Wednesday May 10, 2017

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Guyra’s Rebecca Smith hastaken out the Individual Land-carer Award at the RegionalLandcare Awards which wereheld in Armidale last week.

More than 120 people at-tended a dinner at University ofNew England’s historic RobbCollege Dining Hall on Thurs-day night, to celebrate the ef-forts and achievements ofLandcare award finalists fromaround the New England andNorth West regions.

The Individual LandcarerAward is presented to an indi-vidual volunteer who carries outand promotes Landcare throughpractical on-ground or commu-nity awareness activities.

Rebecca has been a secondaryteacher of Agriculture, Scienceand Environmental Science for25 years and is currently em-

ployed at Armidale High Schooland also worked at Guyra Cen-tral School for many years.

Rebecca has always had closelinks to the land, first on herfamily farm in South Australiaand now in Guyra. From theearliest years, the environment,sustainability, biodiversity andyouth remain the focus of hercommitment to reconnect youthto our landscape and preserve itfor future generations.

Other winners in the NewEngland region were KellyWalsh from Glen Innes, whotook out the Young LandcareLeader Award, Jane O’Brienfrom Inverell, who took out theLandcare Facilitator/Coordina-tor Award, The Aboriginal Refer-ence Advisory Group, who tookout the Indigenous Land Man-agement Award, Armidale High

School Bushcare Group “BC2”,who took out the Junior Land-care Team Award, and Inverell

Community Gardens, who tookout the Landcare CommunityGroup Award.

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Sally Wright (Wongwibinda) and Sara Schmude (Landcare Coordinator with SNELandcare) congratulate Bec Smith (Guyra)

who took out the individual Landcare Award.

Mothers Day ‐ take yourMum out to lunch or buy hersome flowers.

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What’s HOT What’s NOTGuyra Hospital

Rainfall this week

4mm 2 days

May rainfall

4mm 2 days

Rainfall year to date

562.8mm 51 days

Rainfall last year to date

245.0mm 33 days

Rainfall Registrations -

to 9am Monday, May 8th

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Rainfall - 6.5mm (543mm YTD

Top Dam 10mm above spillway

Bott. Dam 10mm above spillway

Daily average town consumption

(target 650 kl) 767kl

Water Restrictions - NIL

Submit your Hots and Nots by phone 6779 2132 emailnews@gala.org.au or drop in to the GALA centre

Not receiving your GuyraGazette in the mailScam phone call about Telstraovercharging for internetqueriesWhen your heater sounds likean airplane taking offBike riders who don’t weartheir helmets

Black Mountain PublicSchool students have had agreat start to Term 2. Stu-dents represented the schoolproudly at the Guyra ANZACservice. Senior students laid awreath on behalf of the schoolcommunity and Jaya Egener;School Leader, read a Prayerof Remembrance, modellingconfidence and leadership.

Our nine transition toKindergarten students haveenjoyed their return to ‘BigSchool’ showing confidence, asthey engage in a variety ofearly learning experiencesacross all areas.

Gubi Gabun Children’s Mo-bile Service has returned toBlack Mountain, running aChildren’s Playgroup everysecond and fourth Tuesday ofthe month. This is a wonder-ful opportunity that allowschildren to learn about school,make new friends and engage

with the school communitythrough new, fun and excitingactivities.

Riders participating in theBridge to Bridge Cycle Char-ity, to raise funds for the Curefor Brain Cancer Foundation,spent time at Black Mountain

Public School last week.Through games and questionand answer sessions, theytaught students all aboutwhat they were participatingin and why. It was wonderfulto have the group take thetime to talk with students and

staff.Black Mountain Public

School develops the whole stu-dent through engaging stu-dents in a wide variety oflearning experiences. It is agreat place to learn!

Principal Belinda Baker

Great start to term two at Black Mountain

Black Mountain students enjoyed a visit from riders taking part in the Bridge to Bridge ride

Armidale Detectives havecharged a former GuyraPriest with nine counts of in-decent assault upon a male.

Detectives allege that 79-year-old David Joseph Per-rett assaulted four youngboys between 1970 and 1982in Armidale and Guyra.

New England Police Inspec-tor Roger Best said in amedia statement that thelengthy investigation byArmidale detectives culmi-

nated in an arrest on May4th.

Perrett served as theParish Priest in Guyra from1980 - 1986 and has been liv-ing in Wallangarra, Queens-land.

Two Armidale detectiveswent to Queensland, wherethey obtained an order fromthe Warwick Magistrate’sCourt to extradite Perrettback to NSW. The detectivesthen took Perrett to NSW to

await court proceedings. “I want to assure the com-

munity that despite the pas-sage of time, New Englandpolice will investigate any re-port of abuse, no matter whenit occurred,” Police InspectorRoger Best said.

Perrett,  fronted an out-of-sessions bail hearing in Armi-dale Local Court on Saturdaywhere he was granted condi-tional release on nine chargesof indecent assault on a male.

He has been ordered to livewith a family member inArmidale.

The Armidale Diocese is-sued the following mediastatement on May 5th: “TheDiocese is aware that a priestwho ministered in the Dio-cese of Armidale from 1961 to1995, has been arrested in re-lation to historical child sex-ual abuse allegations. He hasnot been in ministry since Au-gust 1995.”

Former Priest extradited to face charges

Guyra Gazette Wednesday May 10, 2017 Page 3

Regional growth strategyLast month Armidale Re-

gional Council hosted the Re-gional Growth AdvisoryCommittee, which partici-pated in a workshop with con-sultants SC Lennon andAssociates to advance plan-ning for the preparation of theArmidale Region EconomicDevelopment Strategy.

The new economic develop-ment strategy will respond tothe Armidale Region’sstrengths, challenges and op-portunities for growth, provid-ing a plan of action that canbe implemented over the next

four years.The consultants have been

working with Council, thebusiness community andother stakeholders since Feb-ruary as they move towardsthe preparation of a draftstrategy. Director of SCLennon & Associates MrSasha Lennon said the work-shop provided an opportunityto present key findings to dateand seek direction from theRegional Growth AdvisoryCommittee.

Chair of the RegionalGrowth Advisory Committee

Aileen MacDonald said anumber of important subjectswere discussed during theworkshop.

“The workshop covered anumber of opportunities foreconomic development, in-cluding the expansion of theregion’s horticultural sector,ag-tech business develop-ment, health and wellbeing,international education,sports tourism, creative in-dustries, the New EnglandRail Trail and the delivery ofimportant strategic infra-structure like the Armidale

Regional Airport expansionand the Malpas to Guyrawater pipeline.”

“Also central to the discus-sions was agreement on theimportance of supporting andgrowing the Armidale Re-gion’s existing businesses,”Ms MacDonald said.

Council established the spe-cial Regional Growth AdvisoryCommittee to oversee prepa-ration of the economic devel-opment strategy. A draftstrategy will be prepared inMay and made available forpublic comment.

Ben Lomond residents met with repre-sentatives from the White Rock WindfarmDevelopment on April 26th to discuss con-cerns about the proposed movement ofwind farm components along the BenLomond Road.

It is anticipated that it will be necessaryto transport components along this routeto access southern sites of the White RockWindfarm Development.

The meeting was called in response toBen Lomond Landcare’s approach toArmidale Regional Council for details.White Rock Windfarm representatives ad-dressed a public meeting at Ben LomondHall where they provided a detailed infor-mation report on the concept, progressand potential of the project.

White Rock owner’s representative TomFrood and Project Manager Rohan Cree-don spoke about the features, progressand future of the project as well as mak-ing mention of the Sapphire Windfarm tothe north and the smaller Glen InnesWindfarm.

It is anticipated that two or three windturbines will be delivered on the Ben

Lomond Road route being (betweentwenty four and thirty six) loads eachweek. If approvals are received from therelevant authorities some road upgrades,widening, together with lopping of over-hanging vegetation will be necessary.

Detailed information, visuals and sam-ple hardware of the project can viewed atthe projects shop front in Grey St GlenInnes. The overview of the project’s

progress is reported at www.whiterock-windfarm.com is a source of deliveryschedules and answers to your queries orcall 1800 859660.

The meeting was organised by BenLomond Landcare Chair Sarah Harding,in conjunction with White Rock LocalRepresentative in Glen Innes SandraRoyal.

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Guyra Sheepand Lamb Sale Market Report

There was an increased penningof lambs and sheep numbers re‐mained steady at the Guyra Sheepasnd Lamb sale on May 3. 3900lambs and 2600 sheep wereyarded.

The quality of the lambs was fairto good with a large supply ofstores suitable to the restocker or‐ders. Well finished trade and heavyweights were also well supplied.The full complement of buyers wasin attendance. Market trends var‐ied with strong demand from re‐stockers, showing confidence inthe market going forward. The re‐stocker lambs sold to a dearertrend with buyers operating inboth the light and trade weightcategories. Competition was not asstrong for the trade and heavyweight lambs, trending mostly firmwith some quality related pricechange. The extra heavy weightlambs sold to a cheaper trend.

There was a mixed conditionpenning of sheep with skin valuesshowing a great variation, frombare shorn through to full wool.Market trends were generallycheaper with demand weaker. Alift in skin values affected someprices.

Restocker lambs $75 to $137. Trade lambs $132 to $160Heavy lambs $150 to $178Extra Hvy lambs $162 to $190Light sheep $55 to $108Med. Sheep $82 to $148

This week we take a lookback to May of 1972. At a timewhen potatoes were still a sta-ple of primary production inthe district, it was a year withrecord potato crops and idealconditions.

It was also a year in whichthe potato pickers set a fewrecords of their own, includingthe elusive ‘ton’ in a day.

First off the mark was a sea-sonal worker from Gatton,Ron Schimdt. He bagged 104sacks of potatoes in a ninehour day in a crop grown byBob Gallagher east of Guyra,and claimed what was be-lieved to be a record.

That record was soon to go.Three weeks later Mick Knoxof Guyra stood up 115 bags inan eight and half hour day ina crop of certified seed pota-toes grown by Jim and HaroldWalker on their property nearChandler’s Peak east ofGuyra.

FLASHBACK: Potato picking century

The Guyra Library hosted a dozen residentsfrom the Kolora Hostel for a morning tea andbook reading as part of a new regular Libraryinitiative.

The Kolora outing to the Guyra Library wasa great success, and the event will become a bi-monthly occurrence for residents and a regularpart of the Guyra Library’s extensive activitiesprogram.

Along with a book reading, the Kolora resi-dents enjoyed a tour of the Library, with theevent bringing a number of Kolora Residentsto the building for the very first time.

Among the Kolora Residents was MargeWilkinson, who has been a long-time supporter

of the Library, and who has been borrowingbooks for some 60 years.

Manager of the Guyra Library, Mrs WendyWarner, said the Guyra Library is pleased toadd this new initiative to the Library’s regularprogram of events.

Kolora residents also recently enjoyed specialvisitors, Andrew and Hayley Devenish-Meareswith Andrew’s Guide dog “Sienna” along withguest speaker Jenny Croaker.

Jenny is an Orientation and Mobility special-ist with Guide Dogs NSW. It was a very inter-esting morning for the residents, learning ofthe ‘Guide Dog Breeding Program’ and inter-acting with ‘Sienna’.

Mick Knox is pictured in the paddock following his record

Probus NotesNext Monday, 15 May we are

having a Games Day at theBowling Club at 11.00am. Thecost for a light lunch is $10.00.Anyone interested in joiningProbus would be welcome.

Our guest speaker at ourmonthly meeting was MaryWalls and she told us all abouther and Tony’s trip to Laplandfor Christmas, visiting SantaClaus, seeing the NorthernLights and riding in sleighs insnow. A very exciting time.

Our meeting next month willbe on 19 June due to the longweekend falling on our usualday.

All welcome to come and joinus.

Judy Jackson

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10 May - Jan Jordan & St Mary’s

11 May - Pamela Hart

12 May - Golf Club ladies

15 May - Guyra LIons Club

16 May - Pamela Carter

Community NoticeboardMeals on Wheels

Street Stalls

11 May - Can Assist

12 & 13 May - Lions Club

18 May - Westpac Helicopter

19 May - Masonic Lodge

20 May - Guyra Central P & C

Church NoticesSt James Anglican

Sunday 9am Traditional Service,10.30am Family Service; 1stSunday of the month Backwater2pm, 3rd Sunday of the monthBen Lomond 12.00noon Rev Mark Evers 6779 1111St Mary’s Catholic

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

Sunday 9.00am Rev AndrewCampbell, Acting SessionClerk: Jim Coleman 6733 2021Uniting Church

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

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

66 Llangothlin St, Sunday meet-ing 10am, Wed 7pm FoodPantry - Fridays 1-3pm. Tony Stace 0427956772.Church of Freedom

10 Nincoola Street - Contact:0421 847 973, Tuesday Prayer6.30pm, Wed Bible Study6.30pm Sunday Service 10am

Service Clubs

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Did you ever come acrossthe statement ‘Mothers whodon’t earn money don’twork’? I think it is a quitecommon belief, especially infirst world countries, that theonly proper work is paidwork. Does it mean that un-paid work hasn’t the sameimportance as paid work?

With Mother’s Day comingthis weekend, it would notharm to take some time andthink deeply about state-ments which get said easily.

It is true that mothers whoearn money do work. If youhave a job you get paid for it.But if you put it the otherway round you get stuck inthinking.

Any person who appreci-ates a mother’s commitmentshe gives to the family couldnot agree with it. Well, is thecrux of the matter because‘being a mother’ is not a job?We certainly come very closeto the point.

Being a mother is not a job.Being a mother is muchmore. It is devotion and ded-ication, giving to your family.Mothers dedicate their time

and love to them and try tokeep them healthy andhappy. They are the glue whosticks the family together. Itdoes not surprise that love,time or health are some ofthese essential things in life

which cannot be bought. Allessential things in life are in-valuable.

So, on Mother’s Day we arecelebrating ‘all workingmothers’ - the paid ones andthe unpaid ones. The full-time mothers and the part-time mothers, but in any casethey are always responsiblefor being a mother 100%.

Hopefully mothers ofyoung children can enjoy

their time being a motherand don’t feel pressured intopaid work because of sugges-tive ideas that being a fulltime mother does not valueas much a paid mother. As amatter of fact, mothers workis not paid because it doesnot value anything, but be-cause it is invaluable!

We become mothers withgiving birth to the childrenand stay mothers until wepass away. Mothers actuallygrow in appreciation with be-coming a grandmother.“Grand” comes from theLatin language and has themeaning ‘magnificent’. Butthe value of every motherstays beyond her death in allher living children and in thememories of giving herself tothe family.

I wish to all mothers,grandmothers, great-grand-mothers (and there are evensome great-great grandmoth-ers amongst us), a veryhappy Mother’s Day andthank you for your invalu-able commitment you havegiven us.

Contributed

Reflections on Mother’s Day

As the rain fell on Wednes-day 29th of March, the schoolcalled us with the news thatthe Finlayson cup would bepostponed until the followingTuesday.

Tuesday the 4th of Aprildawned bright and breezy asathletes, parents, and staffmade their way to Chandlerschool at Wollomombi, east ofArmidale.

Our brave team of five par-ticipated in marching, teamball games, sprint, distanceand relay running, and longand high jumping.

Parents, siblings and teach-ers cheered enthusiasticallyfrom the sidelines, while thechildren tried their hardestagainst some stiff competitionfrom Bald Blair, Black Moun-tain, Ebor, Dundurrabin,Hernani, and the hosts,

Chandler.Ben Lomond were victori-

ous in the team ball game“corners”, and several stu-dents achieved individual rib-bons in other events.

Chandler P&C served a de-licious selection of cakes and

slices for morning tea, andlunch was a choice of hot dogsor chicken and gravy rolls.

Everyone went home tiredand a little sore, but proudand happy.

Mary Quilty

Ben Lomond School competes for Finlayson Cup

Pictured l to r: Ruben Jolly, Eli Jolly, Piper Kempton, Cody McLeod and Elle Bavea.

“Mothers workis not paid

because it doesnot value anything,

but because it is invaluable!”

Guyra Gazette Wednesday May 10, 2017 Page 7

On Wednesday 3rdMay Year 6 studentsfrom St Mary of theAngels participated inthe GRIP LeadershipConference held inArmidale.

The GRIP Leader-ship team presented aprogram that helpsstudents to developtheir leadership skillsin a positive and prac-tical way.

The students had awonderful day inter-acting with studentsfrom over twentyschools across the New

England. They were able to

learn about the differ-ent ways of leading inthe school environ-ment, working in ateam and about thevalues of great leader-ship. The Year 6 stu-dents will now applythese skills in theschool environmentand will continue todiscuss leadershipstrategies to make im-provements around theschool.

Principal Sharon Wittig

GRIP Leadership Conference

Abbie Field, Stephanie Spradbrow, Ruby Mills,

Ryan Jones, Charlie Wark and Ty Mulligan

On Wednesday, May 17, theTech Savvy Seniors RoadshowTeam will be visiting Guyra.

Guyra is one of only tentowns in NSW to host theRoadshow which will be at theGuyra Adult Learning Centrein Bradley St from 9.30amuntil 11.30am.

Tech Savvy Seniors is a part-nership between the NSWGovernment and Telstrawhich provides free technologytraining to older people acrossNSW. The ability to use tech-nology makes a big differencein people’s lives, helping themstay connected and active.

New England CommunityCollege has been running TechSavvy Seniors programs forthe last three years. The pro-

gram helps people access on-line information, websites andservices in order to enhancetheir social engagement, inter-action and connection with

friends, families and commu-nities.

The roadshow is an opportu-nity for seniors to come alongand learn first-hand that

there’s no need to be intimi-dated by mobile phones,tablets, laptops or other digitaldevices.  In fact, these tech-nologies offer the opportunityfor seniors to stay connected totheir family and friends oreven go shopping or conductbanking online.

If you would like more infor-mation about the Tech SavvySenior Roadshow please phoneGALA on 67792132.

You can bring along yourown computer, tablet or smartphone and receive advice onhow to make the most of thedigital world.

Light refreshments will beavailable. RSVP by FridayMay 12th for catering pur-poses.

Roadshow for Tech Savvy Seniors

NECC Tutor Edna Mendes working one on one with June Walker

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The Primary Athletics Carnivalwas held on Friday, 5th May. It waswonderful to see all students fromK-6 participate in many events, in-cluding novelty races and competi-tive sprints. The level of sportsmanship dis-played by all students was excel-lent and it was great to seestudents trying to earn points fortheir house. Congratulations to the winninghouse Chandler!Thank you to all the students, staffand parents for their assistance onthe day.Oscar Atkin broke the 11 year oldboy 100 metre record that was setby his older cousin Tyson Burey in2007. Oscar also broke the 200metre record. Archie Dowden broke the 11 yearold boys 800 m record.Nioka Levy beat the previous se-nior girls Discus record by 3 metre.Robert Sisson broke the senior boysDiscus record.Ellie Mitchell broke the High Jumprecord that was set in 1986 at 1.33metres; Ellie jumped an impressive1.47 metres!

Guyra Gazette Wednesday May 10, 2017 Page 8

Primary Carnival

Thursday 4th May, Maddi-son Bull participated in theZone Hockey try outs atSports UNE.

Maddie was successful insecuring a place in the ZonePSSA Hockey side to nowplay at the North WestHockey Trials in Armidaleon Thursday 18th May.

If successful at the NorthWest Trials she will competeat a state carnival in July.

We wish Maddie all thebest for the upcoming trials.

Junior Boy (8, 9 & 10 Years): Cooper Wilson, Senior Boy (12 & 13 Years): Robert Sisson

and 11 Years Boy: Oscar Atkin

11 Years Girl: Shanae Bull, Junior Girl (8, 9 & 10 Years): Ella Vidler; and Senior Girl (12 & 13 Years): Ellie Mitchell

Congratulations to everyonefor a wonderfully successfulSecondary Athletics Carnivalheld last Wednesday at GuyraCentral School. A specialthanks to all the staff for as-sisting in the smooth runningof the event.The participation of all stu-dents in attendance was fan-tastic and it allowed for somevery tightly contested agegroups.Age Champions:12 Years: Tiffany Mulligan andTahmani Landsborough13 Years Kiarna Landsbor-ough and Billy Youman14 Years Stephanie Cameronand Matthew Sisson15 Years Eva Knox/Sarah Ros-ten and Nicholas Morse16 YearsMadi Morgan andCharles Irwin17 Years plus Kelsie Youman& Sebastian GeeCongratulations to the win-ning house Nincoola.

The following records werebroken: Matthew Sisson broke the800m record with a time of00:02:52.Eva Knox, ran the 200m in atime of 00:32.56. Kelsie Youman finished the400m in a time of 1:05.01 andthe 800m in 2:30.05 beatingthe record for both of thesethat were set in 2009 by Sher-aya Johnson. Kelsie also

jumped 3.73m in Long Jumpand 1.32m in High Jump.Zakiya Blair threw a massive19.16m in Javelin beating therecord that was set in 2013 byJodi Ellis of 16.99m.Bailey Wilson put the Shot put14.2m, Felicity Campbell put7.66m and Shayla Cannon put6.6m.Gemma Williams threw13.31m in Discus beating arecord set in 2008.

Tahmani Landsborough fin-ished the 800m in a time of03:00.0 beating a record of3:06.44 that was set in 2008and then went on to throw avery impressive 20.38m in theJavelin beating the record setin 2014 of 16.25m. Jake Wilson finished the 800min a time 3:08.00, jumped 4.1min the Long Jump and HighJump 1.42m beating a recordof 1.35m.

Secondary athletics carnival

Zone PSSAHockey

A Mega Relay was one of the events at the Secondary Athletics Carnival

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Men’s GolfOn Sunday, 22 Juniors con-

tested the Guyra Junior Golf-Classic. The boys winner wasToby Cooper with a 74. Run-ner up was Lachlan Fleming.The girls winner was BreannaPurse with runner up TarynMaher. The 9 hole winner wasLuke Devney, runner up wentto Cooper Smith. The 4 holeprize went to Chloe Wilson,runner up was Noah Brennan.

Also on Sunday saw ChrisNewberry win the MonthlyMug with D Towells a closesecond. Nearest to the pinswent to B Coppock on the 7th,D Towells on the 10th and DLyes on the 18th.

Next weekend will see theTWG sponsored Mixed Cham-pionships on Saturday withover $200 worth of prizes.Sunday will be the Guyraopen 4BBB Stableford spon-sored by Davidson Cameronand Co. A time sheet is on theBoard. Sunday 21st May willbe the Guy Warskitt Memorialday.

Len and Geoff have thecourse looking good and afterall the rain. There are still wetpatches and carts should bedriven around them. Also pre-ferred lies have been changedto fairways only, not in therough. In other news the

matchplay draw has beendone with round 1 to be playedby 10/6/2017.

The new Club shirts are nowavailable to order. A sheet ison the board for names andsizes at a cost of $40

The Albatross

Ladies GolfTwelve ladies competed in a

Stableford competition forJulie Walker’s Trophy lastWednesday. Karen Oehlersplayed superb golf to win with44 Stableford points; whichequates to a magnificent 77 offthe stick. Runner up with 35Stableford points was PipWhite on a count back fromJenny Rogers.

Entries are due for the4BBB Stableford at the In-verell Open Day set down for31st May. We will play aStroke, with a putting compe-tition, incorporating theMabel Mackenzie Brooch onthe 10th May. The TWGMixed Championship, Strokeand Net, is on Saturday 13thMay; then a Par Medal onWednesday 17th May.Matches are now underwayfor the May Mitchell MemorialTrophy and you can follow thetable which will be posted onthe notice board.

Julie Walker

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Guyra United have backedup for their second week of thecompetition with a draw ineach of their senior games.

Second grade came awaywith a solid draw against ayoung Norths’ team. As is un-fortunately becoming custom-ary, Guyra started the game onthe back foot, before quicklysettling down and controllingdecent stretches of the firsthalf.

However, it was to be NorthArmidale that opened the scor-ing, somewhat against the runof play, when one of their nu-merous through balls found aman in space who swiftly putthe ball in the back of the net.

Guyra responded by continu-ing to work hard and knock theball around, going into halftime down 1-0. The second halfcontinued much like the first,before Norths stretched theirlead to 2, knocking a scrappygoal in off a corner. To theircredit, Guyra continued to keeptheir heads up, and knuckleddown looking for the back of thenet. It would come with about20 minutes to go, when AdamBrennan knocked in a fine longrange shot from about 25 years,leaving the keeper no chance.

This was just the sparkGuyra needed, and they finally

began to hit feet with firmpasses, knocking the ballaround well, looking for theequaliser. It would come insidethe last 10 minutes, whenRheece Handebo finished offsome impressive team build up.Guyra finished the stronger ofthe two teams, with time run-ning out with them well on top,looking for the final winner.Points this week were ScottMiller (3), Mason Harmon (2)and Blake Handebo (1).

The first grade team also fin-ished with a draw against theirNorth Armidale opponents.The Caspers opened the scor-ing with a goal to Henk Bus.This was to be their only goal ofthe day against the young andfit Norths team who equalizedto see the game finish in a 1-1draw.

This was a solid result for theGuyra boys who held thestrong Norths team at bay.Points this week went to goalieDesie Walls (3) Ashley Holt (2)and Brodie Harman (1).

Next week sees the Guyraboys back on home groundagainst the Glen Innes High-landers. Second grade kick offthe action at 1pm at the Recre-ation Ground and the firstgraders take to the field at3pm.

Guyra Bowling Club played host to 30teams of bowlers over the weekend whenthey played in the Three Bowl Pairs AnnualCarnival.

Teams came from Glen Innes, ArmidaleCity, Armidale Ex Services, Walcha a num-ber of composite teams and Guyra. All Clubswere well represented.

The Carnival was played over five roundsover two days, after the dust had settledonly three teams had five wins.

Starting with 6th place R Strange and KFittler a women’s team from Armidale ExServices with 4 wins plus 52 points.

5th place went to Dan Kennedy and Gra-ham Starr a Guyra team with 4 wins plus54 points. 4th place was taken out by thecomposite team of C Marshall Armidale ExServices and Paul Johnson Guyra with 4wins plus 55 points. 3rd place went to JohnMcIllwain and Roger Cox Guyra with 5wins plus 54 points. After a count back 2ndplace went to M Ahoy and A Whitton Armi-dale Ex Services with 5 wins plus 55 points.The winners for the weekend went to TodFuller and Steve Stubbs Armidale City with5 wins plus 55 points.

The weekend was played in perfect Guyraweather and enjoyed by all participants, theweekend culminated in a Barbeque lunch.

On behalf of the players I would like tothank Betty-Anne Bourke for the effort andtime she put in to make the Carnival a suc-cess, the Carnival Committee, the Bar staff,the Kitchen staff for the wonderful meals onSaturday, The volunteers that made thesurrounds a picture, Bertha Reeves for sell-

ing the raffle tickets, to Peter King andDavid Saunders for the Barbeque, the Um-pires and last but not least the Sponsorswho without the Carnival could not possiblyrun.

This weekend in Bowls the first round ofthe Club Fours will be played on Saturdayafternoon May ̀ 13th, Start: 1.00pm. Starterand Umpire D Wilcox.

The teams to play are: R Moore, B Stan-ley, G Reeves, D Lyes to play J McIllwain, DWilcox, R Cox and J Hamel.

D Kennedy, C Stanley, G Mitchell, G Starrto play S Sole, M Walls, E Sole and ASparke, All Skips are to make sure thattheir team is complete.

Sunday May 14th Start 12.00pm. Starter:Robert Walls. Umpire: John Jackson.

Major Singles Semi Final: Dan Kennedyto play Col Stanley marker Robert Walls.

Major/Minor Pairs: John Jackson andGeoff Reeves to play Phil Kliendienst andMurray Bourke.

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Over two weekends, Guyra’sjunior rugby league playershave continued on their winningways.

They had a clean sweepagainst the Armidale Rams onApril 29th. The girls showedthey will be a force to be reck-oned with this season winningtheir sixth game in a row to thetune of 20-4.

The under 8s had a good win48-12 and the 10s ran away 48-4. The closest game of the daywas the under 12s who scrapedhome with a 20-18 victory.

Backing up on the weekend the junior Spuds hitthe road, travelling to Ashford where they once againperformed extremely well.

The Junior League Tag girlshad a 10-10 draw, the under 8sblitzed the opposition 44-8, theunder 10s scored 50 unan-swered points and the 12s wontheir game 30-8.

After six wins in a row for theLeague Tag girls, a draw withAshford was a disappointing re-sult for coach Tara Mendes.

“These girls have been playingextremely well this year and Ithought they would win this onetoo,” she said. “However theywere all a bit tired from theirathletics carnival the day beforeand I think this impacted their

game.”“I expect them to be back at

their best this weekend. Wehave a few girls who have beenplaying together since theystarted and some younger oneswho are starting to make theirpresence felt,” Tara said.

“They are a good team andhave made the final every yearthey have played - this year I amdetermined they will go all theway.”

This weekend Guyra will be athome at the Guyra SportingComplex in the battle of the (for-mer) shire against the TinghaTigers.

Junior League Tag (l to r:) Abby Field, Hayley Clark, Ava Campbell, Matilda Atkin, Shanae Bull,Sophie Mitchell, KieshaLandsborough,Myah Wilson, Akashia Brazier and Ellie Mitchell

Junior spuds know how to win

Round five of the New Eng-land Rugby competition washeld on Saturday 6th May andGlen/Guyra took on the Barbar-ians at home for the first timethis season.

It was a tough, physical gamefrom both sides and theGhost/Elks took an early leadwith a try, The game remainedfairly tight throughout but un-fortunately too many penaltieswere given away and the Bar-barians ran away with a 36-26victory.

Points this week went to LivaSili (3), Tom Cleaver (2), FergusMcIntosh (1) and Players Playerto Liva Sili. Despite the loss, itwas a great day off the field forour annual Ladies Day. We

would like to take this opportu-nity to thank all the local busi-nesses who kindly donated thelucky door prizes, Guyra Phar-macy, Guyra Emporium, TheBeauty Room by Jayde, HairyTales Comb True, Kirks IGA andDasha’s Hardware. Thanks alsogo to the men who took charge ofrunning the bar and canteen forthis occasion, your help has notgone unnoticed.

This weekend's match is ahome game in Glen Innesagainst St Alberts College. Thisis our second time facing off withthe younger side and it is sure tobe an entertaining, thoughtough, 80 minutes of rugby. Kickoff is a 3:15 PM at the GlenInnes Showground.

Glen/Guyra go down