Wednesday June 28, 2017

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Guyra Gazette

BURGESS GARAGE PTY LIMITED

Ph: 6779 1011 Mob: 0408 792 429 e: burgessgarage@hotmail.com

SStill providing ALL your NRMA INSURANCE NEEDSas well as

•• All Mechanical Maintenance & Repairs•• Vehicle Servicing

•• Pinkslips •• Spare Parts •• Batteries•• Windscreen replacement

•• Radiator replacement•• All Insurance & Private Towing

•• Vehicle Relocation•• Machinery Relocation•• Container Relocation

The Burgess family is cele-brating an NRMA servicemilestone of over 70 years atthe Guyra Country ServiceCentre, ahead of proprietorGreg Burgess’ retirementfrom NRMA road service on1 July.

The family has been theNRMA service agents for theGuyra area for four genera-tions. They have helpedthousands of stranded mo-torists since they took overthe Country Service Centrein 1946, and celebrated 70years in the business in2016.

Greg’s grandfather Her-bert Burgess was the initialproprietor of the business.Greg Burgess was handedthe management of the busi-ness by his father BoydBurgess in 1977, when Gregwas in his early twenties.Another generation becamepart of NRMA’s history whenGreg’s eldest daughterBrooke came on board in1995.

“It’s been a pleasure toserve the Guyra community

for so long. Working in roadservicing, you are often help-ing people when they’re attheir most vulnerable, andI’m proud that I’ve been ableto run a true family businesswith a proud history in thearea,” Mr Burgess said.

As the 4th generation ofthe Burgess family stillworking in the businessGreg’s daughter Brooke saidthat she is incredibly grati-fied with the family’s proudhistory and dedication toRoad Service.

“Although this is an end ofan era for our associationwith NRMA Motoring andServices as local road serviceproviders, we will still con-tinue to provide the Guyracommunity and our manyvalued customers with ourextensive range of mechani-cal services, spare parts andcontinue to make availableall of your NRMA Insurancerequirements and products,”Brooke said.

Continued page 3 >>>

End of an era for Burgess family

BLACK TIE BALL a hugesuccess. Great to see thecommunity coming to‐gether to support Five CentFriday

HIGHER LEVELS of precipi‐tation over Winter in ourrural communities.

MORE CANDIDATES comingforward to represent us onArmidale Regional Council ‐expect another announce‐ment next week

SCHOOL HOLIDAY activitiesat the Guyra LIbrary

Guyra Gazette Wednesday June 28, 2017 Page 2

What’s HOT

What’s NOT

Guyra Hospital

Rain this week 1.0mm

June rainfall 33.6mm

Rainfall YTD 648.8mm

Rainfall last YTD 425.8mm

Rainfall Registrations -

to 9am Monday, June 19th

Water treatment plant

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Top Dam 10mm above spillway

Bott. Dam 10mm above spillway

Daily average town consumption

(target 650 kl) 1255.4kl

Water Restrictions - NIL

Submit your Hots and Notsby phone 6779 2132 emailnews@gala.org.au or drop

in to the GALA centre

READING your local soggynewspaper by the fire be‐cause it wasn't wrapped inplastic.

Celebrating our nurses

Leigh’s achampionLeigh Ramage took out the

Grand Champion award atthe recent CWA State Con-ference for her beautifulshawl. Her work was judgedagainst work from CWAmembers all over NSW.

Leigh is no stranger towinning awards for herhandicraft, taking out CWAawards for many previousyears as well as prizes at thelocal Guyra Show on a num-ber of occasions.

Leigh also gives her timeto teach crafts at the GalaCentre every Wednesday,

Guyra MPS recently cele-brated International NursesDay for 2017.

Health Service Managerfor Guyra and Tingha Multi-Purpose Services Leanne

Fitzgerald said that our won-derful MPS could not be runas efficiently as it does with-out nursing staff.

“We all appreciate theircare and attention and Inter-

national Nurse’s Day is aday to show how much weappreciate them,” MsFitzgerald said.

Back l to r: Jessica Waters (student), Fiona Rodwell, Lou Harper, Leanne Fitzgerald,

Michelle Mulligan, Katherine Dennis, Di Taylor Front: Helen Brown and Deb Heagney

Leigh Ramage and Sharyn Holt

Guyra Gazette Wednesday June 28 2017 Page 3

Morning tea fornew residents

Guyra & District Chamber of Commerce

is hosting a Morning Tea to welcome new residents to Guyra.

Locals are welcome to come along, bring a new friend, enjoy morning tea

and meet new people.

on: Saturday, 15th July at 10.00am

at: the Guyra Library, 158 Bradley Street

Sponsored by:

RSVP by: Monday, 10th JulyPhone Fiona: 0488 791 722Email: guyrachamber@gmail.com

Aileen standing up for GuyraOPINION: Guyra is at a

crossroads and with the up-coming local governmentelections it is important thatthe people of Guyra have asay in the future of our re-gion. I was saddened to hearthat Dot Vickery was notgoing to stand at the nextelections as I believe she is agreat representative of ourarea and has been long, longbefore she was ever a Coun-cillor. I know Dot will con-tinue to advocate for Guyraand district even when noton Council.

I have been a resident ofGuyra longer than I havelived anywhere else and havealways had some involve-ment with the communitywhether it was as a Pre-school mum, a Rotarian andmore recently through theGuyra and District Chamberof Commerce. Guyra is agreat place to live and thereis so much on offer, yet thereis also so much more poten-tial for our area. We musthave a say in what happensnext for Armidale RegionalCouncil.

When nominations opennext month I will be puttingforward my name. Peter

Ducat last week said: “I seethe upcoming Council elec-tions as an opportunity forour region to continue mov-ing ahead, as it has in thelast year, and this can bedone by electing the rightCouncillors.” It remains to beseen if I am one of the ‘right’Councillors but I feelstrongly about getting thingsdone and growing our region.

I accept and know therewill be detractors, that is allpart of a local democracy andhelps to keep me account-

able. I advised the membersat the last Guyra & DistrictChamber of Commerce meet-ing that I will stepping downfrom my role as President sothat there is no conflict of in-terest and last week at theGuyra Rotary Club’schangeover dinner I was ableto step down in my role asPresident and welcomeJenny Cumming to the role.

In the coming weeks I willorganise a gathering to talkabout my vision for Guyraand its role within Armidale

Regional Council. If, in themeantime, you would like totalk to me I would love tohear from you.

If you are passionate aboutGuyra and would like to sup-port me, then please contactme on 0417 079 307 or emailaileenmacdonald@me.com

We will be STRONGER -TOGETHER - UNITED.

Aileen MacDonaldCandidate for Armidale

Regional Council

>>> from page 1“Burgess Garage is one of

the longest running retailbusinesses in Guyra with al-most a century servicing theGuyra area,” she said. “Wehave a wonderful staff -Leanne, Mary and myself willstill provide the same level ofservice to you with yourNRMA insurance productsand Greg and the boys will doso in the workshop and TowTruck.”

NRMA Executive GeneralManager Motoring SamanthaTaranto said the Burgess fam-ily embodied the qualities thatwere at the core of the trustedNRMA brand.

“Greg is a born and bredGuyra local who is always will-

ing to go above and beyondwhat is expected in his job tohelp our Members in any wayhe can and he deserves to becommended,” Ms Taranto said.

“Our warmest thanks go toGreg and his family for theirdedicated service and we wishthem all the best.”

Burgess Garage’s last dayoperating as the NRMA roadservice provider will be onFriday 30 June. From 1 July2017, road services for theGuyra area will be providedby the Armidale Country Ser-vice Centre, Graham BettsMotors. Burgess Garage willremain as the NRMA insur-ance agents for Guyra.

Aileen MacDonald has stepped down as President of the Chamber of Commerce and announced that she will run for a position on Armidale Regional Council

End of an era

Guyra Gazette Wednesday June 28, 2017 Page 4

Weekly Wool Market Report

June 21st – There was ayarding of 3360 lambs and540 sheep at the weeklylamb sale. Lamb numberswere up 1510 on the previ‐ous sale, while sheep num‐bers were down 510.

The quality of lambs wasmostly good, with a largepercentage well finished.There was a fair supply oflambs suitable to restockers.Demand was high from bothprocessors and restockers.

Market trends were gener‐ally firm to dearer through‐out all classes. Heavy andextra heavy weights saw afirm to slighty dearer trend.Well finished trade weightsremained firm.

Restockers again lifted

weights in an effort to se‐cure requirements. Therewere insufficient sheep formarket quote.

Trade lambs $137 to $146Hvy lambs $144 to $180Ex Hvy lambs $174 to $180Mer ewes to $135Mer wthers to $158

June 23rd ‐ It was a verysmall national offering atjust over 22,000 bales withonly the Eastern seaboardof the country selling. AWEXreport that this sale was thesmallest offering of Merinofleece wool in over 8 years.The first day of sales pro‐duced the largest gains fol‐lowed by some smaller butencouraging gains on thefinal day. The 20; 21; and 22micron indicators have allclosed the week at fresh 20year highs. The recovery inthe market over the past 3weeks has left the NorthernRegion Indicator just 40cents short of its Marchhigh point. 21,101 baleswere sold nationally for theweek with a passed in rate

of 5.4%. Major buyers in‐cluded Techwool, Fox & Lil‐lie and Aust MerinoExporters with good sup‐port from most of the trade.Next week’s sale is the lastof the 2016/17 season withthe new season commenc‐ing immediately for a fort‐night of sales beforeheading into the annualthree week recess. Weeklyoffering’s will increase inthe lead up to the recessbut remain at a very man‐ageable level of between35‐40 thousand bales. For‐ward market prices im‐proved this week especiallyfor 21 microns with tradingat 1500 cents out until theend of August.

Greg Andrews

New England sheep produc-ers could save thousands ofdollars doing less work

A typical Merino producer inthis region is drenching ewesfive or six times per year, yetstill sees significant signs ofbarber’s pole worm each year.On the contrary, producersusing the WormBoss programgenerally drench one or twotimes less each year and signsof barber’s pole worm are in-frequent.

While it seems a contradic-tion to drench less and havefewer worm problems, theWormBoss program canachieve just that. The Worm-Boss program uses the princi-ples investigated in the IPMSproject run by Dr Lewis Kahn,which was based on manyyears of work in this area byNSW DPI, CSIRO and theUniversity of New England.

Deb Maxwell, ParaBoss Op-erations Manager and work-shop presenter, said, “TheIPMS project showed morethan a $5000 benefit/1000ewes for WormBoss over typi-cal regional worm control ef-forts.”

A free WormBoss Workshopwill be held near Deepwateron Wednesday, 12 July whereproducers can find out exactlyhow to implement the Worm-Boss program and benefitfrom better results and lesswork.

Meat and Livestock Aus-tralia’s Producer Demonstra-tion Sites Program is fundingnine workshops over three

years in the New England re-gion. It is also supportingsome participating producersto implement the WormBossprogram, including subsidiesfor a Drench Resistance Testand routine worm egg counts(WormTests). A few more co-operators are still beingsought.

The purpose of a “producerdemonstration site” - in thiscase it’s a dozen or more pro-ducers on their own farms - isto provide real examples toother local producers aboutimplementation and results.

This workshop will be heldat Jude Cox’s property, Kurra-jong. Jude and her son, Je-remy Phipps are projectparticipants and believe theprogram is making a positivedifference.

At this workshop the featurepresentations include how touse the prepared lambing pad-docks, preparing low worm-risk weaner paddocks, theBarbervax vaccine, and thedifferent types of worms.

After the workshop, NigelBrown from the LLS in GlenInnes will conduct a free wormegg count training practical,which is limited to 10 NTLLSratepayers (to book, contactNigel directly on 0419 434087). Fiona Macarthur willalso conduct a question andanswer session on Barbervax.

RSVP is essential by Friday,7 July; contact Deb Maxwell0437 524 163 or emaildeb@paraboss.com.au.

Guyra Sheep & Lamb Sale

Market Report

Save dollars with less work

BURGERS ... PIZZAS ... SEAFOOD ... FAST FOOD

Open 9am - 8pm - except closed on Tuesdaysfacebook.com/dejaystakeaway

108 Bradley Street, Guyra Phone: 6779 2896

Guyra Gazette Wednesday June 28, 2017 Page 5

It has never been easier torecycle your old and un-wanted televisions and com-puters. Now is the perfecttime for all residents andsmall businesses to ensuretheir old televisions, comput-ers, printers and cables arerecycled in an environmen-tally sound way and don’tend up landfill.

For a limited time DropZone, a government ap-proved, industry funded tel-evision and computer

recycling initiative is provid-ing free recycling for Guyraresidents and small busi-nesses.

The Drop Zone collectionpoint in Guyra is Multiblock,186 Falconer Street, and willbe open on Thursday 29thJune from 9 am to 5pm.

All types of TVs and com-puters as well as tablets,computer accessories includ-ing printers, mouses, key-boards and cables areaccepted.

Electronic waste is growingthree times faster than anyother type of waste, withAustralians now producingat least 100,000 tonnes of tel-evision and computer wastea year. That’s over 4 kg perperson or at least one mobilephone, laptop and flat screenTV a year.

Over 90% of the of the ma-terials in the e-waste col-lected will be recovered andconverted to raw materials tomake new products, keeping

potentially hazardous mate-rials out of landfill and put-ting out finite resource togood use.

Rest assured any data re-maining on any devices recy-cled will be destroyedthrough the process. Allitems collected will be recy-cled and nothing is resold.

For more informationabout Drop Zone, alternativecollection points visitwww.dropzone.org.au or call1300 439 278.

Free E-waste Recycling in Guyra

Kolora Aged Care andVal’s Family Day Carecame together for an in-teractive morning offun activities.

Kolora Activities officer Lisa Church and residents enjoyed their time with Emma Dedes, Charlie Dedes,

Callie Cameron, Jack Marshall and Val Hume

Email: guyrarural@bigpond.com

173 Malpas Street (New England Highway) Guyra

www.bioag.com.au

Call for details:Campbell Wolfenden

0407 022 802

6779 1202

Time is running outfor great EOFY deals on bulk

• BioAgPhos• Lime

• Gypsum

OPEN DAY*Monday 3rd July

•• Bulls available for

private sale

•• Selling 5 bulls at

Glen Innes Show

& Sale on

27th & 28th July

*Open Day held in conjunction with Lotus, Supple, Amos Vale, Battalion

and Dundee/Echo Park studs

Fred Starr - ph: 6779 1216 m: 0447 776 146

Anne Starr - ph: 6779 7686 m: 0413 595 353

e: foxforthherefords@bigpond.com

558 Bagot Road, Llangothlin via Guyra

www.foxforthherefords.com.au

Young and old meet

Guyra Gazette Wednesday June 28 2017 Page 6

28 June - Noreen Williams

29 June - Pamela Carter

30 June - Lyn & Richard Skinner

3 July Kath Varley

4 July Don and Betty Mayled

Community NoticeboardMeals on Wheels

Street StallsFriday, 30 June

Guyra CWA

Thursday, 6 July

Masonic Lodge

Thursday, 13 July

Catholic Women’s League

Church Notices

St James Anglican

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

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

Guyra Sunday 9.00am 'BenLomond Service, first Sundayof even-numbered months,2.00pm Rev Andrew Campbell,Acting Session Clerk: JimColeman 6733 2021Uniting Church

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

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

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

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

Service Clubs

LIONS CLUB dinner meetings

1st & 3rd Thursday of the

month at Guyra Bowling Club,

7pm. Ph:Peter King 0412 780

951

ROTARY CLUB dinner meetings

2nd & 4th Tuesday of the month

at Rafters Restaurant,

6.30pm. Ph: Aileen MacDonald

0417 079 307

Small steps for Rotary

Guyra Rotary Club held its71st Changeover last Fridayevening, 23 June at RaftersRestaurant.

Jenny Cumming was in-ducted as President for the2017-18 year. She said shelooked forward to the chal-lenges of being president inthe year ahead and thankedDistrict Governor-Elect BobRyan and his wife Margaretfor attending, as well as Ro-tarians from Glen Innes,Armidale and Uralla; alsoGuyra community groupswho made the evening so spe-cial.

In her report to the assem-bled Rotarians and guests,outgoing President, AileenMacDonald said that in hertime as President, she haslearnt to take small steps in-stead of gigantic leaps. Shealso took aim at Hunter NewEngland Health for the lackof consultation over the failedHelipad Project and the sub-sequent re-allocation of fundsraised towards the GP Clinic.

“Our club raised moneyover the last three to fouryears because Hunter NewEngland Health, the Doctorsand the community wanted ahelipad. We were told$80,000 was needed in orderfor the project to start andour club, together with the

Hospital Auxiliary, workedhard and raised the moneythrough donations, raffles,snow balls, auctions andmany other activities.

“Once we had raised the re-quired funds we were thentold that Hunter New Eng-land Health no longer sup-ported a Helipad and the costof the project had blown outto more than $400,000. Weknew we could not continueto raise money for whatseemed an unachievable goalso needed a rethink.

“Hunter New EnglandHealth then said they neededto expand the Guyra GPClinic and we could put ourfunds towards that. I have totell you, once bitten twice shyand it was not an easy deci-sion to make and I am surethat not everyone in the clubwas for the project and theyall had their own reasons butchief amongst them was‘were the goal posts going tobe changed again’? We wrotea cheque for $40,000 andhanded it over.

“To this date all we have toshow for that money is a re-ceipt. There has been no pub-lic acknowledgement and tomy knowledge no recognitionof Rotary at the GP Clinicsince it was expanded. I hopein the near future that this

situation will be rectified andour Rotary Club will be ac-knowledged by way of aplaque in the waiting roomand an invitation to an offi-cial opening of the expandedGuyra GP Clinic.

“To the members of theGuyra Club and the commu-nity of Guyra I thank you foryour support and trust in ourClub to raise money and Ithank Hunter New EnglandHealth for expanding theClinic so our community hasaccess to world class medicalservices.

Over the last 12 months theRotary Club contributed over$47,000.00 to the GuyraCommunity:

Hunter New EnglandHealth donation to GP Clinic$40,000, VRA $1,000, TheHub at Guyra $600, SES$500.00, Men’s Shed $200,Rotarians Against Malaria$300, Rotary Foundation$1,000, Brazier Family FiveCent Friday $200, WestpacRescue Helicopter $200,School end of year book prizes$500, RYAG Dairy re youthattendance $100, DistrictGovernor’s partner’s project$300, Reimbursement todonors re Helipad fund rais-ing $1,800.

THE NEW ROTARY TEAM for 2017/18Aileen MacDonald (Secretary), Zahoor Ahmed (International Service), Jenny Cumming (President),

David Pearson (Vocational Service), Rod Merritt (Youth Service) and Hans Hietbrink (Club Service)

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EOI ARC17/2203Expressions of Interest are invitedfrom appropriately qualified serviceproviders to manage and operate a32 bed aged care facility in Guyra,NSW.

Full details are provided in the EOIdocuments which will be availablefree of charge from the etenderingportal at the websitewww.tenderlink.com/nesacor Council’s website www.armidaleregional.nsw.gov.au from27 June 2017.

Enquiries regarding this EOI may bedirected to Ms Krista Schmidt on02 67703 878.

EOI’s quoting the reference numberARC17/2203 and addressed to theChief Executive Officer, will bereceived up until closing time 2.30pm Tuesday, 18 July 2017.

The lowest or any tender may notnecessarily be accepted.

ROADWORKSLagoon RoadPreparation works for sealingLagoon Road are expected to becomplete by Monday 3 July.

School Holida

Lego WWoorkshops3 & 10 July

Carnival Drumming4 July, 10am & 2pm

Sandcastle Making5 July, 10:30am & 2:30pm

Colouring Club6 & 13 July, 10:30am & 2:30pmJoin the colouring craze!Pages and pencils supplied or bringyour own project you are working on

Amazing PPaaper Pets7 JulyLimited spaces! Call 6770 7123 tobook your spot.

Dance & Drama oneen WScr Woorkshop

11 July, 1pmHosted by Little Fish.

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World of Maths RoadshowThe World of Maths Road

show is a unique travelingmaths show that provides fun,colourful, hands-on, mathe-matical, problem solving activ-ities for student participationin school visits.

Guyra Central School stu-dents in Year 5-6 and Year 7-9participated on Tuesday 27thJune in a large variety ofhands on and real life mathe-matical activities. They wereable to practise problem solv-ing skills and teamwork in ahighly engaging environment,using large, colourful displays,with corresponding work-sheets for the students, and aneight page booklet for theteachers, with answers andfollow-on information.

The instructions and ques-tions on the displays makeeach session a guided discov-ery lesson, where the studentssolve a variety of problems,discover number patterns,identify geometric properties,think logically and applymathematics to the physicalworld.

By giving students this ex-

perience, they have an oppor-tunity to acquire a variety ofdifferent skills and strategiesneeded for problem solving.

As we wrap up SemesterOne at Guyra Central School Iwould like to make mention afew Guyra businesses thatcontinue to help at Guyra Cen-tral School.

Special thanks to Mr JosephGeorge from JM & G GeorgeBuses. Joseph has helped withthe transportation of studentsfor many excursions includingto the Guyra Library for Na-tional Simultaneous Storytime and the Church for theEaster service. Joseph was onstandby the morning of these

events in the case of poorweather and was able to savemany soggy and wet studentsreturning to school. Thankyou.

Also to David and JeanetteReeves of Guyra Milling, weare so very grateful for theirgesture to provide stock feedfor the Agriculture farm. With-out the support of GuyraMilling the school would befacing feed bills in order tokeep the cattle in optimumshow condition over the wintermonths. We thank you for yoursupport.

Principal Gillian Davis

Above: Brandon Burey, with Henry and Angus Youman, having fun playing tennis.

Right: Wahkeem Patterson

Black Mountain PublicSchool community congratu-late Wahkeem Patterson onbeing a nominated finalist inthe University of New Eng-land School Acquisitive ArtPrize competition. Wah-keem’s artwork will hang inthe Let’s Hang it! 2017 ArtExhibition at the New Eng-land Regional Art Museum,which opens on Friday 28thof July.

Students at Black Moun-

tain have turned their handto learning the Ukulele aspart of the school’s participa-tion in the NECOM UkuleleMusic and Literacy Project.Black Mountain participatesin this program togetherwith all schools in the SnowGums Learning Alliance.Students have thoroughlyenjoyed applying their musi-cal skills to support them inlearning to play the ukulele.

The students showed offtheir musical skills at theArmidale Eisteddfod, play-ing a variety of instruments.The ukulele is now an addi-tion to these. The music pro-gram at Black Mountain isalways evolving to extendand challenge students, tofurther their knowledge andenhance their experiences.

Jay Stone and BrandonBurey have been sharingtheir expertise at BlackMountain, through provid-ing engaging sporting ses-sions for students afterschool. Students have partic-ipated in athletics activitieswith the talented Jay Stone,who not only teaches andshares his expertise, butcompetes himself, being anoutstanding role model forstudents. Brandon Burey en-gages students in fun and ex-citing games every week,that promote student devel-opment of tennis skills. Allskills learnt are trans-ferrable to other sports. Stu-dents have thoroughlyenjoyed engaging in sportingsessions.

Principal Belinda Baker

Above: Kye Raper, Ellie Mitchell and Harris DullawayRight: Joseph George and Phil Handebo

Sport, music and art

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ending June 25th. However aTrial Pennant match has beenorganised for Saturday July8th against Inverell EastNo.2’s. Play will commence at1.00pm with a sausage sizzleafter the game.

The teams are as follows:Team 1: Col Stanley, ScottCampbell, Ian Jacobs and An-drew Sparke. Team 2: JohnMcIllwain, David Wilcox,Murray Bourke and RogerCox. Team 3: John Jackson,Barry Presnell, Robert Wallsand John Hamel. These teamsare not the definite makeup ofthe final teams, as stated thisa trial only. The return matchwill be Saturday July 28th atInverell East. Please advisethe Selectors if you are unableto play. The selectors are: JohnJackson, Scott Campbell andCameron Peardon.

Games set down for Satur-day July 2nd. Start: 1.00pm.Starter and Umpire: Robert

Walls.Minor Singles: Geoff Reeves

to play Wayne Reeves markerRobert Walls.

Club Fours: Scott Campbell,Barry Presnell, CameronPeardon, Barry Campbell. Toplay Dan Kennedy, Col Stan-ley, Greg Mitchell, GrahamStarr.

The Bowls Bandit.

Women’s GolfOn Wednesday 21st June

we played a Stroke Competi-tion for Donna White’s TrophyDay. Karen Oehlers played su-perb golf, on a very wet course,to win with a score of 73 netwhich included Nearest thePin on the 9th hole.

Meg Simpson played somegood golf to win runner up,with a 78 net.

The Women’s VeteransCountry Championship washeld in conjunction withWednesday’s competition. Re-sults for gross and net win-ners of each division will be

submitted to head office wherethe scores will compete withother submissions state-wide.

In Division 1 Karen Oehlers(gross) and Wendy George(net) qualified and for Division2. Meg Simpson (gross) andWendy Jackson (net) qualifiedfor the competition.

On July 5 we will play a Sta-bleford event.

Julie Walker Men’s GolfWith the back 9 still un-

playable no golf was playedlast Sunday , Ten players didtravel to Armidale with not alot of success .

The July monthly mug willbe on offer this Sunday , here’shoping .

The Albatross .Gun Club38 shooters competed at the

Gun Club on Saturday, 24June.

Event 1 – 25 Target Handi-cap

1st Brad Henshall 25/25,2nd Ben Rumbel 28/29, 3rd

Dave Edmonds 27/29.Event 2 – 25 Pair double

rise club championshipOverall John Reid 47/50, AA

Tammy Henshall 55/60, AGreg “the Bunsen Burner”Brunsdon 49/60, B Mick Lin-derman 37/50, C FletcherRichardson 36/50.

Event 3 – 25 Target DoubleBarrel

AA Brad Henshall, A RobertReeves 24/25, B Barry Finch23/25, C Melissa Crosby 22/25.

Overall High Gun for theday: Brad Henshall 95/100.

Nik McRae

Junior soccerGeckoes Under 9 soccer

team had a big win 7-0against DK demons ArchieJackson and Archie Colvinwere very strong in defencewith Daniel Grills makingsome good attacking breaks.George Bradford scored fivegoals and Jack Campbell twogoals

Michael Colvin

Guyra Gazette Wednesday June 28, 2017 Page 10

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JULY 15th Chamber of CommerceWelcome to Guyra morning tea at theLibrary at 10.00am. Ph: 0488 791 722JULY 29th Guyra Cycling communityAGM 2pm at Rafters. All welcome.JULY 31st Glenavon Angus Bull Sale,Outer Bald Blair 0404 454 143SEPTEMBER 29TH - OCTOBER 1st

Guyra Trout Festival OCTOBER 22 Ben Lomond Fashion Parade at Ben Lomond Memorial Hall.Enquiries 0429 332 094.NOVEMBER 4th, 2017 Anglican ChurchFete at St James Anglican Church, GuyraNOVEMBER 11TH & 12TH St Marys P & C in conjunction with Kolora OpenGardens

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FIREWOOD for sale - stringy $140load. Truck load (4 loads) $550. Bigtruck (6 loads) $800. Phone 6723 3259GOOD QUALITY, cheap firewood forsale. Phone Brad 0427 908 625

GALA COURSES: Forklift 6, 7 & 13 July- some places still available; WHS WhiteCard Construction Induction 10 July8.30am start. Call 6779 2132

THE NATIONALS Guyra Branch General Meeting Sunday, 2nd July 2017,at 10am-12 noon, stay on for lunch @Rafters. New members welcome. ANTIQUE MACHINERY GROUP AGMMonday July 10th 7.30pm Guyra Rail-way Station. All welcome.

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22nd June 2017

of Balblair Street, Guyra. Dearly loved wife of Roy (dec’d).

Loving mother and mother-in-law ofWilma & Eric Reeves, Lorraine & PeterClarke, Glenda & Mattie (dec’d) Soraghan, Helen & Geoff Walls, Barbara & James Baker, Trish & SteveColley, Les & Sandra, Peter &Bernadette, Debbie & Charlie Heagney,Joey & Pam, Janelle & James Stewart,John and Warren.

Loving grandmother and great-grandmother to their families.

Loving Sister-in-law and Aunt to theRamage & Holt families.

AAged 89 years

Piddington’s AFDA 6772 2288

Lloyd EllisThe family of the late Lloyd Ellis

would like to thank the Doctors,

nurses, community nurses and staff of

the Guyra MPS, staff of the Home

Nursing Group, Father O’Shea and all

those who sent flowers, cards and

food in our support at this sad time.

Please accept this as our personal

thanks.

RJ & KA Hammond

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PHJ and The Ref are still tussling it out at the top of the LocalsLeaderboard with PHJ maintaining a lead of two points.

Men’s Shed saw their way through the sawdust and made a re-covery to join Mailman in second place, followed by John andYoung Darcey in equal third place. Eel-be-Right is still in third lastplace! Some special training might be in order.

It appears that the race is on for second place in the Celebrities -barring any mishap, Tegan is now way out in front on 180 points.Josh is in second place on 152, followed closely in the middle of thefield by Sue on 146.

There are some murmurings in the pack, however, and there maybe a call for some swabbing to take place!

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Josh’s Tips

EelsTitansBroncosRoostersSea EaglesRaidersTigersPanthers

EelsTitansStormRoostersSea EaglesCowboysTigersRabbitohs

EelsTitansBroncosRoostersSea EaglesRaidersTigersPanthers

BulldogsTitansStormRoostersSea EaglesCowboysKnightsRabbitohs

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Roosters

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Bulldogs

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Rabbitohs

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Eels

Knights

PHJ 152

The Ref 150

Mailman 146

Men’s Shed 146

John Credland 144

Darcey Heagney 144

Hazel 142

Carmel Hoade 140

Nightwatchman 140

Elva Brazier 136

Ron McEwen 136

Eel-be-Right 134

The Saint 130

Bulldog 130

Byes: Broncos, Cowboys, Dragons, Raiders, Sharks,

Tigers, Titans, Warriors

In the last two rounds of theGroup 19 Junior league com-petition, Guyra teams haveonce again shown they are aforce to be reckoned with.Heading the pack is the Under10 team who remain unde-feated this season. They de-feated Armidale 46-22 andGlen Innes 50-6 to take theirwin tally to 13 from 13 games.

Also continuing their greatform were the under 8s whodefeated Armidale 36-32 andGlen Innes 50-6, and with onlyone loss for the year they aresitting on top of the ladder.

The junior League Tag teamhave regained their form andalso recorded two wins. Theybeat Armidale 18-10 in theirround 12 clash, and thenbacked up to demolish GlenInnes 30-0. With 10 wins totheir name they are also sit-ting on top of the ladder.

The under 12s were not solucky with back to back losses22-16 against Armidale and22-12 against Glen Innes.They are currently sitting at

number 3 and are still in con-tention for a finals berth.

This weekend Guyra willtravel to Bingara. The under8s and League Tag games arescheduled for 10am, under10s will take to the field at10.50, followed by the 12s at11.40. It will be a great week-end to be in Bingara with thetown’s annual Orange Festivaltaking place.

Representative teams willtake part in a Cluster Day atMoree on Sunday. Tom Lock-yer and Tahmani Landsbor-ough will be playing the in the12s and Billy Youman in the13s.

There will be a meeting atthe Sporting Complex thisThursday starting at 4.30pm.All parents and players areasked to come along. Group 19representatives will be thereand the meeting will go aheadeven if it is too wet to train.Contact Gina Lockyer on0427332037 for more details.

Junior league

Guyra Gazette Wednesday June 28, 2017 Page 12

Sucessful night on the dance floorOn Saturday Guyra/Glen

took on the top of the table Al-bies who proved too strongwith a convincing win overGuyra/Glen.

Luckily we had a much moresuccessful night on the dancefloor at the Guyra/Glen InnesRugby Club Black-tie Ball.

The ball was held to raisemoney for Five Cent Fridayand the Melanoma InstituteAustralia in honour of formerplayer and supporter of theclub, Mark Brazier.

The night was a huge suc-cess with around 200 ticketsbeing sold. The Guyra commu-nity spirit was alive and wellwith an outstanding $7600being raised from ticket sales,the raffle, auctions and dona-tions.

There has also been threetonne of wood donated that weare yet to sell, but the proceedsfrom this will be added to thetotal raised from the event.Anyone interested in buyingsome wood $150 per tonne$400 for 3 tonnes, Contact Jim0422 197 919 Belle 0478 150580 Tegan 0428 620 041.

The club would like to takethis time to thank everyonewho helped or was involvedwith the event, including theVRA and volunteers who

catered the evening, Jamieand Jenette Williamson, BillHiscox, the Queensland Reds,Guest Speaker Jay Allen fromthe Melanoma Institute, KirksIGA, Working with Nature,the Red Lion Inn Glencoe,everyone who donated food,Will Lehman AND WHO-EVER ELSE WE HAVE FOR-GOTTEN, as well as everyonewho donated and lent decora-tions.

We would also like to thankthe band Rough Justice for agreat night of entertainment.A huge thank you also goes toeveryone who attended theball and made the night such agreat success. It’s with eventslike these that we are re-minded of the joys of living ina small, tight knit community.

The Club would like to makea special mention of KatherineBrazier and her boys Angus,

Harrison, Thomas and Hugowho started the Five Cent Fri-day fundraiser and thankthem for allowing us to put onthe event in Mark’s honour.The club would like to wishthem all the best with theirfundraising as well as in thefuture. Five Cent Friday con-tinues until June 30 so it isn’ttoo late to make your dona-tions if you haven’t already!

The Guyra Ghost

FFree E-waste RecyclingFor householders and small business

Thursday, 29 June - 9am - 5pm Accepted

••Televisions and computer monitors

•• Computer equipment - desktops, laptops, tablets, note-

books, printers, scanners, computer peripherals and parts,

cords and cablesNot Accepted

•• DVD players, video recorders, radios/stereos, game con-

soles, appliances/microwaves, power tools, mobile phonesAll items will be recycled. Nothing will be resold.

Over 90% of material recovered.

Drop off at: Multiblock186 Falconer Street, Guyra

1300 439 279 www.dropzone.org.au

•• Locally sourced Beef, Lamb & Pork

•• Fresh Seafood weekly

•• Private Kills •• Bulk Buy Discounts

THIS wEEK’S SPECIALS (also at Kirk’s IGA)Lamb Loin Chops $18.99 kgEconomy Porterhouse $15.99 kgPork Loin Steak $12.99 kgEconomy Rib Fillet $16.99 kg

145 Bradley Street,

Guyra

Phone: 6779 1030

Ball organisers Belle Lenehan, Tegan Mendes and Jim Lenehan

with Kath Brazier and guest speaker Jay Allen