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Netball junior gala Sunday

NETBALLBy ROBYN KENNYThe Forbes netball community will have a busy weekend ahead, when they will play the Club Forbes NetSetGo and Junior Gala Day on Sunday. The day will be a celebrations of grassroots junior netballers from ages seven years to 12...

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Events

What’s on in and around Forbes

BEDGERABONG SHOWSaturday, 16 AugustThe greatest little show in the west opens our show season on Saturday, 16 August. Start planning what you might enter from your veggie patch, kitchen or craft room. Stall holders are invited to register with site...

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Council

School zones explained

Parking rules around schools are in place to help keep children safe, however, many drivers don’t really understand what the most common signs mean. Parkes, Forbes and Lachlan Shire Councils’ Road Safety and Injury Prevention Officer, Melanie Suitor...

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Soccer

Eugowra’s young soccer stars relish home games

Junior soccer action came to Eugowra sports ground with teams from the Parkes competition making a road trip so Eugowra could have a home game. Eugowra Junior Sports hosted four games in the Under 6s, Under 8s and Under 10s games, with barbecue and...

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Events

Get your tickets to wine show’s big events

The NSW Small Winemakers Wine Show is back again for 2025 and entries for this year are at 488 wines from 90 wineries. The 33rd show will commence judging on Monday 25 August and Mark Richardson, a Senior Winemaker from Tyrrell’s Wines in the...

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Rural

Medium and heavyweights to feed sell from 440c to 561c/kg

CATTLE SALE Monday, 11 August Yarding 1440 (down 335)Numbers fell this sale with agents yarding 1440 head. Quality was fair with some good lines of well bred cattle offered along with the secondary types. The usual buyers were present and competing...

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Rural

Register for National Tree Day now

LOOKING AT LANDCARE By CENTRAL WEST LACHLAN LANDCARE, MARG APPLEBEERegister for National Tree Day events in Forbes and Parkes this weekend and you could be enjoying a burger with the lot for lunch!We have 20 beautiful, freshly cooked burgers with...

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7 hours ago

Bowls

Mighty major triples final

BOWLSBy TARA SHAWThe Clubs Major Triples Champions have been crowned for 2025. The dynamic trio made up of Clint Hurford leading for Robert ‘Pooch’ Dukes and their trusty skip Mitch Andrews are this year’s Major Triples champions defeating Brett...

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Golf

Count back decides 4BBB

MEN’S GOLFBy SHORT PUTTLast weekend with sunshine beckoning the Forbes golfers took to the course with gusto to enjoy their golf and play in a positive manner to ward off the chilling breeze. All this heralded good scoring. The Saturday competition...

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Events

Sign up now for National BBQ Championships

Get ready to fire up the grill! Registrations are now open for the highly anticipated 2025 Forbes National BBQ Championships. Returning to Grinsted Oval in Forbes on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 October 2025, this sizzling competition will once again...

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