This Wednesday will be the Doubles Championships at the TBC. It will be mixed, one male and one female. Names and $5 playing fee to be in by 7pm to start at 7:30pm.

There will be a meeting before the doubles at 6:45pm. All names and money for presentation night need to be in so catering can be arranged.

Leah Roberts

Well ladies our year of golf has come to an end. These are the results of our last few rounds. On October 23 we played a Stableford event sponsored by Barb Donnelly. Winner on the day was Sue Smith with 40 points.

Well done Susie. Vouchers went to Lorrainne Maxwell on 38 points, Chris Stait on 37 points on a count-back from Kaye Jones on 37 points.

Nearest the pins went to Jenny Hoy on the first, Lyn Davison on the fourth, Kaye Jones on the sixth, Barb Donnelly on the 11th and Lorrainne Maxwell on the 15th.

Lone pine contracting award went to Col Flynn. Saturday, October 26 we played a stableford event for Pink Day for Breast Cancer sponsored by Leonie Stevenson. Winner on the day was Susie Holman with 35 points. Well done Susie. Vouchers went to Kaye Jones on 34 points, Anita Medcalf on 34 points and Frankie Cock on 33 points.

A big thank you to everyone for supporting the day. Nearest the pins went to Dale Mathews on the first, Anne Berkley on the fourth, Col Flynn on the sixth, Susie Holman on the 11th and Col Flynn on the 15th.

Flynny Award went to Leonie Thompson. Wednesday the 30/10 we played a Stableford event which was sponsored by the Lady Golfers. Winner on the day was Cath Kelly on 34 points. Vouchers went to Chris Stait on 33 points, Barb Donnelly on 32 points on a count back to Ann Berkeley on 33 points.

Nearest the pins went to Susie Holman on the first, Chris Stait on the fourth, Kaye Jones on the sixth Susie Holman on the 11th and Barb Donnelly on the 15th.

Lone pine contracting award went to Susie Holman. Wednesday 6/10 we played an American Foursomes and the winners were Kaye Jones and Anne Berkeley on 77 nett and runner up was Col Flynn and Cath Kelly on 79 and 5/8.

Nearest the pins went to Cath Kelly on the first, Leonie Stevenson on the fourth, Col Flynn on the sixth, Lesley Fisher on the 11th and Kaye Jones on the 15th.

The Flynny Award went to Lesley Fisher and Denise Charlton. Saturday 9th was our last competition for the year which was our Short Course Championships. The scratch winner was Anita Medcalf on 88 on a count-back.

Handicap winner was Frankie Cock with a 66 nett. Vouchers went to Anne Berkeley 73 nett, Denise Charlton 75nett, Kaye Jones 75nett and Col Staples 76nett.

Nearest the pins went to Anita Medcalf on the first, Susie Holman on the fourth, Anita Medcalf on the sixth Denise Charlton on the 11th and Anne Berkeley on the 15th.

The Flynny Award went to Judith Phillips.

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

Once again a big thank you to all our sponsors.

That's all the news for 2019, see you all in 2020.

Cath Kelly

Thirty-one veteran golfers faced the starter in the 12-holes competition played at Forbes last Thursday.

In what was a blanket finish, four players scored 25 points with Scott Forbes' Scott Kirkman winning on a countback.

Runner-up was Graeme Cooke, Parkes, with the Forbes pair of Garry Collits and Ralph Baker also on 25 points.

The swift greens prepared for last weekend's Forbes golf classic proved testing for the vets, resulting in the ball sweep going down to 20 points.

Ball winners were Neil Wright, Ken Sanderson and Barry Parker (all Forbes) with 23 points; 22 Dave Williams (F), Frank Hanns (F), Rod Luyt (P); 21 Allan Rees (F), Laurence O''onnor (F), 20 Geoff Drane (F), Peter Barnes (F), Alex McKinnon (F), Michael Lynch (P) and Dub Rodgers (P).

Lyn Roberts (F) won the encouragement award.

In the Mick Miller shield, Forbes accounted for Parkes 144 points to 124.

This week's event will be played at Parkes - 9.30am for a 10am shot-gun start.

Returning home after racing at remote tracks in outback Queensland, the five year old mare Bells 'N' Bows has struck top form with three successive wins including the 1600 metres Qube Logistics Cotton Cup on Sunday at Warren.

Trained at Nyngan by Rodney Robb for Wayne Brown and partners, Bells 'N' Bows in August campaigned at the Simpson Desert Carnival and was placed at Betoota, Birdsville and Bedourie.

Back in New South Wales, Bells 'N' Bows ran second at Come By Chance Picnics and at Forbes before winning at Dubbo, Narromine and Warren.

Ridden by the talented apprentice Wendy Peel in the $32,000 Cotton Cup, Bells 'N' Bows ( $14 ) travelled third to the home turn then dashed to the lead and held on to beat Sea Lady ( Mathew Cahill, $12 ) by a length with Quick Spin ( Daniel Northey, $13 ) a long neck away third.

Racing in career best form, the Dennis Bush, Forbes trained Molasses after winning the Crystal Sprint at Coonamble and finishing second at Coonabarabran, defeated an outstanding field in the 1200 metres Kurri Kurri Boys Sprint at Warren.

During his lengthy career, Grant Buckley had only ridden once before at Warren and he handled Molasses to perfection for Dennis Bush and the Grenfell based owner Danny Kotel.

Allowed plenty of time to settle, Molasses ( $5.50 ) sprinted home from well back to account for Professor Marx ( Daniel Northey, $11 ) and Go Beau Jangles ( Ken Dunbar, $41 ).Molasses has now recorded 9 wins and 8 placings from 35 starts.

Grant Buckley then won the Landmark Operations Benchmark 58 Handicap ( 1000 metres ) on the Luke Morgan, Tamworth trained Fussdinado ( $2.80 favourite ) which parked behind the pacemakers before finishing best to beat Rufio ( Clayton Gallagher, $5.50 ) and Tattinger ( Chelsea Ings, $15 ).

Dubbo based Ken Dunbar also rode a winning double, Boult ( $3.60 fav.) for Coonamble trainer Ian Holland and on the Bryan Dixon, Gilgandra trained $31 outsider Blinkin Nomore.

Success also for Dubbo when the Garry Lunn trained Oracabessa ( Billy Cray, $6 ) produced a strong finish to win the Halcroft and Bennett BM 58 Handicap ( 1400 metres ) from Moratai ( Grant Buckley, $7.50 ) and Dart Street ( Ashley Morgan, $6.50 ).

Despite being a last start winner at Mudgee, the Peter .W. Stanley, Bathurst trained The Long Run started at $26 when leading throughout to win the QLD Cotton Class 3 Handicap ( 1200 metres ) with the trainers daughter apprentice Ashleigh Stanley in the saddle.

The first leg of a winning double for jockey Billy Cray came when the Sharon Jeffries, Parkes trained Ruby Lil ( $6 ) led all the way to win the 1000 metres Qube Logistics Maiden Handicap.

Racing at Bathurst ( Saturday ) and at Dubbo on Sunday.

Colin Hodges