Division 2 Chris Stait on 145 and Susie Holman on 149. Individual winner on Wednesday sponsored by Parkes Pharmacy was Chris Stait. Vouchers went to Dale Matthews, Susie Holman, Kaye Jones, Frankie Cock.

NTPs on the first was Chris Stait, fourth Kaye Inglis, 6th Dale Matthews, 11th Susie Holman and the 15th was Susie Holman.

Lone Pine Contracting Award went to Pattie Christie.Saturdays individual winner was Patsie Christie with a lovely 68 nett. Vouchers went to Kaye Jones, Jenny Hoy, Frankie Cock, Col Flynn, Chris Stait and Dale Matthews.

All our individual daily winners receive vouchers sponsored by Dunfords Pharmacy for the total of the four rounds. A big thank you once again to all our sponsors, you are all greatly appreciated.

NTPs Saturday on the first was Kaye Inglis, fourth Frankie Cock, sixth Kaye Jones, 11th Patsie Christie and the 15th Lyn Davison. The Flynny Award went to Col Staples.

Our sponsors for our NTPS are Macquarie Alarms and Security, Railway Hotel, Dunfords Pharmacy, Parkes Services Club, Brian Collins Smash Repairs and Parkes Caravans, Denise Charlton, Cath Kelly, Parkes Pharmacy, Telescope Tyres, Ben Gear Pro Shop and Lizzie Matthews.

Thank you all. Don't forget Leonie Stevenson's Pink DayTrophy day October 26. A great fun day and don't forget to don your best pink outfit. Cheers everyone and good luck in the final 2 rounds of the Championships. Reminder mixed foursomes this Sunday, let pro shop or match committee know if you want a partner.

On Thursday 24 bowlers turned up to play six games of pairs;

On rink one: Bob Freeman and John Watson 16 were defeated in a tight game by Colin Miller and Bruce Deland 17 Bruce and Colin got out well from the gates but were reeled back in before coming back with a four on the last to just scrape in.

On rink two: In a battle of some of our most consistent performers Ted Wright and Col Hayward played a neck and neck game against the ever consistent lead Rob Irving and Skip Tom Furey.

On the 13th end the scores were tight at 13-12 but Colin and Ted put in a more consistent performance in the end to run out 21-17 winners.

On rink three: Gordon Dickson and Guy Ellery 24 put in a dominant performance against Mal Porter and Geoff Freeman 14.

On the third end Mal and Geoff gave the other pair a big scare by scoring a seven. This stirred Guy and Gordon into action to win 12 out of the 16 remaining ends to win easily.

On rink four: Ron Hornery and Gary McPhee prevailed over John Carr and Col Mudie 28-12. Ron and Gary gave away a four on the 10th end when they were 15 shots to zero up.

But got the four back on the 16th end to run out comfortable winners.

On rink five: Les Kent and Rob Tinker put in one of the most impressive wins lately with a convincing 31 to 19 shots win against back from vacation Col Woods and the evergreen and usually consistent player, John Ward. Col and John struggled in this game and only scored on eight of the 21 ends whilst Les and Rob played very well.

On rink six: One of the most consistent and experienced leads in the club Graeme Barby and skip Warren Bevan had a 10 shot win over Martin Tighe and Steve Ryan.

Marty and Steve scored on the first two ends before entering into their own drought and not scoring again until the 6th and then the12th end. At that stage Graeme and Warren put the foot down to run out 24 to 14 winners.

On Saturday the minor pairs final was played; unfortunately rain delayed this game but Rob Irving and Steve Ryan prevailed in a marathon which finished at approximately 6.15pm by outlasting Greg Townsend and Gary McPhee in a thriller.

Both Steve and Rob played well in the early stages to have a dominant 7-0 lead before one of those rare rainfalls came down and play was delayed for an hour.

Upon re-commencement of the game Greg and Gary struggled to keep touch for a few ends with the altered green condition but began to perform and chip away when on the 18th end the scores were tied at 16 all. On the 19th and 20th Rob and Steve scored a 1 each end to go to 18-16.

On the final end Gary needed to move the jack back to Greg's back bowls to have any chance. Gary struck the jack but in the process one of Steve's bowls was also moved back to give Greg and Gary only one shot instead of the required three.

The end result was an 18-17 win to Rob and Steve on the 21st end. This win gives Steve Ryan the minor singles and minor pairs titles for 2019.

An outstanding achievement for a player who has shown plenty of talent and sportsmanship in the process. Congratulations Steve and also a great leads game by Rob in the minor pairs.

Social bowls was called off after 6 ends owing to the rain.

On Sunday a semi final of the Major Singles was played with Rob Irving, Guy Ellery and Gary McPhee up against Garry Went, Tom Casey and Mick Went. In a game where the match and shot making experience of Mick Went prevailed Gary and his team were always trailing.

In the end Mick's team run out winners 24-16. Good luck in the final fellas.

Gary McPhee

Parkes continued its recent good run against Forbes in the twin-towns veterans golf competition when it won its third successive Mick Miller shield points score at the Parkes course last Thursday.

Thirty-one players - 16 Parkes and 15 Forbes - contested the 12-hole event with Parkes claiming the shield 149 points to 136. John Dwyer (Parkes) won the event with 27 points to edge out Ted Morgan (Forbes) who carded 26 points.

Nearest the pins proved difficult with no player hitting the putting surface for one at the 11th hole, while the Parkes pair of Sunna Bell and Rod Luyt took the A and B grade honours respectively on the fourth hole. This Thursday the 18-hole Lachlan Valley veterans competition continues at Condobolin with a 10am start.

A bus will leave the club at 8am and names should be registered on the form on the noticeboard outside the pro shop. Forbes will stage the next twin-town event on October 24. Start time is 1pm.

Results from last week

Top Flights defeated The Wolves 5-2 with players player going to Keith Rogan for Top Flights and Paul Lucas for The Wolves. High scores were Hans Christensen 174, 140, 3x 100. Keith Rogan 140. Dave Rogan 4x 100. Mick Herft 2x 100. Josh Townsend 2x 140, 125, 121, 120, 2x 100. Paul Lucas 125, 105, 100.

Pluggas defeated Budgies 5-2 with players player going to Michael Dunn for Pluggas and Brett Jones for Budgies. High scores were Darrell Bailey 2x 140. Michael Dunn 108, 100. Gary Barber 102 Brett Jones 102. Jake Tonkin 100.

Twist Tops defeated Strikers 4-3 with players player going to Scott Jacka for Twist Tops and Peta Barnes for Strikers. High scores were Paul Roberts 128. Frank Van Opynen 108. Joe Van Opynen 140, 3x 100.

This Wednesdays draw:

A grade: Top Flights (first) versus Pluggas (second) at TBC. The Wolves (third) versus Warriors at Parkes Hotel

B grade: Budgies (fifth) versus Twist Tops (sixth) at Star Hotel. Strikers (seventh) have the bye.

Good luck to all teams. If unsure if your players qualify for finals contact Leah and she will let you know.

Leah Roberts

Welcome to the 2019 season on junior touch footy. Thanks to all the players and parents/supporters for again choosing to play. All of our games this season will be played at Harrison Park soccer fields.

Could all available referees report to control by 5.15pm so that games can be allocated.

5.30pm

6.10pm

6.50pm

David Cooper