Social Bowls Thursday, September 19

It was good to see both greens full to capacity with our Ladies Bowls Club hosting the Taber Shield competition with teams from far and wide playing. The Men's bowls club would like to congratulate the Central West side (which included members from our Club) on winning the competition on the day.

The Men's club we still managed to get four games of Pairs and one game of Triples played with some close results.

The team of John Davies and Graham Barby got off to a great start in their match against Steve Ryan and Ray Jones. After three ends John and Graham lead 7-0 and still held the lead 9-6 on the tenth end. On the eleventh end they scored six shots but then conceded five shots on the next end. By the sixteenth end they had a lead of 20- 12 but Steve and Ray fought back winning four of the last five ends but John and Graham held on to win the match 22-20.

In another close game Wally Grant and Bob Freeman came up against Bernie Mitchell and Tony Byrne. Things were very even and with four ends to play the scores were tied, 14 all. However, Wally and Bob found form and won all of the last four ends to run out winners 19-14.

Other results were:

General: The badge draw was not won last week and will be worth $3600 this week. As usual, it will be drawn on Friday night sometime after 8pm when the raffle is finished. Being the last Friday of the Month the raffle will offer 30 prizes of meat trays, fruit trays and petrol vouchers

Hope to see you at the club for the chance to enjoy a great Pub style meal, win a prize in the raffle and (if you are a Member) have a chance to take home the Badge Draw jackpot.

The Rookie

Ladies Golf Results: Last Wednesday we played an 18 hole Stableford event for the Leone Thompson Trophy. Thank you to our sponsors you are all greatly appreciated. Trophy winner on 35 points was Kaye Jones.

Vouchers went to Chris Stait on 34 points, Barb Donnelly on 33 points and Lesley Fisher on 32 points. NTP'S on the first was Chris Stait, the fourth Jenny Hoy, the sixth Col Flynn, the 11th Jill Crisp and the 15th Chris Stait.

The Lone Pine Contracting Award went to Col Flynn. Congratulations to Lesley on her game in Cowra which gave her runner up in her division of the Spoon Event.

Our sponsors for our NTP's on Wednesday's are Macquarie Alarms and Security, Railway Hotel, Dunfords Pharmacy, Parkes Services Club, and Brian Collins Smash Repairs and Parkes Caravans. No golf was played by our ladies on Saturday due to weather. That's all for this week. Good golfing ladies.

Vincent Kelly

Parkes veterans had a successful trip to Grenfell last week when they were the leading team for the monthly 18-holes Lachlan Valley event. Parkes scored 114 points to win the Geoff Coles/Mick Millers teams section, scoring comfortably from West Wyalong (104 points) and Forbes (103).

It was a good day for Parkes with John O'Shannesy and Nym Dziuba quinellaing the B grade section with scores of 42 and 39 points respectively.

Rob Lea added another scalp for Parkes when he was nearest the pin on the 9th hole in B grade. The A grade was won by Peter Haworth (37 points) who had one point to spare from Jeff Haley. This week the Parkes/Forbes weekly 12-hole competition returns to Parkes Golf Club on Thursday. Hit-off is at 1pm.

Last weeks results: Top Flights defeated Budgies 6-1 with players player going to Keith Rogan for Top Flights and Simon Scott for Budgies. High scores were Mick Herft 132. Keith Rogan 123, 3x 100. Dave Rogan 121, 3x 100. Belinda Boardman 100. Brett Jones 100. Simon Scott 100.

Warriors defeated Strikers 4-3 with players player going to Ray James Jnr for Warriors and Joe Van Opynen for Strikers. High scores were Ray James Jnr 140, 100. Dale Davis 104. Joe Van Opynen 2x 140, 125, 3x 100. Tahlia Van Opynen 102.

Wolves defeated Twist Tops 5-2 with players player going to Josh Townsend for Wolves and Bob Green for Twist Tops. High scores were Josh Townsend 180, 3x 140, 3x 100. Paul Lucas 105, 100. Scott Jacka 116. Frank Van Opynen 116.

This Wednesdays draw

Leah Roberts

What a great first week for netball, awesome work to all the teams that played it was great to see so many people there on Tuesday.

Just a reminder to all teams to ensure you are at the courts with enough time to get your team organized and on the court on time. We need to ensure games start on time, so the bell will ring even if players are not on the court. All teams are to ensure that there are only 3 male team members on the court at any given time. One in GD or GK, one in GA or GS and one anywhere else.

Can all umpires please ensure they sign the scorecard, and if you are replacing an umpire please cross off their name and write your name on the sheet. Players also need to sign the scorecard each week.

We still have a number of players who are not registered. Anyone who's name is highlighted on the scorecard means they haven't registered and will not be able to take the court. If you have any troubles with registrations please let us know so we can help.

Results round 1:

Mixed A grade:

Mixed B grade:

Mixed C grade:

Ladies:

Tuesday, September 24

Mixed A grade Court 1:

Mixed B grade Court 3:

Court 5:

Mixed C grade Court 4:

Ladies Court 8:

Angie Perry

Racing from Colin Hodges.For over a century the Ryan family have been involved in racing at Bathurst, both before and since the opening of the new track in the 1950's at Tyers Park.Don Ryan who is still a trainer at Bathurst was an apprentice jockey with his father Frank Ryan who trained at the old track at Eglinton and prepared very good gallopers including Pan Star ( sired by dual Melbourne Cup winner Peter Pan ) and the 1948 Coonamble Cup winner Glentat.

"As an apprentice you had to ride pretty well as you were competing against wonderful horsemen such as " Matey " Molloy, Ned Dougherty, Arthur Seymour, Mervyn Seymour, and " Banjo " Bell, " recalls Don Ryan."

Another great jockey who had just retired from race riding before I started was Ossie Cahill, the father of present day jockeys Michael Cahill and Mathew Cahill ", Don added.First winner for Don Ryan was at Cowra on Easter Monday 1951 on Gold Fort trained at Newbridge by Clarry Davis.Gold Fort won 4 straight and another good horse ridden to wins by Don Ryan was Rata Lad trained by Dave Jenkins at Bathurst.Two years in to his apprenticeship Don was seriously injured in a fall at Molong races which ended his jockey career and later he became both a racecaller and a trainer.

For over ten years the talented Don Ryan called the races at Bathurst, Orange, Cowra, Mudgee, Gulgong and several other tracks.

As a trainer , Don Ryan won his first Bathurst Cup in 1966 with Ecrates, ridden by Sammy Mezzasalma.

Ecrates winner of 14 races and beaten a nose at Randwick by the Neville Begg trained Rue Nought, was owned by Hartley Williams the father of Gowan Williams the well known racing statistician and long time publisher with his late wife of the popular Aimer Racing Weekly.

Don Ryan regards Ecrates As the best horse he has trained and for many years the Ecrates Cup donated by Gowan Williams was raced for at Bathurst.

In year 2000 the well named Wide And Blue ( by Yonder ), ridden by Mathew Cahill, became the second Bathurst Cup winner for Don Ryan, when winning by over two lengths from Trust No One and Magic Fun.

A steady stream of outstanding gallopers have since been prepared at the well appointed Ryan stables close to Bathurst racecourse including Warwick Farm winner Amourous.

Now retired as a broodmare, Amourous produced the following Ryan trained offspring, So Generous ( dual Canterbury winner ), Our Canny Boy ( winner of five of first six starts and second at Randwick ), Somebody ( multiple winner and second in a Highway in Sydney ), Kindness ( in a restricted class race at Dubbo defeated Shiraz a subsequent Group 3 winner in Sydney and Melbourne ) and Happiest ( Cowra winner ).

Other good performers from the Ryan stable have included, Annecy, Ave and Harrietta.Don Ryan married Diane Windsor who grew up on a dairy farm at picturesque Evans Plains outside Bathurst and members of the Windsor family still operate the dairy which is one of the last remaining in the region.Don and Diane have five children, Bernard, Stephen.

Andrew, Catherine And Olivia who all have a keen interest in racing and will be out in force at the Ray White Emms Mooney Bathurst Cup meeting on Sunday.

Bernard who worked for ten years at the Australian Jockey Club ( AJC ) is presently a Director on the Bathurst Thoroughbred Racing Board and is a Partner in the Ray White Real Estate Agency at Neutral Bay.

Stephen Ryan, the Senior Partner in Edney Ryan Chartered Accountants at Mosman, looks after the racehorse breeding and racing management side of the Ryan Bloodstock operation at Bathurst.

In 2016 a trainer partnership was established between Don Ryan and his son Andrew Ryan who had experience as a jockey but only briefly , with a handful of rides at Orange and Bathurst Picnic meetings.

Andrew Ryan is a very good horseman and the partnership with his father has proved most successful.

The Ryan family have great respect and admiration both as a jockey and as a person for Eleanor Webster-Hawes who regularly travels from Cowra to ride trackwork at Bathurst and most of the Ryan horses in races.

There was much excitement among the Ryan family when Eleanor Webster-Hawes recently rode her first Sydney winner, Worldly Pleasure, trained at Bathurst by Dean Mirfin and owned locally by the Deal family and friends.

Apart from the 1800 metres Ray White Emms Mooney Showcase Bathurst Cup on Sunday a new race will also feature for the sprinters, the $40,000 The Panorama over 1300 metres.

Colin Hodges