Rovers Talk (30/7/16)

Rovers Talk, , , ,

Round 17 of the Football and Netball competition got underway today with the Rovers taking on Tocumwal.

Netball

A Grade ended their regular season today with a 47 to 39 win, the win gives them a 10-2-2 record and the side will start their finals campaign in either second or third position.

B Grade tried their best today but were beaten 55 to 30.

C Grade won their match today by the narrowest of margins, the final scores were 29 to 28.

C Reserve played to the best of their abilities but fell to Tocumwal 30 to 25.

The Junior sides played well against their opponents today and below are the results of their games.

The Under 17’s recorded a massive win in their match today, the final scores in their game read 63 to 22.

The Under 15’s lost 24 to 17 in their match against one of the form sides of the competition.

The Under 13’s have recorded another win this season with the side registering a 21 to 10 victory.

Football

Rovers Football sides were in action against their opponents with success finding most of the Rovers teams.

The Seniors were down by 24 points at half time but the side controlled the second half to win the match by 23 points.

The final scores were the Rovers 14.13 – 97 to Tocumwal’s 11.8 – 74.

T. Draffin, D. Kirby and D. May kicked 3 goals apiece, D. Hope kicked 2 goals whilst M. Braybon, A. Bond and B. Loudon all kicked one goal apiece in the win.

The Reserves have recorded an impressive 82 point win in their game today.

The Rovers kicked 16.8 – 104 to Tocumwal’s 3.4 – 22 in a game where the Rovers once again won every quarter to accomplish their win.

G. Trewhitt kicked 7 goals, B. MacDonald kicked 4, B. Ezard kicked 2 whilst L. Fleming, B. Todd and M. Atley each kicked a goal in the win.

The Thirds recorded a solid 127 point win today with the final scores reading Rovers 19.19 – 133 to Tocumwal’s 1.0 – 6.

J. Caniglia and R. Norris kicked 5 goals apiece, J. Campbell 3 and R. Murray kicked 3 goals apiece, J. Allitt booted 2 whilst B. Sartore kicked one goal in the win.

The Fourths overran their opposition in the last quarter to record a 6.3 – 39 to 3.2 – 20 win.

B. Redden kicked 2 goals whilst B. East, H. Gardiner, H. Mowat and J. Ezard all kicked a goal each in the win.

Thoughts

The Rovers won the day with eight wins and three losses, Tocumwal were very formidable in all Netball matches and will pose a major challenge to the Rovers in the finals.

Giants need Juniors

News, , ,

The Deniliquin Junior Giants are looking for players to participate in Under 14 Boys and the Under 16 Boys and Girls teams.

That means that boys and girls born between 2002 and 2005 have opportunity to play in the 2016/16 tournament season

Basketball is a great sport as kids and adults get to play one of the biggest sports on the planet, be in a team environment and become friends with many fellow players in a short period of time.

There’s also the incentive that they get to play for a team called the Giants and history has been mostly kind to teams with the Giants nickname.

Some of the teams to be called Giants in sport are for example the Coburg Giants (NBL/Big V), North Melbourne Giants (NBL), New York Giants (NFL), Greater Western Sydney Giants (AFL) and many more.

Visit Deni Junior Giants or contact John Fitzpatrick on 0402 500 182 for more information, expressions of interest must be in be Wednesday August 3.

13880393_10153995468843882_2052246120507247635_n.jpg

Rovers Talk (28/7/16)

Rovers Talk

Round 17 of the Football and Netball season is coming up this weekend with the Rovers travelling down to Tocumwal.

The Rovers and Tocumwal last met in Round 8 of the competition.

Netball

A Grade go into their final match of the 2016 regular season with a 9-2-2 record and will be against a side that is top of the ladder with an 11-1-1 record.

Last time they met: A Grade tied their Round 8 match against Tocumwal 53 all.

B Grade are sitting on top of the ladder with a 13-1 record and are taking on a side that is sitting in fourth position with a 9-4-2 record.

Last time they met: B Grade won their Round 8 match against Tocumwal 56 to 49.

C Grade are sitting in third position on the C Grade ladder with an 11-3 record and they will take on a side that is well placed in the five with a 10-4-1 record.

Last time they met: C Grade won their Round 8 match against Tocumwal 38 to 29.

C Reserve are sitting in second spot on the ladder with a 12-2 record whilst their opposition are currently fifth on the ladder with an 8-7 record.

Last time they met: C Reserve won their Round 8 match against Tocumwal 26 to 21.

Under 17‘s are now 13-1 for the season and they are taking on a side that is sitting in fourth position with a 9-6 record.

Last time they met: Under 17’s won their Round 8 match against Tocumwal 51 to 18.

Under 15‘s are now 7-6-1 for the season whilst Tocumwal currently occupy second spot on the ladder with a 13-2 record.

Last time they met: Under 15’s lost their Round 8 match against Tocumwal 32 to 24.

Under 13‘s are on top of the ladder with a 14-0 record and they are taking on a side that is in seventh position with a 6-9 record.

Last time they met: Under 13’s won their Round 8 match against Tocumwal 26 to 7.

Football

Rovers Seniors are sitting in fourth position on the ladder with a 9-5 record and they take on a Tocumwal side who are currently sixth on the ladder with a 6-8-1 record.

Last time they met: Seniors won their Round 8 match against Tocumwal 8.8  – 56 to 8.6 – 54.

Rovers Reserves are second on the ladder with a 13-1 record and they take on a fourth placed side that has an 8-7 record.

Last time they met: Reserves won their Round 8 match against Tocumwal 4.4 – 28 to 2.4 – 16.

The Thirds are on top of the competition ladder with a 13-0-1 record and are against a side that is in seventh position on the ladder with a 3-11 record.

Last time they met: The Thirds won their Round 8 match against Tocumwal 11.10 – 76 to 1.2 – 8.

The Fourths are sitting third on the ladder with a 9-5 record and are against a Tocumwal side that is sitting in fourth position with a 9-6 record.

Last time they met: The Fourths lost their Round 8 match against Tocumwal 2.2 – 14 to 1.3.

Thoughts

This weekend could be a great round for either side, The Rovers did have more wins in Round 8 but a large number of them were by small margins so any success that comes in Round 17 will be hard earned.

Rovers Talk will be back on Saturday night with all the results for you to read and hopefully enjoy.

Target severely damaged by fire

News, , , ,

Target has been severely damaged by a fire that erupted in the early hours of this morning.

The fire is believed to have started from the power box and made it’s way across and down causing major damage to the building and it’s contents inside.

Deniliquin History in Photos has photos of the fire in progress and the aftermath, one picture by ‘Big Robbo’ shows the fire raging at ground level just before the RFS and the FRNSW arrived to fight the fire.

Details of the fire can also be found at NSW RFS – Mid Murray Zone‘s page and DNS praises the fire services for their actions in stopping the fire from completely destroying Target and spreading to connecting shops.

Cafe 285 gave the firefighters on scene free coffee in appreciation of the firefighters efforts in fighting, containing and then extinguishing the fire.

DNS is also very pleased that nobody was killed or injured in the fire and hopes the best for the owners of the business.

What can be done?

News

Since our publishing of the latest reports on the rubbish situation, the pictures have been viewed dozens of times and are hopefully causing residents to have conversations about what to do about it.

Below are the pictures once again for those who want to see them again or see them for the first time;

So let’s brainstorm some options on what to do about the rubbish and see where it takes us.

1. Plaza owners get it cleaned up.
2. Edward River Council gives the Plaza some help.
3. ERC installs new bins throughout town (outside CBD).
4. The public gradually picks up the rubbish a piece at a time.

The first option can sound very logical to people for the place is managed by the Plaza and they should look after every inch of it even if they didn’t create the mess in the first place.

The second option can work as the ERC can get some council workers to sweep along the boundary of the Plaza and get as much rubbish as possible and their efforts would be a good news piece for the ERC as satisfaction in the past and present Council are not at high levels.

The third option sounds good and would be welcomed by those who don’t want rubbish in their yards particularly along the Plaza side of Henry Street

On the other side of Henry Street, A bin could also be placed on the corner of Napier and Henry which is 150m away from the Plaza fence but if people use it then rubbish amounts would drop and from that corner bins could be placed every hundred or so metres down Henry Street or at the end of each block creating an outside of the CBD bin network as shown below with the black and white squares and rectangles representing bins.

Bin Plan.png

The last option that has been thought of can work but it is acknowledged there is a discomfort in being seen picking up rubbish whilst the town goes by going about their daily business but there is always those who won’t care and do the task for the good of all.

What do you the reader think? What can be done? Feel free to post your thoughts anytime as the expression of thought is a wonderful thing.