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2026 Parkes Soccer Registrations Are Now Open

February 19, 2026 By Roxane Manley

Parkes District Amateur Soccer Association are looking forward to another successful and fun season.

Registrations for all juniors (5 – 17 years) and ladies are open with an opportunity to receive a 15% discount on each registration before 14 March. Active Kids Vouchers are accepted and prices for registration have not changed from 2025.

All Junior players will receive a soccer ball included in their registration fees which will be distributed during the first few weeks of the season. The season will commence on Saturday 2nd May with more details to follow.

The club will have a face-to-face registration day, this Saturday 21 February from 11am – 1pm. Head along if you are unsure how to register, purchase socks (cash and card accepted) or just want to ask a question about soccer or volunteering options.

The first meeting for all members will be on Monday, 9 March at the Parkes Services Club (upstairs) from 7pm. This will be a compulsory meeting for all ladies delegates For more details, check out their Facebook posts, send a DM or visit the website https://websites.mygameday.app/assoc_page.cgi?c=0-7290-0-0-0

Pre-season Training Is Up And Running

February 12, 2026 By Roxane Manley

Pre-season has well and truly started over in the Magpies Nest. Plenty of new faces and seasoned ones.

Check out this bunch of legends, if you’re keen to give play, head up and meet the Parkes Spacemen at training.

Parkes Sporting Wrap Up

February 12, 2026 By Roxane Manley

The Parkes Sharks Swimming Club team who travelled to Lithgow to compete

Official Parkes Sharks Swimming Club

Parkes Sharks attended the Mountains and Plains Swimming summer championship in Lithgow and they enjoyed great food, friends, and fun, with a little swimming on the side. An impressive 46 pbs, 6 gold medals, 15 silver and 18 bronze were won across only 20 swimmers. And a first assessment completed for Referee and Starter. What a cracking little club.

A massive thank you to all the parents jumping in with set up and pack down, timekeeping, and general good times.

Congratulations to Travis, Viv, Flo, Rup, Hudson, and Lincoln on competing and competing well at your very first Summer Champs. The first of many, no doubt, we are very proud of you.

Parkes Bowling And Sports Club

If you have arranged a game to be played, you must add this to the whiteboard at the club, so the green keepers are aware of these games being played. This is the player’s responsibility to add this to the whiteboard, if this is not added prior to your game, and once played, please send through results and any outstanding details of your game, so this can be shared.

Parkes Golf Club

The Coachman Hotel February monthly medal was held on Saturday. 82 players dodging a couple scattered showers. There was some great scoring, well done to all the winners on the day. It was great to see four members from Coolangatta tweed heads, where Zac used to be, fly down Friday and play the midweek comp and stayed for the monthly medal Saturday and left Sunday.

Great effort from them. We are sure they had a great time and loved the course.

Next Saturday Parkes Golf Club will have a 4 ball multiplier stableford and the 5th and final round of the summer comp sponsored by BWR Accountants.

Parkes Mayor Gives Croquet A Try

January 29, 2026 By Roxane Manley

Parkes Mayor Neil Westcott was tempted to give Croquet a go when the Parkes Croquet Club set up at the Parkes Kite Festival on Australia Day.

Regular croquet games are played on Saturday mornings at 9.30am and anyone interested in trying out the sport can come along to the Parkes Tennis Courts.

Come And Try Dragon Boating On The Love Boat

January 7, 2026 By Roxane Manley

The Parkes Dragon Boat Club (PDBC) invite all Elvis visitors who would like to try a paddle on the love me tender themed “Love Boat”, to head out to the beautiful Lake Endeavour on Wednesday, 7 January from 5.30pm – 7pm. Open to anyone, this will be an easy introductory session to dragon boating, with no previous experience required. Cool off at the end of the day and enjoy the peace and tranquillity of Lake Endeavour.

Dragon boating is a fun-filled, water sports activity. Dragon Boats are large canoe-like vessels fitted with ornately carved dragon’s heads and tails. Each boat has a drummer beating time to keep the paddlers in unison, and a professional helmsperson in the stern to guide the boat.

Originating in ancient China, Dragon Boat Racing is now the fastest growing water sport in the world.

The Parkes Dragon Boat Club was formed in 2018 by Bill and Beth Thomas, amongst others. The club currently has 20 members ranging in age from 22 to 76.

PDBC offers an annual Elvis paddle, and this year they hope to introduce even more people to this fabulous pass time.

Lake Endeavour is about 30km out of Parkes, towards Orange. It is an amazing facility – and a dragon shaped lake! The water is crystal clear and the facilities include toilets, a jetty out into the water, a large carpark and a concreted access ramp to the water. Please note there, is a stretch of dirt road to get to the Lake.

Bookings will be taken until 12 noon on Wednesday 7 January, To book contact Linda on 0447 687 342. Spectators are also welcome to come out and watch.

Participants must bring a bottle of water, a sunhat/sunscreen, wear comfortable clothing (activewear) and enclosed footwear (crocs/joggers/aqua shoes etc). Barefeet or thongs are not acceptable. Life jackets and paddles will be provided. No alcohol is allowed to be consumed before or during paddling.

Keen Contest For Prizes

December 18, 2025 By Short Putt

Last weekends Mens competition was an Individual Stableford sponsored by Woolworths Forbes, who provided hams for the winners. The field of 58 were keen to get their game in early to avoid the forecast thunderstorms with only a few groups caught in the conditions and a handful not finishing their rounds. The prizes on offer were great.

The Div-1 winner was Dave Mylecharane who was well ahead on his 40 points. He credits most of his success to a new driver setting which aided his hot back-9 scoring.

Runner-up was Anthony Alley with 38 points. He matched Dave with his back-9 score but was a bit untidy on the front-9.

The Div-2 needed a count back between four players to decide the winner after they all finished on 34 points. The nod went to Matt Duff who managed 18 points on the back-9 after an indifferent run of 1-pointers to start his round.

The Div-2 runner-up was Alex Mackinnon. He had an even round with 17 points on each half, which also include two ‘misses’ on each half although he finished the back-9 strongly.

The NTPs went to: 9th A Dukes; 18th L

O’Connor. The 3rd hole Super pin went to Paul Kay whose shot looked ‘miles away’ at 440 cm on a green that was hard to hit.

This Saturday, 20 December, is an Individual Stableford, sponsored by Forbes

Central Butchers. There is also a Stableford Medley on Sunday 21 December.

The Forbes Golf Club wishes all players a happy and safe Festive Season.

By Short Putt

Currajong Participants Shine In Inclusive Croquet Coaching Program

December 11, 2025 By Roxane Manley

Croquet has become the highlight of the week for participants from Currajong Disability Services (CDS) thanks to a new inclusive coaching program delivered by the Parkes Croquet Club.

Around 30 participants and staff attended eight coaching sessions from May this year, quickly embracing the sport and asking for more once the program concluded.

“It has been a great success, and our participants absolutely loved it,” said Douglas Pout, Day Services Coordinator at Currajong Disability Services.

The initiative began after Parkes Croquet Club member Graeme Hunter attended a grant-writing workshop at Parkes Shire Council. The idea came to life when the club secured a Parkes Shire Sports Grant to deliver the coaching sessions and provide morning tea for Currajong participants.

“It was a privilege for our club members to run this program,” said Graeme.

“It was wonderful to see some participants showing exceptional talent and being able to play a proper game at the end of the program.”

He also praised the participants for their strong team spirit and willingness to help pack up after every session.

Currajong plans to return to the croquet courts in March next year. “Our lads and ladies are missing it already,” Douglas said.

“Participants stepped into something new with confidence and quickly connected with the members of the Parkes Croquet Club. The partnership has been positive for everyone involved, and by the end some of our crew were matching it with the more experienced players.

This has opened the door and given our participants another space where they feel welcomed and included.

“CDS is not defined by limitation. We are a group of people with different strengths, and when opportunities like this come along, our participants show exactly what they can do.”

Parkes: The Kelly Golf Ambrose Was A Hit

December 4, 2025 By Roxane Manley

Pictured are the Saturday Competition winners.

Last Saturday 101 players attended the Kelly Golf Ambrose, the highest members comp since Zac has taken over which is great to see. The comp raised $200 for the juniors from the sausage sizzle lunch so thank you very much to Zac and Maddi and all who helped make that happen.

Winners on the day were first Melissa Matthews, Craig Matthews, Fletcher Matthews and Nicholas Strudwick – 58.75 Nett.

Second Arthur Medcalf, Tony Evans, Scott Winter and Sean Sloane – 61.25 Nett. Third Lex Hodges, Rob Cheney, Tony Hendry and Robert Staples – 61.75 Nett. Well done to all the winners.

Monthly Medal this Saturday and save the date, 13 December for when LIV Golf comes to Parkes. Get ready for the Greenkeepers’ Revenge, the greens are fighting back.

Try Dragon Boating For Free For Four Weeks

November 28, 2025 By Roxane Manley

Pictured are the Lachlan Dragons. Dragon boating will broaden your horizons and introduce you to a healthy lifestyle.

Forbes Dragon Boat Club recently competed at the Masters Games in Weston ACT. The 3-day event included 200m races and 1km turn races in both small and full boats. Forbes combined with four other clubs for this competition. Team Forge included paddlers from Forbes, Geelong Vic, Parkes, Adelaide Survivors abreast and Powerblades SA.

In November FDBC also competed in the Western Region Regatta this year held in Orange. Races included 10’s and 20’s crews over 200m and “a dash for cash “over 100m. We combined with Parkes and Blue mountains on that day.

Forbes Dragon Boat Club is offering a 4 week introduction to paddle plan, aimed at recruiting some new members. Dragon pass is a free program to trial dragon boating before joining a club.

We aim to run sessions on Sundays from 30th November until 21st December. Sessions will be for 30-40mins from 9am. It’s all about fitness, friendship and fun. There is no requirement to attend all sessions. You are also welcome to join our regular training sessions during the dragon pass period.

Paddles and life jackets are provided. All you need to bring is a bottle of water, a cap and closed in shoes.

So, if you have ever wondered about giving dragon boating a try – this is your chance. We challenge businesses, sporting teams, anyone looking for something new, who loves the water, to come along and give it a try. Minimum age 11 yrs.

Paddling with Forbes Dragons can be social or competitive – you decide on your level of participation.

For more information search Forbes Dragon Boat Club on Facebook and register to attend.

Lachlan District U16s Are Undefeated Premiers

November 27, 2025 By Roxane Manley

Lachlan District U16s are 2025 Premiers.

Coached byTroy Gosper from Parkes, the team is made up of Parkes and Forbes predominantly with some Condobolin girls as well.

The Club was started three yearas ago with a rising number of girls within the area who wanted to play rugby league especially with the growth of the NRLW.

The women’s rugby league is a fast growing sport especially in our area, Club Secretary Stevie Jackson said “This year we had over 41 players registered to play just in our u12s development side, proving how strong the growth is.”

“The U16s team have played together for a long time, half of the team have made representative teams for Lisa Fiaola teams for Western Rams, as well as Forbes Ruby Coote who has been listed for Illawarra Steelers, and Forbes Sarah Price for the Canberra Raiders.

In the grand final the girls went up against a very determined Vipers team who both came out strong.

“Our girls scored a try within the first 10 mins and vipers were quick to reply by scoring. The rest of the first half was extremely intense. As the second half kicked off it was a back and forth game, but then with 10 mins to go our girls kicked it up another gear with Laila Hartwig scoring a try and our amazing kicker Katie Galvin converting.”

“The Vipers kicked off and straight into the hands of Ruby Coote who took off and scored a try, again we got the conversion.

It was this second gear that the girls found that led them to victory, and finishing the season undefeated.” said StevieThe Western Women’s comp kicks off in September each year. For anyone keen to follow the club, go to facebook page Lachlan District Woman’s Rugby League.

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