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CEO Announcement On HRNSW Rehoming

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Pictured is Peter Buckman CEO, Harness Racing New South Wales (HRNSW)

Dear Stakeholders, 

I am pleased to announce a significant development that reflects our ongoing commitment to equine welfare and the preservation of our social license at Harness Racing New South Wales (HRNSW). 

In close collaboration with the Harness Racing Industry Consultation Group (HRICG), we have successfully completed the integration of our re homing operations. The decision and subsequent integration enables HRNSW to directly oversee the re homing effort and ensure that we consistently uphold the highest standards of equine welfare. This strategic shift underscores HRNSW’s steadfast dedication to the wellbeing of our equine athletes and our responsibility to the industry and the broader community. We firmly believe that by taking direct control of the re homing process, we can provide our retired standardbred horses with the care and attention that is expected. 

It is of the utmost importance that HRNSW maintain high standards in equine welfare while continuing to lead the industry in a responsible and forward-thinking manner. HRNSW remains committed to ensuring the welfare of all standardbred horses and we are confident that this strategic move will further strengthen our capacity to uphold these vital responsibilities and ensure the well-being of our equine partners. 

Finally, I would like to extend my sincere appreciation to the previous Re homing Company members for their unwavering commitment in supporting the re homing of standardbred horses. 

Should you have any questions or require additional information, please feel free to reach out to our team. 

Sincerely, 

Western Region Academy of Sport Athlete Orientation

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Students being put through a Pushup Test

There were over 100 Western region athletes and coaches who attended the 2023/24 Western Region Academy of Sport Athlete Orientation. 

Held at the Bathurst Charles Sturt University Campus on the weekend of October 21st and 22nd, the event marked the commencement of the athletics, basketball, cycling, future stars, golf, high performance, hockey and triathlon programs. 

Saturday started out with a psychological education session by Dr. Gordon Spence, who worked with athletes, coaches and parents to discuss the topics of mental toughness and energy management. 

Dr. Spence showed how good energy management helps build resilience in the face of pressure that can result from performance setbacks and accumulated success. Those in attendance discussed the physical, emotional, cognitive and spiritual/meaning factors that support sustained high performance and what choices can help establish positive behaviours. 

Following Dr. Spence was a presentation from WRAS Programs and Strength and Conditioning Manager Dan Bunyan. Dan delivered an overview of strength and conditioning, common misconceptions within the strength and conditioning industry and an overview of the programs WRAS athletes will undertake throughout their scholarship period with WRAS. 

Athletes worked through a series of strength, power, fitness and movement tests with the assistance of Charles Sturt University Exercise Science Strength and Conditioning Interns. 

Media training provided an opportunity for our athletes to understand how to contact and feel confident talking with media outlets and use social media skills to optimise their online presence. With 7 News Central West in attendance, several of our athletes took the chance to practice these skills and gain practical experience in being interviewed. 

Brandon Martin (2014 lone star WRAS graduate) and Holly Simmons (local athlete) ran a mentoring session with the athletics and future stars programs to discuss the importance of opportunities for personal development available outside sporting pathways. 

Western Region Academy of Sport basketball, hockey and triathlon squads all hold their first team training Sessions. 

Upon reflecting on the orientation weekend WRAS Executive Officer, Candice Boggs was positive about this year’s cohort ‘It is always great to host the athletes, squad staff and parents for orientation to commence the WRAS season. It’s a great opportunity for all athletes, parents, and coaches to come together as WRAS sets the scene for what’s ahead with each of our programs.’ 

‘Looking across the athletes in attendance over the weekend, there is tremendous talent throughout every program. Under the guidance of the very knowledgeable and dedicated WRAS coaches these athletes are in for a great program ahead.’ 

Forbes Croquet

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Vandenberg Hotel Forbes are proud sponsors of Forbes Croquet Club

AUSSIE CROQUET.

On Saturday 27th we had 27 players had a great game of Croquet. There were 6 Players who won 3 Games J. Browne, R. Burridge, N. Jolliffe, M. Langfield, E. Quirk and K. Rubie.

GREAT GAMES .

• C. Liebich & R. Pols 14, B. Field & J. Littlejohn 8.

• J. Job & R. Burridge 14, G. Coles & N. Spry 8.

• K. Rubie & C. Toohey 14, P. West & J. Job 8 .

• K. Rubie14, Dario 9.. *M. Landfield & N. Jolliffe 14, J. Allegri & A. Jones 10.

• B. Field & R. R. Burridge 14, J. Farah & R. Pols 10.

• J. Rubie & Dario 14, G, Coles & F. Donohue 10.

• M. Jones & J. Browne 14,, M. Spry & N. Spry 10.

• E. Quirk & N. Jolliffe 14, F. Donohue & J. Farah 11.

• J. Brown & M. Langfield 14,, P. Moran & A. Jones 11.

• T. Thomson & C. Toohey 14, P. West & N. Hawke 11.

• E. Quirk & J. Brown 14, J. Job & P. Moran 11.

• N. Spry (2 Balls) 14 C. Liebich & C. Toohey 11.

• R. Pols & N. Jolliffe 14. B. Fields & G. Coles 11.

• B. White & J. Littlejohn 14, P. West & N. Hawke 12.

• E. Quirk & A. Jones 14, Dario & J. Allegri 12.

• J. Farah & M. Langfield 14, P. Moran & N. Hawke 12.

• K. Rubie & T. Thomson 14 M. Spry & M. Jones 13.

• M. Spry & J. Allegri 14. B. White & M. Jones 13.

• B. White & R, Burridge 14 J. Donohue &T. Thomson 13. 

Annual General Meeting will be on Tuesday 31st October 

Danielle McDonald – 2023 Australian Off Road Champion X3

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Danielle McDonald is a three time Australian Off Road Champion, Australian MX Champion, and four time Hattah Desert Race Champion.

Local Parkes girl Danielle McDonald has just secured her third Australian Off Road Championship. What a way for Danielle to finish off her impressive racing career in the junior ranks. 

Danielle said, “My very last junior race, I’m sad to say my junior years have come to an end. I have learnt and achieved a lot throughout juniors but I am overall excited to start a new chapter in my racing journey in the women’s class! 

“A massive thanks to my family, team, sponsors and everyone in my corner wouldn’t be where I am without any of you”.

Endruo GP In Portugal

Earlier in October Danielle got her first taste racing in the senior women division in her first endruo GP in Portugal, experiencing some very hot and dry conditions.

Danielle reported, “The trials and tests were gnarly! Definitely one to remember. I raced my first supertest on Friday night. I was the first rider on track and opened alone, I had nerves I have never experienced before. I ended the night with a P6 leading into the next day.

“Race day nerves were just as high but pushed through. The other three tests I really enjoyed and started to pull some pretty good results. Coming top three in most and even winning a couple of them. 

“Sunday was a better day for me. I was running third all day, then unfortunately a mechanical issue in the sand test caused me to lose all back brake, and a heap of time. Still really happy to come away with 4th overallfor the day.

Now To Get Ready For The ISDE 6 Days 

Danielle is now preparing to race the International Six-Day Endruo which runs from 6th to 11th November in San Juan, Argentina, South America. The ISDE is one of the most prestigious events on the offroad calendar in motorcycle racing. The Team Aus women have won 6x World ISDE titles. Representing Australia will be Tayla Jones and Jessica Gardiner, who have both been part of the previous six wins, but the newest member of the Australian Women’s Team is Danielle McDonald who dominated the Junior motocross and offroad racing for years.

Help Support Danielle Compete In Europe

Danielle and the Australian Women’s team need your support. They are raising money to fund their trip to race the ISDE in November. 

Make a donation: You can show yoursupport by donating to their Gofundmepage. https://gofund.me/5e80e56f

Become a Major Sponsor: The teamare still seeking a major sponsor, contact Jess Gardener at jessgardiner77@gmail.com

Purchase from the MXStore: This yearBallard’s and MXstore are proud to besponsoring Team Australia to help themget to Argentina for the 2023 ISDE, donating 20% of all sales every Ballard’sproduct purchased from Tuesday 17th tomidnight the 22nd October.

Danielle stepping up to race with the seniors in her first endruo GP in Portugal.

 

Danielle had a great weekend when she raced the first ever @gncc_racing_aus Coming away with the win.

 

Danielle thanks her family, team, sponsors and everyone in her corner, whom she credits for helping her where she is today.

 

Danielle competing in and winning her first ever Austral-ian Junior MX Championship title.

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.

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