The race to the post took a new turn with Macquarie Electrics; having a rare loss. 

They still lead with 23 points, Vane’s Buses have 21 points, Neill Earthmoving; have 20 points, the top two teams clash this week in the penultimate round.   

Brendan Smith and the unpredictable Dave Bartley won Sundays Ambrose with 30.5 nett, Brendan rarely plays a bad game and Dave can produce some amazing shots. 

Tara McDermott and Pat Walsh had 31 nett. 

Thanks to Tara and her Texas Wedge; Tony Lewis and Andy Lane were a bit stiff, the calculator malfunctioned and recorded the wrong score they actually finished second, the error wasn’t discovered early enough.   

Steve Peterson with +two took out Saturdays Par game, a washout on the first and last left him just one better than John Wynne whose back nine was only so-so by his standards.  Mick Beetson finished square.  

Pin winners were Mick, Chook Hawley and Rick Partridge. 

Next Saturday is a Stroke and Sunday is 2 person Ambrose on the back line.

Pat Walsh

John Wilson made a remarkable return to race riding to win the Wallace Bulk Haulage and Western Tree Care Bedgerabong Centenary Picnic Cup ( 1400 metres ), on Saturday, aboard the Justin.W.Stanley, Narromine trained Wollartant.

Seventeen years had passed since Wilson rode at a race meeting and it was at Bedgerabong when he won the 2002 Picnic Cup on Sports Fair trained at Orange by Mark Ostini.

In the meantime he had been a long serving stable foreman for the late Brian Buckley at Orange and more recently a track work rider at Narromine.

At the beautiful Bedgerabong racecourse and in front of a bumper crowd almost double the 2017 attendance, John Wilson produced a very good ride on the ten year old Wollartant, owned and bred by Terry Marskell a bookmaker and cattle farmer from Mudgee.

Drummed Out, Our Sarastro and Tearful Kitty vied for the lead down the back straight before Wollartant worked to the front near the home turn.

Coming off good performances in strong company at recent TAB meetings, Wollartant ( $6 ) held on strongly to win the by two lengths from the 2018 Cup winner Lulu’s Destiny ( Maddison Wright, $1.60 favourite )) and Drummed Out ( Alan Barton, $6 ).

Nyngan trainer Rodney Robb and south coast jockey Maddison Wright missed the top prize with Lulu’s Destiny however they combined for a winning double with Northern Myth and Cheeky Charley.  

Owned by a big syndicate from Tottenham, Northern Myth ( $2.60 fav.) had a charmed run behind the leaders before accounting for Incision ( John Wilson, $2.80 ) and Getting Ready ( Michael Wade, $13 ) in the 1100 metres Class 3 Handicap.

Maddison Wright then had Cheeky Charley ( $3 fav. ) travelling nicely off the pace before winning the Fabstock and Forbes Advocate Maiden Plate ( 1100 metres ) from Currawong (.Jody Hughes, $5 ) and Dreamworthy ( Alan Barton, $17 ).

Don Lister, a part owner and breeder of Cheeky Charley was one of many first time visitors to Bedgerabong amazed by the beautiful presentation of the track and surrounds.

“ Instead of an annual meeting Bedgerabong should be racing every week”, said Don Lister, at the trophy presentation “.

Rider of Rodney Robb’s third winner was John Eady from Victoria who gave Madison Gardens a nice run on the rails behind the leading pack in the 1400 metres Class B Handicap.

Gaining a late split, Madison Gardens ( $2.40 fav.) sprinted to a one length win over Archway Express ( Maddison Wright,$2.60 ) and Peduzzi ( Jody Hughes, $15 ).

Third leg of a treble for Maddison Wright was the Allan McRae, Yass trained French Giggle ( $2.50 fav.) which against a field of speedsters led most of the way to win the Clearview Bracelet  Handicap ( 800 metres ) from Gillie Mooch ( Ricky Blewitt, $2.70 ) and Benno’s Boy ( Jody Hughes, $3.20 ).

Trained at Parkes by Sharon Jeffries, Sikum was judged the best presented horse at the Bedgerabong Centenary races and ran up to the good looks by winning the 800 metres QBIRT Class B Handicap. 

Taking control in the straight, Sikum ( $2.50 fav.) ridden by Hawkesbury based Michael Wade, won by over two lengths from Spy’s Shadow ( Ricky Blewitt, $6 ) and Silly Talker,Maddison Wright, $4 ).

Condobolin Picnics are on Saturday followed by Bathurst TAB on Tuesday.

Colin Hodges

They had a wonderful day of swimming at their recent carnival. Congratulations to those who swam on the day.

It was great to see all the students join in and support their house.

A big thank you to the parents and carers to assisted on the day.

Congratulations to Macquarie who were victorious on the day.

Twenty students from Nyngan Public have qualified to progress to NYNGBAR which will be held at the Nyngan pool Thursday, February 28.

Students awarded age champions

Sub junior champion

Junior champions

11 year champions

12 year champion

Registration information evening for girls playing in the 2019 Dubbo Netball competition will be held at the RSL Club on Thursday, February 21 from 5pm to 6pm.

All interested players please attend the evening or contact me to let me know if you or your child are playing this season.

We are not asking for payment at this but we need to know numbers as teams need to be finalised ASAP. If your child requires a new uniform we will have them at the RSL to try on.

Please contact Donna Smith on 0419 606 224 for more information.

There is little doubt that the Active Kids and Creative Kids vouchers introduced by the NSW Government have been winners – the number of families making use of the $100 rebates says as much.

Which is why it was announced on the weekend, the Active Kids program was being doubled, allowing families to claim two $100 vouchers per year, with the twin aims of encouraging children to play sport from January to December and to further ease the cost of living for NSW families.

We all know the cost of children’s sport can be overwhelming, so in 2019 a second $100 Active Kids voucher will be available for the six month period from July to 1 December 31.

From 2020 two $100 Active Kids vouchers will be available from Service NSW for the entire calendar year.

Troy Grant