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Guyra, Ben Lomond and Black Moun-tain residents woke to find a covering ofsnow on the ground on Tuesday. Snowfell overnight and began to settle ataround 2am, settling on the ground toa depth of around 2cm. Snow remainedon the ground until around 10am withbrief snow flurries occurring, but hadmostly melted by around lunchtime.

The snowfall attracted lots of visitorsto town, including a bus of studentsfrom Bowraville Central School whowere on their way to play touch footballin Inverell. For many of the students itwas the first time they had seen snowand they spread out along the mainstreet and railway line, enjoying a littlebit of unexpected fun.

Snow tourists and weather watcherswere everywhere, attracted by thepromising forecasts which proved cor-rect. The Flannery family from McLeanmade a spur of the moment trip afterseeing posts on social media about thepotential for snow. After stayingovernight in Glen Innes they arrived inGuyra early in the morning while thesnow was still falling. It was the firsttime seeing snow for 3-year-old Bray-den and 8 month old Katelyn, who builta tiny snowperson in the grounds of theAnglican Church.

Further north, the Ben LomondRecreation ground was a hive of activityfor lots of snow play and Devonshire teawas being served up in the MemorialHall for the visitors. FUN IN THE SNOW for Shaun, Katelyn and Brayden Flannery from McLean

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Hidden water leak monitoringin the Guyra town water supplysystem will be stepped in thelatest measure to address thetightening water shortage.Armidale Regional Council hasengaged specialist contractorDetection Services to identifyand locate hidden leaks inCouncil’s treated water networkin the Guyra district.

“Not all water leaks are visi-ble on the surface, so the inspec-tion will look for any hiddenleaks in Council’s water distri-bution network,” Armidale Re-

gional Council Mayor SimonMurray said.

“The inspection, scheduled tostart during the next fortnight,will also look for evidence ofleaks on the customers’ side oftheir water meters.

“If a leak on the customer’sown household water pipes issuspected then the householdershould get a licenced plumber into find and fix the leak as soonas possible.”

Levels in the Guyra Damshave dropped below 25% andLevel 4 water restrictions re-

main in place, as the ongoingdrought shows no sign of end-ing.

“Dam levels are now criticallylow and Level 5 restrictions forGuyra are looming.  It is vitalwe cut our water use back now,”Councillor Murray said.

“Council and the communityare taking action to curb waterconsumption and protect the re-maining dam supplies.

“It makes sense to bring for-ward monitoring on the watersupply network, to ensure ourvaluable supplies are not being

lost to any leaks.The network comprises a total

of about 49 kilometres ofpipeline in Guyra, starting atthe water treatment plant northof the Guyra township and in-cluding two reservoirs on PriskHill.

Detection Services will under-take visual and acoustic moni-toring of the water pipenetwork. It will also supply andinstall flow meters at the PriskHill reservoirs’ outlets to moni-tor minimum night flows.

Leak monitoring to protect Guyra water supply

PICS OF THE WEEKPICS OF THE WEEK

Top left: Snow in Guyra Bottom Left: Snowman at Ben LomondAbove: Archie and Lauren Jackson play in the leaves

Frank Presnell farewelledOn the day he would have

turned 100 years old, FrankHarold Presnell wasfarewelled in a moving ceremony held in Guyra onSaturday, June 1st.

It was a celebration of lifefor the man who was still call-ing the shots right up to thetime of his passing on May10th. Never one to take a stepback when it came to organis-ing events, his final act was toorganise his own farewell,which was very much in keep-ing with the way he lived hislife.

Frank was born inGunnedah in 1919, theyoungest of 10 children. Thefamily moved around in thoseearly years, and he spentmuch of his early life in theCoonabarabran district.

It was here that he met hisfuture wife Mavis Saunders,and followed her back to herhome town of Guyra in 1944,where the couple eventuallymarried and made their home.They raised their family at‘Frama’ Ben Lomond, growingpotatoes and peas in the earlyyears before turning to finewool production. After Mavispassed away in 1991, Frankstayed on and lived on his ownuntil his final days.

Frank was held in high re-gard by everyone who knewhim. He was a leader in thecommunity, he was hardwork-ing and humble. He loved theland, he loved his family andhe loved the town where helived.

Perhaps his greatestachievement was his dedica-tion to community service, andhe was the undisputed BBQking of the district, organisingand cooking BBQs for manyorganisations over the years.If there was an event happen-ing you would most likely findFrank there, rolling up hissleeves and getting on withthe job. He was an activemember of the Guyra ShowSociety, the Rotary Club ofGuyra and a founding memberof the Guyra Lamb and PotatoFestival.

His community service wasrecognised with numerousawards over the years, includ-ing Guyra Citizen of the Yearin 1982, Guyra Rotary PaulHarris Fellow 1993, Sapphire

PHF in 2007 and the Medal ofthe Order of Australia (OAM)in 2000. One final recognitionwas a plaque presented to thefamily by Mayor Simon Mur-ray. The plaque will be affixedto the Lamb Statue recognis-ing that Frank was a co-founder of the Lamb andPotato Festival.

For his final celebration,around 900 people filled theCommunity Hall in Guyra fora service that was sad andfunny, beautiful and sorrow-ful, uplifting and memorable.Just as he had lived his life hewas surrounded by his family,friends and the things he helddear - his battered hat, well-worn boots, a few spuds, afleece or two and some soilfrom his beloved farm.

Many were brought to tearsby granddaughter Mara Grills’reading of a poem ‘The Hand-shake’ which she adapted to fither grandfather, while therewas laughter at some ofFrank’s mishaps in the eulogyput together by the family andread by granddaughter GinaLockyer.

Inspiration came with thesinging of ‘Amazing Grace’ byBenita Klowss and the hymn‘How Great Thou Art’ sung byAnne Starr.

With his grandchildren acting as pallbearers, Frankwas carried from the hall asthe words of JohnWilliamson’s song “True Blue”played. A fitting final tributefor a true blue man.

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The Lost VillageHow long before Guyra dis-

appears? The latest fiascobeing the sale of the originalKolora Homes buildingerected solely by the effortsof Guyra citizens.

A check of three majorGuyra agents confirms thatthe sale was never offered toa Guyra agency. Who knowswhere the proceeds will bespent? Who cares - GoodbyeGuyra!

David Bearup

Looking ahead in New England

It is a great honour to bere-elected as the Member forNew England. I would like tothank all of those whotrusted me with their vote

and I will serve all of NewEngland no matter how theyvoted.

To have the uncluttered op-portunity to travel the NewEngland and Upper Hunter,meeting the people and beingtheir voice in Canberra, isthe greatest part of my job.

My task over the nextthree years is to advocate onyour issues, to further growthe economic base of the areaand strengthen the social in-frastructure.

Right now, drought andwater infrastructure are themost pressing concerns forthe region.

We have to build water in-frastructure or the problemsof this drought will be evenmore pronounced in the nextdrought.

If we do not work with the

State and build water infra-structure, our economic basewill stagnate and retreat.

This drought will be at itsworst this winter and thegovernment must continue toincrease its support for farm-ers and businesses.

Across our nation, we haveto force power prices down,and internationally we haveto be aware of the strengthsand threats of China as ourregion’s new superpower.

Finally, I’d like to acknowl-edge all those who partici-pated in all campaigns, thatis service to our democracy.Debate on policy is what peo-ple want to hear and deliveryon policy is what people wantgovernments to do.

Barnaby Joyce

130 family and friends helped Thomas Holt and Joelle Boustani

celebrate their wedding on May 5th. The couple were married at

Old St Thomas’s Chapel Narrellan. Thomas is the son of Stephen

and Sharyn Holt of Guyra and Joelle is the daughter of Samir

and Mirna Boustani of Campbelltown. The couple plan to make

their home in Woodbine.

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

Wedding Bells Glen Innes tohost Rugged Bash

Put down the tools, dust offyour boots, and come along withthe family to the “Rugged Bash”drought relief event on Saturdaythe 8th June in the Main Streetof Glen Innes.

The Rugged Bash offers freeentertainment designed to pro-vide a respite for everyone in thelocal and wider community af-fected by the drought.

The event is funded throughthe Drought Communities Pro-gramme Extension. This Gov-ernment initiative is designed todeliver benefits to drought-af-fected communities throughoutAustralia.

There will be plenty of fun-filled action, with the event run-ning all day from 10am; withmarket stalls selling a variety oflocally produced goods and freeperformances by local entertain-ers and guest stars throughoutthe day. There will be an appear-ance from well-known Aus-tralian comedian Vince Sorrenti,guest speaker Warren Davies,also known as ‘The UnbreakableFarmer’ will talk to Resilience,Persistence and DeterminationFREE Entry to attend event andperformance

Armidale Regional Councilis cautioning the Guyra com-munity to do more to savewater or the Guyra Dams willrun dry by August. Councilstaff are monitoring water con-sumption daily and are seeingsome very erratic water con-sumption behavior.

Mayor Simon Murray saidthe majority of the Guyra com-munity is onboard and con-scious of their waterconsumption but it must bemaintained.

“After Council announcedthe implementation of level 4water restrictions we did seesome good results with waterconsumption down. However,water use has not remained atthe lower levels and is up anddown.

“Start thinking about watersaving measures in yourhousehold that create a per-manent reduction in water uselike installing water savingshowerheads, investing in a

water efficient front loadwashing machine, installingwater tanks and plumbingyour toilets to tank water andchecking your water pipes forany leaks. There are manythings you can do around thehome to save water.”

The Guyra Dams are cur-rently at 26.5 percent capacity.The Armidale region’s averagewater use per person is 222litres per day. This is signifi-cantly higher than the NSWaverage of 174 litres per per-son per day. Council is askingGuyra residents to reducetheir water use by 37 litres perperson per day to 185 litres.

“If we all work on doing thesmall things around the homelike sticking to 3 minute show-ers or less, don’t let the tap runwhile you are brushing yourteeth or as the saying goes ifits yellow let it mellow if itsbrown flush it down we willachieve our target,” said CrMurray.

Free shower headsGuyra residents can swap

their old showerhead for anew, high-quality replacement,under a free exchange pro-gram launched by Council thisweek to help households savewater, energy and money.

This is an opportunity tosave many thousands of litresof water. Installing water effi-cient devices is one of the eas-iest ways to improve waterefficiency in your home.

Quality water efficient show-erheads pay for themselves inreduced water usage andsaved water heating costs –and Guyra households can getup to two showerheads for freethrough this Council program.

Upgrading from an oldshowerhead, which typicallyused about 16 litres of waterper minute, to the MethvenSatinjet, which uses just 7.5litres per minute could savemore than 30,000 litres of

water every year for the aver-age household.

That also equates to massivewater heating savings whenyou consider that electric hotwater heating can account forup to one-third of a house-hold’s energy use.

To receive the Methven Sat-injet Standard Hi Rise Show-erhead from Council, propertyowners need to:

•Bring in their existingshowerhead (maximum of twoper home)

•Provide a water notice forthe home to prove address

•Complete the applicationform, which can be down-loaded from Council’s website.Printed copies are availablefrom Council’s Guyra andArmidale offices.

The offer is available untilthe end of July or until stocksrun out. Council recommendsa licenced plumber remove andreplace showerheads.

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Find me online:adammarshallmp@a_j_marshalladammarshallmp

Guyra water pipeline update

Last week I joined Armidale Regional CouncilMayor Simon Murray and Councillors to inspectprogress on the crucial Malpas Dam to GuyraPipeline.

Construction crews are making strong headwayon the $13 million project, with work underway onthe new pump station and floating water intakepontoon on Malpas Dam.

The project is on track to be complete by mid-August, about the same time Guyra Dam is predicted to run out of water. To ensure that doesn’thappen, council is preparing to truck water fromArmidale Water Treatment plant to Guyra as an in-

terim measure, to ease pressure on Guyra Dam.The State Government has committed to funding

the full cost of water trucking so Council does nothave to shoulder that burden.

I think now is the time we need to be talking seriously about what further investments can bemade to strengthen existing water supplies into thefuture.

I’m very interested in exploring the viability andeconomics behind expanding the size of MalpasDam to allow it to become a regional water supplywhich services not only Armidale and Guyra butpotentially Uralla as well.

I have had this conversation with council andlook forward to pursuing it further.

New headquarters for Guyra SESAfter more than 20 years it was great to see the

Guyra NSW State Emergency Service (SES) Unitfinally move into the recently completed Starr Roadheadquarters.

I have no doubt this new shed will be the envyof SES Units across the Northern Tablelands,boasting three large roller doors, large training andmeeting rooms, storage space and new kitchenand bathroom facilities.

The former headquarters on Falconer Street hadnot been fit-for-purpose for many years so it’s greatto see this outcome.

Unlike the old facility the new one brings all theorganisation’s equipment under one roof, meaning

the unit will be able to respond more quickly toemergencies as they arise.

Emergency assistance to support Guyra’s water supplyThe serious water situation currently facing

Guyra has made headlines both locally and in Sydney.

I recently met with Minister for Water, MelindaPavey to pursue emergency funding which will sup-port Armidale Regional Council (ARC) in truckingwater from Armidale to Guyra, until the new waterpipeline comes online later this year.

The Guyra Dam water level is at 25%, while Mal-pas Dam is sitting at 52%. I want to reassureGuyra’s business community everything is beingdone to allow you to continue operating while everthe drought and pipeline construction continues.

The dry is hurting everybody and I urge residentsto be mindful of their daily usage and implementwater saving measures, so everyone benefits fromwhat water is still available.

Level 4 water restrictions are now in place. Formore information on this visit www.armidalere-gional.nsw.gov.au/environment/water-usage-and-supply/water-restrictions

Councillor Andrew Murat, left, Mayor Simon Murray,Deputy Mayor Dorothy Robinson, Director of

Operations Mark Piorkowski, Northern TablelandsMP Adam Marshall and Cr John Galletly

Contact my office:Phone: 02 6772 5552 Fax: 02 6772 5026

Email: northerntablelands@parliament.nsw.gov.au

We need to do more to lower water use

June 6th Heather Marchant

June 7th Lyn & Richard Skinner

June 10th Michael Austin

June 11th ARC Staff

June 12th John Mitchell

Community NoticeboardMeals on Wheels

Street Stalls

June 6th, 7th, 8th Rotary

June 14th Masonic Lodge

June 20th, 21st, 22nd Lions

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

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The second annual BenLomond Winter Fair hasproved that people are pre-pared to get off the beatentrack for a well organisedevent. The weather was balmyand people arrived in a steadystream throughout the day,browsing the stalls, enjoyingthe entertainment and thefood on offer.

The big winners were BenLomond Public School whowere the main beneficiary of

the event. They will get aboost of around $1800, whilethe proceeds from Ben’s Birth-day Bingo fund raiser will goto the Sydney Childrens Hos-pital at Westmead. A total of$1569.90 was raised in mem-ory of Ben Ellis

Prizes went to Yvonne Kelly,Anita Hunter, Helen Finnen,Cara Drew, Izaak Bush,Heather Antney, MichelleVowles, Dot Every, SarahMathews, Megan Cutler, Tony

Bush, Toby & Carla, GwenPearson, Jessica Watters,Norma Looker, Tina Kubota,Gail Fletcher, Teena Willis.

Organisers were pleasedwith the day, although num-bers were down on last year.This was to be expected givenanother major event happen-ing in town, and next year’sevent may move to a Sundayto avoid clashing with week-end sport.

Winter fair a winner

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Men’s bowlsSunday June 2nd saw a

number of Club Champi-onships played, even thoughthe weather was not kind attimes the games went ahead.

In Major Singles ScottCampbell played MichaelShiner, according to the scorecard Michael took control ofthe game early and continuedthroughout the contest. After31 ends of play Michaelemerged the winner 31 shotsto 25 shots.

In Club Pairs Col Stanleyand David Lyes played RobertMoore and Paul Johnson. De-spite Robert and Paul scoringsix shots on the first end andholding a lead still by end 14.Col and David came back andeventually took the lead andwent on to take a hard foughtvictory 22 shots to 17 shotsover 21 ends.

In the other Club Pairs GeoffReeves and Wayne Reeves

played Steven Sole and RobertWalls, Steven and Robert wereout of the blocks early andwere only behind on one endand from then on they hit thelead again and went on to vic-tory 25 shots to 18 shots over21 ends.

There will be no Club Cham-pionships this weekend how-ever if any bowlers canarrange a game then notifyDavid at the Club.

The Bowls Bandit.

HockeyGuyra Men’s C Grade had no

games this week due to havinga bye. The writer would like totake the opportunity to givesome clarification to lastweek’s report as there weresome gross misunderstand-ings. It came to our attentionafter publication that therewas a great interest in the re-port that concerned other

news outlets, the board ofHockey New England andsome members of the public.As a result of these concerns, Iwould to clarify that Gary Bur-ton was not on secondment asfirst reported but was recover-ing from a non-hockey injury.Also Murray Lupton’s break-down was not as major as ini-tial reports indicated as hewas seen later that day at alocal establishment giving in-struction on the finer details ofanother hard ball game knownas pool. The writer also wouldlike to inform the ArmidaleExpress that fortunately therewas no formal claims ofdefamation received up untilthe time of publication of thisreport. There will be no gamesuntil June 23rd. 

The women also had a byethis weekend, we next playWednesday night 7.15 againstUNE.  

Men’s golfFor the first time in a while

Sunday’s Golf was washedout. With the promise of betterweather on the long weekendan 18-hole par will be playedfor June’s monthly mug and aclub trophy. A good chance toplay your matchplay.

The AlbatrossVets golfA very chilly day saw only

eight players compete in anIndividual Stableford on May28th

The winner with 35 pointswas Kim Shaw with the run-ner up Terry Mulligan with34. The only nearest the pinwas Roger Grills on the 18th.

Coming up is the New Eng-land Vets 4 ball championship.Guyra’s 4ball competition toselect our representatives willbe held shortly so nominateyour team.

A Vet

May 31st - The signs of the market stabilising thatwas evident on the final selling day last week provedto be correct. Gains of up to 35 cents were made onthe first day of sales followed by further 10 centsgains on the final day. By the end of the week theheadline Eastern Market Indicator had nearly re-gained all of last week losses.

The small national offering, increased buyer de-mand and an Aussie dollar looking like it may havebottomed out for the time being all helped reversethe downtrend. 25,901 bales were sold nationally forthe week with the passed in rate well down on lastweek’s seasonal high at 8.4%.

Major buyers included Techwool, Aust Merino Expand Endeavour Wool. Next week’s national offeringshrinks to 23,600 bales with the Western region notselling. AWEX auction statistics for the season to dateare showing 219,000 (-12.3%) bales fewer have beenoffered nationally compared to the correspondingperiod last season. Forward market activity lifted thisweek with interest concentrated around August toDecember delivery at levels 50-150 cents below thisweek physical.

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The increased numbers and competi-tion saw market trends for vealer steersto restock firm to dearer, up 12c to 14c/kgand more in places for the better qualitylines. Heifer vealers to restock saw themedium weights show little change, whilelight weights saw a dearer trend. In-creased competition, combined with animprovement in quality resulted inmedium and heavy weight yearling steersto feed, selling to a dearer trend of 30c to40c/kg. Some of the price increases were

breed and quality related. Light weightyearling heifers posted strong gains, withincreased competition. Yearling heiferssuitable to feed were also much dearer,with some very well bred lines presented.Well finished trade heifers sold to adearer trend.

The small number of heavy grownsteers sold to a slightly cheaper trend,easing 7c/kg. Well finished grown heiferssold firm to slightly cheaper also. Theplainer quality grown heifers were af-fected by breed and quality, which ac-counted for much of the price change.Very plain condition and low quality cowssold to a much cheaper trend, with re-stockers showing little interest. The betterquality 1 and 2 score cows saw littlechange in trends, with restockers outbid-ding processors for the most part. Wellfinished cows sold to a cheaper trend ofas much as 15c/kg. Strong Live exportcompetition resulted in a much dearermarket for all classes of bulls.

Weekly Wool Sales

Guyra Sheep & Lamb Sale

Armidale Cattle Sale

May 29th - There was a smallreduction in numbers, both sheepand lambs. A good supply of wellfinished and very well presentedheavy and extra heavy weightspenned. Lean, light weight lambswere very mixed in quality. Theusual processors attended, alongwith some southern restockercompetition.

Light weight lambs to proces-sors sold on a mostly firm market

trend. Restocker and feederlambs saw a firm to slightly dearermarket trend.

There was an increased supplyof light weight Merino lambspenned. Despite the increasednumbers there was little butweight related price change. Wellfinished medium and heavyweight lambs sold to a muchdearer market trend, postingstrong price improvements, up to

$14/head. The extra heavy weightlambs over 30kg experienced lit-tle change.

The overall quality of the sheeppenned showed a vast improve-ment, with increased supplies ofmedium and heavy weightspenned. Full fleeced Merinosheep were well supplied. Therewas an increased supply of shornMerinos and some very well fin-ished heavy crossbred ewes.

Demand was high and compe-tition strong from processors,making it difficult for restockers tocompete. Market trends weregenerally dearer, while skin valueswere a factor in some negativeprice change. Full fleeced Merinowethers experienced the greatestimprovement, whileheavy cross-bred ewes were marginallydearer.

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The Caspers travelled toArmidaleto take on TAS, andknew this was going to be a mas-sive game. The start was franticand the first five minutes wasdominated by early possessionby TAS. But once the Caspersgot their head into the gamethey started hassling in defenceand building up some attackingmomentum.

The Caspers had seen a fewshots go over or wide of the postsbut stuck to their guns and somegreat build up saw Coach Corbyone on one with the keeper andCorby calmly put the shot awayto give the Caspers a 1-0 lead athalf-time.

The Caspers were rapt withhow they were handling theyoung TAS side but spoke abouttheir slow starts to the second-half and wanted to make sure

they were ready to compete fromthe start. This seemed to workas the boys banded together todominate early possession andthe Caspers defence were frus-trating the TAS forwards.

Twenty minutes in theCaspers were rewarded for theirpressure when Coach Corbydoubled the the Caspers lead 2-0. The TAS players neverstopped trying but the Caspersput in what was their best defen-sive effort all over the park toshut TAS out of the game. Ifanything they should have wonby more after the Casperssquandered a few opportunities.

Coach Corby was given hismarching orders eight minutesbefore time but thankfully wasfound not to have a case to an-swer and is free to play withoutsuspension. Corby was very

pleased with his team’s effortand said the team is just start-ing to gel and combinations arecoming together.

There is no game this Satur-day due to the long weekend andthen the Caspers are on the roadfor a top of the table clash withInverell.

Points on the weekend wereBen Lennon 3, very solid in de-fence and adding another stringto the Caspers attack, Luke Bra-zier got the 2 playing brilliantlyon the flank and 1 point to S.K.

A close game against TAS thispast weekend saw Guyra sec-onds come out on top with a 1-0win in a fast paced game. Thegame was set scoreless till latein the second half, where apenalty in the box gifted ScottyMiller a dot shot to put Guyra ontop. They held out with some

great scrambling defensive ef-forts against a fast attackingTAS side.

Points were 3 to Madi Morganfor her solid effort on the leftedge, 2 to Gemma Sisson for atop game as centre back and 1 toBrett Little for his solid work atsweeper.

Caspers third Grade toppedoff the wins for all three seniorgrades winning their games 3 –1 over South Armidale 19’s.Tully Jackson started the scor-ing off with the first goal of theday and his first goal of the sea-son. Vu then scored his first goalof the season, followed by AdamMendes scoring a dot shot.Points this week went to TimEllis with 3, Ben McCormackwith 2 and Tully Jackson taking1.

Caspers clock up classy win

Junior leagueOn the weekend the Guyra

Super Spuds travelled toTingha. What a lovely day itwas in the sun!

First to play was the Interme-diate League Tag. The girlsplayed really well as a team,improving on their defensiveline. Kate Ward had some greatruns and Pacie Mulligan gotplently of tags. If the girls keeplistening to their coaches andimproving they will be finalcontenders. The final score wasGuyra 22 to Tingha 20.

Next to take to the field wasthe Under 10’s playing a strongattacking game winning con-vincingly. Cody Patterson brokethrough the defence a couple oftimes running up the side linegaining meters for his team.Both Nayte and Mavrick Fosterplayed good footy earning a tryand a conversion. All the boysare improving on their skillsand starting to work better as ateam.

Under 12’s this year are un-defeated. They came away win-ners 44 to nil. This team areexcellent in defence. Strongtackles were made by Rave Bra-zier and Cooper Wilson. RyanWilliams has an impressivegame in Dummy Half. Ryanpicked his opportunities andmanaged to get two tries run-ning out of dummy half. EthanTribe kicked a conversion. Thisteam is playing really well to-gether.

The Senior League Tag unfor-tunately were beaten by a verystrong Tingha team. The girlsare improving on their skillsevery week. Claire Davidson isalways keen to chase out of themarker position. Speedy Phoe-bie Kennedy is running the ballwell and gaining ground for thegirls. Taylor Mitchell is strongin defence making lots of tags.Keep going girls you are alldoing really well for your firstyear in SLT.

This was all that played thisweek as Tingha do not have allage divisions.

Our next game is in Guyraverse Warialda after the longweekend. Everyone is welcometo come and watch the boys andgirls play footy. The canteenwill be in full swing with lots ofhot food. Hope to see you there.

Go the Chats and Spuds! Anna Heagney

Junior soccerOur Guyra Junior Soccer

teams headed to Armidale thisweek for their first full awayround. With the Rologas fieldsbeing re-opened following reno-vations, the teams converged onthe grounds in a sea of orangeand black. It was great to see somany of our players and theirfamilies enjoying the day.

All teams will have a breakthis week for the Queen’s Birth-day long weekend and most willalso be taking a break fromtraining, which may be timely

considering the currentweather. Please check withyour coach if you are unsure ofthe training schedule. At thisstage the next round on 15 Junewill be another away roundwith games in Armidale, Urallaand Walcha (to be confirmed).Please check the Armidale Dis-trict Football Association Web-site or the GameDay App forthe current draw.

Under 6 Spooks continuedtheir great season with Corey(CJ) Banfield adding 3 moregoals to his tally with a numberof near misses as well. PeteGrills and Charlie Bavea alsoadded a goal each. The gamewas dominated by Guyra withTAS rarely getting the ball intothe Spooks half.

Under 7 Smarties - In themost competitive game of theyear so far the Smarties workedhard in defence to limit the op-position to only a couple ofgoals. Despite our attack beingunder pressure the boys stillmanaged a few good goals witha couple of missed opportuni-ties.

Under 7 Jellybeans - playedan enthusiastic and positivegame on Saturday. Goals werescored by Lachlan E-C andTearleigh, well done. The teamare very keen in attack howeverhope to work on their defenceand passing. There is no train-ing this Thursday due to a com-petition break for the longweekend.

Under 12 Spirits - With onlyone spare player the Spiritstook to Rologas 1 slightly con-cerned. East Green scored aquick goal, however any reser-vations were quickly put behindthem as Guyra consistentlyfought for and maintained pos-session of the ball in their half.This lead to a great goal toCooper Reeves from a perfectlyplaced pass from Harry Purvis.Persistent shots at goal fromGeorge Williamson, Ella Vidlerand Harry Purvis increased thepressure on Easts, with Harryfinding the back of the netagain to take the Spirits to halftime leading 2 – 1. With someexcellent defence by LeighaMcElroy, Jake Tibbs and Felic-ity Bailey in the midfield andRyan Saunders, Charlie Wilsonand Joe Reeves in the backs,Easts battled to keep the ball.When they did reach the goalsthey were stopped by somegreat goalkeeping by AngusDullaway. Harry added anothergoal to his day’s tally taking thescore to 3 -1. Our Birthday boyJack Soraghan worked tire-lessly but couldn’t find the net.Despite great defence Eastsscored a lucky goal in the lastfew minutes to leave the finalscore 3 – 2 to the Spirits. It wasa great team effort and they areall looking forward to a well-de-served break for the long week-end.

Jo Dullaway

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This season the Guyra Shamrockhockey club is lucky enough to havetwo teams in the under 9’s hockeycompetition. Guyra 1 is coached byTammy Brazier and Guyra 2 is beingcoached by Prue Post, with the help ofJenette Williamson. The teams havestarted the season with a bang. 

On Saturday Guyra 1 played one ofthe two PLC teams and took home thewin. The 2-0 win was thanks to thegreat goals by Camilla Grills and Is-abell Brazier-Kraan. Camilla scoredher goal in the first half and Isabellscored her goal in the second half.Freya Bray has been joined this seasonby her younger brother Saxon. Saxonis starting to show he has some of hissister’s fantastic attack and defendingskills. Freya has become a great versa-tile play, who is just as skilled in de-fence as in attack. AnnabelleBrazier-Kraan became very involved inthe game this week and was able toshow her developing hockey skillsthroughout the game. Matilda Cod-dington has shown that even thoughthis is her first season, she has the con-fidence and skill to help her fellowteammates in all aspects of the game.A huge thanks to Alana Marshall who

helped out the Guyra 2 team, due tobeing a couple of players down.

Tammy Brazier

Guyra 2 U9 played a stronger PLCTigers this week. Guyra started well,with two quick shots at goal unluckynot to count due to a flipped goalfrom the wind. PLC strongest playermade two run away shots at goal for a2-0 score at half time. Guyra 2 re-grouped at halftime identifying who tomark in defence and how to use theskills they have learnt to control thegame. Quickly taking control StevieMcElroy, with the help of Emily Ul-

rick and Alana Marshall in the for-wards scored two goals. Poppy Post,Callie Cameron and Henry Evansworked will in defence to stop PLCstronger players and used the skills ofdribbling and keeping control of theball to get the ball back to our for-wards. Well done everyone and a spe-cial thank you to Alana Marshall forplaying for Guyra 2 so we had a fullteam.

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The Under 16 Junior Caspers trav-elled to Armidale on Saturday to take onSouth Armidale and what an exceptionaleffort these kids put in. As a coach Icouldn’t have asked for more. With onlyhaving the bare 11 to take the field everyplayer held their own against a prettyhandy Souths side. The young Casperswere in the game right from the start hav-ing plenty of chances on goal. Jake Wil-son and Taylor Brennan caused all sortsof problems up front, the two Sissonbrothers Mathew and Robert were solidin the middle getting through a mountainof work. Not to be out done big sisterGemma Sisson had a great game alongwith Carly Harman. In the middle of thebackline these two girls played a massivepart in keeping South to only 1 goal. LeviDolton had a great game playing out ofposition in the halves and didn’t let anyof his team down. Playing out the otherside in the halves was Hugo McIwainwith his best game of the season to date.

Keep up the good work mate. KeeganJames had a great game in defence playingout wide in the back line and out the sideof a solid back line young Kye Walls hadhis best game of the season as well get-ting though his fair share of work. Lastbut not least Jessie Baker was the man be-tween the sticks pulling off some greatsaves in the goals and keeping Guyra inthe game. Jake Wilson scored the onlygoal for the young Caspers off a hugegoal kick form Taylor Brennan flying 60metres over the heads of the Southsbacks to find a Jake and he made no mis-take in finishing. So the final score being1 all at full time. Points this week werevery hard to pick with all the kids playinggreat but I couldn’t split my back fourKeegan, Carly, Gemma and Kye

I’d also like to thank Steven Kliendi-enst and Blake Handebo for helping runthe kids at training on a Tuesday nightwhile I’m off my feet thanks boys.

Adam Brennan

Great result for Junior Caspers