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Croquet News

September 21, 2023 by Roxane Manley

There were 30 players for Aussie Croquet on Saturday 16th September. Three players were able to win three games, Carolyn Neilsen, Harley Stewart and Barry White. The big winners on the day were 14 – 9 Noel Jolliffe and John Job. The mid winners were 14 – 10 Elvy Quirk and Neville Spry, John Allegri and Phillip Moran. Close games on the day included:

• Lorraine Todd and Neville Spry 14 KevinRubie and John Job 13

• Jamie and Tony Thomson 14 Robin Polsand Phillip Moran 12

• John Browne 14 Geoff Coles 12

• Harley Stewart and John Cole 14 ElvyQuirk and Russel Andrson 12

• Sandy Hepburn and Fay Picker 14 Kevinand Chris Rubie 12

• Robin Pols and Alex Todd 14 Tony andIndia Thomson 12

• John Farah and Geoff Coles 14 Noel Jolliffe and Tony Thomson 12

• Sandy Hepburn and Cheryle Toohey 14Elvy Quirk and Lyn Simmonds 12

• Harley Stewart and Alex Todd 14 PeterWest an Joan Litlejohn 12

• Kevin Rubie and Fay Picker 14 RusellAnderson and John Cole 12

• Carolyn Neilsen and Peter West 14 JohnBrowne and John Farah 11

• Joan Littlejohn and Cheryle Toohey 14Lyn Simmonds and Geoff Coles 11

• Harley Stewart and Barry White 14 FayPicker and Rusell Anderson 11

• John Cole and Noel Jolliffe 14 John Farah and India Thomson 11

• Carolyn Neilsen and John Allegri 14 LynSimmonds and Marie Spry 11

• John Farah and Jamie Thomson 14Cheryle Toohey and Phillip Moran 11

• Peter West and Barry White 14 Jill Rubieand Joan Littlejohn 11

• Carolyn Neilsen and John Browne 14Robin Pols and Jill Rubie 11

• Barry White and Lorraine Todd 14 JohnJob and Nevile Spry 11

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Parkes & District Soccer Association

September 21, 2023 by Roxane Manley

Congratulations the following teams on their 2023 finals success:

Open Juniors Final: Rovers defeated Stallions 4 – 2.

• Best & Fairest male: Jack Greenland

• Best & Fairest female: Nicole Ellis

• Player of match: Chelsea McMaster

U12 Final: Victory defeated Peak Hill Shooting Stars 5 – 2.

• Best & Fairest male: Shaquille Buchanon

• Best & Fairest female: Lilah Smith

• Player of match: Lucas Hunter

Parkes Tennis Is Feeling Excited

September 21, 2023 by Roxane Manley

Savannah, Phoebe, Faith and Ella at the NSWCHS Carnival this week in Sydney. This great team of girls are representing Parkes Tennis and the official Parkes High School Western School Sports Association.

Attention girls aged 12-18 years! Head along to the Parkes Tennis Club on Sunday 12th November from 4pm-7pm for a free afternoon of fun tennis games, music, off court activities, food and drinks. Racquets will be supplied if you don’t have one. Many thanks to both NSW Government for the “Her Sport Her Way” initiative and Tennis NSW for supporting teenage girls in our communities.

Parkes Bowling and Sports Club

September 21, 2023 by Roxane Manley

The Clubs senior triples team headed to Condobolin last weekend and came away with a sectional final win. They now head to the Railway Bowling Club this Saturday 23rd September to kick off at 10am in the zone final against the Mudgee sectional final winning side of Orange City trio Greg Campbell, Bernie Diduszko and Bob Hamilton. It should be a cracker of a game with both these sides playing each other last year where the Pirates came out on top. Hopefully we can do well again this year in what will be a very tough game to gain the chance to head to the State Championships which will be contested in Dubbo next year.

Head down to the Railway Diggers if you can to support the Pirates next Saturday.

Soccer Fever Continues In Forbes

September 21, 2023 by Roxane Manley

Hot on the heels of Matildas fever, Forbes will play host to an A League women’s football pre-season opener this week-end between the Western Sydney Warriors and Canberra United.

Western Sydney Wanderers will take on Canberra United at Forbes’ Botanical Gardens on Saturday 23rd September, in a day set to be filled with soccer action and talent.

Forbes Mayor Phyllis Miller OAM welcomed the fixture to Forbes. “The popularity and strength of females in sport is growing dramatically at the moment, thanks to the amazing talents of teams like the Matildas who made Australian soccer history recently as the first female team to advance through to the semi finals,” Mayor Miller said.

“We have such a wealth of sporting talent in our region in our females as well as males and by bringing fixtures such as this pre-season game to places like Forbes only makes pathways appear more accessible and achievable for young fans.”

Forbes soccer player Josie McKenzie and Indiana Kennedy (Parkes) have both been selected in the U14s girls NSW Country squad competing in the Australian Championships in Wollongong next month. This squad will be training in Forbes on Saturday 23rd September, a great opportunity to see what it takes to become a national championship player.

Aspiring soccer players will have the opportunity to train with the Western Sydney Wanderers in a two-hour community clinic starting at 8.30am on Saturday.

Spectators will then see the FNSW Country Girls U14s and 16s National Championship squads train between 10am – 1pm, while from 10.45am matches will be played between Lachlan representative U10s, 12s and 14s squads and teams from Dubbo, Canberra and Griffith.

Warm up for the main game will begin at 2pm, with Mayor Miller officially welcoming visitors and kicking the ball signalling the start of the match at 3pm, with Member for Orange Phil Donato making the presentations at the game’s conclusion.

A pre-match training and media session will be held Friday afternoon at Botanical Gardens from 3pm – 5.30pm.

Forbes and District Soccer spokesman Doug McKenzie said that the game was originally set down to take place last year, however was postponed by the devastating floods of 2022.

Forbes as a destination came about after Head of Women’s Football with the Wanderers Tom Sermanni fell in love with the town and facilities whilst here for a coaching clinic programme earlier last year.

“The team is really looking forward to making the trip interstate to Forbes for the Challenge Cup having been forced to postpone the meeting heading into last season,” said Njegosh Popovich, Canberra United Head Coach.

Tickets can be purchased via Eventbrite: Forbes Challenge Cup – Western Sydney Wanderers Women v Canberra Utd Women. Tickets are available from $6.61 for General Admission (children) and $11.90 for General Admission (adults), with a family pass of two adults and four children costing $27.78. Tickets purchased last year will be honoured, as will the free tickets also supplied last year to all Forbes school children.

For more information head to Forbes and District Soccer Association Facebook page.

Parkes Open Weekend Attracts A Large Field Of Golfers

September 21, 2023 by Roxane Manley

Asquith Golf Club boys, Brad Stratton, Doug Wadwell, Martyn Black, Russell Druce, Hayden Radic and David Malcolm. Hayden Radic was the nearest to pin 17 on Saturday.

The Parkes Open weekend kicked off on Friday 15th September with the ProKonnect day, sponsored by Jake and Sammy, where everyone got to have a look at the course in relaxed and inviting stableford event. Ten visiting clubs were represented on the day, with local Ben Coultas firing a handy 42 point total to take out the event.

We then moved to highly prized Cam Standen shootout event. The event was on the 9th hole, 120m out with a large crowd on hand to see the contestants try their luck at getting nearest the pin. Riall Harrison posted the closest, lining up with barely minutes left to fire a 65cm gem in to claim the prize.

The Epiroc day on Saturday, Alex Diamond and team again sponsored our 4BBB event and this lead-in to the Sunday stroke event proving very popular with players. In the scratch event the President and Vice President of PGC came out on top as David Stevenson and Peter Bristol combined well in the relaxed atmosphere and recorded 37 points, with Bristol recording an eagle on the 8th to bump up the points.

At the SCT Open on the Sunday it was great to have the sponsors representatives in attendance and swinging the clubs in pursuit of the prestigious trophy alongside representatives from 30 other golf clubs.

We were treated to a special event on the newly realigned golf course with Rob Hey from Parkes and Peter Kirwan from Cowra, with a former Parkes resident, tying on 114 after the compulsory 27 hole event. With a 3 hole playoff required, down the 1st, along the 2nd then up the par 5 18th, the hill in front of the clubhouse packed, combatants were tied after 3 holes, this required the 18th to be replayed until a winner was decided. Four more times the golfing warriors battled it out until the sun started to set and the green was covered in shadows then Peter Kirwan sank a short putt to be crowned the 2023 SCT Parkes Open Champion. After that battle neither player deserved to lose so congratulations to both. The SCT 27 hole Handicap winner was local Stephen Riley.

The 18 hole Handicap winner in A grade was Sam Morgan from DuntryLeague with 70 winning on a countback from David O’Bryan from Dubbo.

The Fred Funnell Memorial Vets trophy was won by David O’Bryan from Dubbo on 70, the prestigious Gidgie Leister Memorial 18 trophy was won by Richard Crane with a score of 62, the Keith Clark Memorial Scratch Vets trophy was won by Rob Hey on 73, the PGC local Junior winner was Simon Hogan.

The traditional Tom Casey Long Drive contests this year was on the 13th hole for the first time and was won by Mitchell Smith Narromine in A grade with 301m, Torin Hando 291m in B grade and Liam Conn from Wellington in C grade at 286m.

Players from Everglades Central Coast, Northbridge, Bathurst and Blackheath played in the Parkes Open

Forbes Town & District Tennis Club

September 14, 2023 by Roxane Manley

Tennis is such a great social sport to get involved in. The upcoming Tuesday Night Comp will run from 7pm and be first to six games.

Tuesday Night Competition starts 10th October. Get your mates together and nominate a team, minimum of four players are needed, although individual nominations are welcome. Nominations close on 3rd October.

Parkes Tennis

September 14, 2023 by Roxane Manley

A great day of tennis was had and competitive spirit was shown at the Todd Woodbridge Cup Regional finals. Congratulations to Forbes Public School and St Raphael’s Catholic School, Cowra who showed their skills on the red ball Hotshots courts to qualify for the State Finals in Sydney in November.

SAVE THE DATE: Mondays 6.30pm and Wednesdays 6.30pm. Starting 23rd October for 6 weeks. Online registrations open Tuesday 3rd October, 7pm. www.parkestennis.com.au

Forbes & District Soccer Club Incorporated

September 14, 2023 by Roxane Manley

Forbes Summer Indoor Futsal (5 a side) for U/5s to Opens. Same as winter registration, go online www.playfootball.com.au select Forbes, then select your desired playing age group, e.g. Forbes Futsal Under 5s. Youth can register in additional teams no extra cost. Face to Face registrations at Bernardis this Saturday morning 10am-12pm, and at the Liberty A League game Saturday 23rd September.

Starting Dates: Monday and Thursdays16 and 19 October to 27 and 30 November, then Christmas/New Year break toreturn 30th January ending 29th February, 2024.

Costs: 4-18 years $60, 19 and over $85Active Kids Vouchers applicable.

Age Groups: Under 5s, 7s, 9s, 12s,15s, Open Ladies (inc youth), Open Men(inc youth).

Game Location: Forbes High School.Registration Closing

Starting Date: Friday 6th October.

Parkes & District Amateur Soccer Association Inc.

September 14, 2023 by Roxane Manley

And that’s a wrap for non-competitive age groups for the 2023 season. If you would like to purchase one of the professional photos for $10, it isn’t too late, simply DM Rhiannon Guess Photography. The Committee would like to thank the players, parents, coaches, managers, supporters and canteen helpers for a fantastic season. See you all in 2024.

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