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April Monthly Medal Draws 94 Players

April 14, 2022 By Maggi Barnard

Last weekend’s golf rained out, so here is what happened at the Parkes Golf Club the previous weekend:

The April Telescope Tyres & Batteries/Hankook Masters Monthly Medal was contested with a field of 94 players.

In A grade, Myles Smith came out and hit a great round of 75 off the stick beating home Jack Elliott on 78 and 3 others on 79, Phil Bishop, Anthony Riach and John Green. The club pro Jake O’Brien also recorded a 78 on the day. Myles clearly benefited from the excellent striking and also took out the nett event with a 68, but only getting in by a stroke to Phil Bishop and Rob Rea. Myles had a highlight on the 7th hole the par 5, known as Sheedies, when he recorded a rare eagle.

In B grade Jarrod Kemp produced a solid 84 off the stick to take out the scratch award leading home Rod Kiley and Peter Amor both shooting 85s on the day. In the nett event veteran Richard Hamilton, who hadn’t had many rounds of late, found the break the right ingredient to record a 69 with Jarrod also shooting the same score and unfortunately losing the double on a countback. Peter Amor was one stroke in arrears.

In the C grade it was another in the veteran class in Ross Smith nailing the scratch with an excellent 87 beating home Ken Keith by a stroke with Ryan Edwards back on 90. Ryan reversed the order in the nett to record the day’s best score of 66, and in so doing taking a stroke off his handicap, beating Ross home by 2 strokes.

In the Wally Norman medal Phil Bishop’s 69 was the winning nett score. In the Griffins Leading Edge Putting competition Ross Smith dined out yet again with his 25 putt round being the best of the day.

Bridge Results

April 14, 2022 By Maggi Barnard

Louise Payne with Peter Quin for north/south and John Quin with Anne Berkeley for east/west on Thursday; Peter Dearden with Rick Twardy on Monday; and Greig Ball with Derrick Milling on Tuesday.

If you are interested in private lessons to learn Bridge, Call Greig Ball 0429 621 712 or Kevin Robinson 0429 621 712.

Team Went Major Four Champs

April 14, 2022 By Maggi Barnard

President Col Miller (left) presented the winners (L-R) Mark Dwyer, Mick Went, Pete McPhee and Eddie McPhee with their prizes as the Major Fours Champions for 2022.

The final of the Parkes Bowling & Sports Club’s 2022 Major Fours was played on Sunday with Mick Went, Mark Dwyer, Eddie McPhee and Pete McPhee playing Brian Townsend, Jo Simpson, Mick Simpson and Ton Furey.

The early ends were evenly divided but Team Went eventually took control of the match and after 16 ends had a commanding lead, 21 – 8. Over the next four ends Team Townsend won three ends scoring four, three and six to Team Townsend’s two and with one end to play the lead had been cut to two shots and the score was 23 – 21. However, Team Townsend could not sustain their run and after a tense last end Team Went scored three shots to win the match 26 – 21.

Congratulations to all the players but in particular to Mick, Mark, Eddie and Pete, the Major Fours Champions for 2022.

In a Major Triples match Rob Tinker, Col Miller and Graham Dixon won the first end but from then on it was the only time they held the lead. The team of Col Hayward, Col Mudie and Rob Irving advanced to the next round with a 23 – 10 win.

Due to the rather wet weather no social bowls were played on Thursday or Saturday last week.

A pairs event will be played on Easter Monday, 18th April at 1 pm. A charity event in support of prostate cancer will be played on Sunday, 1st May. The mixed bows day is open to all bowlers, entry is $15 per player. Play will start at 11 am, and there will be a raffle and prizes. You can nominate a team (single entries will be accepted too) at the club or to colrm53@yahoo.com.au

By George Bradley

Novelty Dress-Up Theme For Northparkes Oval Parkrun

April 8, 2022 By Maggi Barnard

Dressing up at parkrun is quite a common occurrence to celebrate anniversaries or milestones, but Parkes will definitely be the first to organise an Elvis dress-up event on Saturday, 23rd April.

As the Northparkes Oval parkrun celebrated its first birthday only last month, this year will be the first time there will be a parkrun during the Parkes Elvis Festival.

While the whole town will be filled with people dressed in Elvis jumpsuits and Speedway-themes costumes, there is no way parkrun participants should miss out on such a golden opportunity to do an Elvis parkrun!

“The volunteers will join in too, and there will be Elvis music to cheer everyone on,” said parkrun organiser Ronel van Wyk.

With so many visitors to town during the Elvis Festival, the parkrun organisers are eager to get a good turnout for the weekly 5km event to add a new adventure to the program of events.

Elvis might not have done running as a sport, but he would probably have been proud of this effort as he was a big sports participant and fan. When he wasn’t on stage, in a studio or on the big screen, there’s a good chance you could find Elvis Presley playing football, or watching his favourite teams compete on TV. He played football on the grounds at Graceland.

So come along on Saturday, 23rd April and be part of this historic first Elvis parkrun. Parkruns are free, weekly, community events all around the world on a Saturday morning at 8am. It usually takes place in parks and open spaces over 5km. The event is open to everyone whether you are running, jogging, walking, volunteering or spectating. It is a positive, welcoming and inclusive experience where there is no time limit and no one finishes last.

Great Day Of Bowls At Shield Challenge

April 8, 2022 By Maggi Barnard

Parkes Bowling and Sports club won the Majors Gold Frank Gersbach Cup. Pictured (L-R) are Martin Tighe, Frank Gersbach, Paul Lewin and Brett Frame. Railway Diggers won the minors Silver Cup with Frank Gersbach presenting Ben McNaughton with the cup.

A total of 56 local bowlers took part in the first round of the Geoff and Bob Freeman Shield Challenge last Saturday in what is hopefully to become an annual event between the two Parkes clubs.

The clubs were competing for the Frank Gersbach Cups, the Gold Cup for Major Teams and the Silver Cup for Minor Teams. The overall winners, after the return round to be played later in the year, will take home the shield.

It was a great day for bowls and the standard was very high resulting in some close scoring.

The results were (Railway Teams mentioned first) – Gold Cup game: Team Dave “Major” Johnson 12 – Team Mick Went 29; Team Paul Kirwan 11 – Team Brett “Baldy” Frame 28; Team L. Ramsay 15 – Team Dave Reilly 17. Parkes Bowling and Sports Club won the Gold Cup with an aggregate score of 74 – 38.

The Silver Cup results: Team Greg Howlett 24 – Team Martin Tighe 22; Team Pat Cooney 18 – Team Col Hayward 26; Team Ben McNaughton 25 – Team Brian Hampton 9; Team Wally Grant 17 – Team Col Mudie 21. Parkes Railway/Diggers Club took home the trophy with an aggregate score of 84 – 78.

The Parkes Bowling Club won the day with an aggregate score of 152 – 122.

Frank Gersbach was at the Parkes Bowling & Sports Club to present the trophies. Congratulations to all the players and the people behind the scenes who made it a great day for bowling.

The scene is set for the return match at the Railway Club later in the year, probably in September, when the winner of the Shield will be decided by the aggregate scores over both days.

By George Bradley

Littlewood Wins Memorial Trophy

April 1, 2022 By Maggi Barnard

The memorial trophy day for Terry Sheridan and Charlie Allen held on Saturday had 89 players contest the sought-after trophy in a Stableford format at the Parkes Golf Club.

The winner was Matthew Littlewood with a tidy score of 42 points. He achieved this off his daily handicap of 21 but will be 2 shots lighter on his next outing. Craig Matthews, who recently joined the club, was next in with a 40-point haul, but had to win that on a countback from Aaron Huppatz.

Four players had 39 points: Aaron Drabsch, Mark Kelly, Jake Hodge and Josh Cheney. Anthony Scott from Canowindra had 43 points and won a ProKonnect voucher.

In the women’s event the winner was Lynn Dvison with a 32 point haul and defeated Sue Holman on 30 points.

The Nearest the Pins this week were – Idlerite Tyrepower 1st by Phil Bishop at 323cm, the Griffins Leading Edge 4th by Josh Cheney at 178cm, the Dirt Doctor Landscaping 6th Aaron Huppatz at 68cm, the Parkes Ready Mixed Concrete 9th by Peter Bristol at 176cm, the Harvey Norman 11th by Joe Davies at 100cm, the Westlime 15th by Denis Howard at 5cm and the Central West Glass 18th Peter Boschman at 185cm. The lucrative 6th hole was won by Aaron Huppatz at 68cm this week.

Ball winners: Aaron Huppatz 40, Mark Kelly, Jake Hodge, Aaron Drabsch, Josh Cheney 39, Warren Blatch, Garry Paddison 38, Nym Dziuba, Paul Thomas, Jarrod Kemp, Tom Delmenico, John Green 37.

By Peter Brist

A ‘Feast’ Of Bowls

April 1, 2022 By Maggi Barnard

BEAUTIFUL BOWLS… It was the final night for Twilight bowls last week as we are changing the time this weekend and darkness will be upon us much earlier in the day.

Not much of an Easter bonnet parade, but on Tuesday 27 keen ladies donned their blue hats to play the game they love. Rink 3: Sue Maddison/Laurie Keane/Jan McPhee piled up a feast of “eggs” allowing Chris Cox/Helen Heraghty/Joan Simpson a mere glimpse of the spoils! Rink 2: Beth Thomas/Marja Iffland/Rose Mitchell were left feeling hollow as Lynn Ryan/Carol Reed/Maureen Baillie finished off the game in bounds! Rink 4: Kim Evans/Kay Craft/Lea Orr were left feeling hot, but not cross, after going down to Eileen Bradley/Isabel Svensden/Lorraine Baker/Rhona Went. Rink 5: Brenda’s gold foil-lined bowls performed their magic with a win over Elaine Miller/Gwenda Carty/Sue Hogan. Rink 6: a game of Scroungers rewarded Frances Charlton who was too good for Maureen Miller/ Chris Flood/Betsy Johnstone.

By Lea Orr

Sports Shorts

March 25, 2022 By Maggi Barnard

Bowls News

The Parkes Bowling & Sports club Pennants team made it to state finals and travelled to Forster-Tuncurry last week. Liz Byrne presented Team Manager Kay Craft with a thank you gift.

Forbes Dragon Boat Club Raffle Winners

The major prize winners are: 1st 200L of fuel Alex Riley; 2nd Canvas Artwork Wendy Nelson; 3rd Picnic Hamper Nicole Williams; 4th Oztrail change room Ally Hetherington; 5th Chill Float Session Wendy Nelson; 6th Toaster & Kettle Luke Byrne; 7th $50 Ampol fuel card Jane Burley; 8th 2x $25 Ampol fuel cards Rachel

100 Parkruns

Erin Nichols celebrated her 100th run with a personal best time at the Northparkes Oval Parkrun on Saturday. Erin has completed eight of her parkruns at Northparkes Oval parkrun, with the remaining 92 at Cloncurry parkrun (87), Riverway parkrun (2), Mt Penang parkrun (1), Casula Parklands parkrun (1) and South Bank parkrun (1). What a huge achievement. Well done Erin!

Parkes Carnival Attracts Athletes From All Over State

March 25, 2022 By Maggi Barnard

The Parkes athletes had a great day winning several medals in various events: Alice Williams and Ellie Tattersall; Oliver Monkerud; Khleaigha Dawson and Giselle Higgins.

The Parkes Little Athletics Club held its annual carnival recently with 130 athletes taking part from all over the state.

With about 100 different events on the day there were a lot of personal best achievements and some records broken. Gold, silver and bronze medals were handed out for each age group for boys and girls in each event.

“We always have our carnival on the second Sunday in March, and athletes use it as their last practise before the state championships in Sydney the weekend after,” said Kelli Edwards. That is why athletes come from as far as Penrith, Gosford, Temora, Cobar, Bankstown, Wyong and Hawkesbury City. There were also participants from Forbes, Dubbo, Bathurst, Cumnock, Gilgandra, Gulgong, Cowra, Canowindra, Orange, Woy Woy and Young.

“The carnival was a huge success,” said Kelli. “It is the biggest fundraiser for our club. The day ran smoothly and all the kids had fun. It would not have been possible without our amazing committee and helpers.”

The club had been very lucky to have gone through the COVID pandemic without having to cancel the annual carnival. “In 2020 we got in just before the lockdown started, and in 2021 we could run it, but with limited numbers. The only issue we had this year with COVID was that some of our families and committee members were unwell or in isolation.”

Joy For Parkes Dragons

March 25, 2022 By Maggi Barnard

The Parkes women’s team came third in the 200m women’s race.

Parkes Endeavour Dragons took part in the second Forbes Dragon Boat Club Invitational Regatta on Sunday.

They joined paddlers from nine other Western region teams from Forbes, Lithgow, Dubbo, Orange Colour City, Orange Pinnacles, Bathurst, Wagga, Mudgee and Blue Mountains.

The Parkes team included seven paddlers brand new to racing, and combined with four paddlers from Lithgow. “The delight on the faces of all crew, especially the first-timers Angela Wang, Shaodong Wen, Anita Beddowes, Karolina Kosmicki, Jay Smith, Christine Fyfe and Rachel Samuels, was a testament to the joy of the day for Parkes,” said coach Beth Thomas. Two of the new paddlers, Jay and Anita, took on stroke positions to lead the timing of the boat.

Apart from bringing home a bronze in the women’s race, Parkes sweep Dave Potts completed the requirements necessary to attain his Level 3 Sweep accreditation.

“We thank the Forbes Dragon Boat Club for organising the day which allowed such great opportunities to our crew,” said president Bill Thomas.

Parkes is looking forward to its Fourth Anniversary 6km challenge on Sunday, 15th May.

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