Central Gold ields Residents and Ratepayers Assoc. Inc.

Fantas c to see the Deledio Oval netball court has been tendered, and Council is searching through the EOI applica ons re the Maryborough Town Hall. We believe the Town Hall Tender has been adver sed four mes; the Maryborough octagonal pool many mes, and we s ll see no progress. Just because it is in the process, it does not mean it is ge ng done. Fingers crossed history does not repeat itself with the netball court.

Last Tuesday 1st August at 6 pm, we held our public ratepayers mee ng at Carisbrook. It was a ended by 15 people, and 10 apologies were given. A few issues raised were:-

Council charging interest on overdue rates.

Despite the LG Act 2020 Sec on 120 sta ng “A council MAY require a person to pay interest on any amount of money (other than rates and charges)”, our own council's policy states that Central Goldfields shire can charge interest. CGR&RAI has wri en to council asking if the council policy overrides the State LG Act 2020 Sect 120? Again, we are s ll wai ng for a reply on this.

CG shire sa sfac on survey average results.

Council claimed that the state average dropped three percentage points and our Shire dropped only 1% point. Going back six years, the CG shire has dropped 9% points and the State government average has dropped 3% points. It is very easy to cherry pick, as we have used a six year range. But the fact that Central Goldfields Shire is one of the lowest scored in the State and has not improved 1% point in four years, paints a very concerning picture.

Skilled Migrants Trial.

This was quite alarming. The largest concern was the reac on by councillors over what will be shown in the documentaries when they are aired, and the report tabled on May 30 by the council re: the complete trial period. A concern was that many other shires had done a successful placement trial, yet it appears our shire's trial was unsuccessful.

The report tabled lack of me allocated, funding, management and leadership. We hope this is not demonstrated when the documentaries are aired to the country by Blackfella Films later this year. Thank you and please look a er each other, Wayne

McKail President

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Dunolly Bowling Club

I would imagine all would have read about the accident involving Jack Guelen - our bowling club took up a dona on to go towards the Gofundme. Bowlers from all clubs that played in the Wednesday Winter Jackpot Pairs 12/7, along with the patrons who came on Friday night for the Happy Hour 14/7, generously donated. We raised $166.75. Hear elt thank you too all.

Sunday 23 July, we held a music a ernoon, organised by our friendly postmaster Mr. Michael (Ber e) Rayson, a man of many talents. Thank you to Don Coe and Alan Parkes who a ended to the bar, also to the bowlers who donated (even though they could not a end) a huge thank you to all that were able to come along, it was a successful fundraiser for our club.

The winter Jackpot Pairs is slowly coming to an end, Dunolly’s last Pairs will be Wednesday 23rd August. Pennant fixtures for 2023-2024 have been finalised, they are available at the Clubrooms, Midweek (Tuesday) - 26/9/23.

Dunolly Blue vs Dunolly Gold at home. Weekend Division 1- 14/10/23.

Dunolly Blue vs Talbot at Dunolly.

Dunolly Gold vs Maryborough Golf at Golf.

Division 2: Dunolly Green vs. Carisbrook at Dunolly. Our selectors, the President is responsible for the running of our club; the Secretary is the liaison person between all clubs; greenkeeper/groundsmen, bar staff, cleaners and catering are all volunteers; team selectors pick the team on players’ merits; the greenkeeper and groundsmen do their utmost to have our green in a pris ne condi on; the treasurer ensures our accounts are in order plus numerous other jobs behind the scenes; the bar staff ensures the bar is well stocked and running efficiently also doing general maintenance in and around the clubrooms saving our club many dollars; the cleaners come in every Thursday to clean our clubroom and ameni es; catering ensures all func ons that involve the club are catered for to the best of their ability. Some decision that have been made - bowlers don’t always agree - the solu on is simple, put pen to paper, express your concerns respec ully, sign your le er and address it to Wayne Stephens.

A commi ee mee ng was on Monday 7th August, minutes will be sent out to all members shortly. I have been asked if a non-commi ee member can a end a mee ng, l believe all paid up members can a end the mee ngs, however non-commi ee members do not have vo ng rights.

What is a Life Member: Life membership is an honour bestowed on individual club members, whose excep onal loyalty and outstanding service and contribu on has provided an immeasurable benefit to the club over an extended period. Our Club is honoured to have 8 Male and 2 Female life members: Mrs. Lore a Parker and Mrs. Marg Davies and Mr. Bob Henderson, Mr Brian Harrop, Mr. Sam Whitehead, Mr. Rob Weir, Mr Geoff Davies, Mr. Ian Fle , Mr. Arthur (Joe) Lacey, Mr. Keith Mo ram. Hannah Delconte, Publicity Officer

Tarnagulla Golf Club

A sunny Winter Hello to all Members, supporters, families and friends. What wonderful golf weather we've had! The Course is looking beau ful with lush green, grassy fairways and beau ful wa le trees showing their yellow glory, sca ered throughout. What a treat it

Is To Play The

Course!

The Course is open every day, all year round and everyone is most welcome to come and play - whatever your standard.

Our Championships will be held Saturday 12th August and all Members (Memberships are Adults $50 or $80 and free to school children) can play and test their 18 hole skills. Tee-off is between 9.30a.m and 10.00 am and players can play 9 holes in the morning and another 9 holes in the a ernoon or play the 18 holes in one session.

We are also having a 9 hole Social Event in the a ernoon, with tee-off between 1.00 p.m and 1.30 p.m. This is a 9 hole handicap event - Free to Members and school children, otherwise a $15 fee. All scorecards for the Championships and the Social Event are to be handed in by 3.00 p.m. Then we will have lots of fun in the Clubhouse, announcing Event winners, raffle winners, etc.

Come along and enjoy the lovely people who are just so posi ve, who make everyone feel welcome and no doubt, who will make you laugh.

Mary McNamee Club Secretary

You can always look us up on facebook: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/TARNAGULLAGOLFCLUB/

Note that those with Gala ckets will have free

150 Years of Football History

Stan MacNamee’s labour of love for our Football Club is finally ready to be launched. Tracing the Club’s history for 150 years was no mean feat and one which Stan passionately took on, at mes playing detec ve as he unearthed historic pictures and stories. As he writes in his book, The idea of compiling a book on the 150 years of the Dunolly Football Netball Club came from a desire to fill in the missing gaps. Li le was known of the early days and so the task was to find the missing informa on.

“The Dunolly Football Club was established on July 23, 1873 and the first match was played on October 8 against Maryborough at Dunolly. Since the me regular compe ons began in 1890, Dunolly has won 18 premierships and been runner up 12 mes. What’s been unearthed is a story of a club with a proud past. It’s a great history told by many writers.”Ê

The book will be on show and on sale at the 150th Gala Celebra ons.