Playing social Triples Alice Allen Glenys Ryan and Judy Girot were  defeated by Loris Stewart Leslie Dunstan and Pat Hodson. Robyn Mattiske, Noela Girot and Colleen Liebich won their game against Meg Butler. Ann Mackay and Anne Walker. Mary Everson, Sandra Priest and Ronnie Bradley defeated Margaret O’Connell, Lyn Simmonds and Carmel Murray all games played were very close in scores.

Alison Cutcliffe and Jan Waugh won the rink of the day winning by one shot against Pam Stevens and Annette  Tisdell in a social pairs game.

The Minor Pairs competition was played with Judy Kerr and Colleen Dean(who was a sub) defeating Jill Taylor and Lyn Elliott 22-9.

Pat Hodson bowled a resting toucher and birthday greetings go to Judy Girot  Colleen Liebich was the lucky winner of the meat tray.                                           

The draw is on the board for the Major Triples competition so ladies have a look and organise your play in the next couple of weeks.

Members learned of the death of Hazel Girot this week  She won many of our competitions and was a great bowler over many years.

A spider competition will be held tomorrow  It is great that a caterer will be in the club again and ladies will be able to purchase their lunch tomorrow.

Social Bowls will  be played so ring your name in to the club between 9am and 9.30am and you will be in a team. Looking forward to seeing you all for a 10am start

-by Colleen Liebich

Last Wednesday June 19 was seventh week of our Winter Comp. At this stage brothers Danny and Waynes, teams have the leading positions. D Bils are first, while other team places are; W Bils second, Millers third, Allegris fourth, Roaches fifth and Coombs sixth. The highest scorers were W Bils on 15 points, while lowest was Roaches with six.

Three set matches dominated, with only two, four set battles. One was Simon Flynn against Anthony Gordon. Simon came away winner in a gripping last set.

Their scores were; 15–9, 13–15, 15–5, 19–17. Another big match was Ben Barnards loss to George Falvey in their fifth set 10–15. Kim Acret threw the squash shoes on, grabbed a racket and went three sets with Cameron Toole. Though losing it was a good effort by Kim. A narrow three set loss went to Will Wallace, who lost to Ethan Gaffney; 16–18, 12–15, 14–16.

Team Results Were:

Court One; W Bils (15) defeated D Bils (13) Wayne beat Danny 3–0, S Flynn beat A Gordon 3–1, G Miller McMillan lost to S Tottenham 0–3.

Court Two; Millers (14) defeated Roaches (6) C Toole beat sub K Acret 3–0, J Barnard beat K Buddhika forfeit.

Court Three; Allegris (14) tied Coombs (14) Brendon beat Graham 3–0, E Stewart lost to N Toole 0–3, H Toole lost to P Cormie 0–3, A Carlisle beat T Cormie 3–0.

Thursday night, the highest score was made by Hornerys at 30 points while Kings were lowest with 12. Sandy Paterson was consistent, defeating of Mark Webb; 15–6, 15–13, 13–15, 15–12 and Sandy’s team mate, Alex Bayley played neat squash after a lapse to win the fifth set 18–16, against Gaylene Nightingale. Tasmyn King played well but found Debbie Bryants last three, well placed shots irretrievable and Ellie Cowhan knew where to put the ball to beat Sam Mackay 3–1. The final match of the evening was Sam Hornery versus Richard King where into the fifth set Richard was forced to retire injured. Nothing to serious we hope. When the dust settled, Doyles retained first position, Pipers are second, Sharpes third with Hornerys nipping at their heels, Dawes are fifth and Kings are at sixth place.

Team Results Were:

Court One; Hornerys (30) defeated Kings (12)  L Miller beat sub C McQuie 3–1, B Thomas beat L Webb 3–0, S Tottenham beat G Falvey 3–0.

Court Two; Dawes (20) lost to Doyles (22) Alex lost to Oli 2–3, D Haynes lost to M Doyle 0–3, P Thompsons beat John Betland 3–0, G Coombs beat K Nightingale 3–0, Tasmyn lost to D Bryant 1–3, R Madge lost to L Stibbard 0–3.

Court Three; Pipers (23) defeated Sharpes (17) Darryn beat Kyle 3–0, C McQuie lost to B Allegri 0–3, S Gordon beat K Bryant 3–1. Next weeks draw, both nights inclusive; Team 1 v 2, team 5 v 6, team 3 v 4. Bye for now, see yous on the court.

-by Drop Shot!

Results Golf Croquet June 19

It’s surprising how many stalwarts turn out for their game of croquet early in the mornings. We’ve been catering for up to 32 players each Tuesday and Saturday and having a lot of fun as well as gentle exercise. We love new comers to come along for a taste of the game or just to watch.

Winners of three games today were John Cole, Bruce Field, Merv Langfield and Colleen Liebich. Welcome back to Evelyn Mahlo returning from a trip with her husband from Canada.

Tony Thomson, Jeff Liebich 7, defeated Jill Rubie, Elvy Quirk 6. Lorna Field, Bill Scott 7, defeated Mary Hodges, Harley Stewart 6. Colleen Liebich, Kathleen Broderick 7, defeated Dorothea Croker, Ruth Cheney 6. Marie Spry, John Cole 7, defeated Joan Littlejohn, Bob Murray 6. Bruce Field, John Allegri 7, defeatec John H. Browne, Robin Pols 6. Carol Slattery, Evelyn Mahlo 8, defeated Neville Spry, Bob Murray 5. Brad Stewart, Kevin Rubie 7, defeated John MacCullagh, Neville Morrison 6. Colleen Liebich, Dorothea Croker 7, defeated John H. Browne, Mary Hodges 6. Robin Pols, Evelyn Mahlo 9, defeated John Allegri, Marie Spry 4. Merv Langfield, Jill Rubie 10, defeated Tony Thomson, Ruth Cheney 3. Jill Rubie, Joan Littlejohn 8, defeated Elvy Quirk, Bob Murray 5. Bruce Field, Jeff Liebich 8, defeated Neville Morrison, John MacCullagh 5. Kathleen Broderick, John Cole 8, defeated Harley Stewart, Brad Stewart 5. Carol Slattery, Bill Scott 7, defeated Lorna Field, Neville Spry 6. John Cole, Kevin Rubie 9, defeated Mary Hodges, Harley Stewart 4. Colleen Liebich, Merv Langfield 7, defeated John H. Browne, Carol Slattery 6. Neville Spry, Joan Littlejohn 7, defeated Robin Pols, Brad Stewart 6. John MacCullagh 7, defeated Neville Morrison, Marie Spry 6. Ruth Cheney, Merv Langfield 7, defeated Lorna Field, Elvy Quirk 6. Bruce Field, Tony Thomson 7, defeated Dorothea Croker, Kathleen Broderick 6.

Results Aussie Croquet Saturday, June 23

Welcome today to Betty Berry and Sally Hurkett who joined our group on our first really frosty morning. Sally Hurkett won two games. She partnered Veva MacCullagh in her first game and Veva again in her 2nd win, well done. There were only two players who won three games today. They were Bruce Field and Robin Pols. Congratulations to you both.

A big mention for our July birthdays on July 3rd at the Vandenberg.

Merv Langfield, Harley Stewart 14, defeated Judy Ellis, Joan Littlejohn 11. Lyn Simmonds, Lorna Field 14, defeated John H. Browne, Elizabeth McLean 11. Elvy Quirk, John MacCullagh 14, defeated Barry White, Kathleen Broderick 10. Robin Pols 14, defeated Colleen Liebich 13. John Cole 14, defeated Jill Rubie, Lorraine Todd 11. Veva MacCullagh, Sally Hurkett 14 defeated Brad Stewart, Lorna Field 11. Dorothea Croker, Bill Scott 14 defeated Anne Stewart, Jef Liebich 10. Alec Todd, Bob Murray 14 defeated Kevin Rubie, Betty Berry 11. John H Browne, Alec Todd 14 defeated Merv Langfield, Barry White 12. Judy Ellis, Lorraine Todd 14, defeated John MacCullagh, Lyn Simmonds 10. Dorothea Croker, Robin Pols 14 defeated Harley Stewart, Joan Littlejohn 11. Sally Hurkett, Veva MacCullagh 14 defeated Liz McLean, Kath Broderick 11. John Cole, Colleen Liebich 14 defeataed Elvy Quirk, Bill Scott 11. Jill Rubie, Betty Berry 14 defeated Jef Liebich, Lorraine Todd 13. Bruce Field Kevin Rubie 14, defeated Bob Murray, Brad Stewart 11. Merv Langfield, Lorna Field 14 defeated Veva MacCullagh, Sally Hurkett 8. Elvy Quirk, Joan Littlejohn 14 defeated Colleen Liebich, Betty Berry 10. Bruce Field, Barry White 14 defeated Kevin Rubie, Dorothea Croker 10. Lorraine Todd, Robin Pols 14, defeated Judy Ellis Kath Broderick 10. Anne and Harley Stewart 14, defeated Liz MacLean, Brad Stewart 10. Bill Scott 14 defeated Jill Rubie, Lyn Simmons 12. Bob Murray 14 defeated John Cole 11.

Harley Stewart

Forbes veteran golfers stole the headlines at the Lachlan Valley Vets 18 hole competition played in Parkes last Thursday highlighted by Garry Pymont winning the NSW Vets Medal scoring 38 stableford points.

Players who contested the medal qualified after finishing with the top three scores at each of the past 18 hole LVV competitions over the last 12 months.    

On top of that LVV president and Forbes member Peter Barnes scored best of the 63 players on Thursday winning A grade with 40 points from two other Forbes members, Max Haley (runner-up) with 34 on a count-back from Tony Cogswell.

Parkes member Gordon Christie took out B grade with 37 points from Condobolin's David Hall on 36 points.

In C grade best was Ross Skene from Cowra with 39 points from Robert Lea (Parkes) with 37 on a count-back from Forbes' Brain Clarke. Not to be outdone Forbes also took home the Encouragement Award which was presented to John Smith who was slightly taken back after only collecting a single ball, instead of the usual two.

Adding further to the success from Forbes their best three scores from the party of 18 representatives won the Geoff Coles/Mick Miller Shield with 115 points from Parkes (also 18 players) on 110, Cowra (9 players) 105, Grenfell (5 players) 95, Condobolin (12 players) 94 and West Wyalong (1 player) 22.

Nearest the pins, 4th hole, A grade Peter Barnes (Fbs), B grade John Dwyer (Pks), 11th hole, A grade Steve Uphill (Fbs), B grade Gordon Christie ((Pks).

Ball sweep to 33 points – 40 points Peter Barnes (F), 39 Ross Skene (Cwa), 38 Garry Pymont (F), Chris Goodie (P), 37 Robert Lea (P), Brian Clarke (F), Gordon Christie (P), 36 David Hall (Condo), Roel ten Cate (P), 35 Milton Cartwright (F), John Pearce (P), 34 Max Haley (F), Alan Logan (G'fell), Tony Cogswell (F), 33 Dale Stait (P), Jeff McPherson (Cwa), Ray Kelly (Cwa), Geoff Coles (F), Ian Phipps (P), Phil Bishop (P), Steve Uphill (F).

Golf on Thursday reverts back to the superb surrounds of the Forbes 'golfie' with nominations from 12.30pm for a shot-gun tee-off at 1pm with competition over 12 holes.

Brian Clarke is certainly taking to golf in a big way with improvements each week. Last Tuesday was a perfect example where he won the 12 hole social comp with 32 points. Next best was Geoff Coles on 29 points.

Everyone is invited to play the 12 hole Tuesday comp with ball toss at 9.30am for playing partners. After a cool start conditions improve rapidly for great outdoor sports.

For all information on Forbes golf contact the Pro Shop on 6851 1554.

-by Short Putt’s Mate