Winners Denise and Derek Huender from St Johns Park/Majellan

Second Jason Dukes and Sue White from Yass/Moruya

Third was tied between Lake Cargelligo team Davies and Young team Miller/Parker.

There was much laughter to be heard across the three full greens and the weather was absolutely fabulous over the two days.

The Mixed Committee would like to thank Major Miller and his lovely wife Maureen for giving up there Sunday afternoon to come down and present the winners with their prizes.

Also thank you to Scooter Andrews and his helpers for the greens, they are in great shape, and to Shannon at the club for the great service he provided behind the bar.

The lunch on Sunday was provided by the new Chinese restaurant and it was a big hit with everyone commenting on how lovely the food was.

See you all next year and happy bowling, Leisa.

News from Forbes S.S.A.A. sporting shooters publicity officer Tony Bratton.

Members are reminded all bi-monthly meetings will start at 7:30pm.

Notice to members, On Sunday, August 5 the club will be holding the Bankstown shoot for visitors from Sydney.

Results of the Forbes S.S.A.A. sporting shooters .22 rimfire rifle shoot held on Sunday, July 15. The weather was cool with a light breeze from the south west at 5kph and the temperature was 13degrees. 

This shoot was a Buffalo target shoot held over 25metres with a maximum score of 270 points, and a 50metre Crow target shoot with a maximum score of 250 points, and the 75metre Mosquito target shoot with a maximum score of 120 points. 

Range officers were; David Coleman and John Dean. 

Scorers were; John Dean and Allan Belcher.  

The results of the 25metre Buffalo target shoot were; Denis Finn, 269/270; Dennis Christey, 269/270; John Dean, 268/270; Allan Belcher, 268/270; Wayne Parsons, 267/270;  Zac Haley, 254/270; David Coleman, 251/270;  David Sanderson, 245/270 and Phil Picker, 237/270

The results of the 50metre Crow target shoot were; Dennis Christey, 246/250; Denis Finn, 243/250; Wayne Parsons, 239/250; John Dean, 228/250; Allan Belcher, 218/250; David Coleman, 215/250; Phil Picker, 205/250; Zac Haley, 202/250 and David Sanderson, 194/250. 

The results of the 75metre Mosquito target shoot were; Dennis Christey, 107/120; Wayne Parsons, 105/120; Zac Haley, 105/120; Denis Finn, 97/120; David Coleman, 96/120; John Dean, 95/120; Allan Belcher, 73/120 and David Sanderson, 63/120. 

The next .22 calibre and other rimfire rifle (.22 magnum or .17HMR) shoot will be held on Sunday, July 29 starting at 10am. 

The next Wednesday shoot will be held on Wednesday, August 1 starting at 3pm. All target shooters are welcome to attend.

Anyone wishing to try rifle or shotgun shooting can take part after filling out a P650 form at the club. Junior shooters must be 12 years or over.  

For all information on .22 calibre rimfire shooting contact: Wayne Facey on 0414524059, Norm Brook on 0458664541, Ben Smith on 0427524151 or David Coleman on 0427401263.

The next shoot for the sporting clays will be the Tim Lynch Memorial Shield shoot on August 11 and August 12. 

On Saturday August 11, a 75 target five stand non handicap shoot will be held starting at 1pm. On Sunday August 12, a 100 target off the gun field for the Tim Lynch Memorial Shield will be held starting at  9:30 am.

On Sunday, August 5 the club will be holding the Bankstown shoot for visitors from Sydney.

For all information on clay target shooting contact: Norm Brook, Tony Bratton on 68523349, Ben Smith, Doug Davis on 68523249 or Phil Picker on 68516494. 

Anyone wishing to obtain a long arm firearm licence can contact Wayne Facey, Norm Brook or Tony Bratton to do a firearm safe shooting assessment course which is a requirement.

Members are reminded that local range rules apply.

Forbes Sport and Recreation Indoor Bowls notes by Wendy Burns.

A very close game of bowls was played on Monday night, everyone was playing good bowls. 

Possum was in trouble a couple of times but made up for it with her next bowl. W.D. Forty told her he was glad she could do as she was told – sometimes. Dizzy Lizzy is playing really well, which must have frustrated the Sandman at times.

Winners were Heather, Ian and Sandy with 15 points.

Runners up were Wayne, Wendy and Liz with 14 points.

For Monday night bowls, names in 4:45pm for a 5pm start.

The old saying goes that death and taxes are two of life’s only certainties, but if you’re talking about Orange Emus in recent years there’s been one more – wingers scoring tries, and plenty of them.

Since the greens surged out of the Blowes Clothing Cup doldrums back in 2014 the likes of Tom Green, Carter Hirini, Levi Russell, Sam Ryan, Zac White and Lachie Harris have all benefited from being on the end of Emus’ traditionally scintillating backlines.

In fact in 2014 alone Green and Hirini combined to score 33, finishing one and two on the competition’s try-scoring tally.

But boom 2018 recruit Harry Cummins, who linked with the club from University of Wollongong, has bucked that trend somewhat, although that’s not to say he hasn’t been superb on Emus’ flank.

In his side’s all-but-completed run to the minor premiership – Emus can seal that and major semi-final hosting rights with a win over Forbes on the weekend – Cummins has crossed the line just once, coincidentally against the Platypi back in round four.

“Yeah, look, I probably would like a few more meat pies (tries), but Greeny seems to be getting all of them. At least I’ve got one on the board and I’m off the nudie run,” Cummins laughed.

“It’s always nice scoring tries but really, my only focus is helping the side win. I don’t think anyone really cares who scores the points as long as we’re getting the results we want.”

Although he’s always been a centre or a fullback, Cummins says he’s been “loving it” playing outside the likes of Kyran Bubb, Harris, Russell and skipper Nigel Staniforth this season.

“It’s been really good, I hadn’t played much on the wing before coming here to be honest but I’ve been loving it. It’s been great to come into a club with such a good culture too, a winning culture,” he said.

“The standard isn’t much different to what I was playing down in Wollongong. I played a little bit of first grade here and there but mainly seconds, and I think while it’s probably a little quicker down there I think there’s more physicality and tenacity out here.”

Cummins said he’s got no doubt that physicality and tenacity will be a huge feature of Saturday’s round 14 clash at Endeavour Oval, considering there’s so much on the line for his side and the fourth-placed Platypi.

“We can wrap-up that minor premiership which is a box to tick for sure, but Forbes are pretty much playing for their season this weekend, I know a loss would really, really hurt their finals chances,” he said.

“They’ll be fired up, there’s that element of rivalry in this one too obviously although I wasn’t here for the last couple of grand finals you certainly still feel the buzz around these Forbes games.”

Emus have taken care of Forbes comfortably in both of the two sides’ encounters this year, winning 41-5 at Wade Park in round four and then 26-nil in the return trip to Grinsted Oval.

While Cummins said his side does take a lot of confidence from those results, there’s two factors the greens are slightly wary of – Forbes’ NSW Country Cockatoos Mahe Fangupo and Charlie French.

“It’ll be a different Forbes side, for sure,” Cummins said.

“Mahe Fangupo only played 20 or so minutes the first time around before he got hurt and then missed the second game, and Charlie French hasn’t played either so I’m sure they’ll give Forbes a pretty big lift.

“Obviously they won the competition last year too so they’re always dangerous, and they’ve drawn with (Bathurst) Bulldogs last weekend, so there’s form there as well.

“We just need to make sure we’re switched on for the entire 80 minutes against a side like this. Last week against Cowra and the week before against Bulldogs we had a few little lapses in concentration and even though we won both games, they could’ve hurt us more than they did.

“To a degree we only played as well as those sides let us and they deserve credit for that, but we still need to be making sure we’re not falling asleep because we want to be building in terms of performance and momentum leading into the finals.”

Harry Hamilton comes back into Emus’ second row this weekend, while Rob Thorburn will start at No.8 with Scott McLean moving to the side to replace the unavailable Jack Marchinton.

Regular halfback TJ Cunynghame is likely to be sidelined with injury until the finals, with Louis Carr staying in the No.9 jersey as a result.

Emus clash with Forbes from 3.15pm on Saturday, at Endeavour Oval.

Paul Toole announced on Wednesday the inaugural running of The Kosciuszko will be held on Everest Day this year.

Worth $1.3 million, The Kosciuszko is now the richest country-restricted race on the planet and only adds prestige to what is already one of Australia’s biggest days of racing, that now has more $16 million worth of prizemoney on offer.

The announcement comes on the back of another hugely successful country championship campaign for Racing NSW, with the $500,000 final, and the race’s heats across the state, generating plenty of interest for the sport.

“[The Kosciuszko] is a great way to showcase NSW country-trained horses.”