SHE battled heat, sunburn and sapping humidity, but wearing the green and gold of the Australian Development team while doing so at the Hottest Sevens in the World tournament made it worthwhile for Darcie Morrison.
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Work to give Forbes’ Post Office a facelift, including a new roof and renovations, began.
The historic building in the town centre disappeared behind scaffolding for weeks as painting took place.
Forbes Magpies captain coach Jake Grace helped the Malta Knights to a win in the emerging nations international clash.
Grace said the occasion was a unique one for himself and his family, with his maternal grandfather’s Maltese heritage enabling the Forbes Magpies captain-coach to honour his family’s beginnings.
Local greyhound trainers Raymond and Maree Smith claimed a prized Group 1 win at Wentworth Park.
The locally-trained Big Daddy Bee claimed the $75,000 National Derby with a sizzling 29.74 second run.
Temperature hits 46.7 degrees
The Advocate cooked an egg on the road … but not before we fried ourselves and our mobile phones trying to record our efforts.
It got so hot the Bedgerabong races were postponed until April.
Red Bend graduate, now St George Illawarra back rower Joel Thompson was super impressive in the Indigenous All Stars’ thumping 34-8 win over the World All Stars at Newcastle.
When Lee Reynolds penned a poem for Queen Elizabeth’s 90th birthday, she never expected it to actually reach Her Majesty.
But it did and she had a beautiful response from her Majesty’s lady in waiting.
In a big weekend of tricks and triumphs, Forbes locals featured in the winners’ circle at the annual barefoot ski tournament.
Local junior Tom Morrison was a stand-out – achieving personal best scores in the slalom and trick events.
