Sport

At just 14 years of age Fletcher Richardson has achieved more than most in his chosen sport. Learning beside his father Jeff, he has been competing at clay target shoots with great success over the last 12 months. This involves a lot of travel attend...

Last week a field of 13 ladies played for Anita Murray’s trophy with Donna White winning on a countback from Jenny Tierney with 39 points. Nearest the Pin winners were Donna White on the 7th and 9th holes,Vicki Reeves on the 10th and Suzanne To...

Men’s Bowls No Club Championships to report on this week. However there was a game played on Sunday December 15th and that was a Ham Day in memory of one of our long serving members Brian Vickery.The Ham Day has a long tradition going back to ...

Well the 30th Guyra Annual Bowls Carnival has come to a conclusion for another year. The Carnival started on Tuesday December 3rd with the Women’s Open Triples. There were 16 teams that played and after two Rounds the winners were Laverne Aptho...

Super Spuds A stunning turn-out at training last week all-but confirmed the Super Spuds will field an under 18s team for the first time in about a decade when the 2020 season kicks off.Almost 40 players got stuck in at pre-season training on Thursda...

Guyra’s Under 12 cricket team have tasted victory for the first time this year with a comfortable win against Hillgrove Brumbies. Guyra made 7/162 (cc) and in reply Hillgrove Brumbies finished their innings 3/113 (cc). The team are improving wi...

The Super Spuds are taking giant strides towards the 2020 rugby league season.Not only are the players already turning up in good numbers to begin their preparations for next year, but the club has signed up two major sponsors.The first player event ...

Ladies’ GolfLast week the course was closed so no golf to report. This week subject to conditions we are playing the Guyra Par Medal Playoff for Karen Oehlers Trophy.Next week is a Stableford Event we are playing for Anita Murray’s trophy...

Last week after the smoke cleared the day turned out quite pleasant for Veteran Golfers who played an Individual Stableford counting Putts. The winner from the 13 players was Dave Bearup with 43 points and the runner up Terry Varley on 41. The best p...

Ladies Bowls The Come and Try Day held last Sunday was a very successful day. Thank you to all who attended, everybody enjoyed the day. A special thanks to Laurel Betts our President and her helpers for the great effort they put in organizing the da...

The Super Spuds are not waiting until next year to begin preparations for the 2020 rugby league season.They will hold a special get-together for players and coaches at the Sports Complex tomorrow (Thursday) night from 6.30pm.The evening is an opportu...

On Friday 1st November 2019, Guyra Central School secondary students Ashleigh and Fletcher Richardson attended the CHSSA Trap Shooting Competition which was held in Tamworth.  This meet is the only school shooting carnival held in New South...

Cricket After winning all three grades the previous week Guyra had to sit out all three senior games on the weekend. First and second grades had a scheduled bye, and the scheduled third grade game did not go ahead due to the withdrawal of Easts from...

Ladies’ Golf Last week 11 ladies played a Stableford Event for Jenny Rogers’ Trophy. Jenni Jackson was the winner with 40 points. Donna White was the Runner Up with 37 points.Nearest the Pin Winners were Donna White on the 9th, Julie Wal...

1st Grade - Guyra defeated Easts Guyra Innings B Landsborough......................32Shane Wolfenden...................32Ben Jackson...........................74BJ Cameron...........................10Matt Finlay...........................73D ...

2nd Grade Guyra def. City UNE City UNE Innings 208 off 41.4 overs Guyra Bowling: Keiran Wicks 0 for 32, Billy Youman 2 for 37, Andrew Pearson 4 for 43,Joey Ryan 4 for 43, Maurie Blair 0 for 47 Guyra InningsJoey Ryan.................................

3rd Grade - Guyra defeated Hillgrove Hillgrove Innings - 8/153(CC) off 40 overs Guyra Bowling: Cody Patterson 3 for 18, Dan Vidler 0 for 50, Allan Boney 3 for 22, Peter Ahoy 0 for 17, Tim Foster 1 for 11, Craig Lockyer 1 for 16, Cameron Surawski ...

On October 24th, Aidan, Harry and Isabella Purvis travelled to Sydney to compete in the NSW Junior Closed Tennis Championships. Top junior players from all over NSW compete in this event. Aidan, Harry and Isabella played well and displayed excellent ...

Guyra Under 14 cricketers hit back following a first round loss to claim victory in their second round clash against Walcha/Uralla. Guyra bowlers struggled for wickets early with the first two wickets coming from runouts thanks to some good fielding ...

Ladies’ Golf Last week 12 ladies played a Stroke and Putting Competition with Karen Oehlers playing fantastic golf to card a 69 Nett. Julie Walker was the runner up with a 71 Nett.Nearest the Pin Winners were Pip White on the 7th and Karen Oeh...

1st Grade - Guyra defeated Ex Services Guyra Innings B Landsborough....................17Shane Wolfenden..................16Troy Martin............................8BJ Cameron.........................34Matt Finlay...........................73Dâ€...

2nd Grade - Guyra def. by Hillgrove Guyra InningsGrant Ryan............................8Joey Ryan............................33Ben Jackson.........................81Mal Gaukroger......................51Ian Pearson..........................0Jim Leneh...

3rd Grade Guyra defeated by City/UNE City/UNE Innings  8/206 (CC) Guyra Bowling: Cody Patterson 4 for 25. Dan Vidler 0 for 51, Allan Boney 2 for 35, Peter Ahoy 0 for 25, Tim Foster 1 for 21, Adrian Cameron 0 for 11, Alistair Connors 0 for 25...

The Super Spuds have appointed their coaches for the 2020 season and could not be happier with the quality and commitment of those chosen.Anthony Dittman will coach the men’s A grade team after graduating from assistant to the 2018 premiership-...

Local Bald Blair Public School student, Ashlee Morgan, in Year 5, has been selected to represent the North West region at the NSW PSSA Athletics Championships to be held at the Sydney Athletic Centre, Homebush on Wednesday 6th November.Ashlee qualifi...

1st Grade - Guyra def. by City/UNE City/UNE Innings - 2 for 204 off 25.3 overs Guyra Bowling: Mitchell Woods, 1 for 53, BJ Cameron 1 for 33, Keiran Wicks 0 for 21, Charlie White 0 for 14, Heath Dowsett 0 for 18, B Landsborough 1 for 39,...

2nd Grade - Guyra def. by TAS TAS Innings - 228 off 44.3 overs Guyra Bowling: Dan Stace 3 for 32, Justin McKay 0 for 19, Maurie Blair 3 for 36, Corey Torrens 3 for 54, Matt Campion 0 for 37, Joey Ryan 1 for 42 Guyra InningsGrant Ryan..........

3rd Grade Guyra drew with Ex Services (match abandoned) Ex Services Innings 7 for 145 (CC) Guyra Bowling: Andrew Pearson 2 for 32. Dan Vidler 0 for 25, Ian Pearson 1 for 14, Alistair Connors 1 for 15, Taylor Brennan 2 for 10, Tim Foster 0 fo...

Ladies’ GolfLast week a field of 14 ladies competed for the annual 4BBB Championship, after 27 holes the winners were Donna White and Pam Youman with a score of 68 points. The Runners up were Pip White and Shona Mulligan with 64 points. The lad...

Last weekend the very successful Guyra sixes was held. The concept was organised and run by Richard Burey who did a wonderful job. The 6-hole competition was played in four groups of four teams with the winners of each group going into a knockout rou...

In the first round of the Armidale District cricket competition, Guyra teams have shown they will be competitive during the coming season. Despite losing two of the first round games the results saw plenty of good performances from the Guyra pla...

Men’s BowlsSunday October saw a visit from the Scott’s Head Travelling Bowlers and even though the numbers were not great those that did take part enjoyed the camaraderie and a wonderful game of Bowls.Now for this weekend’s Club Cha...

Last week was our annual Tee off for Breast Cancer Day. Our ladies dressed in pink to support this worthy cause. All proceeds from the day were donated to the charity. Thank you to the lady golfers and the Guyra Bowling and Recreation Club for donati...

The Super Spuds are on their way back for 2020 and have high hopes of fielding three teams. Player interest is so strong there is a chance the Spuds could compete at U18s level for the first time in about a decade and should also assemble formidable ...

Sara Brazier competed in the Western Australia Special Olympics Invitational State Games which were held from October 2nd to 9th. Sara competed as part of the Hunter Special Olympic team in swimming and ten pin bowling with the following results.Swim...

Cricket Cricket gets underway this weekend and Guyra will be fielding four junior and three senior teams in the Armidale District Competition. The first grade competition was under threat due to water restrictions which meant the preparation of turf...

Ladies’ Golf Last week we had a field of 13 ladies play for Shona Mulligan’s trophy in warm sunny conditions. Jenni Jackson was the winner with a score of 40 points. Karen Oehlers was the runner up on a countback from Wendy George with ...

In our final report for the 2019 Soccer season we would like to thank everyone that helped make this season great. It is not just the committee, coaches and players that make a season successful. We thank the families and the community as a whole for...

The Guyra Rugby League Club has been inundated with enquiries from potential players for the 2020 season and could field up to three teams in the Group 19 competition.The only major stumbling block might be finding individuals to fill key committee p...

Last week we had some of our ladies travel to Inverell to play in the NEDGA 4BBB/Veterans Tournament. Pip White and Wendy Jackson won the 18 Hole Net Trophy with 42 points. Well done ladies.Here in Guyra a small field played a Bisque Par game with Ka...

Men’s Bowls The results of a Major/Minor Pairs played Thursday September 26th by arrangement. Cameron Peardon and Robert Moore played Dan Kennedy and Grahame Starr, after a close encounter for the first 7 ends Dan and Grahame forged ahead with...

Men’s BowlsThere is not much to report on this week, until the selectors meet and select the antagonists for the 2019/2020 Club Championship programme.The weekend saw only one game of Bowls played and that was a Quarter Final of the Major/Minor...

The Guyra United Soccer Club held their Presentation Day on Saturday at the Guyra Recreation Fields. With great weather and a relaxed atmosphere our Junior and Senior players, coaches and their families came together to enjoy a BBQ lunch and presenta...

The Guyra Shamrocks Under 11 hockey team played in a nail biting game against ESC in the Grand Final on Saturday. With the score at the end of the game being 1-1, the game went into 10 minutes extra time with still no change in the score and both tea...

Guyra Hockey have had a very successful year with 4 of 7 teams making it to grand finals which were played at the weekend. On Sunday the C grade men, 2nd grade woman and A grade men played in their respective finals. C grade men showed their skill an...

Come and try cricketWoolworths Cricket Blast is a fun and fast program for kids of all abilities to learn the skills and play Australia’s favourite sport. Buzzing with the energy of big bash cricket, Woolworths Cricket Blast teaches kids how to...

Men’s BowlsWell I’m back and I would like to thank David Wilcox for standing in for me in my absence. The Annual General Meeting was held Sunday September 15th and was well attended by both Bowling Club members and Golfers.After the concl...

The Caspers were at home against TAS in the qualifying final on a very wild windy day. The boys gathered early at the ground to prepare themselves for what they knew would be a very challenging game against a young and enthusiastic team in very tough...

The Under 11 junior hockey team have made it to the Grand Final defeating PLC in the final played on Saturday 7-3. PLC have been one of the top teams to beat this year so this was an amazing win for Guyra.All the players really stepped up their game ...

Guyra Junior Rugby League (GJRL) held their annual presentations on August 31st wrapping up another successful year.GJRL President Gina Lockyer said that it had been a year of growth for the club with 130 players registered, up more than 50 on last y...

Unfortunately, Saturday saw the end of the 2019 soccer season for all of our junior teams with the 12B Spirits and the 14A Ghosts being defeated in their semi-finals in Armidale. Our other Junior teams, Under 6s – Under 10s, also played their f...

Ladies’ GolfLast Wednesday there was no golf played at Guyra as 12 ladies ventured out to play in the VW Scramble out at Inverell. It was a fun warm and dusty day on a very dry course which contributed to some very low scores with the locals wi...

On August 27th the Guyra Central School secondary under 16 years touch football team travelled to Dubbo to participate in the Central Schools Under 16 years Touch Football - Knock out finals. They successfully qualified for this event by winning the ...

This weekend was a busy one for Junior Soccer. Our 14B Lil Caspers and 16A Jnr Caspers played their final games for the season. The 12B Spirits and the 14A Ghosts cemented their places in the semi-finals and we wish them luck this Saturday 7th of Sep...

The Caspers travelled to Inverell for the second week in a row with a Grand Final spot up for the winner. They needed a good start and in the early exchanges were completely dominating the Inverell side. This continued for the first 20 minutes until ...

Tennis The Guyra Tennis Club is looking for interested tennis players to come and have a social hit on Thursday 5th September 2019 at 6pm. Come and play for free on the night and receive a free sausage sandwich. If you are interested in attending, p...

The Caspers travelled to Inverell on Saturday with the minor premiership up for grabs. With plenty to play for the Casper’s prepared themselves well before the game and were ready to take on the Inverell outfit.The game started out sloppy with ...

Aidan, Harry and Isabella Purvis travelled to Inverell on the weekend to compete in the Northern NSW JDS Champion of Champions Tennis Tournament. Isabella came runner up in the Under 10 Girls singles, Harry came 3rd in the Under 12 Boys singles and A...

Junior soccer is heading into the final weeks of the season with the majority of games being held in Armidale. The Under 6s – Under 10s have two rounds left with their last games for the season being played on the 7th of September. The Under 12...

Thursday Night Mixed Tennis Competition The Guyra Tennis Club is looking for interested tennis players to come and have a social hit on Thursday 5th September 2019 at 6pm. Come and play for free on the night and receive a free sausage sandwich. If y...

Saturday August 24th, 2019 will be a day that 18 Guyra boys will remember for a long time. The under 12 Super Spuds were in Ashford to defend their title in the grand final. The Guyra team oozed experience with this being the third grand final for so...

Guyra’s under 12 rugby league team will be the only team representing the club in this weekend’s grand finals. They will take on the Warialda Wombats at Ashford. Despite a home ground advantage, and their best efforts, the Junior Leagueta...

The Caspers were at home on the weekend to a very dangerous TAS side with the Caspers knowing a win would wrap up the minor premiership. The start has been a problem for the boys and this weekend was no different with the Caspers finding it hard to s...

Junior soccerIt was a relatively quiet weekend for the last round of home games for Guyra Junior Soccer for this season. The Under 6 Spooks had a forfeit, the Under 7 Jellybeans had the BYE and the Under 8 teams faced each other in a derby match. The...

Last week six players enjoyed wonderful weather at Yamba to play in their “DR” Vets competition.Unfortunately, Guyra was well and truly beaten 253 to 154. Evidently, the Guyra players could not handle playing on grass.The hospitality of t...

On the weekend three Guyra Junior Rugby League teams travelled to Warialda to contest in the Semi Finals. The Guyra Junior Spuds under 14 side have earnt themselves a home final against Inverell and a chance to play in this year’s Grand Final, ...

The Caspers travelled to Armidale on Saturday to take on South Armidale on a very cold and extremely windy day. These were very tough conditions and the South Armidale side warmed to their task straight from the kick off, starting at a blistering spe...

With freezing winds, occasional sleet and dark clouds, the conditions in Armidale were challenging for our junior teams this week. Unfortunately, between sides struggling with illness and a lack of opposition, a number of our teams did not play on Sa...

What an amazing display of community spirit, pride and sportsmanship by the Guyra United Soccer Club on Saturday. The weather was perfect, the canteen was up and running, the coffee was brewing (thanks to Chris from CJ’s Coffee Co.) and the mor...

Caspers took to the field against old foes Glen Innes in front of a large and vocal Guyra crowd on Saturday. The boys were out to impress and started off proceedings well, knocking the ball around well and totally dominating possession but finding it...

It has been a busy period for school sport with Guyra Central School students competing in a number of different fields. On Friday, July 26th, three students travelled to Eastern Creek to compete in the PSSA and CHSSA NSW State Cross Country Champion...

Guyra Junior soccer teams took to the field this week in Armidale, Uralla and Guyra for a great day of soccer in beautiful weather. The teams enjoyed their return to the field after a few weeks off and there was some quality soccer being played.This ...

The Caspers travelled to Armidale to take on the very youthful Ex-Servies side on the weekend. This is a team the Caspers have had trouble with all year, with the biggest winning margin being just 1 goal in the 3 previous matches.The Caspers seemed t...

Guyra No 7 Pennant Bowlers travelled to Nelsons Bay on the weekend to play in State playoffs. Their first game was against Mingara with Guyra losing 66-48. Steven Sole’s team lost 13-23, Scott Campbell’s team lost 12-26 and Anthony Bull&r...

The Caspers took to their home ground on Saturday, against second placed Inverell in what was a very important game. The boys were on song from the kick off, controlling the ball and dominating possession without really pressuring the goals. This cam...

When she played her first game of soccer for Guyra as a seven-year-old, Sarah Rosten began a journey that will see her embark on a tour of the United Kingdom and France in early 2020.The Guyra Central School student was selected in the North West tea...

The Guyra Junior Super Spuds and supporters put in a cold freezing windy day on Saturday, July 6th at the Sporting Complex where they took on Ashford. Guyra had a great day winning all games except the Senior League Tag. The cold weather in Guyra doe...

Three Guyra district players represented their schools at the recent NSW PSSA Open Rugby League Championships which took place at St Marys in Sydney. Rave Brazier and Brendan Landsborough from Guyra Central School and Wahkeem Patterson from Black Mou...

It has been a busy week for Junior Soccer with Alex Rowe, the Miniroos Development Officer at NNSWF, spending some time with our younger teams on Thursday afternoon. Alex showed our Coaches and players some great games that are designed to develop th...

Guyra’s junior teams were in top form on the weekend in their first round of games following the school holiday break. They played Ashford at home at the Sporting Complex, and dominated the western visitors taking out six of the seven games. T...

A contingent of golfers played at the Tenterfield Golf course last week in the New England District Tournament. Eighty competitors included visitors from the New England, North West, Northern Rivers,  Metropolitan Districts and Queensland. The...

On Friday May 3rd, two students from St Mary of the Angels represented the school at the Polding Winter Trials in Tamworth. Shanae Wark (Soccer) and Jessica Taylor (Hockey) had previously competed at the Diocesan Winter Trials and were picked in the...