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Hot Off The Croquet Courts

January 31, 2019 by Maggi Barnard

Croquet week ending 12th January

It was good to be back on the courts for our first games of the New Year. The courts were full with players talking about the festive season, their holidays and the upcoming year. The new starting time of 8:30am is an effort to beat the heat, but the heat still managed to beat us! The winners of three games were Veva MacCullagh, Bruce Field, Joan Littlejohn, Evelyn Mahlo, Bill Scott and Alec Todd.

This Saturday’s Aussie croquet saw the hot wind play havoc with many players’ hats. We finished in record time with tea, coffee and toast all finished by 10:30am.

There were three winners of three games namely John Job, Harley Stewart and Tony Thomson.

January’s birthdays will be celebrated along with the February birthdays on Tuesday, 12th February. The venue will be advised at a later date.

Croquet week ending 19th January

Hot weather cut the numbers down for our Tuesday golf croquet. Some players could not handle the temperatures and left early.

Even with our 8:30am start some could not take the rapid rise of the temps on court.

It was great to see our young mate Bob Murray back in action after a few medical issues. There were three winners of the three games namely John Allegri, Evelyn Mahlo and Neville Spry.

Only 20 competitors turned out for our Saturdays Aussie croquet. The courts were slow because of the top dressing sand and thick grass slowing the balls.

One of the closest games was between Tony Thomson and Neville Spry with 14 who defeated John MacCullagh and Bob Murray with 12. The most exciting game was between the champions of last year, Bruce Field and John Cole, who were beaten by Harley Stewart and Alec Todd. It was a true battle in the end and came down to who hit the finishing peg first, as players all charged towards it at the same time. Bruce field missed on his last shot giving victory to Todd and Stewart. The score ended up 14 to 13.

The only winner of three games today was Merv Langfield. Congratulations Merv!

By Anne and Harley Stewart

Medallists Do Well Despite Gruelling Weather

January 24, 2019 by Maggi Barnard

On Saturday, 5th January, amidst strong winds and hot temperatures, the Men’s Monthly Medal was contested by 64 players, sponsored by long-term stalwart Linden Byrne.

The A-Grade winner was Kim Herbert, with 69 nett and just ahead of runner-up, Peter Dawson with his 70 nett. They pushed each other all the way.

The B-Grade went to Dale Rogers (Peak Hill) with an excellent nett 69, while Phil Duke was runner-up with a consistently constructed 70 nett. However, because Dale is a visitor and thus ineligible, the medal is awarded to Phil Dukes.

The C-Grade saw Frank Donohoe take the honours with his 74 nett. Runner-up was Les Little finishing with 75 nett.

The ball sweep went to 74 nett on count back: 69 – D Rogers, K Herbert; 70 – P Duke, P Dawson; 71 – N McMillan, B Everest, M Cahill; 72 – J Zannes, M Haley and 73 – C Dwyer, P Kay, P Maher; D Churchill, F Donohoe, Michael Wood, P Grayson, R Nixon.

The NTP’s went to: 9th – P Nixon, 18th – K Herbert. Visitors who joined included, from Parkes – M McGlashan, L Buesnell and from Peak Hill – A Brownlow, D Rogers.

The Sunday Stableford Medley saw a field of nine players get out and enjoy themselves.

Once again Peter Grayson was the winner, edging home with 34 points. Runner-up was Brendan Chambers from Parkes, with 33 points.

There was no ball sweep. The NTP’s were stolen by Parkes players, with the: 9th – B Chambers; 18th – J Van Opynen.

Prior to Christmas the final of the Wallace Cup Handicap Match Play was played. It was a solid performance by Neil McMillan to win, relegating Stephen Uphill into runner-up.

By Short Putt

Croquet News

January 24, 2019 by Maggi Barnard

Croquet week ending 22nd December This week saw us play the last games of 2018. Tuesday’s Golf Croquet had some close games. The winners of three games were Robin Pols, Jill Rubie and Libby Smart.

Our Christmas dinner was held at the Vandenberg Hotel. A lovely meal was provided before the presentations of trophies to our winners for the year.

The golf croquet winner of the most games won during the year for men was Bruce Field. The Aussie croquet winner of the most games won during the year for men was John Cole.

The golf croquet winner of the most games won during the year for ladies was Joan Littlejohn. The Aussie croquet winner of the most games won during the year for ladies was also Joan Littlejohn. Congratulations to all of the winners!

An ovation was given for our hard working President/Treasurer, Elvy Quirk who has given our club the best financial year on record and the most paying members since the club was formed by our late president Keith Croker.

Elvy thanked all of those members with roles who helped the club to function so well over the year.

Our last game of the year on Saturday, 22nd December had 24 participants due to several members going on holidays early.

There were only two winners of their three games namely John Cole and Barry White.

There was a short break over Christmas and New Year with games resumed as of Tuesday, 8th January. We welcome all new members in 2019.

On behalf of the Forbes Croquet Club we hope that everyone had a pleasant Christmas and wish all a prosperous New Year.

By Anne and Harley Stewart

Top Scores In Annual Ham Day

December 20, 2018 by Maggi Barnard

The Men’s competition on Saturday was the annual Ham Day sponsored by Woolworths Forbes. The 62 players contested an Individual Stableford format with some fierce competition.

The A-Division was won by Kim Herbert with 43 points compiled in a craftsman-like manner. Runner-up was Paul Pymont, only one shot back on 42 points. The B-Division was won by Brett Slack-Smith with 41 points, while David Earl finished runner-up on 40 points.

The ball sweep went to 36 points, going to: 43 – K Herbert; 42 – P Pymont; 41 – B Slack-Smith; 40 – D Earl; 39 – R Webb, R Nixon, T Sharpe, D Churchill; 38 – T Callaghan, A Rees, R Smith, F Donohoe; 37 – P Dawson; 36 – P Tisdell, C Barrett, M Cahill. The NTP’s went to: 9th – Andy Brownlow (Peak Hill); 18th – Dave Mylecharane.

One player locked his keys in the shop and had to use a hire set of clubs, which had a very short child’s putter in the bag. Despite this handicap he did well on the front-9, scoring 23 points but battled home to score 36 points overall. Remember your keys next time Marty!

In Sunday’s Stableford Medley, Bob Borger knocked Peter Grayson off the winning mantle. Four players finished on 37 points with count-back needed to separate them all. The final result was: winner – Bob Borger, runner-up – Peter Barnes, ball sweep – Bess Shields, Peter Grayson, (36) Scott Kirkman, (35) Warwick Judge.

The NTP’s went to: 9th – W Judge, 18th – P Barnes. There was a good group of visitors from Caragabal playing. Trevor Cooper and Nigel Davies did the best of the bunch.

The Men’s CWDGA Pennants season will commence in late January. All those players wishing to be considered for a team, please place your name on the list in the Pro Shop. This is an important inter-club event so please support it.

By Short Putt

Croquet News And Results

December 20, 2018 by Maggi Barnard

Croquet week ending 15th December

It is hard to believe but we are back on the croquet courts after a month of top dressing. The courts look great but they will be slow until we get some rain and have more growth. I am sure some of our members were in a state of depression waiting for the resume of their beloved game.

A new member took to our courts on Tuesday. We welcome Geoff Coles to our club, a seasoned golfer who has never played croquet before. With little surprise, he won his first game as most golfers find croquet very easy to adapt to. The winners of their three games were John Browne, Evelyn Mahlo, Kevin Rubie, Bill Scott and Alex Todd. Welcome back everybody!

Saturday’s Aussie croquet had 24 players. There were only three players who won their three games. They were John Cole, Elvy Quirk and Kevin Rubie. Congratulations to you all! The closest game of the day was between Neville Spry and John MacCullagh, who defeated Merv Langfield and Anne Stewart with 14-13.

The Croquet Club Christmas dinner will be held at the Vandenberg Hotel at 12 o’clock Tuesday, 18th December. We hope everyone can attend.

The last play for the year will be Saturday, 22nd December. The courts will re-open on Tuesday, 8th January. The starting time will move to 8:30am for the summer. Please arrive at 8:15 to ensure an on time start.

Have a safe, merry and enjoyable Christmas and a happy 2019!

By Anne and Harley Stewart

Good Scoring In Monthly Medal

December 13, 2018 by Maggi Barnard

The men’s comp was the December Monthly Medal, sponsored by Central West Diesel, with 64 players competing and many of them producing good scores.

In the A-Grade, Dan Bayley certainly had his A-grade game going, finishing with a 75 scratch, 70 nett. Dan won on count back from Richard Nixon who also finished on 70 nett. The B-Grade produced a masterful score by Max Haley who carded a nett 69.

Brodie Hodges was runner-up with 70. Denis Culley dominated the C-Grade and the day with a 67 nett. Ethan Gaffney was runner-up on 69, when an ‘8’ blemished his card.

The ball sweep went to 74 nett on count back, going to: 67 – D Culley; 69 – E Gaffney, M Haley; 70 – B Hodges, D Bayley, R Nixon; 71 – B Thomas, P Cowhan, B Squires, P Grayson; 72 – S French; 73 – C Alley, P Tisdell, R Borger, B Hazell, I Bown; 74 B Slack-Smith.

The NTP’s went to: 9th – C Alley; 18th – T Callaghan.

The Sunday Stableford Medley had a small following, where the winner was Peter Grayson, who managed to wrangle 35 points. There was no runner-up or ball sweep.

The NTP’s went to: 9th – P Grayson, signed off by Ethel Coombs, and Ethel got the NTP on the 18th, signed off by Peter.

By Short Putt

News Off The Netball Courts

December 13, 2018 by Maggi Barnard

The Forbes Netball Association (FNA) night competitions for both mixed and ladies teams played the finals in each competition recently.

The finals were played between the two top teams on the point score ladder in each competition. In the ladies competition Forbes Engineering defeated Golfie 44-33.

Best and fairest awards were presented after the game. This award is determined by the umpires each week and totalled at the end of the competition. Best and fairest was awarded to Shea King (CWD) and Brianna Duncan (Marist).

In the mixed competition FPS Teachers defeated RBCC 32-18. Best and fairest was awarded to Kate Hanley (Double Shot) and Jack Finch (Hot Shots).

News for 2019

The next night competition will be starting at the end of February 2019.

The AGM of the FNA will be held on Thursday, 21st February at 7pm at the Forbes Services Memorial Club. Volunteers are needed to fill the many committee positions.

The FNA is enquiring about taking teams to the International Netball Festival in October in New Zealand, with divisions entering being: Open, 18’s, 15’s and 13’s. There will be more news on the New Zealand trip in February.

Junior Cricket Scores And Draw

December 6, 2018 by Maggi Barnard

Results of games played 30th November and 1st December:

Under 17’s: Achesons 6/115 (Connor Greenhalgh 34, Toby Matheson 27, Tallis Hurford 2/10, Jed Matheson 2/23) defeated Hawkes 6/110 (Mitch Wright 34, Hunter Hawke 14 n.o., Abigail Simpson 10 retired, Mason Ruzgas 2/10, Hunter Hawke 1/8, Royce Simpson 1/12. Best fielders: Harrison McGregor and Royce Simpson).

Bayliss 4/128 (Corey Thompson 44, Ryan Dunn 26 retired, Harry Bayliss 22 retired and 2/12, Frankland Ross 2/5. Best fielders:

Frankland Ross and Jacob Chambers) defeated KMWL 9/107 (Luke McDean 26, Brady Nicholls 20, Clarke Hollman 1/9, Callum Farmer 1/12. Best fielders: Lachlan Barnes and Rhys Glasson).

Omitted Result from 24th November:

KMWL 158 (Brady Nicholls 48, Luke McDean 21 and 1/16, Pat Cormie 2/15. Best fielders: Pat Cormie and Jacob Bell) defeated Hawkes 128 (Mitch Wright 77, Royce Simpson 14, Hunter Hawke 1/8, Brody Clarke 1/16. Best fielder: Harrison McGregor).

Under 14’s: Sixers 6/146 (Ryan Dunford 38 n.o., Jack Milne 21 n.o., Flynn Thompson 3/6, Connor Batt 1/1. Best fielders: Cody Kirk and Sam Rayner) defeated Bernardis 10/99 (Ed Mayo 19, Doug Irvine 17, Amy Maslin 1/6, Jack Priest 1/13. Best fielders: Tom Maslin and Campbell Ryan).

Livestock 5/112 (Joe Ellison 18 retired and 1/4, Henry Hodges 16 retired, Jacob Smith 16, Toby Jarick 2/15. Best fielders: Henry Hodges and Jack Whitty) defeated Thunder 5/97 (Harry Jones 15 retired, Joseph Tanswell 13 n.o., Nathan McCreadie 1/4, Danilo Bottaro-Porter 1/7. Best fielders: Harry Jones and Darcy Dawson).

Under 12’s: Sportspower 3/139 (Stirling Francis 27 retired, Tom Glasson 23 retired and 2/1, Michael Price 1/2, Tom Greenhalgh 2/20) defeated Scorchers 6/70 (Thomas Simpson 18 n.o. and 1/7, Bailey Price 7 n.o, Thomas Ball 1/25. Best fielder: Harry Yelland).

Adept Plumbing 95 (Marcus Hardy 27 n.o., Tayte McNamara 15 and 2/3, Tom Whitty 1/6) defeated Renegades 38 (Henry Rice 9 n.o., Seth Tanks 6, Ellen Dolbel 1/11, Callum Rowbotham 1/13. Best fielder: Ellen Dolbel).

No results yet for the game between Walkers AgNvet and Hazell & Field.

Pointscore after games played 1st December: 3 points = win, 2 points = tie/draw/washout, 1 point = loss, 0 points = forfeit/bye. Under 17’s: Bayliss 7, Achesons 7, KMWL 7, Hawkes 3.

Under 14’s: Livestock 15, Sixers 14, Thunder 8, Bernardis 8.

Under 12’s: Sportspower 19, Hazell & Field ***, Walkers AgNvet ***, Adept Plumbing ***, Renegades 11, Scorchers 7.

Under 10’s: No pointscore is kept.

Draw for Saturday 8th December:

All games to begin at 8:30am, players need to be there by 8:15am.

Under 17’s: Hawkes v Bayliss at Northparkes Oval, Parkes. KMWL v Achesons at South Circle Oval, Forbes.

Under 14’s: Bernardis v Thunder at Grinstead Oval, Forbes. Sixers v Livestock at Spicer Oval, Parkes.

Under 12’s: Sportspower v Adept Plumbing at Steffan Field, Forbes. Hazell & Field v Renegades at Keast 1, Parkes. Scorchers v Walkers AgNvet at Keast 2, Parkes.

News Off The Netball Courts

November 29, 2018 by Maggi Barnard

The next Forbes netball night competitions will start in late February 2019 and will be played until June. Thank you to everyone who has helped with the running of the competitions and the umpires who have umpired every week so the games can be played. Thank you to Rosa and Haig for coming early each week and putting up the post pads on the courts.

Bingo Fundraiser: The bingo fundraiser was lots of fun and another day will be planned in 2019. Thank you to Rosa Gillogly for helping with the committee to organise the bingo fundraiser for the association. Thank you to everyone who helped with the bingo day and a huge thank you to everyone who donated prizes to make the afternoon a success.

Annual General Meeting 2019: The Annual General Meeting of the Forbes Netball Association will be held on Thursday, 21st February. Open representative team 2019 selections postponed: The first selection for the Open representative team has been postponed and will now be held on Wednesday, 5th December at 7pm.

Merry Christmas: The Forbes Netball Committee would like to wish all members and their families and friends a very merry Christmas.

Junior Cricket Scores

November 29, 2018 by Maggi Barnard

Results of games played 10th November:

• Under 17’s: Achesons 10/131 (best fielder: Jed Page) defeated Bayliss 8/126 (best fielders: Harry Bayliss and Frankland Ross).

• Under 14’s: Forbes Livestock 5/58 (best fielders: Joe Ellison and Bradman Hardy) defeated Thunder 10/57 (best fielders: Geordie Duncan and Joseph Tanswell). Forbes KMWL 117 defeated Bernardis 109. Parkes Sixers had the bye.

• Under 12’s: AgNvet 168 (best fielders: M Coote and Z Fraser) defeated Renegades 71 (best fielders: Callum Rowbotham and Matthew Skinner). Adept Plumbing 4/143 (best fielders: Marcus Hardy and Charlie Bray) defeated Scorchers 7/58. Hazell & Field 111 defeated Sportspower 104 (best fielder: Sterling Francis).

• Under 10’s: Rossers 4/47 defeated Dunfords 2/46. Clarkes 116 defeated Morgans 45.

Results of games played 16th and 17th November:

• Under 17’s: Bayliss 4/144 (best fielders: Tyler Yeo and Jack Milne) defeated Hawkes 7/100 (best fielders: Hunter Hawke and Royce Simpson). Forbes KMWL 2/120 (best fielders: Rhys Glasson and Callum Farmer) defeated Achesons 7/77 (best fielders: Callum Farmer and Jade Page).

• Under 14’s: Thunder 6/82 (best fielders: Darcy Dawson and Harry Jones) defeated Bernardis IGA (best fielders: Thomas Brindle and Samuel Klingner). Forbes Livestock 7/88 (best fielders: Hugh Mackey and Harry Whitty) defeated Sixers 9/87 (best fielders: Jake Dunn and Flynn Thompson).

• Under 12’s: Sportspower 174 (best fielders: Sterling Francis and Toby Brown) defeated Renegades 77 (best fielders: Holly Duncan and Matthew Skinner). Hazell & Field 3/139 (best fielder: Phil Klingner) defeated Scorchers 3/73 (best fielder: Oliver Westcott). Walkers AgNvet 5/82 (best fielders: Sam Motley and Brodie Page) defeated Adept Plumbing 5/70 (best fielders: Matty Higgins and Tayte McNamara).

Pointscore after games played 17th November: 3 points = win, 2 points = tie/draw/washout, 1 point = loss, 0 points = forfeit/bye.

• Under 17’s – Bayliss 3, KMWL 3, Hawkes 1, Achesons 1.

• Under 14’s – Livestock 9, Sixers 8, Thunder 6, Bernardis 6.

• Under 12’s – Hazell & Field 13, Sportspower 13, Adept Plumbing 11, Walkers AgNvet 11, Renegades 7, Scorchers 5.

• Unders 10’s – No pointscore is kept.

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