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Results from last week
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Lady Bugz defeated Strikers 6 - 1 with players player going Leah Roberts for Lady Bugz and Beryl Watson for Strikers. High score was Leah Roberts with 100.
Top Flights defeated Twist Tops 6 - 1 with players player going to Rhonda Rogan for Top Flights and Martin Phelan for Twist Tops. High scores were Dave Rogan: 125, 2 x 100; Keith Rogan 121, 100; Hans Christensen 120, 6 x 100 and Mick Herft 120, 100.
This Wednesdays draw
Twist Tops v Strikers at Royal Hotel
Top Flights v Lady Bugz at Leagues Club
Veterans Golf
Parkes' Graham Cooke made a welcome return to the winner's list when he compiled a well put together 28 points to win last week veterans golf event at Forbes.
Cooke had three shots to spare over another Parkes golfer, Tom Delmico, who compiled 25 points for the 12 holes.
Twenty-three players faced the starter with Parkes winning the Mick Miller shield 143 points to 139.
Forbes players Niel Duncan and Rod Besgrove won the A and B grade nearest the pins on the ninth hole, while Parkes' Roy Bell and Graham Cooke were the winners on the 18th hole.
The ball sweep went to 23 points and the winners were: 24 points - PeterScholfield (F); 23 - Peter Bristol and Nim Dziuba (P); Stephen Uphill, Rod Besgrove, Kim Herbert, Jeff Haley and Frank Hanns (F).
This week Parkes hosts the 18-hole Lachlan Valley event. Hit-off is 10am.
Good Attendance For Saturday Golf
A good roll up of 93 golfers participated in the Wild Plastering Contractors two Person Aggregate Stableford on Saturday and our thanks go to Simon Wild for his continued sponsorship of the Parkes Golf Club.
Scoring in the team event was high and the finish required a countback with the more fancied pairing of Marty Woods and Cameron Standen, who had a 73 - the same score as Aaron Drabsch and Matthew Littlewood.
Marty and Cameron won on the day but it is good to see Aaron and Matthew pressing for the major prizes.
These teams just finished in front of the favoured pairing of Wayne Powter and Robert Hey back on 71 points.
This event requires both golfers to be contributing to the aggregate score, so is a challenging format.
In the individual stakes, Nym Dziuba continues to impress as he lowers his handicap.
Nym had an impressive 41 points and a 77 off the stick, but had to beat Matthew Littlewood on a countback to take out the prize.
Both players played well below their handicap on the day which will help their golfing development.
Also notable was Marty Woods' 2 over round and Robert Hey honing up for pennants with a 1 over round.
Whilst play was off the white tees, there was some wind on the day so these scores were very creditable.
Another notable mention on the day was Kaye Jones picking up the Ladies trophy, a good comeback from her broken ankle.
Nearest The Pins:
- Idlerite Tyrepower 1st - Bernard King at 430cm
- Griffins Leading Edge 4th - Rob Cheney at 217cm
- Dirt Doctor Landscaping 6th - Nym Dziuba at 17cm
- Parkes Readymixed Concrete 9th - John Green at 265cm
- Harvey Norman 11th - Garry Phillips at 20cm
- Westlime 15th - Robert Hey at 246cm
- Central West Glass 18th - Peter Bristol at 160cm
Ball winners:
- Matthew Littlewood and Aaron Drabsch - 73
- Wayne Powter and Robert Hey - 71
- Neville Kennedy and Mick Kable - 68
- John Green and Denis Howard - 67
- Ray Maxwell and Wayne Parker - 67
- Mark Kelly and Ben Howard - 66
- Bernard King and Ben Thomson - 66
The pennants season is drawing to a close and there will be a full update provided once all the scoring and ladders have been updated.
This week is an 18 Hole Stableford with the Corner Boys sponsoring the Terry Sheridan Memorial Trophy & Charlie Allen Memorial Trophy.
These are much sought after trophies in the golfing calendar, so don't miss it!
Dubbo harness racing
Harness racing returned to the Central West on Sunday evening, with Dubbo hosting a regular night meeting, highlighted by the running of the Kyle Barnes Memorial.
Parkes trainer David Harris took out the Grapevine Cafe Pace with Andrew Swagger in an upset, winning from the gun draw at $13. The six-year-old Artistic Fella x My Sign gelding has only been with the Harris stable for three starts after spending the majority of his 21 race career in Victoria, and after going down at $61 and $34 in his first starts this win came as a happy surprise.
With Robert Harris in the gig, Andrew Swagger was only fairly away from 1 on the front row, but Harris patiently bided his time behind the leader, the Forbes trained Rocknroll Ranger, and pulled out from one back in the nick of time, claiming Rocknroll Ranger in the shadows of the post to record his first victory since December 14, 2020.
The gelding was hard to catch throughout his racing in Victoria, so Harris will be hoping he has found the magic elixir to turn Andrew Swagger into a consistent, and winning, pacer.
The first three races were one for the roughie punters - with an average winning price of $27!
Club Dubbo Maiden: BABY BEE MINE ($17), T: Nathan Turnbull, D: Blake Micallef. MR - 2:00.2
TAB Venue Mode Pace: BRADNESS ABUELA ($51), T: Brad Peisley, D: John O'Shea. MR - 2:01.9
Grapevine Cafe Pace: ANDREW SWAGGER ($13), T: David Harris, D: Robert Harris. MR - 1:59.4
KML Auto Electrics Pace: CHASING THE WIND ($1.80), T & D: Amanda Turnbull. MR - 1:59.0
Kyle Barnes Memorial: TULHURST TERROR ($8.50), T: Nathan Hurst, D: Angela Hedges. MR - 1:58.7
Well Done Team Teal Pace: WRITE TIME ($9.50), T & D: Trent Rue. MR - 2:05.2
Agriweld Maiden: JET FORCE ($7.50), T & D: Nathan Hurst. MR - 2:03.2
HRNSW Guaranteed 2YO Pace: PERFECT AS I AM ($1.45), T & D: Amanda Turnbull. MR - 2:01.2
TAB Long May We Play Maiden: TAYLORS FOUR ($2.60), T & D: Bernie Hewitt. MR - 2:03.2
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