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By LES PEARSON

BERRI Barmera Council con-fi rmed its commitment to its town centre renewal plan at Tues-day night’s council meeting, de-spite concerns prompted by the current global economic crisis.

The redevelopment plan was announced among much fanfare in February last year, with the plan-ning stages now part way through a projected 18 month time frame.

Council chief executive offi cer David Beaton said council will go ahead with the pur-chase of land to be used in a proposed expansion of supermarket facili-ties as part of the redevelopment.

That plan is yet to be fi nalised due to the current economic cli-mate.

However, it now appears council will seek a separate piece of land to develop the new super-market site.

The town’s two ovals will also stay put – for now.

While there was a mixed view about moving the ovals, much of the public opposition was based around shifting the War Memo-rial gates, while cost also became a big factor.

“The costings of shifting the two ovals was going to be about 11 or 12 million dollars, so it’s too big an outlay,” Mr Beaton said.

While the ovals will stay, the Berri Bowling Club is prepared to move to Glassey Park, with the prospect of a new facility and artifi cial bowl-ing rinks seen as a big bonus for the club.

Mr Beaton said he will be meeting

with the club tomorrow night to discuss future movements.

He said the club was informed it may have to share clubroom fa-cilities at different stages and has shown a reasonable willingness to do so. The town centre renewal includes the riverfront redevelop-ment, which will get under way in the near future.

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Berri Town Renewal Plan commitment confi rmed

The costings of shifting the two ovals was going to be about

11 or 12 million dollars.

Resilient riders defy the weather■ DETERMINED: Gordon Dyke and horse Creamy braved the weather with over 100 other riders at the Central Mallee Trail Ride this

week, where rain failed to deter the enthusiastic participants. Photo: JANE WILSON

By LES PEARSON

WHILE the region was singing in the rain over the past week or so, the falls could have been a major dampener on the annual 10 day Central Mallee Trail Ride taking place about 12 kilometres outside of Waikerie.

Some 100 riders from across the nation registered for the ride and set up camp over the rain-soaked weekend but trail ride commit-tee president Rose Neideck said it hasn’t effected their enthusiasm.

“That doesn’t phase people,” she said.

“They’re such avid horsemen,

nothing stops them.“They’re all out in the rain, ev-

eryone was just standing there in their Drizabones and hats and sad-dling up their horses.

“No complaints, it doesn’t stop them.”


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GOURMET chef Maggie Beer is a name well known for quality products but what is not well known is that the master cook accesses many of her ingredients from the Riverland. - Full report, Page 10

PINNAROO business Hanton and Sharrad is celebrating 100 years in business in 2009. Les Pearson looks at the business’ history. – Full report, Page 8

Word of the week

RAINFALL (noun): 1. A shower or fall of rain. 2. The quantity of water precipitated as rain, snow, hail, or sleet in a specified area and time interval.

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~ Maggie Beer– Page 10

NZ dollar reboundsTHE New Zealand dollar rebound-ed after export data for March was better than economists forecast.

Gains in the so-called kiwi were tempered before a meeting today when the Reserve Bank of New Zealand is expected to low-er its benchmark rate, a seventh consecutive time to 2.5 per cent, Bloomberg.com reports.

Water issues visitTHE Governor’s Leadership Foun-dation will be visiting the River-land this weekend to study the region’s water issues.

The group will visit Banrock Station, Barmera and Renmark on Sunday to examine water issues, while speakers throughout the day will be expressing their view re-garding SA’s water situation.

Stadium upgrade callTHE state opposition has put for-ward a proposal for two of WA’s infrastructure dilemmas - scrap the Roe Highway stage eight exten-sion and use the money to revamp Subiaco Oval, WA Today says.

The call comes after AFL boss Andrew Demetriou said Subiaco was now the worst stadium in the competition.

SA fl u preparedSOUTH Australia is on alert and braced for the arrival of swine fl u, Adelaidenow reports.

Chief medical offi cer Paddy Phillips said every reported fl u case would be investigated and the state would not be caught off-guard.

“This is a serious situation, we’re well prepared.”

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WELL, wasn’t the weekend a treat with all that rain plummeting from the sky?

To feel the mood lift around the region as the rain soaked into parched paddocks, parks and gar-dens was something we have all waited for for some time.

How long is it since we had five straight days of rain? That’s something I certainly cannot recall.

And while the football played on the weekend certainly wasn’t pretty, I’m certain that most of the region’s players enjoyed splashing around in the wet and getting a little mud on their knees as the matches were played at close quarters.

Discussions between those on the sidelines at the football ranged from rainwater tank levels to farmers’ preparations for seeding.

Who would have thought that rain could pro-

vide such simple joy to a whole region and to farming communities doing it tough right across the state?

It proves a reminder that the old advertising slo-gan “the simple things in life are often the best” is entirely correct.

While the wet weather has obviously lifted spir-its, it is only a temporary tonic.

Now we will have to sit back and wait to see if some of the rains that fell into the northern part of the basin will make their way down to our neck of the woods and allow an irrigation allocation to be announced, no matter how small, in July.

There is so much more of this year to come and hopefully our spirits can be lifted again this winter.

Rain lifts the spirits

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“Now we’ve got to organise to get it all done,” Mr Beaton said.

“We’re going to try and organise a meeting with En-vironment and Conservation Minister Jay Weatherill because we’re expecting a valuation in May.”

The super school option publicised earlier in the year

remains an option, although it could be in doubt in the near fu-ture after the State Government reduced capital allocations for such developments.

It is expected that the project will not be fi nalised during the current term of council.

Meantime, the funding for the proposed $19 million Berri Recreation Centre development is still pending government sup-port.

Council is seeking $15 mil-lion in funding from the Federal Government and $2 million from the State Government for the project.

Mr Beaton said the town centre renewal will go ahead but without federal funding, the rec-reation centre is far too expen-sive for council to build.

“If the recreation centre gets funded, it does, if it doesn’t, it doesn’t.”

In an expression of confi -dence in future developments, council has already purchased property adjacent to Glassey Park for the new recreation cen-tre.

However, the price of land adjacent to the south of Glassey Park, which would have been used as part of the sports centralisation pro-gram, proved too expensive to purchase.

A DRIVER screening station on the Sturt Highway at Barmera found no drink-driv-ers on Tuesday.

The RAID (Remove All Impaired Driv-ers) was aimed at apprehending motorists affected by alcohol or drugs.

Police said while no impaired drivers were reported, a number of licence and registration based offences were detected, with several defects issued.

However, news has not been so good in regards to drink drivers over the past week, with a number detected right across the region.

At 11.50am on Monday, a 53 year old Lyrup man was reported for drink driving after recording a blood test analysis more than three times the limit.

The man, who was stopped by police on the Gurra Road, recorded a reading of 0.183 per cent and had his licence dis-qualifi ed for 12 months.

That incident followed the reporting of a Berri woman, two Renmark men and a Loxton female for drink driving offences over the weekend.

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No offences at Barmera but drink drivers still emerge

Berri Barmera Council looks to become more sustainable

Rate rise a small step in fi nancial overhaul

By LES PEARSON

RATES will rise for Berri-Barmera Council ratepayers this year by just under four per cent.

The decision was made at a special meeting to develop the annual business plan last Tues-day.

Council chief executive of-fi cer David Beaton said with demands to make the council more fi nancially sustainable, the rate rise will only play a mi-nor hand in reducing the $1.8million annual oper-ating defi cit.

“We’re not trying to wipe the defi cit out by increasing the rates,” Mr Beaton said.

“We’ve looked at ways of reducing the operating defi cit we had, outside of slugging the ratepayers too much.

“What we’ve done is we’ve tried to keep it as low as pos-sible but try and be as prudent as possible.”

Council hopes to peg back the operating defi cit to $900,000 by the end of the 2009/10 fi nan-cial year, then back to nearly break even the year after.

Mr Beaton said with $170

million worth of assets, depre-ciation is largely responsible for council’s defi cit budget, so oth-er methods will be looked into to reduce the defi cit.

“We’ve reduced some of the reliance on consultants,” Mr Beaton said.

“We’ve looked at some of the ways we do things and as people leave, we re-examine the need for some of the posi-tions.”

“The gist of it is to make

sure council is in a position to be sustainable long term and getting into a small operating defi cit or surplus is one of the stipulations of making sure we’re fi nancially viable for the future.”

The radical operating chang-es come after the fi nancial sus-tainability report by the Local Government Association a few years ago.

“Our problem is the rates have always been tradition-ally high in the Berri Barmera

Council area so we don’t have the ability to just whack 10 or 15 per cent extra on the rates because the people in the coun-cil area already pay reasonably high rates anyway,” Mr Beaton said.

Mr Beaton said the latest rate rises refl ect the Consumer Price Index increase.

“It’s around that sort of mark,” he said.

“The biggest kick in the tail isn’t going to be the rates, it’s ac-

tually the charge that we do for the sewer (Community Waste-water Management Scheme).”

That charge will rise by 17 per cent this year.

“That has gone up by more than twice the rates the average rates have gone up,” Mr Beaton said.

“The basis of that scheme is that it’s supposed to be user pay, so it’s meant to operate as a separate entity.

“Council had been putting extra through its rate revenue

into the wastewater system.”Mr Beaton reassured rate

payers he was looking into ways to reduce the septic fee and ensure it would not rise by so much again.

“This is the last time the increase will have to be of that magnitude,” he said.

“I’m trying to meet with United Utilities, who run it for us, and see if there’s a way to re-duce the annual cost.

“The rates in recent years have been around the CPI but the biggest burden has been the increase in the CWMS costs, which have probably doubled over the last few years.“People will think their

rates are going through the roof but it’s mainly all the costs associated with the CWMS and not just the council rates but it all goes on the one bill.”

Council will hold two pub-lic meetings to discuss the an-nual business plan.

The fi rst at the Barmera Unit-ing Church on May 27 at 7pm, while the Berri meeting will be held on May 28 at the Len Ma-honey Room, also at 7pm.

We’re not trying to wipe the defi cit out by increasing the rates.

Wheels in motion for town centre renewal


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She said the riders’ passion for what they enjoy overrides any weather conditions.

“They just love their riding and their horses so much, that’s why they come here, to ride.”

The 10-day event got under way on Monday, with a 40 kilometre trail ride on Tuesday.

Next Tuesday eve-ning, a dinner dance at Mantung Hall before the fi nal day of the trail ride the following day.

“We’ve got a band coming from Gawler so we’ll all rock and roll that night,” Mrs Neideck said.

The event was can-celled last year due to the equine infl uenza outbreak.

“It all went ahead this year and so far, so good,” Mrs Neideck said.

The group will be holding raffl es, auctions and selling merchan-dise throughout the week to raise money for charity.

“There’s a lot of money raised and peo-ple are pretty generous,” Mrs Neideck said.

“Whoever runs it gives the money to what ever charity they would like to and ours is go-ing to the Royal Flying Doctor Service and the Waikerie District Hospital.”

All alone out on the trail

■ ROUGH: Camping out at the trail ride during

the week were Colin and Marie Pitman (far left and right) of Lewiston and Brian Barnes of Dawesley (centre).

■ DEFIANT: Riders on the Central Mallee Trail Ride included (from left) Peter Hatch, from Quorn, on Stormy, Leigh Creek’s Roy Clarke, on Fluffy, Margot Peart, from Port Augusta, on Bailey, and Derek Lehmann, also from Quorn, on Callie.

Photos: JANE WILSON

■ ON WHEELS: Gordon Dyke on his cart with his horse Creamy leading the way at the Central Mallee Trail Ride on Monday.

Rain brings benefi ts for Rain brings benefi ts for the whole regionthe whole region

By LES PEARSON

“ANYONE who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain.”

While the author of that quote remains unknown, its meaning still hits the target, especially with the sea-son-breaking rainfall over the past few days.

Lameroo topped the region’s rain-fall with 44.6 millimetres, while Loxton recorded 25.6 millimetres and renmark 34.2 millimetres.

The region welcomed the falls with open arms, the benefi ts of the rain not only raising spirits but also signaling the start of the wet season.

Golf courses reliant on irrigated wa-ter soaked it up.

Waikerie golf committee president Marty Burnell greeted the rain with a grin.

“I think it goes without saying it’s brilliant to see the start of the rain,” he said.

“We’ve had 21 millimetres and on top of the water we get from the (Waikerie) hotel, it will really help.”

He said while the fairways and greens were already watered, the wel-come break in the weather will do the course the world of good.

“We’re lucky here, our fairways are already covered,” he said.

“The benefi t now is this rain will push up the winter grasses and bulks up the fairways even more.”

The rain will also green up other areas where the sprinklers fail to reach, adding to the overall aesthetic golf courses need to attract players to play.

“They’ve got to be green or people won’t want to play them,” Mr Burnell said.

Dryland farmers are also either get-ting ready, or are well on the way, to start seeding.

Reports from the Southern Mallee indicate it may be a waiting game be-fore some farmers can begin.

Landmark Pinnaroo agronomist Mick Sparnon said some growers will have to wait for their paddocks to dry out a bit before they can begin sowing.

In saying that, some have already got crops in.

“We had guys doing some dry sow-

ing about 10 days before,” Mr Sparnon said.

After a few lean years, he believed most growers won’t miss this opportu-nity to get a good start in the hope of a consistent season.

“It’s more about trying to get things in early and then get a good fi nish.”

Mr Sparnon said growers are mostly planting lupins and peas at the mo-ment, although given some time they will move into the grains.

Popular grain varieties emerging ap-pear to be Hindmarsh barley and Gla-dius wheat.

He said growers have really wel-comed the good start to the season.

“It’s probably the best start to the year we’ve had in a while,” he said.

“I just think a lot of them once start-ed are just going to go for it now.

“Give it about seven to 10 days and they’ll be right into it.”

The rains have also assisted the region’s horticulture industry, with veg-etable crops soaking up the moisture.

“It does help with most crops at the stage where they are sizing up,” Mr Sparnon said.

Meanwhile, the rain in the region also attracted national media attention, with Foxtel’s Weather Channel visiting the Riverland and fi lming segments in Loxton, including an interview with the Loxton Hotel’s manager Karen Kilsby.

The segment also featured vision of water pooling in the town’s streets.

■ MAGNIFICENT: Rainfall not only brings life but also beauty, with this snapshot of the edge of a rainbow taken near Swan Reach.

Photo: JANE WILSON

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By LES PEARSON

FIGURES obtained from Centrelink have revealed over 300 irri-gators in South Austral-ia have shown interest in the exceptional cir-cumstances exit pack-age, since it started in late September last year.

While it is too early to tell if interest has grown since the news that allocations are likely to start at zero per cent in the next alloca-tion year, Berri Cen-trelink Rural Manager Maria Patterson said growers who remain undecided on their fu-ture should look into the exit package.

“The fi rst step pro-vided by Centrelink, for irrigators who do go on and lodge a claim, is a pre-assessment,” she said.

“This helps irriga-tors make what can be quite big decisions.”

She said if growers do look into an exit package, they should not feel pressured into leaving the industry.

“There are no ob-ligations and not all irrigators who seek a pre-assessment will ul-timately decide to sell their water entitlement and leave irrigation.”

With many facing a

similar decision making dilemma, Centrelink is participating in a number of free infor-mation sessions in the Riverland throughout May.

They have been la-beled as the ‘Way For-ward’ information ses-sions and are jointly funded by PIRSA and South Australia Works in the Regions.

“Topics covered in-clude decision making, fi nancial issues, tax im-plications, employment and training, future self employment and retire-ment,” Mrs Patterson said.

Prospective par-ticipants are requested to nominate their pre-ferred session two busi-ness days prior.

Information ses-sions:

Waikerie:Wednesday, May 6, 9 to 11am

Loxton:Tuesday, May 12, 9 to 11am

Barmera:Thursday, May 21,1 to 3pm

Berri:Monday, May 25, 7 to 9pm

Renmark:Thursday, May 28, 9 to 11am

Easter - not so goodIN response to an article in the Riverland Weekly about the Easter weekend.

Thanks to a group of local people partying and camping a few 100 metres up stream from Hogwash, other locals and vis-iting campers in the vicinity, would not agree that it was an excellent Easter.

Extremely loud, so called music started on Friday eve-ning, going until 4.30am Satur-day morning. At 7am, it started again and continued all Satur-day night until Sunday after-noon.

The ‘music’ was so loud people camping four kilome-tres up river could not sleep, even with earplugs.

The area where the party was held had been blocked off to the general public last Eas-ter.

One of the reasons was ve-hicle movement, including mo-torbikes causing degradation to the area. On Easter weekend ’09, motorbikes and vehicles used tracks on the river fl ats as a racetrack.

Two vehicles were also driv-en out into the river time and again and in the middle of the night as well as into reeds.

Some people from Clare

camped opposite the party on the northern side of the river.

These people took their children across the river for a swim in shallow water like they had for the previous six years.

The partygoers told them to “f off” and not to swim there because it was their area.

The partygoers then insult-ed one of the children because they thought she was over-weight.

Numerous boats were com-ing from up stream and down-stream to see where the music was coming from.

By Sunday lunch time, many of the general public camped downstream had left.

Numerous phone calls were made to police and the resident landholder.

Police told callers that if it was not any better in half an hour to ring back or they would come but were busy at present.

Despite this, the loud mu-sic continued.

Driving into the river came to an end because one of the vehicles had to be towed away.

In this situation, what mes-sage does this give?

Local people and tourism promote the river as a tranquil place to holiday.

Driving in and out of reeds

and using river fl ats as race-tracks is environmental de-struction.

Who is responsible to po-lice a situation like this?

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Generous donationsTHE executive committee of the Renmark Sub-Branch of the RSL wishes to express its sincere appreciation of the Renmark Paringa community in general, and also holiday makers to our district, for their generosity in their donations to the recent Anzac appeal.

The total donated on this occasion was $3855, which will be remitted to RSL headquar-ters in Adelaide and applied in various ways towards the needs of ex-servicemen and women and their families throughout the state.

Our thanks go also to the 22 volunteer collectors who worked so willingly and so well, over the two days of the appeal, in achieving the outcome.

This was despite the fi nan-cial stress being experienced by all sections of the community at this present time.

All in all, the efforts of the RSL members, Legacy widows

and members of the general public in raising these funds, and the community response to the appeal, again demon-strated a combined commit-ment to help others in genuine need.

Chester Warren,Renmark RSL Sub-Branch

president

Blessed EasterIT WAS encouraging to read (Thursday, April 16) that tour-ists poured into the Riverland for Easter and to see in that same issue pages of photos of happy people.

It was also a blessed oc-casion for many as they heard on Good Friday the sad but wonderful good news of Je-sus’ death on behalf of sin-ners, and on Easter Sunday as they celebrated His amaz-ing resurrection from the dead.

No doubt other churches were like my own, with atten-dances higher than usual and including young people who were home from Adelaide.

A very special time indeed!

Pastor David Buck,Barmera-New Residence

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300 look into exit package


By BRAD PERRY

AS the grasp of the world glo-bal fi nancial crisis tightens, the Riverland is seemingly going against the trend with some lo-cal traders recording signifi cant increases in trade over the past month.

Businesses throughout the re-gion welcomed the combination of the Easter break followed by the school holidays.

Many people are also receiv-ing the much anticipated Federal Government stimulus package and that money could be factor-ing in the local business increase.

Renmark Hotel general man-ager Michael Schuetze said the Riverland has a much more posi-tive vibe than at the same time last month.

“From our side of things, we are not down on last year,” he said.

“We are holding our own.“With Easter falling when it

did, it has been really benefi cial.”Mr Schuetze said every busi-

ness in the region was benefi ting from the extra bump in tourism dollars.

“We are doing a normal Sat-urday trade every night of the week,” he said.

“Everyone is getting a cut of what is happening.

“It may be that a lot of tourists that went overseas or interstate in the past, are staying in the state.”

The Berri Resort Hotel also re-corded a positive increase in busi-ness for the fi rst quarter of this year, according to manager Shane Roberts.

“There has been a signifi cant increase over the same time last year,” Mr Roberts said.

Tourists have been enticed by the Riverland’s charm, with ac-commodation also reaping the benefi ts of a positive increase in trade.

Riverland Tourism Authority acting regional tourism manager Renae Harman agreed that there are extra numbers in the area.

“I am sure with the timing of Easter and the school holidays, people will be spending more money in the Riverland,” she said.

“We need to focus on all the positive things that we have here.

“Tourism is the second largest

injector of new money into the Riverland region and contributes a hundred million into the econ-omy each year.”

Accommodation throughout the region has also seen a large number of tourists come to the region and operators hope visi-tor money has helped to stimu-late the local economy.

“We have been pretty fl at out for four or fi ve months,” Blanchetown Riverside Caravan Park’s Allan Smith said.

“Everyone that stays here spends money at local business-es,” he added.

Cobdogla Caravan Park man-ager Cindy Black said people are realising there is water in the

River Murray and that is put-ting a lot of confi dence back into the future outlook for local busi-nesses.

Riverland business and tour-ism operators are hoping the positive trade will continue for the rest of the year.

■ POSITIVE TRADE: Renmark Hotel manager Michael Schuetze is hoping the increase in trade will continue over the coming months and have lasting effects on the Riverland community. Photo: FILE

Valuer-General feels the drought impact

WITH many growers facing lower incomes and higher costs, it is im-portant to know that any changes could effect the rates and taxes they pay.

As Riverland irrigators strug-gle to maintain their crops with the little water available, many are exiting the industry and in-creasingly changing their circum-stances.

South Australia’s Valuer-Gen-eral, Neil Bray recently called for Riverland irrigators to provide any information regarding the impact of the drought and water restric-tions on Riverland properties.

Many growers are deciding to take the State Government’s exit packages for small and medium growers while still retaining their house.

Any changes to plantings or water on a grower’s property will effect the rating and taxing from local councils, so it is important to inform the correct authorities about any changes of circum-stance.

Mr Bray said it is in the prop-erty owner’s interest to advise the Valuer-Generals offi ce about any property changes such as if they have left part or all of their plantings to die, or where plantings have been mothballed to save water.

“We want to work together to reduce valuations where appro-priate, which can lead to lower running costs for property own-ers,” he said.

Through the Water for the Future program, growers exiting the industry are able to sell their water allocation back to the State Government.

Once they have received a let-ter of acceptance from the govern-ment, they should immediately advise the Valuer-General or the State Valuation Offi ce in Berri.

The 18 per cent water alloca-tion has clearly taken its toll on Riverland growers and Mr Bray said information regarding prop-erty changes ensures the 2009 valuation best refl ects the current market.

For further information or en-quiries, please call the State Valu-ation Offi ce at 28 Vaughan Ter-race in Berri on 8595 2109.

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RESIDENTS of the Pyap to Kingston-On-Murray area can attend a seminar to discuss the Riverland’s future next Month.

The Riverland Futures Taskforce is holding the seminar to provide ideas for new business enterprises, as well as support to help irrigators secure a productive and economic future.

A guest speaker on the night will be Andrew Dezsery, from Aqua-culture Advantage, while Dr Neil Griffi ths will also be present on the night to discuss rabbitry.

The information session will be held at the Moorook Club on Tues-day, May 12.

New daylight saving planSOUTH Australia will adopt an ex-tended daylight savings period from October this year.

The extended period, from the fi rst Sunday in October through to the fi rst Sunday in April has been tri-alled over the past two years.

South Australian Industrial Re-lations Minister Paul Caica said the change has been made following considerable public consultation on the issue.

Minister Caica said the change will provide South Australia with a consistent half hour time difference with NSW, Victoria, Tasmania and the ACT.

“We’ve had to make a decision that’s in the best interests of the state as a whole, having taken account of the range of arguments and opin-ions,” Minister Caica said.

Pinnaroo business celebrates 100 years

By LES PEARSON

ONE HUNDRED is a spe-cial number, the magical fi gure used as a milestone and celebrated in all facets of life.

Pinnaroo rural ma-chinery fi rm Hanton and Sharrad is celebrating its own centenary this year.

Established merely two years after Pinnaroo was proclaimed, the busi-ness continues to serve the region’s farmers today.

It is now heading into its fourth generational change, current owner Bar-ry Sharrad handing over to son Jamie later this year.

“There has always been a Sharrad connection right through,” Barry, who is in his 50th year at the busi-ness, said.

He said stepping aside has its pros and cons but he will still be in the back-ground to lend a hand when needed.

“I’ve got mixed feel-ings,” he said.

“I’ll be staying on but more in the capacity as a salesperson.

“It wll be a slow transi-tion but he (Jamie) will be the man, so it will carry on as it has in the past.”

In a unique fact, the Sharrads have all come from different trade backgrounds, Barry’s

grandfather A. Sharrad a blacksmith, father Clem, a wheelwright, Barry, a welder and fabricator and son Jamie as a fi tter and turner.

“So it has sort of progressed through those eras,” Mr Sharrad said.

“There have been a lot of changes in my lifetime, probably the most drastic changes have happened while I’ve been here.”

How exactly does a business last 100 years though?

“You’d hope you could put it down to the fact that you have given good service, I suppose,” Mr Sharrad said,

“If you don’t give good

service, they’re not going to come back.

“We like to think in our fabrications side, we put out a good product and obviously good man-agement – if you don’t have good management, you’re not going to last are you?

“My success I would put down to long hours and hard work.”

That said, the business has been through tough times in the past, with Mr Sharrad fi nding records that his grandfather went broke once and there have been mortgages on the title.

“It would have been pretty tough during the

depression,” he said.With similar economic

conditions beginning to surface, Mr Sharrad said he has reasonable confi dence in the Mallee getting through.

“I guess what this generation has got going for them is the thing that has changed dramatically in Pinnaroo, the intro-duction of the Artesian water and the horticulture industry,” he said.

“That brings in lots of work maintenance-wise that almost keeps us busy all the time.

“It’s been good for the whole town, no vacant houses, no unemploy-ment and not many

country towns could brag about that.”

As for the 100 year milestone, Mr Sharrad said the family link is a special facet in that achievement.

“I’m proud to be here at that time, the fact that the chain hasn’t been broken,” he said.

Looking ahead, Mr Sharrad is hopeful that things can continue in a similar vein to the past few years.

“The ag industry is a fi ckle business, they either can’t supply people be-cause there is a boom or if it shuts down, they’ve got to put people off,” he said.

“I would like to see it progress but I think it might have plateaued.

“What’s happening is, there is less and less farm-ers and the same amount of dirt.

“I would say that if we can maintain status quo, I would be more than happy but that might be a battle.

“So I don’t know, we might get squeezed out one day like the little bloke does.

“I don’t know which way we will go in the future but I want to make sure Jamie gives it his best shot.”

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■ CAPTION: The Hanton and Sharrad team (from left) Steve Williams, Jamie Sharrad, Daniel Berlin and Barry Sharrad. Photo: LES PEARSON

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Community Events File

Got an event for our File? Phone 8582 5500 Community events fi le is for not for profi t organisations and events are listed at the discretion of the Riverland

Weekly management. We recommend you verify details of events listed with the relevant organisation.

Thursday April 30th - Charity for all Bingo at the Loxton Club,

Bookpurnong Tce , eyes down at 7:30pm, proceeds to Berri District Youth Club. Details Ph: Deb Ball, 0428823924

Friday May 1st - Friends of Child, Youth and Women’s Health

is having a visit from the RAA from Adelaide from 11am - 12noon on Kids in Cars - New Rules and Restraints etc at the Child Health Clinic, Cornwall Street Berri. Details Ph: 8580 2526

- Renmark RSL Bowling Club Quiz Night, Tolarno Street, come along to a night of fun from 7:30pm. Admission $5 per head, BYO supper. Teams of 8, everyone welcome. Details Ph: 8595 5532, leave message

Saturday May 2nd - Riverland Farmers Markets every Saturday

morning, 7:30am – 11:30am, Crawford Tce, Berri. Details Ph: Market Manager, 8582 4864

- Riverland Ballroom Dancing, Kingston Hall, 6pm– 9.30pm with a pooled tea. Details Ph: Max/Jan, 8589 3053

Sunday May 3rd - Pace Makers Bingo at the Berri Resort Hotel

eyes down at 2pm, proceeds to Moorook Hall. Details Ph: Diane. 8583 8267,

- Barmera Main Street Markets, Barwell Ave Barmera, from 10pm - 2pm. Details Ph: Steve, 0428 152 235

- Riverland 4WD Club Display Day of 4WD vehicle and camping set ups at Sedunary Park, Barmera from 9am - 4pm. Details Ph: Kevin, 8595 5168

- Renmark Kindergym Open 10:30am - 12:30pm, Renmark Show grounds, for children 0-5, entry $2 per child or $3 per family sausage sizzle available. Details Ph: Amanda, 8586 4704

Sunday May 3rd- The P.S Industry will be steaming at 11am and

1:30pm for 1 1/2 hour cruises, with Devonshire morning & afternoon teas. Details Ph: Renmark Visitor Centre. 8586 6704

Tuesday May 5th - Riverland Gem and Mineral Club, workshop

in Glossop from 3pm - 5pm. Details Ph: Denis, 8582 3430

- Palms Bingo at the Berri Club eyes down at 10:30am proceeds to The Red Cross. Details Ph: Pam, 8582 1692

- Barmera Monash Charity Bingo at the Barmera Monash Football eyes down at 7:30 proceeds to the Junior Diabetes Research. Details Ph: Pam, 8582 1692

Wednesday May 6th- River Murray and Mallee Carers welcome all

Family Carers to their regular support groups held on the 1st Wednesday of each month at 10:30am at the Berri Club. RSVP: 1800 806 580

** FUTURE EVENTS ** Thursday May 7th - River Murray and Mallee Carers welcome all

Family Carers to their regular support group held at the Pinnaroo Senior Citizens Hall on the 1st Thursday of every month at 10:30am. RSVP: 1800 806 580

Friday May 8th - Riverland Chronic Fatigue Support Group

meeting at Riverland Resource Centre. 9-11, Seekamp Street Berri 1.30pm-3.30pm. Details Ph: Raelene/Simon 0449120715

Sunday May 10th - The Mother’s Day Classic walk/run breast cancer research fundraiser to be held at Martin’s Bend starting 7am. Register by May 1st: Web-mothersdayclassic.org; Post- Maya Brookes c/o Renmark High School, Thurk Street Renmark; or make your entry and pay on the day. Details Ph: Maya Brookes, 0431 476 919


World famous chef connects with the Riverland

Maggie Beer shops locallyBy BRAD PERRY

WORLD FAMOUS gourmet chef Maggie Beer, has wowed the world with her extravagantly delicious recipes and surprisingly she has a local connection.

Maggie Beer is well known for her role in the ABC hit television show The Cook and the Chef and her popular range of food prod-ucts sold all over the world.

Many would be surprised to fi nd she uses a range of different fresh produce from the Riverland in many of her cooking and prod-ucts and is renowned for her love of regional produce.

Maggie said produce from our region has always featured heavily on her list of ingredients.

“The Riverland is so important to us and it is vital to our pro-duce,” she said.

“Some things we get a lot of (from the Riverland).”

Maggie and her husband, Co-lin, own an orchard in Cobdogla, where they grow quince and they have contracts with over 60 growers and employ pickers in the region.

“We have growers from Blanchetown to Renmark,” she said.

Berri, Blanchetown, Waikerie, Barmera, Monash and Renmark are all places that Maggie sources produce from.

“We get cumquats from Renmark,” she said.

“From the Virgin Hills, we use an amazing glace orange for our puddings.

“We get a ruby cabernet from up in the Riverland, which is used in our products.”

As has been displayed, Maggie

uses substantial amounts of pro-duce from the Riverland including lemons, blood plums, blood or-anges, Seville oranges, fi gs, olives, cumquats, almonds, dried fruits, quince and ruby cabernet.

While her main vineyards and orchards are located in the heart of the Barossa Valley, Maggie said she has a great relationship with Riverland growers and the produce she sources from the region.

“We care about them (the growers) and I feel they are proud of what we do,” she said.

“It gives us the ability to grow to our own specifi cations.”

Maggie’s philosophy is quite simple; we should support the community that we live in, in the best way we can.

“We could get (produce) much cheaper overseas but that is not our philosophy,” she said.

“Use what is on your door step.

“Make the most of what is special to the region.

“There is such wealth, con-centrate on that and learn in the region.

“There is a wealth of wonder-ful cooks, the Riverland is no exception.”

Like the rest of the region, Maggie has also had to address the water problems on her vineyards and said it is just a matter of get-ting through the tough times.

“We are all trying to adapt,” she said.

“We farmers have adapted our water processes.”

For those who are not familiar with the scrumptious recipes that Maggie cooks, the taste buds will warm to her current favourite recipes, which include grilled fi gs

with prosciutto and goat’s cheese and fi gs with ice cream.

“Right now, we are picking fi gs, I love my fi gs,” she said.

With the produce that Maggie uses from the Riverland, there is a range of different recipes and products that are made.

Some of these include her signature quince paste, preserved lemons, blood plum jam and paste, Seville marmalade, sweet blood orange marmalade, burnt fi g jam and ice cream, quince and almond ice cream, cabernet sauce, Christmas pudding with glace

oranges and dried fruits.While she is currently very

busy farming, cooking and every-thing else in between, Maggie is looking forward to her next visit to the Riverland.

“I love the Riverland in win-ter,” she said.

■ FRESH INGREDIENTS: Maggie Beer prides herself on cooking with fresh produce, including a variety of Riverland products.Photo: SUPPLIED

This project was funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing

Walk or run 2km or 4km each fortnight for 16 weeks

Starts 5 May 2009 - Renmark Loxton Berri

Ideal for everyone, not just fast runners. Winner is the most improved.

For more information or to register on-line visit

www.sa.lifebeinit.orgor phone 8232 3944

TALKING SHOP ADVERTISING FEATURE

BY NOW you’ve probably heard about the Active Com-munity Team Challenge com-ing to your town.

This is your opportunity to take charge of your fi tness, so act now.

Run or walk two kilome-tres or four kilometres once a fortnight for 16 weeks.

Entries will also be ac-cepted on the day, so put on some comfortable clothes and sneakers and come down to see what it is all about.

Specially marked courses

are situated at:

■ Renmark - riverfront, Murray Drive, on Tuesdays, beginning May 5;

■ Loxton - aquatic club, Grant Schubert Drive, on Wednesdays, beginning May 6;

■ Berri - number two oval, Riverview Drive, on Thursdays, beginning May 7.

Why not challenge your whole school to get fi t to-gether or grab some work-mates and come down in

your lunch break?For more information,

contact Life. Be In It on 8232 3944 or register on-line by visiting www.sa.lifebeinit.org.

The Active Community Team Challenge is funded by the Australian Govern-ment Department of Health and Ageing and supported by the Berri Barmera, Loxton Waikerie and Renmark Paringa councils and the Riverland be active Sport and Recreation Project.

Get active and challenge yourself and your mates

■ LAUNCHED: Berri Barmera Council

deputy mayor Bruce Richardson (left)

was on hand to help launch the Active

Community Challenge earlier this month.

Photo: LES PEARSON


Local vigneron makes stand on quality

Winery explores different varieties

■ TRYING ALTERNATIVES: Owner of 919 Winery Eric Semmler believes that exploring alternative grape varieties will help defi ne the region as a premium wine growing region. Photo: BRAD PERRY

By BRAD PERRY

A LOCAL winemaker be-lieves changing the reputa-tion of the region’s smaller wine producers will be a re-defi ning step for the future of the Riverland.

Last year’s Riverland Winemaker of the Year Eric Semmler believes the region’s smaller producers must make quality wine to keep up with the big-ger named and imported brands.

“We (small wine pro-ducers) are hands on, our input costs are greater and we don’t have the greater scale,” he said.

“We started this enter-prise (919 Wines) to pro-duce the highest quality wine.

“There is no second best.

“The Riverland can and does produce high quality wine.”

His winery, in Berri, is attempting to improve the confi dence in small wine producers by opening its cellar door and wine mak-ing techniques to the pub-lic.

“I believe it can give

them an intimate associa-tion with the vineyard and the winery,” Mr Semmler said.

“People can come in for a taste while the whole wine making experience is in progress.”

The Riverland is Austra-lia’s largest wine growing region with one-third of the nation’s grapes coming from its vineyards.

Despite the vast amount of grapes and wine options, the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows an increase of more than 50 per cent in imported wine sales in Aus-tralia over the past year.

Mr Semmler urges people to support their lo-cal industry by purchasing Riverland wine and said the region’s small wine produc-ers can offer an exceptional product.

The 919 winery grows a number of different types of grapes including foreign varieties from Italy, Portu-gal and Spain.

The advantage to grow-ing these varieties is not only the taste but also the high standard of fruit pro-duced in a hot climate.

Mr Semmler only picks around two tonnes of

grapes per acre, which is quite a low yield, however he is looking for quality not quantity.

“I believe there is an op-portunity to explore differ-ent alternatives,” Mr Sem-mler said.

“We have chosen (grape) varieties that cope well with the heat such as durif (for port), tempranillo, touriga, tinta cao along with the tra-ditional varieties.

“Varieties which are suited to the environment, to produce high quality wines, will redefi ne the re-gion as a premium quality wine producer.”

Mr Semmler believes that if the smaller wine producers in the region can sustain a reputation of high quality, it will bring in many tourists who may not have stopped here oth-erwise.

“It is certainly one of the things we have lacked in the past, different experi-ences for them to take part in,” he said.

“Establishing the region as a fi ne wine region means our activity can feed into the sustainability and sup-port of the region.”


Anzac Day Service Pictures

■ LEST WE FORGET: Barmera’s Garden of Memory was again a popular venue for Riverland residents to recognise Anzac Day. Photo: TRACEY POWELL

■ HONOURED: Veterans with their families and caregivers at the Renmark Anzac Day morning

service on Saturday. Photo: LES PEARSON

■ REPRESENT: Laura, Sam and Olivia Morena laid a wreath on behalf of Moorook Primary School at

Loxton’s Anzac Day service. Photo: ROB MCLEAN

■ LEADER: The RIverland Brass Band delivers a rendition of Hallelujah at

Saturday’s Renmark Anzac Day morning service. Photo: LES PEARSON

■ SERVICE: Loxton RSL sub-branch president Brenton Hen-schke during Saturday’s service at Loxton.

Photo: ROB MCLEAN

■ RESPECT: Barmera veteran Ron Boyce pays his respects at the Garden of

Memory. Photo: TRACEY POWELL

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A TOTAL of fi ve organisations are sharing in the latest round of Active Club grants from the State Government.

The groups received a total of $25,000 between them for community based sporting and recreation programs.

The recipients and their funding allocations are:

Berri Basketball Association ($2500), Moorook Bowling Club ($5000), Waikerie Com-munity Sports Centre ($6000), Loxton Cricket Club ($8500) and Barmera Lawn Bowls Club ($3000).

Meanwhile, the next round of Active Club Program Appli-cations is currently open, with the closing date for entries May 18.

Local sporting bodies benefi t from

funding

■ FUNDING: Loxton Cricket Club representatives (from left) Ryan Arnold, Mark Pontt and Bruno and Alex Falcinella were presented $8500 funding

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Keeping a short and sharp eye on what’s happening around

the Riverland and Mallee

Walk for fundsTHE Lameroo Regional Community School will take a long walk for a cause this Friday, when students trek from Lameroo to the Victorian bor-der to raise funds for the Victorian bushfi re appeal.

The 45 kilometre walk was the brainchild of the school’s SRC presi-dent Jeremy Schutz who wanted to encourage his local community to work together to raise funds.

Students from the Pinnaroo Pri-mary School will also take part.

The distance will be covered in stages by the school’s class groups, with the walk beginning at 9am and concluding between 3 and 3.30pm when the fi nal group departs the Pinnaroo airstrip for the border.

Another way to helpMEANWHILE, locals still looking for a way to help Victoria’s bushfi re vic-tims should visit the Blaze Aid web-site www.blazeaid.com.

A Riverland Weekly reader pointed out the website to us recently.

The site is all about helping po-tential volunteers fi nd fencing proj-ects to become involved in.

If you’re keen to help, visit the website, or contact Cheryl on 0437 758 793.

Kindergym open dayTHE Renmark Kindergym will be holding an open day this Sunday at the Renmark Showgrounds, from 10.30am to 12.30pm.

The session is open for children up to fi ve years of age and will see fun play equipment in use, singing and dancing as well.

There will also be a sausage siz-zle.

The open session is a chance for parents to fi nd out about kindergym, as well as for group organisers to re-ceive feedback from the community in regards to making the kindergym more accessible.

RSL to ask questionsRENMARK RSL Bowling Club will hold a quiz night from 7.30 tomor-row night.

Teams of eight people per table are required, with admission $5 per head.

The night is a great chance to get out and socialise.

Monthly monster saleRENMARK’S ever busy Lions Club members will be fl at out again this Saturday morning, hosting their monthly Monster Garage Sale, as well as a fundraising barbecue.

Lions clubs across the nation are hosting the Biggest BBQ to raise funds for the Children’s Cancer Insti-tute Australia.

The barbecue will be held from 8am until 11.30am in conjunction with the garage sale.

“This initiative brings fami-lies and communities all over Australia together to enjoy a bar-becue and show support for fami-lies who have a child with cancer,” Renmark Lions president Allan Maddocks said.

“Medical research offers hope to these families because of the great progress that has been made in di-agnosing, treating and often curing many childhood cancers.”

Dopson lends a handRENMARK pest control agent Bill Dopson has joined forces with Ex-terra and the Australian Wildlife Con-servancy to help some of Australia’s wildlife and ecosystems.

Through the program, Bill will be raising money through sales of Ex-terra termite control products which will go towards securing conservation areas.

Monies raised to date have gone towards preserving over 27,700 acres of threatened wilderness in northern Australia.

THE Make a Wish Red Carpet Dinner hosted 156 esteemed guests two weeks ago.

Organiser Dallas Zeliff

was ecstatic with the local response, the evening rais-ing $5600 for the charity.

“It was an absolutely sensational night,” he said.

Special guests included Scott Matthews and Make a Wish delegate Danielle Chartres.

THE Evening Star Quilters group in Renmark loves its com-munity and it proved just how much recently, raising $500 for teenage motor accident victim Tyele Riddle.

The group raffl ed a quilt, which was won by Crena O’Grady, to raise the funds, which will go towards Tyele’s rehabilitation.

Quilt raffl e raises funds for Riddle rehab

■ FUNDRAISER: The quilt raffl ed by the Evening Star quilters.

‘Relly’ reunionWE at the Riverland Weekly could set up a reunion serv-ice by all accounts.

After the Riverland Week-ly published an article on Berri resident Percy Lehm-ann, who celebrated his 90th birthday recently, he and his wife Norma were reunited with a cousin they had not seen in 10 years.

Their cousin, Ron, had picked up the newspaper in Waikerie and immediately got in contact to organise his presence at the birthday celebrations.

■ CUT: Percy Lehmann celebrating his 90th birthday with wife Norma.

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■ ARRIVAL: Shannon Zeliff arrives with Ashton Heckley

and another guest to the Make a Wish Red Carpet Dinner

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Proud to be associated with Rosenthal’s Berri Bubble Wash

The all new Berri Bubble Wash is now open and is situated on the Old Sturt Highway in

Berri, opposite the Berri golf course. The region will now have access

to a state of the art car wash, which includes the latest 'Water Wizard' touch free automatic system.

In addition, the Berri Bubble Wash has four self-service bays,

eight vacuum bays, in-cluding fragrance

and carpet shampoo bays. There are also two dog wash

facilities.Jim and Phil Rosenthal have put

the project together after seeing the need for a car cleaning operation in the town.

“We came up with the idea about two years ago," Phil said.

"We noticed that car wash facilities were being well utilised by the public.

“In recent years there was not a car wash facility operating in Berri at all.

“We know that people have been waiting for it to open.”

With water restrictions limiting water usage when cleaning cars, the environmentally friendly option is now available.

“We’re aware of water restric-tions and people not being able to easily wash their cars at home," Phil said.

"We had some vacant land on our new site to install a car wash so we decided to go ahead with the project."

Building started in late Decem-ber and fi nished last Friday.

The total building process took approximately 16 months, with four months required to build the facility and 12 months of planning.

“We’re very happy now that the project is com-

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■ DESIGN: Spacious vacuum bays provide customers with plenty of ease and comfort while cleaning their car. Photo: JANE WILSON



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■ RINSING OPTION: Berri Bubble wash provide several cleaning options in its individual cleaning bays.

■ EASY: The two dog wash bays have an array of easy to use cleaning features when tending to your pet.

operational,” Phil said.The washing facility will be part

of the company's new car dealership, which is expected to be up and running in about 12 month's time.

“It’s going to be exciting to have the new development alongside the car wash,” Phil said.

The project utilised local skilled building services and tradesmen.

“It was managed by Hand Built Homes in Loxton and they’ve done a fantastic job,” Phil added.

“There are too many (people) to name but we’d like to thank all the local contractors, they’ve been marvel-lous.”

The Berri Bubble Wash is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week with staff available every day to help you with your wash and cleaning selections.

“We’re situated between Metaland and Buildpro on the Old Sturt Higway in Berri, you can’t miss us," Phil said.


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OVER recent years Shiners has become actively involved in developing and adapting

water recycling technology to its systems.

With the ongoing co-operation and assistance from the Jim Cole-man factory, it can now provide an equipment package using water volumes that were previously con-sidered unachievable in a touch free

automatic/self service facility. With the general public now

accepting that water is a precious resource and authorities and govern-ments actively seeking ways of edu-cating us to be more water effi cient, a large percentage of recycled water is used.

Current Government legisla-tion requires that car wash facilities recycle at least 70 per cent of water,

the Berri Bubble Wash will achieve 85 per cent of recycled water.

“It’s one of the highest percent-ages in Australia," co-owner Phil Rosenthal said.

“Any rain water collected will also be recycled and used.

"With collection of additional rain water we would expect to achieve higher than 85 per cent recycled water."

THE equipment is the latest in American design.

It is imported by Shiners Car Wash Sys-tems and manufactured by the Jim Coleman Company of Houston, Texas.

Shiners began installing car washes in

Australia in 1993 and have assisted with the installation of over 150 car washes throughout Australia.

In 2002 the Wa-ter Wizard touch free automatic and Swipe 'N' Clean credit card and fl eet code system was introduced.

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BERRI Bubble Wash incorporates the Swipe 'N' Clean card and fl eet code

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use either cash or credit card in all bays, including the two dog washes.

There is also a fl eet code system available to large fl eets.

The Swipe 'N' Clean credit card system offers the customer the opportunity to use the self-service wash bays, vacuums, auto bay and purchase a variety of cleaning and car detailing items from the vending ma-chines, with one swipe of their credit card.

Once the card is approved at the credit card centre, the customer can enter in the 'user code' issued to them on the push button meters at any of

these functions.“It offers both credit card or

cash and is very easy to use,” car wash co-owner Phil Rosenthal said.

“We thought it would be benefi cial to offer this system to our customers.

“The credit card or cash fa-cility is very easy to use and has made things quick and easy.

“You can use the whole facil-ity, whether it’s through the auto bay, manual bay, shampoos, vacuums, fragrances, cleaning products and dog washes, it’s all Swipe 'N' Clean, if you require it.”

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THE Water Wizard touch free auto bay facility offers a wheel scrub that will clean

your wheels and tyres, as well as a blow dryer to blow off the excess water.

“It’s really impressive,” Phil said.

“The Water Wizard does a fi rst rate job and it’s state of the art, the latest equipment.”

In addition there is a pre-

WE had spent quiet a considerable time trying to

come up with a name for the new car wash," co-owner Phil Rosenthal said.

"We wanted a name that had some association with water.

"Jenny Leddle, our

SGIC representative, and Alex Stivahtaris, our busi-ness manager in Renmark, suggested bubble, as our mother is know as 'Bub'.

"When Bub was born, the youngest of three daughters, her elder sisters found Doreen hard to say, so Doreen was nicknamed

Bub, the name stuck, and everyone who knows Bub locally calls her by that name.

Jim and Phil felt it a fi tting tribute to the last of the second generation Rosenthal family to have a business named in her honour.

The simple story behind the name

wash scrub available to use prior to the auto bay wash to remove those hard to move bugs from the front of your car.

“We can also accommodate cara-vans, boats and trailers," Phil said.

“The car wash site is designed to allow customers to drive with their caravans, trailers and boats and can easily manoeuvre with anything they may be towing."

A full range of vending ma-chines with extra cleaning products are available to assist with the full detailing of your car.

“When you visit the Berri Bubble Wash it’s a one stop car cleaning shop.”

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BERRI Bubble Wash incorporates two new dog wash facilities.

The self service dog wash makes DIY dog washing easy.

It comprises two fully self con-tained units with a cycle that sham-poos, conditions, has a fl ea tick wash and blow dries canines in as little

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■ HAPPY: Keith Reeks and his dog Blade test out the new dog cleaning bays at the Berri Bubble Wash.

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Day on the FarmADVERTISING FEATURE


Be wined and dined at the IT will be a day to sit back and

take in the beautiful surround-ings while sipping local wines at Morgan’s inaugural Day on the Farm.

More than 200 people are expected to turn out to the much anticipated event on Sunday from 11am, where they will be wined and dined in style.

Held at the Hausler family’s Cordola property near Pelican Point, about 10 kilometres from the Morgan town centre, the event costs an affordable $25 per person, which includes a Ploughman’s lunch and a glass of wine.

A sausage sizzle and drink will also be included in the $10 ticket price for children under 12.

Morgan Community Devel-opment and Tourism Associa-tion special events committee member Heather Pinnington said proceeds from the day will go towards upgrading the Morgan riverfront.

“The community needs to work together to make this work,” she said.

“We are just trying to raise as much money as we can for the riverfront.”

Waikerie Milk Supplies and Barossa based Steiny’s Small Goods have helped supply food for the Ploughman’s lunch, which includes a scrumptious array of dill pickles, pickled onions, cheeses, olives and assorted meats.

Wine set to tantalise your palate will be available from local wineries including Spook Hill Wines, Burk Salter Wines, Scott’s Creek Wines and Burra Creek Wines.

The entertainment will go down just as well as the wine, with the Atlantic Street Jazz Band, country folk band Robin, Digger and Margaret and rock music from Jeff Heusler.

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“We are trying jazz for the fi rst Day on the Farm and think it will work well,” Mrs Pinnington said.

“It is an opportunity to listen to some good music and enjoy a glass of wine.”

There is the option to listen to the delightful mu-sic, or join in the number of festivities such as orange and apple rolling competi-tions.

Judging by the size of some of the apples on the trees of the property, the apple and orange rolling competitions could be a fun challenge.

“We thought it would be very interesting to in-troduce a few games,” Mrs Pinnington said.

The egg throwing, horse shoe competition and hay rolling will also follow and are predicted to be popular events.

On top of the games, music, food and wine, attendees will also have the chance to enter in two raffl es to win a wheelbar-row full of goodies and a handmade quilt from the Corner Fabric Shop in Waikerie.

A handmade quilt display will also feature at the event.

The backdrop to the location is stunning vineyards and orchards and Mrs Pinnington said it is fantastic to get support from the community and businesses throughout the

Riverland and beyond.“I think it will be great

getting everyone together and having a really good time,” she said.

Mrs Pinnington said the event has already sold many tickets and hopes it will be an annual event for Morgan.

“We are trying to get all the local communities, shack owners and visitors to have a fi ne experience of the Riverland,” she said.

“It has been good to get overwhelming support.

“We have had a lot of donations towards the day.”

For those not wish-ing to drive to the event, a shuttle bus has been organised, with the cost

being a gold coin dona-tion, and will leave around 10:30am from outside the two Morgan hotels.

As a souvenir of the event, special wine glasses, have been produced and can be purchased on the day.

Locals and visitors are encouraged to come down and enjoy a Day on the Farm and share in an event which may become one of the biggest events in Morgan.

Whether having a wine in hand, relaxing to jazzy tunes, or proving you are a champion orange roller, there is no doubt a Day on the Farm will be an event not to be missed.

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Mud, Dust and MusicADVERTISING FEATURE


Action stationsCARS aren’t meant to fl y.

If they were, they would have wings.

However, fl ying vehicles is exactly what you get at the Loveday 4x4 Adventure Park.

The park, owned by Tony Whateley, has developed a reputation for high fl ying action and good times and this weekend’s Mud, Dust and Music event will no doubt live up to that expectation.

This will be the third Mud, Dust and Music and this time around upwards of 2000 spec-tators are expected to hit the park for the weekend.

“It really does live up to its name,” Tony said.

“The tracks become a boggy mess, just perfect for racing big four wheel drives.”

Tony has spent the past week grading the roads lead-ing into the property, allowing for easy access to the facilities, which are fully licenced.

While, rain late last week has helped prepare the race tracks for the motorcross style 4x4 racing, further prepara-tions will ensure the tracks are boggy and messy for ultimate 4x4 action.

The muddier, the better Tony believes.

Past events have seen visi-tors coming from right across South Australia and even from interstate to catch some of the most unique motorsports go-ing around. Carnage is a regular event at

Mud, Dust and Music.Although made for bush

bashing, many of the vehicles end up disintegrating on impact after landing, or failing to land, follow-ing a jump.

“You never know when it’s going to happen but there’s just jumps going consistently,” Tony laughed.

“You won’t go 20 minutes without seeing a big jump from a

car.”While you need a signifi cant

roll out of cash for some motors-ports, you will fi nd all sorts of cars taking part in the 4x4 challenges planned for Mud, Dust and Music.

Some vehicles have been rescued from out the back of a wrecker’s for less than $500 to compete in the fully scrutineered event.

While at the top end of the scale, Range Rovers and Pajeros

■ DOWN AND DIRTY: Cars lined up and ready to race at Mud, Dust and Music, while (bottom left) a 4x4 ploughs through the

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also crash and bash their way around the challenging course, which features jumps, tabletops and mud holes.

You can get to the Loveday 4x4 Park by following the signs from the Barmera United Bonney Roadhouse, it’s only a couple of kilometres from the Sturt Highway and the property is totally acces-sible to regular vehicles.

You do not have to have a four wheel drive to catch the action!



Mud, Dust and Music is aWHAT started as a dream for

Tony Whateley has quickly come to fruition.

His Loveday 4x4 Adventure Park has rapidly gained a reputation as the premier playground for those who love their 4x4 action rough and ready.

This weekend’s Mud, Dust and Music will ensure that tradition continues.

Racing kicks off at 10.30 Satur-day morning and will run through to 5pm that night.

There’s no break in the racing, with vehicles taking to the track at regular intervals.

There will be food and drink at the fully licenced event, which means that when the racing stops, the entertainment doesn’t.

Saturday night will see entertain-ment provided by Ron Hashim, who is the party master and can play over 1200 songs, while Mick Kelly, who is known as the 'Human Karaoke Machine' due to his ability to per-form over 6000 songs, will also get on stage.

Young Loxton talents Overdrive will also perform on the night.

If you feel that getting home after all of the fun on Saturday is a bit tough, you can take advantage of the camping facilities on offer.

Then shake off the night before

on Sunday morning as the racing starts again at 10am.

A highlight of the weekend will be the Fletcher’s Freighters long jump contest, which will see 4x4s clamouring to try and win the $500 in prizemoney on offer for that competition.

Rightfully, Tony is very proud of his park and the Mud, Dust and Music concept.

“You can go to a lot of events that claim they are action but this one really is,” Tony enthused.

“Cars are doing what they aren’t meant to be doing – fl ying through the air.”

Tony thinks his events, Mud, Dust and Music, and the Riverland 4x4 Challenge, have become popu-lar because they are unusual but also because they are tough.

“People like a challenge and that’s what they get,” he said.

“A lot of blokes break their four wheel drive but then, 20 minutes later they have managed to get it back up and racing.”

Tony is confi dent that bigger things can be expected from his 4x4 playground, with further events drawing larger crowds anticipated for the future.

Get along to this weekend’s Mud, Dust and Music to see what all the hype is about.

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■ HEAVY DUTY: A four wheel drive makes its way over one of the many jumps set to

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■ ONE OF the disappoint-ing aspects of country sport to me, is the lack of history that is available.

And there is so much out there, so many wonder-ful stories to be told but sadly a lot of it is being lost forever as time slides by.

As far as local football is concerned however, it isn’t in bad shape, thanks mainly to Renmark historian David Dunhill’s efforts.

David admits to his fi rst sporting love being cricket.

Personally he possesses some legendary bowling

performances to make that understandable but he did turn to playing and umpir-ing football before taking up the pen and becoming one of our most respected sports reporters.

Those skills as a jour-nalist have been put to good use over the years in producing four books, in turn, From Saltbush Flat to Green Arena, A Century of Footy Stories, Riverland Leg-ends and Other Footy Tales and now, to contribute to our league’s centenary cel-ebrations, Those 100 Glori-

ous Years.The latest publication

contains a brief history of each year from 1909-2008, sections on each club, ac-knowledgements of of-fi cials, life members, um-pires, volunteers at league and club level, results and a host of various photos.

Containing 124 pages, it will sell at $15 for early birds and later $20 and it is an integral part of 2009, the RFL’s 100th birthday.

With the offi cial launch behind us, we now look for-ward to the centenary cel-

ebrations on Saturday, May 16 at Renmark Oval.

Special South versus North of the river matches will be played at thirds and A grade level, while a Riv-erland seconds team will meet the Independents.

There will be commem-orative cups and heritage guernseys for the occasion.

Also we will see a motor-cade of Whillas Medallists and it will be possible to rub shoulders with former legends like Mark Ricciuto, Russell Ebert and Neil Ker-ley, while one of the game’s

greats Kevin Sheedy will be there on a specifi c mission.

That mission, guest speaker at a special cente-nary dinner at the Renmark Community Greek Hall later in the evening.

RFL chairman Neil Mar-tinson and local identities Bruce Mellett, Tim Jackson, Rex Fielke and others will play a part in an evening where the 38 Independent players considered the best of that competition’s 38 years, 100 local champions for 100 A grade years and the Team of the Century

Legends will be acknowl-edged, followed by the much awaited announce-ment of the Team of the Century chosen from local champions.

Ricciuto, Ebert and Ker-ley will go ‘On the Couch’.

The idea behind this en-tire weekend according to centenary sub-committee chairman Greg Reeks was for it “to be a celebration of Riverland football” and as he promised at the time “it will be a spectacular day and night of events”.

It sure looks that way.

■ IT is a sure bet that during this Riverland Football Centenary year there will be a lot of debate about the best player ever.

And it is equally certain that at year’s end (and forever more) the question will be unanswered and open to debate.

But what about the most pop-ular player ever?

I understand that in 100 years of football there has been one award made for the competition’s most popular player – in 1949, when we had the Upper Murray

Football Association.The trophy was donated by

Ozone Theatres and the award was based on supporters voting via the weekly ‘Budget’.

And the winner was Barmera’s George Manning, described by local historian David Dunhill in one of his publications as a “robust, vigorous and versatile” player.

It is rumoured most of the votes were lodged by ladies but one of George’s best mates as-sures me that “there would have

been at least one male opinion and it didn’t come from me”.

George’s award consisted of three cups, one engraved, and I suppose as the reigning most popular player, in fact the only one ever to be acknowledged in all this time, he has a case for be-ing ‘the most popular ever’.

No matter what, he is still popular down at the Barmera Monash Football Club, as 2009 is his 60th year with the Roos as a player of yesteryear to a trainer of today – aged 82.

More on the Mannings■ ACTUALLY there is no doubt about the Manning family, whether it be footy or fi shing!

George’s son Kym has just re-turned from a fi shing trip on Lilly-vale Station, about 550 kilometres north of Cairns, and he isn’t talking about ‘the one that got away’.

Kym’s trip resulted from an invi-tation from a good friend whom he worked for 30 years ago on a sugar cane property near Cairns and he jumped at the chance to join a party of four, that were the fi rst people allowed onto the station since the

recent big wet.Fishing was from the bank into

the mouth of an estuary and appar-ently the big ones were waiting, as within a half hour of getting under way, the boy from Barmera had landed a 90 centimetre barramun-di, the largest in his haul of a dozen or so he caught overall.

There are also stories of mud crabs that “overhang beer cartons”, stingrays and a few crocodiles – and the group camped out during their fi ve day stay would you mind.

Kym’s wife Kay says she hasn’t seen Kym this excited since he pro-posed to her and she said “yes”.

■ NORWOOD Cycling club cham-pion Russell Gill will come to the 35th annual Tour of the Riverland weekend on May 23 and 24 in top form if his win in last Sunday’s under 23 state criterium champi-onships in Whitmore Square, Ad-elaide, is any indication.

Also Gill, 21, has the chance to become a history maker by being the fi rst rider to record a hat trick of fastest times in the prestigious event after taking the honour in 2007 and 2008.

At the SA Criterium Champion-ships there was in fact a Gill double, with Russell’s father, Alan, 54, tak-ing out the state open title ahead of Pat Marcucci, 45.

Both veteran riders will return to the Riverland next month, with Gill also looking for a third fastest time (to go with 1983 and 1984) and Marcucci, who is in fact with Brett Aitken, the only rider to grab three fastest time trophies, looking to go one better.

Of local interest, Loxton’s Mat-thew Benson, who was the fastest Riverlander in the tour last year, will enter the event again in 2009 as he prepares for a trip overseas.

Another youngster, who was the fastest under 19 competitor in 2008, Norwood’s Jack Bobridge has, of course, taken the sport by storm since then and will miss the Riverland trip because he is riding overseas.

Matthew Benson returns from Mooloolaba, Queensland, on Sun-day after competing in the junior under 19 national championships that start today.

Last weekend he attracted the interest of some of the major pro-fessional teams with eye catching rides in a special Anzac criterium

meeting at the Queensland venue.Around $20,000 in cash and

prizes still make the annual River-land cycling weekend SA’s biggest and richest event of its type.

The fi rst Riverland rider to fi n-ish the 79 kilometre race receives the Tom Perry Memorial Trophy and the one with the fastest time, the Bob Fisher Memorial Trophy.

Reigning popular player at 82

Local footy history book delivered in detail by David Dunhill

Big names to take on tour

■ NAMED: The Tour of the Riverland will have a few big names in cycling competing in late May, with Russell Gill and local youngster Matt Benson

announcing their intentions of taking on the tour. Photo: JANE WILSON


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■ IT is said that a family that plays together stays together, so it is a sure bet that Moorook’s Jenke family are prime candidates to be around each other for a long time.

And that is despite the family participating in a sport that in coun-try areas, is generally dominated by those that are older and slower – lawn bowls.

I note that the sport in the east-ern states has been invaded by a younger generation and that even in Adelaide metropolitan competi-tions, younger people are becoming involved.

We have examples of younger bowlers like James Gregory, for-merly of Barmera, taking out state events and leading teams in top di-vision pennants.

In fact there is a suggestion that the average age of the current Aus-tralian lawn bowls team is now less

than that of the national cricket side.

Locally, all of the Jenke children are anxious to see more younger people playing the sport and by their deeds are doing more than their bit to get their message through to the Riverland.

Certainly in recent weeks, there has been a fl urry of activity and many kilometres covered by the family to participate in various events.

Firstly, Candise, 14, joined with Renmark RSL’s Dixie Lee to attempt her fi rst state open event, the mixed pairs.

This pitted her against some of the best women bowlers in SA and the mail is that she really held her own in such company.

Candise then played in the state under 18 carnival and won a bronze medal in the singles, then joined

her sister Tamzin, 12, in the pairs and fi nished sixth.

The pair then joined a young lady from Port Lincoln to narrowly miss another bronze medal in fi n-ishing fourth in the triples.

Tamzin also played in the sin-gles and defeated two higher ranked girls in her preliminary games, only to fall to the eventual gold medal winner in her third outing.

As a result she was given an un-offi cial ranking of fi fth – not bad for a 12 year old in an under 18 tourna-ment.

Not to be outdone, 10 year old brother Gerrin also took on the much bigger boys and received a number of accolades from knowl-edgeable observers.

It should be realised that the young Jenkes have only been partic-ipating in lawn bowls for a couple of years but they are already raising

eyebrows amongst the sport’s hier-archy.

Obviously, they still have a long time to press for real success amongst under 18 ranks but I think that the bar is already set somewhat higher than that.

And, of course, the family thing doesn’t stop there.

Dad, Neville, and Mum, Cynthea, are also keen bowlers and pretty good ones too, although they can already see signs of being out-gunned pretty quickly by their three talented kids.

And you can add to the equa-tion, long time family friend and boarder, Rosemary Lane, a silver medalist at this year’s Australian Open Classic for intellectually dis-abled athletes. With the children also involved in other sports, you can imagine this is a pretty hectic household.

Falland’s diploma■ FORMER Australian kart dirt speedway champ and also state titleholder Keke Falland is back home in Loxton, bringing with him the Diploma in Motor Sport he moved to Warwick in Queensland some 18 months ago to pursue.

Keke now awaits an oppor-tunity opening up in top level motor racing so he can achieve his dream to be part of a team.

Meanwhile, he has returned to driving karts locally and he will be in Nuriootpa next month for the closed state ti-tles.

Also, he has purchased a NOS sprint car and if he re-mains in the area, can be ex-pected to appear at the River-land, Waikerie and Mildura tracks.

Keke and his father Steve are also still involved with Rog-er I’Anson as he continues to travel far and wide to compete in his Formula Ford.

Talking to Steve recently, I gather I’Anson drove his vehicle at Albert Park, Melbourne, at the Formula One Grand Prix meeting and qualifi ed seventh out of 28 starters.

His 10th placing and fi ght-ing 18th, after a spin in the fi -nals, were described by Falland as “fantastic efforts”.

I’Anson recently won the fi rst round of the state titles at Mallala and approaches round two shortly.

Family effort continues to reap great rewards

Helping Headspace■ WITH the Riverland Football League doing its bit for Head-space in that organisation’s work with mental issues in the community, two local students Karina Payne and David Hank-in have opted to play their part by agreeing to give their opin-ions on such matters as alco-hol and drugs in sport.

As the work by Headspace focuses on the 12 to 25 years age group, it will be interesting

to hear the teenagers’ views as the RFL provides special Head-space rounds in the A grade on Saturday and Independents a week later.

The pair will be inter-viewed on 5RM’s Sports Satur-day program around 8.30am this weekend.

Karina’s main sport has been hockey and she has repre-sented Riverland junior teams and also state under 13, 14 and 15 sides, while playing through the ranks with Berri and being

a member of the club’s A grade line-up since 2007.

David is one of the district’s outstanding all round juniors in a number of sports.

Basketball, where he was the Riverland under 18 most valuable player in 2008/9, cricket as wicketkeeper-bats-man for Monash A grade and football where he is currently playing in the Berri Demons senior side after representing West Adelaide under 17s in 2008.

■ INSIGHT: Young sports stars David Hankin (pictured) and Karina Payne will be providing their

thoughts on alcohol and drugs in sport.

■ THE stocks continue to rise for former jun-ior speedway cham-pion, Cobdogla’s Jason Gantz, as he has clinched the fi nal points

score for Street Stocks in 2008/9.

In the fi nal round last weekend, Gantz appeared at Whyalla and in diffi cult

conditions had a second

and fourth fi nish in the heats and completed the double points round in sixth position in the fea-ture.

Gantz’s main threat

for the title was Matthew Starkey (Barmera) who needed a clean sweep of his races, at Mildura’s Timmis Speedway, to overtake the series leader.

A win, second and third in the heats and vic-tory in the feature, out of position two, however, left him 12 points short of his target.

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■ POLE POSITION: Jason Gantz leads Matthew Starkey around the bend in a recent event.

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GAME TWO

RIVERLAND INDEPENDENTS MALLEE FOOTBALL LEAGUE

MATCH OF THE ROUND

THE BOTTOM LINE

THE OTHER GAMES

MATCH OF THE ROUND

GAME THREE

THE BOTTOM LINETEAM W L FOR AGAINST PTS %

KAROONDA 1 0 75 41 2 64.66

LAMEROO 1 0 54 32 2 62.79

PINNAROO 1 0 56 47 2 54.37

MURRAYVILLE 0 1 47 56 0 45.63

BDT 0 1 32 54 0 37.21

PEAKE 0 1 41 75 0 35.34


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Brown’s Well v East Murray

WE WILL admit it is a bit unusual to pick a game between two teams predicted to be the competition’s battlers as the match of the round.

But from our perspective, this game offers a look at what country football is really about.

Two struggling teams, battling to keep their clubs afl oat and main-

tain that vital tradition and social connection that football provides a community.

Both teams come off fl oggings in dismal footy conditions last weekend and will be desperate to get a win on the board.

Brown’s Well will be ultra keen having won very few games in the past fi ve seasons and with young-sters Brad Hoffmann, Scott Hyde and Travis Victor leading the way, it has plenty of run.

However, East Murray have plenty of bigger bodies in Darren Zadow, Steve Rover and Brian Par-sons, which will make life diffi cult for the Bombers smaller frames.

It is a home game for the Bomb-ers, who under coach Brian Hampel have had the toughest pre-season they have had in years and should run the game out better than the under prepared Tigers.

Brown’s Well, the pressure’s on now, as we’re tipping you.

Lyrup v ParingaWITH the number of transfers be-tween these two clubs in the off-season, there could be some con-fusion on the fi eld this Saturday.

But there probably won’t be enough befuddlement to stop Paringa from running over the top of a Lyrup outfi t that is not a shadow of the team from the past two seasons.

The Swans had a good win over Brown’s Well last start with Andrew Lloyd, Dom Portolesi and Brendan King all starring.

Lyrup on the other hand copped a belting from Cobby and will be licking its wounds.

Former Swans, Matt Lacey and Roy Grenfell, were in the best for the Lions on Saturday, while Brad Healy showed maturity with a strong performance.

At this stage, the Lions lack a spearhead and adding insult to injury they will have to fi nd a player to oppose former captain and coach Anthony Lippis, who kicked fi ve goals in his fi rst game for his new club on the weekend.

Could Dave Grenfell man up on the potential match winner? Now, that’s an intriguing thought.

Paringa to win and by plenty.

Ramco v WunkarTWO teams coming off fi rst round wins meet for what should be an interesting contest.

Wunkar will be a little familiar with its opponent and the venue, having played a trial against Ram-co in the pre-season.

A look at Ramco’s best players from last week shows some classy performers in Jason Marr (six goals), Dan Maywald, Nigel and Jacob Hole and Marcus McGrath.

Does Wunkar have enough players to match up against those players?

Shane Schulz, Daniel Evans,

Nick Allen, Scott Huddleston and Sean Gray, look the goods, while youngsters Harley Bennell and Adrian Lovegrove started the sea-son promisingly.

The Roosters had 11 players kick goals on the weekend, sug-gesting plenty of depth.

Wunkar will need to match the run of the Roosters through the midfi eld and not allow the clever Maywald too much room to set up play if they are to win.

A fi rst home match for the Roosters means they will be play-ing with considerable pride, so we’re tipping them.

IT WAS business as usual for reigning pre-miers Cobdogla last weekend, scoring a massive victory over Lyrup.

Moorook on the other hand slogged it out with Wunkar, los-ing by 15 points.

The Warriors are the home side but it is hard to see that pro-viding too much ad-

vantage against a well drilled and confi dent Eagles outfi t.

Captain Dar-ran Van Der Woude is likely to line up against Eagles kingpin Steve Renfrey and will battle bravely.

However, the Ea-gles’ fl eetfooted run-ners Luke Hefford, Luke Wegener and Ben Thomas are likely

to cut Moorook apart.Promising signs

from Alex Rapisarda, Matt Cooper and Matt Raison were shown against Wunkar and if the Warriors are to win, that young trio will have to really turn it on.

Cobdogla should notch up a second straight win.

BDT v PinnarooTHE Crows were well and truly stoned in the match against reigning premiers Pinnaroo last Saturday.

While Pinnaroo fought tooth and nail to collect a win against Murrayville.

So where does that leave these two teams for this round?

For the Suparoos, two wins would do wonders for the con-fi dence, while BDT will desper-ately be hoping to avoid the

spectre of consecutive losses to start the season.

Wade Nickolls was back to his best in the opening round, while newcomers Bradley Sheridan and Colin Maddocks looked solid inclusions to the side.

BDT will be hoping more of Josh Richardson’s team-mates come out in support of their star player, with Josh Keller a big name inclusion to the side that lost to Lameroo.

We’re picking Pinnaroo to win two straight.

Moorook-Kingston v Cobdogla

TEAM W L FOR AGAINST PTS %

PARINGA 1 0 138 7 2 95.17

COBDOGLA 1 0 213 35 2 85.89

RAMCO 1 0 160 33 2 82.90

WUNKAR 1 0 67 52 2 56.30

MOOROOK-KINGSTON 0 1 52 67 0 43.70

EAST MURRAY 0 1 33 160 0 17.10

LYRUP 0 1 35 213 0 14.11

BROWN’S WELL 0 1 7 138 0 4.83

Last weekParinga 19.24 (138) d Brown’s Well 1.1 (7)

Cobdogla 31.27 (213) d Lyrup 5.5 (35).Wunkar 9.12 (67) d

Moorook Kingston 7.10 (52)Ramco 25.10 (160) d East Murray 5.3 (33)

Leading goal kickersD. Tillbrook, Cob, 8 S. Renfrey, Cob, 8J. Marr, Ram, 6 A. Lippis, Par, 5

K. Sampson, Cob, 4 W. Simpson, Par, 4 D. Portolesi, Par, 4

M. McGrath, Ram, 3 R. Ebert, Ram, 3

D. Starkey, Cob, 3

Murrayville v KaroondaWITH these two teams expect-ed to be fi ghting for the same top four spot this season, this match has a bit hanging on it.

Murrayville fought hard only to lose last week, while the refurbished Magpies are still gelling as a team.

The Bulldogs’ midfi eld has Rian Crane, Damien Fenoughty and Kevin Wyatt forming a

strong trio, with Drew Crane a towering option up forward.

The travelling Magpies will be looking for another good game from recruit Justin Jack-son, while Jarred Graetz and the talented Luke Hocking add plenty around the ground.

Murrayville would be want-ing a win in its fi rst home game of the season, and we think they’ll take the points.

Peake v LamerooTHE Lions surprised with a tena-cious fi ghting loss to Karoonda in the opening round and will have plenty of confi dence lead-ing into this week’s game.

However, they run into a Lameroo outfi t which out-played BDT in the fi rst match.

It is hard to see where Peake is going to match the enterpris-ing Hawks line-up which has lead ruck Ben Grieger in domi-nant form already.

Grieger will give the mid-fi eld, headed by Shaun Walker, fi rst use of the ball, making life extra diffi cult for the Lions.

Slight James Hewett, Bren-

dan Pett and recruit Todd Hil-lam showed promising signs for Peake last weekend but re-ally, you would think the task is beyond them to control Lameroo.

■ Lameroo forward Chris Philbey.

Last weekKaroonda 11.9 (75) d Peake 6.5 (41)

Lameroo 8.6 (54) d Border Downs/Tintinara 4.8 (32)Pinnaroo 8.8 (56) d Murrayville 7.5 (47)

Leading goal kickersJ. Fiegert, Peake, 3L. Hocking, Kar, 3

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Making the tough calls with Rob McLean, Les Pearson and Brad Perry

MATCH OF THE ROUND

OTHER GAMES

MATCH OF THE ROUND

THE TOUGH CALLS

Riverland BarmeraWaikerie

Loxton North

MalleePinnarooLameroo

Murrayville

IndependentsBrown’s Well

ParingaCobdoglaRamco

Mid Murray

BSRSedan/Cambrai

RISING STAR AWARD

THE OTHER GAME

THE BOTTOM LINE

THE BOTTOM LINE

AS a key position utility for Berri, 19 year old Geordie Franks has made a big impression since taking to the fi eld for the De-mons this year.

Coming out of the ranks of the Central District’s junior squads, Geordie has shown plenty of quality in his fi rst two games for the club.

His efforts in the wet weather on the weekend highlighted his class, taking several strong grabs and bagging three goals, includ-ing a ripper from the boundary line.

Geordie’s strength and mo-bility has stood out so far and the club is confi dent his form will continue deep into the season.

Congratulations Geordie, a well-deserved nomination.

GEORDIE IS NOW ELIGIBLE FOR THE PERPETUAL TROPHY AND PRIZE MONEY

ROUND 2:GEORDIE FRANKS


BARMERA-MONASH 2 0 213 118 4 64.35

WAIKERIE 1 1 153 124 2 55.23

LOXTON 1 1 173 152 2 53.23

BERRI 1 1 123 154 2 44.40

LOXTON NORTH 1 1 118 164 2 41.84

RENMARK 0 2 153 221 0 40.91


BSR 1 0 330 0 2 330

ROBERTSTOWN 1 0 138 41 2 80.56

SEDAN/CAMBRAI 0 1 41 138 0 19.54

MORGAN/CADELL 0 1 0 330 0 0


Morgan/Cadell vs Sedan/Cambrai

THIS could be a huge game for both sides, as the loser will sit on the bottom of the lad-der and will be left wondering where its next win can come from.

Sedan/Cambrai would have certainly been disappointed with its round one effort after causing a few big upsets last year.

Morgan/Cadell would have been equally disappointed after putting in so much hard work during the pre-season and then getting beaten by 330 points in round one.

With plenty to play for, both teams will be hitting the footy harder than ever.

Sedan/ Cambrai midfi elder Ryan Johns looks in good touch and could be the difference be-tween the two sides.

The real question for Mor-gan/Cadell is where will its goals come from?

After failing to score last week, Morgan/Cadell has to fi nd a forward who can stand up and kick a bag.

Mickalis Karalis and Jamie O’ Callaghan will need to star for Morgan/Cadell if it is to have any chance of winning, while the rumoured appear-ance of some new players will also be very welcome.

Sedan/ Cambrai pair Russel Loffl er and Scott Starkey will be too good for their Morgan/Cadell opponents and we are predicting the Magpies to win quite easily in this one.

Robertstown vs BSRPRIOR to the grand fi nal replay between Robertstown and BSR, it is fair to say the Robertstown defence won’t be sleeping well.

The weather forecast is pre-dicting rain and going on re-sults from last round, it may be raining BSR goals.

The Bulldogs booted more than 50 goals in round one and Robertstown will have to play its best football to knock off the premiership favourite.

However, while we think BSR will easily win this one, if Tom Ross and Patrick Neal can produce the same football they

did in round one for Robert-stown, then it could be closer than many think.

The key to a Robertstown win would be keeping BSR for-wards Jason Rosenzweig, for-mer defender Brett Gierke and recruit Justin Andriske quiet, which would be quite a task.

For the home side, Jarred Mosey will be a key player and will need to sneak a few goals for Robertstown to keep it in the match.

While there is a good chance that tactical fl ooding of the forward lines will come into play, we hope this will be a high scoring shoot out.

Leading goal kickersJ. Rosenzweig, BSR, 16

B. Gierke, BSR, 10J. Andriske, BSR, 10

J. Mosey, Rob, 8 M. Sobey, BSR, 5M. Liney, BSR, 5

Barmera-Monash v Renmark

IT is top versus bottom this week but this match could really be con-sidered anything but that.

The Roos have had a superb start to the year winning both their matches with considerably good margins and great team perfor-mances.

Renmark has been quite the op-posite, after bombing out in round one to the Tigers and falling at the hands of Waikerie last weekend.

Now the Rovers stare down the

barrel at the prospect of being none from three in 2009.

Criticisms have already begun to emerge over the Rovers perfor-mance to date but given time, they should begin to deliver the desired results.

Matt Stelzer, Simon Callahan and Nathan Farr have all had re-spectable starts to the season indi-vidually, however they’ll need some help from team-mates if they are going to stop a red hot Roos outfi t at home.

Given time to gel, Renmark should emerge towards the latter half of the season, however it can

not afford to drop too many more games this early in the year.

The Roos would take consider-able confi dence into this match up, veteran Ryan Villis getting ample support from Matt Morrell, Jack Selfe and Andrew Nunan in the midfi eld.

Their forward line is benefi ting from the good delivery, with Terry Packer impressing early in his A grade career, showing a great sense for the crumbing goal.

It is hard to go against the Roos in such hot form.

Renmark will look to end that and have the personnel to do so.

Loxton North v BerriTHE Panthers’ exhilarating win over Loxton last week will fuel the fi re for more wins as they come up against a Berri side deter-mined to rectify its league standing after a disappointing performance.

Brad Williams, Tim Arnold and Josh Nel-son put in stellar efforts in the midfi eld to get the Panthers going in 2009, while Brett

Stephens again bagged some goals to be viewed as a danger-ous option up forward.

Both Nelson and Williams have good records against the Demons.

On the fl ip side, forward Kirk Harwood bagged 13 goals in four games against the Panthers last year, while Chris Scholefi eld and Dean Storic also showed good form on regular occasions in previ-ous encounters.

Both clubs tend to rely on smaller forwards and mid-fi elders kicking a majority of the goals, so it will be interest-ing to see what tactics either side will use heading into this match up.

Youngster David Hankin has shown poise and class from his wing and will im-prove, while Steven Raeder has been solid in defence so far, rarely conceding against his opponent.

Expect a good battle in the centre circle between North’s Matt Hampel and Berri’s Brett Duffi n, the way these two op-erate around the ground could be a barometer as to who comes out on top this week-end.

Waikerie v LoxtonTHE Tigers head west to Waikerie this weekend, taking on the reigning premiers.

Loxton will be without ruckman Liam Williams, which will hurt after showing some good form early.

Its strength is in its mid-fi eld, the quality and class of Leigh Kruger, Pete Smith and Rhys Mitchell is right up there with the best in the league.

Up forward, Raphael Liddle always puts in an honest effort, while young Brad Pontt has a big role to play from the goal square if Loxton is to get up.

Magpie captain Damien Stevens led from the front last weekend.

Wingman Scott Pogorecki has also provided the Waikerie side with plenty of dash, while Jim Thomson’s determination is always paramount.

Matt Gibson has been per-forming well in the midfi eld and drifting forward.

It seems the Magpies are back, while the Tigers may fi nd this one tough going.

Leading goal kickersB. Wilksch, Bar-Mon, 9 B. Stephens, Lox Nor, 5

Last weekBarmera-Monash 12.14 (86) d Berri 5.11 (41)

Loxton North 6.5 (41) d Loxton 5.7 (37)Walkerie 12.13 (85) d Renmark 6.6 (42)

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“It is called Tour of the Riverland because it covers three major towns,” he said.

“We didn’t want to lose (Loxton) one of the major towns.

“It would not be a tour of the Riverland if we just have it through the Berri main street.”

The expansion gap issue fi rst came to the attention of Mr Skinner shortly after the bridge was erected in 1997, when Riverland Cycling Club member and Australian tri-athlete Peter Gwynne fell over while riding his bike.

“He was maybe the fi rst person to ride the bridge and he went arm over turkey,” he said.

The Berri Barmera Coun-cil spent years covering the gap with timber for the race but it became too labour in-tensive and the constant traf-fi c on the bridge meant the gap continued to widen.

With less than a month until the event, Mr Skinner has received support from Loxton company, Downer EDI Works and the Depart-ment of Transport Energy and Infrastructure (DTEI).

“There will be no costs in-volved to the event, which is fantastic,” he said.

There was a realisation that the tour could skip the

Loxton leg for the fi rst time in 35 years but the support from both organisations has ensured the town will see the 200 expected cyclists pass through this year.

The new rubber matting, which will be rolled over the gap just before the race, has been welcomed by cyclists after drastic measures were taken last year when a Berri Barmera Council staff mem-ber’s carpet was used to cover

the gap.Mr Skinner said he hoped

this year’s race would provide a spectacular fi nale for his last organisational involve-ment with the event.

“I have been involved for 35 years, it is a long time,” he said.

“We are trying to work on getting Jack Bobridge back from Europe a week earlier to join the tour.”

Barmera v Renmark WITH the loss of several key players, Barmera may take sev-eral games to co-ordinate its play.

Renmark play a strong zone, which creates turnovers and is very hard to break, meaning Barmera will have a challenging night ahead of it.

The home side will need to steady, look for options and consolidate on shooting, as Renmark’s skill and experi-ence, allied with quality shoot-ing, makes it a challenging proposition.

Newcomer Abby Heaven and coach Sue Whitbourne were best for Barmera last week and will be looking for team-mates to step up, while Jo Haynes and Deneka Gartery are in good form for Renmark.

The visitors to win easily.

Loxton v WaikerieLOXTON had to dig deep in the last minutes of the open-ing game to achieve victory against a dogged Loxton North last week.

If it plays to its ability, Lox-ton should not have to battle so hard against a rebuilding Waikerie tomorrow night.

With disciplined Eve Will

leading the way, Loxton has the elements of a top two side.

Waikerie on the other hand, will battle through the match bravely, hoping to build some momentum for future weeks.

Lauren Oswald is the stand out player in this side and will give her all but that will not be enough to topple Loxton.

Loxton North v BerriTHIS match will be a big test for both sides.

Berri are the projected pre-miership favourites, while Lox-ton North, with some veteran stars fi ring, have a new found confi dence.

A win here could prove that North is the real deal after several struggling seasons.

Can North cover Kelly Moore, Tori Jachmann and the threat of youngster Louise Beech?

With Karina Tschirpig and Kylie Wooldridge providing plenty of premiership experi-ence the know how is there.

Is the will from players right across the court strong enough to stick to the game plan that nearly bought a great result last round? If North can do that, there could be an up-set in the offi ng.

By BRAD PERRY

UMPIRES will don green shirts and players green armbands during the next two rounds of Riv-erland and Independent football to acknowledge those who suffer from mental health issues.

Known as the Head-space Rounds, rounds three and four will in-volve the football com-munity highlighting the issues facing many of the region’s young people aged between 12 and 25.

Riverland Headspace manager Kerril Vowles said it is an opportunity to reach out to people who need help.

“The Riverland Foot-ball League is serious about providing guid-ance and information to assist our young people to lead happy productive lives,” she said.

“Through this asso-ciation with Riverland Headspace, an opportu-nity is created to reach a signifi cant number of

them.”Each senior and ju-

nior team’s best team man will receive an award provided by River-land Headspace.

Riverland Headspace staff will also be on hand at all matches during the two rounds to provide information to people on what support and as-sistance is available lo-cally.

Prior to the fi rst Headspace Round, the Riverland Division of General Practice’s Drought Response Team has organised a Beyond Blue workshop tomor-row night to assist club offi cials to recognise and respond to those who may be experiencing de-pression.

Riverland Division of General Practice chair-person Dr Grant Baker said it is an opportunity to showcase the support that local doctors can have and the positive roles sport plays in the lives of many in the Riv-erland community.

Saf: Reno, what hap-pened to Talk It Up last week? I put in all that effort with you and it didn’t end up in the paper.

Reno: Leave me alone. I’m fragile at the moment.

Saf: I’ll take your lack of response as an apology. So it will go in this week? You won’t ask for it to be pulled because you don’t think it is good?

Reno: Mate, when has this article ever been good? If I wanted to pull it every time I thought it wasn’t funny, we wouldn’t have a column. I went on a trip on the weekend with ‘Skeet’ DeVito and ‘Scratcher’ Eus-tice and Scratch was telling me he’s going to try out for the Australian trampolining team.

Saf: Really? I knew he could play footy but tram-polining as well?

Reno: Well, he is the only bloke I know who can do a backfl ip after 58 schoo-ners, snap a trampoline in half and then pick himself up and crack open a stubby and say “well, that didn’t go according to plan”. One of the funniest things I have ever seen.

Saf: Nice work Scratch-er. On to real sport, I am now spending my Friday nights sitting in cold stadi-ums wearing seven layers of clothing, because netball is back!

Reno: Don’t forget lis-tening to umpires yelling

“contact” every four sec-onds. I still don’t get the rules, but it looks like an interesting comp this year. Berri towelled up Barmera, while Loxton just pipped Loxton North in A1s and Renmark beat Waikerie on Friday night. Who do you think are the premiership favourites?

Saf: It depends. Will this actually go in the paper, or are you going to spit the dummy again?

Reno: How did you go in SuperCoach on the weekend? I heard you got a touch up by the Super-Coach king?

Saf: That’s it Shane. Bring up a fantasy comput-er game to divert attention when you are under the pump. By the way, I think Berri will be the big im-provers in the netball, with

Loxton back with the pack a bit after losing key play-ers. Renmark would start premiership favourites though.

They have some expe-rienced players who know

how to get it done at the business end of the season.

Reno: Oh that’s right, you lost to me in Super-coach. That slab of Super Dry that you owe me is going to taste very nice though.

Saf: Well, I guess it will go nicely with your mas-sive win from the casino, which everyone would have heard about if you al-lowed last week’s column to go to print. Any tips this week?

Reno: Yep. Don’t let Clinton Eustice use your trampoline, unless you want it snapped.

Saf: Fair call. I guess even a broken clock is right twice a day. My tip would be to get down to some lo-cal RFL footy.

Crowds have been very good so far from all the re-ports and there were also a couple of rip snorter ladies days on the weekend. Good to see the girls getting in-volved.

Also, Man U. are dead set certainties for the EPL ti-tle and Champion’s League fi nals, now they’re out of the FA Cup.

Reno: Speak to you next fortnight.

Saf: If this doesn’t go to print, I resign. Our fans have been hanging out for the next edition for a month now!

Reno: What, the whole two of them?

TALK IT UP with SAF & RENO

He is the only bloke I know who can do a backfl ip after 58

schooners.

Tour will cross bridge to Loxton

RFL to help raise mental health

awareness

Barmera face some tough opposition

■ COMPETITOR: Renmark’s Jo Haynes will be doing her very best to get over the top of Barmera this weekend.

■ ON: The Tour of the Riverland will cross the bridge again with a mat to cover the expansion gap that was causing concern.


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Riverland Football LeagueA grade

Waikerie 12.13 (85) d Renmark 6.6 (42)Best – Waikerie: D. Stevens, C. Miller, B. Venning, M. Gibson, J. Thomson, S. Pogorecki. Renmark: N. Farr, S. Calla-han, M. Stelzer, A. Bryant, C. Seekamp, T. Thorpe.Goals – Waikerie: S. Stevens, M. Gibson, B. Venning, T. Hyde 2, J. Thomson, C. Griffi ths, C. Miller, S. Ford. Renmark: B. O’Dea 2, M. Stelzer, H. Beavis, P. Stelzer,

M. Camplin. Loxton North 6.5 (41) d Loxton 5.7 36Best – Loxton North: B. Williams, J. Nelson, T. Arnold, J. Voigt, A. Cook, D. Fielke. Loxton: N. Uren, B. Manuel, P. Smith, B. Pontt, J. Fielke, R. Smith.Goals – Loxton North: B. Stevens 2, M. Arnold, R. Proud, B. Williams, C. Kropinyeri. Loxton: P. Smith 3, L. Wil-liams, R. Smith.Barmera-Monash 12.14 (86) d Berri 5.11 (41)Best – Barmera-Monash: M. Morrell, J. Selfe, Dillon Millard, T. Swanbury, R. Villis, A. Nunan. Berri: L. Pearson, G. Franks, C. Scholefi eld, D. Brooks, D. Hankin, S. Raeder.Goals – Barmera-Monash: B. Wilksch 5, T. Packer 3, R. Price, J. Selfe, S. Horsely, A. Ielasi. Berri: G. Franks 3, D. Brooks, K. Harwood.

B GradeRenmark 6.7 (43) d Waikerie 4.7 (31)Best – Renmark: J. Collinson, N. Cam-paign, D. Sutton, D. Lellmann, R. Gray, B. Townsend. Waikerie: J. Bevan, B. Hoad, G. Dubrich, C. Eustice, S. Nich-olson, B. Haynes. Goals – Renmark: B. Townsend 3, K. Polst 2, G. Edmonds. Waikerie: B. Haynes, J. Thomas 2.Loxton North 7.3 (45) d Loxton 5.13 (43)Best – Loxton North: B. Perry, S. Inglis, J. Mittiga, D. Cass, J. Hurrell, J. Deren. Loxton: T. Edwards, K. Mitchell, G. Dahlitz, B. Roads, S. Hoffmann, M An-driske. Goals – Loxton North: S. Inglis, L. Hentschke 2, J. Goodes, R. Mclean, P. Smith. Loxton: T. Edwards 3, J. Nickolai, L. Fazekas.Barmera-Monash 13.11 (89) d Berri 1.5 (11)Best – Barmera-Monash: S. Mitchell, P. Butterworth, B. Harrington, S. Nettle, D. Whitbourne, D. Packer. Berri: G. Eisen-berg, J. Smedley, M. Clark, T. Van dyk, B. Thomas, A. Karner. Goals – Barmera-Monash: S. Sumner 4, S. Mathew 3, C. Marks, D. Whitbourne, C. Hawley, B. Harrington, W. Priest, R. Pietrolaj. Berri: D. Dawson.

Under 18sWaikerie 8.4 (52) d Renmark 7.9 (51)Best – Waikerie: J. Trimble, G. Dutton, M. White, B. Gay, J. Walding, M. Beelitz. Renmark: J. Warnock, R. Sard, N. Carr, R. Glazbrook, C. Webber, J. Perry. Goals – Waikerie: J. Walding 3, G. Dutton 2, J. Fladrich, J. Hahn, D. Hoffman. Renmark: R. Sard 2, A. Kenyon, R. Glazbrook, G. Coombe, A. Mills, N. Carr.Barmera-Monash 7.10 (52) d Berri 2.5 (17)Best – Barmera-Monash: M. Nitschke, A. Svensden, A. Manning, T. Wilson, L.

Chamberlain, T. Miller. Berri: L. Hagan, E. Roberts, N. Woolston, G. Brandford, D. Roberts, J. Roissetter.Goals – Barmera-Monash: C. Hanna, T. Wilson 2, M. Nitschke, J. Bonney, J. Graetz. Berri: J. Roissetter 2.Loxton 8.8 (56) d Loxton North 2.4 (16)Best – Loxton: E. Pontt, P. Fisher, B. Freundt, B. Manuel, Z. Schubert, J. Bates. Loxton North: A Baker, K. Langford, B. Roberts, S. Reilly, T. Thiele, K. Petch. Goals – Loxton: Z. Schubert 4, A. Fall-canella, C. Baker, R. Freundt, S. Proud. Loxton North: A. Baker 2.

Mallee Football LeagueA grade

Karoonda 11.9 (75) d Peake 6.5 (41).Best - Karoonda: S. Barrett, J. Jackson, L. Hocking, J. Graetz, D. Caldwell. Peake: J. Hewett, T. Hillam, T. Carting, G. Di-prose, J. Fiegert. Goals - Karoonda: L. Hocking 3, J. Jackson 2, K. Booth, J. Neary, J. Graetz, C. Knight, D. Jackson, R. Jordan. Peake: J. Fiegert 3, J. Lindner, J. Hewitt, T. Hillam.Lameroo 8.6 (54) d Border Downs/Tintinara 4.8 (32).Best - Lameroo: B. Greiger, M. Benham, S. Walker, D. Philby, H. Thorpe. BDT: J. Richardson, J. Sampson, L. Nicolai, C. Gregory, A. Freeman. Goals - Lameroo. S. Walker 3, T. Caulfi eld, M. Cauffi eld, H. Thorpe, B. McNeilly, T. Maynard. BDT: P. Barrett 2, M. Vandeleur, C. Kennett.Pinnaroo 8.8 (56) d Murrayville 7.5 (47).Best - Pinnaroo: W. Nickolls, R. Nickolls, B. Sheridan, L. Dabinett, C. Maddocks. Murrayville: R. Crane, D. Fenoughty, C. Webb, K. Wyatt, R. McKee. Goals - Pinn-aroo: A. Halls, M. Gum 2, R. Nickolls, C. Maddocks, B. Sheridan, W. Nickolls. Murrayville: J. Beckmann, D. Crane 2, M. O’Malley, R. Pahl, D. Willersdorf.

B gradeKaroonda 7.9 (51) d Peake 3.1 (19).Best – Karoonda: T. Wohlfeil, G. Wohl-feil, S. Huxtable, J. Norman, N. Kam-buts. Peake: S. Tynan, B. Poole, C. Gogel, D. Howard, N. Raper. Goals – Karoonda: N. Kambuts 4, G. Wohlfeil, J. Norman, S. Huxtable. Peake: A. Ferme, C. Freak, B. Poole.

BDT 5.7 (37) d Lameroo 1.5 (11).Best – BDT: J. Northcott, S. Schultz, J. Leske, A.Zacker, S. Manning. Lam-eroo: L. Abbott, M. Abbott, S. Venning, Miles Sumner, B. Wilcox. Goals – BDT: S. Schultz 2, J. leske, J. Miell, H. Clark. Lameroo: L. Abbott.

Senior coltsPeake 5.6 (36) d Karoonda 3.1 (19).Best – Peake: L. Wilson, H. Rowntree, C. Freak, D. McDonald, G. Hewett. Karoon-da: D. Gollan, N. Norman, M. Miller, R. Pinnegar, K. Morgan. Goals: L. Wilson 2, B. Wait, C. Freak, G. Hewett. Karoonda: K. Morgan 2, D. Gollan.

Lameroo 8.8 (56) d BDT 0.3 (3).Best – Lameroo: M. Sumner, M. Toogood, M. Brown, D. Steer, J. Kerber. BDT: B. Borchardt, Z. Lewis, B. Kennett, W. Clark, M. Lowcock. Goals – Lameroo: M. Sumner 4, J. Kerber 2, J. Barrett, B. Purdie.Pinnaroo 24.15 (159) d Murrayville 8.5 (53).Best – Pinnaroo: Tas Hawthorne, J.

Sporn, J. Venning, M. Fischer, J. Richard-son. Murrayville: C. Nicholl, B. Watson, A. Funke, K. Keely, A. Parker. Goals – Pinnaroo: T. Hawthorne 6, J. Richardson 5, O. Brown, L. Bailey 3, J. Sporn, J. Ven-ning, R. Tiller 2, T. O’Driscoll. Murray-ville: A. Parker, C. Nicholl 2, A. Brown, B. Watson, R. Watson, A. Funke.

Junior coltsPeake 3.9 (27) d Karoonda 1.0 (6).Best – Peake: D. Perks, N. Gregurke, M. Sparks, J. Loechel, W. Hewett. BDT: C. Blacket, H. Pilgrim, J. Norman, E. Weincke, B. Mitten. Goals – Peake: N. Gregurke 2, B. Calvert. Karoonda: C. Blacket.

Lameroo 7.3 (45) d BDT 1.1 (7).Best – Lameroo: B. Marsh, B. Donald-son, L. Pye, J. Werner, N. Brown. BDT: M. Cornish, T. Borchardt, A. Stidiford, N. Gowling, H. Keller. Goals – Lameroo: B. Marsh, L. Young 2, J. Werner, W. Wer-ner, J. Barrett. BDT: L. Kendrick.Pinnaroo 12.13 (85) d Murrayville 0.0 (0).Best – Pinnaroo: C. Dabinett, Tom Haw-thorne, S. Wurfel, N. Bridge, S. Hannam. Murrayville: Not available. Goals – Pinnaroo: C. Dabinett, Tom Hawthorne, S. Hannam, J. King 2, R. O’Driscoll, B. Tiller, N. Bridge, C. Ribbons.

Riverland IndependentA grade

Paringa 19.24 (138) d Brown’s Well 1.1 (7).Best - Paringa: A. Lloyd, D. Portolesi, B. King, S. Hissey, C. Gardner, W. Simp-son. Brown’s Well: B. Hoffman, S. Hyde, S. Gillet, T. Victor, R. Charles, C. Wall. Goals - Paringa: A. Lippis 5, W. Simpson, D. Portolesi 4, D. Heinrich, S. Lehmann, C. Gardner 2. Brown’s Well: A. Smith.Cobdogla 31.27 (213) d Lyrup 5.5 (35).Best - Cobdogla: D. Tilbrook, D. Crowe, B. Thomas, L. Hefford, L. Wegener, D. Mitchell. Lyrup: B. Healy, M. Lacey, D. Strother, B. Hill, N. Johns, R. Grenfell. Goals - Cobdogla: D. Tilbrook, S. Ren-frey 8, K. Sampson 4, D. Starkey 3, L. Hefford. B. Thomas 2, D. Coombs, B. Thompson, M. Golding, P. Ryder. Lyrup: A. Abdulla Jnr, B. Healy, K. Karpany, A. Chris. B. Hill.Wunkar 9.12 (67) d Moorook Kings-ton 7.10 (52).Best - Wunkar. A. Lovegrove, D. Evans, H. Bennell, L. Evans, S. Crouch, N. Al-lan. Moorook/Kingston: A. Rapisarda, M. Copper, D. Hogg, E. Ogle, N. Kling-berg, J. Robertson. Goals – N. Brown, S. Schulz, D. Evans 2, S. Huddleston, L. Evans, S. Gray. Moorook: D. Hogg 2, R. Taylor, J. Robertson, M. Cooper, M. An-derson, M. Raison.Ramco 25.10 (160) d East Murray 5.3 (33).Best - Ramco: J. Marr, P. Murphy, D. May-wald, N. Hole, J. Hole, M. McGarth. East Murray: J. Berger, M. Smith, D. Zadow, B. Gierki, J. White, B. Gough. Goals - Ramco: J. Marr 6, M. McGrath, R. Ebert 3, N. Hole, N. Rogers, A. Geeham, D. Maywald , A. Bevan 2, J. Murphy, S. Oli-ver, P. Clancy. East Murray: J. Andriske 2, D. Pugh, J. Berger, S. Rover.

ColtsBrown’s Well 18.3 (121) d Paringa 2.2 (14).

Best – Brown’s Well: B. Milich, M. Reich-stein, J. Hyde, K. Hargraves, B. Victor, J. Lipacis. Paringa: D. Merceica, D. Roess-ler, Z. Thompson, D. Salmon, B. Hard-ing, R. White. Goals – Brown’s Well: B. Victor 6, J. Hyde 5, W. Baker, K. Har-graves, B. Milich 2, J. Coombe. Paringa: D. McNeil, F. Brooks.East Murray 7.11 (53) d Ramco 5.6 (36).Best – East Murray: J. Hentschke, J. Bo-bilak, S. Kane, S. Durdin, L. Hentschke, L. Francis. Ramco: D. Pham, K. Ryan, T. Bevan, D. Rohde, D. Marr, H. Lochert. Goals – East Murray: J. Bobilak 2, J. Hentschke, B. Schubert, J. Golding, L. Francis, S. Durdin. Ramco: B. Wilksch 2, J. Kafexholli, B. Watkins, C. White.Cobdogla 16.16 (112) d Lyrup 4.1 (25).Best – Cobdogla: T. Maynard, Z. Hatch, J. Trace, R. Werner, M. Wellington, R. Axon. Lyrup: T. Lindsay, G. Abdulla, M. Henderson, S. Abdulla, B. Stone, J. Abdulla. Goals – Cobdogla: Z. Hatch, C. Smart, B. Rogers 3, J. Wiseman 2, T. Maynard, R. Axon, R. Werner, R. Dunn, K. Kemp. Lyrup: M. Henderson 3, G. Abdulla.Moorook-Kingston 8.9 (52) d Wun-kar 7.14 (56).Best – Moorook-Kingston: B. Reid, B. Ev-ans, D. Spence, D. Ballantyne, B. Kahl, Z. Vlaanederen. Wunkar: N. Brown, I. Worsfold, R. Heinrich, J. Pontt, C. Hein-rich, H. Sullivan. Goals – Moorook-Kingston: B. Reid 3, D. Ballantyne 2, B. Chandler, D. Spence. Wunkar: N. Brown 4, D. Voigt 2, N Gibbs.

Riverland NetballA1

Loxton 41 (E. Will, K. Shankland) d Loxton North 38 (K. Wooldridge, K. Tshirpig)Berri 56 (B. Parkinson, L. Beech) d Barmera 19 (S. Whitbourne, A. Heav-en)Renmark 56 (J. Haynes, D. Gartery) d Waikerie 21 (L. Oswald, J. Schultz)

A2Loxton North 48 (T. Fielke, N. Lang-ford) d Loxton 32 (E. Sparrow, C. Fielke)Berri 55 (K. Scholefi eld, J. Hill-Kregar)

d Barmera 31 (N. Sarakinis, F. Spronk)

A3Waikerie 26 (A. Potter, M. Briscoe) drew Renmark 26 (K. Raams, N. Gray)Loxton North 53 (K. Hutchinson, L. Manuel) d Loxton 27 (N. Jachmann, S. Schwarz)

B1Renmark 40 (S. Bredl-Stevens, S. Wiese) d Waikerie 13 (J. Hansen, J. McPherson)

Barmera 23 (B. Smith, E. Chamberlain) d Berri 21 (J. Trifonoff, K. Couzens)

B2Waikerie 38 (C. Bald, N. Ogle) d Ren-mark 17 (S. Dunhill, S. Shorrock)Monash 30 (L. Knight, D. Muller) d Berri 28 (K. Blowes, P. Clark) Loxton North 48 (D. Obst, J. Falland) d Loxton 24 (E. Braun, S. Pontt)

B3

Loxton North 51 (K. Lange, T. Deren) d Loxton 26 (P. Davis, H. Freundt)

C1Berri 30 (J. Howe-Kruger, C. Nuske) d

Barmera 23 (G. Drogemuller)

C2Barmera Pink 42 (G. Webber, B. Web-ber) d Loxton North 10 (V. Bagley, S. Jachmann)Berri 48 (R. Jameson, S. Heinrich) d Barmera 11 (N. Buhlman, J. Gates)

17A

Renmark 51 (R. Nisbett, A. Davis) d Waikerie 29 (D. White, T. Wenske)Berri 43 (K. Thiele, K. Wade) d Barmera 39 (C. Richardson, A. Spronk)Loxton North 28 (A. Koch, E. Sieboth) d Loxton 15 (T. Hopper, M. Felder)

17BLoxton 33 (K. McDowell, R. Butt) d Loxton North 29 (L. Lidgerwood, M. Calderwood)Renmark 32 (K. Murch, C. Brown) d Barmera 10 (T. Boase, K. Wilksch)Loxton Gold 69 (D. McKenzie, R. Fer-ber) d Barmera Pink 9 (A. Basiya, S.

Beames)

15ABerri 55 (E. Eleftheriadis, R. Shotton)

d Barmera 20 (M. Gillespie, T. Hughes)Renmark 40 (A. Nickou, M. Cinc) d Waikerie 30 (L. Eldredge, C. Taylor)

15B1Berri 41 (S. Efthimiou, A. Martin) d Barmera 25 (K. Hogan, K. Reynolds)Loxton North 25 (G. Eckermann, B. Kropinyeri) d Loxton 8 (M. Hill, C.

Victor)

15B2Renmark 32 (E. Nash, S. Henderson) d Waikerie 13 (C. Padrick, A. Nedeck)

15C1Wakerie 25 (L. Hamdorf, R. Avery) d Renmark 22 (E. Afobbi, R. Singh)Berri 33 (S. Sarro, I. Thiele) d Barmera 3 (A. Pipinis, B. Miller)Renmark Blue 39 (I. Strachan, A. Feild) d Renmark White 22 (S. Markham, K.

Schulz)

15C2Renmark 32 (T. Cooper, K. McKenzie) d Waikerie 21 (L. Heindorf, B. Kafexhelri)Berri 28 (D. Leach, J. Drabsch) d Barmera 8 (B. Penny, L. Fletcher)Loxton North 20 (T. Milich, T. Wormald) d Loxton 11 (K. Jachmann, P. Wright)

GolfWaikerie

Division one winner: A. Harris 34. Di-vision two winner: M. Klose 39. Voucher winners: C. Robinson, N. Lloyd 38, R. Rigby 36, N. Kelton 35.

RenmarkLadies competition:

B. Symonds +1 (c/b), A. Cenko +1. Leading scores: R. Christie, C. Doeven-dans, T. Dempsey -2, S. Machell, B. An-

derson, A. Thiel -1.

BerriSaturday stableford:

(Berri v Barmera) - Men’s: A. Dand (Berri) 22 points, J. Ivanovic (Barmera) 21; Ladies: K. Barnett (Berri) 17, C. McK-endrick (Barmera) 17 points. Ball win-ners – P. Frahn 21, R. Correll 20, A.

Bourne 20, W. Adams 19, D. Walker 19, R. Thurmer 18, G. Johnson 18, M. Odg-

ers 18, R. Wurth 18, J. Efthimiou 18.

Sunday stableford: J. Efthimiou 39 points, B. Martin 38. Ball winners: R. Wright 37, S. Cronje 34,

P. Mudge 34, R. Mitchell 33.

Ladies competition: W. Hocevar 42 points. Ball winners

– R. Kassebaum 36, L. Martin 33.

Pinnaroo Volleyball Special Ks 3 d Coco Pops 0 (25-17, 25-23, 25-18); Crunchy Nuts 3 d Cheerios 1 (23-25, 25-13, 25-15, 25-11); Fruit Loops 3 d Weet-Bix 0 (25-15, 25-18, 25-16).Ladder: Special Ks 16 (60.5%), Crunchy Nuts 15 (66.7%), Coco Pops 14 (56.8%), Weet-Bix 10 (46.2%), Fruit

Loops 7 (42.5%).

Riverland dartsLoxton RSL 10 (J. Bourke 140 x 2, 125, 106, 100, T, Surridge 140 x 2, 121, 100 x 4, S. Pankhurst 140, 100 x 2, 83 peg out, B. Willett 121, 100, J. Willett 111, 100 x 5, K. Pillmore 100 x 2) d Monash Wan-derers 7 (N. Flack 140 x 3, 132, 129, 100 x 4, S. Gration 140, 125, 121, 100 x 4, W. Barnett 140, 100 x 6, 102 peg out, A. Weidenhofer 140, 100 x 2, T. Dyer 100 x 3, B. Irlam 100 x 2).Barmera Rooshooters 10 (W. Jones 140 x 4, 100 x 5, P. Ivanovic 140, 123, 100, G. Fleet 138, 125, 100 x 2, D. Coo-per 122, 121, 100, A. Ivanovic 117, 115) d Renmark Boxed Dogs 7 (D. Pendle 140, 125, 100 x 2, R. Tycke 140, 125, 100, L. Rasheed 121, 100 x 3, T. Stone-

ham 119)

Riverland 8BallDivision one

Berri Club 8 (P. Mudge/A. Milton) d Loxton Sporting Club 7 (S. Rollins/S. Blaser); Renmark Rovers 8 (E. Knight/J. Culbertson) d Monash Club 7 (T. Altschwager/T. Stieler); Berri Gold 12 (D. Musolino/S. Irons) d Renmark Club 3 (C. Sourtzis/P. Maniatis); Hellenic Chokers 10 (G. Tsorotiotis/S. Christ-odolou) d Berri Jugheads 5 (P. Pfen-nig/M. Pfennig); Renmark Bad Boys 8 (R. Albanese/B. Maniatis) d Cobdogla Club 7 (K. Carter/P. Campbell).

Division twoLoxton Sports Black 9 (L. Lange/C. Schutz) d Loxton Sports 6 (C. Hobbs/M. Raymond); Monash Club 9 (P. Rul-lo/L. Threlfall) d Barmera Ballbreak-ers 6 (K. Abdulla/S. Treacy); Waikerie Club 13 (A. Blackwell/J. Pudney) d Berri Club Sharks 2 (M. Vithoulkas/S. Verco); Barmera Hellenic 8 (K. Fitzpat-rick/P. Drakoulis) d Moorook Club 7 (J. White/M. Wachtel); Renmark Red-backs 9 (M. Taylor/D. Albanese) d Cob-by Club 6 (G. Greenhalgh/J. Halls).

Division threeLyrup Club 11 (G. Dyer/C. Munro) d Renmark Hotel 4 (D. Ellis/B. Alba-nese); Berri Breakers 9 (R. Ainsworth/G. Hoffmann) d Waikerie Club 6 (R. Watkins/S. Oliver); Lyrup Club Red 12 (A. Whellum/J. Recchia) d Hellenic Hopefuls 3 (C. Markow/N. Monaco); Barmera Hotel 9 (P. Beech/S. Stavrou) d Moorook Club 6 (M. Fuller/M. Ar-nold).

By BRAD PERRY

THE 2009 Riverland hockey season gets underway tomorrow night at Glassey Park and there is no doubt it will be another closely fought af-fair in the race for the premiership title.

The two unknowns, Waikerie and Renmark are the fi rst teams to clash in 2009 and both will be presenting a different line up this year.

Renmark coach Callum Benda has put his team through a vi-gourous pre-season and hopes it will pay off in the season proper.

Over the years, Waikerie has been a very competitive side and are a possibility to be a strong force in 2009 with youngster Alex Fullwood looking to star.

On Saturday, hot premiership favourites, Berri, will host a young blooded Loxton and it is sure to be a great contest.

Berri coach Shaun Kelly has al-ready seen some promising signs from his team and is confi dent they are the real deal this year.

The Berri side beat a women’s Adelaide division two team in a trial game and will take that form into round one.

A state veterans hockey carni-val was the perfect warm up for Loxton who will be looking to Tim Cass, Carl Kenny and Dan-iel Schubert as play makers this year.

Predicting a winner for the women’s hockey this season could also be a tough task as many ju-niors will play their fi rst games in senior hockey.

Under coach Martin Tucker, Renmark is looking to rebuild this year after losing several key play-ers.

Its round one opponent, Waik-erie, has also lost a few players but has added some new faces to the squad.

Brianna Seabrook and Lauren Dutton will help the team to better themselves after a luckless 2008.

Season favourite, Loxton, has kept a strong side from last year and by adding some youngsters

to the squad, could be the major threat forthe fl ag.

While most are predicting Lox-ton to win easily in the fi rst round, Berri are a side not to be underes-timated in women’s hockey this

season.Round one of women’s hockey

B grade will also see Loxton and Berri compete for the Nina Starr Cup.

Riverland Hockey Associa-tion publicity offi cer Kris Weir said there had been a number of changes to both the men’s and women’s hockey teams through-out the Riverland.

“There are a number of juniors who will be coming up the ranks this year,” she said.

“Players have also moved on, some have gone off to Adelaide.

“It makes it hard to know who will be the strong teams.”

Mrs Weir said there is always a lot of nerves and anticipation for the fi rst game.

“It has come around pretty quickly,” she said.

“It keeps us physically fi t and and we can socialise.”

And what will the hockey play-ers do if it starts to rain?

First whistle for hockey season

■ READY: Berri player Jennie Campbell helped her side to a grand fi nal last year and would be hoping for a similarly successful season. Photo: FILE

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4x4Tavern Talk Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the

attention it deserves. ~ Albert Einstein

MY fi rst tour of the Loveday 4x4 Adventure Park ended with my Land Rover stuck deep in sticky mud.

In 40 degrees heat, I dug and dug only to sink deeper and deeper into the black slush until the wheels and tyres dis-appeared.

My cry for help, via the UHF radio, was answered by a young bloke by the name of Toby Whateley, telling me someone would be out to help soon.

In a cloud of dust, the big, white Toyota pulled up and out jumped 10 year old Toby from

the driver’s seat, throwing me the snatch strap.

In a short time, I was out and Toby disappeared in an-other cloud of dust to fi nish his homework.

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Toby knows the track better

than anybody and just happened to men-tion this fact to last year’s Mud, Dust and Music winner Steve Bartlet.

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As his Nissan is still in bits and off the track for some time, he decided to offer the young whippersnapper the ultimate chal-lenge.

After much discussion and more than a few smart remarks, they have purchased a $400 Nissan 720 dual cab, with a 2.2 litre diesel, ensuring it qualifi es for the standard class.

The little Nissan has been double en-tered, enabling both Toby and Steve to race at different times during each heat.

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Both Toby and Steve have been working hard to paint and prepare the ute for this weekend’s huge Lightforce Mud, Dust and Music event.

Testing has seen Toby mark up some remarkable times, with Steve announcing he has to leave straight after the last heat, sparking rumours that he is already starting to worry and make excuses.

Check out last year’s action at www.daydreamphotography.com.au and you can be sure with what is looking like a record number of entries, that there will be plenty to keep the crowd entertained over the weekend.

And by the way, keep a look out for Steve sneaking away - my money is on Toby.

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■ CHALLENGE: Toby Whateley in the vehicle he will be using in this weekend’s Mud, Dust and Music event at Loveday. Photo: SUPPLIED

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Have you sold or leased all or part of your irrigation licence?Have you removed your plantings or reviewed your situation due to water restrictions? Yes? Then please let the Valuer-General know.

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Tell us what has changed:• online at www.landservices.sa.gov.au• telephone (08) 8595 2109• visit the State Valuation Offi ce at

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WARNETT (nee Gantz) Ashley, Rebecca and Lucas are delighted to announce the arrival of Soren Mitchell on April 17 2009. A big special thanks to Kelly’Lee, Sue, Kaili, Pip, Dr. Van Staden and Dr. Smith and all other staff at RRH

Engagement

JONES-BARTULOVIC

Bill and Nina Jones together with Bob and Zara Bartulovic are happy to announce the engagement of Craig and Renata.

Death

ZACHARIAS Christine 17.3.1967 - 23.4.2009

Dearly loved mother of Daniel and Jacinda

We will miss you always

ZACHARIAS Christine

You went suddenly peacefully at home with us, leaving us with loving memories of laughter, shared jokes and time with family and friends. We cherished you for many years as part of our family.

Forever in our hearts. Never to forget your strength and love. Luke and Jacinda Steve and Lyn and Joan

Funeral

ZACHARIAS Christine

Come and join family and friends for a celebration of Chris’ life. Thursday 30.4.09 between 11am - 2pm at the Lions Park (opposite ski club) Patey Drive, Renmark.

Privately Cremated.

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POKER table, solid construction, custom made, $600 ono. Phone 0400068932

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Public Notices

MONASH Mammoth Market will be held on Sunday May 31. Site bookings can be made by phoning 85835361 during school hours.

Wanted to Let

WANTED somewhere to park and live in an 11mtr bus/motor home for ¾ months within 10kms of Renmark as we have seasonal work. Our needs include power, water and a toilet. Rent neg. Phone Steve and Julia 0429992226 or 0407316839

Houses for Sale

HOUSE and land for sale ideal for the first home buyer. Set on 2.5 acres in Loveday. This two bedroom home has shedding, annual enclosures and irrigation meter POA. Ph 0414369982

HOUSE for sale, neat timber framed home situated next to natural scrub area, and close to all facilities. House has 2 b/rooms; large lounge/entertaining area; hallway; eat in kitchen; family room. Two sheds, plus a garden shed with carport and verandah attached to house. Very large block with native trees and low maintenance front garden. Gas heating plus reverse cycle air conditioning in living area & ceiling fans. Priced to sell at $135,000 neg. Phone 85865206 after hours.


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BERRI CWA Hall opposite the Police Station, Saturday May 2 , 9am - 11:30am, includes piano and fridge (both silent auction), 50 stackable chairs, microwave, desks, tables, assorted furniture and crockery

BERRI 6 Fisher Drive, Saturday May 2, 9am - 1pm, big baby goods sale, lots of clothes and toys all in excellent condition and kitchen table and 6 chairs.

RENMARK Lions Club corner 15th Street and Renmark Ave Saturday May 2, 8am - 11am, including lounge chairs, dishwasher, furniture, bric-a-brac, books and a “sausage sizzle”.

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Recruits8pm, WIN 10Seems we may be stuck on Channel 10 this week and with good reason.

Some 388 new police recruits celebrate their graduation.

After eight gruelling months of training, they’re about to hit the beat for the first time.

It’s like a reality version of The Bill without those giddy Cockney accents.

Talkin’ Bout Your Generation7.30pm, WIN 10Hosted by comic Shaun Micallef.

Each week the regular team generals will be joined by three celebrity guests across the generations.

I’ll give them 20 minutes before the Baby Boomers start complaining about the way game shows are now and how good they used to be back in their day.

Billy Connolly: Journey to the End of the World6.30pm, WIN TVBilly Connolly continues his entertaining journey through the remote regions of Canada.

Given its timeslot, it appears Connolly is either not swearing, or the censorship guy is busier than a one-armed Baghdad bricklayer.

Good luck, censorship dude!

Merlin6.30pm, WIN 10Keep the magic secret is all we’ve been hearing in the build-up for this, so after all the hype, this series better be good.

Merlin arrives at Camelot and finds himself in a place where magic is punishable by death.

Let’s hope this is more realistic than Harry Potter, I mean, a red-head with two friends? Pfft.


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Master Chef7.30pm, WIN 10I told you it was going to be a ripper show and by Batman, I was right.

Tonight, the crew heads to Melbourne.

It’s the last stop on the nationwide tour before the top 50 are selected and the competition moves to Sydney.

Pre-prepare a gourmet meal beforehand because watching this makes you so damn hungry.

Law and Order9.30pm, WIN 10A pair of divorce lawyers are murdered in their home and the investigation leads to a possible cover-up involving the abuse of adopted children.

It’s a pretty cool series made cooler with the co-starring role hip-hop artist Ice T plays.

He never breaks character either, bustin’ rhymes while bustin’ crims.

Viewtubewith LES PEARSON

Family Guy10pm, WIN TVWhen Peter rediscovers his love for the painfully annoying yet seductively catchy tune The Bird’s The Word, Brian and Stewie decide to take matters into their own hands to ensure that the song will never be heard again!

A golden episode and well worth seeing for a bunch of laughs.

I will be watching.

■ NEW: Talkin’ ‘bout Your generation launches on Tuesday night.

To solve a Sudoku puzzle, every number from 1 to 9 must appear in:• Each of the nine vertical columns• Each of the nine horizontal rows• Each of the nine 3 x 3 boxes. Remember no number

can occur more than once in any row, column or box

Sudoku

Last week’s solution:

1. What country was originally called New France?2. What was the most successful prison movie of all time in terms of box offi ce receipts?3. The disease varicella is better known as what?4. The gemstone amethyst is what colour?5. Who had a hit song called Better Be Home Soon?6. What was Don Diego de la Vega better known as?7. Who directed the movie The Castle?8. What do the letters ‘QC’ stand for?9. Who wrote the novel Rich Man, Poor Man?10. What city in Syria is

known as the pearl of the desert?11. Siddhartha Gautama is better known as which fa-mous religious fi gure?12. Which former politician was named Australian Gov-ernor-General in 1988?13. In which sporting event, won by Australia in 1979, did 17 competitors die? 14. What is the lightest ele-ment on earth?15. What sport or game is played by more people than any other in Britain?16. Which Marx brother

never spoke?17. Which European city has the world’s longest subway sys-tem?18. A movie must play in which city to

be eligible to win an Acad-emy Award?19. Which legendary movie star was a distant cousin to the late Diana, Princess of Wales?20. What is James Kirk’s middle initial on Star Trek?

Answers: 1. Canada; 2. The Green Mile; 3. Chickenpox; 4. Pur-ple; 5. Crowded House; 6. Zorro; 7. Rob Sitch; 8. Queen’s Counsel; 9. Irwin Shaw; 10. Damascus; 11. Bud-dha; 12. Bill Hayden; 13. Admiral’s Cup; 14. Hydrogen; 15. Darts; 16. Harpo; 17. London; 18. Los Angeles; 19.Humphrey Bogart; 20. T.

By BRAD PERRY

THE time has come to pull out your old band shirts and leather jackets and let your hair down at the 16th annual Riverland Rock ‘n’ Roll Festival.

The unique Riverland event kicks off at 6pm on Friday night at the Waikerie Club, with popular Adelaide band Party Cats and spans right through until Sunday after-noon.

The colour theme is yellow and black, so dust off that gold Elvis Presley jacket and make sure you are seen rocking the dance fl oor at this year’s festival.

Riverland Rock ‘n’ Roll committee member Beryl Loffl er said even if you don’t like rock and roll music, there will still be plenty on offer over the weekend to have a great time.

“If you’re not really into rock and roll,

Time to rock ‘n’ roll

you should still come down,” she said.

After rocking out with the Party Cats on Friday night, a street parade will march through Waikerie on Satur-day at 11:30am.

The show ‘n’ shine car display is set to be a crowd puller and a market, with-more than 30 street stalls, will open at 9am.

If you’re looking to put on those dance shoes, there will be various rock ‘n’ roll dance demonstrations at 10am and 12:30pm.

In true rock ‘n’ roll style, the festival continues on Sat-urday night at 7:30pm with TJ and the Twin Spinners and then kicks off again on

Sunday morning from 9am, at the Waikerie Community Sports Centre.

Adelaide band Sons of Sons Re-Loaded will provide a dose of Sunday tunes as patrons fi nish off the festi-val with an affordable recov-ery breakfast followed by a hearty lunch.

Mrs Loffl er said some of the people who attend the festival travel to Waikerie ev-ery year.

“Some of them have been coming every year for the past 16 years,” she said.

The festival attracts peo-ple from all over the state in-cluding Adelaide, the Barossa Valley and even interstate and Mrs

Loffl er said it is important for visitors to experience these unique Riverland events.

“There is no other event in the Riverland like it,” she said.

“It is good for the Riverland to bring people in, especially at the moment, we need all the visitors we can.”

According to Mrs Loffl er, some of the younger genera-tion now enjoy the old rock ‘n’ roll style music and hopes this helps attract a wide range of ages to the festival.

The Rolling Stones once said “it’s only rock and roll” but the Riverland Rock ‘n’ Roll Festival will show it is so

much more.

Trif’s Triviawith CALLUM TRIFONOFF

■ FUN FOR ALL: All age groups get on board to enjoy the annual Riverland Rock ‘n’ Roll Festival at Waikerie.


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RiverlRiverlandandRiverlandIssue No. 73 - Thursday, April 30, 2009 www.riverlandweekly.com.au

GAP ISSUE BRIDGEDGAP ISSUE BRIDGEDBy BRAD PERRY

A RUBBERISED mat will make it possible for this year’s 35th an-nual Tour of the Riverland cycling event to take its usual course over the Berri bridge to Loxton.

An expansion gap in the bridge has been an ongoing problem for the event and a local business has stepped forward to help supply the matting and keep Loxton on the cycling map.

Event organiser Barry Skinner said he is relieved the gap will be fi xed so the event can keep the major towns involved in the tour.


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