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Guyra Gazette Wednesday February 15, 2017

No-one knows LOCAL like we do

Beautification on BradleyA major overhaul for the Guyra

CBD is one step closer followingthe adoption of a new concept planby Armidale Regional Council.

The main street project had beenon the agenda of Guyra ShireCouncil since 2013 but had stalleddue to lack of funding.

Following last week’s Councilmeeting, Administrator Ian Tileysaid that there is now an opportunity to progress the mainstreet project with an estimatedprice tag of $2.7 million.

Funding for the project is expected to come from severalsources, and will be dependent onthe success of a $2 millionapplication which will be put before the Stronger Regions Assessment Panel.

“The main street project hadbeen on the agenda of Guyra ShireCouncil since 2013 but had stalleddue to lack of funding,” Dr Tileysaid. “This is a win for the Guyracommunity that was unlikely tohappen without the major injectionof funding that came about as a direct result of the merge.”

Guyra Shire Council began community consultation and

planning for the main street projectin 2012. Concept plans were prepared when Essential Energy proposed to install undergroundelectric cables in the footpath, connections to shops and someadditional lighting and communitymeetings held but the project wasput on hold.

The concept plan for the mainstreet project includes full reconstruction of the road pavement, footpath paving andnew kerb and gutters. The design

incorporates three pedestrian crossings which will assist with traf-fic calming. It also includes street landscaping, bins and seats and newstreet lights.

Suggestions for nose-in angleparking and a long mid-blockshared zone will be deleted fromthe final plan at the request of local people, Access Advisory Committee and the Guide DogsAssociation.

Businesses will have an opportunity to repaint their

shopfronts with paint supplied byCouncil, in keeping with a newcolour scheme to be suggested by acolour consultant.

Resident and business ownerDavid Mills believes the opportu-nity to access this one off allocationof funding is a once in a lifetimeopportunity that will benefit thewhole community.

“Guyra’s main street is well overdue for an upgrade,” he said.“The plans to replace non-compli-ant electrical facilities, reconstructroad and footpath surfaces and enhance the streetscape with landscaping, new seating and betterlighting is great step forward in ourdesire to revitalise the CBD.”

A funding application will be presented to the Stronger RegionsAssessment panel on March 14seeking $2 million towards the withthe balance to come from Councilfunds.

If the application is supported bythe panel, the project will be en-dorsed by Council and work willcommence in 2017/18. In themeantime, detailed design has com-menced and is planned for comple-tion in July 2017.

Armidale Regional Council Directorof Regional Infrastructure Rob Shaw discusses the plans with with Council

staff and residents

Book Fair running untilFriday at Council Chambers

Library 70th Birthdayparty this Friday from10.30am

Countdown to the GuyraShow ‐ only 9 days to go

Good to see Guyra’s in‐credible flying man (akaIan Russell) out and aboutand looking much better

Little Boy Lost wasfound 57 years ago, not 67‐ someone’s maths is notgood.

Disposable nappiesdumped at roadside mailboxes


What’s HOT

What’s NOT

Guyra Hospital

Rainfall this week

3.0mm 2 days

February’s rainfall

4.2mmm 3 days

Rainfall year to date

190.2mmm 15 days

Rainfall last year to date

162.2mm 13 days

Rainfall Registrations - to

9am Monday, February 13

Water treatment plant

Weather Watch

Min16.214.614.711.919.121.216.3

Max

31.1

23.4

27.0

32.7

35.1

34.7

28.1

DayTuesWedThursFriSatSunMon

Date789

1011 1213

Rainfall - 3mm (210mm YTD)

Top Dam FULL

Bott. Dam 120mm below spillway

Daily average town consumption

(target 650 kl) 1885.4 kl

Water Restrictions - NIL

The NSW Governor His Excel-lency General The Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Ret’d) will be visit-ing Guyra on Friday February 17th.

It will be part of a whirlwind tourof the region starting in Armidale onThursday and finishing in Glen Inneson Saturday.

During his time in Guyra Governor Hurley and his wife willtour Costa Group’s tomatoglasshouse.

They will also visit the Library,where he will join in the 70th birthdaycelebrations, including morning teaand cutting of the cake.

Governor and Mrs Hurley will thenvisit the Guyra Men’s Shed where hewill meet with the organisers and inspect the premises.

“The Guyra Men’s Shed is a fantastic organisation and I’m lookingforward to seeing the good work theyare doing to help men in the localcommunity,” Governor Hurley said.

Men’s shed supervisor Peter Kingsaid they are looking forward to thethe visit.

“We welcome the opportunity toshow Governor Hurley around ourshed and hope he enjoys the seeingwhat we do,” Mr King said.

Later the same day, the Vice-regalcouple will officially launch the GlenInnes Show at the Glen Innes Showground.

Bald Blair Kindergarten class of 2017L to r: Monty Finlayson, Emily Campion, Henry Evans, Abbey Grills, Abbie Kelly, Polly Kane,

Jay Buckland, Isobella Purvis, Alby McKemey with teacher Mrs Gittoes

Christians Gather. It’s what we do,and who we are. We gather togetherbecause we follow a God who gath-ers. The great story line of the Bible,is God acting to overcome the scat-tering of Judgment. It all starts whenGod calls Abraham to leave his homeand his family and go to the land ofCanaan. God’s promise is that he willgreatly bless Abraham and make himinto a great nation.

A promise God keeps as he con-tinues to gather a people to himself.First in the nation of Israel, and inthese last days, in the people who fol-low his Son. The whole reason Jesus

died on the cross that first Good Fri-day two thousand years ago, was tobring us into the family of God. Allof human history is headed towardsa single point, God’s people gatheredtogether with one another, andaround the throne of God. Here iswhat John saw in the book of Reve-lation After this I looked, and therebefore me was a great multitude thatno one could count, from every na-tion, tribe, people and language,standing before the throne and beforethe Lamb. They were wearing whiterobes and were holding palmbranches in their hands. And they

cried out in a loud voice: “Salvationbelongs to our God, who sits on thethrone, and to the Lamb.” (Revelation7:8 - 10)

God’s people gather. At St Jameswe realise that gathering at 8 o’clockin the morning can be difficult, espe-cially in winter, and so we havemoved our service times to an hourlater on Sunday mornings. At 9 o’-clock we run a traditional, Holy Com-munion service, followed by a familyservice at 10:30. Please come and joinus, as together we gather to worshipour great and awesome God.

Rev Mark Evers

Governor in town

this week

A great show of support forthe Guyra Gazette ‐ keep upwith the the support andsuggestions

Guyra Cup is scheduled for March 4th

Submit your Hots and Nots by phone 6779 2132 [email protected] or drop in to the GALA centre

New Anglican Church Service Times

Beginners at Bald Blair

NEWS: In the first 12 days of

February temperatures have

eclipsed that mark on seven

occasions topping at a record

high for the month of 35.1C on

Saturday .


Funding for shed at Sporting Complex

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Plans are well advanced for the 109thGuyra Show, which will be held next Fridayand Saturday. February 24th and 25th.

The show committee has worked extremely hard and a lot of hours and workhas gone into organizing a packed programof entertainment and events.

This year Guyra will be hosting the Limousin Cattle Feature Show and a largenumber of entries expected. There will beplenty of action in the cattle section over thetwo days, beginning with the junior judgingand cattle paraders on Friday morning.

The pavilion is a must visit destination andwill be packed with local produce, includingthe extremely well supported wool section.

The mainstay of the pavilion is always theimpressive display of wool produced in thearea. Despite its small size, entries in thefleece competition in Guyra outnumber eventhose at the Sydney Royal Easter Show.

Outside the pavilion, sheep shearing, yarddog trials and wood chopping all feature overthe two days. There is a full program of ringevents and a family-friendly program of en-tertainment which includes tent-pegging andpost ripping as well as whip cracking demon-strations and the Rampt Mini FMX Bikes.

Saturday night will see the Show finishwith a bang including Fireworks and theDemolition Derby.

The carnival aspect of the show is not to

be forgotten, with the Showmen’s Guildbeing strong supporters of the Guyra Show- they’ve got a great line up of rides andamusements.

There is a great deal happening on bothFriday and Saturday and there will be some-thing for all ages. Show Society PresidentEllen Newberry said there will be plenty forpeople to see and do.

“We’re looking forward to having as manypeople there as possible,” Ellen said. “TheShow is one of Guyra’s great communityevents, and it is wonderful to see the peopleof Guyra coming together for a weekendthat showcases our town and our region’sagricultural excellence.”

Guyra Junior Rugby League willreceive $14,630 towards the construction of a detached storagefacility that will assist four localsporting organisations utilising theGuyra Sporting Complex.

The funding is a result of theirsuccessful application to ArmidaleRegional Council’s Stronger Communities Grants. TheStronger Communities Fund is aone-off allocation provided by theState Government to Councils thathave undertaken mergers in NSW.

Armidale Regional Council Ad-ministrator Dr Ian Tiley said thefunding has enabled Council toprovide support to some of themany valuable groups in the com-munity.

“The Guyra Junior RugbyLeague Club is well supported in

the community and in turn collab-orates with and supports otherlocal clubs and organisations,” DrTiley said.

Northern Tablelands MP AdamMarshall has welcomed the grantfunding for a junior sporting club,saying it will help young playerscarry on a proud rugby league tra-dition in Guyra.

“Rugby league in Guyra has beenstrong and today there’s still a hugeinterest for junior players for thissporting code,” Mr Marshall said.

The Guyra Junior Rugby Leagueorganisation has been involvedwith the development of theGuyra Sporting Complex since itsconstruction and has injected itsown funds into the facility over thepast five years. These contributionshave included supporting the erec-

tion of an electronic scoreboard,the fitout of the canteen facilitiesand other minor works.

The storage shed will be sharedby Junior Rugby League, Senior

League, Rugby Union and Cricket.It will aid the four groups by pro-viding a safe and vermin-proofstorage space for equipment.

Get ready for the 109th Guyra Show

Junior Rugby League President Gina Lockyer with

Member for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall


All the dirt on farm production

Farmers in the Guyra area can getall the dirt on maintaining optimumsoil health to maximise sustainablepasture production at the latestround of Soil Health & ProductionWorkshops to be hosted by North-ern Tablelands Local Land Services.

The workshops will help land-holders understand the fundamen-tals of soil health and how changesin soil management can improvefarm profitability, according toNorthern Tablelands Land ServicesOfficer, Sandy Hodgens.

Soil scientist, David Hardwick,will give a presentation on under-standing soils and will assess soil bi-ology. There will also be practicaldemonstrations on soil samplingand soil pit sessions looking at soilprofiles and plant root structuredown to one metre below the sur-face.

Soil Health & Production Work-shops will take place on Wednesday

22 February 2017 in Guyra. Work-shops will also be held in Bundarraand Glen Innes.

Landholders interested in regis-tering for a Soil Health & Produc-tion Workshop should contactSandy Hodgens on 0428 744 287 atNorthern Tablelands Local LandServices in Inverell.

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On February 8th, there were increased numbers of lambspenned, this being the first sale re‐ported by the National LivestockReporting Service (NLRS). Lambquality was generally very good andcomprised a good selection of wellfinished trade and heavyweightyoung lambs.

There were large runs of well‐bred lightweight young lambs suit‐able to restockers. The usual buyerswere in attendance along with thereturn of a trade lamb operatorafter an absence of some time.

Competition was strong throughall grades with market trends firmto dearer. Restocker lambs recov‐

ered all of last week’s losses plussome with quality also showing animprovement. The increased num‐bers also attracted extra restockercompetition. The well finishedtrade weight young lambs sold to adearer trend with the extra compe‐tition contributing.

Heavy and extra heavyweightlambs saw a firm market trend withsome weight and quality relatedprice improvements. Grown sheepalso sold on a firm to dearer markettrend. Restockers were active onsound mouth crossbred ewes.Quality and weight were factors insome categories showing lowerprices.

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The Cattle Section at this year’sGuyra Show will see cattle comefrom right across the north of NewSouth Wales as well as southernQueensland.

Cattle judging will take place onSaturday, February 24th commenc-ing at 8:30am. The Feature Breedthis year will be Limousin.

This ancient breed developed incentral France in the province ofLimousin and was used for draughtand beef production under pastoralconditions. Selected for superiormeat qualities they were left to fendfor themselves even in winter, whenmost cattle in European countrieswere housed. The breed has spreadto many countries outside Europeincluding South America and, morerecently, Canada, the United Statesand Britain. Semen was first intro-duced into Australia in 1971 andbreed numbers have increasedsteadily since then.

Action in the cattle ring will starton Friday at 2pm with the junior cat-tle judging followed by the junior cat-

tle paraders. There will be an AllBreeds Heifer Show starting at 5pmand all cattle exhibitors are invited toshare in a BBQ on Friday night fol-lowing the Heifer Show.

All the exhibitors who participatein the Grand Parade on Saturday af-ternoon receive a ticket for a week-end at the El Paso Motor Inn in PortMacquarie and it is drawn at the timethat the Supreme Exhibit of theShow is announced.

Bruce and Lydia Purcell of the ElPaso Motor Inn are the sponsors ofthe Grand Parade and Guyra Show-girl. Rod and Denise Ramage of Ra-mage Engineering Pty Ltd havesponsored the Supreme Exhibit formany years.

Entries for the cattle show closeFriday, 17th February. Please contacthead steward Ron Looker 02 67797574 for more information.

Weather in Guyra usually makesthe news because of the cold, how-ever with much of NSW sufferingunder record breaking heatwave con-ditions the town has not escaped.

Local weather records for Febru-ary have tumbled with a run of daysexceeding 30C. Temperatures overthis mark are rare, with an average ofjust two or three days a year exceed-ing the mark.

However, in the first 12 days ofFebruary temperatures have eclipsedthat mark on seven occasions top-ping at a record high for the monthof 35.1C on Saturday .

It also eclipsed the previous yearlyrecord maximum of 34.4C whichwas set on the 3rd January 2014. Theold mark was also exceeded on Sun-day which peaked at 34.7C.

The minimum of 21.2C on the12th was also highest on record.

Some relief from the hot weatheris expected for the rest of the weekwith maximums expected to hoverbetween 21C and 28C.

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The Supreme Cattle Exhibit will be announced in conjunction with the Grand Parade at the 109th Guyra Show

Record runof highs


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Guyra Rural favours natural P & S fertiliser

BioAg introduced BioAg-Phos S10 into the Australianmarket over 10 years ago tosupply stable phosphorus andsulphur to pastures and cropsthat were located in high rain-fall, leaching environments.

One of the key benefits ofBioAgPhos S10 is that it sup-plies phosphorus and sulphurin sustained release formsthat are resistant to environ-mental effects (like leachingand lock-up).

It is manufactured using acombination of highly reactive,high-grade reactive phos-phate rock (RPR), and a microbial digesting agent developed by BioAg that increases the release of nutri-ent over time.

The sulphur componentconsists of sulphur bentonitepastilles that reduce theamount of sulphur dust andprovide for a sustained conversion from elementalsulphur to plant available sulphate.

BioAgPhos S10 can be applied by both ground rig orby air, and can be applied atannual or biennial (every sec-ond year) rates.

Recent trials at DadswellBridge (Vic) compared BioAgfertilisers against SSP whenapplied at biennial rates(spread every second year).

In 2016 (year 2 of the trial)BioAgPhos S10 outperformedall other fertilisers to producethe most dry matter yield inthat year. When compared to

the control, it produced almosttwice the amount of additionalgrowth as SSP.

BioAgPhos S10 also produced the most dry matter

yield when combining bothyears of the trial

This trial has helped to highlight that the availability ofsulphur and a sustained re-lease form of phosphorus de-livers greater productionacross two years.

BioAgPhos S10 is availablefrom Guyra Rural Services,who have been operating inGuyra for close to 28 years,and are long term BioAg distributors with a long andgrowing list of customers ben-efitting from BioAg productuse.

They supply farmers and retailers with a range of fertilisers, stockfeeds, seedoats, seed potatoes, cottonseed meal, protein supplements and much more.

Guyra Rural stock a rangeof trace elements and soilameliorants, and can custommix blends as needed.

For BioAgPhos S10 (withtrace elements if required), orother farming needs, contactCampbell Wolfenden of GuyraRural on 0407 022 802 [email protected], orcontact Paul Medlock, AreaManager of Northern NSW forBioAg on 0429 820 360 [email protected].

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Tingha tug-o-war continuesNegotiations continue between

Armidale Regional and Inverell ShireCouncils over a boundary changethat would see Tingha move betweenthe two council areas.

At its Council Meeting of Febru-ary 8, Armidale Regional Counciladopted a recommendation that itwould not oppose an area of 393square km incorporating the town-ship of Tingha, being removed fromArmidale Regional Council LocalGovernment Area (LGA) and addedto Inverell Shire Council LGA.

Inverell Shire Council, at a specialmeeting also on February 8, declinedto support the Armidale Council’spreferred position. Inverell favour alarger area totalling 823 square km beput under their control.

Council Administrator Dr IanTiley said that Armidale’s decisionwas made after carefully consideringa request by Tingha Citizens Associ-ation Incorporated (TCAI) seekingCouncil’s support of their request tothe Minister for Local Governmentfor Tingha to be absorbed into theInverell Shire LGA.

Armidale Regional Council hadprepared a notional boundary mapfollowing property boundaries,roads, creek lines and other physicaldemarcations which included theTingha Township and a smallamount of land south and east ofTingha and north and west to exist-ing LGA boundaries.

Armidale Regional Councilstrongly opposes any allocation fromthe $5million merger transition fundor the $10 million Stronger Commu-nities / Stronger Regions fund beingmoved to the Inverell Shire Councilin the event of the transfer proceed-ing.

The two councils met with Member for Northern TablelandsAdam Marshall in Guyra on Mondayto further discuss the issue.

Changes agreed to at the meetinginclude a small adjustment that includes Green Valley Farm movinginto the Inverell area.

Inverell has backed down on theirproposal to include the MoredunCreek area after feedback from residents east of Tingha, towardsGuyra, indicated they would preferto remain in the ARC area.

Still in question is land to the southwest of the Tingha village, fromSandy Creek down to GeorgesCreek.

Around 50 residents living in thesmall community will be surveyed ontheir preferred local governmentarea.

Once the survey is sent out, it willbe on exhibition for 28 days. Bothcouncils hope for a swift resolutionin order to give identical recommen-dations to the Minister for LocalGovernment, avoiding a meetingwith the NSW Boundaries Commis-sion.

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2017 sees the return of the YardDog Trials to Guyra Show. They willbe held on Saturday commencing at6:30 am with the Maiden/Novice com-bined trial, with the Open trial beingheld after lunch. A feature of the daywill be the “Saleyard Dog Time Trial”,so come and support your local stockagent and his dog work the trial to seewho will have bragging rights for thenext 12 months.

Organiser Margo Hogan said at thisstage entries are good and she expectsa very full day of trialling. Major spon-sors for the trial are NAB, with supportcoming from Grazag, Landmark, Eld-ers, Guyra Mill (Jack Vivers & GeoffBell) and Ramage Engineering. Thetrial will be located on the eastern sideof the showground behind the studsheep pavilion.

Northern Tablelands LocalLand Services is encouraging in-terested individuals and organi-sations to have their say on thedraft Northern Tablelands Re-gional Strategic Weed Manage-ment Plan.

The plan will guide resourceallocation and investment in each

region and will provide a consis-tent basis for regional planningand delivery.

The consultation period is anopportunity for stakeholders, or-ganisations and interested com-munity members to providefeedback on the management ofweeds in our region and across

the State. The plan is available from the

link at lls.nsw.gov.au/north-erntablelands and submissionscan be made online until 8March.

Northern Tablelands LocalLand Services will also have thedraft Northern Tablelands Re-

gional Strategic Weed Manage-ment Plan available at the Ten-terfield, Glen Innes, Guyra andInverell Shows, which are heldduring the consultation period,so call into the Local Land Serv-ices show stand if you are inter-ested in more information.

Return of Yard Dog Trials

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After School Activities Pro-grams are fantastic at Black Moun-tain Public School. This term,students are working with Bran-don Burey from Bureys’ Elite Ten-nis Academy on Mondayafternoons and Jay Stone fromAthletics Australia on Wednesdayafternoons. Students learn newskills and further develop theirtechnique in different aspects ofthe sports, in a fun and supportivelearning environment.

Black Mountain Public Schoolcelebrates student achievement inmany ways. School leaders are pro-vided with opportunities to further

develop their leadership skills.Artists of the week are identifiedthrough weekly learning sessions.Stars of the week are celebratedfor different individual achieve-ments. Three way interviews pro-vide opportunities for families towork closely with the school to de-velop goals for student learningand to discuss strategies that canbe utilised to support studentlearning at home and school.Strong partnerships exist betweenhome and school at Black Moun-tain Public School and directly im-pact on student achievement,ensuring success for all.


With years of experience in performing across Aus-tralia Rampt Mini FMX have developed entertainingand jaw dropping performances.

They are a family owned and operated business thathas a passion for freestyle motocross and pushing thelimits.

The team has been performing stunts and freestyleperformances for over ten years throughout the coun-try.

You can expect to see an endless list of jaw droppingtricks throughout the day. Rampt Mini FMX pridethemselves on bringing a smile to every kids face andspending one on one time with them at the end of eachshow, with FREE poster signings.

With the safest gear and state of the art portablefreestyle motocross set up nothing is sure to stop thisteam from reaching their limits.

Make sure you catch the Rampt Mini FMX shows toget up close and personal with these crazy riders.

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Year 10 Guyra Central Schoolstudent Carly Harman embarkedon an exciting adventure duringthe recent school holidays for sixmonths.

Carly is participating in aWorld Education Program(WEP) student exchange whichis an opportunity for students toexchange their school, cultureand family in another country. Itis far more rewarding than sim-ply being a tourist, as studentslive like locals and acquire

knowledge not available to thegeneral traveller. It is a once in alifetime opportunity to travel andstudy at an overseas school withthe support of a volunteer hostfamily.

At a glance Carly will be livingwith a local volunteer host fam-ily, attending school as a local,experiencing her host country’scultures and customs first-hand,

Carly has shared a little bitabout her adventure so far andwe look forward to hearing more

as her time progresses. “Departing Australia on 15th Jan-

uary I was excited, I had three flightsahead of me, the first flight was fromSydney to Los Angeles, second flightfrom Los Angles to Minneapolis andthe third and final flight was fromMinneapolis to Dayton, Ohio.

Upon my arrival at the largest cityin Greene County, Beavercreek, Ohio,United States, I was still very excitedbut also a little nervous.

My host family is a family of five.My host father works in the military,

host mother is a stay at home mumwith two preschool aged children oneboy & one girl, my host fathers motheralso lives with us making 5. Currently the daytime temperature isaround seven degrees and night timeminus it is quiet cold and limitswhat/where we can go at the moment.On the weekends we do go to churchand play outside the house. I am look-ing forward to the weather warming upand being able to see some more of thearea. “

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Goorialla Playgroup is a fortnightly playgroup designed specifically for Aboriginal mothers and babies.

Playgroup leader Nellie Blair, combined with the Gubi GubanMobile Service provides activities for infants and toddlers.

It is held 10-12 fortnightly on a Wednesday at the Anglican HallFor more information phone Nellie 0417234923.

Our monthly Probus meet-ing was held this week with agood roll up.

Our next meeting will beheld on 6th March instead of13th March. As this is our an-nual meeting, subs will be dueas well. Members please notethis change.

Our speaker this monthwas Tom Rumery. Tom is acollector of old records andis also a musician himself. He

also recorded a lot of albumswhich would not have beenrecorded otherwise.

On both the piano accor-dion and the concertina, Tomplayed a couple of tunes ofJim French’s: ‘Jim’s Mother’sWaltz’ and ‘Jim’s Waltz’.

His life story was very en-lightening and told us that hehas copies of unprintedmusic, local songs andparoldies.

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The Secondary Swimming Car-nival was held on Wednesday, 8thFebruary at the Guyra SwimmingPool. It was an overcast day withwind gusts and the top tempera-ture 23 degrees!

The atmosphere was outstand-ing with secondary studentsdressed in their house colours andbeing very creative with costumes,Fletcher Richardson was namedBest Dressed.

The school spirit came throughwith the house chants being a high-light again this year and the win-ning chant come from teamMalpas as well as being named thebest dressed house.

The rivalry between the sportshouses was very strong.

Congratulations to the agechampions. Girls 13 years TaylaMitchell, 14 years KaseyGaukroger, 15 years AshleighRichardson, 16 years Bronte Stan-ley, 17 years Sophie Gaukroger

Boys 12 years Fletcher Richard-son and Michael Looker, 13 yearsBilly Youman 14 years MylesWilliams 15 years Taylor Brennan,16 years BJ Cameron, 17 yearsHunter Davidson

Thank you to Mrs Linley Ryanfor organising the carnival and thesecondary staff team for fulfillingthe important roles of starter, an-

nouncer, recorder, time keepersand Taylah Martin for her photog-raphy.

Special thanks to Miss Clea

Townsend and the Year 12 stu-dents for the organisation of theSausage Sizzle as part of the Year12 fundraising.

On Thursday 9th February, Primaryheld their annual swimming carnival.With similar weather conditions asWednesday, the primary students werevery excited to jump in and have a goat all events and receive valuable pointsfor their sporting house.

We had great success on the day andsome records were broken. Overall,students have commented that it was afun day due to the novelty events beingintroduced this year.

Junior boy champion Cooper Wil-son, Junior girl champion, SophieMitchell, 11 year old boy championCooper Brennan, 11 year old girl

champion Maddison Bull, Senior boychampion, Sam Atkin and Robert Sis-son, Senior Girl champion EllieMitchell

Thank you to Mrs Sjaan Mitchell fororganising the carnival and all the pri-mary staff team for their hard work onthe day.

Thank you also to the parents,friends and family who came to sup-port the students and helped with timekeeping.

On Friday 24th February, 24 stu-dents will compete at the Zone Swim-ming Carnival in Armidale. We wishthem all luck!

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Saturday Mass 6pm in Guyra,Sunday 9am 1st Sunday of themonth: Ben Lomond, 3rd Sun-day Wards Mistake, otherwiseGuyraSt Columba’s Presbyterian

Sunday 10.00am Bible Studyat 9.30am Session Clerk:Geoff Clark - Ph 6771 1022 Uniting Church

Regular Sunday Service -9.30pm Enquiries Nancy Davidson 6779 1366Seventh-day Adventist

Saturday from 10am BibleStudy, 11am Divine Service.Enq: 6779 1587 Northwest Church

66 Llangothlin St Service 10amSunday. Connect group and Spektrum Youth Tony Stace0427956772. Church of Freedom

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Men’s bowls

Men’s golf

Gun ClubJanuary ShootOnly one game of Club Champi-

onships was played over the week-end.

In an Open Singles game SundayFebruary 12th, Col Stanley playedGeoff Reeves. After 27 ends ofbowls were played Col emerged thevictor 31 shots to 10 shots. Thegame was played in the morning inrelative cool conditions compared tothe remainder of the day.

Also played over the weekend wasDistrict Triples played at ArmidaleEx Services. Guyra was representedby the team of John Mcllwain,David Wilcox and Ian Jacobs. Theteam managed to make the SemiFinal, well done boys.

Club Championships for SundayFebruary 19th

Open Singles: John Hamel to play

Dan Kennedy marker Wayne Reeves.Major Singles: David Wilcox to playAndrew Sparke marker Col Stanley.These games are to start 1.00pm,Starter and Umpire David Wilcox.

The teams for No.3 Pennants areposted on the notice board.

Also on the notice board is a sheetinviting entries for the Major/Minor3 Bowl Pairs, to be held over theweekend of Saturday May 6th andSunday May 7th 2017. Prize money$1450. Prizes awarded up to sixthplace. Entry fee $40 per team. En-tries close 6.00pm Sunday May 1st.

Enquiries and entries to: GUYRABOWLING & RECREATIONCLUB (02) 6779 1499 [email protected]

The Bowls Bandit

Twenty-two shooters contestedfour events during Guyra GunClub’s January 28th shoot.Thefirst event was a 25 Target Pointscore where Ben Rumbel shot ascore of 73/75 to take AA Grade.Don Porter shot 71/75 to win AGrade and K Young recorded71/75 in B Grade. C Lindemanwas the best of the C Grade com-petitors with 62/75.

Twenty-five Single Barrel targetsmade up the second event. NicMcRae, Dale Ellis and Geoff Bax-ter all shot 23/25 in AA Grade.Greg Brunsdon recorded 24/25 towin A Grade and Sam Ulrick shot22/25 to take B Grade.

C Grade went to D Browningwith 20/25.

The 25 Target Handicap Trophywas won by D Browning with animpressive 31/31. 2nd was JeffRichardson on 30/31 and 3rdplace went to B Fletcher with29/30.

The final event on the card wasa 25 Target Double Barrel. BenRumbel took the AA Grade spoils.Robert Reeves and Ralph Larkingboth shot 25/25 in A Grade. SamUlrick took B Grade with 25/25and M Lindeman shot 24/25 in CGrade.

The day’s High Gun belongedto Ben Rumbel with 143/150.

Bernie Mackson

Mid week golfThe best performed team this

week was the Guyra Greys with 64points. The Hillbillies scored 60points and Plus Fours had 58points. The best individual scorewas 18 points by B Mcleod and JEllis. 17 points was scored by TDittman ,D Archibald, MGaukroger and S Mendes. 16points was scored by D Lennon,R Moore, R Furze, D Smith, NPaine, R Walls, L Archer, DWilcox, A Brennan and D Vidler.

Not long to go for the compe-tition and the scores are close.

Cameron Peardon

Vets golfOn Tuesday January 24th, keen

Guyra Vets traveled to Armidalefor the first Pennants game. Animressive field of 105 golfers hitoff. Although it was extremely hotour team played very well. Thebest score for the men was PaulRedden who scored 37 points.Paul also won nearest the pin onthe 11th and Pattie Hill had thebest Ladies’ score with 34 points.Peter Mulligan won nearest thepin on the 7th hole.

Armidale Green and Walchatied for first place with 243 points,followed by Guyra with 232,Armidale Blue, 230 and Uralla211. The next Pennants game willbe played in Walcha on Thursday,23rd February.

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The Club Championships are infull swing. Country Fresh Bakerysponsored the 1st round of theChampionships and the winner wasT Brennan with a great 66 nett. CPeardon was the runner up on acount back from B Stanley and SKliendienst, all scoring 69 nett. Thenearest the pins went to D Hill onthe 7th, T Burey on the 10th and SMendes on the 18th.

Fourways Service Centre spon-sored the 2nd round of the Champi-onships and the winner was WMcCowen on a count back from RGrills, both scored 70 nett. Warren

also won the Monthly Mug for Feb-ruary. Nearest the pins went to BStanley on the 7th, A Brennan on the10th and C Peardon on the 18th. Abig THANKYOU to our sponsorsfor their continued support.

Next weekend Guyra Mechanicaland Guyra Smash Repairs will spon-sor Saturday’s round and Kirks IGAwill sponsor Sunday’s round. Theoverall scores are very close in allgrades and any number of playershave a chance to win. Good Luckand good golfing to all.

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The Guyra Hotel Anglers Club willbe holding its Annual General Meetingand Fishing Competition Presentationson Sunday 5th March.

The day will begin with the AnnualGeneral Meeting at 11am at the GuyraHotel followed by an ordinary meeting.Members are reminded that it is a con-dition of their Malpas Dam key alloca-tion that they must attend at least onemeeting per year to retain their key, sothis meeting is the perfect one to comealong to and then enjoy the barbecueand presentations at 1pm following themeeting.

As always, there will be a fantasticraffle and great prizes for all competi-

tion winners. The competition boardfor this year’s presentations will beclosed on February 28 to allow prizesto be allocated. If you haven’t enteredyet get your entry in now to JohnWilcox. New rules, and maybe new cat-egories, will apply for the coming yearfor entering the competition and thesewill be discussed at the general meetingon Sunday 5th March.

Raffle tickets are available for mem-bers to buy or sell from Secretary RickEmmerton or President John Wilcox.

Membership renewals are due on5th March and can be paid on the pres-entation day or by seeing one of the ex-ecutive at the Guyra Hotel.

On a weekend that will be long re-membered for the hot weather, Guyracricketers were at a loss on how to dealwith the conditions.

Both the senior teams went down intheir competition games and will needto consolidate to be in contention fora finals berth.

The second grade team is currentlyin fourth spot on the ladder and will belooking for a win when they play Eaststhis weekend. On the weekend theywent down against TAS, after a lacklus-ter batting performance. Only PetePresnell (26) and BJ Kliendienst ( 21)made it to double figures and Guyrawere all out for just 85 runs.

In reply TAS took just 14 overs topass this total and claim victory. Theonly wickets for Guyra came from BJKliendienst (3 for 26).

In the third grade game, Guyra wonthe toss and sent Easts out first in thegame played on the recreation groundturf wicket. They struggled in the heatand Easts managed to amass a total of8 for 188 at the close of their innings.

Youngster Taylor Brennan (2 for 20),Jason Campbell (3 for 19) and CraigLockyer (1 for 22) took wickets andwere helped by runouts to Bill Munsieand Graham Cameron.

In reply Guyra were all out for 98with Graham Cameron (15), MaurieBlair (29) and Jake McKay (10) the bestwith the bat. Guyra are currently inthird position on the ladder and willtake on Hillgrove at Newling this Sat-urday.

SUPER 6S CARNIVALThe Guyra Cricket Club is holding a

Super 6’s Cricket Carnival on Sunday

5th March as a major fundraiser for theyear. The format of the day will involve12 teams of a maximum of 8 playerswith 6 players taking the field at onetime.

Each player will bowl one over andbat two overs. The games will be splitinto four pools of three teams, SemiFinals and Finals, with each team get-ting 4 games.

Games will be split over the GuyraSporting Complex, the RecreationGround and Guyra Central Schoolground. There are only have enoughspots for 12 teams so it will be first inbest dressed. All teams have to benominated by February 26th so a draw

can be made up. This is a fun day with modified rules

including six step runups for bowlersand five runs for dismissals. There willbe prize money up for grabs and aBBQ and refreshments will be availableto purchase at the rec ground. Cost ofthe day is $30 per player/$240 perteam.

Games will commence at 9am andhopefully the Final will conclude by5.30pm. A presentation will follow atthe Royal Hotel Guyra. Note that play-ers must be 14 years and over.

To nominate your team or if haveany questions relating to the day, pleasecontact Adrian Cameron 0427 351 059.

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