Rovers Talk (30/6/16)

Rovers Talk

Round 13 of the Football and Netball season is coming up this weekend with the Rovers sides hosting Jerilderie at Memorial Park.

The Rovers and Jerilderie last met in Round 4 of the competitions with the Rovers winning the majority of the Football and Netball matches between the two sides.

Netball

A Grade go into their match with a 7-2-1 record and are currently three wins inside the five against a Jerilderie side that is fighting to be one of the sides in the finals come August 13.

Last time they met: A Grade lost their Round 4 match against Jerilderie 49 to 47.

B Grade are sitting on top of the ladder with an 11-0 record and are taking on a Jerilderie side that is sitting in fifth spot with a 5-5 record.

Last time they met: B Grade won their Round 4 match against Jerilderie 43 to 39.

C Grade are sitting on top of the C Grade ladder with a 9-2 record and they will take on a Jerilderie side that is sitting in sixth position with a 5-4-1 record.

Last time they met: C Grade won their Round 4 match against Jerilderie 42 to 32.

C Reserve are sitting in second spot on the ladder with a 9-2 record whilst Jerilderie are sitting in sixth position on the ladder.

Last time they met: C Reserve won their Round 4 match against Jerilderie 28 to 22.

Under 17‘s are now 11-0 for the season and they are taking on a Jerilderie side that is sitting in second position with a 9-1 record.

Last time they met: Under 17’s won their Round 4 match against Jerilderie 37 to 29.

Under 15‘s are now 6-5 for the season and are currently just out of the Top 5 on percentage, Jerilderie currently occupy top spot on the ladder with a 9-1 record.

Last time they met: Under 15’s lost their Round 4 match against Jerilderie 28 to 11.

Under 13‘s are on top of the ladder with an 11-0 record and they are taking on a Jerilderie side that is sitting in eighth position with a 2-8 record.

Last time they met: Under 13’s won their Round 4 match against Jerilderie 34 to 5.

Football

Rovers Seniors are sitting in fourth position on the ladder with a 7-4 record and they take on a Jerilderie side that is sitting seventh on the ladder with a 3-7 record.

Last time they met: Seniors won their Round 4 match against Jerilderie 14.16 – 100 to 4.8 – 32.

Rovers Reserves are second on the ladder with a 10-1 record and they take on eighth place Jerilderie who have a 1-9 record.

Last time they met: Reserves won their Round 4 match against Jerilderie 20.13 – 133 to 0.4 – 4.

The Thirds are on top of the competition ladder with an 11-0 record against a Jerilderie side that is sitting in third with a 6-4 record.

Last time they met: The Thirds’s won their Round 4 match against Jerilderie 7.6 – 48 to 4.4 – 28.

The Fourths are sitting third on the ladder with an 8-3 record and are against a Jerilderie side that is sitting in second position on the ladder with a 9-1 record.

Last time they met: The Fourths lost their Round 4 match against Jerilderie 6.10 – 46 to 2.0 – 12.

Thoughts

Both sides have strong teams throughout the competition so results can go either way in several of the matches.

DNS wishes all sides good, clean and injury free matches this weekend and we would also like to remind readers that it is Ladies Day (Pink Sports Day) on Saturday at the Rovers Clubrooms with the $15 entry fee giving patrons a raffle ticket, food and complimentary champagne, the day begins from noon.

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

Red Alert ends for the Edward

News

After months of waiting, the Red Alert for the Edward River has been lifted.

The Edward River has been at Red Alert since early March when the amount of Blue-Green Algae reached unhealthy levels, the River was already observed to have been really green the previous month.

Deniliquin was in the midst of a heatwave at the time and the Deniliquin Swim Centre had to extend it’s opening hours to ensure residents stayed cool until the weather cooled down to levels where a pool wasn’t needed.

The River was off limits for recreational activities which was a major blow for the town as the river is used for swimming, fishing, water skiing and other activities, now activities can now start happening again.

Unfortunately for our friends on the  Wakool River, The part of the river that goes upstream from the Wakool–Barham Road Bridge is still under Red Alert, DNS hopes this ends soon for them.

Further details can be found at the link below.
http://www.water.nsw.gov.au/water-management/water-quality/algal-information

The Home Stretch

News

We’re into the final week of campaigning before the Federal election takes place and it will be a relief once our TV and Radio is no longer bombarded with ads from the major parties insulting each other.

Deniliquin and surrounding areas are faced with a choice, Do we keep Sussan Ley and potentially have somebody still in Cabinet or do we go for somebody from a small party who might be able to do something for the people.

The best chance for a small party is that either the LNP or ALP need the vote of Member for Farrer to enter Government or to pass bills otherwise whoever is sent to Canberra may be sitting back out of sight and hardly heard from for the next couple of years.

There is also the possibility that Sussan Ley will retain her seat despite a swing to the small parties, the Turnbull Government gets another shot and Sussan will have to work hard to try and get those who didn’t vote her this time and that means she’ll be pressing to have local views heard by the Prime Minister and in turn things may go Farrer’s way.

DNS have asked people who they would vote for and so far the LNP and the ALA are getting the lions share of votes, the ALA are considered by some to be controversial but they are keen on making the Murray-Darling Basin Plan fairer or completely abolished for the farmers.

Six parties and one Independent are vying for your vote and below are the options for those who want to make an informed decision on who they want to vote for.

Ron Pike (Liberty Alliance)
Amanda Cohn (Greens)
Paul Rossetto (Christian Democratic Party)
Brian Mills (Independent)
Sussan Ley (Liberal)
Christian Kunde (Labor)*
Trevor O’Brien (Mature Australia)

A up to date political page for Brian Mills could not be found but a search of ‘Brian Mills Farrer’ on Facebook sees he has been very active on several pages and an article on The Irrigator has proved some insight into his thoughts on the MDBP.

Whoever you vote for on Saturday, may they be the right choice for Deniliquin, for Farrer and of course our nation.

*Former ALP candidate Christian Kunde is still on the ballot paper due to legislation stating that no candidate can withdraw or be replaced after nominations close.

polling-booths

Rovers Talk (25/6/16)

Rovers Talk

Round 12 of the Football and Netball competitions got underway today with the Rovers taking on Picola United at Picola.

Netball

A Grade won their fourth game in a row with a comfortable 49 to 32 win over their Picola United opponents.

B Grade‘s winning streak has continued after the side recorded a 48 to 33 win over their Picola United opponents.

C Grade have recorded their third win in a row after defeating their Picola United opponents in a close one, the final scores were Rovers 40 to Picola United 38. 

C Reserve made it four from four for the senior teams with a 38 to 30 win over their Picola United opponents.  

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

The Under 17’s have delivered Picola United a heavy loss by winning their clash 66 to 21, the win maintains the Rovers undefeated season so far.

The Under 15’s have made it four in a row with a 21 to 11 win over their Picola United opponents.

The Under 13’s have kept their winning streak going by defeating their Picola United opponents 25 to 16.

Football

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

The Seniors had a tough day with Picola United winning their game by 95 points.

The Rovers tried hard but had no answers against a Picola United side that led by 30 points at Quarter Time, 49 at Half Time, 70 at Three Quarter Time and the final siren sounded for a 95 point win to Picola United, the final scores were 18.15 – 123 to 4.4 – 28.

T. Lumbar kicked two whilst A. Hogan and A. May kicked a goal apiece for the Rovers.

The Reserves winning streak is over after a narrow six point loss to Picola United.

It was a tight game throughout with the Rovers 7 point lead at three quarter time being the biggest break lead before Picola United kicked 2.2 to 0.1 in the final quarter to win the match 5.5 – 35 to the Rovers 4.5 – 29.

D. Kirby kicked two goals whilst B. Ezard and M. Johnson both kicked a goal each or the Rovers.

The Thirds have continued on with their undefeated start to the season by defeating their Picola United opponents by 33 points.

The Thirds had a narrow four point lead at Quarter Time before Picola United outscored the Rovers to lead by two points at Half Time, The Rovers then kept Picola United scoreless after Half Time to win 7.10 – 52 to Picola United’s 3.1 – 19.

R. Norris kicked three whilst R. Gazzara, R. Murray, D. Kirby and B. Sartore all kicked a goal in the win

The Fourths have made it four wins in a row by keeping their Picola United opponents scoreless for three quarters of the match to record a 11.13 – 79 to 2.2 – 14 win.

The Rovers led by 26 at Quarter Time, 36 at Half Time and 65 at Three Quarter Time before the Rovers and Picola United kicked 2.2 each in the last to make the final margin between the two sides remain at 65 points.

T. McDonnell kicked 3 and B. Redden kicked 2 whilst K. Joss, T. Blake, B. East, J. Liu, R. Murphy and J. Ezard all kicked one goal apiece in the win.

Thoughts

Good results overall for the Rovers with the majority of its Football and Netball sides winning today.

The Seniors had a very tough day on the football field but they will learn from the game and continue on with their so far solid season.

The Rovers host Jerilderie next week and Rovers Talk will be back on Thursday to give all the pre game views before publishing results on Saturday night.

What should be upgraded/fixed/introduced?

News

Now that the Edward River Council is established (yet to have councillors), attention turns to what the Council should fix or upgrade for the good of the town and its residents now that the merger was stated to bring lots of benefits to the area.

The water fountain in the Waring Gardens is a popular choice and rightfully so as it is a very nice looking fountain that has been enjoyed by several generations of residents and visitors and so a cleaned up and restored water foundation will have benefits.

Roads around town are high up many lists when it comes to desires for them to be fixed with pot holes reported throughout town which is not good for residents cars or their wallets, Residents are already unhappy with the rates to service standard ratio and with the Council merger promised to be a financial and infrastructure windfall, results are expected sooner rather than later.

Footpaths are also on many wish lists due to the fact that many of the streets either have footpaths in bad condition, some streets only have one side of the street with a footpath and a large number of streets have none at all.

The lack of footpaths is considered a major reason why people take a chance and walk on the roads at night because they don’t want to trip over poor maintained footpaths or tree roots etc when taking to nature strips and hurting themselves in the process.

An upgrade of street lights or the construction of additional lights is also on the wish list because it is hard for a person to see where a person is walking at night and with drivers reporting near misses, an elimination of the possibility of a serious accident is always a good thing.

The resurrection of Rail transport over Air travel is another wish, the building of a new KFC, the resurrection of the Community Centre and the introduction of major shops that have no other businesses in the same shop genre are some of the other desires for the

The above is just some of the items that would make our wish list, If you could make your own, what would you have on it? Comments are always welcome as it provokes thought, discovery and in many cases a well informed opinion for all.