Glebe Rd car boot sale

Car boot Sale

Sunday, March 31, 2013
10am–2pm

Derwent Valley Produce & Our Valley Kitchen

car park and connecting paddock

Glebe Rd, New Norfolk

$10 per boot

Call 6261 2446 to book your space.

Secure car park safe for kids and pets

Wade's tipping the locals

Southern Cricket Association
Grand final weekend

 

IN 2nd Grade, I'm tipping Molesworth I to cause the upset of the season defeating the more fancied Rokeby by 45 runs or five wickets in tomorrow's grand final. Molesworth will be looking to make amends from last season's grand final loss against Sorell. They have one player missing from that side and I'm sure the Molesy boys will do everything possible to win the premiership for their former star!

 

Brad Coppleman will make a most welcome return to form, making 80-plus in a man of the match performance while Dean "Bravo" King will clean up the Rokeby top order taking three vital wickets. If Brad Ransley, Daniel Coppleman, Cody Neads and Tyson Gray are picked I'm sure all four of these youngsters will play a good hand in the win.

 

In 4th Grade I'm also tipping an upset with Bushy Park making amends for their nine-wicket loss against the Beltas two weeks ago to win the big one by just eight runs or one wicket. Bushy are still annoyed by their performance in last season's grand final against Sandford and will not be going down that path this time around.

 

The Madden brothers, Peter and Damien, will both make great scores above 40 while Troy "Wizard" Smith and Nick Fenton won't be far off. Mitch Crosswell will be man of the match with a big bowling performance of five wickets!

 

It's been a big season for the Derwent Valley teams in the SCA and I'm sure all will be behind both teams to bring the cups back to the valley.  

 

All the SCA grand final matches are on tomorrow (Saturday, March 23) and will start at 10.30am

 

FIRST GRADE: Wellington v St Anne's at Eady Street. 

SECOND GRADE: Rokeby v Molesworth I at Richmond.

THIRD GRADE: Wellington v Campania at Cadbury's No. 1.

 

FOURTH GRADE: MacKillop Beltas v Bushy Park at Cambridge.

 

FIFTH GRADE: Wellington v Richmond/Cambridge at Sorell No. 1.

SIXTH GRADE: Runnymede v Dynnyrne at Campania.

Council accepts school offer

Maydena Primary School

AFTER months of negotiations the Derwent Valley Council has agreed to a proposal to take over the recently closed Maydena Primary School for use by the community. At tonight's council meeting held at Maydena, the council voted unanimously to accept an Education Department offer involving a $300,000 grant to take on the school site.

The funding comes with an obligation to build a bus stop for the students who now travel to school at Westerway and to take responsibility for the demolition of buildings deemed to be surplus to requirements. The future site of the Maydena Online Access Centre remains a sticking point and the council resolved to continue discussions with the community and the Education Department on whether the centre would stay at the old school site on Kallista Rd or be relocated to the former kindergarten in nearby Holmes St.

The council will ask the Maydena Community Association to manage the school site on a day-to-day basis, taking care of matters such as lawn mowing and bookings for the relatively new school hall that was build under former prime minister Kevin Rudd's economic stimulus program.

A community committee will be asked to work with the council over the next six months to determine possible future uses for the old school. The implication is that the main school building stands to be demolished if viable future uses cannot be achieved. The council decision includes holding the grant funds in trust for use in the Maydena area only.

Molesworth's in the big one

SOUTHERN CRICKET ASSOCIATION
Finals week three

MOLESWORTH I has advanced to its third 2nd Grade grand final in a row after defeating New Norfolk I by seven wickets at the weekend. Molesworth won the premiership back in 2010-11 and was runner up last season, and will again play off in the big one, this time against the all-conquering Rokeby.

After a rain affected match at Boyer Oval on Saturday, reduced from the normal 50 overs to 34, New Norfolk after winning the toss had first hit making 88 for the loss of three wickets. Openers Jake King 30 runs and Rohan Heron 26 put on a 40-run stand, but with the wet conditions the runs dried up. From here New Norfolk scored just 48 more runs with David Maddox making 15. The Molesworth bowlers did very well with Brad Coppleman taking 2-5 off four overs while Nathan Eiszele finished with 1-21 off seven overs. Although they didn't take wickets, Dean King 0-11 off nine and Ricky Martin 0-17 off seven also did very well in restricting the New Norfolk batsmen from scoring.

In reply, Molesworth were never troubled, finishing 3-89 off 17.2 overs. Opener Nick Piuselli batted very well at the top, making 45 not out with three 4s and two sixes. Captain Ricky Martin sure knows how to bat in the big matches and made 31 (three 4s and two sixes). New Norfolk used four bowlers to try to contain the Molesworth batsmen. Jamie Maddox, Josh Dykes and Stewart Rice all took a wicket each, but it just wasn't New Norfolk's day, with Molesworth running out easy winners.     

In the 4th Grade preliminary final, Bushy Park went through to its second grand final in a row after their match against Old Beach at Tynwald Park was eventually washed out. Old Beach won the toss and sent Bushy Park into bat. The openers got their side off to a excellent start with a 92-run opening stand, Troy Smith making 55 and captain Shaun Fenton 50. Both batsmen are looking in very good form for the big one this Saturday. Geoff Crosswell made 24 while Dylan Grant made 18 not out. Bushy Park made 5-161 off 35 overs. The match was stopped by rain which later resulted in the match being washed out. With Bushy finishing on top this means they go straight into the grand final against the MacKillop Beltas at Campania this Saturday. 

SECOND GRADE
Preliminary Final
Molesworth I 3-89 off 17.2 overs (6 extras) d New Norfolk I 3-88 off 34 overs (15 extras) at Boyer Oval. New Norfolk batting: Jake King 30 (two 4s), Rohan Heron 26 (four 4s), David Maddox 15. Molesworth bowling: Brad Coppleman 2-5 (4), Nathan Eiszele 1-21 (7). Molesworth batting: Nick Piuselli 45no ( three 4s, two 6s), Ricky Martin 31 (three 4s, two 6s). New Norfolk bowling: Stewart Rice 1-18 (5), Jamie Maddox 1-22 (3), Josh Dykes 1-23 (5.2).

FOURTH GRADE
Preliminary Final
Bushy Park 5 for 161 off 35 overs (7 extras) v Old Beach (did not bat) at Boyer Oval. Match washed out with Bushy Park progressing to the grand final. Bushy Park batting: Troy Smith 55, Shaun Fenton 50, Geoff Crosswell 24, Dylan Grant 18no.

Ghost quest tonight

THE Old Colony Inn at New Norfolk is said to be the location of a paranormal investigation tonight.  Team Paranormal Australia has advised that New Norfolk News that they are back in town to look into the story of a flamboyant former owner of the well known local tourist attraction.

The Tasmanian-based group explored Willow Court last year and a video of that investigation can be seen on YouTube here.  They are not the locally-based Australian Paranormal Investigation Unit.

Visit the Team Paranormal Australia Facebook page from 10pm-midnight tonight to watch the live feed from New Norfolk. Alternatively click here to go straight to the feed, which includes a chat box.

Council's sesquicentenary today

The council's first minute book.

TWO pubs and a police station were the polling places for the Derwent Valley's first municipal election 150 years ago today. Fifteen candidates contested the six available positions on the then Rural Municipality of New Norfolk. Voters turned out to cast their votes at the police office in New Norfolk and at the Gretna Green Hotel, Gretna, and Fentons Arms Inn, Glenora.

In order of the votes received, the candidates were Walter Angus Bethune Jamieson 188, William Dean 182, Ralph Terry 162, John Anthony Moore 157, Ebeneezer Shoobridge 142, William George Salier 136, George Francis Huston 132, Henry Lloyd 130, Michael Fenton junior 129, Alexander Riddock 128, William Cahill 116, George Nicholls 63, Ebeneezer Geiss 61, William Blyth 51 and Joseph Richards 26.

The council's inaugural meeting was held on the same day as the election. Business at the first meeting included electing warden (mayor) and appointing a council clerk (general manager) and a superintendent of police. The most successful candidate in that day's election, Walter Jamieson, was unanimously elected warden of the municipality, with a salary of 100 Pounds per annum (about $13,000).

The meeting instructed the warden to ask that the police buildings be transferred to the municipality for use as council chambers. This office would serve a triple role as police station, court house and council chambers for the next 70 years. In 1933 the council turned its gaze to the library hall at the opposite end of High St and lobbied the government to hand it over for remodelling into the municipal offices that are still in use today.

In 1996 the New Norfolk Council was renamed the Derwent Valley Council, with boundaries considerably different to those of 1863.

Minutes of the first council meeting, March 18, 1863.

Community House leader resigns

Sheryl Rainbird

THE popular and energetic co-ordinator of the Derwent Valley Community House has resigned after more than four years of service. During her time Mrs Rainbird has given the centre a greatly increased profile in the community and in the local media, with a regular column in the Derwent Valley Gazette.

A tribute on the centre's Facebook page notes that Sheryl has implemented many new programs, and received hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants for the centre and the wider community.

In reponse, Mrs Rainbird said she had enjoyed her time at the Derwent Valley Community House and the wider community house network. "Working with Dianne and Lexia has been a real joy and as a team we have achieved a lot," she said.