President’s Open Consolation Pairs winners Albie and Maree Gibbs (St George) and runner-up Jenny Parry and John Wilkins (Orange) 

The two bowling greens were full of players with visitors from St George, Sydney, Cobar and Orange. The quarter finals held Sunday afternoon with Section 1. Mick and Tim Walsh defeating Orange team P. McGarrity. Section 2 Rex Vane and John Wynne defeated K Kershaw team from Orange. Section 3 Steven Read and Andrew Reynolds defeated Wayne Arandale and Les Bexon.

Section 4 Kevin Reynolds and Greg Wright defeated Richard Riley and Craig Grimmond.  In the semi-final Kevin Reynold and Greg Wright defeated Rex Vane and John Wynne.  Stephen Read and Andrew Reynold defeated Mick and Tim Walsh.

The games were a delight to watch with so many close finishes going right down to the wire.

Round winners were Adam and Rick Jermyn, Helen Beetson and Maxine Christoff, K. Kershaw and J.Bartlett (Cobar), Albie Homer and Tamika Ryan, Rodney Ryan and Mork (Orange).

Calcutta winners:  First Steven and Andrew Reynolds, 2nd Alex Miles and 3rd Rex Vane and John Wynne.

PLEASE NOTE: Twilight Bowls will commence Friday October 14 at 6pm.  Nominations for teams of three will close Thursday 13th October.  Nomination sheet is on the board. So get your names down for great nights of bowls each week.

Next Sunday 16th October will be Jackpot Sunday where everyone who plays in the chicken run has the opportunity to play a rester closest to the jack there is $140.00 in the Jackpot. Names in by 10.00am to commence at 10.30am

Cobar Mixed Triples will be held 16/10.2016 closing date is Thursday October 13. Tottenham Mixed Triples are on October 29, closing date October 21. Sheets are on the ladies board for nominations so get your names down by these dates.

Championship rounds during the last two weeks: Major Fours round Doreen Read, Anneleise Shields, Jane Miles and Margaret Morley defeated Lyn Hawley, Teressa Rose, Dianne Smith and Maxine Christoff. Deanna Stephens, Tamika Ryan, Ronda Sullivan and Marie Bexon defeated Melissa Arandale, Deb Vane, Elizabeth Wynne and Mary Arandale. 

Semi-final Jenny Parry, Helen Beetson, Dianne Wynne and Jody Smith defeated Doreen Read, Anneleise Shields, Margaret Morley and Jane Miles.  Semi- Final Deanna Stephens, Tamika Ryan, Ronda Sullivan and Marie Bexon defeated Joy Deebank, Alison Hampstead, Rose Ryan and Betty Carney. Deanna’s team will now play Jenny Parry’s team in the final which be held Saturday 22nd October at 10.00am.

Minor Singles round:

Ron Sullivan defeated Mick McGlynn.

Hcp Singles round:

Doreen Read defeated Joy Deebank. Lyn Hawley defeated Rose Ryan. Patrick Hogan defeated Tristan Dal Forno.  Rick Jermyn defeated Tim Ryan. Hcp Pairs Tim and Mick Walsh defeated Rex Vane and Paul Walsh.  Deanna Stephens and Jane Miles defeated Maxine Christoff and Marie Bexon.  Pat Wynne and Alan Cameron defeated Richard Riley and Craig Grimmond.  Barry Beetson and Patrick Hogan defeated Wayne Arandale and Les Bexon. Adam Jermyn and Kevin Miles defeated Petar McKechnie and Alex Miles.

Consistency round Wayne Kearns defeated Patrick Hogan.  Colin Williamson defeated Les Bexon.  Tristan Dal Forno defeated Tom O’Neill.

Wednesday Bowls:

Winners Tamika Ryan and Betty Carney.

Sunday Bowls:

Winners Steven Read and Wayne Kearns.

Men please check the board for closing dates for championships.  All dates are on the board from now.

Bowls days:

Tues Golden Oldies 10am; Wednesday 2pm names in by 1.30pm; Friday night Twilight bowls start 6pm; Sunday morning names in by 10am for 10.30 start.

Col Hodges

Not only did Bathurst trainer Roy McCabe achieve his career first winner, Star Class at Wellington on Saturday, he also won the following race with Fantasy Gaze.

Putting the icing on the cake for the young trainer, Star Class is owned by his father Roy McCabe Snr, a former successful jockey who rode a lot of winners for former Bathurst trainer Robert Hall (McCabe Jnr is also a former jockey who had success in both the professional and picnic ranks) Ridden by Tony Cavallo, Star Class ($2.40 favourite) led for home and held on to win the Maiden Plate, 1400 metres, by over a length from Ashrawi Gold (Andrew Banks, $7) and Solid Power (Rasit Yetimova, $13). Tony Cavallo was also aboard when Fantasy Gaze ($2.50 fav set the pace before bolting in by over Six lengths from Shake Off (Andrew Banks, $3.50) and Poet's Spirit (Ken Dunbar, $17) in the Maiden Handicap, 1100 metres.

In a good day for Bathurst trainers, the Dean Mirfin trained Super Pig well ridden by apprentice Jamie Gibbons tracked the leader Donsgal before scoring a convincing win over Swotd Fighter ( ony Cavallo,$6 ) and Suprise Star (Mathew Cahill, $11) in the 1600 metres Benchmark 50 Handicap.

Dubbo apprentice Chris Williams rode the second winner of his career when he gave the Clint Lundholm trained Blinkin Rockin ($4.40) a charmed run behind the leader Little Queen (Michael Yravers, $6) in the Benchmark 50 Handicap,1100 metres.

Blinkin Rockin eventually won by a long neck from Little Queen with Pixie Gaze (Andrew Banks, $8) finishing third. Back in Dubbo after a trip to his former home in Turkey, Rasit Yetimova led all the way on the Darren Hyde Dubbo trained Snippet's Anchor ( $11 ) to win the Class One Handicap, 1100 metres by a nose from Beau Hoffa ( Mathew Cahill, $4.40 ) with London Cab ( Ken Dunbar, $4.20 ), third. Lee Van Den Bos who trains the unlucky runner up Beau Hoffa at Orange had earlier won the Maiden Handicap ( 1100 metres ) with debut maker Mystery Lady ( Mathew Cahill,$3.80 ) which led all the way.

Racing at Narromine on Saturday and Cowra, Tuesday October 18.

Western Rams has finalised its preparation for next weekend’s clash with Italy, coach Darren Jackson naming a new-look line-up after a “crisp” training run at Manildra on Saturday.

The Rams will take on the Federation of Italian Rugby League Australia (FIRLA) opens side at Carrington Park, Bathurst, on Saturday, with the visiting Azzurri looking to shore up its squad ahead of the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.

NSW Cup and Queensland Cup players – with the chance of some English Super League guns – are expected to be littered throughout the Italian side in Bathurst.

But, in the face of arguably the toughest test of their 2016 campaign to date, Jackson said the key for his side’s preparation was keeping things very simple.

“The basics, and doing them well, will be important for us,” Jackson said after his side’s session at Manildra’s Jack Huxley Oval.

“It was as good (a session) as I expected it was going to be. It was really crisp for a one-off.​”

Bogan Touch Association

Start Date: Monday October 17 (this has changed from the 10th due to the shire working on the grounds at the moment.) Teams: 17 teams entered. Players: Currently have 130 players registered online.  Any players still to register need to so it ASAP. Teams still looking for players or individuals looking for a team please contact Rob Kennedy or Lesa Boland at Aspect in Pangee Street or make contact via the Nyngan touch facebook page.

Registration fees: $40 per player. The whole teams fees need to be paid to Rob Kennedy or Lesa Boland at Aspect in Pangee Street before Monday  24th October.

Team shirts: All teams need to be in full team shirts by round 3. If you're waiting on shirts please make sure everyone is wearing the same colour shirt.

The brother of Phillip Hughes has shaken his head during evidence from the late cricketer's batting partner and former housemate Tom Cooper at an inquest in Sydney. The inquest has heard the Hughes family is concerned the South Australian batsman was subjected to ungentlemanly bowling and sledging before being fatally struck by a ball at the SCG in November 2014.

Cooper, who was the non-striker when Hughes was hit in the side of the neck during a Sheffield Shield match, said he was confident NSW paceman Doug Bollinger didn't say something like "I'm going to kill you" during the match.

Cooper also says he can't remember telling the 25-year-old's brother Jason Hughes about Bollinger's alleged comments after the death.

"Mr Cooper, I suggest to you, you told Jason these words and you are now denying them," barrister for the Hughes family, Greg Melick SC said at Sydney's Downing Centre on Tuesday.

"No," Cooper replied. Jason Hughes shook his head at times during Cooper's evidence.

The inquest heard Cooper did not want to view any footage from the day of play unless absolutely necessary for forensic purposes. "Unfortunately, yes," he said when asked whether he still had memories of the incident. Cooper said the NSW team seemed to be bowling short at Hughes after lunch in an attempt to slow the run rate. In a statement read to the court, Cooper said he didn't think there was anything inappropriate about his opponents' tactics, and that bowling short at a batsman who had been at the crease for some time was common.

Umpire Ash Barrow said he was content Sean Abbott's penultimate over to Hughes, which featured a short-pitched salvo, was legal and within the spirit of the game.

"That's standard bowling," Barrow said after footage of the over was shown.

Abbott struck Hughes in his following over.

Both Barrow and the other on-field umpire Michael Graham-Smith said they did not have any first-aid training. The inquest continues.