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Tucker Takes Sportspower

March 2, 2017 By Maggi Barnard

Despite a large contingent of members travelling to Sydney to contest the annual Droughtbusters weekend of golf, a good field contested the Sportspower Parkes 18- hole Stableford last Saturday.

Renowned local sporting identity Wayne Tucker proved too strong for the field as he returned a solid 39 points to edge out Brent Timmins on a countback. Tucker came home the final 9 holes in a great 3 under par off his 19 handicap to record 21 points, while Timmins was equally impressive with 20 points.

The 2017 ladies golfing season started last Wednesday. Tomorrow the ladies will play an 18-hole Stableford for the Denise Charlton’s trophy.

The club and golf professional Daniel Newton will be conducting coaching class- es for ladies and senior men under Golf NSW incentives to encourage more ladies and men to get into golf.

Tomorrow members will contest the Tel- escope Tyres & Batteries March Monthly Medal in A, B and C grades with local ac- countancy firm Peter Woods & Associates supplying the trophies in the Handicap Sections. Griffins Leading Edge is spon- soring the putting competition, which will be played in conjunction.

By Paul Thomas

Western Region Rogues Amaze Rest Of State

March 2, 2017 By Maggi Barnard

The formidable Western Region Rogues dragon boat team took to the waters of Penrith International Regatta Centre on Sunday and came home with silver and bronze.

With true determination and grit and paddles thrashing in beautiful synchronisation, the team won silver in the women’s and bronze in the open sections. Both feats are amazing, as only four men were included in the Western side, where other teams had up to twelve men in their sides.

For the paddlers it was as if something magic happened on the water in front of a crowd of thousands, as they raced the 500m course six times. The team had six Lachlan Dragons: Carmen Stephens and Claire Davis of Forbes and Warren Edwards, Helen Rowbotham, Rochelle Smith and Beth Thomas of Parkes.

The team, coached by Deb Clarke of Ba- thurst, was congratulated many times over on their spirit, enthusiasm and absolute de- termination.

“I think we are all legends,” said Deb proudly. “We have certainly lifted the profile of Western Region in the state dragonboat community.’

“Our time together stands out for me as one of the most enriching life experiences of friendship, unity and caring,” said War- ren Edwards. “We were united, we were a force to be reckoned with and we gave them all something to talk about well past Sunday’s racing.”

By Chris Sweeney

25 Years For Local Touch Carnival

February 23, 2017 By Maggi Barnard

The 25th Local Government Touch Football Carnival kicks off at 9am at Cheney Park tomorrow.

The annual event, hosted by Parkes Shire Council in conjunction with Parkes Sports Council, has become a staple event on the Local Government social calendar.

The Carnival attracts teams from interstate, comprising of Australian and Local Government employees, allied organisations and their families.

Parkes Shire Council’s General Manager, Kent Boyd said: “Our local teams are excited to battle it out with our Council counterparts.

“This year we have teams travelling from Brisbane, Bankstown, Lake Macquarie, Camden, Canada Bay, Willoughby, Port Stephens and Dubbo.”

Kent said some new teams would be participating, as well as loyal entrants, like Wagga Wagga City Council. They have been attending the Carnival since its incep- tion in 1992.

Teams will play a round-robin style tournament with two grades in both the men’s division and mixed divisions.

Set to be a great family-friendly day out, residents and visitors are encouraged to cheer on the teams.

Parkes Women’s Bowling Club

February 23, 2017 By Maggi Barnard

Club Championship Singles this week: Rhona Went def Gwenda Carty and Liz Byrne def Robyn Morgan. Rhona Went will play Liz Byrne in the final on Sunday, 5th March.

A successful Trading Day was held and the raffle prizes were won by Joy and Gwenda. The new monthly Scroungers competition

has started and first prize went to Frances Charlton with 47 and second Marja Iffland with 45.

The CWD Singles close on 3rd March and will be played at the club from 3rd to 5th April. Club Championship Pairs will open on 7th March and close 12pm on 21st March.

Mayor And Hodge Pocket Summer Competition

February 23, 2017 By Maggi Barnard

The Parkes Mayor proved he could lead on the golf course too with his victory in the BWR Accountants and Advisors Summer Competition last Saturday.

A very good field contested the 5th and final round of the Summer Competition and Ken Keith won with an impressive 42 Stableford points.

In the overall competition, that saw players able to discard their worst two rounds, it was a clear 4-shot victory for the club’s most consistent golfer Jake Hodge. He returned scores of 43, 42 and 36 for 121 to finish ahead of Robert Hey with rounds of 40, 39 and 38 finished on 117 in the Stableford-based competition.

Ball winners went to 40 Steve Simpson and Ian Hendry, 38 Dub Rodgers, Cathy Kelly, Chris Goodie and Col Barker, 37 Wayne Parker, Ron Hetherington, Justin Sutton, Rod Kiley, Peter Picker and Rod Luyt, 36 David Whitfield, Michael Lynch, Jake Hodge and Reg Davison and surviv- ing the countback on 35 was Tim Lasserre. In the Nearest the Pin, Ian Hendry dominated as he took out both the Idlerite Tyre- power 1st hole at 611cm and the tough Westlime sponsored 15th hole 551cm from the flag.

The major jackpot on the Idlerite Tyre-power 1st hole was won by Mark Francis last week after it was revealed his tee shot finished just 20cm from the flag and not the reported 200cms.

In other awards Ian Phipps won the Griffins Leading Edge 4th hole at 483cm, which also earned him victory in the money hole award. The Dirt Doctor Landscaping 6th saw Bob Barter victorious at 570cm and David Whitfield’s 207cm won him the Harvey Norman 11th hole award.

The final two Nearest the Pins awards on the Parkes Ready Mixed Concrete 9th hole and the PJL Groups 18th hole, saw Ron Hetherington blast his 6 iron approach shot to within birdie range of 282cm of the flag on the Par 4, 9th hole. On the short 18th hole it was Tim Lasserre who claimed the win with just 15cm off the flag.
Members are reminded that effective immediately any golf ball won during Satur- day competitions must be collected from the Pro Shop operated by Daniel Newton.

Tomorrow’s competition is an 18-hole Stableford for the Sportspower of Parkes trophy, and on Sunday Parkes hosts the Round 4 matches of the Central West Pen- nants with the course closed from 7.30am to 1pm.

By Paul Thomas

Parkes Women’s Bowling Club Notes

February 16, 2017 By Maggi Barnard

Club Championship Singles: Gwenda Carty def Cherie Frame and Liz Byrne def Pat Cooney.

Line up for the second round to be played on or before 21st February: Rhona Went v Gwenda Carty, marker Cherie Frame; Liz Byrne v Robyn Morgan; marker Pat Coon- ey; Umpire Keith MacRae.

Nominations for the CWD Singles are now open and close 3rd March. They will be played at our club on 3rd, 4th and 5th April.

A new monthly point scoring competition will commence next week.

Lachlan Dragons Celebrate Chinese New Year

February 16, 2017 By Maggi Barnard

The Lachlan Dragons competed at Sydney’s Darling Harbour last weekend in the Chinese New Year regatta.

Fourteen paddlers made the annual trip to compete in the premier mixed and women’s races. They were be joined by the Orange based Pinnacle Dragons to fill the boat.

First timers Mary Laksito, Liz Mitchell, Chris Kronenberg, Bev Pengilly and Ainslie Toole were joined by old hands Warren Ed- wards, Donna Edwards, Beth Thomas, Bill Thomas, Robyn Stephens, Neil Stephens, Deb Abela, Deb Tooley and Deb Churchill.

Although the team didn’t gain a place in any of the finals, the squad performed brilliantly in a balmy 39 degrees Celsius. They finished five of the seven races in sub one minute time for the 200m events.

Next month the Lachlan Dragons will compete in the Canberra regatta, once again combining with Colour City Orange paddlers in the mixed team.

Six Lachlan Dragon club members have gained selection in the Western Region team. They will compete at NSW Cham- pionships on 26th March in Penrith. Con- gratulations to Helen Rowbotham, Claire Davis, Carmen Stephens, Beth Thomas, Rochelle Smith and Warren Edwards. Beth has been appointed manager for the squad. They have been training hard over weekends at waterways around the Central West.

Paddling continues twice per week, leaving from the new boat shed on Lake Forbes: Thursdays at 5.45pm and Sunday mornings at 8.15am. Anyone who wants to see what dragon boating is all about, you are welcome to come along.

By Chris Sweeney

Three Up, One Down In Pennants

February 16, 2017 By Maggi Barnard

The Parkes Golf Club maintained its solid start to the Central West Golf Association’s Pennants series with three of the club’s sides recording convincing victories over Cowra last Sunday on a very hot and windy Bathurst Golf course.

The Division 1 side continued its winning way with a solid 3 and 2 victory. Justin Sutton, Mitch McGlashan and Robert Hey recorded victories, while Peter Dixon and Joey Van Opynen put up a courageous effort in going down narrowly.

Despite losing narrowly to Bathurst 3 and 2 in the first round, the Division 2 side bounced back with a convincing 4 and 1 win over arch rivals Forbes. Both Tim Burke

and Phil Barnard remained undefeated, while Steve Edmonds and Denis Howard also recorded convincing wins. Tom Casey suffered a narrow loss.

The talented no. 3 side completely up- staged Cowra with a convincing 4 and 1 victory with Colin Barker, Tony Hendry, Richard Hutchison and Peter Bristol all winning. Jake Hodge suffered his first loss. The no. 4 side suffered a whitewash loss, however hey have vowed to bounce back in this weekend’s clash with Duntryleague. The third round will be played on Sunday against Duntryleague at Cowra Golf Club.

The Division 1 side has a bye this week. By Paul Thomas

Powerplay By Penrith Panthers In Parkes

February 9, 2017 By Maggi Barnard

Parkes was running high on rugby league fever last Thursday when two Penrith Pan- thers players visited local schools as part of the NRL Community Carnival.

Tony Satini and Lachlan Stein visited six schools in the morning to talk about respect and diversity and in the afternoon they were at Cooke Park to meet fans, hand out autographs and pose for photos.

Many children brought shirts and caps to be signed, while the NRL also had post- ers with a team photo of the Panthers that the two players signed for the many fans who turned up. “It is really cool to meet the Panthers players in person,” said a young Parkes player.

The Parkes Marist Junior Rugby League club was also at the Park to sign up players for the year.

The morning sessions at the schools focused on the importance of respect, belonging and celebrating differences both on and off the field.

Game Development Officer – Western NSW, Alex Prout said there were many interesting questions from the students. There were also interactive games with students during the sessions.

The NRL Community Carnival takes players throughout Australia and New Zealand this month to meet fans in more than 80 communities.

Now in its 17th year, the NRL Community Carnival is supported by every NRL club and NRL Ambassadors, and will reach more than 250,000 kids, visit more than 1,000 schools, travel more than 40,000 km and host more than 80 Junior Rugby League clinics in both countries.

Interested players can contact Stuart Duff on 0429 891 716 at the Parkes Marist JRL.

By Maggi Barnard

Brilliant Start For Parkes Teams In Pennants

February 9, 2017 By Maggi Barnard

Extremely hot and humid conditions did not stop a good field of players to turn up for last Saturday’s S & K Mann Carpet Cleaning Monthly Medal.

In A Grade Mitch McGlashan continued his brilliant form when he fired a superb 3 under par 68 to record the day’s best scratch score, while Steve Simpson cleaned up in the handicap section with 76 off the stick for a 67 nett. He topped off a great day by also claiming the Griffins Leading Edge Putting competition with just 24 putts.

In the minor grades Colin Barker claimed the B Grade scratch award with a 12 over par 83, and in the handicap it was Mayor Ken Keith with a solid 68 nett. In C Grade for players on handicaps of 18 plus, Gordon Christie fired 90 off the stick, while John Pearce topped the leader board with a 70 nett. The veterans award went to Gordon Christie with a 71 nett.

The Ladies Leone Stevenson led home a small field with an improved 73 nett.

The Parkes Golf Club hope to continue its brilliant start to the Central West District Golf Associations Pennants when Round 2 matches will be played at Bathurst Golf Club against Cowra on Sunday.

Last week’s Round 1 matches saw the locals victorious in three divisions against Forbes, while the no 2 division went down narrowly to Bathurst.

By Paul Thomas

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