The state run Club Challenge was played last weekend and we had a team of 7 players competing in this event in the Blue Section. This was played at Dubbo Railway in a round-robin format. The first game was against Dubbo Macquarie where Luke Ramsay played the singles against Noel Hogden and won convincingly 21 to 16. The pairs saw Brett Frame and Ray Griffith have a big win 20 to 7 and the Triples team of Lee Hetherington, Stephen Frame and Peter Creith had a close win 15 to 14 giving the team a win 6 points to nil.

The next game was against Dubbo Railway where the results were reversed with Luke going down 21 to 9 to a very strong Robert Adams and the pairs team of Brett and Ray had a narrow loss 12 to 8 and the triples team of Lee, Stephen and Peter lost 13 to 7 giving us a loss by 6 points to nil. The last game was do or die and went right down to the wire with Luke losing a close one in the singles 21 to 18. The pairs team of Brett and Ray won a close one 12 to 9 and a revamped team of Stephen Frame, Col Boehm and Peter Creith had a narrow loss 19 to 16. This was not enough to win through to the regionals but was a good effort all round. Saturday bowls -  20 players turned up for the popular Saturday 2 game format and  the winners were Tony Latter and Chris Davison (visitor), 2nd were Peter Job and John Corcoran and 3rd place went to Mick Furney and Graham Turner.

Wednesday social bowls – We had 22 bowlers on a beautiful day. Winners were Alan Curtell, John Keogh and Grant Lambert.R/up Frank Gersbach and Mick Valentine. Haircut went to Franky Gersbach. Jackpot was won by Kevin Hynds, Kevin Wales, Kevin Robinson and Chris Dunn. As per our flyer Wednesday names by 1.00pm for a 1.30 start Thursday Twilight Social Barefoot Bowls saw 3 games of pairs with the winners being John Chew and David Law. get your names in by 6pm for a 6.30pm start with lots of fun and plenty of music while you play. Saturday Social Bowls is still names in by 12.30 for a 1pm start.

Don't forget to get your team in for the Champagne Triples being played on Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th of this month as this has been made into an open event now to cater for all men, all women or mixed teams. This is our big Annual Carnival with Prize money $4050 Courtesy of Parkes Services Club and Tooheys so get in early as it is filling up fast. Don't forget Friday Night Happy Hour from 4.30pm to 6.30pm $4 Sschooners and $3 middies, raffles, jackpot joker, hamper, badge draw and music. Sunday the Club opens at 12 noon feel welcome to enjoy the atmosphere and have a casual roll up and try Vince’s Chinese, Thai, Malaysian and Aussie meals. Championship Triples and Fours Semi Finals have to be played by November 5 and the minor singles and pairs need to be played ASAP as we are running out of time so please see if you can arrange any of your matches soon.

PARKES WOMEN

A great day was enjoyed by the several teams who played in the President’s Day. Teams came from Manildra, Forbes, Condobolin, Canowindra and Parkes Railway Diggers and a delicious lunch was enjoyed by all. The winners on the day were Railway Diggers team of Roxanne Parker, Tracy Dixon and Janice Robinson. The raffle prizes were won by Maureen Bailey and Mavis Gray. Lucky door prizes won by Loris Stewart and June Burgess. Spider prizes won by Betsy Johnstone, Marja Iffland and Margaret Wheeldon. Next week the semi-final of the Club Minor Singles will be played with Lorraine Baker versus Frances Charlton and Kim Evans versus Kate Keogh. Melbourne Cup Day on November 7 is mufti dress. Christmas Trading Table November 14 is Christmas dress and bring a friend along to introduce them to the world of bowls. To play social bowls ring Table Selectors Gwenda Carty and Di Greenhalgh between 8.30am and 9am on 68621446. Social roster Maureen Miller.

On October 3 we welcomed Nancye and Warren Blatch back after their overseas trip and Nancye and Greig Ball were winners with a score of 61.46. Second were Liz Matthews and Keith Fiedler 58.33. North south winners on October 5 were Beth Thomas and Suzie McNamara 65.48 followed by Helen McQuie and Marlene Freeman 55.41 and Keith Fiedler and Isabel Orange 54.81. For east west John Quin and Margaret Hawken topped with 57.09 closely followed by Val Worthington and Joan Reilly 56.2.

On Monday October 9 Tim and Gai Baker won with 60.12. Bill Burke and Anne Berkeley had 55.95 per cent  and Greig Ball and Gary Somers 51.79. Fourth were Rosemary Morris and Beryl Twardy 51.19. October 10 results: First was Barbara Magill and Jan Freeman 65.48. Second Suzie McNamara and Angus Glasson 53.97.

On Thursday 12th October north south winners were Keith Fiedler and Helen McQuie with a great score of 71.07 per cent. Louise Payne and Greig Ball scored 67.86 and Warren and Nancye Blatch 42.86. For east west Vicki Burke and Dawn Phipps topped with 58.33 followed by Jan Latter and Kevin Robinson 55.42 and Margaret Hawken and John Quin 52.5.

We welcomed visitors David and Catherine Wyllie from Launceston on Monday night and they came second on the north south side with 59.5. They were beaten by Keith Fiedler and Rosemary Morris 62 per cent. In third place there was a tie on 47.5 between Isabel Orange, Jan Latter, Bill Burke and Barbara Hughes. For east west Tim and Gai Baker topped with 66 per cent . Robyn Sheridan and Wendy Andrews had 49.5 and Greig Ball and Gary Somers 48.5. Jan Freeman and Warren Blatch  won the Tuesday game with 62.5 followed by Angus Glasson and Kevin Robinson 59.38 and Keith Fiedler and Marg Powter 57.29.​

PARKES RIFLE CLUB

Parkes SSAA Sporting Clays: Last month's shoot only six shooters attended the shooting complex and shot in a 80 target day with 2 events. Event 1 - 60 target known rise using 6 auto clay throwers set at various angles and speeds etc. Greg Buckley 57, David Tanks 50, Brian Drabsch 49, Clinton Duffy 47, Robert Wild 40, Dan Morgan 39. Event 2 - 20 target twin rise, Clinton Duffy 20, David Tanks 19, Brian Drabsch and Greg Buckley 18 each, Dan Morgan 16, Robert Wild 14. Our next shoot is at 1pm Saturday, October 21 and will be similar to the above. Sporting clay differs from ordinary down the line shooting by trying to duplicate the flight of game birds by using a number of clay throwers set out as above.

Parkes SSAA Smallbore: Last Sunday saw 5 shooters attend the shooting complex and shoot at crow targets at both 25 and 50m for a max of 520 points.Brian Drabsch 270 - 250 - 520; Popeye Davis - 270 - 242 - 512; John Smeaton - 265 - 238 - 503 and 2 shot for practice only. Popeye started out gangbusters but the pressure got to him at 50m, consistency my boy, consistency.

Our next shoot is at 10am on Sunday, October 22 and will be ordinary targets at both ranges. There is a lot of misinformation circulating at the moments about young persons and firearms. There is no such thing as a junior shooters licence, only a permit. This only allows a person 12 to 18 years old to use a firearms under the direct supervision of an adult licensed person on a one-on-one basis and at close quarters to stop them from doing anything wrong. They cannot own or possess a firearm or ammunition (covered in the firearms & dangerous weapons act).