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Editor/Journalist: Lee Oliver Sales Manager: Lorraine Bailey Designer: Sheryl Lucas Director: David Paterson
PO Box 5189 Brendale BC Qld 4500 Web: www.thewesterner.com.au www.facebook.com/WesternerNews Published fortnightly by Skewiff Pty Ltd Proudly printed by APN Print, 3817 1830 Circulation: 12,750 The Westerner is distributed to the letterboxes of Armstrong Creek, Bunya, Camp Mountain, Cashmere, Cedar Creek, Clear Mountain, Closeburn, Dayboro, Draper, Highvale, King Scrub, Kobble Creek, Laceys Creek, Mt Glorious, Mt Mee, Mt Nebo, Mt Pleasant, Mt Samson, Ocean View, Rush Creek, Samford Valley, Samford Village, Samsonvale, Warner, Wights Mountain, Yugar and the acreage areas of Albany Creek, Eatons Hill, Joyner and Upper Kedron. Bulks drops are made at Albany Creek, Arana Hills, Brendale, Bunya, Cashmere, Eatons Hill and Strathpine. While every care is taken in the publication of The Westerner, we cannot be held responsible for omissions, errors or their subsequent effects.
June is the month for the anniversaries of two local community institutions. This weekend the Dayboro Ambulance Service, which was established as Dayboro Queensland Ambulance Transport Brigade back in June 1916, celebrates 100 years with a special open day. Not only does the Dayboro Ambulance Service turn 100 this week, the first ambulance station premises in Dayboro opened in this month in 1922. Queensland Ambulance Transport Brigade was disbanded to form the Queensland Ambulance Service in this month in 1991. Read about the 100-year history of the Dayboro Ambulance Service on page 6. Another community hub – and a more pleasant experience for visitors – Arana Hills Library is celebrating 40 years. Author and former paramedic Katherine Howell met literary fans to discuss her Ella Marconi crime series at the library on Monday. The Friends of Arana Hills Library will host a celebratory wine and cheese evening on 15 June from 6.30pm. Book your place at the event on 3351 3401. – Lee Oliver, Editor
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Council budgeting for region’s future By Lee Oliver
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ore than $2 million for a new soccer clubhouse at Samford and a $6.8 million upgrade of Bunya Road at Draper are some of the big local spends announced in Moreton Bay Regional Council’s 2016-17 Budget. The Budget includes around $32 million for roadworks, $8 million for sports facility upgrades and $2 million for parks improvements around The Westerner area – in Divisions 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12. It includes $2 million for the next stage of a new AFL precinct at the South Pine Sports Complex at Brendale and $2.185 million for the construction of a new clubhouse at Samford Rangers Football Club. Council allocated $1 million for a new baseball facility at James Drysdale Reserve at Bunya and will upgrade carparks at Les Hughes Sports Complex, Bray Park. Over $2 million will be shared on pools at Ferny Hills ($1.225 million), Lawnton ($1 million) and Dayboro ($25,000). Major road project spending includes $4 million to upgrade Old North Road, from South Pine Road to Kremzow Road at Warner, duplicating the road to four lanes with new lighting, paths and cycle lanes. An upgrade of the Kremzow and Leitchs Roads intersection at Brendale is funded at $3.25 million, with a $980,000 upgrade of Gordon Road, Ferny Hills and funds to design a Jinker Track intersection upgrade at Bunya also allocated. Other funded road projects include $2.2 million for the intersection of Patricks Road and Dawson Parade at Arana Hills, $200,000 for Mt Nebo Road at Jollys
Lookout, and a $6.8 million upgrade of Bunya Road at Draper. The Budget will commit $3.36 million towards a new bridge on Bunya Road across South Pine River, replacing the existing bridge with a two-lane, pre-stressed concrete bridge. Council has allocated $800,000 for the construction of a new carpark and facilities at the Bunya Waste Management facility. Dayboro, Mt Nebo and Samford waste transfer stations will be upgraded, while $40,000 will go towards constructing a detention basin at Dayboro Showgrounds. Council will allocate $40,000 for Dawson Creek and South Pine River at Mt Nebo, and $10,000 towards the rehabilitation of Harold Brown Park at Wights Mountain. Investment will be made to revegetate Brian Burke Reserve at Samford Valley as a koala nature refuge. Council will also invest $860,000 in a new adventure playground, pathway and waterway work at Pine Rivers Park at Strathpine, and replace the timber bridge at Hayward Avenue Park in Cashmere. The arts will benefit with $500,000 to go towards Woodfordia, the home of the Woodford Folk Festival, and $350,000 earmarked for a new Dayboro Art Gallery to replace the existing building. Council has also committed $380,000 towards the refurbishment of buildings at the former Samford CSIRO research station, for the Samford Commons project. Other council Budget allocations include $270,000 to upgrade the Albany Creek Community Centre, $105,000 for Pendicup Place Community Centre at Warner, and $75,000 to upgrade the Mt Mee Lookout.
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In 2016, The Westerner community newspaper celebrates its 20th birthday: two decades of informing and entertaining the residents of Pine Rivers, and later the Moreton Bay Region. To celebrate the milestone, this year we are going back through the archives to revisit some of the biggest and most entertaining stories printed over the past 20 years. THIS WEEK IN 2005: With the Dayboro Rodeo to return to the Dayboro Showgrounds on 19 June, we take a look back at one young local cowboy whose rodeo skills took him overseas to compete. In 2005, Dayboro teenager Joel Wallace was preparing to realise his sporting dream of competing in bull riding in the home of rodeo – the USA. The then 18-year-old represented the Australian high school rodeo team in Gillette, Wyoming in July that year, competing against teams from 39 US states and five Canadian provinces. These days, Joel lives in Dayboro and is still involved in the sport but on the other side of the arena fence, supplying animal stock for rodeo events. Back in 1973 the Dayboro Rodeo was national news, with the front page photo of The Australian newspaper being an image of 18-year-old Stafford woman Gayle Butterworth riding a Brahman bull at the event.
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Dayboro Day award winners Errol Brough, left, and Brent Steffensen, below, with Pine Rivers MP Nikki Boyd. Photos by Nadine Andersen Photography.
Dayboro men share town’s top award Robyn Currell Camp Mountain Robyn is an organiser of the Samford Show Ball, which will return to the Samford Showgrounds for the first time in more than a decade in July.
The last Samford Show Ball… I believe was held in 2005. It was such an iconic event for Samford and in its heyday attracted up to 700 guests. Great fun. Highlights of this year’s ball… Great food, great music and good people. Why people should get involved in community events like the Samford Show Ball… It has always been a big part of fundraising for our annual show. Most of the work done at the showgrounds was provided by locals working together on a voluntary basis. Projects like this help to create a good community spirit. The first ball I attended… was in the late 1980s. At that time the pavilion was not completed and tarps were used to extend the roofline. This was generally successful although I remember one rainy ball when we needed gumboots or plastic bags over our shoes. My fondest memories of attending the ball… were when, although there was a crowd in excess of 600 people, we seemed to know most of them and everyone had a wonderful time. I guess it was a bit like a country ball. If I could attend any ball from movies or fairy tales… it would have to be a Mad Hatters Ball. What fun! A song that always gets me on the dance floor… I think the song that gets most people up dancing is Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison. The best piece of advice I have been given… was given to me by my motherin-law. When my babies were born she told me to trust my instincts in rearing them. It seems to have worked.
The Samford Show Ball, featuring a three-course meal and live music, is on at the Samford Showgrounds at Highvale on 2 July. Tickets cost $95 with proceeds supporting the Samford Show Society. For bookings phone 0408 067 081.
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To get Resident of the Year was a shock because when we first moved here we were told you had to be here 35 years before you’re considered local.” So says Errol Brough, the Dayboro bus driver and former newsagency owner who moved to the town 31 years ago. Mr Brough said it was “one hell of a surprise” to be named Dayboro Resident of the Year at an awards ceremony at the Dayboro Day festival on 29 May. “My wife and family knew all about but I didn’t until we were actually down there for the presentation,” he said. For the past 26 years, Mr Brough has been a pivotal member of the Dayboro Show Society, including 10 years as its president and 11 years as vice-president. “For volunteers the wages are pretty ordinary, there’s no holiday pay and no sick pay,” Mr Brough said. “The only benefit you get is at the end… when everyone had a great time and it ran to the way you planned it.
“We all do volunteer labour and to be rewarded for that is quite exciting.” Mr Brough is also a founding member of the Dayboro Trail Riders club and treaded the boards Dayboro Players theatre. For the third time in four years, the Dayboro Resident of the Year award was shared by two winners. Mark Rushton was the joint winner of the accolade, for which he had also been nominated the two previous years. He has served his community by volunteering at Dayboro Rodeo, Dayboro Show and Dayboro Day events and organised and managed Clean Up Australia events in the district for more than ten years. Mr Rushton was a member of Apex Club of Dayboro for 15 years until its closure in 2013, serving as president, secretary
and treasurer, and instigated a program to check and replace fire alarm batteries in elderly residents’ homes. Amelia Rushton, accepting the award on behalf of her absent father, said his “compassion and willingness to assist others” was exemplified during the 2011 floods in Dayboro. “After hearing news of locals and businesses in need, Mark immediately headed for town and was prepared to assist wherever he could,” she said. “After spending the day... transporting rubbish and damaged goods he then spent the afternoon draining and clearing a flooding home.” Brent Steffensen was named Dayboro Young Resident of the Year for his work as the town’s go-to man for providing audio services for local community events. He is the projectionist for Dayboro Community Movies, does sound and lighting for ANZAC Day ceremonies and local theatre shows and gives voluntary technology support at Dayboro’s school. The Rendezvous at Dayboro café was named Dayboro’s Business of the Year.
Competitions The most successful children’s entertainment group in the world, Australia’s own The Wiggles have sold seven million albums and 23 million DVDs and set records for their sold out performances. The Wiggles are celebrating their 25th anniversary this year by releasing 33 of their biggest hits and most loved songs on the one CD. The Best of The Wiggles features songs such as ‘Hot Potato’, ‘Rock-a-Bye Your Bear’, ‘Apples and Bananas’, ‘Ready, Steady, Wiggle’ and ‘Toot, Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car’.
The first in a three-book series from worldrenowned polo player Nacho Figueras, High Season is set in the glamorous and treacherous world of high-stakes polo competition. Alejandro Del Campo needs his team to win the season’s biggest tournament or he’s not sure how much longer they will be in business. What he doesn’t need is a sassy vet telling him how to run his business – and distracting him at every turn. It soon becomes clear that Alejandro wants to win her just as much as the tournament trophy.
Thanks to ABC Music, The Westerner has three copies of The Best of The Wiggles CD to give away. For your chance to win tell us who is the only original Wiggle still in the group – Jeff Fatt, Craig Field or Anthony Field? Send your answer, name and contact details to: The Westerner Music competition, PO Box 5189, Brendale 4500 or email lee@thewesterner.com.au, Attn: Music Compet-ition. Entries close 20 June.
The Westerner has three copies of Nacho Figueras Presents: High Season by Jessica Whitman (Allen & Unwin, RRP $29.99) to give away. For your chance to win tell us what country is Nacho Figueras from – Spain, Argentina or Peru? Send your answer, name and contact details to: The Westerner Book Competition, PO Box 5189, Brendale 4500 or email lee@thewesterner.com. au, Attn: Book Competition. Entries close 20 June.
Winners: Now You See Me 2 tickets: R. Taylor (Camp Mountain), L. Kuhr (Cashmere), M. Clegg (Dayboro), T. Smith (Albany Creek), K. Tierney (Kobble Creek), N. Shmith (Albany Creek), S. Macdonald (Highvale), B. Beloff (Bunya), S. Goodman (Cashmere), C. Breckenridge (Ferny Grove); Happy People Read and Drink Coffee book: L. Midgley (Warner); SplashDance CDs: J. Campbell (Eatons Hill), H. Hopley (Canungra), J. Burrows (Cannon Hill); Tails From the Booth book: R. Paterson (Kawungan); Cooking With Yogurt book: S. Enchelmaier (Bald Hills); The Travelers book: L. Thomas (Strathpine); Pitstop Café vouchers: L. Reeves (Cashmere), D. Heugh (Highvale), T. Cooper (Kallangur).
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a lot of different techniques,” he said. “People can come out and farm their own little plot and grow whatever they want, with the backdrop of a real working farm. “They’ll be given the opportunity to come and volunteer on the farm, gaining experience on how to farm.” Millen Farm Chairperson Martin Green said appointing a farmer was a landmark for the community group whose members have demonstrated “tenacity, vision and enthusiasm” for the farm project. “It has taken the hard work of many volunteers to reach this landmark of appointing a farmer… with experience in establishing a local market garden and his commitment to growing organic and seasonal food,” Mr Green said. With an aim to run intern programs to train young people on how to be farmers, Mr Heideman is proud to return farming to the district. “When you look at the Moreton Bay Region we were once full of farms and now we’re one of the most empty of farms,” he said. “It’s been really quite crazy the downfall of the farmer and the farms, especially around our area.” The community is encouraged to meet Mr Heideman at the Wellbeing Forever Festival at Samford Commons, Mt Samson Road, Samford Valley on 11 June from 11am to 5pm. Visit www.millenfarm.org.
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POLICE BEAT Serious traffic crash, Mt Glorious: A motorcyclist was hospitalised following a serious traffic crash that occurred at Mt Glorious on 25 May. Around 3.45pm, a motorcycle and a car collided on Mt Glorious Road at Mt Glorious. The rider of the motorcycle, a 31-year-old male, was airlifted to the Royal Brisbane Hospital with serious injuries. The driver of the car was treated for minor injuries. The Police Forensic Crash Unit investigated the incident. The crash occurred during Fatality Free Week, a nationwide initiative that encourages motorists to drive safely on roads. Missing woman, Camp Mountain: A woman from Camp Mountain who was reported missing after taking off on a bicycle ride was found two days later. She had last been seen leaving her home on her mountain bike on 31 May soon after 6am. The 33-year-old woman was located safe and well on 2 June. Break and enters, Pine Rivers: The number of break and enters into homes and businesses in the Pine Rivers Police District rose last week, up from 20 offences from the previous week to 26 incidents. Dwellings and businesses at Stanley Street at Brendale, Sandringham Court and Samsonvale Road at Bray Park and Gerbera Crescent at Strathpine were amongst the locations targeted by thieves during the week ending 5 June, with soft drinks, alcohol, car and keys and
a handbag stolen. The previous week saw premises at Centenary Court and Mondial Drive at Warner, Herron Road at Cedar Creek, Fairlane Street at Joyner and Church Road at Eatons Hill broken into, with laptops, a vehicle and alcohol stolen. Three businesses at Leonard Crescent and Kremzow Road at Brendale were also targeted. In one case entry to the premises was made by unscrewing a tin roof. Unlawful use of vehicle, Pine Rivers: Four motor vehicles were stolen from around The Westerner area during the fortnight ending 5 June, some of a total of 13 vehicles taken from around the Pine Rivers Police District. They included a 2007 Toyota Yaris taken from Coolamon Court at Eatons Hill, a 2000 Toyota Landcruiser stolen from Alison Booker Court at Armstrong Creek, a 2005 Suzuki CSZ stolen from Bells Pocket Road at Strathpine, and a 2007 Holden Captiva from Gerbera Crescent at Strathpine. None of the four vehicles have been recovered.
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Officer in Charge of Dayboro Ambulance Station, Peter Fletcher and predecessor Bill Tomkins, inset, who oversaw the station from 1926 to 1933.
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t was started with only a horse, sulky and rubber-tyred litter, and now the Dayboro Ambulance Service is turning 100 this weekend. Prior to the establishment of a Queensland Ambulance Transport Brigade in Dayboro in June 1916 the closest ambulance was at Sandgate. “Word (was) being sent to Brisbane about accidents and an ambulance was despatched from Brisbane,� Dayboro District Historical Society’s Carmel Bond said. “It would have been a long wait for the patient, then a rough trip to medical help.� Before Dayboro’s self-governing ambulance centre was established – and a telephone installed and connected to Brisbane – a collapsible stretcher provided to Dayboro residents in 1904 was the only means of emergency medical help available. Dayboro Ambulance Transport Brigade’s first equipment included a horse and sulky with a stretcher made to fit on the sulky, enabling patients to be transported to an ambulance car summoned from Brisbane. During 1916, patients were transported 1845km by sulky, 328km by foot, 525km by public conveyance and 195km by horse. That year a number of patients with diseases, the most common being gastritis
and measles as well as a handful of cases of dengue, scarlet fever and typhoid, were transported to Brisbane for medical care. A new Ford motorcar, with collapsible stretcher, arrived at Dayboro Ambulance Transport Brigade in 1918 with ambulance buildings, located near the present Dayboro State School, opened in June 1922. The current Dayboro Ambulance Station premises up the road at 140 McKenzie Street, funded by $100,000 raised by the ambulance’s Ladies Committee, was opened free of debt in 1988 on land purchased seven years earlier. The Queensland Ambulance Transport Brigade was disbanded to form the Queensland Ambulance Service in 1991. The Dayboro First Responders Group, a complementary service to the Dayboro Ambulance, became active in 2008. Officer in Charge of Dayboro Ambulance Station, Peter Fletcher, said the ambulance’s centenary celebrations on 12 June would include displays of historic ambulance vehicles and memorabilia, demonstrations, ambulance station tours, kids’ activities and a sausage sizzle. It all happens at 140 McKenzie Street, Dayboro from 11am. Phone 3425 1215.
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Bob Ebert, Craig Doyle and Peter Dutton discuss plans for the upgrade of the Dayboro Showgrounds.
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unding to complete the redevelopment of the Dayboro Showgrounds would be provided if the Liberal National Party is returned to Government at the Federal election in July. Member for Dickson Peter Dutton announced at the recent Dayboro Day festival that a re-elected Turnbull Government has pledged to invest $1.5 million to upgrade the showgrounds precinct. The funding would provide for stock proofing and resurfacing of the main arena, upgraded camping facilities and the purchase of mobile grandstands. The venue’s existing show pavilion would be replaced, to create a multi-purpose exhibition and indoor training facility, and the administration building extended.
Mr Dutton said that the Dayboro Showgrounds redevelopment would “provide a facility that can play host to a larger and wider variety of events”. “It will also bring an increase in visitors to this beautiful rural village on Brisbane’s doorstep, with flow-on economic benefits to the community,” he said. The showground’s facilities are used by a number of community groups including Dayboro’s show society, rodeo association, pony and horse trail riding clubs, working horse and dog committee, and football and rugby league clubs. “The showgrounds are a central meeting place for many groups in the Dayboro community and are a focus for many community activities,” Mr Dutton said.
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lenty of thrills, spills and action await patrons of the annual Dayboro Rodeo on 19 June. A National Rodeo Association competition, the Dayboro Rodeo will feature 13 events at the Dayboro Showgrounds on Mt Mee Road at Dayboro. Events include the bull ride, bareback ride, steer wrestling, breakaway roping, rope and tie, saddle bronc ride, barrel race, team roping and junior poddy ride, for competitors as young as seven. Admission is $20 for adults, $10 for pensioners and $5 for under 16s. Free parking is available at the showgrounds with shuttle bus services running between Petrie railway station and the venue. The action starts at 10am.
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The Westerner has one copy of Wholefood From the Ground Up (Murdoch Books, RRP $39.99) to give away. To enter send your name and contact details to: Body Competition, PO Box 5189, Brendale 4500. Entries close 20 June. Karen Brown, Chantelle Day and Krupa Patel from Samford Chemmart, co-hosts of the Wellbeing Forever Festival.
exercise physiologists and hearing, foot health and skin care tests. The festival will also feature everything from Pilates, spirit education and Tae Kwon Do, to rock climbing, jazzercise and CPR skills. Samford Commons believes wellbeing and healthy, active living are integral to living sustainably. The Wellbeing Forever Festival is on 11 June from 11am to 5pm. Free events are on at John Scott Park, corner of Main and Station Streets, Samford Village and Samford Commons, 2204 Mt Samson Road, Samford Valley.
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he Pine Hills Sports Complex will be buzzing with the sound of model cars – piloted by some of the world’s best drivers – over four days mid-June. Racers will converge on the Pine Hills Dirt Racing venue when it hosts Round 2 of the Australian 1/8 Off-Road National Series for radio control vehicles. Competitors will pilot 1/8 scale buggies around a 380m long, 4m wide dirt track at Bunya from 16-19 June. Pine Hills Dirt Racing spokesman Ty Beale said the cars can reach speeds of up to 50km per hour down the straight. “It might not sound like much but because they’re scale cars it’s equivalent to driving around 400km/hour in a real car,” Mr Beale said. “The cars run on nitro fuel and a tank lasts around seven to eight minutes, meaning the driver needs to do pit stops to refuel.
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Kyle McBride is aiming for a sixth straight Australian championship for racing off-road radio controlled cars.
“A big advantage is to be able to drive really smooth to conserve fuel. “Some people laugh when you mention remote control cars but it’s serious business.” Mr Beale said almost 200 entries had been received for the race meet at Bunya, the second round of the three-round Australian championship. Pine Hills Dirt Racing member Kyle McBride, who has dominated the sport in Australia since he was 14, is favoured to win the event. “He’s the world number four and the current Australian champion and he has been for the past five years,” Mr Beale said. “He’s by far the best driver Australia has ever produced.” McBride, who drives for the USA-based Team Associated factory team, says racing radio controlled cars is his fulltime job. The 20-year-old from Oxley travels over-
seas five to six times a year to compete in the USA, Europe and Asia. Ten-year-old Jackson Beale, who has competed against adults at the past two Australian titles, will also compete at his home track, one of only two venues of its kind in the Greater Brisbane area. Local government grants totalling $120,000 has enabled Pine Hills Dirt Racing to improve the track at James Drysdale Reserve, install better lighting and renovate the driver’s platform. “Without a doubt we’ve got the best facilities in Australia,” Mr Beale said. The opening round of the Australian 1/8 Off-Road National Series was held in Tasmania in February with the season finale in Perth in August. For more information visit www.1-8th offroad.org.au or www.pinehillsdirtracing. com. – Lee Oliver
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Four of Samford District Bowls Club’s older bowlers – Ken Gibson (85), Meryl Laffin (87), Marge Warland (93) and Joyce Taylor (88) all are still playing regularly, thanks to the covered greens at the club.
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vents at Samford District Bowls Club have been hectic recently. The men’s section entertained visitors from Wynnum/Manly RSL Social Bowls Clubs, and is also hosting the BDBA District Men’s Pairs Round Robin Challenge. The recently instigated Mac Patterson Trophy between the Woodford, Dayboro and Samford clubs has been a great competition. It is hoped that Kilcoy Bowls Club might join in next year. As well as our “come and try days”, Samford Bowls Club will be represented at the Wellbeing Forever Festival in Samford Village on 11 June. Please come and visit us that day to find out more about us. We are also hoping to be part of the Moreton Bay Regional Council’s sporting programme running from October 2016
until July 2017. Our bowls club has just revised its membership rules – and we now offer full membership of the club. This means that one can play anywhere in Australia as an affiliated member of Bowls Queensland and of Bowls Australia. We then offer an Associate Membership. This means one is not affiliated to either body, and one can only play at Samford. Samford District Bowls Club is available for bowls on Tuesday mornings (U3A) and afternoons (mufti bowls), Wednesday mornings (Ladies Day – men also welcome) and Saturday afternoons (Men’s Day – ladies welcome). Visitors are always welcome. The club is available for hire for functions. Contact Desley Hawkins on 3261 1559 or info@samfordbowls.com.au. www.thewesterner.com.au
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Emma Jackson, pictured winning a triathlon world cup race in South Korea in 2014, has missed selection for the Rio Olympic Games. Photo by ITU Media.
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ond Olympics but when your results over the last year just aren’t up to the high standard required there is nowhere to hide,” Jackson posted on Facebook. “The last 18 months haven’t been easy but as long as it teaches me to appreciate the highs, learn from the lows and enjoy the one hell of a rollercoaster ride elite sport takes you on then I’ll be happy.” The Pine Rivers Tri Sports Club member won a bronze medal in the team’s event at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games.
oyner triathlete Emma Jackson will not get the chance to improve on her eighth-place finish at the 2012 London Olympic Games. The 24-year-old missed selection in the six-member Australian triathlon team to compete at the Rio Olympics in August. Emma Moffatt and Erin Densham, bronze medallists at the last two Olympics, and Ashleigh Gentle were named as the three women to represent Australia in Brazil.
Name: Mitchell McCarron Suburb: Warner Club: Cairns Taipans Position: Guard What age did you start playing basketball and why did you choose this sport? I started playing basketball when I was six years old. My parents both played and my Dad is also a coach, so I was always around basketball stadiums from the moment I was born. What is your biggest achievement in basketball to date? Winning the LEB Oro Championship in Spain last year was special, we had an incredible year. It was a great start for my professional career to win a title in my rookie year. What is your training programme? It depends on the team, but typically we would have team practice at least once a day, and also have a shooting/weights session. I also like to get some extra shooting in by myself whenever I can. What is your favourite/best basketball skill? I enjoy all areas of the game, and like being a versatile player. I’ve found myself enjoying the defensive end of the floor more as I grow older, so I hope that continues. What is your pre-game routine? I don’t have any specific routines, but I usually listen to music and make sure I get plenty of shots up before the game to make sure I’m ready to play. What are the best things about basketball? It’s an extremely competitive sport, and that’s my favourite thing about it. I also love the team aspect of the game, and the strategies and planning that go into each and every game. Attributes needed to be a good basketball player. Hard-working, quicklearning and competitive people usually are the ones that improve over time. What I’m most looking forward to playing for Cairns Taipans in the NBL. It seems like a great group of guys to be a part of, and the roster is exciting for the upcoming season. I can’t wait to hit the floor. Who is your sporting idol and why? I think everybody’s was MJ (Michael Jordan) growing up; he’s just so good to watch. The way he competed is why I love watching his games.
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