With most of the men away at Country Week, the Kukerin green was very quiet at the weekend.  However, two mature roses joined an old thorn late on Sunday afternoon for a pleasant period of competitive social bowls.

Next weekend the South Central Arunga Bowling League Championship Fours and Singles are scheduled to be played for both ladies and men. Saturday is the Fours competition, and due to extenuating circumstances the teams nominated for the event may have some problems attending.  Sunday is the League Singles Championship, and the Club extends best wishes to Debbie Smith and
Clive Bahr who will be Kukerin’s representatives.

There will be bowls practise on Friday afternoon from 5.00pm for all who are available.

Congratulations to our youngest member Paul King and wife Amy on the safe arrival of a daughter last week. 
Article by Phil Adams.

Online Farm Trial Survey
Do you use the Online Farm Trials website? Do you find it useful? How often do you use it? Do you have suggestions that would improve it?

Hello, I’m Amie from CeRDI at Federation University – we manage the Online Farm Trials site, a GRDC project. We’re constantly trying  to improve the site and make it more useful and relevant for the people who use it. We have a survey open at the moment to find out what you think about it, how you use it and what you think would make it better. We would really appreciate 5 minutes of your time to fill out the survey and give us your feedback. 

When we have collected your responses, we’ll feed it back into the Online Farm Trials site to keep improving it.

If you have more detailed feedback on Online Farm Trials we’d love to hear from you - please get in contact via the email or telephone below.

Many thanks,
Dr. Amie Sexton
Research Fellow | Social Science
Centre for eResearch and Digital Innovation (CeRDI)
Federation University, Mt Helen Campus

The date is set for the annual Kukerin Dumbleyung Fox Shoot - gather your teams and register today! The Fox Shoot is an overnight event and will happen on Saturday March 16 with a tally and cooked breakfast at the Moulyinning Hall on Sunday March 17 from 7.30am.

The main purpose of the fox shoot is to assist with increased fox numbers in our Shire. To encourage the cull the Sporting Shooters Association of Australia WA (SSAA), like previous years, is on board and will donate $5 for every fox or feral cat shot to the Regional Men’s Health Initiative.

The event isn’t possible without thanks to local sponsors – thank you to Dumbleyung General Store for sponsoring the breakfast at Moulyinning Hall, and to prize sponsors, Dumbleyung Roadhouse ($100 cash), Dumbleyung Ag Supplies ($100 voucher for bullet purchases) and the Grande Olde Dumbleyung Inn, aka the GODI, for a lovely dinner for four.

Email Claudia on landcare@dumbleyung.wa.gov.au or call 0429 612 447 for a registration form.

It’s back! Who will be crowned the Make Smoking History 2019 Taste of Dumbleyung BBQ Master Champions on Saturday April 6?

A Dumbleyung version of ‘My Kitchen Rules’, the BBQ Masters Cooking Competition asks teams of two to register for the ultimate BBQ cook off. Each team is provided with one protein (chicken, fish, beef, kangaroo etc.) and a variety of other ingredients to whip up amazing canapes!

The public can ‘feel the heat’ and watch on as teams cook off and compete, before purchasing a ‘public voting card’ allowing them to taste a dish from each team. The winner is chosen by popular vote, so after trying all the delicious meals, the public votes for their favourite dish, the votes are counted, and the winner crowned!

Thanks to Sentinel Finance Group, first prize for the BBQ Master Champions is $500!  Second prize of $300 is sponsored by Isuzu Bunbury, with a third prize of $100 also sponsored by Isuzu Bunbury.
You have to be in it to win it! To register your team of two, please email the Dumbleyung Events Committee on dumbleyungevents@gmail.com.

The Make Smoking History 2019 Taste of Dumbleyung is a FREE community family friendly event and will be held at the Dumbleyung Town Hall on Saturday April 6, 2019 from 2pm to 11pm. The event is FREE to attend with a variety of local vendors, delicious food and drinks to taste. Thanks to Lotterywest, a FREE kids sideshow is available from 2pm until 5pm, including WA’s only mobile flight simulator! The latest fashions from Sand’n’Salt, and Feet with Flair will grace the runway early in the afternoon with live music from Hayden McGlinn and Jonny Taylor to keep you partying until 11pm.

Visit the Taste of Dumbleyung Facebook page for more information.

Last weekends double header of pennant bowls proved successful for the club.   On Saturday we travelled to Karlgarin. The game was played in very hot conditions early on with a bit of cloud cover cooling things down later in the afternoon. The game commenced with one Kukerin rink jumping to an early lead and the other three rinks were locked into a tense battle, however the Karlgarin rink who were down early lifted to make it into an intense battle across the green.  The match progressed and one Kukerin rink took control while the other three rinks were too close to predict a winner. In the concluding stages of these three games, two Kukerin rinks gained control while the other one came down to a last end shootout which was won by Karlgarin by two shots which left the final result in a win to Kukerin 7—1.  The bus trip home proved quite a hilarious event early in proceedings. Modern technology being a problem for the driver.

Sunday saw Kukerin at home to Kulin in the final match of the home and away season. The game was played in warm conditions with a breeze running down and across the green which made for tricky conditions at times.  Kukerin gained control on two rinks early with the third rink in a close battle and the fourth down by a small margin. The match continued in this vein and in the later stages three Kukerin rinks were in control with the fourth close behind until the final end when they snatched five shots to win narrowly which gave Kukerin an 8—0 win.    The final ladder positions for the season are; Kukerin 69,  Kondinin 67, Newdegate 45, Kulin 32.5, Karlgarin 17, Lake Grace 9.5.

The semi-finals are to be played on week-end of 16th and 17th March for ladies and men’s pennant competitions. On Saturday 16th the first semi-final will be played at Lake Grace.  Kulin ladies versus Kondinin ladies, and in the men’s competition Kondinin will be against Newdegate.   Sunday 17th the second semi-final is to be played at Kulin. The ladies competition sees Newdegate versus Lake Grace and the men's event will see Kukerin against Kulin.

Good bowling and luck to the two Kukerin men's teams who will travel to Perth to play in the annual mens Country Week championships commencing this week on Friday 1st March.
 Article by Phil Adams

There  is Saltbush seedlings still available from Parnell’s Nursery in Tincurrin.
The variety Atriplex nummularia (Old Man) is the common saltbush mostly planted in this area.
There is a subsidy on saltbush seedlings being offered by the Land Conservation District Committee of 50% subsidy up to 10 trays.
If you wish to take up this offer please contact Claudia at the Landcare Office or call 0429612447.