Good news to report this week from our Pennant's teams. The 2's were away to Dubbo Railway Club. The home team were too good on two of the rinks with Mark Dwyer's team losing 18-31 and Mike Went's side going down in a very close game, 19-21. However Brett Frame's team had a great win, 27-8, giving a win on aggregate 64-60 and the points 8 - 2.

The 5's were at home to Cowra and won two of the three rinks and the aggregate score, 66-47 to take the points 9-1.

With Graham Barby playing some great bowls, Col Hayward's side won their rink 26-9. Gary McPhee's team won 21-17 and Brian Hampton's team were leading 19-18 but conceded three shots on the last end to go down 19-21.

Two great results and the 7's had a bye so a good weekend without a defeat. Congratulations to all the players involved.

Club Championships

Major Singles, Saturday, March four matches were played. Col Hayward started well and after four ends was leading Gary McPhee 5-1. After fourteen ends Gary had a slender lead, 11-10 and in a close match went on to win 31-23 after thirty-two ends.

In his match against Col Mudie, Ray Jones had the better of the early ends to lead 5-1. It wasn't until the tenth end that Col took the lead 9-7 but Ray regained the lead, 12-9 after twelve ends. From there on, Ray was never headed and after thirty-one ends claimed victory 31-23.

The match between Tom Furey and Tom Casey turned out to be a marathon. Tom Furey won the first four ends to lead 6-0 and it wasn't until the thirteenth end that Tom Casey had the lead for the first time, 10-8. After twenty-one ends Tom Furey regained the lead 18-14 and it wasn't until the thirty-first end that Tom Casey went ahead 25-24. From there on Tom Casey held the lead and ran out the winner after thirty-eight ends, 31-26.

Steve Turner won the first end of his match against Arthur Corbett and held the lead through-out the match winning 32-11 after twenty-eight ends.

Major Pairs, in a very close match, John Ward and John Carr lost the first end to Mark Dwyer and Peter McPhee but took the lead on the second end, 2-1, and though Mark and Peter put up a great fight, the two Johns held on to the lead and ran out winners 21-17.

Social bowls on Thursday, March 21 had twenty two bowlers contested four games of Pairs and one game of Triples with some pretty wide margins.

In a very close match, Steve "Nimo" Mills and Geoff Freeman were up against Gary McPhee and Ron Hornery. The lead changed hands a number of times and with one end to play Gary and Ron looked like winners with a lead of 18-16 but on the last end "Nimo" and Geoff scored three shots to win the match 19-18.

In other matches: Keith MacRae and Jim Blake were too strong for John Ward and Greg Huggins. Rob Irving and Ray Jones had a good win against John Carr and Arthur Corbett.

Col Hayward and Gordon Dickson had a convincing win against Rob Tinker and George Bradley. John Dunn, Les Kent and Trevor Harvey had a win against Col Woods, John Watson and Bob Freeman.

On Saturday, March 23 with five Championship matches being played, two games of Triples filled the green on Saturday.

Ron Hornery, Brian Townsend and Jim Blake were too good for Geoff Freeman, Ian Simpson and Bob Freeman, winning 21-14.

Rob Irving, John Dunn and Gordon Dickson also had a win against Keith MacRae, Greg Huggins and Col Woods, 23-15. The Lucky Rink Jackpot wasn't won and carries over to next week.

Twilight Bowls had ten teams again turned out for what was a great night of Bowls.

Casey Surveying continued its good form from last week but only just held on against J&CK. Casey Surveying were leading 12-7 but on the last end J&CK could only manage to win four shots giving Casey surveying the match12-11.

We Wreck 'em 'N' We Fix 'em were leading Rebelle 10-8 but on the last two ends Rebelle scored five shots to win 13-10.

In other matches: Central West Glass defeated High Rollers 13-7. Three Amigos were too good for Bowl Bros. winning 14-8. Loopy Loppers had a good win against Golden Girls.

Thanks again to Tom Furey, Bob Riseborough and their helpers for organising the night and the supper.

Badge Draw, was won last week and will be worth $1000 this week. As usual, it will be drawn on Friday night sometime after 8pm when the raffle is finished.

The Rookie

Singles played, Maria Willcockson defeated Shirley Bishop in a very close match. Lea Tanks defeated Janice Robinson in a tight game until the closing ends.

Good bowling ladies. Matches to be played by March 31 P.Currey versus T.Dixon, S.Teague versus J.Stronach.

Club pairs and triples are open and entries close on April 10. CWD pairs entries close April 18. Venue for these is Forbes on May 13-15.

Seventy-one veteran golfers from the associated clubs travelled to Forbes last Thursday for the continuation of the Lachlan Valley 18 Holes Veteran Competition.

This was preceded by the Annual General Meeting of the Association. The old team of Peter Barnes (Forbes) as chairperson, Robert Lea (Parkes), as vice chairperson, Beryl Roberts (Forbes) as secretary, and Jeff Haley (Forbes) as captain, was returned for another year.

This is a good indication of the satisfaction in their efforts to keep the ship on a good course.

Two major decisions taken during the meeting were, that the Association would run a combined "Week of Golf".

The majority of the associated clubs support this motion but it must be ratified by the Association of NSW and that all clubs could decide on the cost of the day, to ensure that the coordinating club does not run the day at a loss. Now back to the golf.

The winner in A Grade was D. Thomas followed home by Ken Sanderson, in B Grade, J. Clyburn and P. Barnes and in C Grade, B. Clarke and G. Drane. Jeff Haley, D. Thomas and J Clyburn qualified for the NSW Veteran's medal.

Nearest the pin winners were, S. Kirkman, and G. Moncrieff. The points for the Coles/Miller Shield went to Forbes 125, with Condobolin, 113, second and Cowra, third, 112. Parkes finished fourth on 111.

This week we remain at Forbes for the local clash with Parkes and the following week we return to Parkes, when the game commences at 10am.

Mcl

Top Flights defeated Strikers 5-2 with players going to Rhonda Rogan for Top Flights and Teona Wakefield for Strikers. High scores were Dave Rogan 2x 140, 3x 100. Keith Rogan 134, 3x 100. Rhonda Rogan 128. Teona Wakefield 115, 100. Joe Van Opynen 112, 3x 100. Kathy Madden 100.

Budgies defeated Twist Tops 4-3 with players player going to Belinda Boardman for Budgies and Steve Parker for Twist Tops. High scores were Simon Scott 105. Jake Tonkin 101, 2x 100.

Pluggas defeated The Wolves 7-0 with players player going Leah Roberts for Pluggas and Dale Davis for The Wolves. High scores were Michael Dunn 140, 105, 100. Darrell Bailey 140, 125, 2x 100. Gary Barber 100. Dimity Bishop 108. Paul Lucas 105, 100. Dale Davis 2x 100.

This Wednesday draw:

Budgies versus Top Flights at Star Hotel

Twist Tops versus Pluggas at TBC

Strikers versus The Wolves at Parkes Hotel

Leah Roberts

Week three is done and dusted and it's great to see all the teams improving and having fun. Just a reminder that if you have not paid your registration fees by now you will not be able to take the court this week. If you are having issues please do not hesitate to contact us. Please remember that if you cannot umpire as indicated, it is your responsibility to find a replacement.

Round 3 Results:

Mixed:

Parkes Cellars 32 defeated Bron's Babes 30

Platelets 17 defeated The Loose Screws 12

Ladies:

Drama Llamas defeated Drama Queens forfeit

U15s/17 Reps 30 defeated u14s Reps 17

PHS Teachers 22 defeated The Railway Hotel 12

Round 4 - Tuesday, March 26

Mixed:

6pm Court 1: Platelets versus Bron's Babes (Umpires: Lisa Nutley and Jack McGrath)

7pm Court 1: The Loose Screws versus Parkes Cellars (Umpires: Cath Ryan and Carl ten Cate)

Ladies:

6pm Court 3: u14s Reps versus Drama Queens (Umpires: Paris Neville and Ally Bush)

6pm Court 5: Drama Llamas versus PHS Teachers (Umpires: Tania Fryer and Carolyn Magill)

7pm Court 3: u15s/17s Reps versus The Railway Hotel (Umpires: PHS Teachers x 2)

Lisa Nutley

This was the race Justin Stanley wanted to win, the 2019 Trangie Gold Cup, at the same track and in the corresponding race five years ago, when his successful jockey career came to an abrupt end.

Fallon Street won the 2014 Cup but a few strides past the post went amiss and the injuries suffered by Stanley in the fall resulted in it being his last ride in a race.

Fortunately, he has become a successful trainer, firstly at Dubbo and now at Narromine , with highlights including wins with Something Borrowed and Good Host in Western Racing Association Qualifiers for the Country Championship Finals at Royal Randwick.

Back at Trangie on Saturday the Stanley stable was represented by the ten year old gelding Wollartant in the 1400 metres Three Rivers Machinery Trangie Gold Cup.

Well ridden by Bathurst based apprentice Ashleigh Stanley, the gallant Wollartant (2.50 favourite ) beat Rehanaat (Tiffany Jeffries, $3 ) by a head with over twelve lengths to third placed Rusty Motorbike ( Stephane Joseph, $8 ).

Wollartant has won the Bedgerabong Picnic Cup, a TAB race at Wellington and finished fourth in the Gilgandra Cup. Justin Stanley, Incision ( Jake Pracey-Holmes, $3 fav ) led all the way to win the Benchmark 50 Handicap ( 800 metres ) from Decades ( Andrew Banks, $17) and Divine Design ( Tony Cavallo, $5 )

The other 800 metres race, a Maiden Handicap, saw debut maker Altessdain ( Jake Pracey-Holmes-Holmes, $2.50 fav.) leading from the outset to score by two lengths from Carnegie's Monaco ( Tony Cavallo, $5 ) and Have'nt We All ( Kacie Chater, $13 ).

Former rugby league star Terry Fahey, now a trainer at Narromine, won the Maiden Plate ( 1200 metres ) with Nemo Dat. Headed in the straight by Rebellion ( Tiffany Jeffries,$11 ),Nemo Dat ( Tony Cavallo, $3.20 ) came again to win by a half neck with Mel Bea ( Ashleigh Stanley, $4.60 ) finishing third.

Formerly from Mauritius and now apprenticed to Rodney Robb at Nyngan, Stephane Joseph won the Benchmark 50 Handicap ( 1200 metres ) on Blue Channel for Robb and the owner-breeder John Smith from Gilgandra.

Blue Channel gained control to win by a length from the fast finishing Getting Ready ( Kacie Chater, $8 ) and one of the joint leaders, Coroglen ( Andrew Banks, $8 ).

Andrew Banks drove the Roy McCabe, Bathurst trained Gaze Beyond ( $3 ) to beat Infinite Advantage ( Jake Pracey-Holmes-Holmes, $7 ) and Fasfer ( Tiffany Jeffries, $4.60 ) in the 1300 metres Class 1 Handicap.

Colin Hodges