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April 8, 2021 9844 3166 FREE SINCE EVERYBODY'S BEEN ON 1993 ALBANY'S RIVERBOAT 90 Lockyer Ave, Albany 9842 1211 P BUT IT REALLY PAYS TO BOOK Vol 29, No 14 April 8, 2021 www.gsweekender.com.au 9844 3166 107 Stead Road, Albany WA 6330 HANNAH TURNER COMMUNITY space and Albany Roller Derby League Telephone: (08) 9842 2788 headquarters The Track will close its doors in July because of the ongoing impacts of COVID-19. Classifieds: (08) 9842 2787 The volunteer-run club have been fi ghting to keep The Track open but a lack of sponsorship and revenue Facsimile: (08) 9842 2789 has fi nally taken its toll, with no roller derby games played since early last year. “Our future is uncertain, but we will work to keep our skating community alive and thriving,” they said on their Facebook page. “We will fi nd a new venue.” ADVERTISING MANAGER: Albany Roller Derby League President Natalie Jarvis said the organisation has had a signifi cant decline in its income since the pandemic, which meant they couldn’t Roslyn Buktenica pay their rent. “When COVID happened, we had to shut everything quite quickly, but we were still having to pay rent on our building,” she said. SENIOR DESIGNER: “As things were starting to reactivate again, we had no games and with no games means no income. Our Jami Welshman team sponsors had nothing to sponsor because there was no team. [email protected] “Our landlord really kindly renegotiated our lease which allowed us to open the doors again and restart our juniors program, our Skate Like a Girl program and our adult’s Roller Derby. “But recently [our landlord] got a much better offer, ACTING EDITOR: someone who could pay all of the rent, so he gave us Michael Roberts notice last week that we would have to move.” The closure of The Track isn’t just affecting local skaters but also other community groups such as four-piece band Liz Dexic, who use the venue as a jam space. JOURNALISTS: Guitarist Cameron Spence said the closure of the space “sucks” and they’ll have to fi nd a new place to Isabel Vieira, Deanna Corrieri and Hannah Turner: practice once The Track closes down in July. “We’ve been there for the last three years and they’ve [email protected] been really good to us, we’ve been able to store all our gear there in between jams and shows,” he said. “It’s a really convenient space, we’re the only ones there when we are jamming and it’s in the industrial district, so we don’t have to worry about noise com- ADVERTISING SALES: plaint which is a big issue in Albany.” Initially, a Lotterywest Covid response grant helped [email protected] re-open The Track, but that funding source has since dried up. “Because we are a not-for-profi t and a sporting club we don’t really fall under a lot of the grant help and ACCOUNTS: especially not for rental costs,” Ms Jarvis said. “The closure of the venue impacts lots of different [email protected] people in lots of different ways. “I think we’ve probably seen the biggest impact on the teenagers involved in our Skate Like a Girl program. “For a lot of them prior to participating they’d never done a sport, never enjoyed sport…but happily put on CLASSIFIEDS: roller skates. “They were quite upset and devastated by the very [email protected] sudden news to them because we had tried to keep everything functioning normally.” Ms Jarvis said the League were currently looking for a slightly cheaper new home and had no intensions of Check out our locally owned radio station at giving up. “At the moment it’s all on pause,” she said. www.goldmx.com.au “The Track and Roller Derby has always been a really Rollin’ out inclusive space, a really diverse space for people who maybe haven’t felt welcome in other sporting groups. Photo: Hannah Turner “We are a very diverse bunch of people and it’s a really friendly and welcoming space. “So, to have that gone for a little while is going to n Nyree Holland, Tegan Stones, Hazel Mitchell, Natalie Jarvis and Julie Wrobel from the Albany Roller Derby League. be really hard.” 23,000L TANK $2,937 INC GST BOOST YOUR WATER 25,000L TANK $3,124 INC GST 27,500L TANK STORAGE... $3,498 INC GST FREE DELIVERY 38,000L TANK within 800km of Perth $5,082 INC GST 50,000L TANK See your local agent or call 1800 555 185 • westcoastpoly.com.au $7,469 INC GST 2 The Weekender, April 8, 2021 The Weekender, April 8, 2021 3 By Nathan Vass Viney WALPOLE KIDS COMICS See more at www.artbynathanviney.com HOROSCOPES By Joanne Madeline Moore Australian astrologer Joanne Madeline Moore’s horoscope columns @realty are published in newspapers and magazines around the world. 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Council for the fi rst time fi nd creative collaboration will take you a lot further than working as a solo operator. tive Council votes were Discussing the issue of in WA’s history. 5. Sophia Moermond, Labor will hold a re- WELCOME back to our weekly quiz. Each VIRGO [Aug 24-Sep 23] counted this week for the legalising cannabis, Ms Legalise Cannabis 2021 election. Moermond said she ran markable 22 seats in edition, 10 questions will be placed on this It’s action stations at work this week, as Mars and Jupiter turbo-charge your Virgo motivation page to test you on your knowledge to test you Despite the party reg- for the South West region the Legislative Council, and boost your determination.
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