On Friday 13 September, Ti Tree School celebrated 50 years of education.

There was a large turn out of town and community members as well as visitors to the school’s Golden Jubilee program, with music by Music NT, stories from former and current staff and students, a visit from Scott McConnell MLA member for Stuart, a BBQ lunch and of course a cake.

Ti Tree School was founded on 9 September 1969 with four students and was made up of “Silver Bullet” caravans. In 1978 the new building was built and today it has 90 students, coming from Pmara Jutunta, Nturiya, Hanson River and Ti Tree Township.

The current staff and students thanked the supporters of the event, including Central Desert Regional Council as well as the Anmatjere Local Authority who donated to the event.

Softball NT held the 2019 Northern Territory Softball Championships in Alice Springs on the weekend. The Laramba Kangaroos were in pool A, and got off to a slow start, losing three games on Saturday and winning their last.

They kept the winning rhythm going on Sunday, winning their final pool game that saw them come third in their pool. They then faced off with Alice Springs 2 who were also third in pool B. The Kangaroos disciplined the Alice Springs 2 team 5 points to 2 to land in fifth position overall.

The overall winners were Alice Springs 1 who defeated Mt Liebig Saints to take out the 2019 NT Championship titles.

The Kangaroo’s results:

Saturday

Laramba Kangaroos 2 – APY Thunder 4

Laramba Kangaroos 3 – ASP 1 6

Laramba Kangaroos 2 – NPY NT All Stars 3

Laramba Kangaroos 7 – Barkly Tigers 0

Sunday

Laramba Kangaroos 10 – Ntaria Bulldogs 4

Laramba Kangaroos 5 – ASP 2 2