Railway Bowls
Hello bowlers, Thursday night bowls power pairs results, Peter Job, Lea Tanks and Trish Allen versus John Chew, Dave Law and Rose Howlett with Peter winning 7/4 and 12/7 Geoff Leonard, Graham Thomson and Greg Phillips versus Dave and Maria Willcockson, Lisa Johnston, Geoff winning 18/3 and 13/6.
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Mick Furney, Ray Griffith and Tony Bright versus Tony Latter, Pig Phillips and John Monti, Mick winning 14/3 and 12/7.
Points are Mick Furney four, Peter Job two, Geoff Leonard 2.5, Tony Latter 1.5, Col Hornery two and Dave Willcockson 0.
Due to the champagne triples played on Saturday and Sunday there wasn't any social played. After five rounds there was 4/ 5 game winners.
Winners were Gary Carberry, Mick (have you seen my wallet) Went and Geoff Leonard.
Second place to Peter Job, Lea Tanks and Pav Cross, third to Andrew Reynolds, Steve Read and Baden Powell. Fourth to Tony Peisley, Graham Turner and Matt Mcgrath.
Great weekend of bowls with our major sponsors the Parkes Services club and Tooheys thank you very much .
Wednesday social bowls with 14 bowlers.
Winners Graham Turner and Allan Curteis W17+22 and runner up was Steve Clegg, John Keogh and Allan Affleck W16+5.
Stefans haircut went to John Keogh , margins were 5,13, and 22 with marble 24 out so next weeks jackpot will be $142.
Great news the North Parkes mines ,Parkes shire council sports grant has awarded us $6000 towards buying a new mower to replace our ageing mower.
We thank them very much for supporting the community Friday night happy hour 4.30pm to 6.30pm, raffles, members draw $300and the jackpot will be going off as its down to the last card is $2700.
Mick Furney
Ladies Bowls
Pink Day raised just over $1000 for the McGrath Foundation!
A wonderful day of bowls was enjoyed by 14 teams all dressed in pink thoroughly in the spirit of the day.
Pink wigs, pink shoes pink shirts and all manner of outfits on display.
Teams came from West Wyalong, Forbes, Condobolin, Orange City Newstead Club and places in between.
A very generous amount of money was raised on the day in the fight against Breast Cancer.
The lucky winner in the Raffle was Betsy Johnstone winning a "money tree", second prize won by Chris Curteis, and third by Audrey Jones.
The two $100 club saw ten happy winners. Various other prizes for best dressed and most thoughtful outfit also received prizes.
President Merilyn thanked everyone who helped in the organising and helped on the day.
Many hands make light work is very, very true.
A big Thank You to all who attended.
We all look forward to the next "Pink Day" next year.
In the Minor Singles Maureen Miller defeated Lorraine Baker in a very close game.
Maureen will now play the winner between Lea Orr and Jan McPhee.
Nominations for Minor Pairs are open.
To play social bowls please ring Table Selectors Jan McPhee and Marja Iffland. Social Audrey Jones.
Rosemary Mitchell
Parkes SSAA Smallbore
Last weekend we saw nine shooters attended the Deep Lead shooting complex. They shot at ordinary targets at both 25 and 50 meters for a maximum of 500 points.
Target Rifles
- John Davis 250, 245, 495
- Brian Drabsch 247, 247, 494
- Jeff Charlton 245, 242, 487
- Terry Townsend 239, 219, 458
Field Rifles
- Ron Cunningham 238, 245, 483
- Steve Westcott 243, 239, 482
- John Smeaton 244, 231, 475
- John Maddison 238, 239, 474
One shot for practice only. We were given a new type of bullet with a pink projectile to try at 25 meters and all but two returned them with only a few uses.
Others try to get them to group without any success. We won't be buying or using them in the future and the scores at 25 meters reflect just why.
Our next shoot is at 10am Sunday, November 6 and will be an animal target at both ranges.
Brian Drabsch
Bridge
A huge score of 75 per cent was made by Tuesday, October 22 winners -Val Boyd and Kevin Robinson.
Wow!! Jenny Freeman and Jill Peterson came second with 63 and Joan Reilly and Greig Ball had 56 for third place.
On Thursday, October 24 the north south winners were Bev Laing andIsabel Orange 59.64.
Peter Quin and Rosemary Morris were second with 57.50 followed by Jenny Freeman and Anne Berkeley 51.43.
For east westRobyn Sheridan and Wendy Andrews topped with 65 per cent.
Kevin Robinson and Peter Dearden were second with 63.33 followed by Gary Somers and Greig Ball 55.
Equal winners on Monday night were Steve and Rosemary Morris and Gary Somers and Kevin Robinson all with 57 per cent.
Third place was taken out by Bev Laing and Anne Berkeley with 53.Tuesday's winners were Bev Laing and Val Boyd with a high 69.79 percent.
Jenny Freeman and Joan Reilly came second with 62.50 followed byBeth Symington and Barbara Magill on 50 per cent.
Jenny Freeman
Sports for improved spirits
The government is urging sporting clubs wanting to improve mental health and wellbeing in drought-stricken areas to contact their state body and encourage them to apply for a share of a new $1.2 million Mental Health Sports Fund.
The Fund was launched off the back of the highly successful 2018 "Baggy Blues" regional Cricket tour- which harnessed a love of cricket in rural communities to have conversations of the importance of mental health.
The Baggy Blues will tour new locations next year, starting in Inverell in January and Tamworth in February.
Sport is a great way to unwind, to get out of the house and catch up with your mates. Our sporting clubs and organisations have strong ties with the Dubbo electorate, and they act as a point of focus for families, friends and neighbours
That's why the NSW Government have launched this fund, to create an opportunity for sports organisations to support the drought effort and help build resilience.
Mental Health Minister Bronnie Taylor said sporting clubs are the heart of our rural communities and this fund will assist NSW sporting bodies to work with local clubs to deliver mental health and wellbeing initiatives which suit the needs of local people.
"We are hoping a diverse range of sporting codes will apply to promote mental health, and start important conversations in regional areas battling this tough drought," Mrs Taylor said.
For further information and how to apply please visit the Office of Sport NSW website: https://sport.nsw.gov.au/clubs/grants/Mental-Health-Sports-Fund
Anyone requiring drought assistance is encouraged to visit the NSW DroughtHub website: www.droughthub.nsw.gov.au
Dugald Saunders