Another successful swimming carnival was held recently at the Gunning Swimming Pool. Dalton and Gunning Primary School children competed and were congratulated by their respective schools on their good behaviour and sportsmanship.
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Junior Girl champion was Breea Waters, runner-up Layla Primmer; 11yr Girl champion was Kitty Duncan, runner-up Alley Downey; senior girl champion was Milly Guilfoyle, all from Gunning Public School.
In the boys events the junior boy champion was Rubin Lees, runner-up Ned Jones; 11-year-old boy champion was Connor Primmer, runner-up Brynn Mathews; senior boy champion was Rory Walsh, runner-up Tristan Downey. Rory, Ned and Brynn are from Dalton Public School, with Rubin, Connor and Tristan from Gunning Public.
Congratulations to these young swimmers who now progress to the district competition held in Yass today. Best of luck!
The Red Fox has been a very successful coloniser, adapting to wide swathes of the Australian landscape and urban areas. It has decimated many native species and causes havoc amongst stock and backyard poultry. Introduced to Australia in 1833 for the sport of fox hunting, it has become an apex predator with estimated numbers over seven million.
The very successful Feral Fox Fighters campaign has continued to gain momentum with groups signing up to wage war against this introduced killer. It was started by the Jerrawa Creek Landcare Group and has expanded beyond its catchment with South Eastern Local Land Services Biosecurity Group planning to introduce it over the entire region. There are still opportunities to form groups – all you need are six or more neighbours with relatively close properties.
Dung beetles are great for restoring nutrients to the soil but guess what? Those darned foxes, the ultimate adaptors, have developed a taste for the dung beetles. They sit beside cow pats of an evening and just grab the big beetles out of the air. A fox shot south of Cooma yielded 72 big blue beetles in its belly!
Get on to Feral Fox Fighters bandwagon soon – contact either Chris Harris (LLS Yass) on 0427 489 570 or Bob Spiller 4845 8217.
It was the news of Narromine all those decades ago that their crack horseman, the gun rider, local Frank Short had been beaten by a ring-in from Gunning at the local Narromine show. This all came to light at the Australia Day celebration when locals John Clancy and Michael Vaughan were teasing each other about that long ago event.
Michael was raised in Narromine and Frank Short was one of his eight uncles, the equestrian scion of the town. John Clancy then aged only 17 years was the ring-in that had snatched the crown from Michael’s Uncle Frank and as Michael recalls he was pretty dirty about it!
The horse events at the Gunning Show this Sunday are expected to be fought out fiercely as success is often the gateway to entry into higher level events such as The Royal Canberra Show on from February 27 to March 1. However we all expect that fairness will prevail.
By the way, did I mention that John Clancy and the team he was travelling with including a string of twenty horses, thought it prudent to leave Narromine by nightfall.
The dog show is also expected to be bigger and better than ever, with around 600 dogs set to converge on Gunning Showground.
Don't miss one of Gunning's biggest weekend's of the year.
Saturday: Breadalbane Bush Bash on from 6pm. Cost is $35, BYOG, book on 4845 1323.
Saturday: Table Tennis on at Gunning Uniting Church Hall from 6.30pm.
Saturday: Harness Racing at the Showground from 3pm. Bring a picnic.
Sunday: Gunning 113th Annual Show. Family ticket costs $25, Adult $10 and pensioners and under 18s can get in for $5. pensioners/u18
Sunday: Lions Markets on from 8am to 2pm. For enquiries and stalls call 4845 1288.
Wednesday February 25: Kangaroo March meeting at the Foley Centre from 6.30pm. Call 0407 284 590.
