IMAGE: The participants worked with an artist and Forbes Shire Council on a mural at the Forbes Skate Park.
IMAGE: his mural is one example of giving back to the community for these future leaders.
IMAGE: The Central West Active Citizen Program is a leadership program for selected Indigenous young people from Parkes, Forbes, Condobolin and Lake Cargelligo.
IMAGE: The workshops are being conducted by Parkes, Forbes and Lachlan Shire Councils in partnership with Transport for NSW West Region.
Parents, carers and grandparents of young children are invited to attend one of two free online workshops being held to provide important safety information about child car seats.
The workshops will be held via MS Teams, Wednesday 22 November at 10am and again at 7pm.
The Council’s Road Safety and Injury Prevention Officer, Melanie Suitor, said the correct selection, installation and adjustment of child car seats is vital in ensuring children’s safety when travelling in vehicles.
“The workshop will cover the National Child Restraint Laws, types of child car seats available, correct installation and adjustment, when to move to the next car seat, accessories, tips for secondhand car seats and much more”.
“It will be a great refresher for grandparents, as child car seats and the rules have changed a lot since they had their children, but also for parents and carers as they are navigating their way through their child or children’s growth”.
“The results of our local checking day events show that around 80% of the child car seats that were checked were incorrectly installed. Transport for NSW research shows that children who are not restrained correctly are seven times more likely to sustain life- threatening injuries in a crash than those who are properly secured. It is so important to ensure your precious cargo is safe” Ms Suitor said.
These online workshops were the first of their kind when they were trialed in May 2023.
“There were almost 20 families that took part in the May workshops. Participants rated the workshop 4.75 out of 5, said they would be very likely to recommend it to a friend or family member and were glad they had attended” Ms Suitor said.
To book your place use this link: https:// bit.ly/NovemberWorkshops2023 or call on (02) 6861 2364.
The Spring night competitions continue, and some great games were seen in last week’s competitions.
Umpires are reminded to ensure all players actually sign in to the scoresheets, and this will record if they have played or not.
The next meeting of the FNA will be held Thursday November 16, 6-30pm at Club Forbes.
All agenda items must be emailed to the secretary email secretary.forbesnetball@gmail.com Registrations will be on the agenda for next week’s meeting.
If anyone has any ideas on how to streamline the process please email the above.
The $50-00 competition fee per player per team is to pay for the running costs of the competitions. Players are not fully registered until they pay their competition fees.
It is getting more like Spring by the day, with the warmer start to the morning for Aussie Croquet ,when we had 29 players. We were lucky enough to have 2 visitors from Sydney, Grand Daughter of Tony Thomson, India and partner Alex Nichol.
We only had 2 players to win 3 games, John Farah, Allan and Fay Picker.
14—-8 Bruce Field and John Farah.
We had a very busy morning on Tuesday 7 th (Melbourne Cup Day) on another nice Spring morning , we had 33 players come along. We started off by selling 5 Cup Sweeps, then sang happy birthday to Bruce Field, who had his 96th birthday, then he went on and won 3 games, never too young.
There were 4 players that managed to win 3 games: John Farah, Sue Jolliffe May Jones and Bruce Field.
10—3 Colleen Liebich and John Farah, Lyal Strudwick and Noel Jolliffe, Peter West, Kevin Rubie and John Cole.
Looking forward to another good week
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IMAGE: Dave Bernardi waiting by the 9th green to play his approach to the 15th hole.
The Mens golf competition on Saturday was the November Monthly Medal, sponsored by Jelbarts Tyrepower. The sunny hot weather meant the field of 64 had their games done and dusted early.
The A-Grade Winner was visitor Daryl ‘Digit’ McAuliffe with a 68 nett. His power-play showed the younger players a thing or two. Runner-up and Medal winner was Peter Dawson with 70 nett, slipping ahead of Steve Betland on count back. Peter enjoyed his birdies on the 7th and 8 th holes.
The B-Grade went to Michael Livingston with a 67 nett. This capped off a couple of weeks of good but unrewarded low scoring. Runner-up, again, was Jeff House (70 nett) who played par-golf on the front-9, but had a few hiccups coming home.
The C-Grade saw the return of a rejuvenated Brett Woonton who won with the
lowest score of the day, a nett 64. He almost could do no wrong. Runner-up was
Liam Fraser with 75 nett, continuing his run of prize gathering.
The NTP’s went to: 9th – Rob Webb; 18th – Wayne O’Niell. The Pro Shop Super-pin went to Anthony Alley with a shot to 2.53 metres, and he got his ‘2’. The ball sweep went to 74 nett.
This weekend the NSW Country Championships will be played at South West Rocks.
We extend our best wishes to the Lachlan Valley team, which includes our top players, who are focused on bringing home some glory.
Head Pro Will has a Mizuno Equipment Demo day coming up and it is scheduled for Wed 15th of November. Contact the Pro Shop to book in.
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IMAGE: CONGRATULATIONS YEAR 12 All the best in your future endeavors.
A massive congratulations to our Year 12 – Class of 2023, who have all completed the HSC. As you now await your results, know we are extremely proud of you all and we can’t wait to hear of all your success and adventures in the future!. See you all on Friday at your Graduation
Don’t wait until someone tells you they are struggling.
When we create safe spaces and meaningfully connect, we’re showing those we care about we’re there to support them with whatever they’re going through.
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Based in Nyngan in outback NSW, the Gary White Working Dog School is so popular that Gary travels around the world teaching the secret to training the perfect working dog.
“You have to work with them – always be patient and kind. I’ve been training dogs for a long time now, it’s a big part of my life and much of my training is geared toward helping farmers on the land utilise their dogs in a better fashion https:// thefarmermagazine.com.au/farm-dog-school/
Join us for the PCYC Parkes Safer Driver Course on November the 17th at 4pm.
Equip your child with life-saving tools and add 20 hours to their log book. Plus, we’ll provide afternoon tea and water bottles for all attendees.
What’s more, your contribution to the course goes towards supporting our local community. Don’t miss out on this opportunity!
Reserve your spot now: limited spots available pcycdrivereducation.org.au/book-a-course
How fantastic is the new footpath in Grenfell Street! And the one around the corner in Farnell Street. This project is being completed in line with Council’s Strategic Plan to link the northern end of Forbes with the CBD, thanks to the Australian Governments Local Roads and Community Infrastructure fund.
Reminder: membership fees are due
If you haven’t paid already, renew today to ensure your membership continues.
Go to www.cwaofnsw.org.au and log in to your account using your email address and password, the click the “renew now” button (under Welcome Back on the home page).
If you’re unsure of your password, click “forgot password”.
If you have trouble logging in contact State Office: 02 8337 0200. Note: do not create a new account – your payment needs to be linked to the account we already have for you.
If you’re thinking of joining, find your branch: https://www.cwaofnsw.org.au/branches or join online https://www.cwaofnsw.org.au/join (new members only).
Recently Year 7 and their Peer Support Leaders, were invited to the Boys To The Bush Community Engagement Day. We were one of 8 schools who were in attendance, and had so much fun, despite the heat. There was dancing, singing, sports, relaxation and culture. Mrs Smith was unfairly beaten in the teacher dance off, her Cold Spaghetti was definitely the best.
A few key points to come out of the Lachlan AGM.
Under 10’s, 11’s Tag, and Under 12’s will be non competitive next season.
There is a possibility for an Under 14’s girls tackle team. There will still be a Under 14’s tag team. Depending on numbers girls will be able to play Both tag and tackle, however they will need to register to both.
Croquet players relaxing and socialising between games
It was a nice morning for those who came along to Aussie Croquet on Saturday the 28th, where we had 32 players ready to play. There were 6 players who managed to win 3 games, John Farah Noel Jollife, May Jones, Kevin Rubie, Bill Scott and Rex Toole.
14- 8 Robin Pols and John Allegri.
14-9 Elvy Quirk and Allan Jones
Mid Winners
14-10 Kevin Rubie and Lyn Simmonds, Rex Toole and Noel Jolliffe, Colleen Liebich and Bruce Field,
Bill Scott and Kevin Rubie, Lyn Simmonds and Ros Rennick, Merv Langfield and Dorelle Scott
Merv Langfield and Kevin Rubie.
It was a chilly start on Saturday the 31st for the 37 players who turned up to play Golf Croquet
There were 5 players who managed to win 3 games John Farah , Noel Jolliffe, Ray Burridge, Lyn Simmonds and Mal Smith.
10—3 Neville Spry and Noel Jolliffe, Neville Spry and Mal Smith
9—4 Sue Jolliffe and May Jones , Rex Toole and Lyn Simmonds, Kevin Rubie and Frank Donohoe, Noel Jolliffe and Neil Gilmour
At the end of our game we had our ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The office bearers, President Elvy Quirk, V President Keven Rubie, Secretary Ray Martin,
Treasure Elvy Quirk, Committee John Browne, Neville Spry, Alan Jones, John Farah and Noel Jolliffe. Publicity Officer Tony Thomson
The kids loved sharing the time with their special people.
Thank you to Catholic Care: Wilcannia Forbes for making this event possible.
Dad’s In School Day was celebrated with many visitors attending kindergarten classrooms and playground.
Member for Orange Phil Donato pictured with Premier Chris Minns.
The funding comes from the new $150 million Community Restoration Flood Fund announced by the NSW Government in the September budget to support disaster impacted communities in the Northern Rivers and Central West. The Fund is an acknowledgement that the NSW Government is standing by communities for the long haul.
Premier Chris Minns said “The 2022 floods were an unprecedented disaster and we remain focused on helping communities recover and rebuild. It’s clear there needs to be a sustained effort and there is more we can do to continue the reconstruction program. That’s why we’re committed to practical action on the ground to help people get back on their feet, with involvement of local leaders.”
The 2022 floods exposed several ongoing risks across the State due to our changing climate and long-standing land uses. The NSW Government recognises that recovery is not a short-term fix and requires evidence-based planning and community leadership.
Minister for Emergency Services Jihad Dib said “When we visited the Central West we were impressed with the work undertaken by communities rebuilding, and this investment is a further step towards that recovery. This funding package will support the social and economic recovery of this important region devastated by floods”.
While the former government made unfunded commitments to communities, the Minns Government is taking a considered approach to ensure that the commitments made are adequately funded and informed by community leaders.
Member for Orange Phil Donato said “This additional injection from the Community Restoration Flood Fund is a welcome start on the wide range of recovery and reconstruction work that still needs to be done across the region.”