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Netball News

November 30, 2017 by Maggi Barnard

Dates have already been set for some events in 2018. The new Fast 5 night competitions for both mixed and ladies teams will run from mid February and all of March, and finish before Easter. The Forbes All Age regional carnival will be held on 6th May.

The Forbes and district primary schools gala day will be held on Monday, 5th March. The Saturday competition ‘Come and Try’ day will be held on 10th March. Regional League will be played in Orange on 25th February, 25th March and 15th April.

Netball Courses: There are many netball courses available on the NNSW website. These courses are available for any member to up-skill and update accreditation. Play By The Rules and the Australian Sports Commission also have courses available for updates.

Queen’s Baton Relay Comes To Life With Street-Level Detail Announcement

November 23, 2017 by Maggi Barnard

Australians can begin planning their Queen’s Baton Relay (QBR) experience with the street-level detail and community celebrations now available to explore at gc2018.com/qbr.

People can now see where the Relay will travel, which streets will be lined with crowds, and the celebration dates to mark in their calendars across the 100-day journey in Australia leading up to the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018).

After travelling an astonishing 288 days throughout the Commonwealth, the Queen’s Baton will arrive onto Australian soil in Brisbane on 24th December 2017, having shared the dream of GC2018 with over one third of the world’s population.

From its arrival until 24th January 2018, the Queen’s Baton will engage with thousands of Australians at popular summertime events, iconic locations and children’s hospitals around the country, starting in Melbourne on Boxing Day.

The Queen’s Baton will scale Sydney Harbour Bridge, celebrate the Taste of Tasmania festival, be a part of the tennis action in Perth and Brisbane, hit the roads at the Tour Down Under in South Australia and respect the magic that is Uluru at sunset.

From 25th January 2018, the QBR will shift gears to a more traditional relay starting in Canberra, where the Queen’s Baton will join Australia Day celebrations, before continuing in the hands of approximately 3,800 batonbearers through every state and territory.
As the Queen’s Baton travels the length and breadth of Australia, it will not just pass through, but spend quality time in the communities it visits, calling into hundreds of local schools and community celebrations along the way.

The Queen’s Baton will arrive on the Gold Coast for the XXI Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony on 4th April 2018, where His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales will remove Her Majesty’s message and read it aloud to declare the Games officially open.

Netball News

November 23, 2017 by Maggi Barnard

The Spring Night competition finals will be played next week, 29th November. The finals will be played between the two top teams on the point score ladders. If the finals are cancelled due to rain, the teams that finished first on the ladder will be declared the winners.

There will be new forms available for netball to be played in 2018. Both Fast 5 and Walking Netball are being rolled out by NNSW in 2018, and the FNA will be participating in both.

Fast 5 will be played on Wednesday nights, from mid February and all of March 2018. Walking Netball will be played on Saturdays along with the normal 2018 Saturday competition.

Fast 5: Volunteers are still needed for the Fast 5 competition to be run. NNSW staff will come to Forbes and help and support the new committee. This competition will be run very differently to the normal netball competitions and a new committee must be formed. Anyone interested can email Tiff Nicholson at secretary.forbesnetball@gmail.com. There are many videos available on the game of Fast 5.
Representative and Assistant Coaches: Expression of interest are being called for representative coaches and assistant coaches for FNA teams competing in State Championships in 2018.

Suitable applicants will be allocated to teams that are formed. Anyone interested should contact Tiff Nicholson on above email. Coaches and assistant coaches will be supported if required.

Croquet News

November 23, 2017 by Maggi Barnard

Week ending 18th November
When you are in the Forbes Croquet Club amazing things can happen. One of those amazing things was for the club members to celebrate the 90th birthday of Bruce Field. Bruce is a man who would outdo most 50 year olds when it comes to mobility and agility. He is a much loved and admired member of the club. Congratulations Bruce!

Other birthday celebrations this month is Dorothea Croker, Dorelle Scott and Bill Scott. A very happy birthday to you all. We also celebrated a welcome return to Veva MacCullagh who has been on the sick list for a while. Welcome back Veva! Three wins this week in Golf croquet went to Colleen Liebich, Marjorie Styles and Bruce Field.

‘Beat the rain’ was the name of the game when Saturday saw a turnout of 22 stalwart people, and beat the rain we did. Winners of their three games were Joan Littlejohn and Cherylin Cole.

By Anne Stewart

Netball News

November 16, 2017 by Maggi Barnard

The new Fast 5 committee is being formed. Anyone who would like to be on the committee should email Tiff Nicholson on secretary. forbesnetball@gmail.com.

The Fast 5 competition will be played on Wednesday nights, in mid February and all of March 2018, finishing at the Easter break.

New committee members will need to volunteer before the competition can run. The committee will have the help and support of Netball NSW staff, as this competition will be run very differently to any of the competitions played in the past.

Volunteers for the Fast 5 committee so far are: Jess Priest, Jack Piercy, Ellie Flick, Brianna Duncan, Jack Priest and Aurella White.

The Fast 5 committee has no age restrictions.It is however recommended that they currently be attending secondary school, to open men and women, which will be the playing age of the competition.

The FNA committee has also expressed interest with Netball NSW for the presentation of walking netball in 2018.

This will also be a fun and very different form of the game. More details will be made available as soon as the FNA is informed.

There will be no FNA meetings during December and January.

Locals Victorious In Nissan Classic

November 16, 2017 by Maggi Barnard

Last weekend was the annual Forbes Nissan Classic. This was contested by nearly 180 players with many being visitors from Sydney, West Australia and places in between.

The Scratch winner of the Classic, a stroke event, was local player Peter Nixon. His 71 scratch was accomplished with very little drama. He was well ahead of many of the A-grade, when numerous of them had problems with the greens and the trees.

Another local to taste success was Frank Hanns, who won the C-grade Handicap with a nett 67. He had one of those days when everything meshed well and it was all too easy.

The biggest contingent was a group of 10 players from Cabramatta, closely followed by a group of 9 players from Nelson Bay GC. There were even players from West Australia, who joined the event.

The weekend was an undoubted success, made even more so by the strong support of the sponsors. Once again Frank Spice Nissan was the major sponsor, but there were many others ensuring a lengthy prize list.

On Saturday a 4BBB Stableford event was played. The winners were once again locals, Andrew Cogswell and Peter Nixon with a score of 45 points. They were one shot ahead of a group of six pairings on 44 points. The runners-up were determined by count back, going to Steve Betland and Charlie Dwyer.

By Short Putt

Croquet Results

November 16, 2017 by Maggi Barnard

Week ending 11th November

The warmer weather is bringing members out of hibernation as the amount of players on the fields reflects. Particularly in our Tuesday games where some players need to follow on before games in play, due to the shortage of fields.

Tuesday’s golf croquet results reflect a diverse range of scores this week, with some close shaves and some fairly big losses. Congratulations and commiserations are due in all games. Clean sweeps with three wins were Harley Stewart, Bob Murray and Bruce Field.

Saturday’s Aussie games were as competitive as ever with three teams being dismayed at being pipped at the post resulting in 14/13 scores.

Harley Stewart in particular was shattered as he missed the post on his final shot resulting in a loss for him and team partner Jill Rubie. This can be a heart wrenching game at times!

Clean sweepers on Saturday were Bob Murray, Lorraine Todd and Colleen Liebich. The morning was completed with a contingent of members attending the Remembrance Day ceremonies at Victoria Park.

By Anne Stewart

Lachlan Dragons Race On Canobolas

November 9, 2017 by Maggi Barnard

The very first Dragon Boat Regatta organised by the local Western Region teams proved to be a great success last weekend.

The weather forecast looked grim with rain expected, but happily the sun shone through the clouds for most of the day so that the paddlers stayed fairly dry apart from the splash of paddles.

The Lachlan Dragons had a wonderful day with a first in one women’s heat and getting into the finals with the mixed team. There were some very memorable racing moments and much fun and camaraderie throughout the day.

Coaches Carmen Stephens and Warren Edwards were very happy with the results. “I’m super proud of all of you. You’ve raced brilliantly and really concentrated on the techniques we’ve been practising,” stated head coach Carmen.

The Lachlan Dragons were very proud of their latest Regatta rookie, Margaret Lambert, as well as of Deb Abela, the Regatta co-ordinator, and Bev Pengilly, Rosemary Facey, Doug Churchill and Vicki Mathew, their four volunteers who helped the day to run smoothly.

The club also extended a massive thank you to Bill and Beth Thomas, representatives on the Western Region committee who organised the event.

The Lachlan Dragons will continue their training regime in readiness for the Wagga Wagga Regatta later this month.

The club is very welcoming of new members. Visit Facebook or call Bill Thomas on 0418 616 500 for information.

Junior Cricket Scores

November 9, 2017 by Maggi Barnard

Results of games played 4th November Under 17’s: Adept Plumbing 4/61 (best fielders – J Page and Cody Hall) defeated McGraths 6/53 (best fielders – B Rossiter and J Cole). Gunns Mensland 129 defeated Condobolin 84. Borders had the bye.

Under 14’s: Chappells 100 (best fielders – Ryan Dunford and Royce Simpson) defeated Lillees 72 (best fielders – Hunter Hawke and Frankland Ross). Hazell & Field 74 (best fielders – Jack Priest and Amy Maslin) defeated Frank Spice 67 (best fielders – Toby Matheson and Jack Whitty).

Under 12’s: Auswest 2/94 (best fielders – Harry Kennedy and Richard Gaut) defeated Pontings 2/60 (best fielders – Joe Ellison and Griffin Jones). Bernardis IGA 5/62 (best fielders – Caleb Crisp and Thomas Burkitt) defeated Gilchrist 5/57 (best fielders – Samuel Motley and Samuel Klinger). Waughs 4/91 (best fielders – Hugh Whitty and Tate McNamara) defeated Forbes Livestock 6/61 (best fielders – Ben McDonald and Oliver Westcott).

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Monthly Medal Played In Sunshine

November 9, 2017 by Maggi Barnard

On Saturday the competition was the Monthly Medal, sponsored by Jelbart’s Tyrepower. A field of 62 players enjoyed the sun and contributed some good scores.

The A-Grade winner was Peter Dawson with another sub-par round, this time a 71 scratch, 67 nett score. Runner-up was Martin Woods with 70 nett.

The B-Grade saw Tony Cogswell scoring a nett 69 finish, ahead of his son Andy who managed a nett 71.

The C-Grade winner was Clayton Alley a nett 70, which included an ‘11’ on the 2nd. Runner-up was Bruce Squires on nett 71.

The ball sweep went to 73 nett on count back, going to: 67 – P Dawson; 69 – T Cogswell; 70 – M Woods, C Alley; 71 – B Squires, A Cogswell, A Dukes, P Kay, P Barnes, D Rhodes; 72 – T Callaghan, T Morgan, C Barrett, L O’Connor, S Grallelis; 73 – F Hannes. The NTP’s went to: 9th – T Griffiths; 18th – Alf Davies.

The Sunday Stableford Medley was supported by a good group. Four players finished on 37 points. Ethel Combs was announced the winner, ahead of Ray Taylor. The ball sweep went to 37, being awarded to Stu French and Bruce Carpenter.

By Short Putt

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