Stunning weather conditions produced some great cricket matches.

This weekend is the final round before teams will be split into two divisions for the second half of the season.

Parkes local cricket will continue over the next two weekends before having a short break over the Christmas and New Year period.

At Keast Park:

Bowling Club 6/215 off 24 overs (No individual player scores were recorded in MyCricket for Bowling Club, Paul Carty 2/38 off 5, Craig Chapple 2/30 off 3, Michael Ostler 1/26 off 4 and Stuart Milne 1/30 off 4) defeated Reedy Creek 8/213 off 30 overs (Jackson Glasheen 53, Craig Dunn 54, Paul Carty 19 and Grant Dunn 18.

Bowling Club (four points) defeated Reedy Creek (one point) by four wickets in a match played in good spirits.

At North Parkes Oval:

Honey Badgers 4/89 off 15 overs (Aaron Thorne 43, Carl Redenbach 16, Matt Spedding 12, Tobey Thorne 2/8 off 2 & Matt Clarke 2/27 off 6) defeated Star Hotel 10/88 off 14.4 overs (Evan Doering 25, Andrew Bourke 22, Tyson Spence 11, Dale Ingram 3/11 off 3, Dan Gordon 2/17 off 3, Tom Anderson 1/4 off 2, Nathan Gaidzionis 1/8 off 0.4 & Jacob Foran 1/9 off 2).

Honey Badgers (five points) defeated Star Hotel (zero points) by six wickets

At North Parkes Oval:

North Parkes Cricket Club 6/61 off 16.4 overs (U Cheema 34, Dylan Morgan 7, M Farooq 5) defeated Parkes Hotel Pythons 10/60 off 22 overs (No individual player scores were recorded in MyCricket for Pythons, B Rearden 4/11 off 6, Corey Ro    wbotham 2/4 off 3, Jonty Ralph 2/16 off 6, M Farooq 0/1 off 4 and R Bondareff 1/18 off 2).

North Parkes Cricket Club (five points) defeated Parkes Hotel Pythons (zero points) by four wickets.

At Spicer Oval:

Parkes Hotel Galahs 9/116 off 25.1 overs (Brad Parker 43, Lucas Lees 15, A Whitney 10, Kurt Matthews 2/5 off 2, Neil Cole 2/8 off 2, Aaron Halls 1/3 off 2.1, Luke Nash 1/4 off 2, Ben Coultas 1/4 off 2, Max Keith 1/11 off 4 and Adam Parker 1/13 off 3) defeated Reedy Creek Raptors 10/115 off 26.2 overs (Adam Parker 24, Ben Coultas 24, Jack Ford 14, Max Keith 13 no, Matt Clark 11, Lucas Lees 3/15 off 4, Brad Parker 2/10 off 4.2, A Whitney 2/13 off 3, B Skinner 1/16 off 3 and Mitch Hutchings 1/30 off 6).

Parkes Hotel Galahs (five points) defeated Raptors (zero points) by one wicket.

Draw

Saturday, December 15, all matches are scheduled to commence at 1pm.

Point Score - after matches played on December 8

Raptors 30, Pitbulls 26, Parkes Hotel Galahs 24, Reedy Creek 17, Honey Badgers 17, North Parkes Cricket Club 17, Parkes Hotel Pythons 9, Bowling Club 8 & Star Hotel 7

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Parkes Colts 10/191 (Peter Yelland 67, Myles Smith 43, Blake Smith 16, Garry Dukes-Rankmore 10no, A Thorn 4/26 off 5, B Colby 3/37 off 9 & C Smith 1/38 off 4.4) defeated Cowra Bowling Club 9/159 off 40 overs (B Colby 53, R Graham 43, K Johnstone 18, Ryan Dunn 4/38 off 10, Garry Dukes-Rankmore 3/13 off 4, Mitch Wheeldon 1/9 off 1 & Blake Smith 1/30 off 10). Parkes Colts defeated Cowra Bowling Club by 32 runs.

Draw

Saturday, December 15, all matches are scheduled to commence at 1:30pm.

Point Score - after matches played on December 8.

Parkes Colts 40, Parkes Cambridge 24, Cowra Valleys 22, Cowra Bowling Club 10 and Canowindra 0.

Health benefits of cricket

Although there is some standing around, to play cricket you need to be fit and strong, and have good hand-eye coordination and ball-handling skills.

Cricket involves sprinting between wickets and running to stop balls, as well as bowling and throwing.

Health benefits include:

As well as physical health benefits, cricket can also bring other benefits and opportunities such as:

Why not join the fun, find out more by visiting www.facebook.com/pg/ParkesDistrictCricketAssociation  or www.parkesdjca.nsw.cricket.com.au.

This is a two day program and the cost of $120 covers both days.

The holiday program provides players with the opportunity to continue developing their skills. 

Visit www.centralwestcricket.com/book-online/january-holiday-program-parkes.