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The Deni Pokémon Wrap (23/5/17)

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Pokémon Go

Nothing to report on Pokémon Go as few people are playing it now, local Pokémon group is at 177 members but we will continue to check for news.

Pokémon Shuffle News

Past and present locals are still making progress on Pokémon Shuffle though it is getting harder to catch the Pokémon that are defeated

As you know our two regular gamers Boony and Tiggy are racing each other on the mobile version of the game with Tiggy forging ahead of Boony who is up to Stage 202 whilst Tiggy has moved up one stage to Stage 260 and we will continue to follow the race as it progresses.

Stage 260 has the Psychic Pokémon Deoxys as the challenge whilst Stage 202 has the Dark Pokémon Weavile.

Tiggy has moved ahead of Boony on the Pokémon count with Tiggy leading with 206 Pokémon caught to Boony’s 203.

We will be back soon with a new edition of The Deni Pokémon Wrap.

1916 Postcard Update

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We started looking for Carrigan Villa on the internet and was having no luck until we visited a site that archived newspapers online.

First we found plenty of mentions of Carrigan but all were about Carrigan Road in Warragoon.

We then chanced upon a September 1913 newspaper reporting on the sales of livestock and among all the people and locations stood out ‘G. Hetherington, Carrigan Villa, Deniliquin’ and with that it confirmed the place existed and potentially who owned the place.

Assuming the property did not change hands between 1913 and 1916 we now know who lived at Carrigan Villa.

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We still don’t know who Connie is and we don’t know who the writer Jean Williamson is as the postcard had no return address or a description.

It has been a great journey learning about the writer and would of been receiver of the postcard, it also gave an insight into the war years and there is a new theory that it was not sent because it could be censored as the military wouldn’t want any potential spies knowing a bunch of Australians were going to France in 1917.

If we ever find out the answers to all our questions we will happily let you all know as we are all on this journey together.

Deni Cares (May 2017)

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May 11 2017

Last year we wrote about how Deniliquin cares for others and we’ve had a look around to see what is going on now.

Deniliquin has some fundraisers going on GoFundMe and below are some of the fundraisers currently going on.

The ‘Fund for Sarah Knight & baby’ fundraiser has almost reached its $10,000 goal with $9,220 raised in just 28 days and should get to the goal in a short amount of time.

Fundraising for Elisabeth Byrne has raised $8,410 out of its $10,000 goal and there is a ‘Welcome Home Lissy’ event at the Boat Club on May 13 which will be a family friendly event and will run from 12pm to 9pm.

A month ago, one fundraiser was established for Scotty to get some guns, nail guns that is so if you want to help with that you can by clicking on the link.

There are other fundraisers going on but some are several years old and they may not be running now but you can see them on the above link.

It is always great to see people caring about the welfare of others and we hope it continues on throughout time.

Nominations halfway through

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The time allocated for nominating businesses and people for the 2017 Deniliquin Business Excellence Awards is just over halfway through.

The nominating began on April 3 and will continue on until the June 12 and then comes the nervous wait for the big night on Friday July 21.

There are 13 awards up for grabs and there is no doubt that all of the hundred plus businesses that Deniliquin has in operation has a shot at bringing one or more of the 13 home with them.

Clicking on any of the 13 categories on this linked page will bring up a nomination form for you to fill out and send and the good news is that it is a fairly straight forward process with no complications.

We wish all businesses the best of luck and may the people show you plenty of love through nominations.

Sports Talk (4/5/17)

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May 4 2017

After travelling to Congupna last weekend, The Rams are playing host to Moama at Hardinge Street.

The Rovers after hosting Mathoura last weekend are back on the road travelling down to Strathmerton to play their Round 5 matches.

Below is how all the Rams and Rovers sides are travelling after 4 rounds.

Rams Football Season Results So Far

Seniors have 2 wins and 2 losses (8th on the ladder)
Reserves have 0 wins, 3 losses and a forfeit (11th on the ladder)
U/17’s have 4 wins and 0 losses (3rd on the ladder)
U/14’s have 4 wins and losses (2nd on the ladder)

Rovers Football Season Results So Far

Seniors have 2 wins and 1 loss (5th on the ladder)
Reserves have 2 wins and 1 loss (4th on the ladder)
U/17’s have 3 wins and 0 losses (2nd on the ladder)
U/14’s have 3 wins and 0 losses (2nd on the ladder)

Rams Netball Season Results So Far

A Grade have 4 wins and 0 losses (2nd on the ladder)
B Grade have 3 wins and a draw (4th on the ladder)
C Grade have 3 wins and 1 loss (4th on the ladder)
C Reserve have 3 wins and 0 losses (1st on the ladder)
U/17’s have 1 win and 2 losses (7th on the ladder)
U/15’s have 4 wins and 0 losses (1st on the ladder)
U/13’s have 3 wins and 1 loss (4th on the ladder)
U/12’s have 3 wins and 0 losses (2nd on the ladder)

Rovers Netball Season So Far

A Grade have 3 wins and 0 losses (1st on the ladder)
B Grade have 1 win, 1 loss and a draw (5th on the ladder)
C Grade have 3 wins and 0 losses (2nd on the ladder)
C Reserve have 2 win and 1 loss (3rd on the ladder)
U/17’s have 2 wins and 1 loss (2nd on the ladder)
U/15’s have 3 wins and 0 losses (1st on the ladder)
U/13’s have 1 win and 2 losses (4th on the ladder)

Conclusion

It is going to be a fine Saturday for sport as both Strathmerton and Deniliquin are expected to have 22 degree weather ensuring a pleasant day of contests and spectating.

Two games of interest in Netball will be the Rams A Grade side in a first vs. second clash and Rams C Grade side will be in a third vs. fourth battle.

Two games of interest in Football will be the Rovers Seniors fourth vs. fifth on the ladder match and the Rams U/17’s side will be taking on their second place opposition and will be looking to trade places on the ladder.

We’ll be back on Saturday night with all the results.