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grouped after a tough coupleof years, with a new presi-dent and a re-energised com-mittee dedicated to makingthe Guyra Show a financialsuccess.

The long-running droughtand a disappointing atten-dance at the 2018 GuyraShow, had left the GuyraShow Society committee’scash reserves low, creating aquandary around planningfor the 2019 show.

Newly-elected Show Soci-ety President Richard Postand his hardworking com-mittee are determined thatthe ‘show must go on’, andhave welcomed a one offgrant of $5000 for next year’sentertainment feature.

Member for NorthernTablelands Adam Marshallannounced the funding dur-ing a visit to the Showgroundrecently.

“This one-off funding willbe used to ensure that nextyear’s entertainment will betop-class and increase atten-dance and interest,” Mr Mar-shall said. “I commend theshow society, for its commit-

ment to the community andsafeguarding this wonderfultradition for Guyra.”

President Richard Postsaid the funding boost cameas a wonderful surprise and

will give the show society achance to deliver an excitingevent for all ages.

“What a great relief tohave this support and thecommittee is thrilled to have

the chance to secure somemust-see talent for nextyear’s show, no doubt, it willbe a great show in 2019,” MrPost said.

Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall presents Guyra Show Society President Richard Post with a$5,000 cheque for next year’s show. They are flanked by Show Society Secretary Dorothy Lockyer, left,

and Vice President Rita Williams, right

Guyra Garden Club hasdonated lounges and a chairto finish a waiting room atthe Kolora Aged Care facil-ity.

The Garden Club is one organisation that continuesto thrive , regardless ofweather, amalgamations andbusiness ups and downs.

Started over 30 years ago

by Noeline Miller and RoyceNewbury as a horticulturalgroup Guyra Garden Clubnow has 112 members. TheMcKie Park Garden area ismaintained and replantedwhen necessary by some ofthe members, and the Clubhas a strong interest in theappearance of the environsof the township.

Monthly meetings are heldon the last Monday and arewell attended, as in the ma-jority of the year lovely gar-dens are sourced for meetingvenues. In the colder monthsguest speakers are invited tolunches to entertain and addto our gardening knowledge.

President Wendy Lean,Secretary Sue Atkin and

Treasurer Sue Campbell, al-ways welcome new memberson behalf of the Club.

The great camaraderiethat results from the meet-ing of gardeners (male or fe-male) who may have abalcony, a courtyard or ruralestate results in a happy, in-formal gathering on a regu-lar basis.

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The newly renamed Saveand Grow Guyra (SAGG)group will hold a publicmeeting in Guyra on Thurs-day night in a move that or-ganisers hope will see theeventual return of Guyra’ sown Shire Council.

Organisers say the meet-ing will be a positive step forthose who believe that amal-gamation is not working, es-pecially within the rural andoutlying communities. Thismeeting will be the first fol-lowing the renaming of theGuyra ANTY (Amalgama-tion No Thank You) group.

SAGG spokesman RobLenehan says that Guyraratepayers are totally dissat-isfied with the new amalga-mated council and there arefeelings of animosity and

hopelessness within the com-munity when it comes tocouncil matters. He points toa forecast $3.8-million-dollardeficit for the end of June2019 as proof that theelected councillors and ad-ministration of Armidale Re-gional Council are‘incompetent’.

“There are many and var-ied reasons why the formerGuyra and Dumaresqratepayers and communitieshave no confidence in theforcibly amalgamated ARCand there is a reluctance tohave any dealings withthem,” Mr Lenehan said.“There is a substantial back-log of road maintenance andupgrades are in jeopardy be-cause of the lack of funding.”

“The Lagoon Road where I

live is an example. GuyraShire Council approved andbudgeted or the sealing ofthe remaining 6km, however

only 2km was completedaround the time of the amal-gamation.

“We were assured the restwould be done with the nextthree months however nowwe are told by council staffthat there is no funding –where did the money go?”

Mr Lenehan said that theState government is still indenial that their Fit for theFuture process forced onlocal government in NSWwas flawed and illegal.

“Having back flipped onmany forced council amalga-mations it’s time for theBerejiklian government toreinstate councils like Guyraacross the State,” Mr Lene-han said. “It’s our democraticright to control our destinyat local level.”

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Lucky gets along withother dogs, but he wouldalso be fine as an onlydog. Lucky is also greatwith kids.

If you could provide aloving home for Lucky,please get in touch with us.

His adoption fee is $260.This includes desexing,vaccination, microchip, aflea treatment and worm-ing.

Rob Lenehan (above) has been an outspokencritic of the amalgmation

The Guyra Men’s HealthNight is fast approaching andall roads will lead to BenLomond for and informativeand entertaining night on Friday October 19th.

Special guest at the event willbe Wendell Sailor who repre-sented his country in bothrugby league and rugby union –a dual code international.Sailor is die-hard Queenslanderwho loves to talk about State ofOrigin and his glory days ingreen and gold for the Walla-bies. At 6’3? tall Dell is a largerthan life character and a veryentertaining speaker.

Sailor’s large frame and bul-locking style changed the waywingers played rugby league inthe late nineties. His big-moneymove from the Brisbane Bron-cos to the Queensland Reds in2001 created many headlines,as did his move at the end of the2005 Super 12 season to theNew South Wales Waratahs.

He has often attracted publicattention during his career,none more so than in 2006 afterthe return of a positive drug testfollowing the Waratahs vBrumbies match at Aussie Sta-dium on 16 April 2006 whichput an end to his rugby union

career. He successfully returned to

rugby league in May 2008 withNRL club St George IllawarraDragons playing an additionaltwo seasons under his old coachat Brisbane, Wayne Bennett,before retiring.

The night will target matterssuch as depression, prostatecancer and general health andwellbeing. As well as WendellSailor there will be a number ofguest speakers on the night toprovide valuable advice for local

men and their partners.A free bus is available, with

collection from the Big Lamb at5:30pm and returning at theend of the event. RSVP hasclosed, however organisers saythey are more than happy foranyone to come along on thenight. However, if you want tocatch the bus you will need tocall Alisa on 6738 4045 to booka seat.

There will be some great giveaway prizes on the night and anawesome raffle as well. Raffleprizes include a weekend trip toSydney for 2 people (REXflights, accommodation at Ry-dges and 2 tickets to a Rand-wick race day), a 2018 CronullaSharks fully signed jersey anddinner for two at ArmidaleWhitebull Hotel. A framed Wen-dell Sailor memorabilia picturewill also be auctioned.

While the health night will bethe main event, Wendell willalso be popping down to theGuyra Spuds Club House onFriday afternoon from around3:15pm - 4:45pm! Come and joinin for an afternoon of fun footyand meet a former AustralianRugby League/Ruby Union duallegend player!

Wendell Sailor will be in Guyraand Ben Lomond next week

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GO FISHING at Malpason Sunday

MEN’S HEALTH NIGHTcoming up - mark it onyour calendar

BIG THINGS in the mainstreet - a good idea ornot. Mick Jackson thinksso - just ask him!

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What’s NOTHAVING to mow thelawn!

QUOTE of the week“If you judgepeople you

have no time to love them.”

Mother Teresa

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held this week. We have aTen Pin Bowling outingplanned for Tuesday October23rd and will meet at theBowling Club at 9.30am.

Our guest speaker thismonth was Jane McCowenwho gave us a great talk onthe work she has done for

East Timorese children. Sheshowed us photographs andalso some scarves she madethere.

Jane is still involved withhelping these children andshe had a tank installed anda school built for them, aswell as supplying T-shirts forschool wear. She is still sup-porting them in many ways

with help from some Rotari-ans.

The people of East Timorare very poor and lack basicfacilities and they are ourclosest neighbours, so Jane isdoing a great job makingpeople aware of theirpoverty. Jane also takes do-nations to help these people.

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On Tuesday October 2nd,the children from Val’sFamily Day Care, visit thenew Kolora Aged Care facil-ity, spending an excitingmorning getting to knowsome of the residents, inter-acting over fun sand playactivities and simply justlending a hand.

“This invaluable earlychildhood experience helpsto form connections be-tween our youth and eld-erly in the community bybuilding bonds, and shar-ing learning opportunities,while helping to grow asense of belonging withinthe community,” Val Humesaid.  “People of all ages canlearn together and cele-brate the wisdoms fromeach generation.”

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Left: Dustin Turnham, Jack Marshall. Bevan Ellis,

Lisa Church and Eliza WesleyBelow right: Jack Marshall,Rhonda Youman,  Lorraine

Holmes, and Eliza WesleyBelow left: Dustin Turnham

and Daphne Davidson

FREE BUS Pick up at the Big Lamb 5.30pm Returns after eventFor further enquiries please contact Alisa Kennedy 6738 4045 or email hnelhd-lhcguyra@hnehealth.nsw.gov.au

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Awards and recognition areoften far from the minds ofcommunity volunteers butthey are a wonderful compli-ment when they come, ac-cording to Guyra’s 2018Australia Day Citizen of theYear, Dot Vickery.

Dot is encouraging peopleto consider nominees for nextyear’s Australia Day Awards,saying her selection for Citi-zen of the Year was a won-derful surprise.

Nominations are open forthe 2019 awards, in a varietyof categories: Citizen of theYear, Young Citizen for peo-ple aged under 25, Contribu-tion to Sports andRecreation, Art and Culture,Community Event of theYear, and Long StandingService to the Community.

Separate awards and cere-monies will be held inTingha, Guyra and Armi-dale.

“People generally don’t vol-unteer their time in order toreceive accolades and awardsbut they are very welcome

confirmation that your ef-forts are appreciated andmaking a difference,” Dotsaid.

“My award was also agreat opportunity to spreadthe word about the value ofvolunteers to our communi-ties and what they bring tothe way of life in districtslike Guyra.

“The awards are an impor-tant part of Australia Daycelebrations in the Armidaleregion and that makes it par-

ticularly special to get anaward or just to be nomi-nated,” she said.

“The time it takes to sub-mit a nomination bringssome well-deserved recogni-tion for some very specialpeople in our communities.”

Nominations can be sub-mitted online at www.armi-daleregional.nsw.gov.au/council/councilevents/australia-day. Printed forms can alsobe downloaded from the web-page.

October 11th Pamela HartOctober 12th Golf LadiesOctober 15th Lions ClubOctober 16th Pamela CarterOctober 17th Amanda Bishop

Community NoticeboardMeals on Wheels

Street StallsOct11th Senior Citizens

Oct 12th Westpac HelicopterOct 26th Hospital Auxiliary

Church NoticesSt James AnglicanSunday 9am Morning Service, 1stSunday of the month Backwater2pm, 3rd Sunday of the monthBen Lomond 11.30am Rev Mark Evers 6779 1111St Mary’s CatholicSaturday Mass 6pm in Guyra,Sunday 9am, 1st Sunday ofmonth Ben Lomond, 3rd SundayWards Mistake, otherwise GuyraSt Columba’s PresbyterianGuyra Sunday 9.00am, BenLomond Service, first Sunday ofeven-numbered months, 2.00pmRev Andrew Campbell, Ph. 0447 724 536 Uniting ChurchRegular Sunday Service 9.30amEnq. Nancy Davidson 6779 1366Seventh-day AdventistSaturday from 10am Bible Study,11am Divine Service. Enquiries: 6779 1587 Northwest Church66 Llangothlin St, Sunday meeting 10am, Thursday 7pm Food Pantry - Fridays 1-3pmTony Stace 0427956772.Church of Freedom10 Nincoola Street - Contact:0421 847 973, Tuesday Prayer6.30pm, Wed Bible Study 6.30pmSunday Service 10am

Service ClubsLIONS CLUB dinner meetings1st & 3rd Thursday of themonth at Guyra Bowling Club,7pm. Ph: Geoff Reeves 6779 1257 ROTARY CLUB dinner meetings2nd & 4th Tuesday of the monthat Rafters Restaurant, 6pm for6.30pm. Ph: Aileen MacDonald 0417 079 307

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October is the month thatGuyra celebrates fishing indams and creeks around thedistrict. Hard on the heels ofthe hugely successful Trout-Fest, this Sunday is onceagain time to pull out therods and reels.

The place to be will be Mal-pas Dam for the annual GoFish event put on by theGuyra Anglers Club withsponsorship by the Depart-ment of Primary Industries.

This year there is FREEENTRY into the competition,with prizes mainly for thekids

The club is focused on get-ting kids into fishing andthis day is really all aboutthem.

There will be lots of prizesand gift bags to give out.

So bring the kids along to

Malpas, grab some baconand eggs or a sausage fromthe BBQ, a have fun fishing.

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ARC Mayor Simon Murray with 2018 Citizen of the Year Dot Vickery and 2017 winner Nicole Corry

Kayne and Noah Brennan bagged some fish at last year’s event

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Guyra Hockey Club and Guyra Senior Rugby League joinedforces to hold a fundraising ball in aid of Drought Relief. Ourchosen campaign ‘One Bucket’, is a drought awareness cam-paign aiming to help the people in the cities and unaffectedplaces realise just how devastating the drought is on the ruralcommunity.

It was a great night which was well attended by our wonder-fully supportive community. The further message we were aim-ing to promote was Mental Health and this was greatlyhighlighted by Marni Turner from Peak Psychology. We haven’tfinalised the amount of money we have raised to go to ‘OneBucket’ but we have already exceeded our expectation of thenight.

We would like to thanks Annie Thrift, Rhonda Youman, theVRA and their awesome team in the kitchen for the amazingmeal and the great service from the waiter and waitresses.Thanks to Kirks IGA, Lucy and Herb Mackenzie, VidlersButchery, all the people who made desserts and savouries andanyone else who donated or discounted food. A big thank you toRamage Engineering, Guyra Milling and Annie & Rhonda whodonated items for the auction. Landmark, Kings Gym, HairyTales Comb True, Costa Tomato Farm, Dasha Hardware, GuyraEmporium, Guyra Compound Pharmacy, Sutto’s Royal Hotel,Uralla Top Pub and Big 4 Holiday Parks for donations of raffleprizes. Thank you Rough Justice for great music as always theyhad us all entertained late into the night, Blake O’Riley for run-ning the auction, the bar staff for keeping us all hydrated,Maare Foster for helping in anyway she could.

A special thank you to our guest speaker Marni Turner whogave us all something to think about and of course a big thankyou to all those who attended and supported the night and theorganisation committee for the wonderful effort to make theevent a success.

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Jake, Greg and Lorraine Brazier purchased the major auction item donated by Ramage Engineering

Left: Aimee & James Lenehan and Brett & Jaimie Mayled Above: Randy Mulligan, Adam Mendes, Britt Youman, Mick Shiner and Mick Wilson

The NSW Government’s hasmoved to make it easier forfarmers and their families toaccess drought assistance byrelaxing the gross off-farmasset test. The current criteriais being lifted from a $1 millionoff-farm assets to $5 million,which means more farmers willnow be eligible to accessdrought assistance.

Criteria for ‘new entrants’has also been created within

the drought assistance guide-lines to support farmers whoare new the industry.

New entrants, includingmany young farmers, will nowhave greater access to Govern-ment assistance which will beparticularly beneficial as theyestablish their businesses.

In addition to amending theaccess criteria, the Govern-ment is also making it easierfor farmers to get help complet-

ing and submitting droughtsupport applications, withLocal Land Services (LLS) of-fices now providing this assis-tance.

Farmers in the region cannow call ahead and arrange tovisit LLS offices in Armidale,Glen Innes, Inverell, Moreeand Warialda for assistancewith preparing and submittingtheir applications for droughtsupport.

In addition, the Rural Assis-tance Authority (RAA) is nowopen until 10 pm weeknights,allowing farmers who havebeen out in the paddocks allday a greater opportunity toseek support”.

The NSW GovernmentEmergency Drought Reliefpackage provides more than $1billion in drought relief meas-ures, for more information visitwww.droughthub.nsw.gov.au

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Guyra Gazette Wednesday October 10, 2018 Page 8

HHeellpp bbuuiilldd llooccaall ccoommmmuunniittiieessTowns across the New Eng-

land are invited to apply for ashare in the next round of theAustralian Government’sBuilding Better RegionsFund with $200 million in ad-ditional funding now avail-able.

Member for New England,Barnaby Joyce, said majordevelopments already under-way through previous fund-ing rounds include an $8.4million redevelopment of In-verell Regional Livestock Ex-change and an $11.8 millionupgrade for Scone RegionalLivestock Selling Centre.

More than $65,000 in Fed-eral Government funding hasalso been provided for com-munity led projects like Ten-terfield’s Peter Allen Festivalwhich was celebrated just re-cently, and to deliver a Cul-tural and Arts Strategic Planin Inverell.

“These are the type of pro-jects that are drawing peopleto our region while the infras-tructure construction helps todrive the economies of our

drought-affected communi-ties in need of every source ofinvestment they can find,” MrJoyce said.

“I strongly encourage morecommunities to apply for thislatest funding which will cre-ate more jobs and attractmore wealth back into ourtowns across the New Eng-land.”

Chair of Regional Develop-ment Australia Northern In-land (RDANI) RussellStewart is calling on LocalCouncils and not for-profitcommunity organisations tomake the most of the funding

program. “If you’ve got an invest-

ment-ready project and youcan pitch a competitive casefor funding it, then BBRFRound Three is an opportu-nity not to be missed. We atRDANI want to see qualityprojects bringing funding andflow-on economic benefits tolocal communities and ourbroader region,” Mr Stewartsaid.

“Our staff at RDANI haveexpertise and experience withthe BBRF, as well as the re-search and documentationthat an application can needif it is to succeed. Our con-sulting services are there forthe region,” Mr. Stewart said.

Funding is availablethrough two funding streams,Infrastructure Projects andCommunity Investments.

Applications opened on 27September 2018 and close on15 November 2018. Furtherinformation on eligibility andhow to apply is available atwww.infrastructure.gov.au/bbrf.

October 4th - There were less thanhalf the numbers of the previous sale,with rain and follow up forecasts re-stric�ng supply. Young ca�le made upthe bulk of the offering with limitedsupplies of grown steers, heifers andcows. The quality and condi�on of theyoung ca�le was mixed, with the ma-jority purchased by restockers andfeedlots. There were a few small lots ofhigh quality, well finished, heavy grownsteers and heifers. Demand variedthroughout.

When comparing market trends tothe sale 2 weeks ago, restocker de-mand increased on the back of im-proved seasonal condi�ons. The heifervealers returning to the paddock soldto dearer trends, up to 14c/kg in places.

Yearling steers to restock and feed alsosold to dearer trends, with quite a largeprice varia�on depending mostly onbreed and quality. Medium weightfeeder steers were as much as 28c/kgdearer. Light weight yearling heifers ex-perienced strong gains in places andonce again breed was a major factor.The limited supply of medium weightfeeder heifers sold to a slightly cheapertrend.

There was no market quote availableon the heavy grown steers, with noth-ing to compare them too from the pre-vious sale. Well finished grown heiferssaw a firm to cheaper market. Therewere cheaper trends through the cowmarket, while reduced buyer par�cipa-�on saw the bull market cheaper.

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October 3rd - The lamb num-bers increased with a few pens ofwell finished crossbreds and quitea few plain condi�on light weightMerinos. There was a single pen ofoutstanding extra heavy weightyoung lambs. The usual buyers at-tended, however demand was

weaker.Two weeks since the last sale is

a long �me in the current decliningmarket. With the weaker demandmarket trends were significantlycheaper for both the trade andheavy weight crossbred lambs.Prices decreased approximately

$70 to $90/head for heavy andextra heavy weight lambs from thelast sale. The trade weight lambsalso experienced a price decreasebut not to the same extent. Theplain condi�on Merino lambs at-tracted both processor and re-stocker compe��on, with prices

making from $20 to $30/headcheaper.

The sheep offering was princi-pally made up of shorn Merinoewes and wethers in plain condi-�on. Market trends were generallycheaper with insufficient well fin-ished sheep to quote.

October 5th - The recent runof down weeks con�nued how-ever the market did appear tostabilise and even gain ground insome areas as the week pro-gressed. Coming off the back ofa designated superfine sale lastweek proved difficult for thefiner microns with the less stylishoffering suffering some largefalls. Offse�ng these falls werethe medium micron Merinotypes that ini�ally lost ground onthe first day of selling only tobounce back on the final day tofinish on the posi�ve side of theledger. 34,242 bales were soldna�onally with this week beingthe first week of the new season

that more wool was offered thanthe corresponding week last sea-son. Major buyers included Seat-ech, Tianyu and Techwool. AWTAtest data for the first quarter ofthe season was released thisweek with the weight of wooltested na�onally showing an11.3% decline. This is almostdouble the decline predicted bythe Australian Wool Produc�onForecas�ng Commi�ee. Interest-ingly the volume of Superfinewool (18.5 micron and finer)tested is actually up 20% for theseason, no doubt due to adversegrowing condi�ons in manyparts of the country.

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Weekly Wool Sales

Guyra Sheep & Lamb Sale

RDANI Chair Russell Stewart

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Tenders close this week forthe removal of fuel tanksfrom Bradley St. The tankswere discovered during pre-liminary works on the up-grade of the Guyra CBD,causing a considerable setback to the project.

Inspectors from the NSWEPA were in town this weekfor an update on the pro-posed removal of the tanks.

Armidale Regional Coun-

cil’s Director of Engineering,Ralf Stoeckeler told theGazette that removal of thetanks is now likely to takeplace during November.

Tenders for the removalclosed on Tuesday and con-tracts are expected to besigned by the end of theweek.

Once the tanks are re-moved, there will be no fur-ther work until at least

February. Council decidednot to conduct work duringDecember because of the dis-ruptions to trading thatcould occur during a busyshopping period.

Mr Stoeckeler said that thecosts associated with the re-moval may impact the scaleof the work that is carriedout, however the full extentis not known at this stage.

Council staff met with NSW EPA staff this week to discuss the removal of the tanks

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held in Guyra on SaturdaySeptember 29th, NationalParty members of the North-ern Tablelands ElectorateCouncil met to consider there-endorsement of AdamMarshall as the NationalParty Candidate for the up-coming State election to beheld in March 2019. Atten-dees came from as far afieldas Moree, Inverell, GlenInnes, Armidale and Urallato join with Guyra branchmembers for the vote.

Chairman of the NorthernTablelands Electorate Coun-

cil, Alan St Clair found itvery difficult to “marshall”the members into the meet-ing as they were distractedby the superb Trout Festivalmarkets and food stalls in-cluding the Rotary ice cream.

Mr Marshall was the onlycandidate nominated andafter the usual short speechand then questions from thefloor, the secret ballot tookplace and he was overwhelm-ingly re-elected as the party’scandidate.

“Adam Marshall is a stun-ningly successful memberwho has provided the elec-

torate and Guyra with fund-ing for infrastructure whichhas been spread throughoutthe Guyra Community andelsewhere,” Mr St Clair told

the Gazette following themeeting. “An example locallyis the $12.5 million dollarfunding of the Malpas toGuyra pipeline which willensure that the town ofGuyra never runs short offresh, potable water.

“With the town expected tocontinue to grow over timethis also provides incentivesfor businesses to considermoving to Guyra to take ad-vantage of the growing pop-ulation.”

Mr Marshall was unavail-able for comment.

Alan St Clair

Applications are now openfor the $24 million Rural andRegional Enterprise Scholar-ships program. Scholarshipsof up to $18,000 are availableto help students with thecosts of studying STEM atuniversity or a vocational ed-ucation and training institu-tion.

Member for New England,Barnaby Joyce, has encour-aged local students to applyfor a Government-fundedscholarship to study a science,technology, engineering ormathematics (STEM) course.

“One of these scholarshipscould help a promising stu-dent realise their potentialand get a STEM educationthat will open a world of fu-ture possibilities,” Mr Joycesaid.

“New guidelines will alsomake it easier for drought-af-fected students to apply, in-cluding families receiving theFarm Household Allowance. Iencourage every student inthe New England who wantsto study STEM to apply forthe program.”

Applications close on Friday14 December 2018.

For further information andto apply, visit https://www.ed-ucation.gov.au/rural-and-re-gionalenterprise-scholarships

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BATTERSBY; Edith Adeline19.1.1934 - 3.10.2018

Of McMaugh Gardens, Uralla, formerly of Kirkwood Street, Armidale.

Dearly loved wife of Keith (dec’d),loving Mother and Mother-in-Law ofMichael & Ann, John & Karyn, Mary & Errol Sisson, Phillip & Karen andGreg & Teena.

Loving Grandmother and Great-Grandmother of their families.

Aged 84 yearsFuneral Service to be held at Saints

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MMeenn’’ss BBoowwllssSaturday October 6th saw the Final of

the Club Triples played: Andrew Sparke,Peter Brodbeck and Col Stanley playedPaul Johnson, Murray Bourke and DavidWilcox. Right from the starter’s bell thiswas always going to be a close encounterand from reports and the score card thisproved to be right. Col and his teamstarted of scoring on the first two ends,David and his team replied on the nextend and by end 6 the scores were level.Col and his team drew 8 shots on the nexttwo ends seeming to put a stop to David’steam comeback. Even though the gameremained tight Col and his team man-aged to hang onto the lead and went on tovictory 23 shots to 20 shots over 21 ends.Congratulations to Col Stanley, PeterBrodbeck and Andrew Sparke on beingthe Club Triples Champions for 2017/18season.

Sunday October 7th saw a game ofMajor/Minor Pairs played:

Roger Cox and Boyd Stanley playedChris Kliendienst and Peter Brodbeck.

This game also provided those watchinga close hard game. Roger and Boyd heldthe lead for the majority of the game,coming down to the last two ends Rogerand Boyd held a two shot lead but Chrisand Peter were not to be denied and, get-ting four shots on the last two ends, man-aged to take the win 21 shots to 19 shotsover 25 ends.

This weekend will see the Club Cham-pionships continue with 2017/18 gamesand the commencement of the 2018/19season.

Saturday October 13th: Start: 1.00pm:Starter and Umpire Robert Walls.

2017/18 season Major/Minor Pairs:Steven Sole and Robert Walls to playChris Kliendienst and Peter Brodbeck.

Commencement of the 2018/19 season:Open Singles: Barry Walls to play

Cameron Peardon marker Col StanleyGeoff Reeves to play John Jackson

marker Ken Jones.Sunday October 14th: Start: 1.00pm.

Starter and Umpire: David Wilcox:Club Triples: David Wilcox, Paul John-

son and Murray Bourke to play MallieWalls, Robert Walls and Phil Kliendienst.

Roger Cox, Peter Brodbeck and AndrewSparke to play Dan Kennedy, GregMitchell and Graham Starr.

All boarded games are to be played orForfeit Rule applies.

Also boarded are games set down forSunday Morning November 14th: Start:10.00am.

Club Fours: David Wilcox, Ian Jacobs,Roger Cox and John Hamel to play DanKennedy, Col Stanley, Greg Mitchell andGraham Starr.

Steven Sole, Mallie Walls, Evan Sole

and Andrew Sparke to play RobertMoore, Boyd Stanley, David Lyes andGeoff Reeves.

Sunday Afternoon Start: 1.00pm.Club Fours: Scott Campbell, Barry

Presnell, Cameron Peardon and BarryCampbell to play winner of David Wilcoxand Dan Kennedy.

John Jackson, Murray Bourke, PaulJohnson and Robert Walls to play winnerof Steven Sole and Robert Moore.

Skips are responsible for making surethat their teams are complete otherwisethey are also responsible for finding theirown subs.

These games are also play or the ForfeitRule will apply.

There is a sheet on the notice board re-quiring bowlers interesting in playingSawtell travelling Bowlers October 27th:Saturday afternoon 12.30pm start for so-cial bowls. Sunday October 28th Men’sBowls Morning. As many Bowlers as canmake themselves available are requiredfor this visit.

Any further information requiredplease ring the Guyra Bowling Club dur-ing working hours.

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VVeett’’ss ggoollffOn Tuesday October 2nd, the best

Spring day for some time, 16 playersplayed Stroke. The winner with nett 68was Graham White and runner up IanTaylor and Doug Archibald with 71.

Winner of front 9 Wal Chapman andsecond 9 Doug Archibald.

Nearest the pins were 7th GrahamWhite, 10th Doug Archibald and 18thNeil Paine.

The best putter was Graham Whitewith 24 putts.

On Tuesday October 9th, 17 Vets playedan Individual Stableford Event. It wasgood to see Pattie Hill playing with usagain and she played very well.

The winner of the day, with a good scoreof 39, was Paul Redden, followed by IanTaylor with 37 points.

Wal Chapman had 19 points for thefront nine and John Prisk had the bestscore on the back nine with 19 also.

Doug Archibald was the best putterwith only 26 putts. John Prisk was near-est the pin on the 7th, Ian Taylor, the10th and Terry Varley on the 18th.

On Saturday October 13th, the GolfPresentation will be held at the Clubafter the completion of the Molly SoleEvent at 4.30.

Armidale will be hosting a Vets’ OpenDay on 23rd October with a 9.30 ShotgunStart at $21 per head. Please let NancyPrisk know if you would like to play.

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YYoouunngg gguunn ooffff ttoo NNaattiioonnaallssGuyra Gun Club junior

competitor FletcherRichardson has gained se-lection in the NSW juniorteam that will compete inthe National titles inMarch 2019.

It capped off a busy timefor Fletcher who was in-vited to participate in theNSW Clay Target ShootersNational Down the line De-velopment Camp afterbeing identified as a poten-tially talented junior.

He attended the camp atWagga Wagga from Sep-tember 24th to 27th alongwith 12 other talented jun-iors from across Australia.

At the end of the camp hejoined father Jeff and othermembers of the Guyra GunClub competing in the NSWDown the Line Champi-onships which were alsoheld at Wagga.

Fletcher finished third inA grade in double barrel,shooting 138 targets. Healso performed well in thepoints score with a 147/150and 24/24 in the shoot off tofinish in third place.

It is a massive achieve-ment for the 13-year-oldwho only began competingaround 18 months ago.Fletcher finished in thefinal six in NSW in juniorsingle barrel, double barrel

and points scoreFletcher was the

youngest competitor, shoot-ing 237/250 to qualify andthen 70/75 to finish 3rd inthe state, gaining selectionin the NSW state shoulderto shoulder team.

Before heading off to theNational titles in Romanext March, Fletcher sayshe will be doing a lot ofpractice and trying to get toas many shoots as he can.

He will also be putting intopractice some of the tips hereceived from formerOlympian Suzy Balogh(now Corry), ACTA HeadCoach and National Coach-ing Director, who helpedout at the developmentcamp.

Other Guyra competitorsalso performed well at themeet. Ben Rumbel madethe single barrel shoot offbefore dropping out after 15

or so targets and also went189 targets into the DBshoot off. 

Greg Watson shot 39 intothe DB shoot off beforedropping out, and ScotSmith shot another 57 be-fore missing one.

Adam Hone reachedabout 20 in the DB shootoff, and Jeff Richardsonshot 210 in the DB shoot offand made the NSW 15 mansquad.

Fletcher Richardson and father Jeff both had success at Wagga

LLaaddiieess ggoollffKerry Bull was at her best

form on 3rd October whenshe won the Stableford eventwith 39 points on a countback from Meg Simpson.Kerry hit an accurate shot,with a wedge, to take outnearest the pin on the 9th aswell as the day’s competition.

On the 10th October wewill look pretty in pink whenwe Tee Off For Breast Can-cer, sponsored by WendyGeorge. At Glen Innes GolfClub on 17th October theNSW Golf Medal Playoff will

welcome all New EnglandDistrict qualifiers to competefor a place in the State Finalat Horizons Golf Club. GoodLuck to Pip White (Division1), Meg Simpson (Division 2)and Joyce Betts (Division 3).We hope you play well andmake it to the finals. AnOpen competition will beheld for all other visitingplayers at Glen Innes andmeanwhile, a Stroke compe-tition will be run at Guyra.

The Golf Presentations forour 2018 Club Champions ison Saturday 13th October.The Presentations will take

place in the afternoon follow-ing the Molly Sole competi-tion and we hope to see youthere. Please put your namedown for catering purposes.

TThhee PPhhaannttoommMMeenn’’ss ggoollffLast Sunday 12 golfers

travelled to Delungra to con-test the NEDGA Pennants.Although the boys postedsome good scores, we just fellshort with Inverell winningthe scratch pennant andAshford taking the Nett pen-nant. Next Saturday will bethe presentation afternoon

BBQ starting at 4:30 withSunday being the BrianLennon Memorial Day every-one is welcome to play. Thefollowing Sunday will be theDougie Waters MemorialGolf day.

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TTeennnniissAny ladies wishing to play

tennis on Thursday morn-ings at 9am would be mostwelcome by the regularladies who play each week.Just come along and join in.

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