The Finals of the Minor Singles and Minor Pairs got underway on Saturday, June 1.

In the Minor Singles Gary McPhee was too good for Bob Freeman.

Steve Ryan and Rob Irving came up against Les Kent and John Watson in the Minor Pairs.

Steve and Rob started well and lead 7-1 after seven ends but Les and John won two of the next three ends, scoring seven shots to one, to level the scores eight all.

After sixteen ends the scores were still fairly close and Steve and Rob lead 16-13. Over the last five ends Steve and Rob took control of the match and ran out winners 22-13.

Social Bowls

Thursday, May 30

With the start of winter only two days away the overcast skies and blustery winds kept a lot of bowlers at home in front of the fires but sixteen brave souls turned out to play four games of Pairs.

Results were as follows:

The Lucky Rink winner was Rink 3 and Les Kent, Col Miller, Gordon Dickson and Greg Huggins shared the $160 Jackpot.

Saturday, June 1

The weather was a little kinder than on Thursday and we had twenty bowlers joining the six players involved in the Club Championships.

Results of the five Pairs matches were:

The Lucky Rink Jackpot wasn't won and carries over to next week.

Coming Event

The annual Classic Pairs Tournament will be played on the weekend of June 22/23 and nominations (which will close on Thursday, June 20), can be made at the club in person or by phone on 6862 1446.

The Major sponsor will again be Casey Surveying (Design, Land and Engineering Surveyors) and Parkes Courier Service will again be Co-Sponsor.

Total prize money is $3000 and will include First to fifth place, three mystery draw prizes of $100 each and a $200 prize for the best card on Sunday.

Play will start at 8.45am each morning and on Saturday will consist of three games of 13 ends and on Sunday, two games of 13 ends.

Entry fee is $100 per team and includes lunch on both days.

The capacity of the greens means we are limited to twenty-eight teams so get in early with your entries which will close on Thursday, June 20.

Powered Caravan sites are available at the Club.

Badge Draw

The badge draw was not won last week and will be worth $1900 this week. As usual, it will be drawn on Friday night sometime after 8.00 when the raffle is finished.

Hope to see you at the club for the chance to enjoy a great Pub style meal, win cash, a meat tray or voucher and (if you are a Member) have a chance to take home the Badge Draw jackpot.

The Rookie

The weather won the day as only twenty-one stalwarts played at Forbes last Thursday.

The gauge may have said that it was not so cold and the sun did appear occasionally, but the wind went through you at a minus degree.

This was tempered by a warm fire and a hot sandwich after the game! The winner on the day was Alex McKinnon (Fbs) on 26 points.

Alf Davies (Fbs) came home second on the count-back from captain Peter Barnes and old faithful, Tom Edols, both from Forbes, all on 25 points. Gary Pymont won the encouragement award.

Nearest the pin winners were Roy Bell and Rod Luyt. The Mick Miller Shield points were easily won by Forbes, 149 to 121.

This week we play in slightly warmer weather at Parkes. Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Parkes Annual General Meeting has been postponed until July 11.

The Lachlan Valley 18 Holes Competition will take place at Parkes on Thursday, June 20.

Mcl

A grade

Pluggas have defeated Budgies 4-3 to secure their spot in the A-grade grand final on June 12 at TBC. Players player for Pluggas was Leah Roberts and Jed Whiteman for Budgies. High scores were Darrell Bailey 121, 4x 100. Michael Dunn 121. Leah Roberts 100. Jed Whiteman 105. Brett Jones 100.

B grade

Strikers will see themselves come up against the Wolves in the B-grade grand on June 12 at Parkes Hotel, after defeating Twist Tops 4-1. Players player for Strikers was Teona Wakefield and Rob Clegg for Twist Tops. High scores were Joe Van Opynen 3x 140, 135, 120, 106, 3x 100. Paul Roberts 134. Rob Clegg 116, 112, 100.

No darts this week.

Leah Roberts

June 4 Round 12

With just a few weeks to go, we would like to remind everyone including umpires to please sign the scoresheet at the commencement of each game.

If your team has to forfeit or you are unable to umpire and can't find a replacement, please call or text Hayley (0417 265 668) or Kahlia (0400 023 518) as soon as possible, to allow enough time to find a replacement or notify the other team.

Results Round 11

Mixed

Ladies

Tuesday, June 4 Round 12 Draw

Set Up: under15s Parkes Reps

Mixed:

Ladies:

Pack Up: U14s Parkes Reps.

Lisa Nutley

Harness Racing at Peak Hill never lets patrons down and last Sunday afternoon was no exception.

Basked in brilliant sunshine, the day produced great racing and whet the thirst of racegoers for what will be an even better race meeting next Sunday afternoon when the Carnival of Cups rolls into town.

Four qualifying heats of the Jack Honan Memorial were conducted, and the outcome will see a quality field contest next week's $10,000 Final.

But those who attended on Sunday were treated to something special when potential Dubbo star Dazzle Me led throughout to win the final event on the program, the Central West Funerals Pace (1800m).

The Barry Lew trained three-year-old was able to lead with ease and driver Mat Rue rated the New Zealand bred gelding to perfection, allowing him to stroll through the first 1000 metres before clicking it up a few notches, pacing the last mile in 55.9 seconds.

What was more impressive was that Rue had Dazzle Me under a stranglehold all the way to the line and it did appear that he had plenty left in the locker.

Placegetters, Pocket Beauty (Steve Downton) and Big Bill (Amy Rees) tried hard to stick with the winner but it was all in vain.

The win completed a winning double for Rue who had earlier took out the Jack & Josie Collison Memorial, the opening heat of the Honan Series aboard Ichiba Newy.

Rue drove a patient race, coming from a trailing position to overpower Peak Hill trained pacer, Best Beau (John Beeby) which led and fought on well.

Mo Chara (Robert Harris) snuck into third to qualify for the final.

Champion driver Amanda Turnbull was seen at her very best when she led throughout aboard Loyola Trios to win heat two, the Peter Woods and Peak Hill Agriwest Pace.

Just when the gelding appeared to be under siege on the home turn, Turnbull worked her magic and Loyola Trios found another gear to race clear for a slashing win over Smiling Sam and Pacman Hammer.

The Norman Hando Memorial was Heat Three of the series and Dinosaurus Rex came from midfield to win for trainer, driver Graham Betts, defeating Pure Charisma and Lovin Everyday.

The final heat sponsored by Alkane Resources and Clarinda Park Horses turned out to be a walk in the park for four-year-old Bobby Street and his trainer, driver Mark Hewitt.

The gelding started at Winx like odds and done it very comfortably, leading throughout to beat Joanandi and Caesars Falcon.

A ten out of ten drive from Spring Hill horseman, Kel Winnell aided Llanfair Rhiannon to take out the Ron Hoy Memorial.

Winnell sat back in the field until the 400 metre mark and brought the mare home with a well-timed run to race clear and score by almost eight metres.

Pretty in the Outback and The Crom filled the placings.

Next week's race meeting is shaping as one of the best held at Peak Hill with almost $100,000 in stakes up for grabs.

Grey filly Matter Of Factor became the fourth individual winner produced by broodmare Sippa Bubbly when taking out the opening event at Gilgandra on Saturday for Dubbo trainer Clint Lundholm.

Matter Of Factor is a half sister to Sipharderson, a winner at Dubbo on Thursday, Snippety Snip and Joey's Destiny and all four were bred and are raced by David and Heather Ringland from Dubbo.

A two year old, Matter Of Factor ( Tony Cavallo, $7.50 ) raced against older horses and it was a good performance to overhaul Gotta Minute ( Wendy Peel, $1.85 favourite ) to win by threequarters of a length with Calcitro ( Rhiannon Payne, $8 ) third in the 800 metres Kelly and Astill Lawyers Maiden Plate.

Tony Cavallo then combined again with Clint Lundholm to win the Gilgandra Toyota Maiden Handicap (1280 metres ) with So Good To Me ( $3.50 ) which finished best to account for the leader Beau Zariz ( Jake Pracey-Holmes, $3.40 fav.) and Carnegie's Monaco ( Vad Bolozhinskyi, $5 ).

Ken Dunbar who led all the way on California Fox to win a Qualifier for the Country Winter Classic at Dubbo last week was in good form again at Gilgandra with a winning double on Say Madam and Big Surprise.

From the Sonja Sharp stable at Orange, Say Madam ( $4.20 fav.) came from last in a big field to overwhelm Prince Zariz ( Daniel Pitomac, $13 ) and Whispadah ( Daniel Northey, $11 ) in the 1280 metres Royal Hotel Benchmark 58 Handicap.

Placed in a handy position by Ken Dunbar, the Gavin Groth, Gunnedah trained Big Surprise ( $3.30 fav.) arrived in time to win the Geronimo Farm Machinery BM 50 Handicap ( 800 metres ) by a half head from Three Rar ( Jeff Kehoe,$15 ) trained at Menindee by Wayne Marsden.

To the cheering of local punters, the Bruce Parker, Gilgandra trained Zamali ( Vad Bolozhinskyi, $3.20 fav.) swept past the opposition to win the Royal Hotel BM 50 Handicap (1280 metres ) from Northern Conqueror ( Tony Cavallo, $5.50 ) and Al Guns A Dancer ( Jake Pracey-Holmes, $12 ).

Other winners were the Garry Lunn, Dubbo trained Traffic Cop ( Andrew Banks, $1.90 fav.) and Ghetto Boy ( Simone Vella, $3.70 fav.) trained at Cessnock by Dean Jackson.

Racing at Wellington on Thursday followed by Parkes on Saturday and Gulgong on Sunday.

Colin Hodges OAM