16 Dec 10 | Rogues compiled a competitive 6/126 when they went in to bat first in Friday night’s twenty20 game against Wanderers at Roxby Downs.
16 Dec 10 | Port Augusta Regional Qualifying Event
Congratulations to all swimmers who participated in the Regional Qualifying event on the weekend – especially to Angus Harrison who competed at his first big carnival and did PBs in every race.
16 Dec 10 | Block Its took out this year’s social volleyball grand final, defeating Block Party 3-1.
16 Dec 10 | The Woomera and Districts Fooball League will now be known as the Far North Football League, but don’t worry, the “Wedgies” are here to stay.
16 Dec 10 | The Upper North One Steel Under 14 team experienced moderate success during the annual BankSA Country Cup played in Adelaide.
16 Dec 10 | BHP Billiton Olympic Dam held its annual BALL Awards at the Roxby Downs Auditorium last week.
BALL (Be Aware Live Longer) is Olympic Dam’s peer-on-peer safety observation program.
16 Dec 10 | Tourist numbers blossomed in Roxby Downs this year as the Sturt Desert Pea spectacle drew visitors from all across Australia.
16 Dec 10 | Fifty-one boxes of first edition novels have been donated to the Andamooka Primary School and now they are seeking helping hands to get them out and catalogued.
16 Dec 10 | With the Olympic Dam expansion looming closer, The Greens have stepped up their anti-uranium push.
16 Dec 10 | Local television watchers will not see an end to their TV signal this week, with the area unaffected by the widespread switch from analog to digital.
16 Dec 10 | A community levy and building a combined youth drop in centre, visitor information centre and Andamooka Progress and Opal Miners Association (APOMA) office is at the top of next year’s “to do” list for the association.
16 Dec 10 | When Member for Giles Lyn Breuer arrived in Roxby Downs and Andamooka last week, visiting the people and places affected by storm damage was first on her agenda.
16 Dec 10 | The Royal Flying Doctor Service Roxby Downs Auxiliary has raised $100,000 for the service, the second largest figure in the state.
16 Dec 10 | Roxby Downs Police are pleased to have moved into their new headquarters this week, just in time to begin the “Operation Safe Holidays” road blitz campaign.
09 Dec 10 | Roxby Downs Basketball Association
09 Dec 10 | Crystal Brook Carnival
Congratulations to the four swimmers who competed at Crystal Brook Carnival - Caitlin and Annalise Abbott and Centaine and Logan Casserly. While full results are not available at the time of this article being written it appears that many PBs were swum on the day.
09 Dec 10 | Game four of the twenty20 competition was played between Olympic Dam and Andamooka on Friday night at the Roxby Oval.
09 Dec 10 | Local racer Brendan Quinn has been tearing up the South Australian 360 sprint-car scene since he entered this new division earlier this year.
09 Dec 10 | What was initially planned as a small gathering between friends, turned into a big barbecue and fundraising auction in support of friend and co-worker Josh Keane whose brother Ricki died in the Pike River Mine collapse.
09 Dec 10 | The Roxby Downs Youth Health Advisory Group (YHAG) has been nominated for this year’s Channel 9 Young Achiever Awards for its efforts in establishing the FliipSyde health clinic.
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