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Pymont And Coles Win 4BBB Stroke Champs

July 28, 2016 by Maggi Barnard

Garry Pymont and Geoff Coles were the handicap champions of the 4BBB Stroke Championships last Saturday. The event was carried over from the previous weekend due to bad weather. It was still a battle for the 24 competing pairings as the conditions were described as tougher than walking the Kokoda trail.

Pymont and Coles won with 61 nett, who combined well hole by hole. Runners-up were Peter Barnes and Doug Churchill with 67 nett, on count back from A McDonald/Tony Cogswell. The Stroke winners were S Sallaway/P Dawson with 71, from D Bayley/A Dukes on 73. Saturday’s ball sweep went to 68 nett, on count back, being picked up by 61 – G Pymont/G Coles; 67 – D Churchill/P Barnes, A McDonald/T Cogswell, D Bayley/A Dukes, N and C McMillan; 68 – F Donohue/P Pymont, P Cowhan/P Kay and R Nixon/M Langfield.

The NTP’s went to: 9th – T West; 18th – S Sallaway. There were eight 2’s. The father/ son pairing of Neil and Cameron McMillan scored 2’s on the 1st and 3rd holes.

Sunday’s play was meant to be the Stableford Medley, but tough ground conditions and threatening skies significantly reduced the field. In some results: P Nixon d D Clarke 5/3, D Bayley d F Collie 2/1, A Dukes d T Sharpe 6/5, L O’Connor d M Watts 4/3 and Andy Cogswell d J Zannes on 22nd. Tomorrow is the American Foursomes, and Sunday the Daine Doolin Memorial.

By Short Putt

Young Referee Gains Confidence

July 28, 2016 by Maggi Barnard

A young indigenous Forbes girl came one step closer to her dream when she was selected to referee at the fourth Nations of Origin Tournament at Raymond Terrace recently. At 15 years of age Shanika Harpur is hard at work to realise a dream of becoming an NRL Referee one day.

As the only representative from Forbes at the tournament held from 12 to 14 July, she honed her refereeing skills and felt her confidence enhanced by the experience. She had to fill in an application and went through a development referee process in order to be picked.

“Bring it on!” was her reaction when she was picked for the Nations of Origin Tournament. The event has been designed to get young Aboriginal and non Aboriginal people involved to promote reconciliation within communities.

Shanika has been a referee for the past two years in the Woodbridge Cup run by the NSW Country Rugby League including all levels of rugby league teams from Burrangong, Canowindra, Cargo, Condobolin, Eugowra, Grenfell, Koorawatha, Manildra, Molong, Peak Hill, Trundle and Woodstock. She attributes her love of refereeing to her Pop, Ron Hocking, who has been a referee for 36 years in Forbes.

Shanika’s next step is to get into the Referees Academy of the Country Rugby League next year to take her performance to the next level. “We are very proud of her,” said Sandra Hocking, Shanika’s Nan and biggest supporter. Shanika said she was getting a lot of support from Willy Barnes of Peak Hill, who is the referee coordinator. “She looks up to him as he has a good attitude with the young ones,” said Sandra.

Netball Comp In Full Swing Again

July 28, 2016 by Maggi Barnard

The Forbes Netball Association (FNA) will play the second last round of the Saturday competition this weekend. The semi-final series will start with minor semis on 6th August, major semis on 13th August, finals on 27th August and the grand finals and presentations on 3rd September.

NetSetGo will be played as normal throughout those Saturdays, and Friday netball will continue through to the grand finals weekend. Any players in the 11 and 13 years age groups who would like to learn to shoot goals, should attend the netball courts at 4:30pm each week. There will be a shooting clinic before the normal Friday netball.

All coaching is free. Parents who would like to learn to umpire should attend at 5:30. Entries for the Spring night competitions for mixed and ladies teams close on 10th August. The first round will be played on 31st August. Orange NA will be holding a Gala Day on 7th August. The FNA will be taking three teams of 11, 10 and 8-9 years (NetSetGo). Anyone interested in playing contact Lyn Ford via email secretary.forbesnetball@gmail.com

The FNA will be hosting, for the first time in the Western region, a Mixed and Men’s Gala Day on 16th October for A Grade (Open competition), B Grade (Under 18), and C Grade (13-15 years) in both the Mixed and Men’s (only) divisions. All players must be financial members on NNSW. This will be an exciting and ground-breaking day for the FNA. Teams will be invited from all parts of NSW.

Betland And Collits Lead All The Way For Foursomes Champs

July 21, 2016 by Maggi Barnard

The Men’s Foursomes Championships was held over 36 holes, played on Saturday and Sunday. The sun was pleasant but with the ground still very soft it played very long. The Overall 36 hole Scratch winners were the pairing of Mark Collits and Steve Betland, who finished with 145. Runnersup were Dan Bayley and Peter Dawson on 157.

The Overall Handicap winners were also Collits and Betland with a nett of 141. Runners-up were Robert and Adam Borger with 150 nett. Collits and Betland also won both the Saturday and Sunday Scratch with scores of 75 and 70. The conditions were tough on Saturday with no scores under par. The Sunday scores showed a marked improvement with best improvers Rob and Adam Borger, while Morgan and French both improved by 14 shots.

The winner of the Medley Stableford on Sunday was Ray Taylor with 34 points, followed by Judy Hodge with 33 points on count back. Bruce got the ball sweep with 33 points. The NTP’s went to 9th – E Coombs and 18th – P Rowe. The Wallace Cup timeframes have been adjusted with the first round to be completed by 26th July and the second round by 9th Aug.

Saturday 23rd July has been re-scheduled as the 18 Hole 4BBB Stroke Championship. Sponsor John Davis Mazda is looking for a vroom-vroom performance. Sunday is the 18 Hole Stableford Medley. With the sun out it is a good opportunity to utilise the “Winter Specials” on offer. Details at the Pro Shop on 6851 1554.

Let us hope the rain has not affected our chances too much.
By Short Putt

Nic To Ride For His Country In Spain

July 21, 2016 by Maggi Barnard

At just 19 Forbes local Nic Tomlinson has allowed his consistent results to speak for themselves by being selected to represent Australia at the 2016 International Six Day Enduro (ISDE) event to be held in Spain later this year.

Nic submitted an expression of interest for the event, which was accepted from a pool of highly accomplished applicants. “I was really excited by the news that my application was successful,” he said.

The 2016 event is to be held at the Circuito de Navarra in Spain with 22 countries taking part in the Junior Trophy category. The ISDE will run from 6th to 17th October. Races commence on a Tuesday in order to finish on Sunday. Riders have to complete one and half laps a day, which will take them over seven hours. There are five special stages by day with two different itineraries and two service time checks out of the Paddock. Teams are allocated just ten minutes per day to change two tyres and make any modification to their bikes for the next day of racing.

Navarra borders France and has a diverse terrain with the Pyrenees Mountain range, forested mountains, well-watered valleys, basins, hills and arid regions. “I really don’t know what the course will be like,” Nic said. “I am guessing it will be hard.”

Nic’s greatest supporter, his father Gary, will be accompanying him to Spain as part of his team. Nic will continue to compete in events within Australia until his adventure starts in late September.

The history of the off road motorbike began in 1913 and has lasted until today as the ISDE. In 1985 the Junior Trophy came into effect, exclusively for riders up to the age of 23, and the Women’s Trophy started in 2007 extending the teams eligible for the event.

Darcie Scores Three Tries For Australia

July 14, 2016 by Maggi Barnard

Local girl Darcie Morrison scored three of the five tries of the Australian University Rugby 7’s Women’s team at the World Championships held in the UK last week. In their first game the team played Portugal and in the first two touches of the ball Darcie scored runaway tries, which enabled Australia to secure a draw. With speed being one of her biggest assets, Darcie was able to run a massive 90m against Spain to claim her third try for the series.

Unfortunately the competition was extremely tough and the Aussie women were unable to claim a win for the remainder of the tournament going down to China, Canada and Spain in Pool B. Charles Sturt University student Olivia Patterson, from Bathurst, also scored a try for Australia in the final game against New Zealand.

Even though a little disappointed with the end result, Darcie enjoyed the experience. “The trip was amazing. I had so much fun. I just wish we could have played better”. Darcie’s efforts did not go unnoticed by her peers who voted her Players Player for the tournament.

The Australian Men’s Team went through the competition undefeated edging out Great Britain for the Gold Medal in a nail biting final won just seconds after the final siren. The trading of apparel and equipment was a highlight for Darcie who now has garments from almost all of the other competing teams.

Since her return to Australia she has received encouraging messages from her NSW Rugby 7’s Development coach as well as the Head of the Australian Rugby 7’s Program and the current Australian Women’s Coach.

Weather The Winner On Golf Course

July 14, 2016 by Maggi Barnard

Golf last weekend followed the trend of many sports with play being cancelled because of the wet ground conditions. Both Saturday’s and Sunday’s competition golf was postponed. In the afternoon on each day social players were allowed out, but only walkers were allowed on the course.

We have two major GolfNSW events coming to the club soon, so the course needs to look good. The first is the Inaugural Sand/ Grass Green Championship, to be held on 20th to 21st August. This involves 18 holes of play at Forbes on grass greens, and 18 holes of play at Grenfell on sand greens.

See Daniel in the Pro Shop for your registration. The fee is $90 per person, which includes two games of golf and a BBQ lunch. The other GolfNSW event is the NSW Open Regional Qualifier, scheduled for 8th and 9th October. The winner of this event gets direct entry into the NSW Open to be held in November at the Stonecutter’s Ridge GC.

This is a 36 hole event. Entry fee is $100, which covers the two rounds of golf, plus a fully catered dinner on Saturday night. It seems funny, but do not forget the “Winter Specials” on offer. Utilise these when we can get onto the course. Tomorrow and Sunday will hopefully be the Men’s Foursomes Championships, played over 36 holes. There will be no Sunday Stableford Medley. Saturday, 23rd July has been re-scheduled as the 18 hole 4BBB Stroke Championship. Sunday is the 18 hole Stableford Medley. Here is to some drying weather and getting the rust off the swings.

By Short Putt

Forbes 12s Win State Age Champs

July 14, 2016 by Maggi Barnard

Forbes Netball Association 12 years representative team won Division 4 at the Netball NSW State Age Championships during the school holidays at the Berkley netball courts, Illawarra district. The 14 years representative team competed in division 3 for the first time, after finishing 3rd in division 4 last year.

The Championship is the largest female sporting event in the southern hemisphere with more than 3, 000 athletes, 309 teams, over 400 coaches and 500 umpires taking part. Sapphire Coast was the first game for the Forbes 12s, who won it 26-3. The team continued pulling off big wins with goal counts of 22-8 against Macleay, 27-2 against Kiama, 15-7 against Lower Clarence, 34 1 against Narrabri and 27-6 against Kurri Kurri.

This put the Forbes 12s in the spotlight as they finished undefeated and on top of the ladder after Day 1. Unfortunately a bug spread among the team on Day 2 taking many players ill. The healthy players kept the team together and exhausted themselves playing every game. They lost the first game to Taree 9 8, but a great win against Gunnedah 19-1 set up an exciting game against Nelson Bay, who was still undefeated. The courageous Forbes players won the game 12-10. The team finished off the day with more great wins over Port Stephens, Temora, Inverell, and Mudgee.

On Day 3 huge wins were recorded against Armidale, Casino, Leeton, Young, Cessnock, Coonabarabran and the final game stamped the division 4 win with a goal count playing against Blayney of 38-2. All games were timed at 24 minutes, so a massive effort from all the team of 12 year olds.

The team scored 460 goals and recorded 96 against over 7 games each day, totalling 21 games of netball. This resulted in a goal percentage of 22.82. Nelson Bay came second on a goal count of 13.78, after both teams had lost one game each over the weekend. This brave team of 12 year olds were a pleasure to coach every minute of our training and playing together.

Thank you to all the parents who also supported me, and the girls. Without that help, especially during Day 2 when the girls were so sick, the team could not have pulled off such an outstanding result.

Major Squash Event Booked For 2017

July 14, 2016 by Maggi Barnard

The NSW Junior State Age Squash Championships held in Forbes and Parkes last weekend were a huge success bringing more than 500 people to the two towns. More than 250 matches were played by 100 squash players coming from as far as Darwin. It was the first time this event was held in a regional centre.

It was one of only two gold ranked events to be held in the state this year attracting the top players for the ranking points on offer. The NSW Blue Tongues team for 2016 was announced at the conclusion of the event. The team includes two to three players in each age division from under 13 to under
19. Four players from the local region were selected in the team. They are Haylee and Jemma Besant from Rylstone and Elle and Georgie Lane from Dunedoo.

To make NSW teams you have to attend several other tournaments and camps leading into this event. None of the local players were eligible unfortunately.

They still had a good tournament with Kacey Nightingale finishing fourth and Bronte O’Shannessy fifth in the Under 15 Girls. Marley O’Shannessy came sixth in the Under 13 girls, and Henry Kross finished fourth in the Under 11’s.

The big news is that the Parkes and Forbes Squash Clubs have been announced as hosts for next year’s Greenshield. It is the state’s major teams event. It will take place over three days with eight teams – four boys and four girls teams from Under 11 to Under 17 – from seven regions in NSW and ACT
competing.

Forbes 14s

July 14, 2016 by Maggi Barnard

Forbes 14 years representative team played in division 3. Eight of the ten players were members of the 13 years representative team that finished third in division 4 in 2015, which resulted in them being elevated to division 3 for the 2016 championships.

We started well with a 21 – 14 loss against eventual winners, Nambucca Valley, followed by a 17 – 9 win against Wollondilly. The last three games of the day were tough, but the girls never gave up and stayed competitive.
Day two showed mixed results, with wins over Tamworth and Griffith, and although going down to both South Canberra and Eurobodalla, we equalled their second half scores, showing that we had to work on the intensity of our game from the first centre pass.

Day three was a good day for the team, and although we didn’t record a win, we stayed competitive. Forbes 14 year representative team displayed great sportsmanship, determination and fair play and were a credit to themselves, their families and Forbes Netball Association. The girls and I would like to thank the parents for their support and assistance at carnivals and at State Age, making sure there was someone to score every game, keep water bottles filled and organise food for us after each game.

The team was selected in March, and has been training twice a week since selection, attending training carnivals, and playing in the open division of the local Saturday competition. These girls have also stepped up as role models to the younger players in the association by coaching a younger team, or umpiring the junior games.

By Robyn Kenny and Lyn Ford

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