Forbes Rugby Union
On Saturday 25th May the Platypi came away with two wins out of three at Grinsted Oval. The women’s rugby team came away with an amazing victory over the Cowra- Canowindra women 94-10. Second grade also came away with a tight win 29-19.
Unfortunately first grade went down to the Cowra Eagles 29-10 in a tough game of hard hitting rugby.
The Forbes Rugby Club then enjoyed a Mexican Cocktail night after the first grade game.
Golf Scoring Loses Heat
On Saturday, golfers participated in the Wilf Hodges Memorial Trophy under an Individual Stableford format. The field of 56 played average golf, and were possibly affected by the onset of winter.
The Wilf Hodges memorial Trophy, for the overall individual performance, was won by Anthony Alley with a score of 39 points.
In the A-Division, Anthony Alley (39 pts) took the win, with Dave Rhodes (37) runner- up on count back. The B-Division went George Falvey (37 pts) from Runner-up Denis Culley (37) by count back.
The ball sweep went to 35 points on count back: 39 – A Alley; 37 – D Rhodes, T Griffiths, G Falvey, B Doyle, D Culley; 36 – T Callaghan, A Callaghan; 35 – P Pymont, D Churchill, S Sallaway, G Collits, A Dukes, P Kay. The NTP’s went to: 9th – P Dawson; 18th – R Smith.
The Stableford Medley on Sunday had a small group of regulars, among whom the winner was regular – Bruce Carpenter with a steady 36 points. Runner-up was Bess Shields, missing out on count back. There was no ball sweep. NTP’s went to 9th – Andy Cogswell, 18th – B Carpenter.
The Winter 3’s comp completed its 2nd week, with some fierce competition. Ben Gear (nett 32) took the main prize on count back from Shirley Redfern. The ball sweep went to – B Gear, S Redfern, B Drabsch, M Field, A Baker and A Lee.
Forbes players travelled to West Wyalong for their Open tournament. Forbes took out the ‘most visitors’ tag from the field of 66.
The Open Trophy went to Paul Redman with a scratch score of 73.
Creditable performances by Forbes players were – Peter Dawson, A-Grade Scratch Runner-up with 74, and Dan Bayley, AGrade Nett with 72 nett and a NTP.
Sunday 3 June will be a busy day with our Pros hosting a ‘Juniors on the Move’ tournament, played over 9 holes, and the Ladies playing the first round of the Billabong 4B Match play.
All are invited to participate in the Can-Assist 4-Person Ambrose on Sat June 8. We encourage as many players as possible to nominate and thus help raise funds for the Forbes group.
Just a ‘heads up’ for the Lachlan Valley DGA Pennants and Championships, being held at West Wyalong on Sun 16 June.
Please place your name on the List on the Pro Shop Notice Board, so that Pennant teams can be organised.
Programme Change – An early notification that on Sat 20 July we shall hold an 18- Hole 2-Person Ambrose, with the scheduled event (4BBB Stableford Multiplier) being shifted to 21 September.
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Red Bend Student Selected In State Team
Congratulations to Red Bend Catholic College student Finnley Neilsen, who has been selected in the NSW Rugby League team to play the Under 16s Pasifika team at Belmore Sports Ground on Sunday 9 June 2019.
Finnley Neilsen started playing rugby league when he was five, and last week the Year 11 Red Bend student was lost for words. “I thought Dad was joking when he told me I was selected for the NSW team,” said Finnley.
Since last October he’s been living for the sport he absolutely loves. He travels to Forbes every week for training, and quite often to Dubbo and Orange too after being selected to play for the Western Rams for the first time.He then got into the Country team, which was already very special for the lock. But when he realised last week that his Dad was not joking about his first selection for the NSW team, he “was pretty excited”.
The squad was selected after Finnley played in the NSW Country Under-16s team against a Harold Matthews Representative team at Penrith Stadium on Friday, 17th May.
Finnley is the only player of the Country team selected for the squad. There are seven players from the premiership-winning Newcastle Knights team and four players from grand finalists Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.
Next Friday he will travel to the Homebush Centre of Excellence for two days of intensive training with the NSW 20-man squad.
The Pasifika is an international side with players from Papua New Guinea, Tonga and Samoa.
For Finnley this is the start of his big dream to play NRL one day.
Forbes Magpies Rugby League
The Forbes Magpies travelled to Dubbo last Sunday to take on Dubbo Westside. Westside have been having a tough run this year and unfortunately have not been able to field an Under 18 team so the young Magpies have had the week off.
The Reserves had a 30-14 win and the Ladies League Tag team had a resounding 64-6 win over the Westside ladies. The First Grade Magpies had a huge win over Westside with so many tries winning 104-0.
Footy Tipping Results – Round 11
Successful Forbes Men’s Golf Open
The Forbes Men’s Open was played last Sunday, preceded by the 4BBB Stableford on Saturday. Both days had good fields with the Open contested by over 160 players and the 4BBB by 80 players.
The Forbes Open Overall Scratch winner, and winner of a coveted regional qualifying spot in the NSW Open, was Wil Arnold (Penrith), who finished with 70. Blade Gadd (Concord) and Reid Brown (Pymble) finished on 1-under (71), keeping it quite tense to the very end.
The B-Grade Scratch went to Paul Pymont (86) on count back. Ash Tucker earned the Handicap winner prize with a nett 69, with Terry Griffiths Handicap runner-up on 74 nett. The C-grade Scratch went to Frank Donohoe (100) also a count back. The Handicap win went to Geoff Betland on 76 nett, with Ralph Baker Handicap runner-up on 76 nett.
Many thanks to the sponsors, to the Pro Shop staff, to Beryl and Lynnie Roberts and to the many volunteers for helping to make this a very successful event.
The 4BBB Stableford on Saturday saw high-calibre results from the locals. The Scratch Stableford winners were John Betland and Peter Dawson with 42 points.
Runners-up were Mark Collits and Steve Betland with 40 points.
The Handicap Stableford winners were Ralph Baker and Graham Newport (47 points) from runners-up Stuart Thomas and Don Ridley (46 points). The ball sweep went to 42 points on count back.
The NTP’s went to: 9th – T Tisdell (Wagga Wagga); 18th – P Dawson.
The first week of the Winter 3’s competition recorded some good scores. Ash Tucker was the winner of the voucher (nett 30.5), while the ball winners (to 36 nett on c/b) were: A Tucker, R Taylor, E Coombs, B Besgrove, T Rousell, Som.
The first Junior Coaching Programme run by Pro Adrian Lees on Sunday had a good group. Spread the word to anybody you know that might like to join. Contact the Forbes Pro Shop on 6851 1554 or Adrian on 0423 356 670 for full details.
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Croquet Results
Week Ending 18th May
There was a full quota of players for our Tuesday’s golf croquet with some very close games. One of the better games was between Tony Thomson and Ken Styles who defeated Evelyn Mahlo and Colleen Liebich. There were only three winners of their three games; they were Kevin Rubie, Bill Scott and Neville Spry.
On Saturday, one game in particular that got the attention of the players was that between Anne Stewart and Kevin Rubie 14, who defeated Doreen Rogers and John Cole 13. Three of the four players were aiming to get to the finishing peg or as close to it as possible while waiting for Doreen to pass through the last peg. Anne Stewart and Kevin Rubie were trying to peg out while John Cole kept hitting them away while waiting for his partner. Anne missed the peg twice but finally hit the peg to the delight of the fellow members sitting watching.
The winners of three matches were Colleen Liebich, Jill Rubie and Barry White.
By Anne and Harley Stewart
Croquet Results
Week Ending 11th May
About 24 participants graced the courts on Tuesday. The winners of three matches were John Cole, John MacCullagh, Kevin Rubie, Harley Stewart and Tony Thomson.
The winners of three matches on Saturday were John Browne, Jill Rubie, Tony Thomson and Geoff Coles.
Tuesday golf croquet results:
• Bill Scott, Libby Smart 7, def Mary Hodges, John H. Browne 6
• Alec Todd, Jill Rubie 7, def Bob Murray, Colleen Liebich 6
• Lorraine Todd, Tony Thomson 7 def Jeff Liebich, John MacCullagh 6
• John Browne, John MacCullagh 7, def Merv Langfield, Alec Todd 6
• John Cole, Geoff Coles 7 def Veva Mac- Cullagh, Libby Smart 6
• Harley Stewart, John Job 7, def Mary Hodges, Jeff Liebich 6
• Elvy Quirk, John Job 7, def Geoff Coles, John H. Browne 6
• Colleen Liebich, Kevin Rubie 7, def Veva MacCullagh, Bill Scott 6
• John Cole, Bruce Field 7, def Alec Todd, Jill Rubie 6
• Jeff Liebich, Lorna Field 7, def Bob Murray, Neville Spry 6
• Libby Smart 7, def Marie Spry 6
Saturday Aussie croquet results:
• Anne Stewart, Doreen Rogers 14, def Elvy Quirk, Bob Murray 11
• Bill Scott, Jill Rubie 14, def Bruce Field, Kathleen Broderick 12
• Tony Thomson, John Browne 14, def Kevin Rubie, Lorraine Todd 12
• Lorna Field, Geoff Coles 14, def Cherylin Cole, Jeff Liebich 11
• Colleen Liebich, Jill Rubie 14, def Lorna Field, Merv Langfield 11
• Bob Murray, Tony Thomson 14, def Elvy Quirk, Doreen Rogers 11
• Lyn Simmonds, Merv Langfield 14, def Lorraine Todd, Kathleen Broderick 11
• Geoff Coles, Jill Rubie 14, def Bill Scott, Bruce Field 12.
Low Scores In Stroke Event
Sunny skies and cooler shade welcomed golfers to the course, where some players shot low scores in the Individual Stroke event, sponsored by B&C Autos. But many also had trouble on the greens.
The A-Division was won by Shane Sallaway who finished with a nett 70, the lowest score of the day. On his heels was Josh Coulthurst (71) who finished runner-up.
The B-Division also went low, with Rod Besgrove the winner on nett 71, slightly ahead of Allan Rees on nett 73.
The ball sweep went to 74 on count back: 70 – S Sallaway; 71 – J Coulthurst, R Besgrove; 72 – D Rhodes, D Bayley; 73- J Haley, A Rees, G Falvey, B Parker, D Culley, R Harrison (Parkes), B Everest, J Betland; 74 – C Barrett, D McAuliffe and T Griffiths.
The NTP’s went to: 9th – J Haley; 18th – S Betland. The visitors included Ben Reed (Forster-Tuncurry), and Riall Harrison and Tony Lock from Parkes.
The Stableford Medley on Sunday saw Bruce Carpenter notch up yet another win, scoring 36 points. The runner-up was Barb Drabsch Bayley on 35 points. There was no ball sweep. In the NTP’s, Barb snared the NTP on the 9th but nobody scored on the 18th.
The Winter 3’s competition commenced this week, with results to be advised next week. There is still time to register a team so contact the Pro Shop on 6851 1554 if you are interested.
The Forbes Open is on this weekend. It comprises a 4BBB on Saturday, sponsored by Forbes Livestock & Agency Co, while Sunday has the Open Stroke event. Numbers are strong for this year’s event.
Pro Adrian Lees will run a junior coaching programme through the school second term. Contact the Forbes Pro Shop or Adrian on 0423 356 670 for full details.
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