Good Support For CanAssist

The Saturday golf event was a 4-person Ambrose Medley. A field of 117 players played to support the Forbes Branch of CanAssist Forbes.

The Scratch winners were the group of L Grierson, S Mineham, S Tind-Simmons and C Hanrahan who scored 62, splitting their score evenly between the two 9’s.

The main prize went to the Handicap winners. The group of Alf Davies, L O’Connor, P Duke had the services of Terry Sharpe on a high handicap. They shot 61 scratch, finishing with 54 ¼ nett, having started with birdies on the first three holes.

Other Handicap prize winners:

• 2nd: J LeBrocque, J Hamilton, W Bergman, A Whittingham on 56 ¾.

Forbes Croquet News

On a very foggy Saturday morning, 29 players managed to find their way to the croquet courts. Five players were able to win three games, John Cole, Bruce Field, Kevin Rubie, Neville Spry and Peter West.

The big winners were 14-7 Peter West and May Jones, 14-8 Peter West, Kevin Rubie and Bruce Field and 14-9 Elvy Quirk and John Cole, John Browne and Ray Burridge, Cheryle Toohey and Bruce Field. The close games were:

• Ros Rennick 14 Russell Anderson 13

• Cheryle Toohey and John Cole 14 John Allegri and Phillip Moran 13

• Sandy Hepburn and Russel Anderson 14

Rex Toole and Loraine Todd 12

• John Cole and Peter West 14 Geoff Coles and Marie Spry 12

• Dorelle Scott and Neville Spry 14 Robin Pols and Cheryle Toohey 11

• John Browne and Bruce Field 14 Lorraine Todd and Vince Roberts 11

• Dorelle Scott 14 Vince Roberts and Sandy Hepburn 11

• Allan Jones and Ros Rennick 14 Bill Scott and Lorraine Todd 11

• Rex Toole14 Marie Spry 11

• Kevin Rubie and Robin Pols 14 John Browne and Alex Todd 11

• Doreen Rogers and May Jones 14 Rex Toole and Allan Jones 11

• Joan Littlejohn and Tony Thomson 14 Marie Spry and John Allegri 10

• Neville Spry and Alex Todd 14 Doreen Rogers and Fay Picker 10

• Neville Spry and May Jones 14 Allan Jones andDorelle Scott 10

• Fay Picker and Phillip Moran 14 Doreen Rogers and Elvy Quirk 10

• John Allegri and Ray Burridge 14 Ros Rennick and Bill Scott 10 Come along if you would like to try croquet. That’s it, until next week.

By Pegging Out

FFA Elite Invitation Game For Local Girl

Forbes DSC player, Josie Mckenzie has been invited to the Football Australia 2010 Elite Invitation Game as part of FNSW and FFA girls talent identification pathways.

Elite Matches allow those players considered the most talented players in that state to play against each other in a ‘best v best’ environment, stretching players capabilities and highlighting their areas of strength and opportunities for improvement in a high intensity match. Football Australia want to extend the frequency of Elite Matches across the country as an additional Talent Identification method to help unearth players who show a high potential.

• 3rd: G Webb, B Doyle, M Livingston, M Duff on 57 7/8

• 4th: J Zannes, R Webb, D Rhodes, P Tisdell on 59 1/8.

NTP’s were held on each of the par-3’s:

• Men: R Smith, A Grierson, B Doyle, S Uphill

• Ladies: W Simmons, V Rebellato, K Steele-Park, L Cowhan.

• The ‘2nd shot on 12th’ went to:

Ladies: S Grierson

• Men: Joe Gorton

On Monday the Club ran a PGA Scramble. The field comprised 21 teams from six clubs, including travellers from Wentworth GC and Young.

The winners were on fire, shooting a 65 scratch and nett 55.5. This group had travelled from Young, and included F Tanner, A Tanner, R Bush and N Bush. Second place went to J Dobell, N Ryan, G Hooper and M Medlyn (Fbs) on 56 7/8 nett, with third going to L Donnelly, M Brown, J Tongue and S Tongue (Dubbo) with 58 ¼ nett.

By Short Putt