Central Gold ields Residents and Ratepayers Assoc. Inc.

Last Sunday was a wet and cold day, and the Dunolly Country Market was s ll on, despite a reduced number of stalls and visitors. However, those who did a end, we are sure were not disappointed. Consistency is the key to success, and the Dunolly Town and Town Hall market really provided. Well done.

Great to see the number turn up to the Maryborough Ag. Show mee ng as well. It can only be improved upon, with more local par cipants. The next mee ng is at the Maryborough Tro ng Track on Wednesday 21st June at 5.30 pm.

How many years have we heard about Council's promise for a Dunolly dump point (delivered) and the RV friendly town accredita on? This accredita on will put Dunolly on the Australian maps of RV-friendly towns. This was the target un l Council applied for the accredita on and the Free Caravan parking, which was essen al to achieve that accredita on. This would make Dunolly a key loca on for caravan travellers. In the Council mee ng Agenda from 30th May, Page 54 Ac on number 52.

Title - Support RV-friendly town status for Dunolly. Comments (opening line) - Council is in support of Dunolly becoming a RV-friendly town in principle. Council builds the dump point, makes a submission. The camping loca on was rejected by DELWP.

Council's reply on page 55: Further considera on of progressing the status is not a current priority for Council. Admi edly the dump point is claimed to be $15K. Where is the planning and research which went into this prior to presen ng it as a project?

Then add the repeated year a er year Gordon gardens, Rene Fox projects and Town Hall projects on the Budget, what do we have? Empty promises, exis ng issues only ge ng worse, and s ll more on the way.

We have our Council constantly screaming for volunteer support, yet it is ques onable if these volunteers are being supported by Council, with their periodical maintenance of venues. Our amazing Maryborough Visitor Informa on Centre staff now si ng in a rather ques onable venue, yet Council expects business as usual. Our volunteers deserve respect and recogni on. Yes, volunteer par cipa on across the country is reducing. How do we improve it?

Not unlike improving the rela onship with the community. Talk with them, give them faith in your leadership, make the right decisions and reinforce the apprecia on from Council to the community and volunteers.

Thank you. Please look a er each other and stay safe.

Wayne McKail, President

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Dunolly Golf Club

It’s been a very busy week at the club, with our new kitchen finally installed.

It was a real community effort, and will be of great benefit to us. Special thanks go to Phil Vernon, Tom Fankhauser, Rod Stra ord and Paul Vater who donated their me and exper se to the project. Without their generosity, the kitchen would not have become a reality.

The kitchen received its first workout on Friday night, with the Goldfields Music Club enjoying its usual revelry.

Then on Sunday the Dunolly Vehicle Club hosted the Ballan Car Club to a barbecue and chat session.

Over 80 were in a endance, and the kitchen received a thumbs up from all involved.

Golf was played as usual on Saturday, and the numbers are steadily rising, which is good to see.

We welcomed a new member in Anne Telford, who is in the process of moving to Dunolly. She is an experienced golfer, who will be a terrific addi on to our club.

We played a Stableford event, with Shenae Hunt just edging out Anne in the Women’s sec on, whilst Thang Nguyen con nued his excellent form, winning by 3 points from Darren Hunt.

Ian Arnold claimed victory in a close contest for the 9 hole event. Nearest the Pin awards went to Jenny Lovel on the 16th, Craig Burn on the 6th, and Josh Hunt on the 8th.

Looking forward to seeing you all out on the course next week.

Ian Arnold

Dunolly Bowling Club

Last Wednesday, May 25, the Winter jackpot pairs were played at Avoca, it was a perfect day for a friendly game of lawn bowls. Congratula ons to Peter Waters and David Wardell who were winners of the day.

Basic terminology used in the game of lawn bowls:

RINK: The green is divided into sec ons called rinks, usually divided into six rinks, the rinks should be not less than 4.3 m or more than 5.8 m wide.

PLACING THE MAT: The mat is placed on the centreline of the rink, with its front end no less than 2 m from the rear ditch, or less than 25 m from the front ditch making sure the blue/white line is seen through the diamond at the top of the mat; this posi on is chosen by the player who throws the Jack to start.

Remember when a bowl is being delivered, one of the feet must be on or over the mat as the Jack leaves your hand.

WEIGHT: means the ability to consistently get within an acceptable distance in front or behind the Jack.

JACK/KITTY: The Jack is one of the most important items of (bowling) equipment. It is the Jack that sets the target for the players of the sport to make sure your bowl/bowls finishes closer to the Jack than your opponent’s bowls.

GRASS: when the skipper says more grass he is instruc ng you to bowl wider than your previous bowl.

DEAD END: A dead end is declared if the Jack has been hit by another bowl beyond the borders of the rink. It is the skipper’s discre on to replay the shot.

Next week - The E que e of Bowling.

ALL WELCOME TO COME ALONG TO THE DUNOLLY BOWLING CLUB’S FRIDAY NIGHTS HAPPY HOUR 5.00-7.00pm

Hannah Delconte, Publicity Mgr.

Bealiba Bowls

It was cold and wet outside but inside was where all the ac on was happening.

Two teams finished the night with two wins each, congratula ons to the team of Shirley Coburn, Heather Cooper & Gary McClelland and also to the team of Malcolm Campbell & David Legg.

While most of the games were close, Malcolm & David managed to score around the scoreboard & lap their opposi on in their last game, a feat that doesn’t happen very o en.

Great bowling guys. Un l next week, happy bowling.

Chris Evans

Dfnc Netball Report

11’s : Our li le legends did an amazing job again this week. Once again everyone contributed to a great win. 12-1. Incen ves went to Liv and Poppy.

13’s: It was a close first half with some great defensive and a acking play from the girls. Unfortunately Royal Park came out strong in the second half and were able to run away with the win. We went down 26-11. Incen ve went to Mia.

15’s: The girls came up against a well oiled Bushy side. Although we didn’t give up and put in a great fight Bushy were just too strong. We went down 8

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17’s- Bushy got the jump on us in the first quarter but we were able to win the 2nd quarter and get back to within 2 goals. Although we had a lot of the ball and some great passages of play Bushy ran away with the win. We went down 15-29. Incen ve went to Teagan.

C-Grade: We had a fantas c first quarter seeing us having a lot of the ball. Bushy came out strong in the second and were able to get away to a handy lead. Once again the girls showed some great fight and played hard to the end but unfortunately we went down 1146. Incen ve went to Shakiara.

B- Grade: We took a li le bit to get going in the first half and let Bushy get away to a big lead early. A much stronger second half saw us win the second half of the game but unfortunately we le our run ll too late. We went down 23-37. Incen ve went to Brianna.

A- Grade: Much like B-Grade, our firstquarterwasabit sloppy and we were down by 4 goals. We had a much be er second and third quarter and got in front by 3 goals heading into the last quarter. It was a very ght last quarter but managed to keep our heads and run out 1 goal winners. 33-32. Incen ve went to Mel.

A huge congratula ons to Mia Schodde and Nykhita Cook who played their 50th game on the weekend.

Mel Schodde Netball Coordinator

DFNC FOOTBALL REPORT Reserves Report

Travelling to Hedges Oval to take on Royal Park in what is likely to be the last clash ever between the two sides we were desperate to get a win on the board. The First Quarter was a dominant display as the onballers moved the ball forward with ease to present plenty of opportuni es for the forwards.

Wayward kicking unfortunately didn't see this dominance reflected on the scoreboard as we kicked 1.7 for the Quarter to take a 7 Point Lead in a Quarter Time. From that point on, the game was a lot more compe ve and saw the ball ge ng played between the arcs a lot with neither side making the most of their chances. However we were able to hold off due to some desperate defence around the ground, to run out the game 5 Point Winners and get ourselves on the board for 2023! Best Players for the day were Euan Marsden, Cooper May, Ayden Lee, Michael Damen & Grant Raven.

We look to build on this next week as we travel to Campbell's Creek!

Andrew Bearpark Coach

Seniors Report

Looking to make it 2 on the trot for the first me in 2023, we headed to Hedges Oval to face Royal Park.

There were a lot of unknowns heading into this game with the results across the first 6 weeks being all over the place and us having a he y injury list. The game started off very sluggish but we were able to take a 12point lead into quarter me. Royal Park started dri ing players into our forward half in the second quarter which made it hard for our forwards to find space. Despite this, we were able to extend our lead to 4 goals through repeated forward 50 entries. Coming out from half me, we had always felt in control of the game but weren’t able to deliver the knockout blow in the first half. Our third quarter eliminated any doubt that we wouldn’t win the game as we added 6 goals to 2 and had a 51-point lead going into the fourth quarter. A 3 goal to 2 final term saw us run out 17.20122 to 7.7 - 49 winners. We had 6 players kick mul ple goals with Mitchell Goodwin and Toby Johnston leading the way with 4 and 3 respec vely, while Hamish Richards, Lachie Tranter, Mitch Walsh, Nathan Murphy, Seth Galvin and Lloyd Needs were named best.