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Former Guyra Catholicpriest Father Anthony, betterknown locally as FatherHolysmoke, will be comingback to light up the sky overTingha and Guyra to help cel-ebrate Australia Day.

Father Anthony hasplanned something very spe-cial for the Australia Dayweekend and is looking for-ward to the community em-bracing the events throughoutthis weekend including hisPyrotechnic Artwork on Fri-day and Saturday Evenings.

The fireworks displays willbe held immediately after theoutdoor movies (approx.9.30pm) on Friday 26th Janu-ary at the Tingha Sports andRecreation Field and on Sat-urday 27th January at theGuyra Recreation Grounds.

The unusual hobby that Fa-ther Anthony has, originatedfrom his love of Pyrotechnicsand he says it is like an artistcreating something uniqueand special for others to ad-mire and enjoy.

“It is an example of discov-ering and using the talents wehave and sharing them witheverybody in our community

and it is a pleasure to be ableto put a smile on the faces ofyoung and old,” Father An-thony said.

“Although my art work inthe sky only last a few sec-

onds, the satisfaction aftereach display, hearing thecrowd applause, is greaterthan the noise of the fire-works.

Please make sure that youhave taken a few minutes tosecure and care for your petsbefore coming to watch theAustralia Day Movies and theFirework displays.

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Father Anthony and his companion dog “Cracker” getting ready to light up the sky with colours for Australia Day

SHADE TREES lining thehighway through town.Great foresight by thosewho planted the trees allthose years ago (1928?)

MUSIC TENT at the Fes�-val - some great acts tolisten to while you enjoyyour lamb and spuds -Beach Party on Aus Day isa must

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There’s a bear in there, and people as well ...and books, DVDs, china, kitchenware,

toys, sporting equipment, etc. all getting ready for the huge

Trash ‘n’ Treasure Saleat The Hub at Guyra,

160 Bradley Street, Guyra on Saturday 27 January from 9.00am

An amazing performance byFanny Lumsden and her bandthe aptly named ‘Thrillseekers’,was witnessed by over 130 fansat Ben Lomond Hall on Friday19th January. Patrons were‘thrilled’ not just by Fanny thesinger, songwriter, they weresoaked in the atmosphere of atrue entertainer.

Local act, Barb and JimO’Neill were on stage and in thespot light. They were a superbact to start the night of brilliantentertainment. Melody Mokofollowed with an impressivesupport act.

Fanny Lumsden and theThrillseekers Band carried offthe rest of the night. True to thecountry music genre, storieswere told in appropriate style,from the more raucous throughto the subtle melancholy mood.The closing moments demandedfloor space as local kids joinedFanny on the stage and patronsrose to their feet to feel the beatup close.

Fanny Lumsden, the bandand her crew come into townbased on their philosophy “Thewhole idea behind this tour is tobring live music to our wonder-ful small communities, to keepthe halls in action and supportthe future of small communi-ties”.

It was indeed a pleasure anda privilege to be able to presentthis opportunity to participate inan entertainment feature of thisstandard for our community. Wethank them and wish them wellin the Awards at the TamworthCountry Music Festival.

While Beth White and SarahHarding apologise for misunder-

standing and advertising doorticket sales at the same price asonline tickets, they also want tosincerely thank the big team ofhelpers who committed theirtime and energy to enable theevent to run smoothly.

A special thankyou to GuyraLions for the fantastic barbecuefood sold from their tent and toCheryle Newberry for the milk-shakes and ice cream dessertrange sold from her van alongwith the tea and coffee. KirksIGA and the teams who man-aged the bar facility are alsothanked for their commitmentto the event.

At the end of the night every-one had the opportunity to meetand greet the performers and‘happy snaps’ were in order as

patrons took their leave.A different level of activity

will again bring the BenLomond War Memorial Hall tolife with an Australia Daybreakfast on Friday at 7:00amsharp.

During the afternoon of Aus-tralia Day the historic militaryvehicles customarily take adrive from Guyra to a venue inthe local area. This year thatdrive will include Ben Lomondand the Hall committee willprovide a light afternoon teafor a donation.

The public may observe thevehicles from and at the halland they are also welcome tojoin us for afternoon tea.

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There are two main ingre-dients at Guyra’s Lamb andPotato Festival. WhileBertha Reeves is well knownfor her potato bakes, theother equally important in-gredient is the lamb.

The responsibility for carv-ing this up stands squarelyon the shoulders of Bertha’shusband Geoff. He is thechief slicer and carves hisway through around twentyseasoned roast lambs eachday of the festival, and thisyear has already carved upmore than 100 legs of lamb.

You will find Geoff on deckevery day of the festival fromaround 6.45am until around8.30 each night. As well ascarving up the lamb hemakes a mean coleslaw andis responsible for keeping thegas cookers going.

He is also ready to pass onhis advice and have a jokewith the army of volunteerswho keep the festival going.

“Every year it gets biggerand runs for longer and weuse more lamb and more po-tatoes,” Geoff said. “And coke- they must bath in it we gothrough so much.”

Geoff and Bertha havebeen there almost since thefestival began 32 years ago.Gazebo manager Julie Git-toes refers to them as her leftand right hand - withoutthem the festival simplywouldn’t happen.

“People like Geoff and

Bertha are the heart andsoul of the festival and to-gether we carry on the workstarted by Frank Presnelland all those wonderful peo-ple all those years ago,” Juliesaid.

“We started in a caravanand then moved into thegazebo and there have beena few extensions and we arestill here.”

One volunteer who doesn’tmiss the caravan is DorothyEvery from Ben Lomond.She has volunteered every

year, firstly with the BenLomond CWA and now withthe Hall Committee..

“It is much easier now wedon’t have to go up and downthe steps of the caravan andeverything is the rightheight,” she said.

“I used to bring bricks fromhome to build the table up tothe right height and noweverything is here and itworks much better.”

This year the festival hasbeen blessed by fine weatherand Saturday was one of the

biggest days ever. They sold out of lamb

chops in two hours on theSaturday morning, so theyhad to use Sunday’s supply ofchops as well.

“They were really popularwith workers from thetomato farm,” Julie said.

“We also sold lots of eggand bacon rolls and break-fasts. But the seasoned lambdinners are still the mostpopular - that’s what mostpeople want.”

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Geoff Reeves slices his way through yet another lamb roast.He expect to notch up 200 before the festival closes

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January 17th - There was ayarding of 1650 lambs and1450 sheep at the Guyra sale-yards.

A correction in the marketcombined with a reasonablygood season saw well finishedlambs in short supply as pro-ducers opt to improve the fin-ish of their good lambs.

Conversely those experienc-ing drier conditions pushedstore lambs onto the market inlarger numbers. The usual buy-ers were in attendance.

Market trends for the fewwell finished lambs werecheaper with limited opportu-nities for trade buyers to pur-chase.

The better quality storelambs attracted keen restockerinterest, selling firm to slightly

dearer with a shorter turn-around anticipated. Theplainest of the store lambssold to a cheaper trend with alonger time needed to finish.

There was a good supply ofwell finished medium andheavy weight sheep penned.Market trends were firm tocheaper, however Merinosheep skin values did improvesome average prices.

Trade lambs $128 to $142Hvy lambs to $162Restockers $90 to $122Store Lambs $22 to $83Hvy XB ewes $116 to $132Woolly merinos to $135Md. Mer Ewes $85 to $135Mer Wthrs $90 to $117Lgt ewes $58 to $90

The North & North WestCommunity Legal Service(NNWCLS) is coming toGuyra. On the 1st Friday ofevery month NNWCLS willbe at The Hub at Guyra, 160Bradley Street from 10:00amto 12:30pm. The first Clinicis on Friday, 2nd February.

NNWCLS is based in Armi-dale and has been offeringfree legal advice and assis-tance to everyone in thenorth and north west of NSWfor 25 years. They have clin-ics in Walcha, Tamworth,Quirindi, Werris Creek,Gunnedah, Narrabri, Moree,Inverell, Glen Innes, GlenInnes Correctional Centre,Tenterfield and UNE.

Principal Solicitor, MissTerri King, is looking forwardto offering FREE and confi-dential legal advice and helpto the Guyra community.Terri has a long history withour Service and has a pas-sion for the community. Terrihas a strong interest in work-

ing with survivors of domes-tic and family violence andsexual assault and has a par-ticular interest in VictimsServices, Family Law andEstate Planning. Terri alsooffers advice across all areasof law that fall within ourmany problem types.

NNWCLS is not a meanstested service which meansthey can assist anyone whoseproblem type lies within ourlarge and varied adviceareas.

Problem types and adviceareas include drafting Powerof Attorney and Enduring

Guardianship documents,Wills (without real propertyeg: a house) and they can ad-vise in areas such as victimssupport, Apprehended Vio-lence Orders, consumer com-plaints, credit and debtissues, neighbourhood dis-putes, employment andworkplace issues, CriminalLaw, discrimination and traf-fic offences. If you’re at riskor experiencing family or do-mestic violence, Terri canalso assist you.

The Service is FREE to ev-eryone. This is a great op-portunity to begin resolvingthose legal issues that you’vebeen putting off. This is alsoa great opportunity for theGuyra community to get yourPower of Attorney and En-during Guardianship docu-ments sorted. Call today on1800 687 687 to book an ap-pointment. Their friendlystaff are waiting to assistyou.

It was somewhat of a mixedbag this week for the Australianwool market with Superfinetypes con�nuing to strengthenwhilst the fine and medium mi-cron Merino types allowed a lit-tle gravity to take hold.

It was a three day sale in theNorthern region and a�er a firmfirst day of sales prices fell awayon the second day only to con-solidate and recover slightly onthe final day. 50,499 bales weresold na�onally for the week andconsidering the level of themarket the passed in rate of7.1% appears high.

Major buyers included Tech-wool, Seatech and PJ Morris.Be�er style and strength typescarrying low vegetable ma�erwere reported as selling at lev-

els close to last week’s sale withmost of the downward pressurebeing applied to wool carryingimperfec�ons, with buyersbeing able to be more selec�vewith their purchases due to thelarge na�onal offering.

With the Aussie dollarstrengthening further againstthe US the Eastern Market Indi-cator actually finished a fewcents dearer when looked at inUS dollars. Na�onal weekly ros-tered quan��es are set to dropconsiderably with 43,000 balesdue next week before falling toan expected 40,000 the follow-ing week.

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Terri King will be providing free legal advice to the Guyra community

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Above: Dot Lockyer, Kay Smith,Graham White and Brian Irving

Right: Marg and CampbellWolfenden, with Indiana and

Jackson, snapped up one of Kayand Brian’s joint works.

Left: Meg Simpson with Brian at the Exhibition

Graham White performedthe official duties at theopening of Kay Smith andBrian Irving’s joint exhibi-tion on Friday January 19th.

Around 70 people attendedthe opening at the GALACentre.

By the end of the night 12out of 13 combined workswere sold, along with four ofKay’s and and three of Bri-ans individual works.

A steady stream of visitorshas also visited during theweek, resulting in furthersales.

The exhibition will rununtil Sunday January 28th.

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24th January - Noreen Williams25th January - Sue Adams

26th January - Stephen Adams29th Jan. - Lyn & Richard Skinner

30th January - Guyra CWA31st January - Pamela Hart

Community NoticeboardMeals on Wheels

Street StallsNo stalls in January

2nd February - Guyra CWA9th & 10 February - Guyra

Machinery Group

Church NoticesSt James AnglicanSunday 9am Traditional Service,10.30am Family Service; 1st Sun-day of the month Backwater 2pm,3rd Sunday of the month BenLomond 12.00noon 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, ActingSession Clerk: Jim Coleman6733 2021Uniting 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 meet-ing 10am, Wed 7pm Food Pantry- Fridays 1-3pm. Tony Stace 0427956772.Church of Freedom10 Nincoola Street - Contact:0421 847 973, Tuesday Prayer6.30pm, Wed Bible Study 6.30pmSunday Service 10am

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Mr David Good’s letter ofthe 10th January is mislead-ing. He claims a rail trail isvulnerable to a sell off.

In the Legislative Council Ihad carriage of the TransportAdministration Amendment(Closure of Railway Line Be-tween Rosewood and Tum-barumba) Bill on behalf ofthe Minister for Transport.The Bill clearly says “The au-

thorisation of the rail infra-structure owner under sub-clause(1) in relation to thedisposal of the land con-cerned is limited to the landbeing dedicated under Crownlands legislation as a railtrail for recreational use.”

Future legislation for otherproposed rail trails would beexpected to follow this tem-plate. The NSW Parliamentoverwhelming voted thatway.

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Service ClubsLIONS CLUB dinner meetings1st & 3rd Thursday of themonth at Guyra Bowling Club,7pm. Ph: Peter King 0412 780951ROTARY CLUB dinner meetings2nd & 4th Tuesday of the monthat Rafters Restaurant, 6pm for6.30pm. Ph: Aileen MacDonald 0417 079 307

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The Management andStaff of The Hub at Guyrawish to acknowledge the ex-traordinary generosity of theGuyra community who do-nated so many wonderfulitems to our Reverse AdventChristmas Giving Appeal. Somany of the items were ableto be given to communitymembers for them to use asChristmas gifts for their fam-ilies. It was heartbreakingfor us to see so many men, es-pecially, who had nothing togive to their kids for Christ-mas. We were so pleased tobe able to support them byallowing them a choice ofwhatever they wished tohave. We also supplied manygreat gifts to Guyra Familysupport Services for distribu-tion to their families in town.Thankfully there were anumber of donations of food,toiletries and other itemswhich we were able to dis-tribute to adult members ofour community, as well asfamilies. We believe thataround 100 people benefitedfrom the kindness of you, ourdonors.

As you can imagine not ev-erything was utilised then,and even though we havekept some things in reservewe were left with quite a few

great items. Then we heardthat the much-loved annualCar Rally ‘Show and Shine’has so many entries that itwill extend along BradleyStreet all the way to More-dun Street, Since that end oftown is part of our patch TheHub at Guyra and GuyraCommunity Garden decidedthat we would hold one of ourfantastic Trash ‘N’ TreasureSales. The donations areflooding in and we will besorting everything next weekand selling from early Satur-day 27th January. We willalso have available food and

drinks.We welcome donations and

helpers. We will be opentoday, Wednesday, andThursday from 10am until2pm. You can drop off via theside door. Just ring the doorbell and we will accept yourpre-loved items.

Watch out for the results ofthis much-anticipated activ-ity; and also the CommunityGarden’s upcoming TwilightSummer Gathering - morenews on that soon.

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The Hub were overwhelmed with donations prior to Christmas

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Anglican Church Floral DisplayIrene McIndoe (left) was the guest floral artist

who arranged this contemporary free standingdesign. Leanne Hamel of Glen Innes assisted

Irene with the display. This interesting piece andmany other beautiful arrangements made by

local ladies are on display, each day, during theFestival between 9 am and 3 pm at St James’s An-

glican Church Guyra.

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President of the Lamb and Potato Festival Steve Mepham presenting the trophy for thewindow display competition. This year’s winner was a joint effort by Hannah Williams

from Hairy Tails Comb True and Jadye Tierney from The Beauty Room by Jayde

Above: Nine year old Ryan Saunders’ “Creative Rocking

Sheep” won the Little Bo Peep competitionRight:

Guyra Preschoolers enjoyed a ride on the train on Tuesday

Lola Ferguson from Armidale and grandfather Bob from England were among the first to take a camel ride at the festival

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The first evening of theLamb and Potato Festival isalways a time for the ‘family’to get back together. For twoweeks each January the com-mittee and the stall holderswork together to bring thisunique event to fruition.

President Steve Mephamwelcomed many familiarfaces, and a few new ones, atthe traditional stall holdersdinner on January 17th.

“As Frank always said it isthe stalls that make the fes-tival – it’s the stalls they cometo see,” he said.

“It is great to have so manypeople here from last yearwho endured the ‘storm of allstorms’, we are glad it didn’tdampen your spirits toomuch.”

“Last year taught us onething – that small communi-ties have a can do attitude.We saw it after the storm andwe also saw it with the estab-lishment of a new locally pro-duced newspaper.”

“They helped us prepare ourLamb and Potato programand it the best so far,” he said.“It’s fresh, it’s inviting, a littlebit comical, and best of all itwas produced right here inthe main street of Guyra bythe team at GALA.”

Back l to r: Chris Bell, Steve Mepham, Geoff Reeves, Ian Russell, Mark WertsFront: Bertha Reeves, Betty Sheelah, Frank Presnell (Patron), Julie Gittoes and Deborah Little

Absent: Alex Cunningham and Di Taylor

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LLaammbb aanndd PPoottaattoo FFeessttiivvaall -- wweeeekk 22FESTIVAL RUNSUNTIL Sunday January28th.

MARKET STALLSopen every day

LAMB AND POTATOMEALS available eachday from 7.30am until7.30pm.

LIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCES inthe Regional AustraliaBank Music Tent.

LOCAL ARTS &CRAFTS for sale in theAnglican Church Hallfrom 10 am each day.

MILITARY VEHICLEDISPLAY at the GuyraShowground Friday26th, Saturday 27th andSunday 28th.

VINTAGE CARAVANSat the Showground Friday 26th, Saturday27th and Sunday 28th.

AUTOMOBILE SHOWAND SHINE Saturday27th in Bradley St. Reg-istrations from 7.30am,show commences 10 am

ANTIQUE MACHIN-ERY RALLY Saturday27th and Sunday 28th

GUYRA MUSEUMopen both weekends ofthe Festival from 11 amto 3 pm, entry by goldcoin donation

MODEL TRAINS in thePresbyterian ChurchHall Saturday 27th andSunday 28th

FLORAL DISPLAY inthe Anglican Church Hallevery day between 9 amand 3 pm.

TRAIN RIDES everyday of the Festival

Janelle Stewart and Steve Mepham Entertainment by Crooked Tree Duo

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GGUUYYRRAA SSHHOOWW SSOOCCIIEETTYY meetingTuesday, 30th January at 7.00pm at TheGALA Centre.

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LLOOCCAALL GGUUYYRRAA CCRRAAFFTTSS at the Lamband Potato Festival in the AnglicanChurch Hall, from 9am till 4pm each dayduring the Festival.GGUUYYRRAA HHIISSTTOORRIICCAALL MMUUSSEEUUMM will beopen from 11am to 3pm Wednesday24th, Friday 26th, Saturday 27th & Sun-day 28th.AARRTT EEXXHHIIBBIITTIIOONN by Brian Irving and Kay Smith at GALA open until 28th January.

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COMMUNITY MEETINGWhen: Wednesday, 1st FebruaryTime: 6.00pmWhere: The GALA CentreWhy: KoloraAre you interested in forming a

community based entity to operateGuyra’s new aged care facility?Then come along to this meeting.

Enquiries: 6779 2132

Guyra Gazette Wednesday January 24, 2018 Page 10

Guyra Gazette Wednesday January 24, 2018 Page 11

1st GradeGuyra defeated

by Hillgrove (2 day game)

Guyra 1st InningsShane Wolfenden.......................37Justin Mckay.......not out..........7BJ Cameron...............................1Heath Dowsett.........................31Ben Jackson..............................9Demielle Landsborough..............7Charlie Keen................................7Jason Campbell...........................5Matt Finley...............................27Jamie Vidler...............................14Jake Ellis................................14Extras.......................................15Total....................................176

Overs.............53.0

Hillgrove Innings10 for 195 off 50.4 overs

Guyra Bowling: Bj Cameron 5 for 41, Jake Ellis 2

for 62, Ben Jackson 0 for 15, Bran-don Lans=ndsborough 0 for 43,

Heath Dowsett 3 for 25, TomSmith 0 for 3

Guyra 2nd InningsShane Wolfenden.......................22BJ Cameron...............................2Heath Dowsett.........................11Jason Campbell..........................11Tom Smith..................................9Extras.........................................3Total.....................................3/58

Overs........20

CRICKET SCOREBOARD Saturday, January 13th & 20th

2nd GradeGuyra defeated Ex Services

Ex Services innings10/ 100 off 23 overs

Guyra Bowling:Keiran Wicks 2 for 28, Jake Brazier

3 for 24, Peter Presnell 4 for 10,Ryan Walker 0 for 15, Matt Smith 1 for 13

Guyra InningsRyan Walker................................9Troy Martin.............................20Taylor Brennan..........................2Graham Cameron........................12Keiran Wicks..............................0Peter Presnell......not out............19Matt Smith................................0Jake Brazier...............................0Andrew Frost............................23Adrian Cameron...........................0DJ Patterson...........................6Extras.......................................11Total.................................9/102

Overs.............24.5

The Super Spuds are itch-ing to get onto the field withthe first club event of 2018now just a day away.

Tomorrow night (Thurs-day) the club is holding ameet and greet at the SportsComplex for any players whoare interested in running outfor either the men’s team orthe women’s leaguetag sidethis year.

Following tomorrow night’sevent, men’s coach Dan Vi-dler will begin training hisplayers next Tuesday, Janu-ary 30, from 6pm and train-ing will be held regularlyevery Tuesday and Thursday.

The club has appointed for-mer Spud Graham Smith as

women’s leaguetag coach for2018 and his players are alsowelcome to attend tomorrownight.

Smith has played forGuyra, Armidale and Nar-wan, coached Narwan firstgrade, Armidale reserves andthe Group 19 senior andunder 18s rep teams.

Sponsors are still requiredto help the Spuds put twoteams on the paddock anddetails of a major fundraiserwill be released shortly.

Keep up to date withSpuds’ news on Facebook andInstagram.

Right: Graham Smith will coach theLeaguetag team for 2018

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LLaaddiieess’’ GGoollffKaren Oehlers played excel-

lent golf on Wednesday 17thJanuary to take out the ParMedal round with +1. WendyJackson won runner up allsquare for the card. ShonaMulligan took out Nearest thePin on the 7th hole, just 164cm from the flag, sinking theputt for birdie.

Set down on the roster on27th January, it’s our turn tocook and wash up in the Lamband Potato Festival Gazebo forthe shift beginning at 8 am.

On Wednesday 31st Januarywe’ll be playing a Stroke Com-petition and a Par Medalround on the 7th February fol-lowed by a General Meeting.

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MMeenn’’ss GGoollffLast week’s midweek scores

were impressive with theWestern Workers in front with69 points helped by MurrayHarman’s 21 points. Twoquestions come to mind, doeshe live in the west? Last Sun-day saw Bruce Coppock takeout the individual par withPat Grills runner up. Nearestto the pins went to Ben Vidleron the 7th, Ian Taylor on the10th and Steven Sole on the18th. Friday will be a 2 personambrose to celebrate AustraliaDay and an individual par onSunday for a club trophy.

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VVeettss GGoollffTuesday, 23rd January was

another very warm day, but agood field of 19 Vets played anIndividual Stableford event,counting putts.

The consistent Pat Grillsand the improving Wal Chap-man were joint winners with39 points, and John Prisk wasthe runner-up with 38 points.

Pat was the best putter with26 putts.

Nearest the pins went toWal Chapman on the 7th,Nancy Prisk the 9th, NeilPaine the 10th and DougArchibald had the best secondshot on the 18th.

It was good to have RegDavidson play with us againand we welcomed Rick Em-merton.

Thank you to all the Vetswho helped out at the Lamband Potato Festival on Mon-day. It was a busy day, but we"oldies" coped very well.

Next Thursday, 1st Febru-ary, a formidable team ofabout 27 Vets will be travelingto Uralla for our first Pen-nants game of the year. Wewill be hosting the next gameon Tuesday, 13th February.

TThhee VVeett

Guyra Gazette Wednesday January 24, 2018 Page 12

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THIS wEEK’S SPECIALS (also at Kirk’s IGA)

Fine weather greetedBowlers in the Top of theRange Fours with 28 teamsstepping out onto the greenson Saturday January 20th.Three rounds of 15 ends ofbowls were contested.

Sunday morning saw thesecond day of Bowls playedand after another two roundsof 15 ends the winners weredecided.

Coming in, in first place acomposite team of MichaelPennell, (Armidale Ex Serv-ices), Paul Bullen, LyndseyMcIntyre, both (Armidale

City, Colin Stanley (Guyra)with 5 wins. Second place acomposite team of MalcomO’Hoy, Garry Davis, MatDavis, (Armidale Ex Serv-ices), Wayne Reeves (Guyra)also 5 wins. Third place acomposite team of StevenSole, Scott Campbell RobertMoore (Guyra), MichaelShinner (Armidale City) 5wins. Fourth place was ScottThorning’s team(Gunnedah). Fifth place ateam from Grafton.

I would like to thank allthe sponsors that supported

the Carnival, they includeElgas, Sapphire City Secu-rity, Berry Bowls Systems,Crowe-Horwath, Donna’sBistro, Jacobs Creek, TomatoExchange, Ray White Guyra.

Thanks to the Bar Staff, tothe cooks that cooked theBarbeque both days includ-ing Breakfast Sunday morn-ing, to the Umpire and to allthose that assisted in anyway. A big thanks must go toBetty-Ann Bourke and hermatch committee for an ex-cellently run Carnival.

Friday January 26th Aus-

tralia Day will see the run-ning of the Guyra BowlersAustralia Day Pairs. The costof the afternoon will be $10per person. There will be 3games of 10 ends with thebest four teams to playoff forthe prizes. First prize is 1/2lamb, runners up is a Leg ofLamb. The day is open toBowlers and Non Bowlers,names must be by 12.00pmon the day for a 12.30pmstart. Mufti Dress.

No Club Championshipsthis weekend.

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Winners - Paul Bullen, Col Stanley, Michael Pennell and Lindsey McIntyre

Runners up - Garry Davis, Wayne Reeves, Matt Davis and Malcolm Ahoy

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