Survey closing for DBEA

News

The 2016 Deniliquin Business Excellence Awards are coming up and everyone gets a chance to help shape who wins the ‘Excellence in Customer Service’ Award.

All you need to do to vote is visit https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/3C8FBY5 and number ten businesses from one to ten just as the conditions state and then press done to complete the survey.

Readers better hurry as voting closes at Midnight on Monday (July 11).

The Gala Dinner that announces the winner is on Friday 22 July at the RSL Club and we wish all that have been nominated the best of luck and an enjoyable time at the awards.

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Rovers Talk (9/7/16)

Rovers Talk

Round 14 of the Football and Netball competition got underway today with the Rovers taking on Strathmerton at Strathmerton.

Netball

A Grade‘s four game winning streak has come to an end after the side played out their second draw of the season, the score at the end of the game was 49 apiece.

B Grade‘s winning streak has ended after being defeated in a high scoring match 67 to 50

C Grade‘s winning streak has come to an end after being defeated 34 to 29.

C Reserve have notched up another win with a solid 46 to 31 victory

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

The Under 17’s are back on the winners list with a massive 51 to 25 win.

The Under 15’s are also back on the winners list with a tight 20 to 17 win that keeps the Rovers in the finals race.

The Under 13’s have kept their winning streak going by winning their match 29 to 24.

Football

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

The Seniors were defeated in their game today by a hungry Strathmerton side, Strathmerton kept the Rovers goalless in the first half to ensure their seventy point victory.

The final scores for the match was Strathmerton 13.10 – 88 to 2.6 – 18.

The Reserves have made it two wins in a row with a comfortable 38 point win.

The Rovers kicked 9.2 – 56 to Strathmerton’s 3.0 – 18 in a game where the Rovers won every quarter to accomplish their win.

D. Kirby kicked 4 goals and A. Hogan kicked 2 whilst K. Shephard, J. Bode and B. Hardman all kicked a goal in the win.

The Thirds recorded a solid 54 point win today with the final scores reading Rovers 8.12 – 60 to Strathmerton 1.0 – 6.

D. Kirby kicked two for the Rovers whilst R. Gazzara, R. Norris, R. Murray, T. Bradford, J. Allitt and J. Campbell all kicked one goal apiece in the win.

The Fourths were no match for Strathmerton today with the Rovers going down 8.8 – 56 to 0.2 – 2.

J. Liu, C. Jacobsen, R. Murphy, L. Bassett, T. Blake and B. East were named as the Rovers best players in the loss.

Thoughts

It was a winning day for the Rovers with the club recording six wins, four losses and one draw from it’s matches against Strathmerton.

Rovers Talk will be back next Thursday with a preview of Round 15’s matches between the Rovers and Mathoura.

DNS records 10,000th hit

News

This afternoon, DNS recorded it’s 10,000th hit on it’s website and that is a figure that was never dreamed about.

Why? Because in late 2014 we had 30 hits, 2015 received 60 and 2016 would of been a win if 120 was reached because we would of doubled the total of the previous year.

No single person is responsible for DNS getting to this milestone of 10,000, it takes several people just to get things rolling every single day, we are a news blog but we take ourselves seriously apart from April 1 of course and that what we pulled off on April 1 this year was a good one.

So to celebrate 10,000 hits, below is some of DNS’s favourite stories from the 178 (including this one) that has been published over time.

Inspiration found on Running Track

This story started off our 2016 surge, It was believed only a few would read it and it would fade away but it got peoples curiosity and suddenly people wanted to know what DNS was and it was absolutely bewildering.

The best thing about this story was that it brought awareness to Little Athletics and also shows how good Humanity is when something wonderful happens.

Flashback to the Art Expo

This story wasn’t really seen but it was nice to recount what happened last year, the Certificate 1 Access to Work and Training class really worked hard and it is good somebody recorded events so it doesn’t end up in oblivion.

Class of 2004 came home this month

DNS started with this story, the DHS Class of 2004 reunited on one hot November afternoon and it was an amazing time for pretty much everyone at both DHS and The Exchange and so it is good thoughts were written down about it for ten year reunions only happen once.

A New School Era Set for 2017

This story is probably our best one because we had to research the heck out of everything to make sure everything added up because you don’t want to write garbage and well everything added up in the end.

Noodle store a hit

This story was a ‘Will anyone read this?’ kind of stories, the opening of a Noodle store doesn’t seem like a big deal but it turns out it was a very big deal because people still read it every month probably because the story has the phone number to Papa’s Rich Noodle.

Those five stories are our favourites though many more could make the list for one reason or another like the stories on demands for a Cinema, our updates on the Blue-Green Algae situation, What resources Deniliquin needs, the better than average rainfall and more.

177 stories were written to get to 10,000 hits, the site has identified there has been 7,085 visitors and April 4th was the best ever day that DNS had with 807 views in a single day.

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Thank you to everyone who has visited, thank you to everyone who has commented, thank you to everyone who make sure that stories make sense because without you all DNS wouldn’t be able to be any good for the people who read what is said every day.

Now the journey to reaching six figures has begun, will we make it there someday? Stay tuned.

Thefts worry residents

News

Thieves are starting to cause concern for Deniliquin residents as locals have been reporting thefts of items.

Houses have been broken into, a BMX bike was taken from the High School, A Caravan has been stolen and so too has a Dirt Bike and residents are starting to get really angry at what is happening around them.

Residents both young and old are affected by the thefts and it is wrong that people have to be put through pain and misery because somebody thinks it is better to steal something to own than buy something to own.

It is sad to think that Deniliquin residents will soon have to become really protective of their possessions as thieves seem to have no problems with taking anything that is not bolted down.

DNS hopes that all of our readers do not have anything stolen from them in the future, please make sure all possessions are secured as best as possible to ensure they are never taken away.

We hope that all these thefts stop, the thieves face justice and we hope that the stolen items be returned to those who truly own them.

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Rovers Talk (7/7/16)

Rovers Talk

Round 14 of the Football and Netball season is coming up this weekend with the Rovers going on the road to take on Strathmerton.

The Rovers and Strathmerton last met in Round 5 of the competition with the Rovers winning the majority of the Football and Netball matches between the two sides.

Netball

A Grade go into their match with an 8-2-1 record and will be against a Strathmerton side that is are looking like being contenders when the finals arrive.

Last time they met: A Grade won their Round 5 match against Strathmerton 60 to 47.

B Grade are sitting on top of the ladder with a 12-0 record and are taking on a side that is sitting in second position with a 7-2-2 record.

Last time they met: B Grade won their Round 5 match against Strathmerton 47 to 36.

C Grade are sitting on top of the C Grade ladder with a 10-2 record and they will take on a side that is sitting in third position with a 9-2 record.

Last time they met: C Grade lost their Round 5 match against Strathmerton 47 to 24.

C Reserve are sitting in second spot on the ladder with a 10-2 record whilst their opposition are currently sitting outside of the finals positions.

Last time they met: C Reserve won their Round 5 match against Strathmerton 33 to 22.

Under 17‘s are now 11-1 for the season and they are taking on a side that is sitting in fourth position with a 6-5 record.

Last time they met: Under 17’s won their Round 5 match against Strathmerton 39 to 25.

Under 15‘s are now 6-6 for the season whilst Strathmerton currently occupy fourth spot on the ladder with a 7-4 record.

Last time they met: Under 15’s lost their Round 5 match against Strathmerton 32 to 28

Under 13‘s are on top of the ladder with a 12-0 record and they are taking on a third position with a 7-4 record.

Last time they met: Under 13’s won their Round 5 match against Strathmerton 32 to 18.

Football

Rovers Seniors are sitting in third position on the ladder with an 8-4 record and they take on a Strathmerton side who are currently second on the ladder with an 8-3 record .

Last time they met: Seniors won their Round 5 match against Strathmerton 11.11 – 77 to 2.12 – 24.

Rovers Reserves are second on the ladder with an 11-1 record and they take on fourth placed side that has a 6-5 record.

Last time they met: Reserves won their Round 5 match against Strathmerton 16.9 – 105 to 1.1 – 7.

The Thirds are on top of the competition ladder with an 11-0-1 record and are against a side that is sitting in fourth with a 7-4 record.

Last time they met: The Thirds won their Round 5 match against Strathmerton 12.10 -82 to 6.7 -43.

The Fourths are sitting fourth on the ladder with an 8-4 record and are against a Strathmerton side that is sitting on top of the ladder with a 10-1 record.

Last time they met: The Fourths lost their Round 5 match against Strathmerton  6.5 – 41 to 5.4 – 34.

Thoughts

Both sides have strong teams throughout the competition so results can go either way in several of the matches which will make it exciting for the fans in attendance.

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