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TWO WELLS & DISTRICTS
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FEBRUARY 2022
Angle Vale’s new goal JACK HUDSON
FOR the first time, the Angle Vale Football Club will enter the Adelaide Plains Netball Association (APNA) under its own branding. Previously, a separate entity associated with the club had represented Angle Vale in the APNA, with the football club now preparing to change its constitution to become the Angle Vale Football and Netball Club. Angle Vale’s netball director Craig Delany said the move is huge for the football club. “This is the first time that we've actually branched out as a football club and started the netball club,” he said. “For us, it's a brand-new club starting from scratch. “Last year they'd approached us about possibly coming out and being involved with the netball and starting their own division of netball out here.” The inaugural coach will be former
Inaugural Angle Vale Football Club netball coach Taylor Winstanley with netball director Craig Delany. – JACK HUDSON Central District netballer Taylor Winstanley, who will be a player-coach. “It's good to be involved with the first season of netball as part of the footy club,” she said. “I played out in the city for the last couple of years at Central Districts. I played at a pretty high level out there, I played at an Adelaide Metropolitan Netball Division side. “I've coached for many years; coached the under 17s, so I thought why not come out and actually take on the head coaching job and coach the seniors and develop some
juniors.” The club has started pre-season and has recruited strongly. “It's been a massive project; recruiting players and I guess we're starting from scratch,” Winstanley said. “It's such a massive opportunity for the Angle Vale Football Club for us to get involved in the Adelaide Plains league and give it a red-hot crack. “We've actually started preseason already ... we've got five senior sides. “We've had to either overfill teams or
turn a couple away and we start our junior process within the next few weeks.” The next project on the mind of the club is to fill its junior ranks, and with the new Riverbanks College B-12 opening in a week, numbers are set to grow. “We’ll look at recruiting through the schools around, word of mouth and the other associations around,” she said. “As well with all the seniors that have come across, some coming with me, and some being involved with the footy club, the juniors that come along with them as well.”
FLOOD LEVEE DEAL
THE much-anticipated $1.96 million flood protection levee to support the Two Wells township has officially been signed off. The major infrastructure investment supports longer-term flood mitigation efforts to help build a resilient region. Adelaide Plains Council mayor Mark Wasley welcomed the agreement and said
while the levee may not future proof Two Wells from flooding in all severe conditions it would “certainly deal” with more frequent minor flooding events. “The major contribution by the federal government makes this flood mitigation infrastructure possible along with developer contributions,” Mayor Wasley said.
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“Work will begin in due course on this much anticipated project.” In May 2021, Grey MP Rowan Ramsey told the Echo the plan is to construct a flood protection levee around the eastern and southern boundaries of the Adelaide Plains town. “We all have a role to play in disaster preparedness, which is why we’re taking
these steps to protect Australian communities, individuals and businesses from an increase in dangerous weather events,” Mr Ramsey had said. Following this month’s announcement, he now says the deal is a cause to celebrate. n Continued page 2