Saturday’s Men golf field of 50 players par­ticipated in the June Monthly Medal event sponsored by BWR Accountants and Advi­sors.

The A-Grade Winner was Caleb Hanra­han who continued his recent good form to score a nett 71. He was especially pleased with his back-9. Runner-up was Jeff House with 72 nett. He also had a better back-9.

The B-Grade was won by Liam Fraser with a nett 73. This Junior member is steadily improving and returning good re­sults. Runner-up was Cooper Byrnes with 75 nett. Refreshments from the Pro Shop after the front-9 helped to keep his game together on the back-9.

The C-Grade saw Peter Grayson over­come some difficulty to win with a 75 nett.

Runner-up was Max Haley with 77 nett. He had a rough start but improved as he went along.

The ball sweep went to 79 nett on count back. There was one visitor, being Rob Shannon (Bathurst) who was keen to get a game before attending to family affairs.

The NTP’s went to: 9th T Callaghan; 18th L Flakelar, with neither converting for a ‘2’. The 3rd hole Super Pin went to Liam Fraser with a shot to 96 cm. That made for an easy, but nervous, ‘2’.On Sunday Forbes players competed in the LVDGA Championship and Pennants held at Trundle.

The Forbes Team took out the Scratch Pennants. In the individual events Steve Betland and Caleb Hanrahan finished runners-up for the ‘Moulder Cup’ Individual Scratch.

This Saturday, 21 June will be the 4BBB Stroke Championship, it is the first Club Championship event for the year. Sunday will have a Stableford Medley.

Players are reminded to pay their Mem­bership Renewal.

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Last Saturday Forbes golfers played in the Annual CanAssist Charity Golf Day with each player aiming to do well for both their team and for the Charity, the golfers raised nearly $3,000.

The format for the event was a 4-Person Medley Ambrose with a Shot Gun start. The field of 102 players revelled in the good condition of the course and the greens with only three teams scoring over par.

The Handicap winning team with a nett 54.5 was Alistar Carlisle, John Darcy, JadePage and Ryan Dunn. They had six birdies and two bogeys for a scratch 68 which washelped by their generous handicap.

The Handicap runners-up were Grant Tanter, Sam Sykes, Archie Quirk and James Grierson with a nett 55.5 off a 5.5 handicap.

They had 11 birdies and no bogeys.

Other team prizes went to 3rd (55.75) P Dawson, T Callaghan, N Death and A Hearn, 4th (56.12) C Alley, P Pymont, M Bayley, L Frase and 5th – (56.75) J Cutler, G Hooper, D Cutler and J Wooldridge.

The best scratch score was a 58 shot by the team of Caleb Hanrahan, Lee Grierson,Seb Tind Simmons and Seb Minehan. They managed seven birdies on each half.

The NTP’s went to: Ladies 1st Nil, 3rd J Fletcher, 9th J Fletcher 18th S Grierson; Men 1st D Burton, 3rd P Dawson, 9th D Burton, 18th D Mylecharane. The ‘12th hole 2nd shot’ went to: Ladies S Grierson; Men D Kennedy. The 3rd hole Super Pin went to Peter Dawson with a shot to 110cm.

This weekend 14 June we have the June Monthly Medal for the Men and the 4BBB Championships for the Ladies. On Sunday there is a Stableford Medley while the menplay the LVDGA Championships at Trundle.

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On Saturday the Forbes golfers were led by junior player Liam Fraser in the Men’s Indi­vidual Stroke event. Liam finished ahead of a group of Div-1 players.

The Div-1 Winner was Terry Griffiths with 70 nett. He was well pleased with his score after a bogey, bogey start. Runner-up on count back was Dave Mylecharane also on 70 nett. He played early and watched his score remain on top until Terry posted his score.

The Div-2 was won by Liam Fraser with 69 nett. He had an unsteady start but then played consistently for his score. Runner-up was Nathan Roach on 71 nett. This was his first game for a while and showed he had not lost his touch.

The ball sweep went to 75 nett. The visi­tors included a big group from Dubbo on the annual ‘road trip south’. The equal best of these was Sam Letfallah and Hugh Graham on 71. Two of their group filled the last plac­es in the field. Lost among those were Dave Naveau (Wellington) and Andrew Brownlow (Peak Hill).The NTP’s went to: 9th Paul Pymont; 18th Hamish Steel-Park. Neither of them con­verted for a ‘2’. The 3rd hole Super Pin went to Kailab Tyne with a shot to 190 cm. His conversion helped him to a nett par round.

On Sunday the Condobolin Mens Open was played as the last leg of the O’ConnorsTrilogy. Zac Mitchell (Condo) won the Open with 71 Scratch. Successful Forbes play­ers included P Dawson (A-Gde Nett R-up), Archie Quirk (B-Gde Scratch Wnr), M Sim­monds (B-Gde Nett R-up) and Sandy Pater­son (C-Gde Scratch R-up).In the Trilogy the Scratch winner was John Betland (223) from Brendan Richards (Condo 227), while the Handicap winners were a tie with Archie Quirk and Adam Rich­ards (Condo).By Short Putt