tracking of the progress ecosystems, the annual trapping of bettong to get an estimation of the abundance of all our re-introduced species, and then we do vegetation monitoring and feral incursion monitoring. “So it’s kind of coordinating all of that, managing those databases and writing up the results from all of our work.” Miss Neave hopes to become a better ecologist through her work with Arid Recovery. “I guess from this work I’m really keen to develop my data analysis and scientific writing skills. “[Arid Recovery] would love to re-introduce western quolls into the reserve, so hopefully in the next three years we can do that. “To be a part of that re-introduction plan from start to finish would be cool.”
Arid Recovery’s new ecologist Georgie Neave.
Walk for Freedom happening this weekend A Participants walking silently in last year’s local Walk for Freedom.
walk aiming to raise awareness of the prevalence of slavery will take place in Roxby Downs this Saturday morning.
Not-for-profit organisation A21’s Walk For Freedom is an annual, global campaign that aims to get people thinking about the victims of slavery and human trafficking around the world. Local woman Hayley Scrivens is organising a walk in Roxby Downs for a second year in a row, and hopes to see as many people as possible come out to support the cause. “A conservative estimate of 27 million people being trapped in slavery with only one percent ever being rescued means there’s millions of people dying in first world countries trapped in slavery as a result of human trafficking,” she said. “This is such a big problem and no charity can solve it, but if we don’t take responsibility by educating ourselves
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and raising awareness, it’s only going to get worse. “I would love to see slavery end in my lifetime, but if it doesn’t I want it to be something that’s solvable in my daughter’s lifetime, and I think that a lot of people feel like that.” The walk is a single file, protest march that aims to make a statement. Participants are asked to dress in all black. Ms Scrivens said there were around 40 people who took part in last year’s walk, and she’d love to see that many people again on Saturday. “We encourage as many people including children to come out and participate,” she said. “People can show up on the morning, or they can register for free online.” For more information on the Walk For Freedom, or to register for the Roxby Downs event, head to www.a21.org/walk
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he Roxby Downs Little Athletics Centre (RDLAC) has just two weeks to fill the four major vacant positions on its committee.
After holding its Annual General Meeting in early September, the roles of president, vice president, treasurer and secretary were left unfilled. Without a committee, the RDLAC will not be able to hold a 2017/18 season. Outgoing president Bec Nichols has been in touch with Little Athletics South Australia and is
putting out one final call for help. “If we don’t fill the positions by Sunday 22nd October then we will not continue with the season,” she said. “If we manage to pull a committee together in that time, we will have to delay the season, but if we can’t get it together I’ll have to inform Little Athletics SA that we will be non-operational for the 2017/18 season.” Nichols said she’s received a few expressions of interests in the treasurer and secretary positions, but without a president or vice-president, the season won’t
be able to go ahead which would be “disappointing”. “In our first year we had 80 kids, last year we had 40 odd kids, so there’s a lot of parents that could potentially put their hand up,” she said. “We’ve tried social media, word of mouth, and the media so we’ve covered a few bases to let people know what’s happening. “It’d be a bit of shame if it doesn’t work out.” If you’d like to join the RDLAC committee, email roxbylittleathletics@gmail.com
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he Roxby Downs Senior Basketball Association’s men’s and women’s summer competitions will get underway next week.
The men’s competition will start on Tuesday 17 October, followed by the women’s on Thursday 19 October. Speaking with The Monitor last week, President Caleb Grohs said he was surprised by how many teams look set to play, particularly in the men’s draw. “Last season we had six teams, but this season we are looking at over ten teams,” he said. “We might need to run the men’s comp over two nights but it will depend on final team numbers. “There should be five or six teams in the women’s comp. “The town is picking up a bit so there are more people around which has helped.”
Both competitions will run for ten weeks and will finish in the New Year. Grohs thinks it will be a strong competition. “I think there will be a good standard and competition in the men’s based on the team lists I’ve seen,” he said. “There’s a couple of women who really stand out in the women’s comp, but we’ve got some women’s teams who really want to win and others who just want to get out there and have a bit of a run around.” Grohs is hoping to see some junior basketballers step up into the senior competition. “One of our focuses is getting more people out on the court, and we are looking at getting some juniors into the seniors comp,” he said. “I’m looking forward to the competitions getting underway and seeing everyone out there.”
Todd Paull (left) defending a scoring attempt from Kiaran Dadleh in the last year’s summer basketball competition.
(From left) Sydney Kemp, Archie Faulkner and Lily Nelson participating in last year’s Little Athletics season.
Dixon boys compete at KTM Junior nationals WRITTEN BY TIM DIXON
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en and Sam Dixon had a blast at this year’s KTM Junior Nationals at Horsham in country Victoria.
Ben completed in the 9 – u12 years 85cc SW class. He raced well in the three heat races, putting a few competitors behind him in each race. Sam completed in the Division 2, 50cc 7 – u9 years class. Racing in the five moto’s, the little fellow did a great job on a sometimes rough and slippery track. It was a great experience for the Dixon Brothers racing with some of the fastest kids in the country at a well catered for premium Motocross Club like Horsham. This is the pinnacle of Australian Junior Motocross, and Ben and Sam where proud to be a part of this. The Junior Nationals is always a highlight of the year for the boys, who also travel around South Australia in the winter months competing in various motocross race meetings. The boys’ last race for the year is the Roxby Downs Motocross Club Night Meet in November.
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Ben Dixon (front) ahead of a race. INSET: Sam (left) and Ben Dixon.
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Around the grounds Stacey Dadleh on the green on Saturday.
Roger I’Anson batted well for OD.
Sebastian Griggs about to drive.
Jake Ford fielding a ball for the Miners.
Armando Maroma lines up his putt. Sanjay Sahni opened the batting for OD on Saturday.
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Sam Dixon (front) lining up for a race.
Glen Mungur sets up his drive.
OD captain Ben Vandeleur in action.
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Roxby Miners 7/167 defeated Olympic Dam 9/161
n a rematch from last year’s grand final, the Roxby Miners were able to extract revenge on the reigning premiers with a thrilling win with eight balls to spare.
New Olympic Dam co-captain Brendan Hill won the toss and elected to bat with new combination Sanjay Sahni and Colby Caldwell opening up for the Devils. An unfortunate run out and a peach from Parry (2/24) saw both openers gone cheaply. Roger I’Anson (70) batted out of his skin with some beautifully timed shots. He was supported by the Devils’ grand final hero Seb Goldsmith (18), and together they added 51. Emerging all-rounder Scott “Wobbly” Webber (11) spent some valuable time out in the middle supporting I’Anson. New Rogue Renfrey (2/25) found his rhythm to remove Holbrook and Hill (0) to have
OD on the back foot. Roxby warhorse Trotta (1/17) and Sieburn (2/16) did a great job of restricting the OD tail to a challenging 161. Sieburn (47) and Trotta (8) started the account for the Rogues, with Seb Holbrook going down in the third over with a nasty ankle injury. Sieburn was the anchor with his gritty aggressive play. Capper (27) and Parry (29) were very important in the middle overs for Roxby as they negotiated the spin attack of Vandeleur, Lucas Holbrook (2/33) and new recruit Caldwell (2/16). A couple of chances went down for the Devils which may have turned the game, and as they say, “catches win matches”. OD junior Lachie Geraghty was a whippet in the field, saving at least five boundaries with his serious wheels. O’Hara (19*) and Ford (3*) were the heroes in the end, holding their nerve and getting the Rogues over the line. It was a great win for the Rogues who were undermanned and only had 10 players against a pretty strong OD lineup. It’s shaping up to be a very close season, and it would be good to get more spectators out there next week.
Confusion between OD’s opening batsmen Sahni Sanjay and Colby Caldwell resulted in a runout.
Travis Capper bowling for the Miners.
Hornridge show some serious ‘Swagger’ WRITTEN BY BEN VANDELEUR
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Hornridge 1/94 def East Roxby 84
he Hornridge “Swaggies” have made an early claim to premiership favouritism with a comfortable nine wicket win against East Roxby.
The game wasn’t able to be played on Friday night due to the rain, so the two teams fought it out on Sunday night instead. East Roxby went into bat and immediately lost Angus Hahn for a golden duck - although his hair did look pretty rad. The big hitting Patterson (40) looked very dangerous, dispatching Oldfield for 22 in an over (Jezza has been told to keep the pies at the bakery from now on). An inspired bowling change saw Brad
Rynne (4/18) and new recruit Joe Sampson (5/22) tear apart the Roos lineup. Skipper Jamie Way (57*) steered his team home in a convincing display for the black and white. Hornridge was dominant and had plenty of cattle in the shed to work with and a few aces up their sleeves. East Roxby showed some signs of promise and will need to work hard to keep their group on track.
Miners wicketkeeper Grant Aitchinson appealing for a wicket.
Roxby Downs Cricket Association Saturday, October 7, 2017 Roxby Miners v Olympic Dam 1st Innings Olympic Dam batting S. Sahni run out .................................................................................. 4 C. Caldwell b ..........................................................................................7 R. Ianson b ..........................................................................................70 S. Holbrook c ..................................................................................... 18 B. Hill b ...................................................................................................0 S. Webber c ......................................................................................... 11 J. Beenham b ....................................................................................... 5 P. Davies c ..............................................................................................2 B. Vandeleur b .....................................................................................9 L. Holbrook not out ..........................................................................16 R. rayner not out ................................................................................ 4 R. Geraghty..................................................................................... dnb L. Geraghty ..................................................................................... dnb Extras (nb 1, w 6, b 0, lb 0) ..............................................................7 Total ........................................................................... 9/161 Roby Miners bowling Bowler Overs Maidens Wides Wickets Runs S. Holbrook 1.3 0 0 0 9 R. Geraghty 5 0 0 1 26 R. Ianson 2.3 0 2 1 12 R. rayner 3 0 2 1 14 B. Vandeleur 7 1 0 0 24 S. Webber 2 0 2 0 15 L. Holbrook 7 0 0 2 33 C. Caldwell 4 0 0 2 16 S. Sahni 2 0 0 0 18 1st Innings Roxby Miners batting Total ........................................................................... 7/167 Full 2nd Innings results not available at time of print
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he Roxby Downs Cricket Association (RD C A) has released its junior cricket schedule for the remainder of 2017, which features a new format targeting keen cricketers aged 11-15.
The new ‘come and try’ program will be held on Saturday nights before the seniors’ game, and is targeted to both boys and girls who want to try out the sport. The eight week Milo In2Cricket program for juniors aged five to seven will be held on Wednesday afternoons. The T20 Blast program for seven to 11 year old’s, which will also go for eight weeks, will run on Friday nights. RDCA president Ben Vandeleur is excited to trial the new format. “There hasn’t been anything up here for those kids [aged 11-15] for a while, so we wanted to bring in something that’s like a come and play scenario,” he said. “We will see what sort of numbers we get, and from there we will try and establish something with a view of having a comp for those kids next year.” Vandeleur said the RDCA has designed the new program in a way to try and make it as “appealing” to families as possible. “We are going to try and keep it to an hour, the same as basketball, because if you’re looking to attract parents and kids to cricket you can be sitting out in the field for three or four hours which is a long time and kids can lose interest very quickly,” he said. “And because it’s hot, we are trying to stay away from days and keep it more towards the evening where it is more likely to be better weather. “We’re looking at running it for four to six weeks initially before Christmas,
Christopher (left) and Matthew Trotta are looking forward to the junior cricket season starting. INSET: Daniel Hooper plays a cut shot last season.
have a break, and then depending on what numbers we have will depend on whether we continue after Christmas.” The come and try program will be free initially, and there will be cricket equipment provided for the juniors to use. Vandeleur hopes it’s a success. “Hopefully we can get enough kids and support from parents to make it work,” he said. “There’s a lot of new people in town so we will see what comes of it, and if we can build something from there then we absolutely will.” The new come and try format will begin on Saturday 21 October at 5.30pm at the Roxby Downs town oval. Milo In2Cricket will kick off on Wednesday 18 October at 4pm at the Roxby Downs small oval. The T20 Blast will have a come and try night at the small oval on Friday 20 October from 6-7.30pm, before officially getting underway on Friday 27 October at 5.30pm at the town oval. For more information, contact Vandeleur on 0407 794 399.
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