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The new $510,000 home ofthe Guyra SES was officiallyopened on Wednesday May22nd, by NSW State Emer-gency Service CommissionerKyle Stewart.

The new Guyra Headquar-ters is a large 3-bay buildingincorporating operational,training and meeting rooms.

The building was jointly-funded by the NSW Govern-ment and Armidale RegionalCouncil, giving the GuyraUnit much more room to ac-commodate its 30 members,modern vehicles and equip-ment.

“This location will improveour response times and pro-vide us with closer proximityto help other emergency serv-ices during natural disas-ters,” Commissioner Stewartsaid.

“The NSW SES volunteersin Guyra willingly give uptheir time to help keep theircommunity safe. I can’t thankthem enough for their profes-sionalism and commitment.”

At 1333m above sea level,Guyra is susceptible to signif-icant storms in the warmermonths and its close-knitcommunity has called the

NSW SES for help 84 times inthe past three years.

The Guyra Unit has twogeneral purpose response ve-hicles and two storm responsetrailers that help them savelives and protect the commu-nity that they serve.

Member for NorthernTablelands Adam Marshallwas unable to attend the

opening. He inspected the fa-cilities earlier in the weekthanking Guyra SES UnitController David Godlontonand his team for their contri-bution to the project.

“Emergency volunteer or-ganisations like the SES arevital in keeping the commu-nity safe during times of dis-aster and I congratulate

David on the work he hasdone to improve the service’sability to respond in the fu-ture,” Mr Marshall said.

“The official opening of theheadquarters coincides withNational Volunteers Weekand I thank the volunteermembers who give their timeto train and be involved withthe SES.”

CHEERS FOR THE NEW BUILDING: At front ARC CEO Susan Law, NSW SES Commissioner Kyle Stewart,ARC Mayor Simon Murray and Guyra SES Unit Controller David Godlonton

Wednesday May 29, 2019

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Above: Inside the new Guyra SES Headquarters, Armidale Regional Council’s Di-

rector of Operations Mark Piorkowski, left, NSW SES Zone Deputy Con-

troller Heath Stimson, Guyra SES member Thomas Atkins, Northern

Tablelands MP Adam Marshall, Deputy Mayor Dorothy Robinson, Guyra SES

Unit Controller David Godlonton, Vicki Bell, Glen Godlonton, Councillor

Peter Bailey, Don Bell, Mayor Simon Murray and Doug Kay.

Above right: Edson Galindo carried out much of the initial work

on the design of the building

Left: Unveiling the plaque to mark the Official Opening,

Guyra SES Unit Controller David Godlonton,

NSW SES Commissioner Kyle Stewart, ARC Mayor Simon Murray

PHOTOS: SES building opens

All together at the LibraryThere was lots of alpaca

fun as Armidale RegionalCouncil CEO Susan Law be-came the guest story readerat the Guyra Library for Na-tional Simultaneous Story-time last Wednesday.

The Library participated inthe event, where each yearone picture book is selectedfor the simultaneous read-aloud event held in libraries,schools, preschools, familyhomes, childcare centres,bookshops, children’s hospi-tals and communities acrossAustralia and New Zealand.This year participants joinedin reading the picture book‘Alpacas with Maracas’ byMatt Cosgrove.

The Guyra event broughttogether infants students

from Bald Blair, Black Moun-tain, St Marys and Guyra

Central as well as childrenfrom Guyra Preschool. Atotal of 142 eager readerscame along with their alpacamasks, ready to enjoy thestory which tells the tale ofalpacas Macca and his pal Al.They are the best of friendswho enter a talent contest to-gether and in the processthey learn a very valuablelesson!

Ms Law had the difficulttask of choosing the morn-ing’s best alpaca masks. Thewinners were WilliamBonomi (Black MountainPublic School), Clee Beechey(Guyra Central School) andSavannah Veall (BlackMountain PS).

WINNERS: William Bonomi, Clee Beechey and Savannah Veall

with Armidale Regional Council CEO Susan Law

Celebrating the work of volunteersThe contribution of local

volunteers was celebrated atthe 2019 New England Vol-unteer Awards which wereheld last week. More than 15individuals and communityorganisations from the Armi-dale region were nominatedfor this year’s awards, whichtakes place as part of Na-tional Volunteers Week.

Included in the nomina-tions were Guyra locals RoyBennett and Dianne Bureyin the individual categoriesand the Guyra Lamb and Po-tato Festival in the team cat-egory. Black Mountainresident Michael Kean wasalso recognised for his workwith Armidale CommunityRadio.

The Senior Volunteer ofthe year (65 years +) prizewas jointly awarded to RoyBennett and Shirley Cook.Roy was selected for his ded-ication to Guyra’s branch ofthe Westpac HelicopterGroup while Shirley wasnominated for her contribu-tions to the University of theThird Age Armidale.

The winner of this year’sAlwyn Jones CommunityService Award was the Armi-dale/Uralla Meals onWheels, with Armidale Can-cer Council InformationService winning the team

category and Romayne Gracefrom Armidale Care for Sen-iors winning the adult (25-60) category.

In NSW, more than 2.1million people volunteer, con-tributing 240 million hoursof their time, while in theNorthern Tablelands, 50 percent of people over the age of18 take part in some form ofvolunteering activity.

Above: Joint winners of the Senior Volunteer of the Year Shirley Cook

and Roy Bennett with Member for NorthernTablelands Adam Marshall

Right: ARC Mayor Simon Murray presented certificates to Dianne

Burey (top right) for her work with the Hospital Auxiliary,

Julie Gittoes (right) representing the Guyra Lamb

and Potato Festival Committee and Michael Kean (below)

who volunteers with Armidale Community Radio

Guyra Gazette Wednesday May 29, 2019 Page 3

It has turned cold just intime for the start of winter, sowhy not rug up warm and getalong to the Ben Lomond Win-ter Fair this Saturday June1st.

There will be plenty of food,in excess of 25 market stalls,and a number of car boot salesas well as the coffee vans.There will also be a display ofclassic cars from Armidale.

A Mega raffle on the daywill be conducted with theproceeds going to the West-mead Children’s Hospital inmemory of Ben Ellis.

Ben was the adopted son of

Ben Lomond residentsJeanette and Tony Bush whopassed away in 2017.Despitesuffering ill health for all ofhis life, Ben was a much lovedthroughout the community at-tending both Ben LomondPublic School and Guyra Cen-tral School.

June 1st would have beenhis 21st birthday and themoney raised will recognisethe care he received.

Entertainment includesBruce Lee Chu from Tinghawho is an older gentlemanwith a beautiful voice. Brucewill sing a medley including

some country music “for theolder generation”. Theyounger generation will enjoyseeing puppeteer Daniel Mur-

phy who will be roving aroundbetween 11am and 3pm.

For something a little morecultured Glen Innes musicteacher Katherine Duddy andher piano students will take aturn each between 1pm and-2:30.pm. Charlie Looker, awell-known local musician,will play piano accordion from2:30pm until around 3pm oruntil he runs out of tunes!

To round out the day, a freekids disco is being organisedby Jason Eddy of Ben LomondSchool P&C finishing up withthe raffle draw at 5:45 andfireworks about 6pm.

Lots of entertainment, including

Charlie Looker’s piano accordion

Chill out at Ben Lomond

FREE MULCH this weeked

at Guyra Recycling Centre -

save water and save your

garden - see page 5

WINTER FAIR at Ben

Lomond - rug up and enjoy

a trip into the hills

VOLUNTEERS -we would

be lost without them

PRAY FOR RAIN Sunday

2pm at the Reservoir,

Prisk’s Hill

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CBD UPGRADE - still

waiting for work to begin

QUOTE of the weekTo his dog

every man is

Napoleon;

hence the

popularity

of dogs

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Bureau of Meteorology

Drought Proofing GuyraAs the drought continues to

bite with level 4 water restric-tions in place and the prospect ofthe Guyra dams running dry weare indeed fortunate that thepipe line from Malpas Dam willbe completed hopefully in timeto save massive carting of water.

However, this is a bandaidthat hopefully will not put offthe re-examination of ensuringthat Guyra and Armidale havesufficient water for the future. Itis with some comfort that ourState Member Adam Marshallhas indicated the need to “talkabout expanding existing waterstorages”. Now we want actionand not “jaw jaw”.

Talking with a long term resi-dent with a business in Llan-gothlin I was informed of thefollowing information that yourreaders may find of interest , aswell as Local, State, and FederalGovernments.

Firstly, lets deal with Guyrastorage dams which are locatedon both Ryanda Creek and theGara River which we know runsinto Malpas Dam. The first damwas built in 1957 as the mainGuyra water supply and thiswas augmented in 1967 by a fur-ther dam back up north of theoriginal dam. This second damwas constructed with provision

for raising the height of the damwall to increase holding capacityby another 50%. Provision wasalso made to resume landaround this dam to cater for theincreased storage. There aremaps which show this.

The water from these damspresently gravity feeds down tothe Guyra facilities which elim-inates major costly pumping ofwater.

Secondly, Malpas Dam. I amadvised that this dam has stor-age capacity of 13,000 megalitres and was constructed in the60’s with the ability to “easily”raise the spillway height whichwould lift the storage capacity to26,000 mega litres. My inform-ant also believes that the Mal-pas Dam wall can handle thispossible increased height as itwas part of the original design.

Now I am no engineer, norhave I verified these “facts” asdetailed above. That is the jobfor Government.

If Guyra and Armidale aregoing to continue to grow andwith hopefully Guyra becomingthe centre of intensive horticul-ture, then we need to seriouslyconsider implementing plans toincrease our water storage assoon as possible. There is nodoubt that rains will come andrefill these storages but as sureas night follows day there willbe another drought and with

substantially increased waterusage we need to be prepared.

Let’s get the three arms ofGovernment together to ur-gently resolve this for us. This isan issue that we in Guyra needto get fired up about. I intend ac-tively putting this before all lev-els of Government to seek asolution and then for them toimplement it.

Alan St Clair

Rachel Angus, daughter of

Peter and Robyn Angus of Guyra,

exchanged wedding vows with

Martin Murray at the Armatree

Hotel, Armatree on 20th April.

Martin is the son of Michael and

Gabbie Murray of Toowoomba

and formerly of Moree.

Ninety family and friends,

travelled from as far as North

Queensland, Snowy Mountains,

Griffith, Guyra, the Hunter Valley

and Moree to witness the

occasion.

The weather was warm and

sunny; the reception was relaxed

and was thoroughly enjoyed with

dancing and the most entertain-

ing photo booth. The highlight of

the evening was the fireworks

display.

Rachel and Martin will make

their home at Curban NSW.

Have your say........ Email: news@gala.org.au Mail: PO Box 170

Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy the

cooler weather but it does have its

problems.

In the morning, after the obliga-

tory “Good Morning, how’d you

sleep?” comes the query, “Do you

remember what the weather is

supposed to be today?”

Of course, neither of us remem-

bers what the report said last

night, further confirming the kid’s

diagnosis that our faculties are fail-

ing and we should be booking into

Kolora soon. So after a tweak of

the curtains to check, it’s time to

decide what to wear for the day. I

don’t think people in warmer

climes appreciate the thought that

goes into dressing appropriately in

our area. They generally only have

to worry about one layer and a

jacket for between the house and

car and then car and destination.

The first layer is easy, it’s Guyra

after all, on go the thermals. Then

it’s a matter of how many layers

and what sleeve length is required

for the varying layers. This will de-

pend on what’s happening. If we

happen to be going out, at least

three layers are sometimes neces-

sary. It’s also important to decide

how warm it will be when you get

there and how many layers can de-

cently be removed if it’s one of

those really warm, air conditioned

spots.

Unfortunately, it doesn’t end

there. We have to decide whether

to walk on the sunny side of the

street to our destination and

hopefully be a little warmer, or if

it’s any distance, the cooler side so

we won’t roast in our layers. You’d

think we’d know by now, however,

it’s still a bit of problem.

Like I said, The Strudel Effect,

layer upon layer upon layer.

The StrudelEffect

Ramblings by the Guyra Ghost

Wedding Bells

Guyra Gazette Wednesday May 29, 2019 Page 5

www.armidaleregional.nsw.gov.au

PUBLIC NOTICE - Wednesday 29 May 2019 Authorised by CEO Susan Law, Armidale Regional Council

PO Box 75A, 135 Rusden Street, Armidale NSW 2350. Ph: 1300 136 833 Fax: 6772 9275.

Email: council@armidale.nsw.gov.au

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Council News

COUNCIL MEETINGThe next Ordinary Council Meeting will be held on Wednesday 26 June 2019 at the Armidale Council Chambers, 135 Rusden St, from 4pm. Members of the public are welcome to attend meetings.

Mayor’s MessageThe Armidale region has been on a rapid learning curve when it comes to water shortages - and it would seem those lessons are starting to bring a dip in town water consumption.

Armidale’s first experience of water restrictions since the commissioning of Malpas Dam in the 1960s has demanded flexibility by Council and users of the town water supplies.

Residents are beginning to adapt their practices to adopt simple water saving activities, while accepting the need to restrict consumption to more essential uses and preserve our ever-dwindling town water supplies.

There has been a slight drop in town water consumption during the past fortnight, slowing the fall in dam levels. Malpas Dam has fallen slightly during the past week to 51%, while Guyra Dam has slipped below 30%.

More considerable reductions in consumption are needed, with no prospects of substantial rain in the foreseeable future. However, the latest trend is a step in the right direction.

While users are adapting to the necessity for behavioural change, Armidale’s first experience of water restrictions has also required great flexibility from Council in its management of the crisis.

Its existing water management protocols have provided a solid platform for dealing with the water shortages, including the implementation of restrictions. However, the challenge of working with a community not accustomed to water restrictions has required responsiveness and adaptability from Council.

The protocol includes a series of predetermined dam levels which trigger the introduction of each stage of restrictions. But when initial restrictions did not bring the required level of behavioural change by users and the necessary fall in consumption, it was clear tighter restrictions were needed. The result was a relatively rapid escalation from Level 1 through to the Level 4 restrictions now in place.

Similarly, the initial introduction of restrictions was accompanied by a communication campaign to advise community members about the measures, as effectively and cost-efficiently as possible. The campaign has balanced the need to get the message out to all community members, while being responsible with our spending of public funds. This has

included the low-cost option of promotion through social media - where many people now source much of their information – notices on radio and in local newspapers, signage at prominent locations, and getting out with stalls at a number of community events.

Our communication approaches have been adjusted and new methods introduced as the effectiveness, or lack of effectiveness, of each approach has become apparent.

Letterbox drops are a very costly method of communication and Council only uses them when it is very necessary. However, water restriction flyers will soon be delivered to all households in the Armidale water supply area, as the situation becomes increasingly pressing.

Council initially applied separate water restrictions for Guyra and Armidale because they are very different dams and water distribution systems. However, the benefits of specific restrictions for each of the districts were soon outweighed by the need for a single restriction and shared community messages to avoid public confusion. As a result, the Armidale restrictions had to be stepped up to match the level in Guyra.

This makes increasing sense as crews forge ahead with the construction of the Malpas Dam to Guyra pipeline, which will provide Guyra with greater water security by offering an alternative supply during water shortages.

Once the pipeline is completed and comes on line later this year, there will be a link between the two water distribution systems and their management.

Water restrictions are increasingly confronting communities throughout Australia, as the ongoing drought and concerning trends in climate continue to bite. Many residents are responding by making water conservation part of their day-to-day lives and I urge all Armidale residents and business to join the ranks of smart water users.

Simon Murray

Positions VacantArmidale Regional Council is looking for skilled and experienced people to join their Guyra Roads and Drainage Maintenance Team in the following positions.

OverseerThis role is a challenging but rewarding

role that is responsible for management and supervision for the operational areas of roads and drainage maintenance, construction, Guyra Depot and northern area quarries and

gravel pits.

General Hand An exciting opportunity has arisen in the

Roads and Drainage Maintenance Team.This role involves a variety of hands on

labouring task associated with the maintenance and construction of Council’s roads, drainage

and bridges. This role ideally would suit someone who enjoys being apart of a team environment.

For more information on these roles and how to apply visit www.armidaleregional.nsw.gov.au or phone Mark Burgess, Acting Service Leader Roads and Parks on 0408 182 737. Both positions close, 5pm, Wednesday 12 June 2019.

Changed hours for Guyra Home Support ServicesGuyra Home Support Services (HSS) are changing their office hours from 1 June 2019.

The facility will begin opening Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 9am to 12pm and Wednesday from 9am to 2pm.

Outside of these hours please phone (02) 6770 7127 to make a booking.

Free mulch this weekendArmidale region residents will have access to

free mulch this weekend to assist with water

saving during the ongoing drought.

Residents can visit the Armidale Waste

Management Facility or Guyra Recycling &

Transfer Station on Saturday or Sunday to

receive a free ute and/or trailer load of mulch.“Mulch can reduce evaporation from soil by

up to 70% and will be valuable in protecting local gardens during the unprecedented drought that continues to grip our region and much of inland NSW,” Armidale Regional Council Mayor Simon Murray said.

Armidale and Guyra both stepped up to Level

4 water restrictions on 20 May, banning the use of

sprinklers, hoses and irrigation systems to water

gardens. Level 4 restrictions also limit the use of

buckets to recycled water such as laundry water.

May 30th Lyn & Richard Skinner

May 31st Michael Austin

June 3rd Kath Varley

June 4th Don & Betty Mayled

June 5th Wendy Lockyer

Community NoticeboardMeals on Wheels

Street Stalls

May30th Rotary

May 31st Westpac Helicopter

June 1st,6th, 7th, 8th

Rotary

Church Notices

St James Anglican

Sunday 9am Morning Service, 1stSunday of the month Backwater2pm, 3rd Sunday of the monthBen Lomond 11.30am St Mary’s Catholic

Saturday Mass 6pm in Guyra,Sunday 9am, 1st Sunday ofmonth Ben Lomond, 3rd SundayWards Mistake, otherwise Guyra7am Wards Mistake, 9am GuyraFather Stephen O’Shea St Columba’s Presbyterian

Guyra Sunday 9.00am, BenLomond Service, first Sunday ofeven-numbered months, 2.00pmRev Andrew Campbell, Ph. 0447 724 536 Uniting Church

Regular Sunday Service 9.30amEnq. Nancy Davidson 6779 1366Seventh-day Adventist

Saturday from 10am Bible Study,11am Divine Service. Enquiries: 6779 1587 Northwest Church

66 Llangothlin St, Sunday meeting 10am, Thursday 7pm Food Pantry - 1st, 3rd & 5th Friday of month 11am-12, 1pm-2pmTony Stace 0427956772.Church of Freedom

10 Nincoola Street - Contact:0421 847 973, Tuesday Prayer6.30pm, Wed Bible Study 6.30pmSunday Service 10am

Service Clubs

LIONS CLUB dinner meetings

1st & 3rd Thursday of the

month at Guyra Bowling Club,

7pm. Ph: Geoff Reeves

6779 1257

ROTARY CLUB dinner meetings

2nd & 4th Tuesday of the month

6pm for 6.30pm. Ph: Aileen

MacDonald 0417 079 307

Guyra Gazette Wednesday May 29, 2019 Page 6

On Monday May 13th, several secondary stu-dents from Guyra Central School attended thefirst session of the AIME program for 2019which was held at UNE in Armidale.  AIME isan educational program for Indigenous highschool students. By matching Indigenous highschool students with university student men-tors, AIME successfully supports the studentsto finish high school.

Students spent time setting goals, workingas part of a team with other schools to com-plete a narrative and completed a sessionwhich focuses on overcoming failure. Each ofthe students gained valuable life skills duringthis program and are all looking forward to at-tending the 2nd session later in the year whichwill also be held at UNE Armidale.

On Thursday 16th May 2019, TahmaniLandsborough, Matthew Hagan and KellyDaley visited UNE in Armidale to attend thefirst of three Oorala Experience Days for 2019.During the experience day, the students wereable to experience undergraduate lectures,hands-on tutorials,presentation, demonstra-tions and practical sessions. They were alsogiven the opportunity to speak to other univer-sity students about what university life is likeand attend targeted workshops which providedparticipants with information on a range of de-gree options and pathways. 

Mathew Hagan and Tahmani Landsborough

at the Oorala Experience Day

Indigenous students learn new skills

Trio off toSydney

for CrossCountry

On Friday May 17th,   24students from St Mary of theAngels School travelled toBarraba for the DiocesanCross Country.

The students are to be con-gratulated for their efforts andsportsmanship on the day.Hard work and training againpaid off, with three studentsbeing selected to travel toEastern Creek on Friday June14th for Polding Cross Coun-try.

Congratulations to ShanaeWark (3rd), Lily McFarlane(3rd) and Olive McFarlane(6th).

Olive McFarlane, Lily McFarlane and Shanae Wark

are off to Eastern Creek for Cross Country

Guyra Gazette Wednesday May 29, 2019 Page 7

A Guyra craft group withwarm hearts and even warmerknitwear is making a big dif-ference for medical services inAfrica.

The knitting and crochetcraft group gathers at theGuyra LT Starr Library eachThursday, making clothingand other items to raise moneyfor an Ethopian health foun-dation.

“Many of the items they pro-duce - including gloves,beanie, scarves and otherclothing items for kids andadults – are donated to thefundraising effort,” Guyra Li-brary and Information OfficerWendy Warner said.

“All proceeds go to theCatherine Hamlin FistulaFoundation Ethiopia to pro-vide desperately needed sur-gery. The craft group’senduring commitment over a

number of years has brought asignificant injection of funds tothe foundation.”

Its latest batch of knittedand crocheted creations is nowavailable for sale at the Guyra

library. “The weekly craft group is a

very welcome social gatheringfor its members, and itsfundraising efforts for a veryworthy cause bring added mo-

tivation.” Anyone interested in joining

the group is welcome to comealong any Thursday from 2pm.

Close-knit craft group funds African surgeries

May 24th - Further losses were recorded for thewool market with global uncertainty seeminglysending a ripple through Chinese interests. The bulkof this week’s falls occurred on the first day of saleswith the second day registering only minor move-ments. The national passed in rate skyrocketed toalmost triple the seasonal average with 28.2% ofthe offering failing to find a home. A further 7% ofthe offering was withdrawn prior to sale leading toonly 17,308 bales being sold for the week. Majorbuyers included Fox & Lillie, Aust Merino Exp andPJ Morris. All micron indicators lost ground duringthe week with the Crossbred types that have beenon a rollercoaster ride in recent times the hardesthit. Even with the substantial falls over the past fort-night the market remains above its November lowpoint for the season to date and from a historicalview nearly all micron indicators remain inside thetop 5% of prices received over the past 25 years.Small national weekly offerings will continue untilthe end of the season as we enter the industry’s his-torical low point of seasonal supply.

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May 23rd - There was a greatly reducedpenning this week. It was a mostly plainquality and condition penning that sawquite a few grown heifers penned. Therewere limited supplies of good quality for-ward condition young cattle available. Thecondition of the cows was also on theplainer end of the scale, with limited num-bers of well finished cows penned. Theusual buyers attended.

Market trends through the young cattlewere mostly dearer. Steer vealers to re-stock saw breed contribute to some signifi-cant price change to the positive. Animproved quality penning of heifer vealerssuitable to the trade sold to a dearer trendof as much as 35c/kg.

There were a small number of very wellfinished vealers suitable to the local butch-ers that attracted very strong competition,lifting prices sharply. Heifer vealers to re-stock and feed also sold to dearer trends,

however improvement was not as great.Medium and heavy weight yearling steersattracted less competition and sold to aslightly cheaper trend. Yearling heifers torestock and feed sold to a dearer trend,with both breed and quality affecting pricechange.

Breed was a major factor in significantprice improvements through the plain con-dition grown heifers. Well finished grownheifers to processors, in limited numberssold to a dearer trend, up to 8c/kg. Therewas increased restocker competition onthe plain condition cows. This resulted inthe 1 and 2 scores going to dearer trends.

The plainest condition cows saw higherprice gains. Well finished cows to proces-sors sold to a cheaper trend, easing 5c/kg.There was a good supply of bulls pennedwith both processors and live exporters ac-tive, as market trends were firm to slightlydearer.

Weekly Wool Sales

Guyra Sheep & Lamb Sale

Armidale Cattle Sale

May 22nd - There was a re-duced penning of 3060 sheepand 2160 lambs. The quality ofthe lambs was quite mixed, witha fair supply of well finishedheavy and extra heavy weights.There was a large reduction inthe numbers of lambs suitable torestock and feed, while the qual-ity was also down. The usual buy-ers attended.

Market trends varied throughthe lambs. Those suitable to re-stock and feed attracted lesscompetition this week. This com-bined with a decrease in qualityresulted in cheaper trendsthrough the lighter weights. Pricedecreases in accordance with thereduced quality.

There was also some weightreduction in the lambs to feed

with this also affecting prices.Well finished lambs to processorssold on a firm to cheaper markettrend, again, quality and weightsaffecting price change. The actualtrend was only slightly cheaper.There was a weight increase inthe lambs at the top end of themarket.

There was a good supply ofwell finished sheep penned. Full

fleeced Merinos were again wellsupplied. Competition and de-mand was again strong. Markettrends showed little change, withonly weight and skin values con-tributing to price change. Skinvalues are supplied by industryand may not reflect wool valueson the longer skins if shorn orfellmongered.

Aimee Hutton and Wendy Warner show off some of the craft items for sale at the Guyra LIbrary

Guyra Gazette Wednesday May 29, 2019 Page 8

Men’s golfOn Sunday the Vidler’s Butch-

ery sponsored 4 Ball champi-onships were played. In A GradeAndrew Youman and SteveKleindeinst were victorious. Bgrade champions were MickKirk and Tim Ellis. Overall Nettwinners were Andrew and Stevewith Roger Grills and WarrenMcCowen runner up. Nearest tothe pins were Steve Kleindeinston the 7th, Mal Gaukroger onthe 10th and Barry Simpson onthe 18th.

Next Sunday will be an indi-vidual stableford for the Junemonthly mug. Don’t forget thematchplay, if you can’t play, tossa coin and write a name on theboard or both players will bewiped.

The Albatross

Women’s GolfWe played a 4BBB Stroke

competition for the NEDGA Jugsponsored by Grills’ Racing on22nd May. The winners with anexcellent 64 were Donna Whiteand Wendy George on a countback from Vicki Reeves andJulie Walker. Nearest the Pinswere hit by Wendy George (7th),Vicki Reeves (9th) and KarenOehlers (18th).

On 5th June we will competefor the Foursomes Champi-onship title sponsored by theGittoes’ Family.

The Phantom

Vets golfA strong team of 27 Guyra

Vets travelled to Glen Innes onTuesday, May 21st, for the lastof the five Pennants games forthis year. Even though most ofus struggled with the greens, wewon the day with 239 points -not quite enough for the trophyto remain in Guyra. Armidalewon the Pennants this year witha total of 1250 points, followed

by Guyra with 1246, Walcha1239, Uralla 1143 and GlenInnes with 1125 points.

The star of the day was DickBurey, who not only won theMen’s A Grade with 39 points -he also had a hole in one on the14th hole. Congratulations Dick!

Kim Shaw, a new Guyra Vet,played very well and was placedthird in Men’s C Grade with agood score of 35 points. WendyGeorge was nearest the pin onthe 14th hole. Well done, Wendy.

Thank you to all the Vets whohave travelled quite a few kilo-metres to support the Pennantsthis year. We have welcomedseveral new members to theVets and they are a real asset toour club. The Guyra Vets are agreat group of people who are al-ways happy to support anythingwe do. If you are “old enough”please consider joining us - wedo have a lot of fun, especially atthe 19th hole!

The Vet

Junior HockeyOn Saturday our Under 11

team played NEGS. The scorewas 2-1. It was a strong gameonce again this week. CamillaGrills had a brilliant game shewent into her tackles with confi-dence and ran the ball well intothe goal. The passed the ball toeach other and called for theball. It was a great to see theteam work with all of you. StevieMcElroy also had another out-standing game, Stevie scoredone of our goals and she workedthe play on the field very well.She made some great calls andpasses and played well up in theattack position. Tessa Jacksonstepped into goalie this week.Tessa did a great job of blockingsome shots and defending thegoal. Once again Under 11’sgreat job and each week you justget better & better. You make it

so much fun to coach you.The Under 13s all played bril-

liantly this week despite losing0-1. They came close to scoring acouple of times. Ashlee Morganplayed well in centre mid withshowing great control of the ball.She had some great passes outwide. Stevie McElroy once againstepped up in this game provingthat she not only can play greatin attack but that she has greattackles. Tessa Jackson steppedout of the goalie gear and ontothe field to play her game for13s. She had a brilliant gameand her passing was fantastic toher team mates. Ursula Geereevery week shows us herstrength. She is a key player onthe field as she is fantastic atgetting the ball through to herstrikers. Ella and Jemima onceagain covered massive groundon the field. They run and tackleand never give up and play theirpositions well.

Men’s bowlsThere were a number of Club

Championships played over theweekend along with the Zone 3Triples playoff. In Club eventsSaturday May 25th saw MallieWalls play John Hamel in MinorSingles. Mallie shot away to ahandy lead by end 12, 11 shotsto 5 shots only to have Johnstage a comeback and by end 29had taken the lead 23 shots to19 shots. Mallie again ralliedand went on to win 31 shots to25 shots over 39 ends.

Sunday saw John Jacksonplay Scott Campbell in OpenSingles, both players struggledover the first few ends but Johnmanaged to settle first and soontook what was a handy lead byend 18 leading 22 shots to 13shots. Scott fought back but wasunable to close down the gapand John went on to take victory31 shots to 23 shots over 28

ends. The other game playedwas a Major/Minor Pairs gameplayed between Dan Kennedyand Grahame Starr and theteam of Michael Shiner andWayne Reeves. Michael andWayne hit the green runningand soon opened a lead but intrue Dan and Grahame stylethey settled into the game andsoon reversed the lead and wenton to victory 31 shots to 20 shotsover 25 ends.

In the Zone 3 Triples playoffTod Fuller and team defeated DNewton and team, 27 shots to 19shots over 24 ends to advance tothe Final.

Sunday afternoon saw theFinal played between ArmidaleCity team of Tod Fuller, SteveFuller and Paul Bullen and theInverell RSM team of R Ellis, GCoyle and Darren Hungerford.This was a very keenly con-tested match but Darren and histeam seemed to have just aslight edge and controlled thegame from the outset. Darrenand his team went on to take thewin 24 shots to 20 shots over 25ends. Darren and his team nowventure to Lighting Ridge forthe State playoffs.

Now to this weekend’s ClubChampionships: Sunday June2nd: Start: 1.00pm.

Starter and Umpire: DavidWilcox

Club Pairs: Steven Sole andRobert Walls to play GeoffReeves and Wayne Reeves.

Col Stanley and David Lyes toplay Robert Moore and PaulJohnson.

Handicap Singles: MallieWalls to play Barry Wallsmarker Dan Kennedy.

Major Singles: Scott Campbellto play Michael Shiner. MarkerDavid Wilcox

These games are play or for-feit that is weather permitting.

The Bowls Bandit.

Gazette Footy Tipping Locals Entry Form - Round 13Tips must be submitted by 4.00pm on Wednesday 5th June

Rabbits

Tigers

Warriors

Sharks

Cowboys

Broncos

Panthers

Bulldogs

Knights

Raiders

Storm

Eels

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Jy Starr 116

GG 110

Red Devils 108

Pete Collins 108

3 PS 108

Phantom 108

The PIA 108

Eel-be-Right 106

Hazel 104

Bookworm 104

Bulldog 104

The 3 Bunnies 104

Nightwatchman 102

Elva Brazier 100

Fire Breather 98

Old Chook 94

Chris Morley 92

My Name Jeff 74

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June’s Tips

Sea Eagles

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This week’s round threw a spanner in theworks. The most common scores were 6 or 8points, with some sad 4’s and a few of the Lo-cals being shining lights with 10 and 12 points.

Vu at the Pharmacy maintains his lead inthe Celebrities on 112 points, but PublicanMick scored a very credible 10 points to bringhim into 2nd place on 110.

Ben at IGA is next in line on 108. He mustbe off his game a bit as he only scored 4 pointsafter such a good season so far with very good

scores.We have held over the State of Origin tips

until next week as that game is on 5th June.Jy is still top of the Locals Leaderboard on

116 and leads GG now on 110 after a score ofonly 4 points.

In 3rd place we have 5 Locals on 108, including the PIA who top scored this weekwith 12 points. Even Eel-be-Right managed10 points to regain a spot in the first columnin 4th position.

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Saturday May 25th saw sports annual“Silent Saturday” take place on Guyra’s Juniorsoccer fields. The aim of Silent Saturday is tobring awareness to the fact that junior sport isdesigned for kids to have fun, while tryingtheir best, without the pressure of winning. Aspart of the “Shoosh for Kids” campaign,coaches, parents and supporters are encour-aged to remain silent or make only positivecomments and let the children enjoy the game.We thank all of our coaches, parents, grand-parents and spectators from home and awayfor supporting our day.

This weekend the action moves to Armidalewith our first away round for the season (afterthe wet weather cancellation in Round 1).Please check the Armidale District FootballAssociation website or the GameDay App forthis weekend’s draw.

Under 6 Spooks - The Spooks are enjoyingtheir Saturday mornings with all players get-ting involved in the game. With some greatteam work Corey (CJ) Banfield scored 3 goalsthis week and Kieran Ahern scored his first forthe season. There was some good defence byCharli Bavea and Darcie Campbell and somegreat long range kicks from Pete Grills.

Under 7 Jellybeans - The Jellybeans playedwell on Saturday with the beginners gainingin confidence and those with more experiencetrying out some moves learnt at training.Lachlan C. and Oskar started to mark opposi-tion players which saw an improvement inplay especially when defending. Rose is learn-ing to watch the ball and read the game, to-wards the end her attack was really comingalong. Hamish is working on his ball controland did well working his way through the op-position. Tyrell proved invaluable in defence,Tae Tae showed her enthusiasm all over thefield and never backed down while Lachlan E-C is determined to be a force upfront. Tyrell,Lachlan E-C and Tae Tae all scored a goal eachthis week. Thank you to Dave for supervising

the subs.Under 7 Smarties - The boys played well

under pressure from a more competitive oppo-sition this week. Both teams added to thescoreboard throughout the game. Thanks toeveryone for supporting our “shoosh for kids”campaign.

Under 12 Spirits - Coming off last week’s ex-citing win, the Spirits took to the field withconfidence and came up against a very goodDemon Knights team. The final score (3 – 0 toDK) did not indicate how even this match was.The whole team is improving each week andtheir communication is one of their greateststrengths. DK made the most of the few oppor-tunities they had to score while we were un-able to complete our runs to goal. GeorgeWilliamson and Jake Tibbs are learning to usethe bigger field to their advantage on thewings and Neville Stanley enjoyed his first runon his home ground.

Silent Saturday

The Caspers took the field at home onSaturday to take on South Armidale. Thiswas going to be a danger game for the boyswith three of their regular players away forthe weekend and, to make matters worse,another player was a no show. This leftScotty Miller, having just played secondgrade, having to go straight back on forFirst Grade. It didn’t take long for him tomake an impact when five minutes inScotty struck a header from outside the boxto put in the top left corner to give theCaspers the perfect start.

The boys were totally dominating the pos-session and 15 minutes in Coach Corby dou-bled the score slotting a ball calmly passed

the Souths keeper. This was followed up bytwo goals to B.J Kliendienst, 1 well-con-structed goal going through at least 10passes and the other being a well taken di-rect, to give the boys a 4-0 lead at half-time.

The boys were firing but knew that thesecond half has been their Achilles heel sofar this year. It looked like the boys wereabout to fall into the same routine againwhen Souths struck early in the second halfto make the score 4-1. This seemed to kickthe boys into gear and for the rest of the halfSouths could not get through the Casperstough defence.

For the rest of the game the Caspers wenton full attack and goals to Max and B.J

Cameron made the final score 6-1 in whatwas the Caspers most complete game todate. Three points went to Benny Lennonwho was everywhere on the field, two pointsto Ash Holt and one point each to ScottyMiller and Taylor Brennan. Big thanks toScotty and also Matthew Sisson for backingup for the boys.

The Caspers are away this weekend totake on TAS no doubt their biggest test sofar but the boys are looking forward to thechallenge. The boys would also like to thankthe supporters it has been awesome to seeso many people cheering on the boys.

Big win for Caspers

Sunday, 2nd JUNE: CWA GuyraEvening Branch Handicraft Day 9am -3pm at Guyra Bowling Club. Learn howto crotchet a rug - 1 of 2 sessions. Price: $20 adults and $15 for children.Phone Chris for copy of what youneed to get for the day. RSVP by 25thMay for catering purposes 0427 333299. Wednesday 5th JUNE to Sunday 9thJUNE: Hospital Auxiliary BOOK FAIRat Guyra MPS. Donations welcome.Contact Deb Heagney 0427 791 672Sunday 20th OCTOBER Ben LomondFashion Parade at Ben LomondMemorial Hall. Enquiries 0429 332094.Saturday 2nd NOVEMBER St James Anglican Church Fete

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GUYRA TROUTFEST AGM 5.30pm Monday 10.6.19 at Guyra BowlingClub GUYRA HISTORICAL SOCIETY Inc.AGM will be held on Sunday, 16th Juneat 11.30am at the Museum.

LLOYD ELLIS

21.6.1917 - 30.5.2017

Every day in some small way,

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In our hearts you will always stay,

Loved and remembered every day.

Edith, Linda, Phillip, William, Kathleenand their families

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Of Earlwood. Dearly loved wife ofKeith. Loving mother & mother-in-lawof Robyn, Paul & Tracey and lovedgrandmother of Melinda, Greg &Michelle. Loving sister of ElsieWilliams, Leslie Dean (dec’d) andfond aunt of their families.

Graveside funeral to be held at theGuyra Lawn Cemetery tomorrow,Thursday, 30th May 2019 commencingat 10:30am.

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Aged 71 years. Late of CoakesStreet, Guyra.

Beloved husband of Mary (deceased),loving father & father-in-law of MaryLouise (deceased), Leonie & Grahamand Tracey & Tony. Adored poppy ofElicia, Curtis, Kendel and Piper. Dearbrother of Janet, Pam, Val, Gai, June,Robyn, Ross and Maria and a greatmate to many.

Relatives and friends are respect-fully informed that a funeral servicewill be held for Nobby at St. JamesAnglican Church, Guyra, commencingat 2:00pm, Friday 31st May, followedby interment at the Guyra LawnCemetery.

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You’re invited to celebrate the centenary of St Mary of the Angels School, Guyra,

Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd June.Dinner Saturday night at the Guyra Community Hall, doors open from 5pm with a 6pm dinner.Sunday Mass at St Mary of the Angels Church at 9am, followed by morning tea, school tour,

viewing of memorabilia and BBQ lunch.

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In hockey played on Fridaynight, Guyra men eventually gota win over United. After receiv-ing legal advice, there will be noFriday game report due to pos-sible exposure to a defamationcase after a lacklustre perform-ance.

In a remarkable turnaroundon Sunday against Ex-services,supporters were treated to oneof the best games played thisyear with good field placement,marking players and controlledpasses. Mid fielders Marty Dil-lion and Boo Carter were thestand out players in the noman’s area with some greattackles and leads.

The team welcomed backGary Burton into the trenchesin the defence area from a three-week secondment. Unfortu-nately, the wilderness warriorMurray ‘Custard’ Lupton suf-fered a major breakdown earlyin the first half and had to retirefor the rest of the game. He waslast seen making dinosaurnoises during the debrief buthopefully will be back gallopingthrough the wilderness for our

next game on June 23rd.Guyra women had one of their

toughest games of the seasonagainst Flamingos. At half timeit was 0-0 and the team had astern talking to themselves andcame back out to win 5-0. Onceagain an outstanding game from

centres Jodi Ellis and Pru Postand our defence is rock solid thisyear. Goals scored by Jo Mackie,Emily Asbury, Jodi Ellis andTegan Mendes.

The team would like to thankour amazing shirt sponsors,Costa’s, Lenehan Contracting

Services, Sutto’s Royal Hotel,Brown and Krippner SurveyorsEngineers and Planners, DennisBehrend All Areas Asbestos Removal. The new shirts lookgreat.

They have a bye this weekendnext game is the 5th of June.

Guyra women looking good in new shirts thanks to the generosity of sponsor’s

Legal advice, breakdowns, and a new look

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