“We still can’t quite believe someone stole the gates,” Annie Nicholls said. “They actually weigh a lot and would have taken three to four people to carry, plus a large trailer.” Annie said the gates went missing on the night of Wednesday, January 6 when the family was in the Barossa Valley for the SACA Country Cup junior cricket. “Our employee, Tom Connell, rang us to say they were missing,” Annie said. “From the tracks, we could tell the thieves came from the North and went back North.” Annie notified the police and posted the theft on facebook, hoping someone might be able to identify them should they ‘pop up’ somewhere.