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18 Dec 2024

That’s just not cricket

A pre-season AFL showdown between Port Adelaide and the Crows has locked the local cricket association out of the Summit Sport and Recreation Park (SSRP) for the summer season, despite the association claiming it was in negotiations with the Mt...

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18 Dec 2024

Taken away

The owner of a popular Mt Barker take-away shop has been told to leave the premises by April to make way for the State Government’s $40m roundabout upgrade. Sami El Ghossini owns the Mt Barker Corner Takeaway and also lived above the shop until he...

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Council in talks with SANFL over Summit use

The Mt Barker Council has remained tight-lipped about whether it’s likely the SANFL will become a licensee at the Summit Sport and Recreation Park (SSRP) and whether that agreement could prevent the premier oval being used for cricket. The Courier...

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Stakeholders welcome management change

Local sporting associations that left the Summit Sport and Recreation Park (SSRP) due to high fees have welcomed the Mt Barker Council’s decision to disband the facility’s board. Last month the council announced that it would disband the SSRP...

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New bins could give more dignity to can and bottle collectors

The Mt Barker Council could soon introduce dedicated bins for the disposal of cans and bottles, which could later be collected by members of the public for a 10 cent refund under the State Government’s container deposit scheme. The Mt Baker...

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Summit fees ‘not fit for purpose’

The fees charged to use the Summit Sport and Recreation Park sit at the “top end of the market”, are not “fit for purpose” for local sport associations and need to be made more “reasonable”, according to an independent review. BRM...

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04 Dec 2024

Forum to talk about ‘transport woes’

A community forum focusing on the “transport woes” in the Hills will be held next week, offering residents a chance to ask what some of the Mayo candidates for the upcoming Federal election will do to secure more investment in transport...

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04 Dec 2024

Waste trial to divert landfill and cut costs

The Mt Barker Council will trial a new model of kerbside waste collection next year that would increase green waste collection in townships and introduce it in rural areas. Currently Mt Barker residents have their general waste (blue bin) collected...

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04 Dec 2024

Summit board to be dissolved

The Mt Barker Council will disband the Summit Sport and Recreation Park (SSRP) board and manage the $23m facility in-house, as Mayor David Leach pledges to get more “boots back on the ground”. At a meeting earlier this month councillors agreed...

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27 Nov 2024

Community

State win for horse trainer

A Hills horse trainer said building trust with a “sensitive” and “nervous” horse was key to winning a State competition held at Equitana, the largest horse expo in the southern hemisphere. Winning The Way of the Horse competition earlier...

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27 Nov 2024

Sitting vacant - football oval vacant most of the time

The football oval and changerooms at the $23m Summit Sport and Recreation Park (SSRP) sat vacant for more than half of their available hours between April and June this year, with regular, casual and Mt Barker Council bookings taking up only 10% of...

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20 Nov 2024

Soccer fees ‘make life difficult’

The increasing cost of using the soccer pitches and clubrooms at the $23m Summit Sport and Recreation Park (SSRP) has “made life difficult” at times for the Mt Barker United Soccer Club, according to a former president. Ex-president and current...

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