With 14 girls registered by the end of the season, this is the most successful Net program that has been held in recent years. It was fantastic to hear that the girls all loved the season, and are looking forward to coming back next year.

This weekend sees the start of the finals for our Division 1 and 2 competitions, and the final weekend for our SetGo competition. There have been  some changes to this non-competitive division this year, with a focus on increasing the skill level of the girls throughout the season. 

This seems to have been successful, with the players getting better each and every week, and their general skills continuing to improve at a much faster rate than previous years. The players and their coaches are to be commended on a fantastic year. 

Parents and carers, please note there will be a small presentation at the conclusion of your games this week, so please allow for a little extra time at end of the day.

Nominations are open for the Kelly Swetland and Rae Medlyn awards for the 2018 year, and will close on August 18. The Kelly Swetland Memorial award is in memory of Kelly Swetland, who was a lover of sport, particularly athletics and netball, and demonstrated the finest qualities of commitment and dedication to sport. This award is open to all junior players who, like Kelly, show commitment and dedication to netball.

The Rae Medlyn memorial award is in memory of Rae Medlyn, who was a strong supporter of netball within the Parkes community. The award is given to a person who has committed their time and has provided an overall significant contribution to the Senior Competition of Parkes Netball. This award is open to anyone who participated and / or assisted in the competition held from March to June 2018. 

Nomination forms are available on the Parkes Netball website, and can be forwarded to correspondence.parkesnetball@gmail.com or dropped in at control on Saturday mornings.  Nominations for both awards close this August 18.

Round 12 Results: Division 1 Eagles 40 defeated Wildcats MVP: Katie Webb and Ally Bush. Galaxy 20 defeated United 11 MVP: Katie Dunford  and Abbey Simpson. Division 2 Eagles 26 defeated Galaxy 9 MVP: Sophie McGrath and Jess Morgan. Wildcats 17 defeated United 1 MVP: Mhairi Wyllie and Lucy Hall.

Draw preliminary finals August 18: Division 1 - 9:30am Court 1 Eagles 1 versus Wildcats 1 (Mel Evans, Julia Dunn). Court 2 Galaxy 1 versus United 1 (Kaity Macdonald, TBA). Division 2 - 10:30am Court 1 Wildcats 2 versus Galaxy 2 (Ally Bush, Kendra Dunn). Court 2 Eagles 2 versus United 2 (Paris Neville, Holly Macgregor). Set Go - 9:30am (with presentation to follow) Court 5 Eagles SetGo versus Galaxy SetGo, Court 6 Wildcats SetGo versus United SetGo.

-by Lisa Nutley

Four games of Triples were played this week with Chris Curteis, Marja Iffland, Rhona Went defeated Jan McPhee, Frances Charlton, Flo Riseborough.

Lea Orr, Valmai Westcott, Merilyn Rodgers tied with Di Howell, Isabel Svendsen, Gwemda Carty. Di Greenhalgh, ChrisCox, Maureen Baillee defeated Ros Taylor, Heather Harvey, Liz Byrne. Lorraine Baker, Audrey Jones, Minnie Riordan defeated Maureen Miller, Kim Evans, Joan Simpson. A successful Trading Table was held and enjoyed by all with happy winners.

The Parkes Classic Triples will be held Saturday and Sunday, August 18-19 and should be a great weekend. Jackies Bowls will be in attendance to stock up on your bowling needs. The Club Championship Fours will open on August 21 and close 12pm September 4, so get your nominations in please. Parkes Showday August 28 no social bowls will be played.

Parkes team of Di Howell, Marja Iffland, Betsy Johnstone enjoyed a wonderful day of bowls and friendship at Manildra this week and were the winners for the day.  Also a lucky winner was Lorraine Baker winning the Money Tree Raffle. A great day was had by all teams. To play social bowls please ring Table Selectors Minnie Riordan and Maureen Miller on 6862 1446 between 9am and 9.30am. Social roster Di Greenhalgh.

-by Rosemary Mitchell

The Club Triples match held at the weekend was a one sided affair with Clive Stibbard Col Boehm & Lee Hetherington defeating Allan Cameron, Kev Wales and Geoff Leonard 31-11 Lees team led from the start to finish with all three bowlers playing good bowls.

Social Bowls on Saturday was won by Ron Murray and Col Hornery 18+12. Runners up were Dawn Parker & Kev Hyndes 17+19 .

On Sunday the Railway boys travelled to the town to have a rematch of Pennants Practice the town was too good winning two matches too one with overall score being 74-52. 

Results of matches Mick Furney Graham Thomson, Ray Griffith and Graham Fleidner won 23-22 Gene Rapp, Geoff Leonard, Steve Frame and Lee Hetherington went down16-20 in the final match Luke Cross, Chad weekes, Ben Mcnaughton and Luke Ramsay went down 13-32.

But a good day was had by all with both clubs getting together on a rather cool day. Bowls Wednesday winners Bill Searle, Allan Curteus and Gene Rapp. Runners up were Nev Currey and Matt Mcgrath.

This Saturday Social Bowls the more bowlers the more prize money  names in by 12.30pm for a 1pm start. Some good events coming up along with our Trivia Night on the August 25 starting at 6pm a sheet is on the board teams of eight $10 per person please support the club and organise a team.

-by Graham Thomson

Sunday, August 12 the Parkes Services Social Golfers played a Stableford Event for Dale Stait' Trophy with Robert Hey supplying the Raffle.

Winner on the day was Richard Wells with 36 points. Runner ups were Phil Smith and Brian Hogan with  35 points on C/B. Ladies Nearest the Pins fourth Margaret Hogan and 11^th Lyn Davison. Men's Nearest the Pins. Must have been too cold for the Boys as the only winner on the day was Brian Hogan who managed to hit the sixth Green.

Lucky Card Draw won by Margaret Hogan. Bunny Award also won by Margaret Hogan to cuddle up to as Brian was in with his Dog. Raffle Winner was Phil Smith with Golf Balls going to Michael Smith and Robert Rea.

Next Week we play a teams event for the Margaret Hogan and Ross Smith Trophies with Len Archer supplying the Raffle. Trip away is fast approaching so start opening your purse strings toward the event. Club Whisper is we have to hand Eggbeaters dancing antics over to Richard Wells.(watch this space). Go the Dragons.

-by Ross Smith

Canteen Duty 12noon - 12.30pm u6s Emus and u9/10s Panthers 12.30pm-1pm u6s Wombats and u8s Mensland 1pm-1.30pm u7s Central West FDC and u7s Parkes SSF 1.30pm–2.30pm Open Ladies Cougars No Ground Control 

-by Sally Morrison

Last weekend we saw eight shooters attend the Deep Lead shooting complex. They shot at ordinary targets at both 25 and 50 meters. It was for a maximum of 500 points.

Target Rifles

Field Rifles: Ron Cunningham 248, 244, 492, John Smeaton 248, 235, 483.

John Pearce 238 for 25 meters only and using open sights only, most use telescopic sights whilst Major Mitchell uses peep sights. Our next shoot is at 10am Sunday, August 19 and will be fox targets at both ranges and these count as a hunting attendance. If you rev on the SSAA to hold a licence you have to attend four times for target and two for hunting.

At the last months shoot, 12 shooters attended the Deep Lead shooting complex and shot in a 80 target day with two events.

Events one: Go target known rise using six auto clay throwers. Brian Drabsch 59, Greg Buckley 58, Clinton Duffy 52, Clinton Hawke 50, Dan Morgan 47, David Wilson 46, C.Leitch 44, David Tanks 43, John Tomlinson 38, and two shots for practice only.

Event two: Twenty target twin rise with one outward and one inwards at the same time. Greg Buckley 19 David Wilson, David Tank and C.Litch 16 each. Brian Drabsch, Clinton Hawke and Dan Morgan 15 each. John Tomlinson 13 and Clinton Duffy 12. Our next shoot is at 1pm Saturday, August 18 and will be the same as above.

-by Brian Drabsch

Central West Cricket Academy will be holding an October holiday program for all abilities both boys and girls for the ages of six to 16 years.

To secure your child’s place, call Michael Bright 0451 971 012 or email michael@centralwestcricket.com Registrations close September 21.

Parkes High School and Forbes High School came together for a game of Rugby League to play for the White Ribbon Cup. The aim of the day is for both communities to unite and shine a light on domestic violence and continue to raise awareness for us all to stand up and speak out against violence against women.

This event is in its second year and has only grown since last years event with over 600 students attending from both Parkes High School and Forbes High school combined.