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Another Croquet Member Turns 80

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Ray Burridge celebrated his 80th birthday at croquet.

AUSSIE CROQUET 

On Saturday 14th October, 26 players enjoyed a beautiful sunny morning on the courts. Two players won three games: Kevin Rubie and Allan Jones. The big winners were: B White and R Renich 14-7, T Thomson and N Jolliffe 14- 8, G Coles (2 Balls) 14-8. There were lots of great shots playedin this section.

CLOSE GAMES J. Allegri 14 Dorio 13. *K Rubie & J .Rubie 14, M. Jones & B. Scoot 13.*J. Allegri & J. Cole 14, G. Coles & J.Farah 13. *M. Jones & C. Toohey 14, R.Renich & N. Jolliffe 13,, *M. Langfield & B.White 14, J. Allegri & B. Field 13.

GOLF CROQUET 

There were 37 players on Tuesday 17/10/23, who enjoyed a great game of croquet. There were 6 players who won 3 games. R. Toole, B.Field, A. Jones, B. Scott, M. Smith & P.West.

Ray Burridge had great delight in cutting his 80th Birthday Cake and receiving his O.B.E, certificate from Elvy. There was also some very sad news, that one of our longest serving members had passed away. Doreen Rodgers always had a smile for everyone. The players all wore black ArmBands and a Minutes Silence was held in respect for Doreen.

BIG WINNERS *J. Littlejohn & B. Field 10-3. *J. Rubie & B. Field 10-3. * B. Scott& S. Perry 9-4.*N. Spry & P. West 9-4.*V.Roberts & J. Allegri 9-4. *K. Rubie & F. Miller 9-4. There were 8 games of 8-5 and 12games of 7-6. All Players had an enjoyableand fun day with lots of good shots and alsolucky shots.

By Through The Hoop

Champs Decided

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Liam Fraser retrieving his ball with support from his group – Jenny Fletcher, Debbie Tilly and Veronica Rebellato.

The Forbes golfers enjoyed good conditions for the final rounds of the Forbes Mens Individual Championships, sponsored by Lachlan Commodities. 

After three rounds there were clear leaders in three of the grades of the Scratch champs, with the B-Grade a tight contest between Brett Thomas and Peter Barnes when only two shots separated them.

At the end of the final round the Scratch Champions were: A-Grade: J Betland; A- Reserve: J Brett; B-Grade: B Thomas and C-Grade: L Alley. In the Handicap, a countback was needed to decide the winner in the A-Grade, with J Betland getting the nod ahead of D Bayley. In the other grades, B-Grade went to B Thomas and C-Grade to Liam Fraser, who was helped by a hole-in-one on the 9th .

The Results for the Daily comp run in conjunction with the Championships, sponsored by Pool Magic, are:

Saturday : Div 1: J Dobell (70 nett) from J Betland (71 on c/b); Div 2: P Barnes (68), T Morgan (70); Div 3: L Fraser (73), L Alley (74 on c/b). The ball sweep went to 76 nett on c/b. The NTP’s were: 9th T Toohey; 18th J Brett.

Sunday: Div 1: P Cowhan (71), T West (72); Div 2: F Melisi (71), B Thomas (74); Div 3: L Fraser (71), L Alley (72 on c/b). The ball sweep went to 76 nett on c/b. The NTP’s were: 9th – L Fraser, 18th – S Grant.

The Superpin on both days had different stories. On Saturday Tim West grabbed the money with a shot to 1.3 metres, while Sunday’s success went to Sally Crosby with a shot to 7.4 metres.

Congratulations to all winners and especially to Liam Fraser with his hole-in-one.

By Short Putt

Forbes Netball News

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Left: Sophie Dwyer with young netballers at the Forbes Junior Gala Day. Right: Susan Pettit in her coaching session with young netballers at the Forbes Junior Gala Day.

The Forbes Netball committee has been extremely busy, planning for 2024, as well as organising 2023.

The Spring Night competitions for both mixed and ladies teams is now in full swing, as is the Junior Mixed Spring Competition.

The Junior competition kicks off each Wednesday evening at 5pm, while the older players take to the courts at 6:30pm and 7:30pm. Anyone interested should contact the secretary email secretary.forbesnetball@gmail.com

Regional All Age carnival and NetSetGo and Junior Mixed Gala Day

Planning is well underway for 2024, with the Regional All Age carnival set down for confirmation in May, as well as the very popular NetSetGo and Junior Mixed Gala Day to return in August.

The Regional All Age carnival is aways one of the largest in the regional, with over one thousand netballers taking to the courts for the day.

The NetSetGo and Junior Mixed Gala day was held in August for the first time, with great positive feedback received from participants.

The FNA was extremely lucky to have the support from NNSW, who organised former Australian Diamond Susan Pettit to start the day, with a great warm up and fun session for all players.

We were also very privileged to have a visit from Giants Superstar Sophie Dwyer attend the day and meet our players, parents and supporters.

Sophie has just been selected to play in the Australian Diamonds team in the Constellation Cup against New Zealand. Sophie has been selected to replace Steph Wood who has retired from International competition.

2024 Representative Teams

The FNA is calling for all players aged 12, 13, 14, 15U, 17U and opens who would like to represent Forbes at the various NNSW events 2024.

The Opens will play in the Regional League competition in March at Orange, and the 17U and 15U will play in the Senior State Titles in Sydney and 14s, 13s and 12s will play in the Junior State Titles in Sydney.

An information session will be held at the netball courts on Tuesday 17th October at 5:30 to 6:30pm. Nominations for all the representative teams 2024 are now open. Nominations will close on 3rd November and can be emailed to the secretary email secretary.forbesnetball@gmail.com

11 Years Development Team

The 11s Development team will be organised later in the year, and will take on a new format for this age group and will be building on the 2023 season.

All players turning 9 and 10 years 2024 will also be included into this training session, and will have the opportunity to also attend regional carnivals when there are enough numbers to either join the 11s or form a second team.

There will also be an opportunity for the development of 2 umpires, who will attend training when available, as well as umpire the team/s at the regional carnivals.

Anyone with interest in joining the umpiring program should see Umpire/Coach Convenor Robyn Kenny.

Father Son Combinations Clean Up At The Champagne Triples

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The start of the tournament we have L to R locals Shane Hodge and his granddaughter Annie Teague, their opponent Alan Tighe Junior from Dubbo. The Parkes Bowling and Sports Clubs newest member Mark Fitzalan and the Railways own Pissy Peisley.

What a weekend at the Parkes Railway Bowling Club’s annual Champagne Triples Tournament, with teams from all over the state and $10,000 on offer the bowls were the focus of the weekend. 

The winners were the legend Bob Hamilton from Orange City, teamed up with the gun father and son combination from Grenfell Barry and Blake Bradtke. They won all 5 games with a whopping margin of 79 shots. 

Runners Up for the weekend were another gun father and son combination, Cooper and Flippy Fliedner from Manildra along with the ever consistent Tony Bennett, also from Manildra. They won all their games with a total margin of 58 shots. 

Third place was the powerful Warren Towney’s team from Dubbo, Warren teamed up with Greg McEwen and Alan Tighe Junior. These boys put 5 wins together with a margin of 46 shots. 

Fourth place went to another strong Grenfell team in Stevie Galvin, Gavin Johnson and Andrew Armstrong who had 4 wins and a draw with a margin of 42 shots. 

Round winners were: 

• Round 1 Lurlene Hanna, Jake Hodge and Joey Van Opynen. 

• Round 2 Dave Johnson, Juicy Daley and Peter Creith. 

• Round 3 Mick Simpson, Nathan Reynolds and Dave Reilly. 

• Round 4 Wally Grant, Tony Latter and Greg Howlett. 

• Round 5 Paul Lewin, Nathan Collis and Blake Strudwick. 

The highest finishing local team went to the Railways own Wally Grant, Tony Latter and Greg Howlett who finished a strong 5th with 4 wins and a narrow loss and a margin of 35 shots. 

The Match Committee would really like to thank the Board of Directors for their continued support, we would also like to thank each and every person that took time out of their weekend to lend a hand. It’s amazing and makes us so proud to see so many people helping. We would like to thank the green staff, bar staff and bistro staff for their amazing efforts. Everything went so smoothly. We would also like to thank the Town Club for their help over the weekend, so thank you all. 

Club Championships

In the Major Singles Paul Kirwan played Wally Grant. Paul picked up a 2 on the first end, Wally a single on the second end. Paul then put 4 solid ends together and after 6 ends Paul leads 12-1. Wally wasn’t done though and picked up a 2 before dropping a single. Wally then went on to put a couple of ends together with a 3 and a 4, to cut the lead back to 13-10 after 10. Paul got in a single then Wally got 2 singles and a 2 and it was 14 all after 14. Paul put a stop to Wally’s run with a 3, a 4 and a 2 taking it to 23-14. Wally scrambled with a 3 on the next end but Paul closed out the game with a 2 on the next end and it finished 25-17. 

Winners L to R Barry Bradtke (Grenfell), Bob Hamilton (Orange) and Blake Bradtke (Grenfell and son of Barry).

 

Fourth L to R – Stevie Galvin, Andrew Armstrong and Gavin Johnson all from Grenfell.

 

Runners Up L to R – Tony Bennett, and father and son combo Cooper and Flippy Fliedner (Manildra) however Flippy was a member of the Railway for a lot of years.

 

Third Place L to R – Warren Towney, Greg McEwen and Alan Tighe Junior all from Dubbo.

Croquet News

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Marj Styles enjoyed her time in Forbes catching up with old friends and none other than Bruce Field.

It was another nice spring morning for Golf Croquet on Tuesday 10th October. We were able to sing Happy Birthday to Joan Littlejohn who will be 93 this week. Still up with the best, well done to Joan. Three players managed to win three games: John Cole, Alex Todd and Neville Spry. The big winners on the day were 9 – 4 Geoff Coles and Ray Burridge, Marie Spry and Alex Todd, John Browne and Bill Scott, Elvy Quirk and Robin Pols. Close games on the day were:

• Rex Toole and Neville Spry 7 AllanJones and Joan Littlejohn 6

• Vince Roberts and Bruce Field 7 JohnBrowne and John Job 6

• Fay Picker and Tony Thomson 7 RobinPolos and Neil Gilmour 6

• John Browne and Geoff Coles 7 KevinRubie and Allan Jones 6

• Rex Toole and Bruce Field 7 Bill Scottand Neil Gilmour 6

• Fay Picker 7 Rex Toole 6

• Alex Todd and Peter West 7 Ray Burridge and Geoff Coles 6

• John Cole and Neville Spy 7 David Williams and Ray Martin 6

• Kevin Rubie and Alex Todd 8 Elvy Quirkand David Williams 5

• Dorelle and Bill Scott 8 Iren Ford andMerv Langfield 5

• John Cole and Iren Ford 8 Carolyn Nilsen and May Jones 5

• Neville Spry and Joan Littlejohn 8 ElvyQuirk and Ray Martin 5

• Merv Langfield and Peter West 8 DorelleScott and Vince Roberts 5

• John Cole and Robin Pols 8 David Williams and Tony Thomson 5

• Iren Ford and May Jones 8 Kevin Rubieand Bruce Field 5

• Carolyn Neilsen and Allan Jones 8 VinceRoberts and Neil Gilmour 5

That’s it till next week

By Pegging Out

Saturdays Parkes Golf Results

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Congratulations to Cath Kelly and Patsy Christie and to Jake and David Ford (Not Pictured).

On Saturday the Nutrien 4BBB annual event was run and again thanks to one of our long term sponsors. There were 62 starters for this team’s event where the best score on the hole is totalled for the team. There was also an Individual event held in conjunction.

The winning combination were David Ford and Jake O’Brien who compiled a tidy 49 points. They combined well, with David pulling in 39 points and Jake 38 points. In the ladies event the pairing of Cath Kelly and Patsy Christie reigned supreme on the day, compiling 44 points.

In the Individual stakes, Max Keith on 42 points just got home in front of Wayne Tucker with 41 points and John Dwyer piling on the points for a 40. With the new track settling in, the fear is starting to dissipate, and golfers are coming to grips with it. Jake O’Brien shot a three over and Anthony Riach, Aaron, Wilkie and Max Keith all shot four overs.

The Nearest The Pins on Saturday were –The Idlerite 1st by Colleen Staples at 320cm, the Harvey Norman 11th by Chris Goodie at 320cm, the Parkes Ready Mixed Concrete 9th by Myles Smith at 190cm, the Harvey Norman 11th by Rod Kiley at 130 cm and the 18th by Col Breaden at 548cm. The lucrative 11th hole was won by Chris Goodie at 320cm this week.

Ball winners were Wayne Tucker 41, John Dwyer 40, Anthony Riach, John Pearce, Tom Delmenico 39, Ken Keith, Finne Latu 38, Jimmy Kuntze, Ron Hetherington 37. Captain Cath once again pummeled President David with the scores at 157 to 131

This week is the October Monthly Medal proudly presented by Telescope Tyres and Batteries / Hankook Masters with the daily sponsor being Peter Woods and Associates.

Medal Winners Score Well

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George Falvey watches his tee shot intently.

On Saturday 30th September, the Mens golf competition was the October Monthly Medal, sponsored by Forbes Concrete. This event was played this weekend because of the Club Champs starting next week. The field of 63 enjoyed the conditions.

The A-Grade Winner was Chharlws Dwyer with a 69 nett. He played very well alongside Head Pro Will, finishing with a ‘2’. Runner-up was Brad Ashton with 71 nett. His overall good game was not rewarded.

The B-Grade went to Fons Melisi returning a 68 nett, despite three double-bogeys along the way. Runner-up was Jeff House (69 nett) who lost concentration on the back-9 and also lost the Keno.

The C-Grade provided the lowest score with Lachlan Alley carding 66 nett, and this after recovering from a broken arm. Runner-up was Frank Hanns with 71 nett, who beat off Ross Williams on count back.

The NTP’s went to: 9th John Betland; 18th Harry Callaghan. The Pro Shop Super-pin went to Niel Duncan with a shot to 1.0 metres, and he got his ‘2’. The ball sweep went to 74 nett on count back.

The visitors included Steven Neal and Ed Cummins (Wentworth GC), and Scott Galloway (Trentham GC) from Victoria, here to meet his mates.

The Sunday Stableford 9-Hole Medley, played on the front-9, had 6 starters. They were all out early to beat the heat. The best score came from Mike Livingston with 22 points, and breaking a drought to be in the winner’s circle. Runner up was Brianna Duncan with 21 pts.

Monday had an 18-hole Individual Stableford Medley. There were 12 starters with Peter Dawson winning (38 pts). The ball sweep went to 35 pts on c/b. NTP’s went to Brett Thomas and Scott Galloway

This weekend we have the start of the Club Individual Championships.

By Short Putt

The Push-Up Challenge Student Ambassador Program 2024

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Student Ambassadors will lead their school mates, teachers and school community in The Push-Up Challenge by cheering them on to get fit, have fun and learn about mental health.

Australia’s largest mental health and fitness event, The Push-Up Challenge, is calling on students passionate about mental health to apply for its 2024 Student Ambassador Program. 

Students completing Year 10, 11 and Year 12 in 2024 anywhere in Australia can apply to be a Student Ambassador and make a difference to the mental health of their school community. They will be equipped with mental health awareness training, resources and leadership support to coordinate The Push-Up Challenge at their school.

Founder of The Push-Up Challenge, Nick Hudson, says the Student Ambassador program is one of the team’s proudest achievements to date. “Watching students from around the country bring their communities together through fun and fitness is such a special thing” he commented.

Ambassadors benefit by gaining skills and experience in leading a community-based project, coordinating health promotion events and activities, and contributing to a good cause.

“When we think about mental health, we often think of mental illness. The Student Ambassador program aims to help students reframe this perception by providing tools to increase their mental health knowledge and build confidence in encouraging conversations about mental health with peers and community,” said Hudson.

The Push-Up Challenge will take place mid year in 2024, across three weeks. This year, 215,000 Australians took part in The Push-Up Challenge, collectively completing a staggering 315 million push-ups in 23 days and raising over $14.7 million for mental health charities Lifeline, Movember and Push for Better Foundation.

Learn about The Push-Up Challenge’s Student Ambassador program and apply to take part, visit www.thepushupchallenge.com.au

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