OAKEY LIONS CLUB SWIMATHON FOR MS

Brenden Schick (left) and Craig Skuse (right) celebrated a clean sweep of CDCA shields for 2021-22. - Photo, Brendan Cahill

Cricket award winners recognised in Goombungee

Hosted by Association President Nick Spies and Vice President Jason Lee, the awards began with congratulations to Kulpi for the win and commiserations to Millmerran, with speeches from team captains Brenden Schick and Alex Sinclair. Beginning with the team awards, it was a clean sweep for Kulpi, which took home the Bell Family Shield, Sandy Hoopert Memorial Trophy and Chicken-Madsen Shield

Following Kulpi’s record season and Grand Final decimation of Millmerran, the Central Downs Cricket Association celebrated the region’s absolute best with the bat and ball at the post-match awards.

for winning the T20, First Round and Second Round competitions, as well as the Premiership shield. Major award winners were Craig Skuse (Kulpi) for Player of the Match in the Grand Final; Chris Baul (Pittsworth) for Under 18 Player of the Year (nine games, 153 runs, eight wickets); Rahul Suresh (Bowenville) for Representative Player of the Year (four rep games, 133 runs, four wickets); and Jordan Klingberg (Kulpi) for CDCA Player of the Year (nine games, 556 runs at 92.66; 14 wickets at 8.92). Jordan Klingberg took home the batting aggregate and batting average trophies, with an aggregate total of 556 runs at 92.66 (top score 207 not out), and brother Tyson won the bowling aggregate and bowling average trophies, with a total of 20 wickets at 8.15 (best figures of 9/8 (7.3). Jimmy Palmer (Bowenville) won the best fielder award for the association with four best fielder nominations in seven games, and Craig Skuse won the award for most wicket-keeping dismissals with ten for the season, and a further six in the Grand Final; and Alex Sinclair (Millmerran) had the most catches overall with 11. The Central Downs Representative side, captained by James Sinclair, featured 18 players representing all teams in the competition: Chaz Cheatley, Jimmy Palmer, Rahul Suresh, Ghulam Mustafa, Isaiah Gill, Arshvir Singh, Justin Reck, Luke McInnes, Ed McGinn, Corey Dioth, Marcus Frizzell, Brenden Schick, Jordan Klingberg, Tyson Klingberg, Nick Spies, Alex Sinclair and Trent Mullins. In addition to playing in the Mitchell Shield squad, Chaz Cheatley and Arshvir Singh played representative cricket further afield in DDSWQ Under 21 and Qld Country Under 21, respectively. The Central Downs Cricket Association congratulates all award winners and representative players. - Brendan Cahill

Brenden Schick (left) with Jordan Klingberg (centre) and Tyson Klingberg (right) who collected six of CDCA ‘s nine individual performance trophies. Jordan is CDCA Player of the Year 2021-22. - Photo, Brendan Cahill Jack McKewen (left) took most wickets for an Under 18 player and Alex Sinclair (right) had the best hands in the competition taking 11 catches. - Photo, Brendan Cahill

Lions host Swimathon for MS

On Saturday 19th March, the Oakey Lions Club hosted a swimathon at the Oakey Aquatic Centre and Swim School.

The swimathon raised money for Queenslanders living with multiple sclerosis (MS). The MS Swimathon is a Queensland-based fundraising initiative where teams of at least four people are sponsored by friends, family and work colleagues to swim a 12 hour relay. Despite the daunting goal, you don’t need to be an athlete or professional swimmer to participate. Swimmers can swim whatever style and distance suits them, whether that’s one or 100 laps of freestyle, breaststroke or doggy paddling. Each year there are eight MS Swimathons held across Queensland on the Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast as well as in Toowoomba, Redcliffe, Rockhampton, Gladstone, Mackay and Townsville.

Lions Club of Oakey President Lois Thorne (RIGHT) and Treasurer Jenny Wieck (LEFT).

Oakey State School celebrated ‘Lots of Socks Day’ on Monday 21st March in honour of World Down Syndrome Day.

On the special day, bring a gold coin donation students were allowed to in support of World Down come to school wearing a Syndrome Day. pair of funky socks. The school raised a total Students were asked to of $180 for the cause.

Students showing off their crazy, colourful socks.

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The Council’s Parks and Recreation Services portfolio leader Cr Tim McMahon said the partnership was welcome news to residents. “Previous Land for Wildlife members have voiced the need for the program to be reinstated, so we’re pleased to step in and manage it from now,” he said. “The local LFW program The Tavern was most recently managed by Southern Queensland

Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) has partnered with Land for Wildlife South East Queensland to relaunch the local Land for Wildlife (LFW) program.

Landscapes, but it has been some years since landowners could receive private property protection support through the Land for Wildlife program. “Our Region is home to beautiful, diverse open spaces, so seeing the program reinstated is a great outcome to help protect our natural environment for generations to come. “Land for Wildlife is a voluntary program that provides one-on-one support to landholders to help them responsibly manage wildlife habitats on private properties. “By becoming a member, landholders can learn about native plants, animals and ecosystems and receive advice on managing weeds and pest animals effectively. “Everyone has a role to play in caring for our land and protecting its future. “It’s completely free to become a member, so I encourage everyone who meets the eligibility requirements to consider taking part. “We’re asking previous LFW members to re-enrol by completing a quick and easy online registration form. “Memberships won’t be extended to new participants until July 1; however, landholders can express their interest in joining the program via the website.” To register your interest or reinstate your membership, visit www.tr.qld.gov. au/landforwildlife.

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