Forbes Magpies are super excited to announce some signings to their 2024 First Grade side.
With some returning faces, local legends coming back on board and new recruits.
Keep an eye out for some more exciting signings to come.
It was a hot 36 degrees on the court .
They showed up and played their best
Don’t forget next Tuesday 12th is the last game for the 2023 season.
Come in your best Christmas get up.
We are delighted to announce that Womens XV player Georgia Cole has been invited to participate in a pre Christmas training camp with the NSW Waratahs. Georgia heads to Sydney today where she will spend 4 weeks training with the Waratahs at their Daceyville facility.
Georgia is looking forward to being exposed to the next level of rugby and the opportunity to be selected in the Waratahs 2024 Super W squad. She will endeavour to learn as much as possible from the elite coaches and hopes to be able to share the new skills she acquires with her Forbes teammates.
‘We are so proud of Georgia’s achievements, she is an excellent role model for women’s rugby in our area and we wish her all the best in the next chapter of her rugby career. It is great to see the pathways that NSW Rugby have created for young women to progress from bush footy to opportunities in the Super W.’ Sam Parish (FRUC President)
The Forbes Rugby Union Club and the Forbes Rugby Old Boys are pleased to support Georgia in this exciting opportunity and look forward to following her journey.
We had 36 players attend Golf Croquet, we managed to play 3 games with the odd shower on Tuesday the 28th.
A big number of players managed to win 3 games 7 of them John Browne, John Farah, Iren Ford, Noel Jolliffe, Evelyn Mahlo and Lyn Simmonds.
11—2 John Browne and Neil Gilmour
10—3 Lyn Simmonds and Noel Jolliffe, May Jones and John Allegri.
Geoff Coles and Sandy Hepburn 7 Phillip Moran and Ray Martin 6
Merv Langfield and Allan Jones 7 Marie Spry and Tony Thomson 6
Evelyn Mahlo and John Farah 7 Rex Toole and Bruce Field 6
Iren Ford and Peter West 7 Kevin Rubie and Sherly Chamberlin 6
Vince Roberts and John Allegri 7 John Cole and John Job 6
John Farah and John Job 7 Kevin Rubie and Rex Toole 6
Neville Spry and John Cole 7 Fay Picker and Lyall Strudwick 6
Phillip Moran 7 Elvy Quirk and Tony Thomson 6
John Bowne and Evelyn Mahlo 7 Geoff Coles an Ray Martin 6
Carolyn Neilsen and Noel Jolliffe 7 Bruce Field and Alister Lockhart 6
Carolyn Neilsen and John Job 7 Geoff Coles and Allan Jones 6
Iren Ford and Sandy Hepburn 7 Alister Lockhart and Frank Donohoe 6
Evelyn Mahlo and Lyall Strudwick 7 Vince Roberts and John Cole 6
Iren Ford and Alister Lockhart 8 May Jones and Elvy Quirk 5
David Williams and Mal Smith 8 Frank Donohoe and Carolyn Neilsen 5
Lyn Simmonds and May Jones 8 Merv Langfield and Mal Smith 5
David Williams and Allan Jones 8 Marie Spry and Rex Toohey 5
On Saturday 25th November, the Forbes Rugby Union Club played host to the annual Springvale Cup. Participating in the tournament were the Forbes Old Boys, the Mosman Rugby Union Club, the ACT Veterans and the Southern Rough Riders. The tournament culminated with an exhibition match between the Forbes Platypi and the Parkes Boars.
The match between Forbes and Parkes was played in the 10-a-side format, which gave both teams plenty of space and resulted in some expansive running rugby. Forbes kicked off to start the match and Parkes were quick to spread the ball to their hard runners. But a turnover shortly after led to Forbes crossing for the first try of the match.
Both teams competed well and Forbes showed off some of their new talented players who will definitely make an impact in the coming Rugby season.
After some dominant carries by the Parkes forward pack and a great showing by the Parkes backline, Parkes crossed the line to equalise the score. The game continued in that fashion, with each team crossing the line several times to lock the score at 15 all at halftime.
The second half commenced with Parkes kicking off and Forbes taking the ball to the line, slowly making their way up the field. But the second half was to be a harder task for both teams. However, Forbes hard work paid off when they were the first to score and take the lead. But it wasn’t to last, when Parkes spread the ball wide and crossed the line yet again to equal the scores.
Despite the Platypi’s stellar work, Parkes proved too strong and crossed twice more to secure their win. The final score was Parkes 40 to Forbes 30.
IMAGE: Forbes Croquet Club members.
We had 20 players for Aussie Croquet on a warmer Saturday morning 11th November.
There were 3 winners of 3 games Noel Jolliffe, Ray Burridge and Marie Spry.
14—10 Bruce Field and Ray Burridge, Noel Jolliffe and Marie Spry, Tony Thomson, Kevin Rubie and Russell Anderson, Peter West and Noel Jolliffe.
Kevin Rubie and Rex Tooole 14 May Jones and John Cole 13
Marie Spry and Peter West 14 John Farah and Geoff Coles 12
Tony Thomson and Allan Jones 14 John Allegri and Russell Anderson 12
John Farah and Bruce Field 14 John Allegri and Bill Scott 12
Ray Burridge and Geoff Coles 14 May Jones and Rex Toole 12
Cheryle Toohey and John Cole 14 Dorelle Scott and Frank Donohoe 12
Rex Toole and John Farah 14 Cheryle Toohey and Tony Thomson 12
Dorelle Scott and Noel Jolliffe 14 Bill Scott and Frank Donohoe 12
Marie Spry and Ray Burridge 14 John Cole and John Allegri 11
Another warmer morning for Golf Croquet on Tuesday 14th ,we had 34 players rearing to start.
There were 3 players who managed to win 3 games, John Browne, Elvy Quirk and Peter West.
10—3 Russell Anderson and Lyal Strudwick, John Browne and Peter West, John Browne.
9—4 Dorelle Scott and Mal Smith, Noel Jolliffe and Neil Gilmour, Frank Donohoe and Peter West, May Jones, Robin Pols and Ray Martin, Kevin Rubie and Lyal Strudwick.
Elvy Quirk and Vince Roberts 7 Kevin Rubie and May Jones 6
Rex Toole 7 John Job 6
Marie Spry and Mal Smith 7 Lyal Strudwick and David Williams 6
Vince Roberts and Bill Scott 7 Russell Anderson and John Farah 6
Carolyn Neilsen and Kevin Rubie 7 Noel Jolliffe and John Job 6
Ray Burridge 7 John Allegri 6
Neville Spry and John Job 7 Carolyn Neilsen and Bruce Field 6
Rex Too;le and Noel Jolliffe 7 May Jones and Tony Thomson 6
Neil Gilmour and Peter West 7 Vince Roberts and John Farah 6
John Allegri and Evelyn Mahlo 8 David Williams and Fay Picker 5
John Browne and Allan Jones 8 John Farah and Carolyn Neilsen 5
Bruce Field and Tony Thomson 8 Robin Pols and Iren Ford 5
Elvy Quirk and Bruce Field 8 Rex Toole and Iren Ford 5
Neville Spry and Tony Thomson 8 Dorelle Scott and Frank Donohoe 5
John Allegri and Bill Scott 8 Russell Anderson and Ray Burridge 5
Elvy Quirk and Alister Lockhart 8 Mal Smith and Iren Ford 5
After the games we had our monthly Luncheon at the Golf Club,
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IMAGE: Kailab Tyne used his in-form putting to claim the ‘Medal of Medallist’ trophy. His 69 nett was the second best score of the day, and one shot clear of two other ‘MoM’ contenders.
The Forbes golfers found the conditions hot but matched it with hot putting to bring success in the weekend golf.
Saturday had an Individual Stroke event, sponsored by Loomzy’s Fish n Fix, which also served to crown the ‘Medal of Medallist’ for the year. More than 20 of the winning Medallists were in the field of 58, aiming to gain both Daily comp and
Medallist accolades.
For the Daily Comp, Div 1 was won by Doug Churchill with 66 nett. His putting left scorch marks on the greens. Runner-up was Niel Duncan with 70 nett, and who just missed out on the ‘MoM’ trophy.
The Div-2 was won by Kailab Tyne, bring his second prize for the day. He also had great success with the putter. Runner-up was Fons Melisi, 70 nett, who also just missed the ‘MoM’.
The ball sweep went to 76 nett on count back. The NTP’s went to: 9 th – Caleb
Hanrahan; 18th – Mick Livingston.
The 3rd Hole Superpin went to Mark Watts. On a gusty wind-affected day he was pleased to find the green, let alone get to 2.46 metres. It was good enough though.
There were too few to run a Sunday Stableford Medley comp. But a Junior who did play was pleased to have beaten his Dad, even if it was only on one hole.
This weekend will be a 4BBB on Saturday and the Forbes Nissan Classic on Sunday.
Short Putt
IMAGE: The Lachlan Dragons battling it out at the 2023 Western Region Regatta
A fantastic effort at the 2023 Western Region Regatta at spectacular Cudgegong Waters Mudgee. A Gold from the men & Silver for the mixed 20’s! A big shout out to the ladies that joined in with the “Lachlan Hackers” thank you so much.
The Spring night competitions continue, and some great games were seen in last week’s competitions.
Umpires are reminded to ensure all players actually sign in to the scoresheets, and this will record if they have played or not.
The next meeting of the FNA will be held Thursday November 16, 6-30pm at Club Forbes.
All agenda items must be emailed to the secretary email secretary.forbesnetball@gmail.com Registrations will be on the agenda for next week’s meeting.
If anyone has any ideas on how to streamline the process please email the above.
The $50-00 competition fee per player per team is to pay for the running costs of the competitions. Players are not fully registered until they pay their competition fees.
It is getting more like Spring by the day, with the warmer start to the morning for Aussie Croquet ,when we had 29 players. We were lucky enough to have 2 visitors from Sydney, Grand Daughter of Tony Thomson, India and partner Alex Nichol.
We only had 2 players to win 3 games, John Farah, Allan and Fay Picker.
14—-8 Bruce Field and John Farah.
We had a very busy morning on Tuesday 7 th (Melbourne Cup Day) on another nice Spring morning , we had 33 players come along. We started off by selling 5 Cup Sweeps, then sang happy birthday to Bruce Field, who had his 96th birthday, then he went on and won 3 games, never too young.
There were 4 players that managed to win 3 games: John Farah, Sue Jolliffe May Jones and Bruce Field.
10—3 Colleen Liebich and John Farah, Lyal Strudwick and Noel Jolliffe, Peter West, Kevin Rubie and John Cole.
Looking forward to another good week
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