THE Reliance Royal Bathurst Show was held in brilliant weather two weekends back and I have been furnished with some results.
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In the shearing competitions, first and second in the sections were:
- Intermediate: Tom Seaman and Joe Fahey.
- Learners: Emily Pike and Adam Laverty.
- Senior: Scott Madden and Ben Green.
- Open: David McIntyre and Wayne Hosie.
Thank you to Kate Stanford for these.
Results from the dog trials at the show included:
- Local section winner was William Fitzpatrick with his dog Angus.
- Improver section winner was Peter Rutherford with Kelly.
- Open winner was Chris Stapleton with his dog Crash.
- Thank you to Kirby McPhee for the results.
Horsing around
PONY Club results are not to hand, but by all reports the day was a huge success.
The executive of Pony Club convey a big “thank you” to Garry James for his help with collecting all the brick wall jumps and the dressage arena after all the events had finished.
Gary has no connection with the club but he likes to support the children who are involved.
He and his wife Suzie operate an eight metre tray top truck and transport livestock and general freight.
Gary refuses payment for Pony Club tasks so perhaps you might be able to support his business for your freight needs. Phone 0428 372604.
Money talks
THIS week would be an ideal time for every producer to book a one-hour yarn with a trusted accountant as many have experienced a pretty profitable year.
With $1300 steers and $900 vealers being sold throughout the year, wool, lamb and mutton at excellent levels and interest on loans being at manageable levels, some tax planning may be needed.
Farm management deposits with a loan offset, the $20,000 immediate write off for many business items and advance payment of needed inputs are each a question for the accountant.
Please don’t delay with your planning as the tax commissioner has a great appetite for a business man’s dollars.
Happy anniversary
WEDDING anniversary congratulations to respected local couple Adrian and Lorna Ryan who celebrate 64 years together.
Also to BMA president Warwick Larnach and his bride of 34 years, the lovely RobynAnne.
Early shearing
THE move to premature shearing continues to accelerate with two viable sized district flocks being shorn with eight months growth and producing very acceptable results.
A purpose-bred local flock, shorn at six months with no crutching resulted in a 105 per cent lambing and a $37 per head wool sale.
Brokers’ advice to some clients is to think seriously about prem shearing if staple length exceeds 60mm.
Clients are reminded that overall shearing costs will be higher but sheep will “do” much better, lambing percentages should be noticeably higher and annual wool cuts are expected to be 10 per cent higher.
Fire regulations
COURT reports tell us of fines being imposed on landholders who did not comply with regulations that cover the lighting of fires in the open.
Rural land holders with more than 10 hectares must notify neighbours before lighting a fire and this should help to avoid unnecessary call outs.
Please be careful if needing to light fires and stick carefully to the rules.
Motoring memories
A GROUP of long-time local residents was fortunate to listen to a presentation by some early members of Bathurst Light Car Club at a recent get together.
John Lindsell, Jerry Trevor-Jones, Ron LeBroque, Dennis Kenny and Tim Hector brought back memories of Bathurst as a quiet country city that was surrounded by gravel roads.
Of particular interest, John outlined the forming of the Boundary Road access road to the race track as well as the access road to the top of the Mount.
He commented: “The only commitment from council to these road works was the provision of a culvert at the foot of the hill.”
He recalled the donated earth works of Jim and Arthur Bowie and Ellis Hamer who were pioneers in that field when the world was young in the very early 1950s.
Laugh lines
A BUXOM lady and a bald man had finished dinner at the up-market restaurant and were into their fourth port when the man slid under the table. The waiter called: “Your husband is under the table, madam.” She muttered in reply: “Oh no, he isn’t. He’s just coming through the door.”
IT was so cold in Bathurst last week that the local flasher was heard describing himself to passers-by.
GEORGE took a lady friend to an Italian cafe in another town. The lady was hard to please and found fault with the soup. “Waiter,” she called, “remove this insect immediately.” So the burly waiter threw George down the stairs.