It was a veritable run-fest at Number 2 oval on the weekend as the Aussie Bulls took on Dalkeith in a salivating fixture.

The toss was a good one to win and Bulls skipper Toby Miles didn’t hesitate in electing to bat.

At 1 for 90 at drinks it looked like a good decision. Good partnerships between Miles and Stuart Barton and Miles and Terrance Ryan set the tone and the Bulls were able to accelerate towards the 40 over mark and set a great total, finishing their allotted overs on 4-208.

Miles finished on 137 not out, taking a particular liking to plenty of short pitched bowling. Matt Sheather was the pick of the bowlers, a tidy 8 overs with a wicket was the contribution of the recent father.

In response, Dalkeith started excellently. Openers Dylan Franklin and Todd Milligan looked in the mood and punished any erratic bowling. They lost their first wicket around the 100 mark, Franklin for a well made 52.

Milligan continued to play well but didn’t get much support from the other end, Stuart Barton tore through the middle order. Big South African Ray got amongst the wickets also and in the end Dalkeith could only muster 145.

The Bulls, despite the absences of their farming players, strengthen their lead at the top of the table, heading into the Christmas break.

Round 9 of Twilight golf produced the season's highest score to date.

Neil earthmoving with 52 points defeated arch-rivals Riverside Tourist Park 49 points in a see-sawing game. The "Movers" have Woodsie and young Matho as the steady players and Tara and Kirsty as the heavy scorers.

Tara birdied the cowal for a five pointer and Woodsie likewise for a three pointer and swung the game in their favour.

The previous leaders lost their matches and now we have "Nyngan Innovations" and "Toyota Offroaders" leaders on 14 points.

Sunday's ambrose was a drought-breaking win for Steve Peterson and Brent Harris with 30.25 nett.

Good beginners they had two birdies early on then ran out of puff with a couple of holes to go and fell over the line to beat Dave Buggy and Brendan Smith 31.25 nett who were one under for the last five holes. Pin winners were Aaron Bennett and Peto.

Highlights were a massive drive by Jamie Sparrow gincher on the old scale and the comeback kid Nuffy Power all falling base over apex into the Cowal.

The mid-week game has a new star with Sarah Walsh making her debut and scoring 23 points, Dolly, Tex and Jenny all had 19 points and Di Donald was the pin winner.

It was a good weekend for Brent as he was Saturday's winner with +5 a handicap reduction for sure. Barry Howell +1 was the pick of the other seven players who all finished with negative scores.

Badge draw is for $300 this Thursday, Jenny Holmes had a shot at the Jack putt approx $450 but no success for her.

Hams to be won this Thursday in conjunction with the kids' Christmas party.

MACQUARIE CLUB NAMES FEATURE RACE IN HONOUR OF LATE JOCKEY’S MEMORY

Those involved with western region picnic racing were some of the many who were shattered last week when much-admired jockey Samara Johnson died as a result of a single-vehicle accident outside of Junee.

Canberra-based Johnson died at the scene while her partner, trainer Garry Kirkup, was seriously injured and remains in hospital in a stable condition after being brought out of an induced coma last Tuesday.

Johnson was a regular on the picnic circuit and those at the Macquarie Picnic Racing Club at Trangie have come together to honour her memory.

The annual Macquarie Picnic meeting, to be run on December 29, was due to be the next meeting Johnson would ride at but instead other jockeys will compete for a Cup named in her memory.

Sponsored by Three Rivers Machinery, the 1400m main event will be known as the Samara Johnson Memorial Macquarie Picnic Cup.

Johnson starred at last year’s edition of the Macquarie Picnics, booting home four winners including Dalheroin the Cup for Cowra trainer Neil Smart.

The four victories last year were special for a number of reasons as Johnson also gave trainers Sarah McCilrick, from Parkes, and Dubbo-based Micaela Wheeler their first winners with Oxford Art and As Easy As respectively.

In a promising career that was cut short, Johnson scored feature wins in the Picnic Cups at Lockhart, Harden, Tullibigeal, Macquarie, Ardlethan, Grenfell, Boorowa, and Young. The meeting at Trangie later this month will be emotional for many involved, much like the Mark Hughes Foundation Handicap at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday was.

The Kirkup-trained Highly Geared managed "horse racing's greatest ever seventh" in the race, with the trainer propped up in bed at hospital to watch while many of Johnson’s family and friends also watched on.

The Canberra racing community rallied to prepare Highly Geared for an emotion-charged run in Sydney as a tribute to Johnson and Kirkup.

Fellow Canberra trainer Doug Gorrell shares stables with Kirkup and watched the emotional race alongside the injured trainer. “The poor bugger, he's a very tough man. He comes off horses and gets back on them and goes again. If he's in pain then you know it's bloody serious pain."