October 17, 2024 • 15 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
My Myheart Spencer Golf coming up, a few community barbecues
and a run planned for farmers facing a tough time. Hi,
I'm Jackie Limb with iHeart Spencer Golf, your weekly news
wrap for the Spencer, Golf and surrounds. But first, forty
eight million dollars is being invested into supporting disengaged high
school students around the state. The funding from next year
(00:23):
will help deliver major changes and get kids back in
the classroom and completing year twelve. The state wide delivery
of tailored learning follows a successful trial this year at
Wyala Secondary College. I spoke with Education Minister Blair Boyer
about the new program earlier this week.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
So this is the cumbination of a very big piece
of work that's taken the best part of four years.
Back in twenty twenty the then Labor Opposition pushed for
an inquiry into the levels of suspensions and exclusions from
our education system in South Australia and those levels have
been on the rise for a number of years and
a person called Linda Graham did a very big piece
(01:01):
of work which was table in Parliament in March of
twenty twenty one and made a lot of recommendations around
what we should do to tackle those figures, including calling
on the government to redesign what has been known as
FLOW flo or flexible learning options for kids who are
either sort of disengaged from school and might not be
attending or have already perhaps possibly dropped out, to keep
(01:22):
them engaged and get them back and increase their attendance
and the likelihood of them making it all the way
through to actually finishing year twelfth. We've won a trial
at a number of schools across the past twelve months
to see how the new version of FLOW was going
to go, and we've called it Tailored Learning was so
TLP Taylored Learning Provision, and the results there were really promising,
(01:45):
and yesterday announced that we'll be rolling it out across
all public high schools for next year. And that's a
pretty big deal because currently in terms of those accessing FLOW,
it's about four four hundred high school students in the
public system, so it's big numbers, and that's at eighty
five high schools, but importantly not at all high schools.
So tlpeople will be available at all high school Tailored
(02:07):
Learning Provision will be available everywhere. It's going to have
a lot more one on one support, a lot more
individualized support. We know that a lot of the issues
that sit behind why they might be dropping out of
school or attending less frequently are really complicated things that
are also often out of the control of the school.
Might be issues around dysfunction in the home, family breakdown,
(02:29):
mental health, pregnancy, addiction, all those things that could be
driving the non attendant at school. So in order to
address those things, we need to make sure that what
we're providing through tailored learning is more specific and individualized
to that young person. And part of the forty eight
million dollars that we're putting towards delivering it across three
(02:50):
years will go to staffing and resourcing, but also making
sure those young people who are enrolled in the program
get access to support that they need from professional to
help them with poor mental health or the other kind
of things that are resulting in them not coming to school.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
And you mentioned that there was a few country schools
included in the trial. Whyaler Secondary College was one of them.
You've got it down for eight year eight up to
age twenty one. How will that work?
Speaker 2 (03:16):
That's right? Yeah, so year eight to twenty one years
of age, because we do have some schools where we
have students who are up to twenty one years of
age and they might fall into the category of benefiting
from a Taylor Learning Provision as well or the old
equivalent of the old Flow program. So that's why we
said that this new TLP will be available for students
(03:38):
across the year eight to twenty one years of age spectrum.
And you're also right, we've had schools in Wyala. We
had Madam and murray Bridge as part of the trial.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
How is everything going with Whaler Secondary College? Has there
been any more flare ups? Was the reason that Whyala
has chosen for this sort of program in the trial
to do with there being some tumultuous times there with
coming online as an amalgamation. Yeah, do you have any
updates on the situation?
Speaker 2 (04:06):
Yes? No, We chose tried to choose sort of a
broad cross section of schools, so we had regional schools
and we had metropolitan schools, but we also made sure
that we identified schools and Wyala would have been one
of those that would have had a high number of
students who had been using the Flexible Learning Options program
and therefore would have been able to be part of
(04:27):
the Taylor Learning Provision replacement. So that was important because
you know, we needed the context of country and city schools.
Wyalo has had some tough times and we set the
school I think what was in many respects almost an
impossible task by having three high schools coming to one
high school and having all of those year levels from
basically year seven to year twelve all start at the
(04:49):
one time, which is not what we've done at other
News schools, where we've started with the year sevens and
year eights and then added another year level each year
to sort of slowly bring the school up to full capacity.
So the good news is things feel like they have
settled down at Waler, which is great and accredit to
the school community and the teachers and leaders there. Touch Wood.
(05:09):
You know what I'm hearing is that, you know, some
of those tumultuous times, as you put it, have have
sort of dissipated and we're in a better place there
and I'm hoping that that continues. Certainly, we're watching very
closely and offering all support that we can at the school.
I've visited a number of times since being Minister. But
I'm also hopeful that in terms of what we're talking
(05:29):
about today around our tailored learning and how we support
kids who are either disengaged or at risk of being
disengaged from school. I really hope that this will be
something that supports our teachers and SSOs and principles and
parents to better support all kids at school, regardless of
what challenges they present, with confident that what we'll see
at those schools next year, like Wayaler and Madam and
(05:52):
murray Bridge, will be some positive results where we see
young people who haven't been attending school regularly actually back
at school and get them finished year twelve and supporting
them into paid employment.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Grain Producers Essay is teaming up with fat Farmers to
support grain producers and regional communities experiencing drought by hosting
a series of community breakfast barbecues across the regions next week.
Sam Talbot has more.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
Thanks Jack Grain Producers Say. Chief executive officer Brad Perry said,
it's looking pretty grim for farmers at the moment. They're
facing incredibly challenging times due to the severity of the
current drought, with some regions reporting record low rainfall this year.
Speaker 4 (06:32):
It's a very challenging season. We're in the middle of
a drought in South Australia. It's quite unique because it's
really only affecting South Australian parts of Victoria. So yeah,
we're looking at a pretty rough year. There's going to
be grain producers who haven't been able to get a crop,
while there's others that will have very below average crops.
(06:52):
So yeah, a tough time for all. You spend hundreds
of thousands of dollars putting a crop in and the
input customer quite high at the moment, only to have
no income that certainly, Yeah, so we has a major impact.
And while a lot of the grain producing businesses would
have prepared for a tough season, I think this one's
been so severe that it's come for a shock for most,
(07:15):
you know, particularly with the combination of the dry conditions
and then the big frost events that we've had.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
Part of grain producers essay teaming up with that farmers
is to help connect and support farmers doing it tough.
Next week they will have those meetups in Jamestown and Minlitan,
and then Sogina and cow will have their events in December. Additionally,
though Brad says he's working behind the scenes to make
sure farmers are looked after in other ways.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
As well well.
Speaker 4 (07:42):
We're currently working through support options with the state government
through a Drought Advisory Committee that they've just recently established.
But these barber community barbecues are a really proactive initiative
of GPSA to try and get some immediate support on
the ground. And it's all about networking, you know, an
informal setting where we'll have support services like real business support,
(08:04):
I farm well and the fab mentors will be there.
But it's important that you know, people can come along,
get together, have a chat and share some of the experiences.
We know that there's new farmers in the system that
have gone through succession planning. They may have never experienced
and conditions like this before, whereas there's others who have
been through it. I think it's important that you know,
(08:25):
we put our arm around everyone and help them to
get through this really tough time.
Speaker 3 (08:30):
When might we hear about some sort of government intervention
if it comes to.
Speaker 4 (08:34):
That, Oh, look, I think there's going to need to
be some support, you know, to get grain producers through
and particularly communities that rely on spending conjection the economy
from growers every year. So I certainly think those support
measures will come into place at some point. They're discussions
that we have at the moment and they're ongoing, but
(08:56):
we need to try and think about this in a
longer term setting and what impact it will have, you know,
over twelve to eighteen months, as well as having that
immediate support in place. And I think you know, this
initiative that we're putting together with the community barbecues is
just one part of that.
Speaker 3 (09:15):
Bhart Spencer Golf Bhart Spencer Golf.
Speaker 1 (09:22):
In a landmark move by Saypole, the Portogaster CBD is
set to become the first declared public precinct outside of
metropolitan areas, beginning today and running for six months. The
designated area will be bordered by the Augusta Highway, Flinders
Terrace and the low tide shoreline of the Spencer Gulf.
Far North Sapole. Superintendent Paul Lisherwood says it will allow
(09:44):
a multi agency approach to address issues like alcohol abuse
and anti social behavior in the region. Commissioner Grant Stephens
says within the precinct, police will have enhanced powers to
conduct metal detective searchers, perform drug detection, remove children, ban people,
who commit an offense and ensure public order.
Speaker 5 (10:03):
We made an application to the Attorney General for declared
public precinct for the CBD of Portagusta, and that's on
the basis of the escalation of antisocial behavior and other
criminal activities that occur within that precinct over the summer
months with the additional influx of people into that environment.
We have significant statistical evidence that shows that this type
(10:25):
of expanded powers for police is necessary and appropriate to
ensure that we can do as much as we can
to ensure a safe environment for patrons visitors to the
Portagusta CBD. Behavior that causes people to feel unsafe in
that environment, threatening behavior, intoxication, offensive language associated with other
crimes such as shop theft, assault, All of those types
(10:46):
of things do tend to increase in the Portagusta CBD
over the summer months, and this gives us more tools
to be able to prevent that from happening.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
The declaration approved by Attorney General kayam Mar will be
in effect between ten am and ten pm day finishing
on Sunday, April twenty seven, and it's the dawn of
a new era for cricketers in Wyaler and Portagusta this weekend.
It comes following the amalgamation of two leagues to create
the Northern Super League, featuring a full fourteen round season
(11:15):
across eight teams, three from Wyala and five from Portagusta,
which will include one team being promoted from the B grade.
Sam Talbot has more.
Speaker 3 (11:24):
Thanks Jack, that's right. Portagusta Cricket Association president Alex Hoskins
says players from both leagues are excited about the merger.
Speaker 6 (11:32):
It's very exciting, very exciting. Over the past couple of
years we've had a bit of a trial between the
merger of the portaguster and Wales sides. Unfortunately they're down
to three A grade sides this year, so we look
to make it a more permanent fixture. So we've got
the Northern Super League happening too normal season, so pull
(11:52):
home and away. So the introduction of a fifth Portagusta side,
the punch alb worried after a really good season the
Bear grades really exciting, so that helped out to the
mix to be able to expand it out of that
full season.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
Obviously a win for teams. You won't have to have
buyers now and it'll mean the competition has spread evenly
across the region, including Corn.
Speaker 6 (12:13):
Corn has been one of the brenier clubs of the
Packer for quite some time. I think the Whaler team's
always enjoyed coming over and enjoyed Corn's hospitality. They do
do that well. And the fact of the matter is
it's very difficult to run a three team competition. You know,
we respect that, and that was part of the reason
why we agreed to go forward with a merger. It's
(12:36):
been enjoyable playing against the Whaler sides of the past
three or four years that we've had the super League
and its existence, so it made common sense that we
sort of make this more formal as WILL to move forward,
given the fact that, you know, it really was quite
difficult for Will to continue with their three team league.
You know, they can speak to that, but we're really
(12:59):
excited to have been crossing.
Speaker 3 (13:00):
Alex says. At the end of the season, there will
be an overall finals series followed by local finals and
awards like there have been in previous series.
Speaker 6 (13:09):
So the Super League will be concluded in essence at
the end of round fifteen, so to speak, and then
we move into our local finals series because you know,
the B grade and the journeys will continue to operate
in under Packer and Waler Cricket respectively. So we'll just
ensure that we can marry up there A Grade finals
(13:30):
with the rest of the grades, and we'll ensure that
whatever commercial aspects flow from that, whether it's running the
bar or other finals, attendance takings or things like that,
can still continue to go to the clubs in their
normal and traditional way. There will be a Super League
Best and Theirist and the highest month score and bowling trophies,
(13:52):
fielding trophies, but separately we'll maintain our Packer awards. It
was really important, I guess from a pack of perspective
that we maintain and preserve the pack of history and
continuous best as we can to operate still, you know,
as traditionally as we can, you know, within the Packer
constitution and integrant with all of our clubs. You know
(14:14):
that was part of the fair willingness to proceed, is
that they get to still fight for an A grade
plank of trophy.
Speaker 3 (14:22):
As for the struggling Peerie Cricket League, who are down
to just three teams, Alex says there's a chance that
one day maybe they'll be included in the Super League
as well.
Speaker 6 (14:32):
It is an unfortunate, sorry, state of affairs in period.
You don't like to see it, and I think it
was just a wileless advantage that to advantage to some
degree that you know they found themselves in that place
early enough that you know we're able to provide that assistance.
I'd presume that, you know, if it was the other
way around and the PERIOD will reach out first, we
(14:52):
probably would have extended the Olive branch as well. You know,
whether there's it's something which is obviously discussed and I'm
quite readily at Upper North meetings and thankfully the head
of Mid North Cricket, James Lang, who's also on Soccer
Country Committee Committee, he's very proactive. So whether there's something
Period can do with the northern areas or something like that.
(15:15):
In time the perfect world, you know you'd have a
Spencer Golf League, but being in Portocaster you've got the
advantage of being smack bang in the middle. I've always
maintained over the years that we should always look positive
at any approaches, but it's difficult to be the driving force.
I guess when you've got that luxury of distance and
travel seems to be a really big negative factor and
(15:38):
a lot of decision making these days.
Speaker 1 (15:40):
And that's your weekly news wrap across the Spencer, Golf
and surrounds. Don't forget. You can hear iHeart Spencer Golf
on the iHeart app or wherever you get your podcasts.
I'm Jackie Limb. Join us again next week for more local,
trusted and free news.
Speaker 3 (15:55):
iHeart Spencer Golf.
My Myheart Spencer Golf coming up, a few community barbecues
and a run planned for farmers facing a tough time. Hi,
I'm Jackie Limb with iHeart Spencer Golf, your weekly news
wrap for the Spencer, Golf and surrounds. But first, forty
eight million dollars is being invested into supporting disengaged high
school students around the state. The funding from next year
(00:23):
will help deliver major changes and get kids back in
the classroom and completing year twelve. The state wide delivery
of tailored learning follows a successful trial this year at
Wyala Secondary College. I spoke with Education Minister Blair Boyer
about the new program earlier this week.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
So this is the cumbination of a very big piece
of work that's taken the best part of four years.
Back in twenty twenty the then Labor Opposition pushed for
an inquiry into the levels of suspensions and exclusions from
our education system in South Australia and those levels have
been on the rise for a number of years and
a person called Linda Graham did a very big piece
(01:01):
of work which was table in Parliament in March of
twenty twenty one and made a lot of recommendations around
what we should do to tackle those figures, including calling
on the government to redesign what has been known as
FLOW flo or flexible learning options for kids who are
either sort of disengaged from school and might not be
attending or have already perhaps possibly dropped out, to keep
(01:22):
them engaged and get them back and increase their attendance
and the likelihood of them making it all the way
through to actually finishing year twelfth. We've won a trial
at a number of schools across the past twelve months
to see how the new version of FLOW was going
to go, and we've called it Tailored Learning was so
TLP Taylored Learning Provision, and the results there were really promising,
(01:45):
and yesterday announced that we'll be rolling it out across
all public high schools for next year. And that's a
pretty big deal because currently in terms of those accessing FLOW,
it's about four four hundred high school students in the
public system, so it's big numbers, and that's at eighty
five high schools, but importantly not at all high schools.
So tlpeople will be available at all high school Tailored
(02:07):
Learning Provision will be available everywhere. It's going to have
a lot more one on one support, a lot more
individualized support. We know that a lot of the issues
that sit behind why they might be dropping out of
school or attending less frequently are really complicated things that
are also often out of the control of the school.
Might be issues around dysfunction in the home, family breakdown,
(02:29):
mental health, pregnancy, addiction, all those things that could be
driving the non attendant at school. So in order to
address those things, we need to make sure that what
we're providing through tailored learning is more specific and individualized
to that young person. And part of the forty eight
million dollars that we're putting towards delivering it across three
(02:50):
years will go to staffing and resourcing, but also making
sure those young people who are enrolled in the program
get access to support that they need from professional to
help them with poor mental health or the other kind
of things that are resulting in them not coming to school.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
And you mentioned that there was a few country schools
included in the trial. Whyaler Secondary College was one of them.
You've got it down for eight year eight up to
age twenty one. How will that work?
Speaker 2 (03:16):
That's right? Yeah, so year eight to twenty one years
of age, because we do have some schools where we
have students who are up to twenty one years of
age and they might fall into the category of benefiting
from a Taylor Learning Provision as well or the old
equivalent of the old Flow program. So that's why we
said that this new TLP will be available for students
(03:38):
across the year eight to twenty one years of age spectrum.
And you're also right, we've had schools in Wyala. We
had Madam and murray Bridge as part of the trial.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
How is everything going with Whaler Secondary College? Has there
been any more flare ups? Was the reason that Whyala
has chosen for this sort of program in the trial
to do with there being some tumultuous times there with
coming online as an amalgamation. Yeah, do you have any
updates on the situation?
Speaker 2 (04:06):
Yes? No, We chose tried to choose sort of a
broad cross section of schools, so we had regional schools
and we had metropolitan schools, but we also made sure
that we identified schools and Wyala would have been one
of those that would have had a high number of
students who had been using the Flexible Learning Options program
and therefore would have been able to be part of
(04:27):
the Taylor Learning Provision replacement. So that was important because
you know, we needed the context of country and city schools.
Wyalo has had some tough times and we set the
school I think what was in many respects almost an
impossible task by having three high schools coming to one
high school and having all of those year levels from
basically year seven to year twelve all start at the
(04:49):
one time, which is not what we've done at other
News schools, where we've started with the year sevens and
year eights and then added another year level each year
to sort of slowly bring the school up to full capacity.
So the good news is things feel like they have
settled down at Waler, which is great and accredit to
the school community and the teachers and leaders there. Touch Wood.
(05:09):
You know what I'm hearing is that, you know, some
of those tumultuous times, as you put it, have have
sort of dissipated and we're in a better place there
and I'm hoping that that continues. Certainly, we're watching very
closely and offering all support that we can at the school.
I've visited a number of times since being Minister. But
I'm also hopeful that in terms of what we're talking
(05:29):
about today around our tailored learning and how we support
kids who are either disengaged or at risk of being
disengaged from school. I really hope that this will be
something that supports our teachers and SSOs and principles and
parents to better support all kids at school, regardless of
what challenges they present, with confident that what we'll see
at those schools next year, like Wayaler and Madam and
(05:52):
murray Bridge, will be some positive results where we see
young people who haven't been attending school regularly actually back
at school and get them finished year twelve and supporting
them into paid employment.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Grain Producers Essay is teaming up with fat Farmers to
support grain producers and regional communities experiencing drought by hosting
a series of community breakfast barbecues across the regions next week.
Sam Talbot has more.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
Thanks Jack Grain Producers Say. Chief executive officer Brad Perry said,
it's looking pretty grim for farmers at the moment. They're
facing incredibly challenging times due to the severity of the
current drought, with some regions reporting record low rainfall this year.
Speaker 4 (06:32):
It's a very challenging season. We're in the middle of
a drought in South Australia. It's quite unique because it's
really only affecting South Australian parts of Victoria. So yeah,
we're looking at a pretty rough year. There's going to
be grain producers who haven't been able to get a crop,
while there's others that will have very below average crops.
(06:52):
So yeah, a tough time for all. You spend hundreds
of thousands of dollars putting a crop in and the
input customer quite high at the moment, only to have
no income that certainly, Yeah, so we has a major impact.
And while a lot of the grain producing businesses would
have prepared for a tough season, I think this one's
been so severe that it's come for a shock for most,
(07:15):
you know, particularly with the combination of the dry conditions
and then the big frost events that we've had.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
Part of grain producers essay teaming up with that farmers
is to help connect and support farmers doing it tough.
Next week they will have those meetups in Jamestown and Minlitan,
and then Sogina and cow will have their events in December. Additionally,
though Brad says he's working behind the scenes to make
sure farmers are looked after in other ways.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
As well well.
Speaker 4 (07:42):
We're currently working through support options with the state government
through a Drought Advisory Committee that they've just recently established.
But these barber community barbecues are a really proactive initiative
of GPSA to try and get some immediate support on
the ground. And it's all about networking, you know, an
informal setting where we'll have support services like real business support,
(08:04):
I farm well and the fab mentors will be there.
But it's important that you know, people can come along,
get together, have a chat and share some of the experiences.
We know that there's new farmers in the system that
have gone through succession planning. They may have never experienced
and conditions like this before, whereas there's others who have
been through it. I think it's important that you know,
(08:25):
we put our arm around everyone and help them to
get through this really tough time.
Speaker 3 (08:30):
When might we hear about some sort of government intervention
if it comes to.
Speaker 4 (08:34):
That, Oh, look, I think there's going to need to
be some support, you know, to get grain producers through
and particularly communities that rely on spending conjection the economy
from growers every year. So I certainly think those support
measures will come into place at some point. They're discussions
that we have at the moment and they're ongoing, but
(08:56):
we need to try and think about this in a
longer term setting and what impact it will have, you know,
over twelve to eighteen months, as well as having that
immediate support in place. And I think you know, this
initiative that we're putting together with the community barbecues is
just one part of that.
Speaker 3 (09:15):
Bhart Spencer Golf Bhart Spencer Golf.
Speaker 1 (09:22):
In a landmark move by Saypole, the Portogaster CBD is
set to become the first declared public precinct outside of
metropolitan areas, beginning today and running for six months. The
designated area will be bordered by the Augusta Highway, Flinders
Terrace and the low tide shoreline of the Spencer Gulf.
Far North Sapole. Superintendent Paul Lisherwood says it will allow
(09:44):
a multi agency approach to address issues like alcohol abuse
and anti social behavior in the region. Commissioner Grant Stephens
says within the precinct, police will have enhanced powers to
conduct metal detective searchers, perform drug detection, remove children, ban people,
who commit an offense and ensure public order.
Speaker 5 (10:03):
We made an application to the Attorney General for declared
public precinct for the CBD of Portagusta, and that's on
the basis of the escalation of antisocial behavior and other
criminal activities that occur within that precinct over the summer
months with the additional influx of people into that environment.
We have significant statistical evidence that shows that this type
(10:25):
of expanded powers for police is necessary and appropriate to
ensure that we can do as much as we can
to ensure a safe environment for patrons visitors to the
Portagusta CBD. Behavior that causes people to feel unsafe in
that environment, threatening behavior, intoxication, offensive language associated with other
crimes such as shop theft, assault, All of those types
(10:46):
of things do tend to increase in the Portagusta CBD
over the summer months, and this gives us more tools
to be able to prevent that from happening.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
The declaration approved by Attorney General kayam Mar will be
in effect between ten am and ten pm day finishing
on Sunday, April twenty seven, and it's the dawn of
a new era for cricketers in Wyaler and Portagusta this weekend.
It comes following the amalgamation of two leagues to create
the Northern Super League, featuring a full fourteen round season
(11:15):
across eight teams, three from Wyala and five from Portagusta,
which will include one team being promoted from the B grade.
Sam Talbot has more.
Speaker 3 (11:24):
Thanks Jack, that's right. Portagusta Cricket Association president Alex Hoskins
says players from both leagues are excited about the merger.
Speaker 6 (11:32):
It's very exciting, very exciting. Over the past couple of
years we've had a bit of a trial between the
merger of the portaguster and Wales sides. Unfortunately they're down
to three A grade sides this year, so we look
to make it a more permanent fixture. So we've got
the Northern Super League happening too normal season, so pull
(11:52):
home and away. So the introduction of a fifth Portagusta side,
the punch alb worried after a really good season the
Bear grades really exciting, so that helped out to the
mix to be able to expand it out of that
full season.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
Obviously a win for teams. You won't have to have
buyers now and it'll mean the competition has spread evenly
across the region, including Corn.
Speaker 6 (12:13):
Corn has been one of the brenier clubs of the
Packer for quite some time. I think the Whaler team's
always enjoyed coming over and enjoyed Corn's hospitality. They do
do that well. And the fact of the matter is
it's very difficult to run a three team competition. You know,
we respect that, and that was part of the reason
why we agreed to go forward with a merger. It's
(12:36):
been enjoyable playing against the Whaler sides of the past
three or four years that we've had the super League
and its existence, so it made common sense that we
sort of make this more formal as WILL to move forward,
given the fact that, you know, it really was quite
difficult for Will to continue with their three team league.
You know, they can speak to that, but we're really
(12:59):
excited to have been crossing.
Speaker 3 (13:00):
Alex says. At the end of the season, there will
be an overall finals series followed by local finals and
awards like there have been in previous series.
Speaker 6 (13:09):
So the Super League will be concluded in essence at
the end of round fifteen, so to speak, and then
we move into our local finals series because you know,
the B grade and the journeys will continue to operate
in under Packer and Waler Cricket respectively. So we'll just
ensure that we can marry up there A Grade finals
(13:30):
with the rest of the grades, and we'll ensure that
whatever commercial aspects flow from that, whether it's running the
bar or other finals, attendance takings or things like that,
can still continue to go to the clubs in their
normal and traditional way. There will be a Super League
Best and Theirist and the highest month score and bowling trophies,
(13:52):
fielding trophies, but separately we'll maintain our Packer awards. It
was really important, I guess from a pack of perspective
that we maintain and preserve the pack of history and
continuous best as we can to operate still, you know,
as traditionally as we can, you know, within the Packer
constitution and integrant with all of our clubs. You know
(14:14):
that was part of the fair willingness to proceed, is
that they get to still fight for an A grade
plank of trophy.
Speaker 3 (14:22):
As for the struggling Peerie Cricket League, who are down
to just three teams, Alex says there's a chance that
one day maybe they'll be included in the Super League
as well.
Speaker 6 (14:32):
It is an unfortunate, sorry, state of affairs in period.
You don't like to see it, and I think it
was just a wileless advantage that to advantage to some
degree that you know they found themselves in that place
early enough that you know we're able to provide that assistance.
I'd presume that, you know, if it was the other
way around and the PERIOD will reach out first, we
(14:52):
probably would have extended the Olive branch as well. You know,
whether there's it's something which is obviously discussed and I'm
quite readily at Upper North meetings and thankfully the head
of Mid North Cricket, James Lang, who's also on Soccer
Country Committee Committee, he's very proactive. So whether there's something
Period can do with the northern areas or something like that.
(15:15):
In time the perfect world, you know you'd have a
Spencer Golf League, but being in Portocaster you've got the
advantage of being smack bang in the middle. I've always
maintained over the years that we should always look positive
at any approaches, but it's difficult to be the driving force.
I guess when you've got that luxury of distance and
travel seems to be a really big negative factor and
(15:38):
a lot of decision making these days.
Speaker 1 (15:40):
And that's your weekly news wrap across the Spencer, Golf
and surrounds. Don't forget. You can hear iHeart Spencer Golf
on the iHeart app or wherever you get your podcasts.
I'm Jackie Limb. Join us again next week for more local,
trusted and free news.
Speaker 3 (15:55):
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