The day celebrates Cooper Thomson's association with the Parkes Golf Club and members.

The day was split into shotgun starts early and late with the AGM held at 11am, so the early morning start wasn't well supported with some scuddy showers and a strong wind prevalent.

Players banked on conditions improving for the late start and overall 75 players turned out to play the popular 3 person Stoney Creek format.

Alex Edwards, Chris Luke and Ryan Edwards fared the best on the day with a well compiled score of 94 points.

While the best drive is selected all the players then continue to play the hole out and score individually to get the total score, meaning the three players had to both combine well and to score well individually.

The team finished three points clear of their nearest rivals.

In the individual event the best recorded score was 83, with Michael Dumesny, returning from a break, hitting the ball well in the windy conditions alongside Jake Thompson, again taking advantage of the downwind holes with the long bombs.

Toby Tanks also hit it well.

They finished one point in front of Wayne Parker getting back into the swing again after a short layoff, with Ray Maxwell and Rod Maxwell obviously unable to be separated in the bragging rights for the day.

The Nearest The Pins this week were - Idlerite Tyrepower 1st won by Mick Smith at 747cm, the Griffins Leading Edge 4th by Robert Rea at 187cm, the Dirt Doctor Landscaping 6th by Anthony Riach at 67cm, the Parkes Readymixed Concrete 9th by Jake Hodge at 143cm, the Harvey Norman 11th by Phil Smith at 292cm, the Westlime 15th by Toby Tanks at 500cm and the Central West Glass 18th by Cody Hando at 51cm. So that meant that Anthony Riach won the lucrative 6th hole this week at 67cm.

Ball winners were - Michael Dumesny, Jake Thompson, Toby Tanks 83, Wayne Parker, Ray Maxwell, Rod Maxwell 82, Blake Smith, Blake Parker, Mick Smith 81, Phil Barnard, Jake Hodge, Cody Hando 80.

This week is the Ladies and Men's Foursomes Championships with Safe Tasks - QRS Group sponsoring the men and 1300 BUGMAN, Parkes Betta Home Living and Parkes Proshop - Jake O'Brien sponsoring the ladies.

Dub Rodgers made a welcome return to the winner's list when he won last week's twin towns veterans golf competition played at Parkes.

In a field of 32 players, Rodgers compiled a sold 26 points on his home course to win by a stroke from another Parkes player Richard Hamilton.

It was a day where Parkes dominated Forbes, also winning the Mick Miller Shield (142 points to 128) and and all nearest to pins.

Hamilton backed up his runners-up prize to take the A grade nearest to pin at the 11th hole, while Rob Lea and Tom Delmenico won the A and B grade respectively on the fourth hole.

The ball sweep went to 21 points and winners were: 24 points - John Fowler (P); 23 - John Pearce (P); 22 - Ian Phipps and Nym Dziuba (P) and Gary Collitts and Ted Morgan (F); 21 - Rob Lea and Gary Phillips (P) and Barry Parker, Geoff Drane, Barry Shine and Ken Sanderson (F).

Forbes will host this week's vets competition and the following week, West Wyalong is the venue for the monthly Lachlan Valley 18 hole event.

Last week's results:

Lady Bugz defeated All Stars 6-1 with players player going to Leah Roberts for Lady Bugz and Rhonda Rogan for All Stars. High scores were Frank Van Opynen 127. Scott Jacka 118. Rhonda Rogan 123. Beryl Watson 108.

Top Flights defeated Twist Tops 4-3 with players player going to Dave Rogan for Top Flights and Rob Clegg for Twist Tops. High scores were Dave Rogan 140, 125, 120, 3 x100. Keith Rogan 125. Paul Roberts 100.

This Wednesday's draw:

Event number 15 of the Northparkes Oval parkrun took place on Saturday, May 15 with a new female record, broken after seven weeks by the previous title holder.

This week 64 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 16 were first timers and 19 recorded new Personal Bests.

There were representatives from three different clubs.

The event was made possible by 10 volunteers: Zarna Gould, Michael Cooper, Natalie Rolfe, Dan Greef, Ronel van Wyk, Peter Heath, Xander Greef, Peter Guppy, Craig Bland and John Short.

The day's full results and a complete event history can be found on the Northparkes Oval parkrun results page.

The male record is held by Keith Macpherson who recorded a time of 16:46 on February 13, 2021 (event number 2).

The female record is held by Jorja Davis who recorded a time of 21:48 on May 15, 2021 (event number 15) - 15 seconds faster.

The Age Grade course record is held by Stephen Jackson who recorded 77.07 per cent (21:22) on March 27, 2021 (event number 8)

Northparkes Oval parkrun started on February 6, 2021. Since then 340 participants have completed 945 parkruns, covering a total distance of 4725 km, including 267 new Personal Bests.

A total of 50 individuals have volunteered 169 times.

The Dave Fuller Intertown competition is fast approaching with the regional teams of four event hitting the courts in Parkes and Forbes this weekend.

The Parkes Squash Club has team entries flowing in - everywhere from Port Macquarie, Sydney, Wagga Wagga, Crookwell, Woodstock, Springwood, Wyong and beyond is getting involved

"The Saturday night function is also shaping up to be a big one," organisers Judy and Jay Kross said.

Men and women across A, B, C and D grades will battle it out over Saturday and Sunday, May 22-23.

It's been 12 months since the competition was held because of COVID-19.

Nominations can be made by calling 0459 546 742.

More information can be found on the Parkes Squash Club's website www.parkessquash.com.