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Wednesday March 11, 2020

Seniors from across the regiondescended on Guyra on Mondayfor a day of dining, dance andenjoyment. It was an opportu-nity to dress up with a bit ofglitz and glamour, greet oldfriends and make new ones.

170 people attended thisyear’s event coming from GlenInnes, Uralla, Bingara, Barraba,Armidale Tingha and Guyra.The Senior’s Ball is a biennialevent organised by Guyra HomeSupport Services.

Music was provided by CyrilGreen and family, and the musicproved popular with many tak-ing the opportunity to take atwirl on the dance floor. Theevent also brought togetheryoung and old with local schoolstudents providing extra enter-tainment. Students from StMarys Primary School sang sev-eral well-rehearsed songs andGuyra Central students de-lighted with their exhibition ofdancing.

Toni Kirkman from GuyraHome Support Services saidthat the event would not be pos-sible without the support of vol-unteers who assisted with theorganisation and running of theday. Catering was provided byBald Blair P & F who suppliedmorning tea, with a deliciouslunch served up by Mary Sissonand her team who went above

and beyond to ensure everyonewas well fed. Fourteen studentsfrom Guyra Central School as-sisted with serving the mealsand Toni said that their assis-tance was invaluable.

ARC Mayor Simon Murray in-troduced Guyra Citizen of theYear Sue Adams who spoke ofthe enormous benefits of gettingtogether for events such as theSenior’s Extravaganza.

“It gives me great pleasure tobe here because when I lookaround I can see so many peopleI know,” Sue said. “I have spentmany years as a nurse and a bigpart of my contribution has beento the aged care community.”

“It is important to take an ad-vantage of opportunities such asthis to get together and enjoythe company of others. Be as ac-tive as you can because by stay-

ing active you can stay young.” Member for Northern Table-

lands Adam Marshall performedthe official opening, and com-mended the organisers for pro-viding an opportunity for thecommunity to come together andacknowledge they have done tobuild our communities in towhat they are today.

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Glitz and Glamour on the dance floor

Paul Kliendienst (centre)with King and Queen Bill

Wicks and Audrey Hollaway

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The Lions Club of Guyra hadtheir annual Senior Citizensmystery outing on Sunday,March 8th. Forty seniors, Lionsmembers, their wives and part-ners travelled to Tingha stop-ping first at the Wing Hing LongMuseum. They enjoyed morningtea with scones jam and creamsupplied by the museum volun-teers and had a good look at thememorabilia displayed in the oldstore.

They then moved on to theNational Transport Museum atInverell, where BBQ lunch wasprovided. Everyone enjoyed agood look around at the old Ve-hicles and all that is on display.A great display of private andmuseum pieces. By all accountsfrom the Senior citizens aboardhad an enjoyable day out.

The Lions Club of Guyrawould like to thank Glen andNatalie of Gavne Enterprises forsuppling the bus and Glen for

being our driver for the day.Thanks also to Wayne Mendesfrom the Guyra VRA for beingour first aider, thankfully his

services were not needed. Onceagain a big thank you to all thatparticipated on the day.

Guyra Central School students ex-celled with three students being placedon the NSW HSC Distinguished Achiev-ers List in 2019. Madison Morgan madethe list for Agriculture, while SavannahRoberts and Gemma Williams excelledin the Primary Industries Examination.

It should be noted that Mr  ScottMiller taught all of these subjects andworked very closely with those studentswho achieved this great honour.  Theschool also had some great results acrossthe board with all of the students per-forming at a level that has allowed themto pursue their preferred career path.

Five of the 2019 HSC cohort com-

menced university this week. MadisonMorgan is studying Physiotherapy atSouthern Cross University, Bronte Stan-ley is studying a Bachelor of Science atthe University of Newcastle, GemmaWilliams is studying a Bachelor of BioMedical Science, at UNE, while AshleighRichardson and Chloe White are bothundertaking a Bachelor or Nursing, atUNE.

Alex Nitschke has landed a local Elec-trical Apprenticeship and is studying atTAFE as is Hannah Gordon. Hannah iscompleting a Diploma in Childcare atArmidale TAFE and is working at Armi-dale Childcare services. Savannah

Roberts has followed her passion and isstudying a Diploma of  Dance in Bris-bane.

Four students have decided to take aGAP year in 2020. Brayden Cameron(University 2021), Gemma Sisson (Uni-versity 2021) Tara Wells (University2021) Sarah Rosten (station work 2020in Northern Australia) Taylor Brennan(Farm), Jack Radford (Retail) and CarlyHarman (Armidale Courthouse) are allin full-time employment. Yuki Li is liv-ing in Sydney with her family and wewere  not  able to make contact at thetime of this publication.

Future bright for Class of 2019

Guyra District Seniors enjoying lunch at the National Transport Museum Inverell

With the 2019 HSC behind them , Year 12 students from Guyra Central School are now making their way in the world

Lions mystery outing a hit with seniors

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Members of the ArmidaleProbus Club visited Guyra lastweek, enjoying a visit to theGuyra Museum, and seeingsome of the other sights in thearea.

Many of the members haveclose connections through familyand friends and enjoyed seeing familiar items in the museum.Dorothy Lockyer from the Guyraand District Historical Societyconducted a guided tour of theMuseum and was able to providesome interesting insights intolocal history.

Robyn Jackson joined thegroup at the museum and latergave an interesting talk onGuyra and the establishment ofthe tomato farm and general in-formation from her time asMayor.

The group enjoyed morningtea on the highway near the biglamb and then boarded the busand drove out to the tomato farmwhich was an eye opener forthose who had not seen it before.

They were impressed with thesize and scale of the operation.

On the way home they took adetour to visit Malpas dam andview the beautiful scenery –once again it was the first timefor some to see the dam which

supplies water to Armidale.The group as a whole was

most impressed with Guyra andthe museum in particular andappreciated the wonderful wel-come.

The visitors had such a good

time they will definitely returnat some stage.

Guyra and Armidale Probusregularly come together for so-cial occasions and enjoy the op-portunity to interact throughoutthe year.

Armidale Probus come up the hill

MARIMBA CLEARING SALE

Farm Plant and Machinery and Household ItemsSaturday, 14th March at 10.00am — Baxters Road, Tenterden (Guyra) NSW

For further info and pictures — https://eldersrural.com.au/classifieds/plant-machinery-clearing-sales/656/

Plant & Machinery – 2009 Massey Fergusson 7465 125HP tractor and chal-lenge gear including forks, blade/stick rake and 7ft bucket, 2017 Honda Pio-neer 1000cc side by side with windscreen and doors, Honda CT 200 Ag Bike,International 574 tractor with blade/stick rake, bench grinder, Lincoln MIGwelder, drill press, air compressor, UHF radios, chainsaw sharpener, rockguard for trailer, jerry cans, fire extinguisher, Honda pump, foam marker, Daveyfirefighter pump, grease guns, ¾” drive socket set, pipe bender, tap and dieset, impact sockets, drill bit sharpener, drill sets, ratchet sockets, bag trolleys,wool trolleys, angle grinders, sanders, planer, circular saw, nail gun, Dremel,trolley jacks, 12V jack, Ruddweigh bars and indicator, anvils, chainsaws, leafblower, whipper snipper, log splitter with Kohler motor, post driver, fencing gear,LPG oxy set, wire rope, tie down straps, wool pack holders, betta batts, foxlights, bale hooks, shears, lamb bars, diesel hand pump with 600L tank, quad-bike spot sprayers, 240V cement mixer, Triton super jaws, cox ride on mower,BA pumps and sprayer 300L spot spray unit with boomless nozzle and reel,7kva Honda Gentech generator, sheep weighing crate, 1 tonne Vikon superspreader, Hardi 850L boom spray with foam markers, in cab control, 8m boomand PTO drivers, firefighter trailer with Honda Davey pump, jetting unit withHonda engine and air jetting pumps, 1800 hd Advantage feeders, 5m pencilauger with 240V motor, 33ft Auger with Honda motor, Vennings Auger withHonda motor, tipping carry all, bulk bag lifter, diesel tank and stand, harrows,Yeomans chisel plough 11 tyne, feed out trailer, 2400 poly tank, 1000L polytank, bogey axle, tipping trailer with sides, sheep crate for bogey axle trailer,drag chains, 7ft Pearson hydraulic grader blade, 3PL counter weight, stick raketo suit challenge gear, Superior hydraulic post hole digger, sheep crates, posthole auger, Muldboard plough, quad bike trailer, sheep yard panels, pipe, jib,3PL hay spears, hay spears to suit challenge gear, corrugated iron, log sling,

2” pipe layer on challenge ripper, fencing materials, steel posts, wire spinnerand dollys, hinge joint strainer, feed out bin, Superior 7ft slasher, Waratah galposts, petrol tank on stand, Woolview 20/20 micron tester, shovels, rakes,picks, crowbars, tipper trailer, various tynes, Hilux ARB bulbar, Hardi 400L tankon frame, reloading gear.Household – Engel fridge freezer 39L, camping chairs and tables, campingstoves, camping gas heater, fridges, weight set.Outside Vendors – Machinery only.Connor Shea direct drill 3m, 18 tyne fold down finger harrows, monitor andspares.Terms – Payment required on day -EFTPOS AVAILABLE, cash orcheque. ID required, number systemwill operate, GST will apply after fallof hammer. Catering available on the day.Directions – Guyra/Tingha Rd fromGuyra (18km), Tenterden Rd (12km),Moredun Dams Rd (4km), BaxtersRd (500m). Look out for signs.

ARMIDALE 6775 4500

Paul Harris 0428 600 510

Wayne Jenkyn 0428 293 556

Armidale Probus members at the Guyra Museum last week

On Friday 28th February StMarys students CamillaGrills, Olive McFarlane andTessa Jackson travelled toMoree to compete at theDiocesan Swimming Carni-val.

The three girls all swamwell against some very im-pressive competitors. Olivedid exceptionally well in the50m freestyle, coming 5thoverall.

Congratulations girls foryour outstanding sportsman-ship and for being such won-derful ambassadors for StMary of the Angels School.

Principal Sharon Wittig

BUYING up all the toiletpaper in town.

TRAVELLING from Armi­dale to Guyra just to buytoilet paper.

What’s HOT

Guyra MPS

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Mar. rainfall 21.8 mm

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Black Mountain PublicSchool would like to extend avery warm welcome to MrsJane Moffatt who joins ourteaching team.

Mrs Moffatt is working inour senior class and brings awealth of experience in liter-acy and numeracy to extendand support our students’learning.

K-2 students are enjoyingusing their new laptops asthey develop important com-puter literacy skills.

Principal Justine Eddy

WelcomeMrs Moffatt

Swimmerscompete for school

HOPE FAMILYFUNDRAISER ­ great sup­port received so far. Fam­ily Fun Day coming up soplease join in the fun andhelp out this local family

BIG GOLF TOURNAMENTin town next week. Lotsof visitors coming somake them welcome

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

None the wiser after

water meetingIn response to Hans Hiet-

brink’s letter in the Gazette(March 4) l will respond bysaying that the reason themeeting got a little heated wasbecause the citizens of Guyraare tired of the lack of commu-nication by Council over thesituation in regard to thewater issues (eg bores, drain-ing the lagoon, transport ofwater by truck, water restric-tions, costs involved etc). With

respect to the ARC representa-tives who spoke at the meet-ing, we are still none thewiser.

I find it bewildering that acompany the size of Costasdoes not have a written con-tractual agreement with ARCin relation to water usage re-gardless of whether we are indrought or not.

It was stated that there waslack of understanding of thefacts. Most attendees at themeeting still don’t know thesupposed facts and where we

go from here. The meeting ap-parently was meant for thosewho are members of the GuyraBusiness Chamber and GuyraRotary Club. I attended ameeting of the Chamber some12 months ago and not onemember acknowledged that Iwas in attendance - no wel-come, no thanks for coming,would you like to join? Andthey have the hide to say thatthose that attended the meet-ing last week are discourteousand disrespectful!

Rob Lenehan

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Hope Family Fundraiser

*See Hope Family Fundraiser Facebook page for further details.For more information please contact Jo Dullaway 0428 747 072

All proceeds go directly to the Hope Family.

In July 2018, at the age of 2 ½, Samuel Hope was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia.

Sam spent almost 12 months in Newcastle undergoing chemotherapy, blood transfusions and medical procedures to treat his Leukaemia and related medical issues. In May 2019

maintenance stage of treatment.

Sadly, in January 2020 test results showed that Sam had relapsed. Sam and his family have returned to Newcastle for further treatment.

A CAN FOR SAMWe are collecting cans and bottles for the Return & Earn program. Eligible containers or vouchers can be dropped at Guyra Preschool.

FAMILY FUN DAY - 21ST MARCH 202012noon 3 person Golf Ambrose (in partnership with Guyra United Soccer Club)

4pm Family Fun Day at the Guyra Bowling Club • Jumping Castles • Blow up kids activities • Face Painting • other kids activities • Food from 4.30pm • Train rides

Karaoke till late

RAFFLE FOR SAMTickets: $2 each Drawn: 21st March 2020Tickets available from: CT Electrics, Dashas,

Brisk Trading, St Mary’s of the Angels School, Guyra Pharmacy, Guyra Preschool, Coles Armidale.*

OVER 50 PRIZES!

Name the Train

The Guyra Heritage Rail Group is conducting a

competition for children between the ages of 4 to 12 years

to give the train a suitable name.

Print your suggested name in the box below the train and

submit your entry to the Gazette’s office by 20th March 2020.

The winning entry will be announced in the Gazette on

8th April 2020.

The name will be proudly displayed on the train.

Child’s name: ......................................................

Parent’s signature: ..............................................

Parent’s name: ....................................................

Contact: ..............................................................

Open Trial1st Justin Tombs and

George from Armidale, 2ndTony Overton and Tess fromWalcha, 3rd Tony Overtonand Gidgee, 4th Tony Over-ton and Orca, 5th StuartWilliamson and Trend. Totalof 22 competitors. JudgeRoss Fletcher fromMacksville

Novice Trial1st Ross Fletcher from

Macksville and Pirate, 2ndStuart Williamson fromGuyra/Armidale area andPistol, 3rd Ed Wall fromBoggabri with Duke, 4thGreg Thomas from Armidaleand Barry.  Total of 16 com-petitors.  Judge Eric Tighefrom Bundarra

Maiden Trial1st Ross Fletcher and Pi-

rate, 2nd Eric Tighe andSonic, 3rd Barry Grills andDoc.  30 competitors.  JudgeGreg Thomas

The Highest Scoring Ladywas Shelley Burns fromBrisbane, prize donated by

Betty and Don Mayled. TheHighest Scoring BeginnerJeremy Grills.

Many thanks to Yard TrialSponsors NAB agribusiness,Coprice dog biscuits, LukeTaylor, along with sheep

donor Michael and WendyJackson, Livestock CarrierAndrew Youman and sheepyard panels Ron and Mau-reen Looker and Warrenand Gina Lockyer

112TH GUYRA SHOW: YARD DOG TRIALS

Above l to r: Winners & place getters novice yard trial

Ross Fletcher, Eric Tighe (judge) Margo Hogan, Richard

Post, Ed Wall, Greg Thomas, Stuart Williamson

Right: Don Mayled, Shelley Burns, Betty Mayled

Guyra Gazette Wednesday March 11, 2020 Page 6

March 12th Joyce Betts

March 13th Golf Ladies

March 16th Lions Club

March 17th Pamela Carter

March 18th Ann Hulbert

Community NoticeboardMeals on Wheels

Street StallsMarch 13th WRHS

March 19th Anglican Women

March 20th

Presbyterian Church

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 The Chapel

66 Llangothlin St, Sunday meeting 10am Linden & KerriePollard Ph.0412 531 883.Food Pantry - 1st, 3rd & 5th Friday of month 10am-12pm, then1pm-2.30pmChurch 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

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

Rail Trail rescission

motion disappointingI read with some disappoint-

ment in the latest Gazette that,after passing of a motionfavourable to the proposed railtrail by Armidale RegionalCouncil, a rescission motionwas tabled. The councillor whotabled this rescission motionpulled a similar stunt in rela-tion to the rail trail some timeago, which prompts me to ask:“What does she have againstGuyra?”

It’s plain to see that Armi-dale, like Guyra, is dying andboth desperately need the eco-nomic stimulus that the railtrail will bring. My wife and Ivisited a small rail-trail town,

much the same size as Guyra,on two occasions over a twelve-month period to listen to whatthe locals thought.

Despite initial objections, al-most 100% of them are now infavour of the rail trail and weheard that it is worth around 1million dollars per month ineconomic activity. I wonderhow many of our councillorshave bothered to visit any-where where there is a railtrail so that they know whatwe are talking about.

When I joined East West Air-lines in 1960 in Tamworth thepopulation of Armidale was21,000 - 22,000. Tamworth atthe same time was 19,000 –now it is 50,000, with Armidalestill around 22,000. It would be

simplistic to suggest that thesuccess of Tamworth overArmidale over that time is duesolely to the progressive coun-cil in the one and the regres-sive council in the other, butstatistic speak for themselves.

Maybe too many rescissionmotions in Armidale? To quoteElizabeth Koff, Secretary ofNSW Health: ‘If you don’t likechange, you are going to like ir-relevance even less.”

So, Councillors, when thisrescission motion comes up fordebate can I ask that you takeyour courage into your handsand vote to throw it into thegarbage where it belongs.

John Ross

Say NO to BoreThe Mother of Ducks Lagoon

Nature Reserve (MODLNR), arecipient of Federal Govern-ment funding (Bicentennial) to“encourage a sense of nationalawareness in our environment”with the objective “to investi-gate environmental aspectswhich influence Mother ofDucks Lagoon,…conceiving acourse of action required to in-crease the value of this highlydisturbed lagoon as a habitatfor waterbirds ..”

The lagoon was Gazetted aPublic Reserve in 1894, and de-clared a Fauna ProtectionArea. J Plummer, 1893-4,wrote ‘an extensive lagoon ….famous for its immense num-ber of wildfowl’. 1907, S.E. Leeswrites: “..a sheet of water ..teems with wild fowl and swan.”

Drainage history included inbrief here to describe the pre-Nature Reserve, levee bankneed. Cleared by “ power saw ..tree puller..plough..to drain thesurface..Peat .. some feet thick.. absorbs and holds water likea sponge and cannot be drainedaway.” Drainage of the lagoontook place in 1923, 1950, 1959,1962, 1963, to assist golf courseand grazier interests, despite itbeing a declared Fauna Protec-tion Area. The results of vari-ous drainage programs loweredthe lagoon level by some 2 me-

tres below its maximum level.It originally comprised approx.500 ha, .. confined to100 ha.(Sept 1978 Water Resources).

There is now an objectiveplease, Guyra community. Toview a Lagoon needing our carefrom now. To question why abore, complete with reservoir,is being a considered townwater supply. And must be re-moved immediately from itsposition. The MODLNR bound-ary lies 200m from this bore,which sits beside the LauraCreek exit, in Izzeard Park. Avital river system is the LauraCreek, fed by this high Wet-land, now under threat from adifferent drainage way by theArmidale Regional Council(ARC).

How does a declared FaunaProtection Area (1894), andnow Nature Reserve, be over-ridden AGAIN, facing this newdrainage threat? How can ARCplace a bore, to feed a town,this close to the MODLNR?

Is this community aware thisis happening close to a Lagoon,very rare in kind, and few innumber. Less than 5 on theTablelands under law protec-tion!

The bore reservoir setup sitsbeside the Laura Creek, as itleaves the mother waters(MODLNR) feeding this vitalriver system, which feeds theGwydir River system, which

ultimately offers water to theMurray-Darling basin via avast protected wetland underConservation law. Already thebore has offered over 250000Lper day, to a local enterprise.The issue being, a protectedWetland, high, being theMODLNR, is now under an-other drainage threat. Deepaquifer drainage. Please readthe offered link:www.ground-waterscienceandsustainabil-ity.org/ . A different view .

Can we all, as rural resi-dents, assist a current waterdilemma, and offer the tank onhouse, shed, roof way, all ruralproperty owners use. A SUP-PLEMENTARY supply ofcourse. To assist a Ryanda Weir/ Malpas Dam fill to capacity.

Objective.To view abundantbirdlife. To revere, and learnwhy we need high Wetlandswell.

Please say no to this bore.NO to a bore poorly positioned.YES to care ways, previouslyoffered so well by the Guyracommunity, to assist recoveryof this vital Mother of DucksLagoon.

Any interested person’s inLandcare, please contact myemail . I am proposing aMODLNR and Laura RiverSystem Landcare Group toSNEL next week.

Email alircairns@gmail.comAli Cairns

12 inch underhand handicap –1st Lincoln Gill, Glen Innes, 2ndMichael Shipman, Guyra, 3rdJordon Peterson, Kempsey, 4thGraham Peterson, Kempsey

12 inch standing blockhandi-cap – 1st Michael Shipman,Guyra, 2nd Steve Dunn, GlenInnes, 3rd Graham Peterson,Kempsey, 4th Tim O’Shanessey,Inverell

11 inch elimination handicap– 1st Lachlan Bryce, Murru-rundi, 2nd Jordon Peterson,Kempsey, 3rd Graham Peterson,Kempsey

Doublehanded Sawing handi-cap -.1st J Barnett/M Moore,Armidale/Willowtree, 2nd TO’Shanessey/A Moran, In-verell/Moleton, 3rd M Ship-man/L Bryce,Guyra/Murrurundi, 4th SDunn/G Dunn, GlenInnes/Uralla

Relay - 1st Makita team – JGill, Glen Innes; A Moran, Mole-ton; J Peterson, Kempsey; LBryce, Murrurundi, 2nd Tech-wool Trading team – G Dunn,Uralla; J Barnett, Armidale; SDunn, Glen Innes; M Shipman,

Guyra, 3rd Kentucy Stationteam – T O’Shanessey, Inverell;L Gill, Glen Innes; G Peterson,Kempsey; M Moore, Willowtree

Guyra Gazette Wednesday March 11, 2020 Page 7

Above: Relay Event competitiorsRight: Dorothy Vickery, Michael

Shipman, Steve Dunn, Graham Pe-terson, and Tim O’Shanessey

112TH GUYRA SHOW: WOODCHOP

March 5th ­ There was a small in­crease in numbers. All categoriesrepresented in what was a mostlyplain quality penning. There weresome very good cows and a smallnumber of well bred vealers andyearlings. The usual processors werein attendance along with an in­creased presence of restocker buy­ers. Demand was high throughout asrestockers look to put somethinginto paddocks to eat what looks tobe an abundance of feed.

The high demand resulted indearer trends for the most partthrough the young cattle. The varia­tions in quality accounted for somelarge price changes, both positiveand negative. Vealer steers to re­stock saw a firm to dearer market

trend with large variations in quality.Light weight vealer heifers to re­stocks sold to a significantly dearertrend. Yearling steers under 330kgexperienced significant price im­provement with some of the veryplain light weights attracted pricessimilar to those of the vealers. Year­ling heifers sold to dearer trendswith the plainest light weights expe­riencing the greatest improvement.

Insufficient well finished grownsteers and heifers for a quote. Theplainer grown heifers attractedstrong restocker competition the sellto dearer trends. Restockers wereactive on plain condition cows withthe market showing strong gains.Well finished cows to processorswere as much as 10c/kg dearer.

March 6th ­ After an un­planned one week break insales it was back to business asusual this week. The cancella­tion of last week’s sales due toa cyber attack on the industriesmajor software provider led toa back log of wool being offerednationally this week. The62,000 plus bale national offer­ing was the largest we haveseen in almost 12 years. Themarket opened on a very solidnote with most of the Merinotypes gaining a few cents by theend of the first day. Sheerweight of numbers seemed tocatch up with the market on thefinal selling day with most typesgiving back their gains and con­

tinuing into negative territoryfor the week. 47,421 bales weresold nationally with a passedrate of 23.7%. Major buyers in­cluded Techwool, Seatech andFox & Lillie. The Western regionselling after the Easternseaboard closed yesterday suf­fered the largest losses. AWTAtest data released on Monday isshowing a 10.3% decline in theweight of wool tested nationallyfor the month of February withthe season to date decline at5.7%.Next weeks national offer­ing of 46,680 bales is largerthan originally expected how­ever quantities are expected todip back into the mid 30,000safter that.

Guyra Sheep & Lamb Sale

Armidale Cattle Sale

March 4th ­ There was a re­duced penning of 1,850 lambs and1,690 sheep. The quality of thelambs was fair to very good withboth processors and restockerswell catered for. Restocker lambsvaried from plain conditioned lightweights through to well finished inthe 20­22kg weight class.

The regularprocessors were inattendance, while the restockermarket met strong competition.

Demand for restocker lambswas as high as it has been at thiscentre. All classes including lightweight Merino lambs experiencedsignificantly dearer trends. From adressed weight price comparison,

the lighter the lambs the higherthe price.

The well finished heavierweights saw carcase price estima­tions higher than those purchasedby processors. The well finishedlambs also sold to dearer trendswith the exception of the extraheavy weights. They averaged

cheaper with quality the majorcontributing factor. Bearing inmind the prize winning premiumsof the previous sale.

There were some well finishedsheep penned alongside the usualplainer grades. Demand was highthrough all classes with stronggains shown in most categories

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Hosting any event in a smallcommunity, either sporting orsocial, requires a large contin-gent of volunteers and this isever so apparent with the up-coming NEDGA Ladies’ GolfTournament that will be held inGuyra on the 18th-20th March.

The Ladies’ Golf Committeehave been planning this eventfor over 12 months with morethan 100 visiting competitorsexpected.

Guyra and Armidale busi-nesses have excelled in theirgenerosity towards this event. Iam hoping everyone who readsthis article helps us to showthem the appreciation they de-serve.

I hope the sponsors are proud

to be part of such a prestigiousevent – so again I ask the com-munity to bear in mind that introubled times, our local busi-nesses suffer and we should allbe humbled to know that al-though their pockets are a littleempty, they are still deep.

So let’s show our local spon-sors how worthwhile it was toput their name to this event andremember….live local…shoplocal! I can only hope that withall these visitors in town for 3days that the economy receivesa boast. Thank you to all whohave helped along the way,whether your contribution hasbeen large or small.

Vicki ReevesPresident

A big week of golf coming up

A Honda Jazz as a prize for a hole in one on the 18th thanks to Hardman Honda in Armidale

Sponsors include Dick Burey Country Kitchens, New England Autos Kirks IGA, Regional AustraliaBank, MyPlates, Maclean Care, Costa Group and the Guyra Bowling and Recreation Club

Mens BowlsSaturday March 7th saw the

continuation of Pennant playat Guyra. In the No.7 Pen-nants Guyra played Walchaand were successful winningall three rinks. This resultgave Guyra 10 points toWalcha’s nil. After three gamesof play the No.7 Pennant teamhave 28 points out of 30 points.

Saturday also saw theGuyra No.4 Pennant teamplay Inverell RSM.

Guyra had success in thisencounter winning only onerink. However the winningmargin of this rink more thancovered the other two rinkslosses. This gave Guyra theirfirst win taking out the win 8points to RSM’s 2 points. TheNo.4 Pennant team now has 9points out of 30 points. Stilltime for more points by both

teams. No Club Championships this

weekend as the Women haveDistrict events at Guyra thisweekend and both greens willbe in use.

The Bowls Bandit

Ladies’ GolfOn Wednesday 4th March 12

ladies played a 4BBAM withSuzanne Towells and DonnaWhite coming out as winnerswith a score of 59 points.

Nearest the Pin Winnerswere on the 9th hole WendyGeorge, Karen Oehlers on the10th hole and Pip White on the18th hole.

This week we are playing aStroke/Flag Event along withThe Goodwill Plate to be heldconcurrently with the FirstRound of the NSW Medal.

Next week is the NEDGA

Tournament a 3 day eventwith almost 100 ladies to par-ticipate from the New Englandregion and beyond.

Birdie

Men’s GolfLast Sunday was the Guy

Warskitt memorial stableford.The winners were MichaelKirk and Richard Burey witha good honest score of 42points. Runners up wereSteven Sole and Mick Shinerone point behind,

Richard had another win onSunday when he became thenew Golf Captain - congratula-tions Richard,

Nearest to the pins wereSteven Sole on the 7th, TysonBurey on the 10th and BarrySimpson on the 18th.

Next Sunday will be an 18hole par for the Dick Burey

country kitchens trophy sowith the course on the improvewhy not make a comeback.

The Albatross

Mid week golfLast week of mid week golf.

Finishes this Sunday 15thMarch with a BBQ at 5pm andsome presentations. Hopeeveryone can make it.

This week highest individualpoint score went to BelindaWilliamson with 23. Next inline was Flea Burey, DavidBrown and Leonie Taylor with21.

Hopefully we will get enoughfine afternoons this week soeveryone gets a chance to play.

See you Sunday.Middy

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The Super Spuds have anew look ahead of this Satur-day’s first big event of 2020.

The Spuds will join theGuyra Hockey Club andGuyra United Soccer Club inlaunching the winter sportsseason this Saturday at thecommunity hall.

The party starts at 6pmwith dinner, bar, prizes, livemusic by visiting band Fu-

garwie and a raffle in aid ofthe Hope family.

Raffle prizes include twonights accommodation atDolphin Bay Resort atYamba, a fridge donated byCT Electric and a SuperSpuds jersey.

Raffle tickets are $5 orthree for $10 and are avail-able at the Guyra Café, Four-ways, the Royal Hotel and on

the night.There is also a lucky door

prize of a Gold Coast Titansjersey.

Anyone who missed out ontickets for the night butwould like to attend will beadmitted for $10 at the doorafter 8pm.

Meanwhile the Spuds havechosen Tommy Cleaver asmen's captain for 2020, Britt

Youman returns as skipper ofthe women’s leaguetag teamand Jack Armatage will leadthe under 18s.

They will sport a new kitdesign, which will debut intrial matches on March 28against the Old Bar Piratesat Old Bar.

Training continues everyTuesday and Thursday.

Guyra captains (from left) Jack Armatage, Britt Youman and Tommy Cleaver try on the club’s new uniform.

New look for Super Spuds

On Tuesday 25th Februarywe held our Annual Presi-dent’s Day. Visiting teamsincluded Tenterfield, GlenInnes, Inverell, Delungra,Bingara, Kootingal, Bende-meer, Walcha, Uralla, Armi-dale City, Armidale Serviesand Guyra.

It was a very successfulday; with the 24 teams (72players) in attendance allhaving a wonderful time.Thank you to everyone whohelped.

New players are most wel-come to join us. Ladybowlers meet to play everyweek on Tuesdays at 10am. Guyra Women’s Bowls President Laurel Betts (left) welcomed

24 visiting teams at the Annual President’s Day held in Guyra

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The Guyra Veteran GolfersOpen which was played on March2nd and 3rd was a great success,only enhanced by great weather.

Over 100 players from Sydney,Brisbane, Newcastle, Warialda,Inverell, Tenterfield as well aslocal clubs enjoyed the golf andthe hospitality of Guyra. Manycompliments were expressedabout Guyra in general andspecifically its hospitality, accom-modation and restaurant stan-dards.

On the Monday a 4 ball wasplayed. The winners had a fantas-tic score of 50 points, the teamwas Patty Hill and Donna Reevesof The World of Golf Mobile. Therunner up team of Terry Varleyand Greg Mitchell scored 46points.

Tuesday was the Open Individ-ual Stableford of which points gotowards the New England VetsGolf Association Medal. The AGrade winner was Terry Varleyagain with 36 point from a count

back with David Lyes.B Grade was won by Col Walls

on 37 and the runner up KimShaw 35. C Grade went to a Syd-ney player, Pat McCanna with 36and the runner up was PaulDavidson from Newcastle with35.

The Ladies winner, Trish Mc-Canna from Sydney scored theonly 40 for the day. Runner upwas also a Sydney player, PatFullford 33.

Nearest the pins went toStephen Kent on the 7th, PatFullford the 9th, Pat Grills the10th and Lionel Cleal from Wari-alda the 18th. The longest driverswere Wendy Jackson for theladies and David Lyes the men.

Thursday this week we have asolid team going to Uralla to com-pete in the next round of Pen-nants, of which we are behind byonly 25 points so we are expectingsome good competition againstthe leaders, Armidale.

A Vet

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Above: A Grade winner, Terry Varley with Fiona Smith from Davidson

Cameron & Co, and Shona Mulligan from Regional Australia Bank”

Patty Hill, David Bearup, and Shona Mulligan from Regional Australia Bank

with the Ladies winner, Trish McCanna from Sydney. Winner B Grade Colin WallsC Gradewinner

Pat McCanna (Sydney)

The cricket season has comedown to the pointy end of thecompetition with semi-finalsplayed on the weekend. Guyraseniors were represented in allthree finals with mixed re-sults.

The first grade side willhave to back up again nextweek after going down toCity/UNE in the major semi.

Guyra batted first and thetop order failed to fire, losingearly wickets. Brandon Lands-borough was the saviour of theinnings with a big hitting 60which included four sixes. He

received good support fromJoey Ryan on 19. They werethe only two batsmen to makeit to double figures with Guyraall out for 118.

In reply City/UNE’s battingline up were up to the task andthey chased Guyra down withtime to spare, finishing theday on 6/119 for the win.

Wickets went to MitchWoods (1/13), BJ Cameron(2/22) and Jake Ellis (3/24).Guyra will back up this weekagainst Hillgrove for anotherchance to make the decider.

The second grade side con-

tinued their good run this sea-son with a win which takesthem straight to the grandfinal.

Guyra put the runs on theboard, setting TAS a solid totalof 251 to chase. Best for Guyrawith the bat were Jake Davies(68) and Corey Torrens (77). Inreply TAS batted out theirovers to finish the day at 7 for217 (CC). Wickets went toJustin McKay 1/26, Corey Tor-rens 1/48, Jake Davies 2/17and Heath Dowsett 3/36.

Third grade have playedtheir last game for the year,

bowing out in the semi-final.Guyra were never in the gameand capitulated against theHillgrove attack to be all outfor just 56 runs. Craig Lockyer(18) was the only batsman tomake double figures.

The Guyra bowlers were inbetter form and almost pulledoff the win, taking eight wick-ets before Hillgrove got pasttheir total. Wickets went toCody Patterson (1/27), AlBoney (2/6), Tim Brazier (3/5and Simon Brown (2/6).

Finals come with mixed results for cricketers