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INSIDE This Week

Please come to a Women’s Network event and join in a conversation over dinner with

Katrina Almond Manager of Port Augusta Regional Domestic Violence and

Aboriginal Family Violence Service

Time: 6:30 for 7:00 pm startWhen: Thursday 22 October 2015

Where: Roxby Downs Christian Community ChurchNo Cost

Please bring something to share for dinner.I.e. casserole, salads, or dessert.

RSVP: 0419 935 316 or [email protected]

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It’s Not Always VisibleIsolation

IntimidationMaking Threats

Emotional AbuseMinimising

Blaming Denying

But It Hurts Just the Same

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Emotional Abuse

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Women target abuse

Leigh Creek update

Plane ‘crash’ training

All the information you need is now at your fingertips – from notifications on fires, floods and thunderstorms, to details of road or school closures, utility outages and public transport delays.

Create ‘watch zones’ to receive alerts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for specific locations like your home, work, or school.

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Yachts in town for festival

Adelaide Land Yacht Club member Kym Lapthorne shows the ropes to Andamooka local Tyson Johnson, 9, at the old clay pan airport on Sunday. PHOTO: Ryneisha Bollard

WRITTEN BY RYNEISHA BOLLARD

Andamooka hosted a visit from the Adelaide Land Yacht Club as part of a festival held last Saturday,

Sunday and Monday.

� e Andamooka October Long Weekend Festival also included market stalls and dis-plays at the town hall, along with a beach volleyball competition hosted by the local youth group.

� e Andamooka Yacht Club cafe was open and tours of the area were off ered on the Saturday and Sunday.

Also many locals and visitors drove to the old clay pan airport to either view or test out one of the land yachts set up at the site.

Adelaide Land Yacht Club member Kym Lapthorne provided the vehicles after being invited by the Andamooka Progress and Opal Miners Association (APOMA).

Mr Lapthorne said what he considered a

hobby was also seen as an extreme sport, with the land speed record for a wind-pow-ered vehicle being 203km/h.

He said he took it up because he had pre-viously sailed yachts on water and found that to be slower, more expensive and more physically tasking.

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The Community Calendar is restricted to the basic details of an event (what, where, when). To add your event to the calendar,

email [email protected] or phone 8671 2683.For more information about upcoming community events,

visit: www.roxbydowns.com/Community/c-Whats-On.html

CommunityCalendar

OCTOBER8th & 10th -

Multicultural Forum workshop creating

Christmas stockings for children in need, Roxby Central, 10am to 1pm.

Ph: 0428 727 583.

14th - MILO in2CRICKET program,

Roxby Downs Area School gymnasium, 4.30pm to 5.30pm. Ph: 0419 845 959.

15th - Business Forum’s ‘Business as Usual’ dinner at the Roxby Downs Golf Club, 6.30pm. Ph:

0405 123 196.

17th - Roxby Market Day, 9am to 12 noon.

17th - Dot painting workshop, Roxby

Central, 10am to 12

noon. Ph: 8671 0010.

17th - Roxby Downs Sporting Car Club

night meeting, 7pm.

18th - ‘Think Pink’ fundraiser for the Red Sands Cancer Council at the Roxby Downs Golf Club, 8.30am.

22nd - Women’s Network dinner, Roxby

Downs Christian Community Church,

6.30pm for 7pm start. Ph: 0419 935 316.

23rd - Roxby Downs Police Ball featuring the SA Police Band,

roxbylink auditorium, 7pm to 12 midnight.

24th - Desert Dirt Kart Club President’s Cup.

25th - Neighbourhood Day, roxbylink outdoor pool, 12 noon to 2pm.

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For more information about upcoming community events, visit: www.roxbydowns.com/Community/c-Whats-On.html

WRITTEN BYPATRICK GLOVER

The Roxby Downs Blue Light SA branch is donating $1000 to the recently

formed Little Athletics Club to assist with its upcoming season.

Little Athletics president Bill Natt said his committee was grate-ful for the donation as it would help get the club up and going in the coming weeks.

“It will be gobbled up in little ways,” he said.

“To become incorporated, to become affi liated, to get a post of-fi ce box and new equipment – it all adds up.”

Roxby Downs Blue Light com-mittee member Katie Meadow

said this kind of donation allowed the group – which hosts junior disco fundraisers – another means of giving back to the community.

With four committee members having children who are interest-ed in joining Little Athletics, Mrs Meadow said the club seemed like the logical choi ce.

“All the money that we raise comes from the community,” she said.

“� en we give back to organi-sations within the community – as long as they are youth-based (groups), which are what we are there for.”

Last year the Roxby Downs Blue Light SA branch donated money to the local youth advisory com-mittee, swimming club and junior basketball association.

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Disco donates funds to Little Athletics Club

Roxby Downs Little Athletics Club president Bill Natt accepts a $1000 commitment of support from local Blue Light SA branch member Katie Meadow. PHOTO: Patrick Glover

PHOTO OF THE WEEK:Outback HotShots Photography Group member Julie Addison took this picture of her Rhodesian ridgeback, Oli.

A detail in last week’s Business Forum column (� e Monitor, 30/09/15) was incorrect.

� e article states that the Business as Usual din-ner event will be held at the Roxby Downs Com-munity Club.

However, the event will in fact be held at the Roxby Downs Golf Club.

� e Monitor apologises for any inconvenience as a result of causing the error.

Forum column correction:

Roxby Downs Kindergarten fell short of three wins in a row at the SA Excellence in Public Education Awards last week.

Kindergarten director Adam Christie was a fi nalist in the leadership category and colleague Tina Trice was in the running for a support staff award, but both missed out on the top honours.

Mr Christie and Ms Trice were among 1400 nomi-nations recognising the diff erence that public school staff make to the lives of more than 160,000 children and young people every day.

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Blaming Denying




Emotional Abuse

Your survival kitT he Port Augusta Regional Domesti c

and Aboriginal Family Violence Service advises that if you make the decision

to leave an abusive situati on you need to be prepared.

Put your safety fi rst, but collect as many of the following as possible: House and/or car keys Bank books, key card and ID Passport and driver’s licence Birth certi fi cate Medicati on and/or health care cards Photographs Children’s belongings

Important contacts Port Augusta Regional Domesti c and

Aboriginal Family Violence Service: 7628 3100 during business hours or aft er hours on 0428 326 529 or 1800 655 716 Police: 000 Police Assistance: 131 444 Lifeline: 13 11 44 Housing SA: 13 12 99 Families SA: 1800 804 550 Domesti c Violence Gateway: 1800 800

098 1800 RESPECT: 1800 737 732 Women’s Info. Service: 1800 188 158

White Ribbon

Visit whiteribbon.org.au

Don’t be afraid to stand up. Safely challenge the abusive behaviour you see around you. Swear an oath personally never to commit, excuse or remain silent about violence against women…

Hey mate,we can put a stop to violence against women.

And remember, thousands of good men have got your back.

Swear the oath this White Ribbon Day, 25 November, to put a stop to violence against women.

Network targets domestic abuse

ABOVE: Roxby Downs Women’s Network members (from left) Mary Lewis, Kaye Doyle and Sasha Yantewo are among locals supporting a dinner conversation with Port Augusta Regional Domestic

Violence and Aboriginal Family Violence Service manager Katrina Almond later this month.

WRITTEN BY RYNEISHA BOLLARD

The Roxby Downs Women’s Network is hoping to target domestic abuse – particularly violence against women – as an ongoing cause

for the recently re-invigorated group.Women’s Network members have arranged for a

visit from Port Augusta Regional Domestic Violence and Aboriginal Family Violence Service manager Ka-trina Almond to discuss ways of better understanding and addressing the issue.

Reverend Mary Lewis and other Network members helped arrange the informal dinner with Ms Almond at the Roxby Downs Christian Community Church on � ursday, October 22, from 6.30pm.

Rev Lewis told � e Monitor domestic abuse – in-cluding violence and other forms of manipulation – became an “obvious point of discussion” when mem-bers met to identify the Women’s Network’s purpose earlier this year.

“We realised that we didn’t know a lot about it and what support is available, so we wanted to fi nd out,” she said.

Rev Lewis said the dinner with Ms Almond would be a way of learning more about the regional domes-tic violence service and how the Women’s Network could help.

“Until we have that conversation we’re a little bit in the dark,” she said.

Just like any other community, Rev Lewis said Rox-by Downs was home to cases of domestic violence as the problem was widespread across Australia.

“My understanding is it’s no diff erent in some ways to anywhere else in that it’s happening and there’s more than what we’re aware of,” she said.

Rev Lewis said it was important to know how to

identify and respond to situations of domestic vi-olence while also encouraging a culture of respect between men and women.

“It’s about helping men to understand that what they’re doing is wrong and violence is not acceptable,” she said.

Ms Almond said domestic violence remained a “huge issue” and it was therefore important to educate communities about the services available – including local police.

“Roxby police are very well connected,” she said.“� ey do a wonderful job in connecting people with

the relevant services.”Ms Almond said she was pleased to have been in-

vited to meet with the Women’s Network to discuss domestic violence.

“Two women in Australia have died each week due to domestic violence,” she said.

“I look forward to working with (the Women’s Net-work) and supporting the local community.”

Ms Almond’s service aims to provide safe, sup-ported, independent accommodation for women and children aff ected by domestic violence or abuse.

Families and individuals who are at risk of physical, emotional, spiritual, psychological, fi nancial, sexual or social abuse and have no other appropriate safe accommodation options are eligible for support.

� e service – provided via UnitingCare Wesley – operates with the belief that those who are aff ected by domestic or family violence are not to blame for the violence or abuse.

It off ers support to enable those aff ected to make their own choices to ensure their needs are met and safety is maintained.

For more information, phone the Port Augusta Regional Domestic Violence and Aboriginal Family Violence Service on 7628 3100.

Men urged to make pledgeL ocal men are being encouraged

to swear they will never commit, excuse or remain silent about

violence against women as part of White Ribbon Day on Wednesday, November 25.

White Ribbon is Australia’s only nati onal, male-led campaign to end violence against women.

Its vision is for all women to live in safety and free from all forms of men’s violence.

The campaign makes women’s safety a man’s issue and undertakes preventi on initi ati ves involving

awareness raising and educati on – along with programs targeti ng youth, schools, workplaces and the broader community.

White Ribbon Australia observes the Internati onal Day of the Eliminati on of Violence against Women on November 25 each year. Also known as White Ribbon Day, it signals the start of the 16 Days of Acti vism to Stop Violence against Women, which ends on Human Rights Day (December 10).

However, the campaign runs all year, with more informati on available online (www.whiteribbon.org.au).

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Roxby Downs emergency service branches came together to complete a training drill aimed

at testing their responses to an aircraft crash recently.

Members of the Roxby Downs Coun-try Fire Service, SA Police, SA Ambu-lance Service, State Emergency Service and BHP Billiton emergency service crews attended the simulation on a clay pan near Olympic Dam Airport.

“It was a good exercise,” said Senior Sergeant Terry Boylan from the Roxby Downs Police Station.

“All people from all services attended, and initial reports from the branches in their debriefs were it went well.”

� e simulation – held on Sunday, Sep-tember 27 – ran through the scenario that a plane bound for Olympic Dam never arrived and smoke was spotted in an area nearby.

Emergency services crews then had to locate and travel to the site before completing set tasks.

� e ‘patients’ were taken to the Roxby Downs Health Service, where nurses and doctors joined in on the simulation.

� e Civil Aviation Safety Authority requires that these drills be completed every two years.

Snr Sgt Boylan said emergency ser-vices had taken part in a desktop ver-sion of this scenario 12 months ago, and both exercises proved benefi cial for all involved.

W ith the Roxby Downs Police Ball fast approaching, Senior Sergeant Terry Boylan is

encouraging locals to get their tickets sooner rather than later.

� e event will be held at the rox-bylink auditorium on Friday, October 23, but ticket sales will close in the days leading up to the event.

“It is a brilliant night – nothing like you would expect,” Snr Sgt Boylan said.

“Ticket sales have been going gen-erally well, but I am concerned there is a Roxby Downs thing where people book things late, and unfortunately when you are catering for an event it does not allow you to do that.

“So, people are urged to book in the next fortnight before the next market day on October 17.”

� e South Australian Police Band will be performing on the night, and Snr Sgt Boylan said its performanc-es were outstanding and its presence alone should be enough to encourage people to come along.

Drinks will be available from 6.30pm in the Dunes Café area before the main event begins at 7pm in the auditorium.

Tickets cost $60 per person (includes supper, proceeds to local charities) and are available for purchase from the Roxby Downs Police Station.

BY PATRICK GLOVER

Emergency services combine for training

Get your tickets now to have a Ball

LEFT: SA Ambulance Service volunteers tend to a ‘patient’ as part of the training exercise.

RIGHT: Country Fire Service crew

members work on extinguishing a blaze.

State Emergency Service workers watch on as the SA Ambulance Service completes one

of the simulation’s tasks. PHOTOS: Supplied

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POLICE BRIEFSFatal crash in the Far NorthSouth Australia and Queensland emergency

services crews attended a fatal car crash on the Birdsville Track, just inside the SA border, last week.

Police were alerted to the single car rollover near Pandie Pandie Station, south of Birdsville, just after 6.30am on Friday, October 2.

A woman died at the scene, while a man was airlifted to the Royal Adelaide Hospital in a seri-ous condition.

SAPOL Major Crash Investigators later attend-ed the crash site by plane.

� e woman’s death brought the state’s road toll to 72 compared to 71 at the same time last year.

Men charged for interferenceTwo Roxby Downs men were arrested by police

after interfering with a patrol that had stopped to check on an unwell member of the public on Wednesday, September 23.

A 24-year-old man was charged with disorderly behaviour, providing false details and resisting arrest, while a 28-year-old man was charged with failing to cease loitering.

Both were granted bail and are expected to appear in the Roxby Dows Magistrates Court in December.

Rocks thrown at propertyA 34 year-old Roxby Downs man was arrest-

ed and charged with trespassing and refusing to supply his particulars to police on Tuesday, Sep-tember 22.

Police were called to a property on Quandong Street, Roxby Downs, where the man was alleged-ly throwing rocks but caused no damage.

He was later granted bail and will have to appear in court in December.

Compactor stolen on Opal RdPolice are investigating the theft of a compactor

from a Roxby Downs business last month.It is understood that between 4pm on Wednes-

day, September 23, and 8am on � ursday, Septem-ber 24, the compactor was stolen from the yard of a business premises on Opal Road.

Anyone with information about the theft or who witnessed suspicious activity in the area is asked to call Crime Stoppers via phone (1800 333 000) or online (https://sa.crimestoppers.com.au).

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Far North eventsOCTOBER

8th & 11th - Pichi Richi Explorer return steam service from Quorn to Woolshed

Flat, departs 10.30am. Ph: 1800 777 245.

9th - South Australian Regional Awards – Far

North presentation evening, Central Oval, Port Augusta, 6pm.

10th - Glendambo Gymkhana, 9am. Ph:

8672 8936.

10th - Rose Show at the Port Augusta Garden Club Hall,

cnr Paringa Road and Elizabeth Terrace, 10am to 3pm. Ph:

8642 2092.

10th, 17th & 31st - Afghan Express return steam service from Port

Augusta to Quorn, departs 10.30am. Ph:

1800 777 245.

11th - The Fairies live in concert, Lea Memorial Theatre,

Port Augusta, 11am. Ph: 0475 307 707.

14th - Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal

Commission

community info. session, Institute

Theatre, Port Augusta, 6pm to 7pm.

17th-18th - Port Augusta Relay for Life,

Chinnery Oval. Ph: 1300 65 65 85.

18th - Undercover Flea Market, Gateway Shopping Complex,

Port Augusta, 8.30am. Ph: 8642 3459.

18th - Troopers Barracks Market,

Beauchampe Lane, Port Augusta, 9am.

Ph: 8642 2787.

24th - Glow Run 5km fun run/walk,

Westside Foreshore, Port Augusta, 7pm. Ph: 0414 479 921.

25th - Barwell Bull railcar return

service from Quorn to Woolshed Flat,

departs 10.30am. Ph: 1800 777 245.

30th & 31st - Anderson Dancers 46th Pantomime

– Mary Poppins and the Rogue Elves, Lea

Memorial Theatre. Ph: 8642 6592.

Off the

Beaten Track

Job seekers in the Far North region will be provided with skills to help them gain available

jobs at one of the state’s most innovative food producers.

Minister for Employment, Higher Education and Skills Gail Gago said a $50,000 grant would fund a pilot skills development project with Sundrop Farms, near Port Augusta.

“� is grant will assist Sundrop Farms to deliver specifi c skills to 32 job seek-ers, with the fi rst intake of 25 people expected to gain a job at Sundrop Farms within the coming months,” she said.

“� is is a fantastic opportunity for job seekers in the Far North region.

“� e training requirements identi-fi ed by Sundrop Farms include accred-ited training units from Certifi cate II Horticulture and Certifi cate III in Ag-riculture and non-accredited training modules to assist participants transi-tioning into the workplace...

“Through WorkReady’s Jobs First employment initiative we can assess and align training to real employment

outcomes, particularly in the regions, and we can act quickly in special cir-cumstances to fund projects outside of application rounds.”

Minister for Regional Development Geoff Brock said the State Government was contributing $6 million from the Regional Development Fund towards Sundrop Farms’s greenhouse expansion.

“� e company’s innovative technol-ogy – growing high-quality produce in the desert using solar energy and desalinated seawater – is exactly the type of commercial enterprise we want to attract to our state to create a new economy,” he said.

Sundrop Farms facility general man-ager Phillip Lemon said the project would allow for targeted training.

“It also allows us to off er opportuni-ties to individuals who have the right attitude we are looking for, but need training to develop skills in sustainable horticulture,” he said.

Sundrop Farms will generate up to 150 full-time jobs in Port Augusta over the coming 18 months.

For more information, visit: www.sundropfarms.com

A proposal to upgrade one of the state’s key freight links has received a boost with

Infrastructure Australia giving the project an offi cial rating.

Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy Tom Koutsantonis said the “early stage” rating indicated growing support for the $450 million Strzelecki Track project.

“We fi rst submitted this project to Infrastructure Australia in February 2014 because we recognised the in-credible potential of unlocking a new freight route between South Australia and Queensland,” he said.

“Sealing the 426km Strzelecki Track between Lyndhurst and Innamincka will dramatically reduce transport costs for the expanding Cooper Basin oil and gas industry by millions of dol-lars each year.

“� e proposal also involves creating a 26km sealed road between Innaminc-ka and the Queensland border, creating a sealed transport link from Adelaide to Brisbane.

“� e emerging unconventional oil and gas industry has the potential to

create 2500 jobs and attract hundreds of millions of dollars to the region, and this upgrade is a crucial step towards encouraging investment.

“Sealing the Strzelecki Track would also deliver enormous benefi ts to the north east pastoral industry as well as to people in remote communities and the tourism sector. We are delighted that Infrastructure Australia has rec-ognised the value of this project.”

Mr Koutsantonis said the upgrade would make the critical outback trans-port route a cheaper, quicker and more reliable transport option.

“� e existing road is often corru-gated and rough and takes a heavy toll on the vehicles which use it, and its susceptibility to the weather results in closures and delays,” he said

““� e upgrade would also improve safety by dramatically reducing travel times and cutting the risk of crashes as a result of to poor road conditions.

“� is Infrastructure Australia as-sessment will help to progress discus-sions between the State Government, the Commonwealth and operators in the Cooper Basin on possible funding options.”

WRITTEN BYRYNEISHA BOLLARD

The State Government last week committed itself to providing services to Leigh

Creek until at least July 2018.Alinta Energy’s announcement

in June that it would close the lo-cal coal mine, along with its Port Augusta power stations, left the future of the town and surround-ing area in doubt.

However, after consultation with the Leigh Creek communi-ty and government agencies, the State Government has decided to continue delivering services including the hospital, school, ambulance and police station.

Federal Member for Grey Rowan Ramsey told � e Moni-tor he had observed a need for these services beyond the mine’s closure during his recent tour of the area.

“� ey used to come from dif-ferent communities, but they have centralised into Leigh Creek,” he said.

Mr Ramsey visited towns in-cluding Leigh Creek, Lyndhurst, Copley, Nipabunna and Blinman on Friday, September 11, and Saturday, September 12.

Mr Ramsey said Leigh Creek was a turnoff point for the Flinders Ranges, therefore the town’s hotel and caravan park made signifi cant contributions to local tourism, while its cafe and general store were also important in supporting the area.

However, Alinta’s announce-ment that the coal mine would close by March 2018 or sooner has left local businesses in doubt, and Mr Ramsey said many resi-dents were already on their way out of town.

“In that kind of environment people who can get work else-where will go,” he said. “If peo-ple see an opportunity they will leave, so there’s that kind of pres-sure on the town already.”

Mr Ramsey said clarifi cation

of what the State Government would provide into the future would help locals make decisions about how to proceed.

“At least people can start think-ing about how on earth they adjust to it and how they make family decisions based on the best information available,” he said.

Minister for Manufacturing and Innovation Kyam Maher said Leigh Creek was an important service centre for the outback.

“� e day after Alinta made its closure announcement, the State Government had people on the ground talking to communities in the Upper Spencer Gulf and outback region about their issues and needs,” he said.

“Some residents of Leigh Creek have told us they’d like to stay in the town, while others from sur-rounding communities say they would look at moving into the town, subject to the availability of housing for sale or rent.

“� e community – especially local businesses – have also told us they want clarity about the future, so the State Government has committed to maintaining services until July 2018, at a lev-el commensurate with the town’s population.”

Mr Maher said the State Gov-ernment’s commitment would ensure that Leigh Creek could continue to act as regional hub.

“� ose communities now have some certainty for the next three years,” he said.

“Under the terms of Alinta’s lease agreement, the company must also continue to supply Leigh Creek with services such as water and sewerage until the lease comes to an end in July 2018.,”

Mr Maher said the next step would be identifying an appropri-ate ‘footrprint’ for the town, op-tions for its management and the associated fi nancial implications.

� e State Government recently announced an initial $1 million job creation and support pack-age for the Upper Spencer Gulf and outback region, including $258,000 to support the ongoing viability of Leigh Creek.

Meanwhile it was also l ast week revealed that Leigh Creek Energy Limited has signed an agreement with Archer Explo-ration to look at ways of collab-orating on their respective Leigh Creek projects.

“Our graphite and magnesite projects present transformational and long-lasting projects which would be a welcome boost to the regional communities located in close vicinity to these resources,” said an Archer spokesperson.

“(� ey) off er the potential for the creation of signifi cant share-holder value as these projects move towards production.”

State Govt confi rms Leigh Creek services

Strzelecki’s rating boost

New jobs generated at Port Augusta

Federal Member for Grey Rowan Ramsey (centre) with Desley Wardell from the Leigh Creek IGA and

local pastoralist Ian Ferguson. PHOTO: Supplied

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C ycling will become more than just fi tness for local Andrew Hudson this month as he is

participating in the Great Cycle Challenge.

Mr Hudson has committed to rid-ing 600km by October 31 to help raise money for children with cancer.

“If I am going to do all those kilo-metres, I might as well raise some money in the process,” he said.

“I am taking part in Amy’s Ride SA again on November 1, so it will keep me motivated to keep training for that as well.”

Mr Hudson originally heard about the challenge from a member of the Facebook group he created, Roxby Road Riders.

Before even beginning the chal-lenge on October 1 he had raised more than $600, which was his orig-inal goal.

“I had raised a hundred dollars and then I told the staff at the school about it and raised the last $500 in one day,” he said. “I have been blown away with the generosity of people willing to donate.”

Having fi nished a 125km ride from Clare to Wallaroo as part of the Wine, Wheels and Whiting challenge, Mr

Hudson is already geared up for the long distances ahead.

Training for last month’s event in-corporated two short rides (30km to 40km) during the week and long rides (60km to 100km) on weekends.

“Distance wise I should be able to achieve (the 600km) comfortably,” he said.

“We are going to Adelaide for a hol-iday, so I will be packing the bike on the roof rack to ride down there too.”

Mr Hudson will also be using his Zwift computer program, which al-lows him to race on a stationary exer-cise bike against people from all over the world, to help him reach his goal.

“Anyone can do the challenge,” he said.

“Even if you are doing the kilo-metres on a stationary bike at the gym, those still count.”

To donate to Mr Hudson’s cause, visit www.greatcyclechallenge.com.au and search for either his name or team (Roxby Road Riders).

BY PATRICK GLOVER


The Roxby Downs Tavern’s Alabama Slammer burger has been named a fi nalist in the 2015 South Australian

Pub Burger Challenge.� e Tavern is the only regional venue to

have one of its burgers in the running, and head chef Richard Moretti said he and his staff were humbled by the news.

“It just shows you don’t have to go to the city to get a great quality burger,” he told � e Monitor.

“It is a great feeling, knowing people are taking notice of your food and saying they wouldn’t mind having one of them.”

When Mr Moretti began his role at � e Tavern in December last year the menu, in the way of burgers, only contained a Cajun chicken club and a steak sandwich, along with a few other basic options.

However, with more restaurants like Burg-er � eory and E’ nuf Burger Bar popping up around the state, Mr Moretti said pubs had been forced to lift their game to compete.

Mr Moretti introduced a specifi c burger menu recently and it has taken off , with be-tween 300 and 400 burgers being sold a week.

“� ere has been a great push for burgers,” he said.

“You know the burger menu has been really popular when you are pushing out 50 to 60 burgers in one sitting.”

� is is the fi rst time � e Tavern has en-tered this contest, and originally Mr Moretti said he was going to decline putting an entry in a nomination form from head offi ce.

However, he ended up making an applica-tion, which includes sending in a photograph of the burger.

After that Mr Moretti and his staff had to be at their best every day as the judges kept it a secret as to when they would visit to try out the burger menu.

“We had no idea when they turned up,” Mr Moretti said.

“We just got a letter on Monday (September 28) telling us we had made the cookoff .”

� e next round of the competition, a cook-off , will be held at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre on Wednesday, October 14, with each chef given around 40 minutes to prepare a burger.

� e Tavern will compete against venues including the Warradale, Holdfast, Hilton and Brompton hotels.

“I was looking at the competition and there are some really good burger menus,” Mr Moretti said.

“A lot of pubs are redoing their burger menus these days to incorporate healthier or diff erent options.

“Hopefully we can bring home the gong, but I would be happy with a top fi ve fi nish.

“If we don’t win it this year I will just have to pull out a better one for next year.”

� is is the fi rst time � e Tavern has en-

Tav’s top burger makes fi nals

Hudson to ride 600km this month

RIGHT: Andrew Hudson and sons at the Wallaroo fi nish line of

last month’s Wine, Wheels and Whiting event. PHOTO: Supplied

Roxby Downs Tavern head chef Richard Moretti with the Alabama Slammer burger. PHOTO: Patrick Glover


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NEWS IN BRIEF

P reparations for Roxby’s Sport and Recreation Master Plan – as the fi nal piece of work in the Roxby Downs

Sport and Recreation Review – have begun, with Adelaide-based fi rm One Eighty Sport & Leisure Solutions appointed to lead the project.

One Eighty’s Mark Band and Jeff Dry at-tended last week’s Sport and Recreation Steer-ing Committee meeting to introduce them-selves and provide an overview of the process.

“It was a really positive introductory meet-ing,” Mark said.

“� ere were representatives of more than 20 groups and organisations present, which is a strong refl ection of all of the work done in

the last 18 months (led by Council’s Sport and Recreation Review Team and Steering Com-mittee) and everyone’s commitment to work with us on the Master Plan going forward.”

Mark told the meeting One Eighty had a strong history of working with councils and communities to develop sport, recreation and leisure opportunities, which included the cre-ation of more than 30 master plans not only in South Australia but across the country.

� e Roxby Downs Sport and Recreation Master Plan will be developed with the as-sistance of a $20,000 grant received from the South Australian Offi ce of Recreation and Sport.

� e plan aims to update the former Master Plan developed in response to the planned

expansion of Olympic Dam and the township. “� e Master Plan process is all about en-

suring Roxby has the right sporting and rec-reational facilities for its future needs,” Mark explained.

“We know there has been a lot of consulta-tion, a major survey undertaken and a range of recommendations which have been agreed on by the Steering Committee in the last 18 months or so, and we won’t be looking to ‘re-invent the wheel’ as such.

“We’ll certainly be taking that all into ac-count, however the process will include ad-ditional discussions with stakeholders and community members to understand what their current and future needs are, and we’ll be kicking these off in late October.

“Ultimately, at the end of the process we will end up with a Sport and Recreation Mas-ter Plan for the next 10 years including site and facility concept plans and staging, as well as an action plan for the next fi ve years which will dovetail neatly into the Review Team’s Final Report of the Sports and Recreation Review.”

One Eighty will visit Roxby a number of times during the planning process, with the next visit planned for Tuesday, October 20, to meet with the Community Board, attend the next Sport and Recreation Steering Com-mittee meeting and begin discussions with stakeholders (including open community in-formation sessions).

A s part of their work towards the Duke of E d i n b u r g h Aw a r d ,

three Roxby youths headed to Adelaide last week.

Accompanied by Community Projects Offi cer (Youth & Chil-dren) Kirsten Falt, Alistair Wil-liamson, Ines Badman and Sabri-na Hurrell spent four days visiting youth centres and services in and around Adelaide.

� eir trip away had two pur-poses – fi rstly to enable the three to complete the ‘Adventurous Journey’ section of the award (bronze level) and also to gath-er ideas and information to feed back to Council on the fi t-out and

programs for Roxby’s new Com-munity Youth Centre.

� e Duke of Edinburgh Award is a structured (non-formal edu-cation) youth development pro-gram empowering Australians between the ages of 14 to 25 years to explore their full potential, re-gardless of their location or cir-cumstance.

Each young person who takes part in the award learns a skill, improves their physical well-be-ing, volunteers in their communi-ty and goes on an adventure.

� e Roxby Downs Community Board is a licensed Duke of Edin-burgh Award operator, meaning any interested young person in Roxby can complete the award.

On their trip away, the Rox-by contingent planned to visit headspace (a youth mental health service) in Port Augusta, the Re-gional Youth Bus located in Port Wakefi eld and youth centres in Salisbury, Tea Tree Gully and Onkaparinga.

“We will also visit Ikea to iden-tify the products we’d like to buy to create a youth-friendly space in the new Community Youth Cen-tre,” Kirsten explained.

Upon their return to Roxby, the trio will prepare a report on their trip for assessment by the nation-al Duke of Edinburgh Award of-fi ce, as well as for Roxby Council, which subsidised their trip.

H ere’s a great c h a n c e f o r people in Roxby

(a nd s ur ro und s) to join in with an international reading event, with the Big Library Read now under way.

Kicking off today and running until Wednes-day, October 21, the Big Library Read is a global initiative where every-one will read the same two e-books (pictured) to form part of a mas-sive worldwide book club.

This year’s genre is Young Adult, with the books chosen being � e Door in the Hedge by Robin McKinley and In the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters.

The Door in the Hedge (suitable for ages 10 and up) is described as “four tales of stolen princesses, magical hinds, talking frogs and

dancing princesses on the far side of the door into faeryland”.

Suitable for ages 14 and up (contains ma-ture themes/languag-es), In the Shadow of Blackbirds is set in 1918 when “the world seems on the verge of apocalypse”.

Featuring haunting archival early 20th cen-tury photographs, this is a “tense, romantic story set in a past that is eerily like our own time”.

� e Big Library Read is available through participating libraries

(including the rox-bylink library) and is free – all you need is a library card to get started.

To download your e-books, you’ll need to download the free ‘OverDrive’ application (via the App Store).

Once you’ve selected your library, entered your library card and PIN number, these ti-tles will show on the front page and, because they’re part of the Big Library Read, there are no limits on how many people can read them at once.

Master plan beginning to take shape

Roxby youths’ adventurous journeyJust before leaving for Adelaide last week were YAC members (from left) Sabrina Hurrell, Ines

Badman and Alistair Williamson with Community Projects Offi cer (Youth & Children) Kirsten Falt.

Join in the Big Library Read

Green waste survey: thank you!

Thanks to everyone who took the time to complete Council’s survey on the

green waste collection service. A number of responses (both

electronic and hard copy) were re-ceived and will now be reviewed by Council as it considers the future of the service going forward.

We’ll keep you informed of any potential change once a decision has been made.

Roadworks under way

Council this week began a numb er of ro ad maintenance activities

around Roxby Downs. A section of Olympic Way (from

approximately the racecourse turnoff to the town offi ce) and Stu-art Road (from Burgoyne Street to the roundabout) will be resealed, while street sweeping and line marking will also be completed around the township.

Major traffi c interruptions are not anticipated but for further information on the roadworks, please contact Council during business hours on 8671 0010.



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electricity is turned back on.

Turn off any electronic equipment, television, video, digital versatile disc (DVD) players, computers,

printers, clocks, electronic pool timers, etcetera.

NOTE: Normally switching processes DO NOT damage equipment; however,

it is better to take precautions with your valuable equipment. Some older

equipment may not be as tolerant.

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2 Saturday, 17 October Morning 8am – 12 noon

3 Sunday, 11 October Morning 8am – 12 noon

4 Sunday, 11 October Morning 8.30am – 3pm

5 Sunday, 11 October Night 7.30pm – 10pm

6 Thursday, 15 October Afternoon 1.30pm – 6pm

7 Monday, 12 October Afternoon 1pm – 6pm

8 Tuesday, 13 October Morning 8am – 12.30pm

9 Tuesday, 13 October Afternoon 1.30pm – 6pm

10 Wednesday, 14 October Afternoon 1.30pm – 6pm

11 Monday, 19 October All Day 8am – 3pm

12 Wednesday, 14 October Morning 8am – 12.30pm

13 Thursday, 15 October Morning 8am – 12.30pm

14 Friday, 16 October Afternoon 1pm – 6pm

15 Friday, 16 October All Day 8am – 3pm

16 Sunday, 11 October Night 10.30pm – 12.30am

17 Saturday, 17 October Afternoon 1pm – 6pm

18 Saturday, 10 October Afternoon 1.30pm – 6pm

19 Sunday, 18 October All Day 8am – 3pm

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OUT ABOUT&CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

“You could do this all day, as long as there’s wind,” he said.

Meanwhile a barbecue run by the Anda-mooka Youth Group had raised $450 on the Saturday, with other takings still being calcu-lated when � e Monitor went to print.

� e youth group also provided a Minions-themed mascot as extra entertainment at the community hall, and its volleyball competition proved popular despite being rescheduled to the evenings because of the weekend’s warm weather.

Co-ordinator Donna Waters helped reinvig-orate the group earlier this year with help from APOMA and the Andamooka Town Manage-ment Committee.

She thanked local sponsors Andamooka IGA and Cellarbrations for providing goods towards the barbecue, as the proceeds from it would help provide more facilities for the youth group’s gatherings of 11 to 18 year-olds at the community hall on Fridays and Satur-days from 7pm to 10pm.

“We want to get more stuff into the hall,” she said.

“Our main goal is to raise funds for a pool table, foosball table and an air hockey table.

“We want to make the hall more ‘homey’ for the kids.”

Also on the youth group’s agenda is a fam-ily movie night to be held at the Andamooka Community Hall on Saturday, October 31, from 6pm to 10pm.

The Andamooka Youth Group provided a Minions-themed mascot.

Andamooka hosts long weekend fun

Jordyn, Sethula, Japhia and Jacob at Out of School Hours Care (OOSHC).

Summer and Ethan with a volcano they made while at OOSHC.

Tommy, Jearim and Lilliana enjoying the school

holidays last week.

Justine Cleary and Paul Crowe, both of Andamooka, check out the land yachts on display at the

old airport on the weekend.

Wendy Clarke and Rodney Mitchell performed at the Andamooka

Community Hall on Sunday.

Stuart MacIntyre, of Andamooka, displayed his metal creations and fellow local Mary Ames’s paintings at the community hall. PHOTOS: Ryneisha Bollard


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CONTACTING THE BOARD

BOARD MEETINGSBoard meetings are held on the last

Monday of the month.Members of the public are welcome to

attend and observe.If you would like to make a presentation or raise an issue, please contact the Executive Offi cer on 0418 833 818 to

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Local man Brad Langshaw was last week recognised as the Roxby Downs Community Board’s Volunteer of the Month for August.

Mr Langshaw has volunteered for the local South Australian Ambulance Service branch for about four years and has assisted the Roxby Downs and Anda-mooka Returned Services League with events when required.

He is also a Justice of the Peace and an active mem-ber of the Multicultural Forum and Environment Forum, through which he recently participated in training to become a Wildlife Hotline volunteer snake catcher.

Mr Langshaw said he was unaware of who nomi-nated him for the award but he was grateful for the acknowledgement.

“A lot of volunteers aren’t seen because you don’t do it for the rewards and the accolades, you do it for the experience,” he said.

“I’ve been doing volunteer work since I was a kid, so I’ve always been willing to stand up when the need arises.”

Mr Langshaw said a “true resident” of any com-munity, as opposed to a “visitor”, was someone who volunteered at least a small portion of their time to assist others.

“� ere are so many opportunities to volunteer here,” he said.

“It gets you out there meeting people, and the best thing someone can hear is a thank you.”

Mr Langshaw said the Volunteer of the Month award was “humbling” and “surprising” to receive.

He said he would put the prize of $100 towards his project to have automated external defi brillators installed at local venues.

The Roxby Downs Business Forum is celebrating all local businesses in Roxby Downs

and Olympic Dam with a dinner on � ursday, October 15.

� e event is themed ‘Business as Usual’ and will replace the annual business awards gala.

All business owners, business op-erators and managers are invited to attend the dinner at the Roxby Downs Golf Club.

Come and celebrate the resilience of the Roxby Downs business com-munity and get a glimpse into the Forum’s plans for the 2015/16 fi nan-cial year, along with the new www.roxbydowns.com website.

� e Forum is seeking your input on the evening with some key questions.

� e event will include a fully ca-tered meal along with complimentary drinks from 6.30pm to 7.30pm. � e bar will be open to purchase drinks thereafter.

There will also be prizes on the night, music and loads of networking opportunities.

Limited tickets are available at no charge, but you will have to register to attend the ‘Business as Usual’ event via the Visitor Information Centre.

For more information, contact Jade Quinn on 0405 123 196.








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Roxby Downs man Brad Langshaw will donate the $100 from his Volunteer of the Month

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Sport and Recreation Officer(Full Time)

As a result of a successful grant application with the Office of Sport and Recreation an opportunity now exists for a Sport and Recreation Officer to join Council’s roxbylink team in an expanded community recreation development role. The aim is to contribute to the future sustainability of sport and recreation clubs in Roxby Downs and assist in the development of and subsequent implementation and management of Council’s Sport and Recreation Master Plan. If you have experience working with community groups and interest in and passion for sport and recreation this position is for you.

To be successful in this position you will need to be a good communicator with the ability to build strong working relationships with club officials and volunteers and members of the Sport and Recreation Review Team and Steering Committee. Ideally you will have a strong understanding of the Roxby Downs community and possess strong organisational and planning skills. Applicants who understand the issues facing sporting and recreation clubs in Roxby Downs will be highly regarded.

Council offers a family friendly working environment with appropriate benefits and allowances. Salary and conditions will be in accordance with the Roxby Downs Council Workplace Agreement (2014) and will be classified at Level 3 or 4 depending on skills, competencies and experience.

A copy of the job and person specification is available from the Council Office during business hours (telephone 8671 0010; email [email protected]). Enquiries about the role may be directed to Michelle Hales Manager Corporate Strategy and Governance on 8671 0100.

Written applications addressed to the Administrator must be submitted by the closing date and consist of a formal application letter, a resume and include the contact names and numbers of at least two referees.

Applications may be sent by:• Post to the Roxby Council Office, PO Box 124 Richardson Place, Roxby Downs SA 5725 or• Email: [email protected]

Closing Date 12 noon Monday 19 October 2015

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The South Australian Cricket Association (SACA) attended another

Roxby Districts Cricket Association (RDCA) meeting on Monday, September 21.

SACA’s Seb Goldsmith talked to the players and their parents at the junior competition’s an-nual general meeting about the pathways to the elite level and what it takes to get there.

“He talked about how it is more about kids making runs and taking wickets and catches,

rather than focusing on tech-nique,” said RDCA president Paul Trotta.

“So with that in mind I think we have a pretty good system as it is currently – everyone gets a bat and everyone gets a bowl.

“But there were also a few new ideas thrown around about how to improve things.”

Trotta said the main agenda item at the AGM was sort-ing out a training night, with Wednesdays decided on.

From here Trotta said the association would step back and let the parents take con-trol, and only the association’s junior co-ordinator would have

regular contact with them.“� ere are enough parents

there that will be able to get it going again now that training has started,” he said.

“� e idea is they are going to run it themselves. � e associa-tion and committee are to have little to do with them, so they are free to do their own thing and run it themselves.

“� e idea of a junior commit-tee was discussed at the AGM but that is now up to them.”

The MILO in2CRICKET program is set to be run again in term four, and Trotta said he was confi dent the older jun-ior competition would have

enough numbers to continue in a similar manner to last year.

Depending on numbers, a T20 Blast competition may also be introduced to cater for juniors in the middle age group.

“We’ll see how we go,” Trot-ta said. “� ere are a few people with a few ideas.

“But most people agree what we have had in previous years has been good, so we don’t want to change too many things for the children.”

Junior cricket training began on Wednesday September 23, and everyone is welcome to get involved.

Roxby Downs entered four junior soccer teams into the inaugural Country

State Futsal Identification Championships at Port Augusta last month.

Held on Saturday, Septem-ber 26, the championships saw Roxby contribute two under 12 boys teams along with an under 15 girls and under 16 boys team that combined with players from Port Augusta.

Soccer co-ordinator Tony

D’Arrigo said the level of talent of the championships had been “unbelievable” but his players still managed to score goals and the under 12s had draws in a few of their matches.

Mr D’Arrigo said the champi-onships offered an opportuni-ty for the juniors to gain more experience and to see what the competition was like at a higher level, with many Adelaide acade-my teams competing on the day.

“It was also a great family day

because the parents were all there,” he said. “We’ll defi nitely go back next year.”

Mr D’Arrigo said he had been impressed with how well Foot-ball Federation South Australia had organised the event and the high profi le of some of the talent scouts in attendance.

“I’m pretty sure they scouted some of our boys, but we won’t know for another few weeks,” he added.

BY RYNEISHA BOLLARD

A ll three Roxby Academy of Dance (RAD) age groups dominated the CanDance

Australia novice competition at Prince Alfred College in Adelaide recently.

The under 12, under 15 and sub seniors all came away with placings on Sunday, September 27.

� e under 12s were the most out-standing, fi nishing the day with three fi rsts – for jazz, acrobatics and hip hop – along with a second in song and tap and a third for lyrical.

“� ey all did really well,” said RAD director Lana Chamberlain.

“� e under 12 team was amazing, and even the judges commented on their hip hop routine at the end of the day and said it was their favourite of the day.”

Miss Lana said she was proud of all 30 students who performed as part of a

team, particularly the under 12s as they had to complete fi ve dances in one day.

� e under 15s walked away with a fi rst in song and dance and hip hop while also fi nishing third in the con-temporary category.

An RAD sub senior team was en-tered for the fi rst time this year and fi nished second in both the contem-porary and hip hop categories.

Miss Lana said the parents had played a big part in helping the stu-dents prepare and perform on the day, and their support of not just their child but all dancers was outstanding.

“� ey have all been amazing and really helped all the teams,” she said.

� e students had a rest last week before participating in the solo and duet part of the CanDance Australia competition this week.

See next week’s Monitor for more results.

BY PATRICK GLOVER

Parents seek junior cricket success

Soccer scouts attend SA country champs

Roxby junior soccer players competing at the inaugural Country State Futsal Talent Identifi cation Championships included one under

15 girls and two under 12 boys teams. PHOTOS: Supplied

Roxby dominates recent group dance competition

LEFT: The under 15s walked away with a fi rst in song and dance and hip hop while also fi nishing third in the contemporary category.

A sub senior team was entered for the fi rst time this year and fi nished second in both the contemporary

and hip hop categories.

The Roxby Academy of dance under 12 team performed well in group acts at the

CanDance Australia competition recently. PHOTOS: Supplied

Coach Dan Bronco (front, right) with the combined Roxby and Port

Augusta under 16 boys team.Coach Anthony Watherston (back,

left) with the under 12 boys ‘B’ team.

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CONTINUED FROM BACK PAGEWith the leaders needing only one game

to win the grand fi nal, Swanny and Steven Pak-Poy played against the experienced Lucas/Patterson combination, which won 2-0 to make it 5-all.

Both teams locked horns in the last game of the night (and season) with darts thrown well but also some average performances.With the nerves now settled a bit, Dion Patterson had an impressive (and the high-est) 92 peg out (20 trebles, 16 doubles) to make Four Play the 2015 RDDL Premiers.

An RDDL spokesperson thanked the committee for all of its hard work over the year, along with everyone for their partic-ipation, and said the league hoped to see them all again next year.

� is year’s RDDL presentation night will be held at the Roxby Downs Golf Club on Friday, October 23, from 7pm.

ABOVE: Runners-up, ISITIN? (from left) Sean Quinn, Mark Netherton, Riaan Grobler

(captain), Steven Pak-Poy, Andrew Swanson and Aaron Laister. PHOTOS: Supplied


J ason Schell was awarded with a Roxby District Cricket Association life membership

recently, following 22 years of service.

Schell originally joined the asso-ciation as a player for Olympic Dam during its nine premierships in a row in the 1990s.

He played about 70 games for the Devils and made a signifi cant contri-bution to country carnivals as both a player and a volunteer.

With cricket making the move to night matches recently, Schell was one of the drivers behind getting the lights on the main oval erected.

In the past few years he has played

a major role in the success of the lo-cal Pink Stumps Day event, which has been the most successful fund-raiser of its kind across Australia for the past two years.

Schell was awarded life member-ship at a small gathering on Friday, September 25, but was unavailable for comment before this week’s Mon-itor went to print.

The Roxby Distr ic t s Sporting Club has a new president , with

Mark Telfer taking over the role from James Bremner at the annual general meeting recently.

Telfer has returned to the role after serving as president before Bremner began his two-year tenure.

“He has done a fantastic job,” Telfer said.

“I will be hoping to do much the same in the role next season and try for our fourth premier-ship in the football.

“No one has won four fl ags in a row before, and we are look-ing to have a similar result in the netball as well.”

Telfer will have his work cut

out for him with a big year ahead for the Miners, who will be cel-ebrating their 30th anniversary.

He said he would be support-ed by a good committee this season, with the likes of foot-ball team captain Craig Hall and vice captain Ben Hampel being re-elected.

“We have tried to carry on a similar way to previous years,” he said.

“We have some good young blokes as well as some more ex-perienced people.

“We have a good model in place and we are hoping we can continue on with for a few more years because it has been suc-cessful so far.”

BY PATRICK GLOVER

Local woman Paige Aldenhoven has brought variety into

fi tness training in Roxby Downs by starting up her own business recently.

Workin’ It Out brings boxing back to town after Rebecca Eli ran classes a number of years ago.

“I wanted to do some-thing that wasn’t already off ered,” Aldenhoven told � e Monitor.

“� ere are so many men and women doing circuit classes and things like that, so rather than start up an-other circuit class I thought I would do something dif-ferent.

“I am a big believer in va-riety, plus it is an awesome workout.”

� e classes incorporate mainly boxing, but Alden-hoven said they also includ-ed elements of running and circuit training to break things up.

Aldenhoven said many people thought boxing classes were purely upper body workouts, but she had made sure she had everything covered – in-cluding legs and abdominal muscles.

“� e best part is that it is easy to adapt to,” she said.

“You can go at your own pace and you can be any kind of fi tness level. I even encourage participants to bring a friend or a partner.

“It is all about feeling comfortable and just get-ting in there and having a go.”

Aldenhoven said benefi ts from the class could in-clude weight loss, increased muscle tone, increased car-diovascular fi tness, strong-er bones and stress relief.

� e sessions kicked off last week with a number of participants taking part at the golf course, where the classes are held – apart from Wednesday morn-ings when they are held at Curdimurka Street play-ground.

Aldenhoven said the golf club was the ideal spot to hold her classes as it of-fered beautiful scenery, perfect running tracks for warm-ups and access to both indoor and outdoor facilities.

Having worked at Olym-pic Dam for the past seven years, Aldenhoven’s jour-ney to becoming a personal trainer began in January.

“I thought to myself, ‘what would I do with my life if things didn’t go in my favour?’,” she said.

“And that’s exactly what happened. I lost my job on site in the middle of this year and so I had to take control.

“I wanted to start work-ing again and, because I have seven years of training and facilitating expertise in the workplace, I wanted to do something that encom-passed that as well as in-cluding a heathy lifestyle.”

Aldenhoven started studying externally with the Australian Institute of Fitness in January, lost her job on site in June and last month started her own fi t-ness business.

Classes are held Mon-days to � ursdays at var-ying times, along with the occasional classes on weekends, and cost $12 to be paid at the start of every session.

Anyone interested in taking part in the classes is encouraged to visit the Facebook page (Workin’ It Out – Roxby Downs) for further details.

BY PATRICK GLOVER

Boxing classes pack a punch

Workin’ It Out owner Paige Aldenhoven recently started offering boxing classes at the Roxby Downs Golf Club. PHOTO: Patrick Glover

New president for The Miners

Life membership for Schell after 22 years

TOP LEFT: Charlie Lucas (Four Play) in action during last week’s grand fi nal.BOTTOM LEFT: Aaran Laister has a throw for ISITIN?.

Jason Schell (second from left) receives his cricket association life membership from president Paul Trotta

as his children Thomas, Lauren and Jeremy look on.

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Four Play wins fi nalRoxby Downs Darts League (RDDL)

2015 grand fi nal winners Four Play defeated ISITIN? by just one game

last Wednesday.� e night began with ISITIN? captain Riaan

Grobler taking on Four Play’s Dion Patterson.Grobler won the fi rst leg before Patterson

came back with an 87 peg out to make it one leg a piece.

Giving ISITIN? the start it wanted, Grob-ler took out the third leg to bring the match score to 1-0.

In the second game, Four Play cap-ta in Ry an Reschke to ok on An-drew ‘Swanny ’ Swanson (ISITIN?). Swanny kept his cool, defeating Reschke 2-1, to extend the ISITIN? lead to 2-0.

Charlie Lucas (Four Play) then took on Aaron Laister (ISITIN?) in a tense battle that could have gone either way.

Nerves prevented smooth fi nishing for both players, but Lucas proved too strong against Laister, 2-0, giving Four Play its fi rst win and bringing the score to 2-1.

Next up was Steven Bell (Four Play)

against Mark Netherton (ISITIN?). Netherton was unable to settle and lost to

Bell, 2-1, making it 2-all for the night.In the reverse singles, Patterson took on

Swanny.Patterson now seemed settled, ousting

Swanny, 2-0, to give Four Play the lead at 3-2.Next up was a captain versus captain clash,

with Grobler proving too strong for Reschke, 2-0, and levelling the overall score to 3-3.

Lucas then met with Quinn at the throw line for a tussle under the tungsten. Both players had strong performances but

Quinn showing a lot of determination, win-ning 2-1, to hand the lead back to ISITIN? at 4-3.

In the last singles game of the season, Tom Speight (Four Play) battled it out against Laister. Speight stepped up to the plate to defeat Laister 2-1 in another tense battle that brought the score to 4-all.

� e doubles saw Grobler and Quinn defeat Bell and Michael Wedding, 2-0, to give ISI-TIN? a 5-4 lead.

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Roxby Downs Darts League 2015 premiers Four Play (from left) Michael Wedding, Steven Bell, Tom Speight, Dion Patterson, Ryan Reschke and Charlie Lucas. PHOTO: Supplied

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