29 Jan 10 | Bathurst mare Surfing Star ($4.60) confirmed that she was a very talented mare when she scored a sensational win in the Langlands Hanlon Sprint, the feature event at the Parkes Harness Racing Club’s Australia Day meeting which was conducted before a healthy crowd.
29 Jan 10 | In last Sunday’s Stableford, Margaret Hogan was the ladies winner with 36 points, she also won the nearest the pin on the fourth and Dawn Phipps liked the 11th.
29 Jan 10 | Happy New Year to everyone, even if January is almost gone! I trust that the holiday season was kind to you and that everyone has sprung back into work and play with energy and enthusiasm.
29 Jan 10 | Lightly raced five-year-old mare Miss Alberta from the Peter Nestor stable at Dubbo is selected to win the $15,000 Telescope Tyres and Batteries – Falken Parkes Cup on Sunday.
29 Jan 10 | Welcome back to everyone after our Christmas break, training has recommenced and being attended ethusiatically in preparation for the busy time ahead.
29 Jan 10 | Last weekend nine shooters attended the Deep Lead Shooting complex on the Back Trundle Road and shot at the popular Fox targets at both 25 and 50 metres for a total collective score of 530.53 points.
29 Jan 10 | Kurt Lovett and Jack Elliott have been chosen in the Under 13 and Under 18 NSW Country Hockey sides to compete against the NSW City side on March 27 and 28.
29 Jan 10 | Lions Clubs Australia are extending an invitation to you to become a member of the world’s largest and most active service association Lions Clubs International.
29 Jan 10 | Renovations for a balcony area at the front of the Parkes Services Club are expected
to be completed within six weeks.
29 Jan 10 | The organising body of the CountryLink Parkes Elvis Festival, Elvis Revival Inc. has commissioned a Strategic Review of the Festival.
29 Jan 10 | I have regularly written about how I believe people who have served our community so well for a lot of years should be recognised for their efforts - while they are here with us!
29 Jan 10 | Growth tied to education facility
29 Jan 10 | The membership of Parkes Men’s Shed has now hit 150 members, with 30 to 34 members regularly enjoying the new facilities three days a week.
29 Jan 10 | Their bags are packed and their shoelaces tied – students all over the state are ready for what the new school year will bring.
27 Jan 10 | Parkes Panthers had their first training session for 12
months last Tuesday
27 Jan 10 | The final of the District Fours was played on Saturday, and the all Parkes Town final lived up to expectations turning out to be a great game of bowls.
27 Jan 10 | Cambridge’s Anthony Heraghty starred with both the bat and the ball when his team faced Reedy Creek as part of the A Grade Kelly Cup local competition.
27 Jan 10 | Consistency paid off for an improving Craig Townsend last Saturday during the 3rd Round of the BWR Chartered Accountants sponsored 2010 Summer Competition.
27 Jan 10 | Australia’s No. 1 pistol shooter, Tony Drabsch won his fourth Parkes Sportsperson of the Year award at the Australia Day Ceremony yesterday.
27 Jan 10 | The Central West Branch of the Australian Federation of Graduate Women (AFGW) is reminding high achieving female students who have received entry to Tertiary Education in 2010 to apply for their Annual Scholarship prize of $1000.