Sport

A big week of bowls was enjoyed by all last week, beginning with the Ladies open triples on Tuesday. Visiting bowlers Vacie McIntyre, Leanne Kirby and Maree Harman taking the honours. In Wednesday’s Mixed Triples the winners were Chicka Thompso...

A big three days of bowls was had by the Guyra division 3 team last weekend. It all began on Thursday with a bus trip to Dubbo . On Friday morning the team took on Tomakin Bowling Club at the Dubbo Macquarie club, coming away with a 67 - 48 win for a...

On Sunday 13th of November, six triathletes representing St Mary of the Angels school, Guyra, competed in the Armidale Triathlon Club Schools teams challenge. Teams from Uralla, Walcha, Ben Venue, TAS, PLC, Armidale City, ASC, St Mary of the Angels (...

St Mary Students, Scarlett Newberry, Sam Reeves, Baxter Clark, Darcy Sisson, Flynn McFarlane and Myles Cox attended the diocesan touch football trials in Tamworth last week. All of these students put in a huge effort with Scarlett progressing to the ...

Guyra Cricket Clubs 1st grade side hit out at home on the weekend, up against Armidale City/UNE on Ted Mulligan Oval. Guyra won the toss and elected to bat, keen to get runs on the board and give the opposition a good total to chase down.The team bat...

After missing out on centenary celebrations this year, senior footy might be on the way back in 2023 after a committee was formed at Sunday’s annual general meeting. More than 20 club members attended the AGM in a huge show of support for ...

Bald Blair Public School students Taharn Masuk-Purvis, Clem McKemey, Isabella Purvis and Abbey Grills (pictured above) competed in the Nigel Bagley Small School Relay at Olympic Park, Homebush last week.The team came second in their heat qualifying t...

Over the last week, Sara Brazier competed in the Special Olympic National games at Launceston. During the five days there were 10 sports, 731 athletes and over 600 volunteers taking part.Sunday was the opening ceremony, with Monday the start of the c...

On Saturday, 8th October, the Guyra United Soccer Club held their senior presentations. It was a great afternoon held at our major sponsor the Royal Hotel. Second Division awards went to Robert Sisson for Coaches award, Norman Miniti for Player&rsquo...

Last weekend the Guyra number 3s pennant team travelled to Tamworth to compete in the zone playoffs. On Saturday, Guyra took on Manilla, winning two of the three games for a 64-56 win. In the afternoon game Moree also beat Manilla, leaving Sunday&rsq...

Guyra Shamrock Hockey Club would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank all the committee members for a wonderful 2022 winter competition. Guyra continues to maintain a strong membership managing to field an U8’s, U11’s, 2nd Gra...

Ladies’ GolfLast week a few ladies played in the Warialda Open. The Guyra girls had a highly successful day.Jenny Rogers and Pip White were the winners with 44 points. Wendy Jackson and Nancy Prisk won the first consolation prize with 40 points...

Saturday, 17th September was a big day for local soccer with two massive games played.The Under 12s Guyra Spirits played in the premiership decider against Demon Knights in Armidale, while the 4th Grade Guyra United side was up against East Armidale ...

Vets GolfStill no vets golf in Guyra last Tuesday (6th). I think we would all like to see the rain go away for a little while. Hang in there vets, it will happen one day. As soon as you hear word that the course is open to carts golf will be on. When...

On Saturday, September 3rd the Guyra United Soccer Club held their last home round of the regular season followed by Junior presentations and old boys day. It was a day of rain and cold weather but we thank everyone for coming out and braving the col...

Bald Blair Public School students, Isabella Purvis, Abbey Grills, Clem McKemey and Taharn Masuk-Purvis represented the Armidale PSSA Zone at the North-West Athletics Trials in Tamworth last Friday. The team placed second in the Nigel Bagley Small Sch...

Five Guyra Junior League teams have made it through to the semi-finals: Junior League Tag, Intermediate League Tag, Under 10s, Under 14s and Under 16s.The Under 10s and 14s played extremely well on the weekend to secure their spot in the semi finals....

Guyra Central School’s under-16 Rugby League Team have taken out the NSWRL Small Schools State Championships for the second time, defeating the tough Cootamundra High School 30-20. The under-16 team (coached by Malcolm Gaukroger and Jason Allwo...

STRONG performances by a trio of senior rugby players from The Armidale School (TAS) at the recent Australian Schoolboy Rugby Championships has proven to be good preparation for their performances in the NSW Country 18s side against City. The annual ...

Congratulations to Guyra Central School students Jack Soraghan (year 9) and Lincoln Atkin (Year 5) who attended the NSW CHSSA/PSSA All Schools Cross Country Championships in Eastern Creek on Friday 22nd July 2022. Jack participated in the 15 year boy...

Guyra Central School Stage 3 student Peyton Heagney attended the North West Girls Primary Cricket Trial held at the Armidale Sports Grounds on Wednesday 20th July 2022. Peyton was successful in selection for the North West team to attend the NSWPSSA ...

Isabella Purvis has just returned from the NSW Country Tennis Championships held in Forster. This is a very prestigious event with children travelling from all over country NSW to compete in the championships. Isabella showed excellent sportsmanship ...

Last week seven energetic young Guyra boys travelled to Coffs Harbour to take part in a three day rugby challenge at Coffs International Stadium. Teams came from as far afield as Canberra and Brisbane and everywhere in between. The boys played with t...

GOLF at Guyra will soon be a sport for all conditions, thanks to a $15,000 State Government grant to assist with constructing two practice driving nets at Guyra Bowling and Recreation Club.Club President David Wilcox said the driving nets would form ...

Ladies’ GolfLast week the ladies played a Canadian Foursomes Associate’s Cup. The event was generously sponsored by Juneils’ Café. The winners were Wendy George and Shona Mulligan. The runners up were Pip White and Debbie Hef...

On the weekend, the Guyra Polocrosse Club took five and a half teams to compete at the annual Bingara carnival. In what was a glorious weekend of sunshine, Guyra took the winnings for most of their teams. The Juniors came home as runners up against t...

Guyra Junior Rugby League teams made the trip to Inverell for a big day of footy on the weekend. While other teams have tasted success this season, it was the Senior League Tag (SLT) team who were celebrating this time around with their first win in ...

Ladies’ GolfLast week several ladies competed in the 4BBB at Inverell Open Day. The winners were Shona Mulligan and Debbie Heffernan with 42 points. Runners up were Wendy George and Jenny Rogers with 40 points. Well done, Guyra!This week’...

Guyra’s Stirling Munsie, a Year 12 student at The Armidale School, is one of three TAS students selected to represent Country NSW U18s who played Combined High Schools in Sydney on the weekend.Tight-head prop Munsie, who has played for Country ...

Junior LeagueGuyra played Warialda Wombats at home on the weekend and there was plenty to celebrate for the home side.Under 8s - Guyra 48 Warialda Black 26 (Tries Hunter Melmeth 2 Abel Ketley 1, Unaloto Ale 1, Ashton Hutton 3, Airlie Vidler 1 Indigo ...

Twenty seven Guyra Vets were victorious at Uralla in the final round of the New England Pennants. Guyra won by 43 points over Walcha, then Armidale, Uralla and finally Glen Innes.Wendy Jackson was our best player on the day winning the Ladies section...

Guyra Cricket Club held their presentations for the 2021/22 season at the Guyra Bowling Club on Saturday May 21st. The dinner was a change of format to previous years and organisers were rewarded with an excellent roll up of both junior and senior pl...

Ladies’ GolfLast week no golf was played because of the wet conditions. This week is a Golf NSW Medal Round along with the Mabel McKenzie Brooch. Next week several ladies are travelling to Inverell for the Annual Open day. Good luck to all.Bird...

Two former Guyra girls lined up on the weekend as part of the Newcastle Knights Tarsha Gale Cup side that played in the Grand Final at Commbank Stadium. Tori Brazier and Kasey Gaukroger were first selected in the Newcastle squad two years ago. The Ta...

After losing the season’s opening games, Guyra put in a much improved performance on the weekend. Playing on home ground at Ted Mulligan Oval, Caspers had a nil all draw against Demon Knights in the first division game while second division Cas...

Guyra Anglers Club Guyra Anglers held their first meeting at their new home base - the Guyra Bowling & Recreation Club - last Wednesday with our biggest non-AGM turn out in recent history – thanks members, this was a truly great vote of co...

Guyra Junior Rugby League had their first outing for the year, with eight teams travelling to Glen Innes for the Gordon Creighton Cup. Teams from Armidale, Inverell, Moree, Warialda, Guyra and Glen Innes participated in the GALA Day, held in honour o...

Guyra’s first grade cricket side has failed in its bid to add a major premiership title to their 2022 list of achievements.The side will have to be content with the minor premiership after losing in the final to Armidale City/UNE.Armidale batte...

Rugby LeagueSuper Spuds training continues tomorrow night (Thursday) and the committee is asking all players who want to play to attend training and stay for a meeting about the season.  Numbers have been down on expectations so far and if the c...

On February 28 and March 1st, the Guyra veteran golfers held their annual Open Days.There were visitors from Sydney, Newcastle, Goondiwindi, Warialda, Nambour as well as representatives from all the New England clubs. Unfortunately, Brisbane players ...

CricketGuyra Cricket Club’s hopes for a grand final win this year will rest solely on their first grade side after both second and third grade went down in their preliminary finals on the weekend.Expectations were high for the 2nd grade minor p...

Athletics Local athlete Brooke Newberry competed at the NSW athletics championships in Sydney on Saturday 26th February. Brooke won a bronze medal in the under 16, 3000m race walk achieving a 45 second personal best with a time of 16:08.17. Her thir...

All three of Guyra’s senior teams played in semi- finals on the weekend. The first grade side finished first on the ladder and took their form into the final against City UNE. In the game played at home on Ted Mulligan Oval, both teams were in ...

Last week we held the Annual Guyra Ladies 4BBB Open Day. There were sixty players from several other regions that participated. The overall winners were Shirley Bruce and Pru Newby from Glen Innes. Some Guyra winners were Meg Simpson and Nancy Prisk ...

Anglers Club Guyra Anglers Club Inc. will be holding their AGM and Presentation Day on Sunday March 6th at the Guyra Hotel. Activities will kick off at 11am with a BBQ and soft drinks provided. The club welcomes you to come and enjoy a celebration o...

Ladies Golf Last week was the final round of the Ladies’ Championships. The Ladies’ Champion for 2022 is Vicki Reeves. A Grade Champion is Karen Oehlers. C Grade Champion is Julie Walker. The Nett winner for 54 holes is Lisa Ellis. Congr...

Guyra Junior Rugby League will hold a registration day on Thursday 3rd March at the Guyra Sporting Complex (Truckstop) starting at 4.30pm. All players interested in playing for Guyra this year are urged to come along to find out what the club has to ...

Men's Golf The 2022 club championships concluded at the weekend with Michael Purvis being crowned club champion 13 shots clear of Brock Reeves. B grade champion is Ian Taylor who was two shots clear of Steven Sole, and C grade went to Harry Purvis w...

Mate versus Mate The Guyra Aboriginal Lands Council, in conjunction with the Guyra Cricket Club, will be hosting a reconciliation Twenty/20 cricket match at the Guyra Turf (Ted Mulligan Oval) on Friday February 11th. This will be the third attempt t...

Four Guyra players represented the Greater Northern Tigers on the weekend, in their clash against North Coast Bulldogs at Wauchope.Billy Youman played in the under 18s side, while Oscar Atkin, Archie Dowden and Brodie Campbell represented in the unde...

The Super Spuds celebrated the 2021 season on Saturday, just in time to kick-start 2022. The club presentations day saw awards handed out to some outstanding players and volunteers.Beau Orchard won the major men’s prize - the Bill Williams...

Guyra third grade won the final of the T20 competition with a dominant performance by their batting line up. They took on Hillgrove in the game played at the Armidale Sportsground on Australia Day. Batting first Hillgrove made made 104 for the loss o...

Ladies’ Golf Last week the Ladies held a 2 Ball Ambrose Australia Day Bring a Friend Competition. The rain came in later in the day but did not dampen the spirits of some keen golfers who finished playing their rounds.We had several new player...

Last weekend the very successful Top of the Range Fours carnival was played. Bowlers from all over the state travelled to Guyra for the carnival, which was a great success. After five games the winners were Mick Pennell, Paul Bullen, Lindsay McIntyre...

Men’s BowlsOnly two games played at the weekend. On Saturday Mallie Walls and Logan Beechey played Steven Sole and Robert  Walls in the opening round of the club pairs . At the halfway mark Mallie and Logan had a one shot lead, and after 2...

The end and beginning of years gave Guyra Anglers Club the opportunities to fulfill one of their main aims – restocking the local waterways with Cod and Bass. DPI dollar for dollar grants allowed them to release $4000 worth of fingerlings in bo...