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Netball News

March 13, 2020 by Maggi Barnard

Forbes and Bedgerabong Public School students at the Schools Gala Day on Monday.

Open Day
Saturday, 28th March is the Forbes Netball Associations ‘Come and Try Day’ from 10am-12pm, followed by a BBQ lunch. Players, non-players, all levels of experience and all ages and genders are welcome to come and have a game of netball. People of Forbes and neighbouring towns are encouraged to come and enjoy and join in the spills and thrills.

Adjourned AGM and monthly meeting
The Adjourned Annual General Meeting of the Forbes Netball Association will be held on Thursday, 19th March at 7pm at the Forbes Services Memorial Club. All teams must be represented and will receive 2 competition bonus points for attendance. A monthly meeting will be held immediately after the AGM. Agenda items can be emailed to Secretary Mon, at secretary.forbesnetball@gmail.com. The 2020 Saturday competition will be finalised, and representative news will be organised.

Competition Time
Round one of the NSG will commence on Saturday, 4th April and round two on Saturday, 2nd May, after the Easter and school holidays. The Forbes Carnival will proceed on Sunday, 3rd May but subsequent rounds continuing from Saturday, 9th May.

Croquet News And Results

March 6, 2020 by Maggi Barnard

Golf Croquet Tuesday, 25th February
The cooler mornings have made for more enjoyable games of late with 32 players all decked out in their new blue and white shirts. Mal Smith, Harley Stewart, John Browne, John Cole, John Allegri and Robyn Pols won all three games. Thanks to Alex, John and Neville for setting up courts each morning, to Lorraine for ensuring Croquet players can enjoy a cup of tea after playing and to Presi- dent Elvy who keeps the club running.

Aussie Croquet Saturday, 29th February
The last day of summer saw 27 players take to the courts. Barry White, Bob Murray, John Browne and Kevin Rubie won all three games. Close games were J Browne, R Rennick14, K Broderick, L Simmonds 13, L Todd, L Smart 14, J Littlejohn, E Quirk 13, J Job, J MacCullagh 14 and L Todd, E Quirk 13. A reminder to all that the Croquet Club’s birthday Luncheon for March will be held at the Golf Club on Tuesday, 3rd March at 12pm.

Netball News

March 6, 2020 by Maggi Barnard

Ladies Competition
6.15pm court 9, Post Office Hotel v Specu- lators (Carmen Stephens/Carolyn Dun- can). 6.15pm court 10, Gundamaine v Chunky Pies (Kally Molloy/Robyn Kenny).

Mixed competition
7.15pm court 9, Red Bend v Van Hotel (Marg Spackman/Kally Molloy). 7.15pm Swampies v Easy Win (Ally Walsh/Robyn Kenny). Gundamaine have the Bye. Office duty-FNA Committee.

Count Back Win

March 6, 2020 by Maggi Barnard

Chris Pay of Cowra tees off ahead of opponent Garry King of Wentworth in the Pennants.

The Ian Simpson Real Estate sponsored Men’s competition on Saturday was an Individual Stroke. A field of 60 players scored well with a count back needed to decide the Division 1 winner.

The Division 1 was won by Peter Barnes over Andrew Brownlow of Peak Hill after both had finished on nett 67. The Division 2 had Ross Williams, with nett 73, a clear winner ahead of Craig Barrett with a nett 74.

The ball sweep went to 75 nett on count back: 70 – E Gaffney, J Coulthurst, P Daw- son; 72 – B Parker, K Herbert; 73 – W Clay- ton, GWebb, JHaley; 74 – PDuke; 75–S Uphill, J Zannes, P Nixon, T Griffiths, B Everest.

The Sunday Stableford Medley had a small field. Bess Shields won with 34 points. There was no runner-up or ball sweep, and nobody hit the greens so no NTP’s either.

The Club’s Pennants teams played the fifth round at Wellington on Sunday. John Betland had the biggest win of 7/6 over Aaron Wilkie from Parkes. Bob Borger battled to the 20th hole for his win.

The Summer Super 6’s comp is now into its final week, with very little separating the top seven teams in each Pool, from which five teams from each Pool will advance to the Finals. The Grand Final will be held on Sunday, 5th April, with the Presentation to follow that evening, upstairs in the Golf Club.

Mark your calendars for the Sanderson Memorial Day on 28th March, and a 3-Person Ambrose on 19th April. Contact the Pro Shop for details.

Saturday, 7th March is the Monthly Medal, sponsored by Michael Robinson & Co. Sunday, 8th March has the Stableford Medley with the Pennants for Division 1 and 3, continuing at Wentworth.

Keep up to date on the facebook page: www.facebook.com/forbesgolfcourse/

By Short Putt

Cricket News

March 6, 2020 by Maggi Barnard

There are only two competition rounds of cricket remaining for the 2019/2020 season. Finals will be held on Saturday, 14th March with the Grand Final to be held on Saturday, 21st March.

Presentation day for Under 10’s, up to the under 17’s and the under 12’s representative side. will be Saturday, 7th March after cricket from 12pm at Forbes Services Memorial Club. Presentation for the Master Blasters will be held at the Botanical Gardens on the morning of 7th March.

Results of games played Friday, 21st February and Saturday, 22nd February:

Under 17’s: Parkes Cats 9/156 defeated Condobolin 7/113. Parkes Colts 8/120 defeated Forbes Engineering 10/98. Forbes Achesons had the bye.

Under 14’s: Parkes Colts 3/111 defeated Parkes Cats 4/77. Forbes Livestock 4/87 defeated KMWL 8/67. Forbes Bernardis had the bye.

Under 12’s: Parkes Colts 5/114 defeated Parkes Cats 7/53. Hazell & Field 136 defeated Forbes Sportspower 44. Forbes Adept Plumbing 5/97 defeated Walkers Ag’N’Vet.

Netball News

February 28, 2020 by Maggi Barnard

Autumn Night Competition
The Autumn Night competition for both mixed and ladies’ teams will play the grading game this week. Any teams wanting to play in the competition and not yet entered should email the team entry to Secretary Monica email secretary.forbesnetball@gmail.com, or take it to the office on Wednesday night. Teams must be entered by this weekend to be able to play in the competition.

Draw For Grading Games 26 February
Ladies Competition
6pm court 9 Gundamaine v Post Office Hotel (Kally Molloy/Robyn Kenny). Bye-Hodders

Mixed Competition
7pm court 9 Gundamaine v Easy Win (Jack Piercy/Ally Walsh). 7pm court 10 Swampies v Van Hotel (Marg Spackman/Robyn Kenny) Office duty-FNA committee

Adjourned AGM
The adjourned AGM of the Forbes Netball Association will be held on Thursday, 19th March at 7 pm at the Forbes Services Memorial Club. The planned February AGM could not be held due to a lack of a quorum.

Low Scores In Par Event

February 28, 2020 by Maggi Barnard

John Boyle watches his tee shot intently.

The Saturday Men’s competition was a 4BBB Par event, sponsored by Highlands Design and played by 56 players. Conditions really helped good scoring and the pairing of Les Little and Barry Parker won with a score of +9, ahead of runners-up Mark Watts and Doug Churchill on +7 and getting the count back nod ahead of Dan Bayley and John Boyle.

The ball sweep went to +4 on count back: +7 – D Bayley/ J Boyle; +5 – D Rhodes/J Zannes, R Borger/P Barnes; +4 – G Webb/R Besgrove, A Currey/C Hurford, D Kenendy/G Falvey, R Scott/B Slack-Smith.

The Sunday Stableford Medley was played by a good field. Barb Drabsch finished on top with her 34 points, but closely followed by Ray Taylor on 33 points.

On Sunday the Club’s Pennants teams played at Cowra GC. The course brought some variable results for our guys. Our Division 1 team lost to Bathurst 4-1. Shane Sallaway (2 up) was the only Forbes player to manage a win, but the others were close. The Division 2 team lost 3-2 to Wellington. Winners were T West (19th) and C Dwyer (3-2). The Division 3 team were winners over Wellington by 3-2. R Borger (2 up) and I Brown (4-2) had returns to form while B Hodges powered to a 4-3 win.

The Summer Super 6’s comp is now in its final two weeks of general play before the Finals series begin. Teams are to note that under the 2-Pool system the top-5 will participate in the Finals series. Do not forget to pick up your copy of the Programme book from the Pro Shop.

This weekend the Men have an Individual Stroke, sponsored by Ian Simpson Real Estate, with 18-hole Stableford Medley on Sunday. The Pennants for Divisions 1-4 are at Wellington.

– By Short Putt

Croquet News And Results

February 28, 2020 by Maggi Barnard

Golf Croquet 18th February
A total of 34 players turned up for Golf Croquet and the club welcomed two new players, Kevin and Judy Girot. Anne Stewart played as Judy’s partner in one game and was very impressed with her first effort. The ladies were only beaten 7-6 by two seasoned players, Tony Thomson and Veva MacCullagh. Judy managed to hit the ball through four hoops, a big effort for her first game. The council put on a morning tea after croquet had finished which was very much appreciated.

Visitors on the day were Doreen Whitworth, Helen Spry and Peter Mahlo.

The winners of three matches were: Colleen Liebich, Joan Littlejohn, Dorelle Scott and Lorraine Todd.

Aussie Croquet 22nd February
It was a mild morning with 26 participants for the Saturday Aussie Croquet. The club welcomed one visitor, Robyn Liebich, who enjoyed her day especially partnering her mum Colleen Liebich.

The only winners of three games were Veva MacCullagh and Tony Thomson.

A reminder to all members that March birthdays will be celebrated on Tuesday, 3rd March at 12pm in the Golf Club.

Cricket Results

February 28, 2020 by Maggi Barnard

Results of games played Friday, 14th February and Saturday, 15th February.

Under 17s: Parkes Cats 6/115 in 23 overs (Hunter Hawke 28no and 2/1, Harrison McGregor 25no, Geordie Duncan 2/18, best fielders Ryan Mackenzie and Cooper Towns) defeated Forbes Engineering 9/107 in 23 overs (Talis Hurford 24no, Rhys Glas- son 22no, Brad Mattiske 2/3, Jack Whitty 1/5). Forbes Achesons 60 lost to Condobolin 1/61 (Franklind Ross and Ryan Goodsell played top roles for Condobolin with the bat). Parkes Colts had the bye.

Under 14s: Forbes Bernadis 5/74 (Pat- rick Ryan 18no, Tom Maslin 13 retired, Ollie Mayo 2/1, Bradman Hardy 1/3, best fielder William Mayo) defeated Parkes Colts 7/43 (Jake Dunn 20, Sam Rayner 4, Jack Milne 2/6, Caleb Crisp 2/20, best fielders Kade Ticehurst and Harry Yelland). Forbes Livestock 4/142 (Joe Ellison 63, Griffin Jones 15no, Riley Goodsell 2/6, Toby Jarick 1/0, best fielders Riley Goodsell and Brodie Page) defeated Parkes Cats 8/78 (E. Moody 36no, Holly Duncan 6, Z. Pearce 1/13, Liam Freeman 1/15, best fielders H. Kennedy and Z. Pearce). Forbes KMWL had the bye.

Under 12s: Parkes Colts 3/105 defeated Forbes Sportspower 3/86. Forbes Ag N Vet 3/140 defeated Parkes Cats 3/77. Forbes Adept Plumbing 5/104 defeated Hazell Field Accountants 6/84.

Barry Shine A Winner

February 21, 2020 by Maggi Barnard

Forbes Division 4 Pennants team ready to play at Wentworth – Steven Grallelis, Les Little, Stephen McAlister, Troy Howe, Stuart Thomas

On Saturday the event was Individual 18-hole Stableford, sponsored by Cahill Footwear. The field of 59 players returned good scores in great conditions.

Division 1 winner was Barry Shine with 41 points, ahead of runner-up Andrew McDonald on 38 points. Barry hit every fairway, while Andrew was refreshed after a trip. The Division 2 winner was Phil Wells with a score of 39 points, closely followed by runner-up Rod Besgrove on 38 points.

The ball sweep went to 33 points on count back: 37 – N Duncan, A Dukes, J Bernardi, B Parker, Alf Davies, A Alley; 36 – P Gray- son, S Grallelis, C Barrett; 35 – F Donohoe, J Dobell; 34 – J Cutler, G Willis (D/league); 33 – R Baker, P Tisdell, P Duke.

The NTP’s went to: 9th – D Rhodes; 18th – R Smith. There were four visitors from Duntryleague – Greg Willis, Chris Kelly, Steve Fulmer and Mark Hildebrandt.

The Sunday Stableford Medley again had a small field with many regulars away. Mike Spice won with 38 points. There was no Runner-up or Ball sweep. The NTP’s, sponsored by GWG, saw no-one make it on the 9th, but Mike took the 18th quite easily.

Farewell to Tommy Punnett, the Touring Pro who has been helping at the Pro Shop during the Summer. Tommy was often seen fine tuning his putting or honing his chipping skills. We thank him for his company and wish him well on the Australian circuit.

The Summer Super 6’s competition will finish the last two weeks with handicaps frozen, which may affect the final placings on the Pool tables.

Saturday, 22nd February is a 4BBB Par, sponsored by Highlands Design, playing for the Ron Barton Memorial Trophy. Sunday has an 18-hole Stableford Medley, with Pennant duties for Divisions 1-3 at Cowra.

By Short Putt

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