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Australian Champs In Forbes This Weekend

September 16, 2022 By Hayley Hope-Hodgetts

The Australian Senior Track Title Championship takes place in Forbes this weekend at the Daroobalgie Track. Entry is $5 for everyone over 13 years and a full canteen will be in operation both days.

More than 200 flat track riders will descend on Forbes this weekend to battle it out for the coveted Australian Championship title. Forbes rider Tom Drane, who holds a string of national titles and races in the US, will be competing with Australian title holders.

Some of the fastest flat track racing in Australia will be happening at the Daroobalgie Track on Saturday and Sunday as the Forbes Auto Sports Club, Forbes Shire Council and Club Forbes welcome riders from across the country.

All types of bikes will be racing including Pro 250, MX Open, Pro 450, 500 Sliders (no brakes), Open Unlimited Sliders (no brakes) and Pro Open Women’s. There will also be some support classes racing with lots of local junior riders from 4-year-olds to U16s, sidecars and Over 35s.

Racing will start at 9am on Saturday, and the opening ceremony will be at 9:30am on Sunday. Forbes’s Jo Stephenson will be singing the National Anthem and two current Junior Australian Champions from Forbes, Hugh Hope-Hodgetts and Sam Drane, will be leading the participants on the track for a lap of honour. Racing, including the finals, will begin straight after the ceremony on Sunday.

By Hayley Hope-Hodgetts

Biggest Parkes Hockey Contingent At Australian Masters

September 16, 2022 By Maggi Barnard

Parkes hockey will be very well represented at the 2022 Hockey Australia Women’s Masters Championships in Cairns next week with nine players selected in various teams. It is the biggest group of players to go to the Masters from Parkes and they are all very excited. “We have trained very hard and put in a lot of time and effort,” said Denise Gersbach. “We are looking forward to support each other, and catching up with hockey friends from all over the country,” said Maureen Massey. The Parkes players are (L-R) Sue McGrath (ACT 50s), Denise Gersbach (NSW 50s), Maureen Massey (NSW 65 Blues), Mandy Westcott (NSW 50s), Donna Payne (Manager NSW 65 Blues) and Louise Witherow (ACT 34s). (Absent: Jane Grosvenor (NSW 50s), Fran Dixon (NSW 65 Blues) and Lee Hodge (ACT 45s – withdrawn due to injury).

A Day The Forbes Magpies Will Never Forget

September 9, 2022 By Maggi Barnard

The Forbes Magpies went in as the underdogs but stunned the Dubbo CYMS when they made history to win the grand final of the Peter McDonald Premiership 26 – 16 in Dubbo on Father’s Day. The town of Forbes literally turned black and white in support of the team and to top the victory Mitch Andrews was named player of the grand final. It was also a special victory for Cameron and Nick Greenhalgh who are not only coach and team captain, but also father and son.

Platypi Juniors Premiership Winners For Third Year

September 9, 2022 By Maggi Barnard

The Forbes Platypi Under 12s won the Central West premiership for the third year in a row beating Mudgee 50 – 0.

Forbes Junior Rugby made its mark in the Central West this season with the Under 12s taking home the premierships trophy for the third year in a row, and the Under 16s narrowly missing out on claiming the grand final.

The Under 12s beat Mudgee 50 – 0 in Dubbo at the end of August to continue the dominance they showed all season.

Mac Glasson was chosen by CWJRU as best and fairest player of the grand final, and Jagger King was selected as player of the finals by the coaches/parents.

“It’s fantastic,” said club president Craig Bruem. “They were head and shoulders above the rest for the whole competition, but that did not distract them and they kept up their level of performance. It is pretty amazing that they’d won it for the third time and it is so good for the club.”

Craig said there was a lot of talent among the players and the coaches. It was a great result for the time and effort put in by Dave Hodder, Randall Grayson, Troy Howe and Jim Cronin.

The Under 16s played the formidable Orange Emus in the grand final with the Emus taking the trophy 24 – 12.

A special mention of the Platypi no. 8 Geordie Duncan, who was chosen by CWJRU as best and fairest player of the grand final, despite not being on the winning team.

“It was the first grand final for many of the Platypi players and they really stuck it to the Emus and fought hard to the end,” said Craig.

“For a little town like Forbes to be playing against the bigger clubs really made a statement this season.”

Greg Moxey, Pete Francis, Steve Jarick and Tony Frazer lead the boys to the pointy end of the season.

Parkes Pennants Champs

September 9, 2022 By Lea Orr & Marty Tighe

September, aka Liptember is upon us at the Parkes Bowling Club!

This month, our lady bowlers and friends are invited to purchase bright lipsticks in support of Women’s Mental Health and Lifeline. Come along next Tuesday, a normal social bowls day, and join in!

Pennants continued on Tuesday, the 4s feeling blue after a solid defeat by Orange Ex-Services. The highlight of the day was a resounding win by Parkes 3s over Orange City. All players applied themselves well, setting the foundation for their win, and blushing bright pink upon hearing that they are this year’s Central West District Grade 3 Pennants Champions!

Congratulations to both teams for a polished performance over the past few weeks. Next stop Mudgee in October!

We must thank all umpires (Gwenda and Tony) and score-keepers (George, Trevor, Steve, Maureen and Brenda) for their time, ground control gents for the amazing greens, as well as our well-organised player/managers, Lynn and Maria, for all your extra efforts.

The Central West District Mixed Pairs competition will be at our club on 8th and 9th October.

Sunday, 25th September at 11am is the AGM of Parkes B & S C.

By Lea Orr

MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES

An intriguing quarter final minor singles match was played on Thursday. Greg Townsend totally dominated Brian Hampton to be halfway to victory after leading 13 shots to 3. Brian came to life and won 6 consecutive ends to be trailing 18 shots to Greg’s 19. Greg remained composed to grind out winners over 4 consecutive ends to nearly have the match wrapped up at 23 to 18. Brian collected 6 shots over the next 3 ends to lead 24 to 23, but he fell agonisingly short as Greg played 2 ends of great draw bowls to win 25 to 24.

PENNANTS

The Parkes Pirates Division 2 pennants teams played West Dubbo in Dubbo on Sunday, and were winners across each of the 3 rinks. Brian Townsend again played brilliantly to win the ‘Matey’ award. The Pirates Division 3 teams played against the division’s top side, Grenfell in Grenfell, and won only 1 of the 3 rinks.

By Marty Tighe

Parkes Public Tennis Second In State

September 9, 2022 By Maggi Barnard

Lachie Orr, Boyd Hutchins, Anna Orr and Savannah Latu at the Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre. (Absent: Harry Yelland who could not make the finals due to hockey commitments.)

More than 150 teams started the competition and the Parkes Public School tennis team ended up in the top four and playing the finals in Sydney winning the silver medal. Anna Orr, Savannah Latu, Boyd Hutchins and Lachlan Orr played brilliantly at the Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre for the first time. They beat Hay Public School in the NSW Primary School Sports Association semi-final in a thriller. Parkes Public played Artarmon Public School in the final. They were a polished and experienced team and won the 2022 Victor Kelly Trophy. The Parkes team had travelled about 2,000km for their round matches before reaching Sydney.

Swamp Tigers Take Two Premierships

September 2, 2022 By Alex Milsom

The under 12 and under 14 Orange/Forbes Swamp Tigers won their grand final matches on Sunday in Bathurst. This is the under 14 team with their medals and trophy.

The Orange/Forbes Swamp Tigers claimed the 2022 AFL Central West under 12 and 14 junior premierships in front of a big crowd at Bathurst on Sunday.

The two teams beat Dubbo Junior AFL and the Bathurst Giants respectively in two nail-biting matches.

The under 14’s won a thriller thanks to Cayden Metzeling. He kicked the match-winner from 30m out on an angle just seconds out from the final siren to beat the Bathurst Giants by five points.

Orange/Forbes and Bathurst took turns leading through the match. The fourth quarter was tightly contested and with just under a minute left in the game, the Swamp Tigers surged forward and put the ball into their attacking 50. While contesting for the ball Cayden Metzeling was taken high in a bump by a defending Giants player and was awarded a free kick. Metzeling had the game on his boot and he kicked the only goal of the last quarter to take the lead with seconds remaining. The final score was Orange/Forbes 6.7 (43) to Bathurst Giants 5.8 (38).

Orange/Forbes had just a little too much class for an incredibly gutsy Dubbo, winning the under 12s grand final by 14 points.

Dubbo had by far the better of the early exchanges, but neither team were able to score a goal in the first quarter with Dubbo leading by one point, while Orange/Forbes led by five points at half time.

Dubbo wrestled back control in the third term with one point lead 8 9. In the final term the Swamp Tigers were leading by 20 points, but Dubbo refused to die and scored a goal to close the gap to fourteen. Final score Orange/Forbes 4.5 (29), Dubbo 2.3 (15).

The FJAFL would like to congratulate its players on their success and thank everyone for their involvement.

By Alex Milsom

Junior Produces An Ace

September 2, 2022 By Short Putt

Lachlan Alley plucks his ball from the hole after scoring a ‘hole-in-one.’

Junior Forbes golf member Lachlan Alley scored a hole-in-one during competition on the weekend.

There were 63 starters for the Individual Stableford for men on Saturday with Wade Ricthie the division 1 winner with 36 points. Runner-up was Shane Sallaway with 36 points.

Division 2 was won by Lachlan Alley with 36 points, helped along by his hole-in-one which earned him ‘5’ points alone. Runner-up was Matt Duff with 35 points.

The NTP’s went to: 9th – Kim Herbert; 18th – Graham Newport. The 3rd hole super pin went to Lachlan Alley with a shot ‘zero’ metres.

The Ball Sweep went to 30 points on count back, with many scores affected by the sandy greens.

Once again the numbers on Sunday were too few for a Stableford Medley comp, but at least the weather was good.

This weekend the men’s golf competition is the Monthly Medal. Sunday has a Stableford Medley, and the Inaugural ‘Naggers Cup’ at Condobolin.

Do not forget the ‘Roylances Ambrose Day’ on Saturday, 10th September. Get your nominations into the Pro Shop.

By Short Putt

Beautiful Weather For Croquet

September 2, 2022 By Pegging Out

What a beautiful day it was to play Aussie Croquet on Saturday, so good in fact that 30 players turned up and enjoyed the morning at the Forbes Club.

There were four players that had three wins: Geoff Coles, Kevin Rubie, Barry White and Lorraine Todd.

BIG WINNERS: 14—7 Bill Scott and Tony Thomson; 14—8 Elvy Quirk and Joan Littlejohn, Barry White and John Cole; 14—9 Sandy Hepburn and Elvy Quirk, Bill Scott and Geoff Coles

CLOSE GAMES: (some results) Ray Burridge 14 May Jones 13; Kevin Rubie and May Jones 14 Sandy Hepburn and John Cole 13; Merv Langfield and John Cole 14 Jill Rubie and Harley Stewart 13; Colleen Liebich and May Jones 14 Ray Burridge and Rex Toole 12; Harley Stewart and John Farah 14 Colleen Liebich and Neville Spry 12; Jill and Kevin Rubie 14 Doreen Rogers and John Job 12

Another beautiful day for Golf Croquet on Tuesday with a good number of 36 players again. This was the last day of winter play, so here’s hoping we’ll get some warmer days.

BIG WINNERS: 11—2 Neville Spry and Neil Gilmour, May Jones and Ray Burridge, Colleen Liebich and Mal Smith; 10—3 Bruce Field and Noel Jolliffe.

CLOSE GAMES: (some results) Lyal Studwick and Carolyn Neilsen 7 Lorraine Todd and John Browne 6; Neville Spry 7 Kevin Rubie 6; John Farah and Sally Perry 7 Noel Jolliffe and Sandy Hepburn 6; Bruce Field and Ray Burridge 7 John Cole and Vince Roberts 6; Fay Picker and Tony Thomson 7 Iren Ford and Neil Gilmour 6; Neville Spry and Mal Smith and 7 Rex Toole and Bruce Field 6

By Pegging Out

Parkes Boars Wins 2022 Premiers, Secures Hat-Trick

September 2, 2022 By Ben & Kimberley Ryan

The Parkes Boars celebrate after becoming New Holland Cup Premiers for the third year in a row after beating Mudgee 23-20 on Saturday. (Photo: Allan Ryan)

The mighty Parkes Boars have been named New Holland Cup Premiers for the third year in a row, after a nail-biting 23-20 win over Mudgee in the first grade rugby union grand final on Saturday.

The Boars had a rollercoaster season, finishing third on the ladder at the end of the regular season. The team worked hard to bring home the silverware, defeating CSU Bathurst and Dubbo Rhinos on the way to the grand final.

First grade coach Ben Ryan said the team expected the Mudgee Wombats to apply pressure early. “They came out very strong and got an early lead on us,” he said. “But our captain, Christopher ‘Taco’ Parker, and vice-captain, veteran Rory Nock, kept the boys focused and didn’t let the pressure become overwhelming. That allowed us to grind it out for the full 80 minutes and that’s exactly what it took to win.”

The game lead changed hands several times, with the Boars finding themselves four points down in the dying minutes. A textbook try by Sororpepeli ‘Sorro’ Soqe followed by a successful conversion from the golden boot of Luke Bevan were enough to secure the lead for Parkes with seconds until the buzzer.

“The last play was a Mudgee kick off and it was frantic, both teams knew they needed to get their hands on the ball at all costs,” said Ben. “Just about everyone who could get under the ball went for it, and fortunately we came away with it after a Mudgee knock on and that was the end of the game.

“I think a massive thank you has to go to all our families, friends and supporters who wished us luck and those who came over to back us on the day. Going into enemy territory and having a vocal group there supporting you makes a massive difference,” said Ben.

By Ben & Kimberley Ryan

MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES

PENNANTS

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