Netball News
Welcome back to Forbes Netball Saturday competition, after the school holiday break. There was very exciting news on the umpiring side for Forbes Netball over the school holidays, when Forbes NA umpire Aurella White was awarded her All Australia National B Umpire Badge at the Australian Invitational Youth Games at Maitland.
Aurella is one of the youngest umpires in the West/Central West Region, to be awarded her National B badge at the age of 14. The FNA Committee would like to congratulate Aurella, on this outstanding achievement. More news on Aurella’s journey in later editions.
Friday netball
Friday netball will continue today, from 5pm til 6pm for anyone who would like to join in the fun of skills and games. Players do not have to be registered for Saturday competition to play Friday netball, and the coaching is free to all participants.
Semi final rounds coming up
All coaches and players are reminded that the semi final series is coming up soon. Minor semis will be played on August 5, major semis will be played on August 12, finals will be played on August 19 and grand finals will be played on August 26.
Presentations will be held straight after the grand finals on August 26.
Former Red Bend Boy Goes for Gold
Twenty year-old Kurt Lovett is living his dream. Kurt moved to Sydney when he left school to play hockey with the NSW Institute of Sport, and has been going from strength to strength ever since. Earlier this month Kurt captained the NSW Under 21s Hockey Team, claiming gold in the National Championships that were held in Wollongong. The NSW sky blues topped off an undefeated season and claimed victory over QLD in a match that provided an antidote to the State of Origin.
“It was a bit of a relief to finally get the gold medal,” he said. However, Kurt’s success isn’t limited to national fields. Last year he represented Australia in the Junior World Cup; so far hockey has taken him as far afield as Vanuatu and South Africa. He will soon be heading to Germany to train for an Australian development side.
“It’s going to be my first trip to Europe,” he said. “We’ll be playing a few different European sides while we’re there. I hope to do a bit of sight-seeing, there’s a few rest days but training is always pretty intensive.” But he said it’s not just the travel or the wins that make it such a satisfying pursuit.
“It’s a sport that really keeps on giving, there’s always something to improve and something to get better at.” His love of hockey was fostered at a young age. “I started playing when I was about seven or eight,” Kurt said. “It’s a team sport which is awesome for young kids. It also really develops good hand-eye coordination,” he added, “it’s such a fastpaced game, so it keeps you fit.”
Kurt credits the unique hockey environment at Parkes as part of the reason for his success. “In small towns you get an opportunity to play with a lot of older people at a young age,” he explained. “You develop your game a lot sooner and you are a lot tougher on the field.”
Kurt is aiming for a professional career in hockey. “I’d have to move to Perth for the Australian Institute of Sport, because that’s where the National Hockey training is based,” Kurt explained. “I would like to go to the Commonwealth Games, and Tokyo Olympics, so if I keep improving, that’s the ultimate goal.”
Footy Tipping Results Round 20
Holy Fundraisers, Batman, It’s On Again!
The dynamic duo will take no prisoners at Platypi Park this weekend as Forbes Rugby Club superheroes do battle with the competition in the annual Charity Day. The Mudgee Wombats will face the First Grade Platpyi who, donning Batman jerseys, are expected to “Smash”, “Bam!”, and “Pow!” their way through a hard-fought game.
Meanwhile, in red and black, the Wolfpack will channel Robin’s enthusiasm to “Crunch!”, “Kapow”, and “Thunk” their opponents in a feisty display. After the games, the caped crusaders will offer up their jerseys for auction to the highest bidders. The Charity Day is one way the Club and players give back to their supporters and sponsors. It aims to raise funds for the local community and causes that are close to the club’s heart.
Club Manager, Phil Prior, said that some of the funds this year will support The Long Walk for Lungs. Organised by AGnVET Services in conjunction with the Lung Foundation Australia, the walk will be supported by many participants who will be walking part of the journey with Bill Van Nierop. Bill was diagnosed in 2015 with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF), a rare progressive lung disease associated with scarring of the lung tissue that makes it difficult to breath. The five-year survival rate is as low as some of the more devastating cancers –
approximately 20%.
Bill set up The Long Walk for Lungs to raise awareness of IPF in rural Australia and raise funds to support research into IPF and lung disease more broadly, as 7 out of 10 research programs in this area will receive virtually no funding.
The walk will begin in Narromine on 14 August, and follow a 697km route through Central Western NSW passing through the towns of Trundle, Condobolin, Lake Cargelligo, Griffith, Leeton, West Wyalong, finishing in Forbes. Walkers AGnVET in Forbes have had a long association with the Rugby Club, and are grateful for its support in helping their colleague, Bill.
So, if you have time on Saturday, come along and support the teams and their fantastic efforts to support The Long Walk for Lungs and other local charities. The Colts will kick off at 12.45pm.
Croquet Notes
This week we are sending best wishes for a complete recovery to one of our major stalwarts in Alec Todd. We hate to see any of our members not well enough to join us at Croquet, so hurry and get those tests done and get back to us Alec. We all miss you and Lorraine. Thanks to John and other members for stepping up to help Libby set up. Another one out of action is our Secretary Anne. Hope you are mended soon Anne.
Golf Croquet
On Tuesday 11 July magic numbers went to Jeff Liebich, Libby Smart and Lyn Simmonds with three games each, closely followed by Lorna Field, Robin Pols, Caryl Slattery, Jill Rubie, Harley Stewart, Tony Thomson and Barry White with two games each.
Aussie Saturday
Last Saturday there were some good games with close scores. What began as an extremely foggy morning turned out to be a beautiful sunny day. The day’s hat tricks went to Veva MacCullagh, Robin Pols and Kevin Rubie with 2 wins each to John H Browne, Dorothea Croker, John MacCullagh and Dorelle Scott.
Footy Tipping Results – Round 19
Shane Sallaway Scores An Ace
On Saturday, Shane Sallaway eclipsed all the Monthly Medal contenders with his Hole-in-One on the 18th hole. The shot was straight and true, rolling in for only his second ‘ace’ ever.
The field for the Monthly Medal 18-Hole Stroke sponsored by Walkers AGnVET, saw 69 players compete against the tight fairways and well-placed pins.
Richard Nixon won the A-grade with a nett 72, which included only one birdie. Runner-up was Barry Shine with 73 nett and on count back from two others.
The B-grade went to Malcolm Langfield with a cool nett 72. Behind him Adam Borg- er got the nod on count back with Nett 74.
In the C-grade the winner was Denis Culley with a 73 nett. Don Ridley was the best of the rest with his nett 75 to finish runner-up.
The ball sweep went to 77 nett on count back, going to: 72 – M Langfield, R Nix- on; 73 – B Shine, P Dawson, D Culley, D McAuliffe; 74 – P Cowhan, S Sallaway, A Borger, M Spice; 75 – P Grayson, P Py- mont, D Ridley, G Coles; 76 – R Sander- son, B Carpenter, R Smith, P Kay, J Ridley, D Churchill; 77 – S Hayes.
The NTP’s went to: 9th – P Tilden; 18th – S Sallaway. Peter got his “2”. There were six 2s overall, with the 3rd being the easiest target.
Sunday’s Stableford Medley had a good following once again. Bruce Carpenter won the day with 37 points, slipping away from Ray Taylor with 35 points. The ball sweep went to 33, being awarded to Jill Cripps. The NTP’s went to: 9th- J Cripps; 18th – E Coombes.
Membership fees are due and must be paid for players to be eligible to win any of the closely scheduled Championship events.
In addition to existing membership categories, there are two new options. The new limited membership allows a player to compete in 15 Competition events through the year; and new social membership al- lows a player to pay members rates for Social, Summer 6s and Winter 3s golf. More details are available at the Pro Shop or from a Management Committee member.
Sat July 15 and Sun July 16 is the Men’s Foursome Championships, sponsored by S & S Welsh Transport. There will be a Stableford Medley on Sunday 16, with tee time preference to be given to the Four- somes Championships.
Forbes Ladies Win Cannon Merritt Trophy
As defending champions two years ago, the Forbes Ladies Bowls Club hosted this year’s Cannon Merritt Trophy in Forbes last week.
The 2016 event had to be cancelled because of the devastating floods that struck our region last September.
Three teams of triples played 21 ends against three teams from Parkes. Our bowlers did extremely well, winning two rinks and only losing one point on the third.
In the end, it was a well-deserved win to Forbes on 64, beating Parkes on 40 points. Well played everyone.
Forbes Croquet
The cold weather hasn’t deterred local Cro- quet members. The Club still has plenty of players arriving each day for some good scoring games. Most of the strong scores are coming from newer members, so a big pat on the back for everyone.
Congratulations to Joan Littlejohn and Veva MacCullagh, who scored hat tricks at Golf Croquet last Tuesday. Congratulations also to John Cole, Dorothea Croker, Col- leen Liebich, Evelyn Mahlo, Bob Murray, Kevin Rubie, Harley Stewart, Ken Styles, and John Allegri, with two wins each.
Aussie Saturday 1st July
Depite the sub-zero night temperatures, Saturday turned on the sunshine for some great croquet. It was lovely to see mem- bers Elvy and John back from their holiday. John turned up inspite of battling the flu, which proves that you can’t keep a good croquet player down.
Members with three winning games were Dorothea Croker, Alec Todd and Lyn Sim- monds. John Allegri, Cherylin Cole, Veva MacCullagh, Bob Murray, Libby Smart, Harley Stewart and Barry White each came up with two wins.
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