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GGrraanndd ffiinnaall ssuucccceessss ffoorr UUnnddeerr 1122ssThe Guyra under 12 cricket

team tasted sweet success, win-ning the grand final of the Armi-dale District competition onSaturday. The team was madeup of match captain Jack Sor-aghan, Jared Frost, CameronFrost, George Bradford, TynanBull, Tom Lockyer, BrendanLandsborough, Angus Dullaway,Lincoln Brown, Aidan Brown,Emory Levy and Jason Mow-bray.

At last Thursday’s trainingrun in preparation for Satur-day’s Grand Final, coach SimonBrown spoke about the impor-tance of keeping extras in checkand getting the basics right. Sat-urday morning was muggy andthe field wet and slow after theprevious night’s storm.

Both CSC Green and Guyrawere excited and nervous, withCSC winning the toss and elect-ing to field first. After their im-pressive partnership theweekend before, Jared Frost andGeorge Bradford opened the bat-ting. Things were off to a slowstart, with the wet field inhibit-ing the big hitters as the ballwas slow and runs hard tomake. It was not long beforeGuyra was 2/12. Guyra’s de-pendable batters found thegoing difficult and unfortunatelyTynan Bull and Angus Dullawaywere unable to show what theyare capable of. Cameron Frostlifted spirits, scoring his first 6of the season, the only one forthe game.

Brendan Landsboroughproved to be a quality batsmanin the difficult circumstancesand was the leading run scoreron 19 not out. George Bradfordalso held his own with an im-pressive 11 not out. Guyra wasall out in the 21st over for 10/70.This was one of the lowest scoresGuyra had achieved all seasonhowever the boys had confidencein their own ability.

Tom Lockyer took the ball andstarted the bowling for Guyra. Itwas a promising start when inthe first over Brendan Lands-

borough got a run out and CSCwas 1/2. It did not take long forBrendan to send another batterpacking. By the end of the gameBrendan had two run outs, acatch and one wicket bowled.

Guyra’s bowlers worked hardand kept extras to a minimum,being well supported by fielderswhich meant CSC’s run tallywas kept low. Jason Mowbray,Tom Lockyer and Emory Levyall had success with the ball andcollected wickets. Tynan Bullsaved his best bowling for Satur-day’s game and soon had thecrowd’s attention when his firsttwo balls had him sitting on ahat trick, unfortunately it wasnot to be and the game contin-ued until the 20th over whenTynan returned to the centreand took the final wicket. CSCall out for 10/46 and the boysswarmed the pitch and congrat-ulated each other on what was ahard fought and disciplined win.

On Sunday the boys and theirfamilies returned to Armidalefor the official presentation ofthe Premiership medallions.Brendan Landsborough wasnamed and presented with a tro-phy for the best batting averagein the under 12 competition, amuch deserved recognition ofthis young man’s ability.

Coach Simon Brown and theteam would like to thank allthose who helped out with train-ing and scoring. The GuyraCricket Club for their supportand the Guyra Central Schoolwho made the oval available forhome matches. The team is look-ing forward to the upcomingclub family day.

EEddiittoorr’’ss nnoottee:: Thank you toTrudi and Simon Brown for taking the time to submit matchreports each week – much ap-preciated.

Guyra Under 12s with coach Simon Brown (at back)Standing l to r: Angus Dullaway, Tom Lockyer, Emory Levy, Lincoln Brown,

Jason Mowbray, Jared Frost and George Bradford. Front: Cameron Frost, Aidan Brown, Jack Soraghan, Tynan Bull and Brendan Landsborough.

Brendan Landsborough wonthe district batting average

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Clearing Sale

MOUNT VIEW – CLEARING SALE

Saturday the 6th of April 2019 – Commencing at 9.30am818 Glassers Road, Aberfoyle via Guyra NSW

Machinery – Plant – SundriesOVER 500 LOTS EXPECTED

Terms: Strictly cash or approved cheque on the day of sale, EFTPOS not available, I.D will be required, number system will operate, buyers must register before sale, NO GST. Catering by Bald Blair Primary School P&C

Directions: Take the Ebor Road from Guyra, Aberfoyle Road, Waverley Road, Glassers Road (28km from Guyra). Look out for signs.

Visit the Elders website to view full details. eldersrural.com.au/classi�eds/plant-machinery-clearing-sales/491/

Contact Agents: Paul Harris 0428 600 510 Wayne Jenkyns 0428 293 556

Plant & Machinery: Daedong DK901C Tractor - 3PL scarier 8� - Carry-all - Front end loader - Tractor blade - Chamberlain champion hay forks - Pencil augers - Tractor bucket - McCormack pallet forks - 18� combine seeder - 1000L trailing boom spray - Post Driver - Moldboard plows and harrows - New Holland rotary hoe - Horwood bagshaw 19tyne scarier - Honda reghting pump - New Holland crop/silage carrier4 - Vennings 36� auger x 6” - Carry all trailer - Grain cracker - Davey re ghter - Harrows - Harrow bars - Quad trailer - Steel pipe harrows. John deere 145 ride on mower - Tents and camping equipment - Atom lawn hedger - Stihl brush cutter - Esky’s and thermo’s - Assorted tennis gear and table tennis table - UHF radio long range - 20L oil and pumps - Meat band- Buckets - Saddles - Bridles - Crosscut saws - Hoes - Post hole shovel - Watering cans - Drag chain - Oil drums/pumps - 44gallon drums and pumps - Ladders - Lincoln PTO tractaPac welder - Pressure washer - Sca�olding - Air compressor - Jarret ute hoist - Jerry cans - MSAA hand mower - 3 wheel motor bike - 12v battery charge - rebug - Milk can - 12v jump starter - Poly pipe accessories - Cement mixer - 319cc generator - Endless chain - Dog and chain - Spot sprayer (12v) - Rifle case - storage container - Rapid spray reel - Hoses - Shovels - Axes - Mattock - Postdolly. Vehicles: 95 Nissan Patrol - Commer Tipping truck - Polaris Ranger (800cc) 2014 model with full cabin. Furniture: Lounges - 6 seater extender table and chairs - VHS player - DVD player - Leather recliners - 4 seat table and chairs - Disability swivel chair - Horn sewing cabinet with Elna sewing machine - Bedside tables - Beds - Dyson handheld - Samsung TV - Queen size waterbed - Miele vacuum cleaner - Photo copier - Printer - O ce desk and chair - Games table - Westinghouse upright freezer - Glass cafe table and chairs. Other House hold items - Toaster - Crockery - Cutlery - Silver - Sandwich press - Saucepans - Bar unit - Viner and Hall silver cutlery set - China tea sets - Royal doulton - Handmade lace and embroidery fabrics - Pictures and frames - Mobility walkers x 3 - Reading lamps - Pool table. Livestock equipment: Jetting race - Gas branding box- Ute stock crate - Sheep Feeders - Foot setting - Load bars and indicators - Sheep yard panels Lamb marking cradle - Branding irons - Various scrap metal items. Wool shed: Grinder - D pieces - Brooms- Wool bale frames x 7- Woolpress, 1 x Rumee wool press (Rumevite)- Wool table- Wool classers table- Wool packs- trestle tables- BBQ- Assorted wood- Oil pots- Brushes- Wool hooks- TV cabinet- Plastic chairs- Tool belts - wool scrapers. Workshop: Professional Workshop specialising in High Tech Small Engines & Welding - 20T shop press - Paint spray guns - Jump starter - 200mm bench grinder - taps & dyes - Gear puller set - Battery charger - Split pin set - vices (various) - soldering iron - hole maker (35) - Flue cleaner - Pipe bender - Hacksaw - Sander - Biscuit joiner - Rotary drill - ARB recovery kit - Hammer drill - Borsch sander -Multiple spanner sets & tools- Hydraulic jack- Metal drop saw- Metal bandsaw - 6” belt sander (Delta-industrial) - Guillotines - Porta weld migweld - Engine hoist - Trolley jack - Hydraulic sheet metal bender - Tsquares - Sandblaster - Air compressor - Welding masks - Endless chain - Jaymec welder - Welding curtain - Oxy - Milling & drilling machine - Metal lathe - Socket sets - Bench drill - Industrial vacuum cleaner - Reversing camera - Oz vice - Drill piece sets - Wedges - Hose reel - Angle drill - Vices - Plasma cutter - Miniature engines - Models - Tools & equipment. Fencing: Wire spinner - Steel posts - Wire netting - Electric fencing/wire/tape/accessories - Fence droppers - Timber split posts - Corrugated iron - Sheet metal Steel pipe. Antiques: Antique 1930s Massey Harris tractor - various Looms, Spinning wheel, wool and accessories (1980s) - Vintage biscuit tins - Milk jugs - Gas lanterns - Vintage mixmaster - Shoeing equipment - Vintage car (wrecks) - Australian Mirror woman’s magazine 1930’s-1950’s - Kerosene lamps – Crystal - 2 x treddle Singer sewing machine - 2 x electric Singer sewing machine - Cane cot + vintage suitcases + hundreds of other assorted items.

Guyra Gazette Wednesday March 27, 2019 Page 3

While votes have beencounted in the NSW StateElection, Guyra will have towait a little while longer forthe results of the Citizens Ini-tiated Poll on de-amalgama-tion.

Members of the Save andGrow Guyra Group were outand about at polling places onSaturday collecting votingslips and have reported a pos-itive response. Reports fromthe main polling booth atGuyra Central School suggestaround 85% of those who at-tended dropped in their yes orno vote in the poll.

Spokesperson for the group,Gordon Youman, manned thepoll at Tingha and he said hewas pleasantly surprised atthe response he received. Hesaid that he expected to gatherrelatively few votes, but in-stead found there were a lot ofpeople not happy with themove of the Tingha townshipto Inverell Shire.

While he is happy with theresponse to the de-amalgama-

tion poll, he is disappointedthat there was not a change ofgovernment, which wouldhave brought new hope to thegroup.

Counting was expected totake place on Tuesday nightand the results will be madeknow soon after.

An annual celebration of theArmidale region’s most excep-tional volunteers officially kickedoff last week, with the launch ofthe 2019 New England Awards.

Nominations are now open forthe awards, which are held byCouncil’s Armidale Volunteer Re-ferral Service (AVRS) and theArmidale Uniting Church’s AlwynJones Community Service AwardCommittee.

National Volunteer Week is heldannually to recognise the value ofvolunteering and celebrate the so-cial, cultural and economic contri-bution of Australia’s six millionvolunteers. Thousands of eventswill be held throughout Australiafrom 20-26 May under this year’stheme, Making a world of differ-ence.

Nomination forms for the NewEngland Awards are available onthe ARC website or printed ver-sions can be obtained from Armi-dale Uniting Church or Council’soffices in Armidale and Guyra.

Nominations close on May 3rd.

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Adam Marshall was a clearfavourite with voters across theNorthern Tablelands at the NSWState Election held on Saturday.Mr Marshall claimed victoryearly on Saturday night withmore than 70 per cent of the pri-mary vote.

It was a four-person contestwith Labor’s Debra O’Brien,Rayne Single from the Shooters,Fishers and Farmers and Greenscandidate, Dorothy Robinsonalso standing. In contrast to aStatewide swing against the Na-tional Party Mr Marshallrecorded a swing of 3.5% in hisfavour while support for Laborand the Greens fell.

At polling booths across theGuyra district, he finished wellahead of rivals. At Guyra CentralSchool he recorded 833 first pref-erence votes well ahead of near-est rival Rayne Single from theShooters, Fishers and Farmerswho received 227.

Mr Marshall first won the seatat a byelection in 2013 with 63%of the vote, and has increased hisvote at the two elections sincethen. He was re-elected in 2015

with 67%, and his primary voteis currently around 74%.

Chairman of the NorthernTablelands Electorate Counciland Guyra Branch Chairman forthe National Party Alan St Clairsaid that the atmosphere be-tween all parties on election daywas friendly and it was a goodindication of the cohesiveness of

the overall Guyra community.“From the National Party’s

viewpoint we were excited thatAdam’s vote exceeded all expec-tations with a primary vote ofover 74%,” Mr St Clair said. “Itis a credit to the amount of workthat Adam has undertaken inthe electorate over the last fouryears with over $800 million –

the equivalent of $8,000 per in-habitant (including children) –committed for infrastructure andother community projects.”

“We would like to thank allthose who voted for Adam andalso our booth workers who tire-lessly supported him during thecampaign.”

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FRIENDLY RIVALRY: Wayne Mendes (SFF), Chris Preston (Labor), Peter Heagney (SFF) Alan St Clair, (Nationals) Maryann Hill (Nationals) and Myra Burgess (Greens)

Lauchlin Giddy and Barry Sweeney gathering votes

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Harmony day celebrated

Harmony Day was marked atlocal schools last week, and thisyear the day had increased sig-nificance coming just one weekafter the Christchurch mas-sacres.

A minutes’ silence for the vic-tims preceded a special assem-bly at Guyra Central Schoolwhere students were introducedto a group of Yazidi refugeesfrom Armidale.

The group travelled to Guyrawith Mrs Sarah Mills who workswith the students at ArmidaleSecondary College. At a timewhen nearly half of Australia’spopulation was born overseas,Harmony Day is a chance toshow respect for all those whonow call Australia home.

Sharing their story of persecu-tion and escape from NorthernIraq, Mrs Mills encouraged ac-ceptance and respect for others.

“Imagine one day you are atschool and someone comes withguns and takes your brother orsister away, and you are forcedto leave your home,” she said.“This is what happened and weneed to tell the sad stories so wecan understand how lucky weare to live here in Guyra.”

The SRC held a colouring incompetition with prizesawarded to each year group.Students were also encouragedto wear orange and purple cloth-ing bringing along a gold coindonation with proceeds donatedto Tingha Bush Fire Relief.

Following the assembly, theSRC invited the visitors to jointhem in cutting a cake to markHarmony Day.

Guyra Central School Primary and Secondary Captains welcomed the Yazidi refugees

TToo tthhee mmeemmbbeerrss ooff tthhee‘‘SSaavvee aanndd GGrrooww GGuuyyrraa’’

aaccttiioonn ggrroouupp..I would like to express my dis-

appointment of the actions ofone of your officials during theState Election held on March23rd.

When asked by your official ifI had my Citizen Initiated Pollform, my reply being no, I wasoffered the chance to vote on thespot. A very commendable actionaimed at obtaining the highestproportion of the voting public,thereby ensuring a truer resultfor the poll. Your official sup-plied a pen and polling form,however, this is where my dis-satisfaction set in. The officialkept hold of the form, with theNO square covered by said offi-

cial’s thumb. When I gently moved the form

aside and tried to exercise myright to a secret ballot, the offi-cial not only objected but alsosaid, “You can’t vote no, don’tyou want our Council back”, infact for a split second it seemedlike I would not be allowed toput the form in the ballot box.

Throughout this exchange Ikept my cool and did not engagein any discussion. Nor did theofficial make any attempt to out-

line the group’s manifesto. I amsure one of your group’s objec-tions is that the public were notgiven an opportunity to demo-cratically vote on the amalga-mation issue.

I strenuously object to the at-tempt to be ‘steam rolled’ intocomplying with the ‘Save andGrow Guyra’ platform. I havemy reasons for voting NO, butwould fight for your group’sright to object to the amalgama-tion.

Democracy, in its best form, isone of Australia’s important andgreatest assets. I hope any fu-ture public events arranged bythe group validate our expecta-tions and right to democraticrule.

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Black Mountain, Ben Lomond andEbor Public Schools joined togetherto celebrate Harmony Day, sharingcultural experiences and great food.

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The region’s best cooks andcrafters were put to the test onMarch 12th as part of the CWANorthern Tablelands Group‘The Land’ Cookery and Hand-icraft contest.

Cooking entries rangingfrom decorated biscuits to lay-ered rainbow sponges werebrought to the Guyra AnglicanHall for judging, with the win-ners given a chance to bake forthe state final in Albury inMay.

Caroline McMullen fromBundarra was given the diffi-cult task of judging each of thecategories along with pickingan overall champion. Entriesare assessed on colour, aroma,finish,presentation,  flavour and  decoration.  Caroline isrelatively new to judging how-ever she said it is somethingthat she really enjoys.

“I was pleased with the over-all standard of the entries,” shesaid. “In some of the categoriesit was very hard to choose.Overall there were two out-standing entries - a steamedfruit pudding and the rainbowcake, but it was hard to findany faults with the pudding sothat won out.”

Also being judged on the daywere the entries in the Handi-craft section, with some qualityworkmanship evident in theitems submitted for judging.

This year’s entries were putunder the microscope by judgeSandra Hunter from Willala.With more than 20 years’ expe-rience she said that the qualityof the entries was quite good. 

“There is a lovely diverserange of handicrafts and it is acredit to those who have en-tered,” Sandra said. “The num-ber of entries is up a bit thisyear but the trend overall is forless entries, which is quite dis-appointing.”

She selected a number ofitems from across the North-ern Tablelands group whichwill go on to be judged at theCWA State Conference.

The champion of the day wasa knitted baby shawl designedand knitted by Leigh Ramagefrom Guyra CWA, which thejudge described as ‘amazing,almost perfect’.

March 28th L & R SkinnerMarch 29th Michael AustinApril 1st Kath VarleyApril 2nd D & B MayledApril 3rd Wendy Lockyer

Community NoticeboardMeals on Wheels

Street StallsMarch 29th Hospital Auxiliary

April 4th Masonic LodgeApril 5th CWA

April 6th Hospital Auxiliary

Church Notices

St James AnglicanSunday 9am Morning Service, 1stSunday of the month Backwater2pm, 3rd Sunday of the monthBen Lomond 11.30am St Mary’s CatholicSaturday Mass 6pm in Guyra,Sunday 9am, 1st Sunday ofmonth Ben Lomond, 3rd SundayWards Mistake, otherwise Guyra7am Wards Mistake, 9am GuyraFather Steven O’Shea St Columba’s PresbyterianGuyra Sunday 9.00am, BenLomond Service, first Sunday ofeven-numbered months, 2.00pmRev Andrew Campbell, Ph. 0447 724 536 Uniting ChurchRegular Sunday Service 9.30amEnq. Nancy Davidson 6779 1366Seventh-day AdventistSaturday from 10am Bible Study,11am Divine Service. Enquiries: 6779 1587 Northwest Church66 Llangothlin St, Sunday meeting 10am, Thursday 7pm Food Pantry - Fridays 1-3pmTony Stace 0427956772.Church of Freedom10 Nincoola Street - Contact:0421 847 973, Tuesday Prayer6.30pm, Wed Bible Study 6.30pmSunday Service 10am

Service ClubsLIONS CLUB dinner meetings1st & 3rd Thursday of themonth at Guyra Bowling Club,7pm. Ph: Geoff Reeves 6779 1257 ROTARY CLUB dinner meetings2nd & 4th Tuesday of the month6pm for 6.30pm. Ph: Aileen MacDonald 0417 079 307

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Judge Caroline McMullen from Bundarra with champion cook, Iris Willoughby-Reynolds from Glen Innes day branch. Iris said that

the secret to her pudding is soaking the fruit in cognac.

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Champion handicraft exhiibit won by Leigh Ramage Guyra CWA withJudge Sandra Hunter from Willala. The design was based on a doily which

Leigh enlarged at the request of her granddaughter, who liked the hearts in it.

Anne Starr Guyra Evening Branchwas surprised with a win for her chocolate cake.

On Sunday March 24th, theLions club of Guyra hosted theirannual Seniors’ Mystery Outing.Starting at the RSL Hall, thefirst stop was the Guyra Histori-cal Museum. Lions’ Presidentand Senior Citizen ChairmanJim Betts said they all wanderedthrough and inspected all itemsand praised the great display.

“The committee are doing agreat job organising the museumand it is well worth a visit,” Jimsaid. “Morning tea was also sup-plied by members of the commit-tee and I would like to thankthem for opening the museum

early for us and the excellentmorning tea that they supplied.”

The next stop was the FolkMuseum at Armidale where thegroup had a leisurely strollthrough another great display.This was followed by a BBQlunch, supplied by the Lions clubof Armidale held at Bob O’Brien’sresidence at Arding in thehanger for his aircraft. Then itwas home.

“By all accounts everyone en-joyed the day,” Jim said. “I wishto thank firstly my wife Joyce forassisting with the organising ofthe day, the members of the

Lions club of Guyra and theirLions Ladies, the Guyra Histori-cal Society, members of the Lionsclub of Armidale and their part-ners, Bob O’Brien and family, ourbus driver Darrell, and a specialmention to Glen Vanderwolf forsuppling his bus for the day, andalso to Wayne Mendes for beingour First Aider for the day,thankfully his expertise was notrequired.”

“Once again thanks to every-one for making the day a successand we look forward to nextyear’s outing.”

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March 21st - Armidale numberswere similar week-on-week, withcows and weaners in the majority.Weaner numbers increased withthe cancellation of a sale set downfor later in the week. With the ex-ception of a limited offering ofwell-bred weaners, yearlings andthe penning of some of high yield-ing cows, the quality of the yard-ing was plain. All the regularoperators were present and com-peting in an improved market.

Steer weaners to restock sawrising trends of 40c to 50c/kg,while heifers also sold to dearertrends. Trade vealers sold 25c/kgbetter. Light steer yearlings sawcheaper trends of 6c, while themedium and heavy weight steers

to feed sold to a dearer trend of16c/kg. The medium weightheifers to feed saw a substantialrise of 60c/kg, with a good qualityoffering coming forward. Therewere some plainer quality lightweaners struggling to make the200c mark and these saw falls of20c/kg.

Grown heifers to the trade sawdearer trends of 17c/kg. Plainquality, light cows to restock sawcheaper trends of 40c, while theD2 cows experienced dearertrends of 30c/kg. The D3 cowswere also dearer to the value of34c/kg. High yielding D4 cows sawrises of 30c/kg. Heavy bulls toslaughter sold 29c/kg dearer.

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March 20 - Guyra numbers de-creased by half to pen 2,550lambs and 2,760 grown sheep.Quality of the prime lambs fellslightly, with only a few pens ofwell finished lambs offered. Lightstore lambs dominated and thesesaw mostly dearer trends. Therewere medium weight restockerorders to the South and these

also sold to dearer trends. Re-stocker interest was also presentfor out of condition Merino ewes,mostly to orders within the NewEngland. All the regular buyerswere present and operating onthe limited finished lambs.

Limited new season lambs soldto the trade, with most going torestockers. Similarly, light store

lambs found their way to South-ern orders to see dearer trends of$12/head. Heavier lamb ordersalso saw dearer trends of$5/head, to Southern feedercompetition. Trade lambs sold toslightly cheaper trends of$4/head. Heavy lambs to thetrade saw dearer trends of $6,while extra heavy lambs experi-

enced cheaper trends of$10/head, with the heavier draftsof last sale not available.

Restockers were active ondrafts of lighter sheep, mostlywith a start to the wool, althoughthese saw cheaper trends of$5/head. Medium weight crossbred ewes were slightly dearer to$5/head.

March 22nd - The currenttrend of the quality and not nec-essarily the quan�ty of theweekly offering con�nued to im-pact on the individual micronprice guide quotes this week.

AWEX report that style 6 and7 types (the lowest styles) madeup over 15% of the na�onalMerino Fleece offering this weekwhich is the highest level sincemid 2010. As buyers try and av-erage these types into orders thediscounts invariably widen whenthere is an abundance of theseon offer.

The increasingly hard to findbe�er style types con�nue to bewell supported and like last weekthey registered li�le change.

38,701 bales were sold na�on-ally for the week with a passed inrate of 10.3%.

Major buyers included Tianyu,Seatech and Techwool. Skir�ngsfollowed the Fleece sector, clos-ing lower for the week with thelargest falls occurring in theMerino Carding indicator. In pos-i�ve news when looked at in USdollars the market closed a fewcents dearer for the week.

Weekly quan��es on offer arenow falling back below the40,000 bale mark in the lead upto the one week Easter Recesswith the Northern region salebefore this recess once againbeing held at the Royal EasterShow in Sydney.

Weekly Wool Sales

Guyra Sheep & Lamb Sale

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Senior’s enjoyed morning tea at the Showground before heading off to Armidale

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Contractors have finished removingdisused fuel tanks from beneath Guyra’smain street, clearing an obstacle for amajor upgrade of the town’s central busi-ness district.

A total of eight steel tanks were foundand removed between February 19th andMarch 7th, all under the eastern side ofBradley Street.

Tests using ground penetrating radarslate last year indicated there could be asmany as 19 disused fuel tanks beneathBradley Street and the footpath. However,excavations at the identified locations ul-timately found seven in front of BurgessGarage and another in front of the for-mer Thrifty Link Hardware site.

Materials excavated during the tanks’removal are now being analysed, which isexpected to take around three weeks andwill indicate what remediation of the sitesis required.

Armidale Regional Council MayorSimon Murray said Council will beguided by advice from the NSW Envi-ronment Protection Authority about anyrequired remediation of the sites andwhen the full cost is known will deter-mine the final budget and scope for themain street upgrade.”

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Guyra Gazette Wednesday March 27, 2019 Page 10

MMeenn’’ss bboowwllssWith Round 4 of Zone 3 Pen-

nants played at Guyra on Sat-urday March 23rd Guyra areproving that both their No 4and No 7 teams are very com-petitive.

The No.4 Pennant teamplayed Armidale Ex Services.

Team 1: Andrew Sparke,Barry Presnell, Robert Mooreand Col Stanley played W Dex-ter, G Farrell, G Porter andDean Farrell.

Col and his team were suc-cessful in this match up win-ning 17 shots to 15 shots.

Team 2: Michael Shiner, IanJacobs Chris Kliendienst andDan Kennedy played C Mar-shall, D McLean, B Dexter andM Pennell and were successful24 shots to 20 shots.

Team 3: Roger Cox, MurrayBourke, John Jackson andJohn McIllwain played G Wid-ders, K Miller, D Hillard andMal Ahoy and drew the game20 shots all. All games wereplayed over 21 ends. The re-

sult overall was a win toGuyra 61 shots to 55 shotsover 63 ends, 9 ½ to ½. The re-sult gives Guyra 4 wins out of4 games Totalling 36 ½ points.

The No.7 Pennant team alsoplayed at home and hostedBarraba.

In the first round Barrabahanded Guyra 10 nil defeat soGuyra went into this roundhoping to reverse the result.

Team 1: Evan Sole, BarryWalls, Cameron Peardon andSteven Sole played P Molloy, TLewis, B Molloy and B Weekesand come away with a victory29 shots to 11 shots.

Team 2: John Hamel, BarryCampbell, Boyd Stanley andScott Campbell played LSmith, D Roberts, D Capesand J Phillips and were win-ners 22 shots to 13 shots.

Team 3: Wayne Reeves,Peter Brodbeck, Paul Johnsonand Anthony Bull played TMullins, K Jobson, M Artisand R Starr and were success-ful 20 shots to 14 shots. All

games were played over 21ends. The final result was awin to Guyra 71 shots to 38shots over 63 ends. Guyraachieved the result theywanted reversing their previ-ous encounter. The Guyra No.7’s now have 3 wins out of 4games with a Total of 30points.

With no Pennant games setdown for this weekend, theMatch Committee has setdown Club Championships:

Saturday March 30th.Start: 1.00pm. Starter andUmpire: David Wilcox.

Club Pairs: David Lyes andCol Stanley to play DavidWilcox and John Hamel.Robert Walls and Steven Soleto play Barry Presnell and An-drew Sparke.

Other games are being con-sidered so Bowlers are askedto keep checking on the noticeboard for any changes.

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WWoommeenn’’ss GGoollffOn Wednesday 20th March

we competed in a Stablefordevent combined with the sec-ond Graham Betts qualifier.Julie Walker won the day with36 Stableford points whileJenny Rogers was runner upon 35 Stableford points. Accu-rate nearest the pins were hitby Karen Oehlers (7th and9th) and Donna White (18th).The Championships are underway with the second round of27 holes set down for Wednes-day 3rd April. The starter isVicki Reeves. Good luck to allcompetitors.

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MMeenn’’ss ggoollffLast Saturday the soccer

club hosted a successful am-brose (results page 12) NextSunday will be an 18 hole parfor Dick Burey CountryKitchens trophy, with theWestpac rescue helicopter 3person ambrose on the 7thApril.

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ation Club will be the venuewhen the Westpac Rescue Hel-icopter Service’s Guyra Volun-teer Support Group landsagain on Sunday, April 7th.

The annual golf event teesoff as a three-person Ambroseand is open to all.

It can also be played ingroups of men and women,mixed and with juniors aswell.

Guyra Bowling and Recre-ation Club’s Betty Bourke is

organising the day and wel-comes all.

“You don’t have to be a mem-ber to play,” Betty Bourke ad-vised. “It is open to men andwomen, members or non-members. There’s always goodprizes and the volunteers pro-vide fantastic lunch.”

It is just $25 per person toplay and that includes a won-derful BBQ lunch.

“It’s a morning start from10.30 and you can turn up toplay on the day,” she said of an

18 hole event around the par72 grass-greened course.

Kim Newling, support groupco-ordinator of the New Eng-land and North West divisionof the WRHS, is delighted andthankful for the efforts of allconcerned.

“It is great to see small clubsand towns supporting theWRHS like this,” Kim Newl-ing said.

“We want to thank the com-munity, local businesses andGuyra Bowling and Recre-

ation Club’s for their support.Also the local support groupvolunteers who work so hardfor us.

“All the money raised fromthe golf day stays in the NewEngland and North West andensures no one ever has to payto use the service.”

All enquiries to BettyBourke at the Guyra Bowlingand Recreation Club(67791499) or Kim Newling atthe WRHS (0400 667787).

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The cricket season has finishedwith a wimper for the GuyraCricket Club, with the first gradeside denied the opportunity toplay for a spot in the grand final.

Rain in Armidale caused thescheduled two day semi-final to bepostponed to become a one daygame on Sunday. However, follow-ing the failure to cover the wicketon Saturday night, they were un-able to play and were eliminatedwithout facing a ball or bowlingan over.

It was a disappointing finish forthe side who had put in someextra training in the lead up to thegame in the hopes of making itthrough to the grand final match.

The third grade side at least gotto play their game, which wastransferred to Newling Oval fol-lowing the rain.

They were up against EastsAnytime who won the toss andchose to bat first. Guyra got off toa good start and took the firstwicket in the first over without arun scored.

They followed up with some

good bowling and fielding and hadEasts in all sorts of trouble at 9 for78.

However they let the game slipaway from them and were unableto wrap up the innings. lettingEasts bat out their overs with a

last wicket partnership of 51 anda total score of 129.

Best with the ball were RyanWalker (2/18), Michael Frost(2/14) and Les Perrett (2/21).

In reply Guyra were in all sortsof trouble early losing their first

three wickets for five runs andthey didn’t recover, being all outfor 63.

DJ Patterson (28), MichaelFrost (11) and Peter Ahoy (15were the only batsmen to reachdouble figures.

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Back l to r: Ryan Walker, Graham Cameron, Peter Ahoy, Simon Brown, Adrian Cameron, DJ Patterson, Steve McElroy, Michael Frost Front:Cody Patterson,Les Perrett, Billy Youman and Tim Brazier

On Saturday March 23rd, the GuyraUnited Soccer Club held their annual 3 per-son Ambrose golf day. There was an excel-lent turn out for this event with a total of 51players competing.

Gross winners for the day were T. Ellis, J.Ellis and H. Kirk. Runners up were J. Bra-zier, P. Presnell and T. Brennan. Nett Win-ners were M. Jackson, P. Archibald, M.McFarlane. Runners up were A. Dittman, B.Waters, S. Wilson. Women’s Winners were T.Waters, N. Hammond, E. Barwick. Runnersup N. Mendes, T. Raper, N. Mendes.

Nearest to Pin on the 7th was B. Kliendi-enst, 10th A. Dittman, 18th L. Hutton.Longest drive went to H. Kirk. First ninewinners were V. Reeves, B. Burey, K.Oehlers. Second nine winners were S. Klien-dienst, C, Kliendienst, J. Every. Junior win-ners were B. Kliendienst, M. Sisson, B.

Wilson.A special mention to Naomi Mendes,

Michelle Kliendienst, Jess Brennan, NikkiMendes and Hayden Raper for helping caterfor the event and to Corby Kliendienst andDesie Walls for cooking the BBQ. It was verymuch appreciated.

On behalf of the Guyra United SoccerClub I would like to thank the Guyra Bowl-ing Club, Dasha’s Hardware, Scissors &Combs, Sutton’s Royal Hotel, the ArmidaleGolf Club and Fourways Service Centre foryour generous donations without you guysdays like this don’t happen.

Another thanks to everyone who playedand supported Guyra United Soccer Club -it was a great day

Our three senior teams will kick off theirseason on the 6th April 2019. Hope to seeyou all there.

22001199 JJuunniioorr SSoocccceerr ssttaarrtt ddaattee ddeellaayyeedd Please be advised that a decision has been

made by Northern Inland Football to delaythe start of the 2019 Junior Soccer Seasonuntil Saturday May 4th (after the schoolholidays). This includes all age divisionsfrom Under 6s to 16s.

Registrations are still open and will closeon Sunday April 7th. If you have not regis-tered your child and wish to do so, please fol-low the instructions below.

Apply for your Active Kids Voucher beforestarting your registration athttps://www.service.nsw.gov.au/transac-tion/apply-active-kids-voucher

You can then complete your registrationonline at https://playfootball.com.au

You will receive an email with the pay-ment options. If you have any issues duringthis process or have any questions regardingthe Junior Soccer season please contact JoDullaway on 0428747072.

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Nett winners Peter Archibald,Matt McFarlane

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Gross winnersTim Ellis, Harry

Kirk and Jake EllilsFar right:

Women’s winnersNatalie Hammond,Emma Barwick and

Taylor Waters