Dubbo Photo News 06.06.2024

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RACHAEL BREWER

Where do you work? Dubbo Mowers and Chainsaws

When you were a child what did you want to be when you grew up? Growing up, I always wanted to be in retail as I have always wanted to help people. Do you have a nickname? Rach

What are your favourite memories of growing up in your hometown? Favourite childhood memories were working alongside my dad in the tile industry and travelling with the family.

What do you like to do on the weekends? I like to do something good on a Saturday night like visiting friends or going to see a film at the cinema. Sunday is a lazy day watching TV.

Do you have any hidden talents or special skills? Communication, Honesty, Team Work.

If you could have a conversation with your pet, what do you think they would say? My Mum’s Dog - I think he would say “Thank you, I love you, can I have more food” and let us know if he was in pain, since he’s like 12 years old.

What are you watching at the moment? A Bridgerton Story on Netflix.

What would you be lost without? My son and family.

What music do you like to listen to? Mix of all music but mostly RnB

If you were stranded on a desert island what 3 things would you bring with you? Canned food, tent and matches

What do the next 5 years look like for you? I hope in the next 5 years I get my childcare certificate.

A man of listening and action

Garry honoured for more than 50 years of volunteer service to Elong Elong

Garry Walters’ simple but successful business philosophy was whatever the farmers wanted; he would try and get.

He had the same dedication to the facilities of his beloved Elong Elong Recreation Reserve and Elong Elong Community Hall, recently retiring after more than 50 years of volunteer service as caretaker and secretary-treasurer of both facilities.

Basically, what the village, and its community hall and recreation reserve needed, Garry would find a way to get it.

Garry has been honoured for his half-a-decade of service as a crown land manager at Elong Elong, being provided with a certificate of appreciation from state government for his efforts.

The 80-year-old retired from his volunteer duties in March after a remarkable 51 years of service to the Elong Elong Recreation Reserve.

For 50 of those 51 years he had a double role, as from 1974 onwards he also managed the nearby Elong Elong Community Hall.

This volunteer service was embedded into Garry.

His father Arthur also served as a crown land manager at the Elong Elong Recreation Reserve for 30 years.

Garry started in the role directly after Arthur’s passing in 1973.

This meant a Walters had managed Elong Elong’s Recreation Reserve for the last 81 years.

The Elong Elong locality, 55km east of Dubbo on the Golden Highway, had a population of 142 at the 2021 Census.

Under Garry’s tenure, public facilities at Elong Elong flourished.

New septic toilets were installed at the community hall and a new fence was built to improve safety and help keep amenities secure at the recreation reserve.

improvements, alongside ongoing maintenance work, has

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ensured these crown land facilities remain at the heart of the local community, who use them for community events like birthdays, Rural Fire Service meetings, and church services.

Garry’s commitment to improving public infrastructure with significant family and community help paid dividends when he organised the ‘Back to Elong school reunion’ in 1998, which was held in the community hall. event attracted 520 guests and raised more than $17,000, delighting locals and ensuring the public facilities could be funded for years to come.

A sit-down lunch was held for those 520 people on the Saturday, the catering all performed by volunteers.

That event raised the necessary funds to provide septic toilets and install a little kitchen in the hall.

Garry said he loved the opportunity to volunteer in his town.

“I loved getting out and doing the maintenance work myself. It was very rewarding, and I am sure whoever comes next will give it a good crack too,” Mr Walters said.

“I’d like to thank Crown Lands for their support over the years.

“I also want to thank the other Crown land managers who helped me along the way, in particular Jenny Tunks and Robert Yeo, who provided invaluable support to me.”

Garry said Jenny’s brilliant administration skills and Robert’s leadership as president had kept him going for the last 10 or 15 years.

“They were the backbone of it all,” Garry said.

“They were always there, first to turn up to do jobs. They were great.”

Robert Yeo was able to get his son-in-law to re-stump the building after the old pine stumps had become rotten, and also put down the new floor on

the verandah. This happened around the early 2010s.

The hall was also painted at one stage and the hall verandah was also replaced under Garry’s and the committee watch.

The Recreation Ground had less use as cricket wasn’t played since the 1950s.

However, in the 1970s tennis was reformed for around four years, with sometimes 20 people playing on a Sunday.

And it was fenced via voluntary labour and a grant from the government.

The school closed in the early 1970s, Garry estimated.

From then on, it’s primary use was as the community hall.

Superior heating was why the community hall was often the preferred venue for events in town.

As time went on different functions and meetings were held.

Garry simply said he wanted to help the town, which is why he kept going in both roles.

“Being a local, I wanted to be involved in the local community,” he said.

“I just liked to keep the village looking good,” he said. “They were both important parts of Elong (Elong). I always wanted to keep it maintained.”

He said aside from Robert Yeo and Jenny Tunks’ constant presence in recent times, he said people whose help was very important and valued came and went on the committees.

One of Garry’s three sons, Craig, was a board member of the Elong Elong Community Hall and Recreation Reserve committee. “A lot of regular changes really, I just kept putting my hand up,” he said.

Garry went to primary school at Elong Elong, in the same community hall he eventually maintained for years.

After attending secondary school in Dubbo and getting married, he eventually found his

of Wellington, to Geurie and as far west on the Golden Highway as Beni, just 17 kilometres from Dubbo.

“We sold a bit of everything… we had the mail, we did farm deliveries,” he said.

“Every day was busy … we started with very little and ended up with five people on the wag- es (employees). Our business grew over the years thanks to the locals.

“If I wasn’t doing a real estate job, I was probably doing insurance, or I might have been selling fertiliser or delivering gas or fuel.

“Our business grew and it was only because of the locals that supported me that I was able to support them.

“Whatever the farmers wanted, I’d try and get for them.”

stepping down.

Between them the pair amassed 100 years of combined service to their communities.

Deputy Secretary Crown Lands and Public Spaces Mel Hawyes said men like Garry and Bruce are wonderful examples of Crown Land managers.

“Communities across NSW rely on volunteers like Bruce and Garry to ensure Crown land is managed effectively and to everyone’s benefit, and I thank them both,” Ms Hawyes said. Garry now plans to enjoy his most-recent retirement (from volunteering) by relaxing and travelling to see this wonderful country of ours.

A humble man, Garry would also like to sincerely thank everyone that assisted him over the years at Elong Elong.

Garry Walters, recognised for 50 years of service to the Elong Elong community. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Nathan & Rocco take look at Virtual Work of the future HEAD IN THE CLOUDS

By DAVID DIXON

Our tech future is in the clouds, with two computer-savvy local lads from Dubbo College Senior Campus recently completing virtual work experience with some of the state’s best young minds.

The Australian-first initiative offered vocational and educational training (VET) pupils the opportunity to earn industry credentials and explore potential career paths in the digital sector, with Nathan Batten loving the experience.

“I found the benefits of this program included flexibility, work-life balance, and an insight into the future job market of cloud computing,” Nathan said. “I chose to study Certificate III in Information Digital Technologies (IDT) because it is a potential career pathway I am highly interested in,” he added.

As well as Dubbo College Senior Campus, participating Western NSW schools included Dubbo School of Distance Education, and Gilgandra High School, among a group of 500-plus other students from around NSW.

During the initiative, the internees were offered insights into how generative artificial intelligence and machine-learning can be

leveraged by businesses to drive growth and foster innovation, fellow Dubbo student Rocco Wrigley discovered.

“The IDT virtual work placement, was a valuable insight into the cloud environment for an aspiring software engineer like myself,” Rocco said. “There are several benefits when working within the cloud industry made clear by

the AWS team such as flexibility, the ability to work from anywhere and multiple entry pathways,” he added.

He said that the initiative’s high-technology online medium, will become how many people work in coming decades.

“I chose to participate in the virtual work placement, as it is most definitely the way of the

future. It takes what I love about computers, and turns it into a sustainable career pathway,” Rocco enthused.

The innovative project was run through the NSW Digital Compact, a strategic initiative launched by the NSW Government, aimed at driving digital transformation across the state, NSW Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Edu-

cation Minister, Steve Whan said.

“I’m thrilled to see such enthusiasm and dedication from the 550 VET students participating in this ground-breaking Virtual Work Placement Program during National Careers Week,” Mr Whan said.

“This initiative represents a significant opportunity for students to explore exciting digital career paths and encourages them to think about a future in the digital world,” he added.

The program, a collaboration between the NSW Government, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and the Youth Futures Network, addresses a looming critical skills shortage.

“A recent study… found 90 per cent of employers envision their companies becoming AI-driven organisations by 2028 – cloud skills are key to future jobs,” Amazon Web Services, Australia and New Zealand Director of Enterprise, Louise Stigwood said.

“This Virtual Work Placement Program provides students with invaluable hands-on experience working with cloud computing technologies that are transforming industries around the world,” she concluded.

Two tech-savvy local lads, Nathan Batten and Rocco Wrigley from Dubbo College Senior Campus, recently completed a week-long Virtual Work Placement Program offering hands-on experience with cloud computing. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Heritage windows to the past, an eye to the future

CHRIS Sutton Custom

Joinery has just completed the replacement of seven heritage windows at the Western Plains Cultural Centre, as part of a major renewal project at the site.

The work followed Dubbo Regional Council commissioning the local firm to supply and install the new windows at the former high school.

These windows are in keeping with the heritage standards for the building and the original windows currently in place. Dubbo Regional Council is doing the refurbishment in stages, as money becomes available.

The work is designed to retain the historical integrity of a facility that has served Dubbo in a range of public capacities from when our first public high school was established there in 1917.

In 1935, in order to cater for the ever-growing number of students from Dubbo and surrounding areas, a decision was made to extend Dubbo High.

One of these extensions was the two-storey brick building facing Gipps Street, that originally housed the science block on the ground floor, the library, and three other classrooms.

It wasn’t until 1965 that

a second high school was built, known as South Dubbo High, followed by St John’s College in 1969, Delroy High School in 1981, and Dubbo Christian School in 1986. By 2001, Dubbo High School was ready to pass the baton to its sister high schools and, in October of that year, Dubbo City Council purchased the site on the corner of Wingewarra and Gipps Streets.

In February 2007, the redeveloped site, now known as the Western Plains Cultural Centre, was opened by the thenNSW Governor, Marie Bashir.

The two-storey building currently known as the Community Arts Centre, hosts Dubbo & District Family History Society, art and ceramic studios, and a variety of workshops and classes for craft and music and much more.

Builder Chris Sutton was actually a student at Dubbo High School and knew the building well. Little did he know when he left school in 1971, that 54 years later, he would return to refurbish and begin to replace these windows.

This month the first of the new windows has been installed on the Gipps Street side of the

building. With over 60 windows in this building alone, it will be a slow progression, but a start has been made to keep this building and the building facing Wingewarra Street living examples of a style of architecture that was described by Mr NJ (Bill) Gleeson (Principal from 1965–1973) in Marion Dormer’s book, Dubbo: City on the Plains – 1901–1988 as:

“… a character of its own. There will never be another like it. In the interests of history, it should be preserved, renovating where necessary but maintaining as far as possible the essential nature of the original”.

Chris Sutton Custom Joinery specialises in timber windows and doors, and was ably-assisted with the installation by Nathan Lunn, Ross Graham, and Ray Boden.

Dubbo should be proud of the steps that are being taken to preserve this building – it is a credit to Dubbo Regional Council, the skill of the men who have taken on the job, and the people of Dubbo recognising the importance of keeping and maintaining our history.

Here’s to the next 100 years and the ongoing presence of these buildings in our city!

BIRTHDAYS THIS

Jun 6: Jon Henricks , Olympic swimmer, 89. Robert Englund, US actor of Freddy Krueger fame, 77. Andrew McFarlane, actor, 73. Bjorn Borg , Swedish tennis player, 68. Mike Gatting , English cricketer, 67. Richard Di Natale, Greens Senator, 54. Daniel Andrews, former Victorian Premier, 52. Ross Noble, English comedian, 48. Jacinta Stapleton, former Neighbours actress, 45. Jun 7: Tom Jones, Welsh-born singer, 84. Liam Neeson Irish actor, 72. Gia Carides, actress, 60. Bear Grylls, British adventurer, 50. Preston Campbell, footy player, 47. Anna Torv, actress, 45. Anna Kournikova , Russian tennis player, 43. Kurt Gidley, footy player, 42. Iggy Azalea , Aussie rapper, 34.

Jun 8: Bob Irwin, naturalist-Steve’s dad, 85. Nancy Sinatra , US singer, 84. Boz Scaggs, US singer, 80. Bonnie Tyler, British singer, 73. Mick Hucknall , British singer, 64. Nick Rhodes, British musician of Duran Duran, 62. Julianna Margulies, US actress, 58. Lindsay Davenport, US tennis player, 48. Kanye West, US rapper, 47. Roxy Jacenko, businesswoman, 45. Kim Clijsters, Belgian tennis player, 41.

Jun 9: Angus Houston, former Chief of the Defence Force, 77. Patricia Cornwell , US author, 68. Michael J Fox Canadian actor, 63. Johnny Depp, US actor, 61. Jane Kennedy, actress-comedian, 60. Paul Agostino, soccer player, 49. Natalie Portman, US actress, 43. Jun 10: Ian Sinclair, former National Party politician, 95. Tony Mundine, boxer, 73. Tony Martin, comedian, 60. Elizabeth Hurley, British actress, 59. Kyle Sandilands, radio host, 53. Nicky Whelan, actress, 44. Kate Upton, US model, 32.

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Jun 11: Jackie Stewart, British motor racing champion, 85. Ray ‘Rabbits’ Warren, footy commentator, 81. Hugh Laurie, English actor, 65. Carl Barron, funny man, 60. Geoff Ogilvy, golfer, 47. Joshua Jackson, US actor, 46. Amy Duggan, soccer player,

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45. Tom Waterhouse bookmaker, 42. Shia LaBeouf, US actor, 38. Claire Holt, actress, 36.

12: Tom Oliver, Neighbours actor, 86. Terry Alderman, cricketer, 68. Warwick Capper, AFL player, 61. Corinne Grant, comedienne, 51. Sam Thaiday, footy player, 39. Abbey Lee Kershaw, Aussie model, 37.

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Chris from Chris Sutton Custom Joinery, ably-assisted by Nathan Lunn and Ross Graham with the installation of traditional windows in the WPCC. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

First made popular by Stephen Covey’s bestselling book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”, Covey described it as a mindset that there is not enough to go around.

Scarcity mindset isn’t new. It’s been a part of the human psyche for as long as there has been people and things. Today it is amplified by social media, in lifestyle blogs, reality TV, commercials, and so on. It often feels like a pressure to look or behave a certain way and can cause us to both hoard things or to spend money on things we don’t need or want.

We now know that a scarcity mindset takes a mental toll on us – it robs our brains of valuable bandwidth to solve problems, to focus, or to be creative.

Scarcity mindset

you may never have heard of it, but you might be suffering from it

Studies have shown the effect to be comparable to missing a night’s sleep.

In effect a scarcity mindset turns our focus onto what we don’t have and in doing so makes us think of our fellow humans as competitors instead of team-mates. It can make us experience life like a game of musical chairs – with an anxious focus on ever-shrinking resources.

If we want to combat a scarcity mindset here are some tips and strategies:

• Learn to recognise the feeling of missing out;

• Incorporate gratitude into your daily life;

• Help others around you to thrive;

• Stop comparing yourself to others;

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• Practice showing appreciation for others in your life;

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Instead of starting your day thinking about what you’ve got to do or looking at other people’s lives as you scroll through social media, reflect on the positive things in your life. When you start to change your mindset from scarcity to one of gratitude and a sense of abundance, you will notice your overall wellbeing and happiness increase.

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is a local GP in Dubbo and Lecturer at the School of Rural Health in Dubbo.

ROAD TO PARIS 2024

MONTREAL,

1976: AFRICAN BOYCOTTS, DRUGS, NADIA’S PERFECT 10,

With the Paris Summer Games starting on Friday, July 26, Dubbo Photo News is taking a nostalgic look back at some of the highlights and heroes, controversies and clashes, of one of the world’s great sporting extravaganzas, the modern Olympics.

By DAVID DIXON

AFTER two fractious, controversial, and sometimes-violent Summer Games in a row, International Olympic Committee organisers were no doubt hoping for some clear sailing after Montreal had been awarded the rights to the 1976 Games.

Montreal beat the bids of both Moscow and Los Angeles – who would go on to host the two subsequent Olympics – with the Canadian city hosting the first North American Summer Games since Los Angeles in 1932.

AND THE

DAY THE AUSSIE MEDALS DIED!

While not as contentious as Mexico City and Munich, Montreal did, however, feature huge cost blowouts, a last-minute boycott by Third World nations, and the increasing taint of industrial-scale drug cheating when East Germany – a small Soviet satellite comparable in population to Australia – beat the sporting might of America into second place on the medal tally, with a whopping 40 gold, 25 silver, and 25 bronze podium finishes.

With each games getting bigger, featuring more events, more athletes, and running longer, construction delays and cost blowouts of the 1976 Montreal Olympics were legendary. With an initial $300 million budget, the two-week event – largely due to poor planning and corruption – ended-up costing a staggering $1.5 billion, saddling the Canadian city with a debt that took a full three decades to repay.

Nearly 30 countries, mostly African, also boycotted the games when the IOC refused to ban New Zealand after the All Blacks national rugby team had ignored an international ban to tour apartheid-era South Africa earlier in 1970, in defiance of the United Nations.

Taiwan was also unceremoniously punted from the games by Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, showing the increasing power of communist China, which insisted that the small rebellious island province be removed as an official Olympic country.

While the United States, who had been stung by their relatively poor showing in 1972, had invested tens of millions into Olympic sports, the Soviet Union still won the most gold and overall medals. For a time, at least, their full-time athletes and shadowy training programs hidden from scrutiny, continued to triumph in what had become a Cold War propaganda battle.

Queen Elizabeth II also controversially opened the games, after the premier of Quebec had tried to rescind her invitation made by the Federal Government, so as not to inflame French-speaking separatists in the province. In an interesting aside the Queen’s daughter, Prince Anne, also competed for Britain in equestrian events at Montreal.

Montreal was the first modern Olympics where spectacular opening ceremonies began to over-shadow athletic performances, as the

highlight for many spectators.

Although modest by today’s standards, it did feature a panoramic fly-over by fighter jets and hundreds of singers and thousands of dancers performing to folk music in ethnic attire, all held at the then-incomplete stadium in front of 73,000 fans and an estimated half-billion world television audience.

In competition, women’s events in basketball, rowing, and team handball all made their debut, and hockey was played on an artificial pitch for the first time.

The games’ stand-out performance, however, featured a series of technically-perfect 10-outof-10 scores in gymnastics by a tiny 14-year-old Romanian, Nadia Comaneci.

Comaneci was the first Olympic gymnast to be awarded top marks –on no less than seven separate occasions – winning gold in the uneven bars, balance beam, and all-round competitions, while also picking-up a silver in the teams event.

Other memorable showings included American athlete Bruce Jenner, later of Keeping Up with the Kardashians fame, taking home gold in the combined trackand-field decathlon with a record 8634 points, later being named. the “world’s greatest athlete.”

The US boxing team also won five gold medals with such future world champions as Leon and Michael Spinks, Sugar Ray Leonard, and John Tate, who was unfortunate to meet the greatest amateur heavyweight fighter ever, Cuba’s Teofilo Stevenson, in the semi-finals.

Stevenson’s compatriot Alberto Juantorena also completed the first 400-metre and 800-metre double victory on the track, while the Japanese women’s volleyball team proved untouchable, winning all their matches in straight sets,

For poor old Australia, however, 1976 was the year that our falling relative competitiveness – parttime amateur athletes doing their best while being trained by volunteer coaches on often sub-standard suburban facilities – finally came home to roost.

It was the bitterest of blows, after consistently being in the top half-dozen Olympic countries for decades, we won not a solitary gold medal. The sum total from 180 athletes was one silver medal to the men’s hockey team and four bronze: in team equestrian – led by

the evergreen Bill Roycroft – two in sailing, and just one in the pool, with Steve Holland coming third in the 1500-metres freestyle.

Our decline, however, had been building for years, with individual efforts like Mike Wenden in the pool in 1968 and Shane Gould four years later, masking our gradual fall as an Olympic sporting nation.

Results leading up to the games indicated little, with Australia still having a number of genuine medal prospects, including ‘Super Fish’ Holland, who had broken 12 world records; triple silver medallist at two previous Olympics, sprinter Raelene Boyle; and 16-year-old Jenny Turrell, who had smashed the 800-metre and 1500-metre world records on numerous occasions.

However, it seemed that, at Montreal, everything that could go wrong, did.

Golden hope Steve Holland was tag-teamed by two American swimmers in his pet event, coming home with a bronze, although breaking the world record in the process, Jenny Turrell came a longlast in the final of the 800-metres, and our hockey players were surprisingly upset by New Zealand in the final.

The ever-unlucky Raelene Boyle was just beaten into fourth in the 100-metre final by a drug-tainted all-German podium, before being disqualified for breaking twice in her pet event, the 200-metres.

Her disqualification occurred when a Canadian judge claimed to have detected a slight shoulder movement just before the starting gun was fired, with the eventual gold medal-winning time well outside her own best efforts.

As the poor results rolled in, rumours began to circulate of poor discipline among the Australians, with stories of ice-cream eating competitions and lax training schedules, only fuelled by a number of athletes appearing clearly overweight in competition.

The suddenness and humiliation of our decline, was nothing less than a shock to a sports-mad country used to holding our heads high on the international sporting stage. Athletes returning from the Games, were met with an angry media scrum with some of our representatives – only teenagers themselves – openly-crying on national television as they recounted the less-than-flattering assessments of their efforts.

A newspaper cartoon in a mass-circulation tabloid captured the national mood with caricatured athletes hiding in the cabin of a returned commercial jet, holding out a handful of medals, saying: “One silver, four bronze, and political asylum.”

Yet the athletes had been let down by the system. Holland lamented that he didn’t have a proper gymnasium to use and was training in a sub-standard 25-metre pool. “No one gave us any money or anything,” Holland said in a later television interview.

“There was nothing. What we did, was for Mum and Dad, slaving their guts out, working to try and keep me at world standard.”

Boyle agreed, adding: “We were working jobs and being athletes, whereas the rest of the world were just being athletes,”

Australia didn’t pick up a single top-finish for the first time since 1936, with New Zealand claiming two, and we finished 32nd, just

ahead of Iran and Mongolia on the medal table.

The results were a scandal for the first-term Fraser Government, which had controversially won the December, 1975, election on a policy of fiscal constraint, with sports funding one of the first heads on the chopping block.

There were protests in the streets with the government eventually completing a 180-degree turn, commissioning a review into Olympic funding. This eventually led to the establishment in 1981 of the Australian Institute of Sport, a high-technology centralised facility in Canberra, with the express purpose of turning out Olympic-quality athletes who could compete for medals.

The days where Australia’s natural advantages of an outdoor climate, sporting passion, healthy diet, and economic equality alone – producing champions like Murray Rose, Dawn Fraser, Herb Elliott, and Shirley Strickland – were over.

American athlete, Bruce Jenner, later of 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' fame, taking home gold in the combined track-and-field decathlon with a record 8634 points, later being named “world’s greatest athlete.” IMAGE: US OLYMPIC MUSEUM

Bright spot: evergreen Australian competitor, Bill Roycroft, led the Australian equestrian team to an honourable bronze at Montreal in his fifth and last Olympics, having famously won gold after rising from his hospital bed in Rome, way back in 1960. IMAGE: AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE

The Montreal Games' stand-out performance featured a series of technically-perfect 10-out-of-10 scores in gymnastics by a tiny 14-year-old Romanian Nadia Comaneci. IMAGE: IOC

Montreal was the first modern Olympics where spectacular opening ceremonies began to over-shadow athletic performances as the highlight for many spectators. IMAGE: IOC

Casual speeding is the biggest cause of trauma on NSW roads

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Amari McGuire (6 Years and under Jazz Solo)

Orana Dance Centre (8 Years Modern and Hip Hop)

Dance HQ Orange 10 Years Lyrical

Urban Edge (8 Years Tap)

Dance HQ Orange (8 Years and under Tap)

Dance HQ Orange (8 Years and Under Lyrical)

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Amari Dennis (Contemporary Solo)

Zadie McWhirter (5 to 6 Years Jazz)

Olivia Beard (First Place 5 to 6 Years Jazz)

Bonnie Orchard (Jazz Solo, Any Style 6 years and under)

Paislee Warren (8 Years and under Modern Solo)

Brydie Tremain (8 Years and Under Modern Solo)

Florence Scott (First Place Modern 6 Years)

Dubbo Celtic Dancers 12 Years and under World, Traditional and Celtic

Orana Dance Company (8 Years Tap)

Fierce Performing Arts, Brandi, Annabelle and Emma, Front, Frankie Jay

Urban Edge 10 Years and under Lyrical

FARHAN Dance Studio

Harli Putland (8 Years Classical)

Eva Graham (8 Years and under Contemporary Solo) and Evie Towns 8 Years and under Modern Solo)

UPSKILL: Learn to create some fabulous food

LOVE to cook?

Love to try something new?

Ready to add a new skill to your resume?

It’s time to join the monthly Food Art cooking classes at Dub-

Art Master Class each month hosted by our own chefs, Chef Graham and Chef Ashim.

These master classes are in conjunction with Dubbo Rhino Lodge’s ‘Sippin’ Sundays’ featur-

MEET THE BOSS

for a lazy Sunday afternoon.

The classes run for one hour and give you the chance to take part in creating a different dish each month.

The participants get a live

JAMES WALL

Company: Orana Mall

Position: Centre Manager •••

Our business is known for… providing the community with a location for their retail needs.

Our best selling product is… our wonderful atmosphere.

My role in the business is… Centre Manager.

According to my staff, working for me is... the best career choice of their life. (No, I didn’t bribe them to say that either).

I spend my down time… Cooking, fishing and enjoying the outdoors.

In my opinion, the biggest issue facing small businesses is… online shopping. Which three famous people, dead or alive, would you invite to dinner? Conor McGregor, Jennifer Aniston and JFK.

I’m most proud of... making it this far.

When you were a child, what did you want to do when you grew up? I wanted to be older. (This is not what I expected).

The best piece of career advice I can offer is… “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”

And if I wasn’t in my current role, I’d… be travelling Australia.

where you get to prepare the dish for yourself.

Those attending also receive a recipe card, tasting of the menu item, and take-home pack of the item. All ingredients are supplied.

Taronga Western Plains Zoo Dubbo is currently advertising the role of Conservation Keeper (Australian Mammals).

The successful individual will play an integral role in delivering high quality animal husbandry and management practices for Taronga’s Australian Mammal conservation breed-for-release programs, including the Chuditch/Western Quoll program.

Australian Mammal husbandry experience, particularly with ‘Dasyuridae species’, will be highly regarded.

Key Accountabilities:

Work without supervision to safely provide high quality animal husbandry and management techniques in line with Taronga policies and procedures to assist Taronga in meeting WHS and animal care

ally quickly. Keep up to date with the Rhino Lodge Facebook page where the dishes for the next month will be announced and notification that the tickets are live on 123tix website.

and welfare targets and in complying with all relevant legislation.

Comply with Taronga’s Animal Welfare Charter to ensure industry leading standards of animal welfare are maintained and animals in our care are assured of Taronga’s 5 Freedoms.

Communicate Taronga’s education and conservation messages both internally and externally, ensuring all communications align with Taronga’s values to inspire behavioural change in accordance with Taronga’s vision and strategic pillars.

Deliver high quality customer services experiences in order to provide excellent guest experiences and promote repeat visitation.

Full details, including information on how to apply, can be found here: www. seek.com.au/job/76240949

All smiles, The Rhino Lodge May 2024 Masterclass. PHOTO: DUBBO PHOTO NEWS/KEN SMITH

WELLINGTON NEWS

Hundreds of new titles at Wello Lions Book Fair LOVE A GOOD WINTER READ?

By DAVID DIXON

NOTHING is more enjoyable on a cold, dark night, than snuggling-up with a good book.

Right on cue for the first chilly week of winter, Wellington Lions Pre-Loved Book Fair, has just received a brand-new batch of hundreds of titles from their partner club in western Sydney.

Club Secretary Christine Hardy only last weekend returned from the big smoke with a whole stack of works, and most cost just a few dollars!

“The Kellyville Lions support us, they collect them, and every few months I go down and bring a load back,” Chris explained.

“They’ve got quite a collection, I’m talking about a couple of car-loads,” she added.

The Book Fair is in the Western Gallery opposite Cameron Park with most works as cheap as chips.

“Oh yes, the vast majority only cost a gold coin donation; very few of our books have a special price.

“For anyone who wants to see the new works, we have a table just inside the door with those to be sorted,” Chris revealed.

The Wellington Lions Pre-Loved Book Fair is open three days, Thursday to Saturday from 10–2pm, with thousands of books donated from locals, from the Lions’ sister club at Kellyville, and others.

“All are sorted by genre – such as history, cooking, biography – for non-fiction, and by author alphabetically, for fiction.

“There are even a couple of bookcases for ‘vintage’ books! A few books are ‘special’ and have a ‘special’ price but that is about half of what they are selling for on the internet,” Chris said.

As always with the Lions, their labours are for the greater good, Chris said.

“For the next few months, the money will be going to Lions Prostate Cancer Research & Treatment Project,” Chris revealed.

“John Hooper, Head of Cancer Biology Research at Mater Foundation, and his team are dedicated to finding better ways to detect and treat prostate cancer, additionally, they’re striving to improve treatment options for men with advanced prostate cancer,” she said.

Although the mix of members and other volunteers are adequate for the Book Fair, the Wellington Lions have had to drop one of their other big local fund-raising services, due to a lack of members, with another local support group, taking up the mantle.

“Wellington Lions will no longer be picking-up recyclable cans and bottles, that will be done by Wellington Men’s Shed, so the money received will still be going to a good cause.

“Wellington Lions would like to thank all their supporters from the last five years, for donating their cans and bottles to them, it’s been wonderful,” Chris said.

Still struggling after the loss of members during the pandemic lockdowns of 2020–2022, Chris said new blood is also welcome at the famous international service club that does so much for the district.

“Wellington Lions have been serving the local community since 1957, and would love to see new people who are interested in helping the community and attending meetings for new ideas,” Chris said.

“Meetings are the second and fourth Mondays of the month in the Private Room at the Wellington Soldiers Memorial Club,” she concluded.

For more information, contact Chris on 6845 4319.

From cookery to crime, history to horror, Wellington Lions Pre-Loved Book Fair has just received a brand-new batch of titles from their partner club in western Sydney. Seen here at their Western Gallery store are helper Ann Bartlett and Lions member Ann Whillock. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

IN FOCUS

THUMBS UP!

Thumbs up and thanks to Geoff Richards Panel Beating for stabilising the bumper bar of an elderly woman’s car at no cost.

Thumbs up to Nas at Williams Shoes in Orana Mall. Thank-you very much for all your help sourcing silver shoes for a wedding. You are a lovely person, thank-you very much.

Thumbs up to Village Bakehouse, for great coffee and food. I call in each morning and am greeted with a smile and excellent service consistently. Thank-you for helping me get through my day with that early coffee. (Sure, my work colleagues are great too, lol.)

Thumbs up to the Dubbo Eisteddfod committee and all the dancers who took to the stage over the last few days. Everyone looked fabulous!

Thumbs up to the team at Ultra Tune, Dubbo. Great friendly service, and they even washed my car! Highly recommend you give them a go.

Thumbs up to Baxter Boots. Great to see new stores filling our main street, offering high quality products and wonderful service.

Thumbs up to Club Dubbo for the fantastic service and meals on Saturday night. Even though the restaurant was very busy, our meals were served promptly and tasted amazing.

Thumbs up to Wynita at the Commonwealth Bank in Dubbo. I have been twice in the last week with my mum to sort out her finances. Wynita’s help, friendly nature and expertise was greatly appreciated.

Thumbs up to The Greater Bank for their help in refinancing my mortgage. Wonderful service from start to finish.

 Send your Thumbs Up via email to photos@dubbophotonews. com.au, mail to Level 1, 178 Macquarie Street Dubbo NSW 2830, or phone 6885 4433.

Cold and wet didn’t deter the Horizons Village sanga sizzle

HORIZONS Village community’s May Sausage Sizzle was held on a cold rainy evening which didn’t deter about 75 residents from coming along to enjoy a delicious barbecue.

As usual, the Men’s Shed did the cooking and a number of village ladies carried-out serving and clean-up duties.

The weekly draw for a Woolworths Gift Card was won by Graeme Larson, John Mitchell won the chance to try and find the joker card and

and transfer stations will be cashless from 1 July 2024.

All cards will be accepted and there will be no additional merchant charges.

The waste facilities also accept My Dubbo Region cards which can be loaded at the Dubbo and Wellington Visitor Information Centres.

To prevent this from happening cover your water meter and pipes with a towel or thick rag. Purchase a frost cover by ordering online at DRC&ME or in person at a Customer Experience Centre in Dubbo or Wellington.   Council’s

waste facilities

Horizons Village Social Committee Secretary, Gail Carling; Gift Card winner, Graeme Larson, and Social Committee Vice-President, Bill Bladwell

At Horizons Village community’s May Sausage Sizzle, John Mitchell and Bill Bladwell. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED

Jan Ferguson and Anne Skillen

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Colin Ferguson and John Weldon

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The best of lifestyle and location is offered in this luxury residence with sought after north-east facing golf course frontage.

This family residence has multiple living areas, outdoor entertaining, pool and detached studio/pool hut suitable for multiple uses including teenager or grandparent accommodation or a relaxing den after pool parties.

Recent improvements include new pebble crete driveway and paths, new turf and watering system, new internal and external paint, new floor and window coverings completing the transformation to 2024 living.

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The best of lifestyle and location is offered in this luxury residence with sought after north-east facing golf course frontage This family residence has multiple living areas, outdoor entertaining, pool and detached studio/pool hut suitable for multiple uses including teenager or grandparent accommodation or a relaxing den after pool parties. Recent improvements include new pebble crete driveway and living. An outstanding opportunity for the buyer seeking a quality home in Grangewood within easy access to Delroy Park shops, walking tracks, medical centre, and MAGS.

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HOW TO INTEGRATE OMBRE INTO YOUR HOME DECOR

Karen Chant from Chant and Co

How To Add Value To Your Home

Before embarking on home improvements, determine your long-term plans for the property. Lifestyle upgrades may differ from capital improvements based on your intentions, whether it’s a long-term residence or a property to enhance and sell.

For long-term homes, consider additions like extra bedrooms, bathrooms, or a pool for personal comfort. If the property is for rent or sale, focus on improvements that appeal to potential renters or buyers.

Consult with local real estate agents to understand market demands and identify impactful improvements. Agents can guide you on costeffective enhancements to maximise returns.

Freshening up the property with an exterior clean and a new coat of paint, decluttering, updating soft furnishings, and modernising fittings are cost-effective improvements.

Renovating the kitchen, updating bathrooms, and creating outdoor entertaining spaces add substantial value.

Ombre, a popular technique in interior design, involves creating visually striking eff ect through a gradual transition of colours, usually from light to dark. Used to add depth and dimension, it creates a sense of movement or vitality in the space.

Here are three ways to incorporate ombre into your home decor:

• OMBRE WALLS. Ombre wall treatments involve blending two or more colours to create a seamless gradient eff ect. Try painting the wall in a way that the colours transition from one hue to another, either vertically or horizontally. Ombre walls can make a room feel more dynamic, create a focal point or evoke a sense of serenity, depending on the chosen palette.

• OMBRE LINENS. Ombre linens, such as curtains, bedspreads and tablecloths, can add a touch of sophistication and drama to a room. For instance, ombre curtains can filter light beautifully, and ombre bed linens can infuse a bedroom with a calming or energising ambiance.

• OMBRE FURNITURE. The ombre technique can transform ordinary furniture into eye-catching focal points. By blending colours harmoniously, ombre furniture adds an artistic and contemporary fl air to interior spaces.

Ombre off ers a wide range of colour options and applications and can bring a sense of aesthetic harmony to any room.

Enhance curb appeal with garden clean-ups and new plants and create inviting outdoor areas that contribute to overall property appeal. Also consider additional storage solutions for both indoors and outdoors, addressing a common demand for both renters and buyers.

Considering enhancing both lifestyle and potential capital value inline with market demands will assist you in increasing your property return.

Any questions? Contact Karen on mobile 0448 191167 or email karen@chantandco.com.au

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Look for ombre home decor items at your local retailers.

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Dubbo South Public School has been invited to take part in the Malpa Young Doctors Project in 2024.

The Project is based on the traditional Aboriginal idea of raising young people to be healthy leaders in their community. Through the Young Doctors Project, we hope that our young people will develop a real sense of pride in their own culture and in their ability to make healthy and wise choices for themselves. We hope that the experiences help them become strong and contribute positively to the community as leaders.

Our Dubbo South Year 3 Young Doctors are involved in a range of weekly activities that are centred on developing skills, knowledge and understanding of health, hygiene and nutrition. The sessions help make our Young Year 3 Doctors confident and resilient and enable them to share what they learn with others. These sessions run every Friday afternoon.

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MANGA AND THE ROSIE PROJECT AUTHOR

QBD Books have everything covered

Revival of books and reading as leisure activities was one of the surprising trends of the COVID lockdowns, with outlets like QBD Books in the Orana Mall helping keep us all sane.

Now with one of the best collections of new and classic works, QBD is your go-to store for any publication that takes your fancy.

The local outlet has also been chosen for a round-Australia book tour by a celebrated Aussie author who recently added Dubbo to his “visit every bookshop in Australia” odyssey for later this month.

“We have Graeme Simsion, who is on a tour around as many bookstores as he can get to, here sometime around Saturday, June 29,” Store

By DAVID DIXON

Manager, Claudia Croker, revealed.

“We have a few writers come here, Australian books are some of our best sellers,” she added.

The store, however, also features a wide range of fiction and non-fiction works, as well as brain teasers, and one of the world’s great science magazines.

“We do all kinds of books, puzzles, classics, popular fiction, cookbooks and gardening, and the Australian Geographic.

“We also sell a lot of jigsaw puzzles, we have new puzzles coming in all the time, we’re one of Australia’s biggest retailers.”

QBD also run a surprising line in a cult Asian publish-

ing phenomena, that has become increasingly popular in the west, as well as more traditional works.

“Our biggest sellers are crime fiction, but also ‘manga’ publications, these are always popular,” she said of the unique Japanese comic books and novels.

“These are usually aimed at our younger buyers, you’re talking about readers aged from about eight to 40, but they can be all ages,” Claudia said.

Simsion, meanwhile – author of the world best-selling quirky love story, The Rosie Project and its sequels, is looking forward to his bush sojourn with all money raised going to mental health not-for-profits, according to his website.

“We’ve been focusing on regional Australia… Anne and I are aiming to visit ‘every bookshop in Australia’ to

thank them for their support, and to be creative in putting together signings, talks, and writing seminars” he said

of his tour with Anne Buist, herself author of five psychological thrillers, including the Natalie King series.

ORANA MALL

THE OF

Claudia Croker and Kate Kirk from QBD Books in the Orana Mall, with plenty of titles from new and classic works, they’re your go-to store for any publication that takes your fancy.

PHOTO: DUBBO PHOTO NEWS/KEN SMITH

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24 Dance (5)

26 Pathological self-admirer (9)

27 Ancient (5)

28 Sapling (8)

29 Land surrounded by water (6) DOWN

1 Division into two contrasted aspects (7)

2 Issue (5)

3 Non-specific (7)

5 Hotel (6)

6 Attain (7)

7 Pleasure (9)

8 Word with same meaning (7)

10 Japanese comic (5)

14 Back to – (6,3)

16 Coniferous tree (7)

17 Labour (7)

19 A native people of Central America (5)

20 Traditions (7)

21 Examined (7)

22 Gentle and kind (6)

25 The press, collectively (5)

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4 Propagates (8)

9 Extrinsic (5)

10 Malformed (9)

11 Spiritual (5)

12 Beatles song, – Wood (9)

13 Band member (8) 15 Buy back (6) 16 Gruff (6)

18 Region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea (8) 23 Lasting (9)

Place each of the tiles of letters into the blank jigsaw below to create four six-letter

Insert each number from 1 to 9 in the shaded squares to solve all the horizontal and vertical equations. Multiplication and division are performed before addition and subtraction.

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2. Which metal are Olympic gold medals predominantly made from?

3. Es is the symbol for which element of the periodic table?

4. 1930s Melbourne saw the invention of which famous chocolate treat?

5. The smallest bone in the human body is called the what?

6. Usain Bolt (pictured) holds the record for which two Olympic categories?

7. Banjo Paterson wrote what poem in 1895, which later became a well known song?

8. Digitalis is derived from which plant?

9. The Benko Gambit is used in which game?

10. The character Don Quixote is known for attacking which object?

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POSITIONS VACANT

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THE DIARY

ON THIS WEEK

Croquet: 8.15am for 8:30am start, Tuesday, Thursday. Croquet courts, Brisbane St, North Dubbo. Kate 0409 927 140, Lillian 0429 471 921 Wellington Lions Preloved Book Fair: Thursday to Saturday 10am to 2pm, Western Gallery opposite Cameron Park, Preloved books, CDs and DVDs, now also Jigsaw Puzzles! money raised in the coming months will be going to Lions Prostate Cancer Research and Treatment Centre.

COMING SOON

Above Board Gamers: SECOND and FOURTH Thursday of the month, 6pm, Devil’s Hollow Brewery. Alan 0432 278 235 Connecting With Art: Every second Thursday, Dubbo Pipe Band Hall. Free art group for carers, no experience necessary, resources supplied or bring your own project. Tea, coffee snacks provided. Contact Catholic Care for session information (02) 68834600. for morning tea and hear what CPSA has to offer. Guest Speaker is Gus Lico GM Dubbo RSL Barb 0427251121

Dubbo and District Family History Society: Brick walls in your family history research? We will show you ways to break them down. Friday 21 June, 10.30-11.30 am in the Music Room at Western Plains Cultural Centre.

To attend, text Jo Murphy on 0438 511 980 (Numbers limited to 20) Members $7.50 Nonmembers $15.00 Survivors Of Suicide Berievment Group: Wednesdays, by expressions of interest. Please contact 0455 255 137 after midday.

THURSDAY

Above Board Gamers: SECOND and FOURTH Thursday of the month, 6pm, Devil’s Hollow Brewery. Alan 0432 278 235

Akela Playgroup: 9.30am, Scout Hall, 4 Akela St., Sharna 0438 693 789

Badminton: 7.30pm-9.30pm, Delroy High School Auditorium, East Street, West Dubbo, $5 to play, $22 insurance ($20, school students).

Chris 6887 3413

Bingo - South Dubbo Veteran’s & Community Men’s Shed: 11am-12.30pm, West Dubbo Bowling Club. Barry 0439 344 349 Coffee, Craft and Chat: 9.30am-12pm, Gospel Hall, Cnr of Boundary Road and Taylor St. Anne 0428 425 958

Connecting With Art: Every second Thursday, Dubbo Pipe Band Hall. Free art group for carers, no experience necessary, resources supplied or bring your own project. Tea, coffee snacks provided. Contact Catholic Care for session information (02) 68834600.

Croquet: 8.15am for 8:30am start, Tuesday, Thursday. Croquet courts, Brisbane St, North Dubbo. Kate 0409 927 140, Lillian 0429 471 921

CWA Dubbo: FIRST Thursday of the month, 9.30am to 11am, Oaktree Retirement Village Peel Street, Dubbo. Marion 6884 2957

CWA Wongarbon Handicraft: SECOND Thursday of the month, Liz 0401 174 883. CWA Wongarbon: FIRST Thursday of the month, 10am, Wongarbon CWA rooms. Marjorie 6884 5558

Dubbo Anglican Church DNA Youth Group: 7pm-9pm, Anglican Church Hall, 158

Brisbane St., during school terms

Dubbo Anglican Church Trinity Kids

Playgroup: 10am-12pm, Anglican Church Hall, 158 Brisbane St., during School terms. Contact 6884 4990

Dubbo Community Men’s Shed Inc:

Mondays 9am to 1pm and Thu/Sat 1pm to 5pm.

Small joining fee after three visits. All men are welcome, Kevin 0427 253 445 Dubbo RSL Day Club: 10am and 2pm, Orana Gardens

Family History Society (Dubbo & District): 1pm to 4pm, volunteers on site during these hours, Western Plains Cultural Centre Community Arts Centre, Cnr Wingewarra and Gipps St Heart Support Walking Group: 12.30pm, (also Tuesdays), Ollie Robbins Oval, Cnr of Bligh Street. Supports gentle exercise promoting healthy hearts, Ray 0437 541 942 Line Dancing: 9.30am to 12 noon, at David Palmer Centre, Cobbora Road. Kathy 6888 5287 or Lynn 6888 5263. Macquarie Masons Dubbo: SECOND

Thursday of the month. All visitors are welcome, John O’Brien 0405 051 896. Outback Dragons Dubbo: 5.45pm (in summer), Sandy Beach amenities block. Come and try dragon boating, your first five paddles are Free. info@outbackdragons.com.au, Robyn 0427462504

Talbragar CWA: Members are reminded of the February luncheon on Thursday 8, at the South Dubbo Tavern commencing 12 noon Please let Ronda know on 68885231 if you are able to attend.

Wellington Arts and Crafts: 10am-3pm, Small Hall in the Anglican Church grounds, Wellington, variety of crafts, activities and workshops offered. Lynne 6845 4454

Wellington Lions Preloved Book Fair: Thursday to Saturday 10am to 2pm, Western Gallery opposite Cameron Park, Preloved books, CDs and DVDs, now also Jigsaw Puzzles! Money raised in the coming months will be going to Lions Prostate Cancer Research and Treatment Centre.

FRIDAY

Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings: 7pm (1.5hrs) - ID meeting, Dubbo Community Health, Palmer Street, Dubbo. Contact Dee 0417 422 750, 1300 222 222 or www.aa.org.au.

Central West Makers Place: 12pm-6pm, South Dubbo Veterans and Community Men’s Shed, Cnr Palmer and High Streets. 3D printing, robotics, pottery, and more. Adam 0431 038 866.

Communion Service (Dubbo Anglican Church): 10am, Brotherhood House chapel, 158 Brisbane St. Community Kitchen: FIRST Friday of the month, 6.30pm, Holy Trinity Hall, Brisbane St, free meal.

CPSA (Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association): SECOND Friday each month, 10am, Dubbo RSL Club. Discuss issues, guest speaker. Further Information Barb 0427251121 Dubbo Nepalese Christian Fellowship: 6.30-8pm. Cyrel on 0416 826 701 or Kabita 0452 406 234.

Dubbo Parkinson’s Support Group: FIRST Friday of each month, 10.30am, Horizons

village, Minore Road, Dubbo. Jim Jupp, 0438414888.

Lunchtime Prayer Group - Dubbo Anglican Church: 1-2pm in Brotherhood House, 158 Brisbane Street. Bring your lunch Narromine Food Barn: 9am-11am, Lowcost groceries and FREE fruit, vegetables and bread with any purchase to people in need. Ken Rumble on 0414 477 365

Spinning and Weaving: 10am, at Dubbo Arts and Craft Cottage, 137 Cobra Street. Anne 0408 891 225

Tai Chi at U3A: 10am, at the Community Arts Centre, Western Plains Cultural Centre, 76 Wingewarra Street. Richard 6888 5656

Urban Tribe: 2pm, with dancing, music, singing, caring and sharing. 0459 762 702

Wellington Lions Preloved Book Fair: Thursday to Saturday 10am to 2pm, Western Gallery opposite Cameron Park, Preloved books, CDs and DVDs, now also Jigsaw Puzzles! Money raised in the coming months will be going to Lions Prostate Cancer Research and Treatment Centre.

Western Plains Trefoil Guild: SECOND Friday of each month, 10.30am, Dubbo West Guide Hall. Please confirm the meeting will be on. Dorothy 6884 6646

SATURDAY

Beekeepers Inc - Orana: SECOND Saturday of the month, 9.15am, Narromine Tennis Club rooms, unless other arrangements are made. orana.secretary@beekeepers.asn.au

Bridge Club - Dubbo: 1pm until approximately 4.30pm, Bultje Street. $7 members, $9 non-members. Libby 0428 254 324. Croquet: 8.15am, Muller Park Tennis and Croquet courts, Brisbane St, North Dubbo. New players of all ages are welcome. Tricia 0428 876 204 or Margaret 0427 018 946.

CWA Gilgandra Market: FIRST Saturday of the month, 9am-1pm, Cakes, fruit, pickles, plants and more! New stall holders are welcome. $5 per table, proceeds to CWA. Contact Hilda 0427471270.

Dubbo Anglican Church Vigil Communion Service: 6pm, 158 Brisbane Street.

Contact 6884 4990

Dubbo Bridge Club: 1pm, Bultje Street (Tennis Courts), Dubbo. $7 members, $9 non-members. Libby 0428 254 324

Dubbo Community Men’s Shed Inc: Mondays, 9am to 1pm and Thu/Sat 1pm to 5pm. Small joining fee after three visits. “All men are welcome.” Kevin 0427 253 445

Dubbo Slot Car Racing Club: FIRST and

THIRD Saturday of the month, 4pm, Seniors (15+), old Scouts Building, 189-191 Talbragar Street, across from Aldi. Terry 0408 260 965. Embroiderers - Dubbo: 10:00am- 3:00 pm (also see Tuesday listing) All are welcome Macquarie Regional Library

Contact Patricia 0439846400

Family History Society (Dubbo & District): 10am to 1pm, volunteers on site during these hours, Western Plains Cultural Centre Community Arts Centre, Cnr Wingewarra and Gipps St.

Orana Writers’ Hub Ist Saturday of the month 10-1. Music Room WPCC

Outback Writers Centre Hub Meeting: FIRST Saturday of the month, (Feb-Dec), 10am-1pm,

Diary entries need to be 40 words or less, and are only for not-for-profit community groups . Placement will be at the editor’s discretion and subject to space availability – because Diary listings are free! Please include your daytime phone number and/or address when submitting details. Entries close 10am Tuesday for that Thursday’s edition.

Western Plains Cultural Centre, Community Arts Centre, Music Room, 76 Wingewarra Street, Dubbo

Patchwork and Quilters Group: 9am, SECOND and LAST Saturday of the month, Dubbo Pipe Band Hall, Cnr Darling and Wingewarra Sts. Charlene on 0408 825 180 Parkrun - Dubbo: 8am every week, FREE timed (with barcode), 5km run, jog or walk, starts at Sandy Beach, dogs, prams are welcome. Email dubbohelpers@parkrun.com to help!

RSL Tennis Club: 12.30pm, Paramount Tennis Club courts for enjoyable social tennis. All welcome 0437824743

Saturday Art: 10am, at Dubbo Arts and Crafts Society Cottage, 137 Cobra St. Pam 6885 1918. Seventh-day Adventist Church Bible Study: 9.30am, Sabbath School and children’s/youth Sabbath School, 11am, Divine Service. Cnr Cobra and Sterling Sts. dubbo.adventist.org.au

Talbragar CWA: Monthly meetings are held on the first Saturday of each month from March to December they commencing at 2pm each month but December at 11am.

More information is available from Ronda on 68885231 or 0419275223.

Transition Dubbo Food + Film Night: For information about future events, contact to Peter 0439 091 767

Wellington Lions Preloved Book Fair: Thursday to Saturday 10am to 2pm, Western Gallery opposite Cameron Park, Preloved books, CDs and DVDs, now also Jigsaw Puzzles! Money raised in the coming months will be going to Lions Prostate Cancer Research and Treatment Centre.

SUNDAY

Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings (Steps and Traditions): 7pm (1.5hrs), ‘Steps and Traditions’ meeting, Dubbo Community Health, Palmer St. Jack 0418 605 041, Sally 0427 829 807, 1300 222 222 or www.aa.org.au

Australian Kite Flyers Society: SECOND Sunday of the month, 10am, Jubilee Oval. See how to build and fly modern (and old) kites. David 0476 223 342

Bicycle User Group Social Ride: 9am, at Wahroonga Park. Mick 0437 136 169 or Sam 0429826076, dubbobug.org.au

Dubbo Acoustic Musicjam (DAMjam): SECOND Sunday of the month, 2pm to 5pm, Milestone Hotel, upstairs. Join acoustic sessions or just listen. Peter 0457 787 143

Dubbo Anglican Church Traditional Communion Service: 8am, 158 Brisbane Street. 6884 4990

Dubbo Anglican Church: 10am, Trinity Kids Sunday School and family Communion service.

Dubbo Baptist Church: 6pm, at 251 Cobra Street (next to Spotlight), during school terms. Come along and discover if church is still relevant in today’s world. Everyone is welcome. 6884 2320

Dubbo Baptist Church: 9.30am, 251 Cobra Street (next to Spotlight). Everyone is welcome. 6884 2320

Dubbo Film Society: Film screenings for members and casual members at Dubbo RSL Theatrette, 1:30pm. Two films, Sundays 25 February, 26 May, 29 Sept, 24 Nov. Refreshments served at intermission. All-day

Film Festival, five films, Sunday 28 July commences 9:30am.

Dubbo Pistol Club: 12.30pm, 143L Old Dubbo Road, 6882 0007

Orana K9 Training Club INC: New intake class every 7th Sunday starting 4/2/24..

( daylight savings start time 8.45am Eastern Standard time 9.45am ) at Katrina Gibbs Oval Macleay St Dubbo(opposite netball courts) Contact Reg 0428849877 or Dianne 0429847380

Orana Pistol Club: 9am, Hyandra Lane, Dubbo. Sundays only, 6887 3704

The Write In. An opportunity for writers to sit in writerly companionship, writing. 3rd Sunday of the month. Dubbo library meeting room from 11.30.

Traditional Catholic Latin Mass –Rawsonville: SECOND Sunday of the month, 9am, Rawsonville Soldier’s Memorial Hall, Rawsonville Road. 0429 920 842

Transcendental Meditation (TM): Free introductory talks via www.tm.org.au. Maharishi Foundation Australia scientifically proven benefits of TM. Contact David 0424 252 834

MONDAY

Alcoholics Anonymous (Daily Reflections Meeting): 12pm (1.5hrs), ‘Daily Reflections’. St Brigid’s Catholic Church, 198 Brisbane St. Jack 0418 605 041/Sally 0427 829 807, 1300 222 222 or www.aa.org.au

Amnesty International Dubbo: SECOND Monday of the month, 5.30pm-6.30pm, St Brigid’s meeting room. Contact Sandra Lindeman amnesty.dubbo@gmail.com or 0419 167 574.

Anglican Women’s Association: 5.30pm, at Holy Trinity. Dorothy 6884 4990. Australian Air Force Cadets 313 “City of Dubbo” Squadron: : 6pm-9.30pm, Army Barracks (Cnr Kokoda Pl and Wingewarra St). NOW recruiting, 13 to 18 years, rewarding activities.

Dubbo Bridge Club: FOURTH Monday of the month, 10am-1pm, Bultje Street. $7 members, $9 non-members. Libby 0428 254 324.

Dubbo City Physical Culture Club: 4.30pm start, Wesley Community Hall, 66 Church St. Fun, affordable dance for girls/ladies, 4yrs and up, all fitness levels. dubbocityphysie@ live.com.au

Dubbo Community Men’s Shed Inc: Mondays, 9am to 1pm and Thu/Sat 1pm to 5pm. Small joining fee after three visits. “All men are welcome.” Kevin 0427 253 445. Dubbo Multicultural Women’s Group: THIRD Monday of the month, 10am, St Brigid’s Meeting Room in Brisbane Street. Women of all backgrounds are invited. 1800 319 551. Narromine Community Women’s Shed: 10am -3pm, (also Wednesdays), The Wesley Centre, 138 Dandaloo Street, Narromine. Leona 0487 200 987

Patchwork: 10am-3pm, at Dubbo Arts & Craft Cottage, 137 Cobra St, June 6882 4677.

RFDS Dubbo Support Group monthly meetings: FIRST Monday of the month, RFDS Visitor Experience, 5pm, 21 Judy Jakins Drive, Dubbo Airport. Jeanette Hamilton 0429 673 366.

Rotary Club of Dubbo: 6pm-8pm, Westside Hotel, Whylandra Street, West Dubbo. Contact Lyn Wicks, 0428 342 374, Carla Pittman, 0418

294 438 or dubborotaryclub@hotmail.com

Sing Australia Dubbo Choir: 6pm-8pm, Bridge Club, Bultje Street. NO auditions, no requirements to read music and no singing experience necessary. Contact Michele Peak 0428 680 775.

Tai Chi 10 Form: 2.30pm-3.30pm during school terms at U3A, Community Arts Centre, WPCC, 76 Wingewarra St.. Laney 6882 4680 or laneyluk@gmail.com.

Walter T. Grant Seniors Social Club: 9am2pm, Wesley Uniting Centre, Church Street. $6 per day. BYO lunch. Pre-lunch cards and games, post-lunch bingo. Jan Miller 0418 255 217

TUESDAY

Aboriginal Elders Walkabout Ministry Group: 9.30am - 2pm in Holy Trinity Church Hall, 158 Brisbane Street

Croquet: 8.15am for 8:30am start, Tuesday, Thursday. Croquet courts, Brisbane St, North Dubbo. Kate 0409 927 140, Lillian 0429 471 921 Dementia Sing Out Choir: Weekly 11am12.30pm, Generosity Church 51 Sheraton Road Dubbo. Contact Anne Gemmell 0481396404. Depression Recovery Group: 10.30am, at the Catholic Parish Meeting Room, Brisbane St. Norm 6882 6081 or Bill 6882 9826

Dubbo City Physical Culture Club: 5pm start, Holy Trinity Hall, Brisbane Street, Dubbo. Fun, affordable dance for girls/ladies, 4yrs and up, all fitness levels. dubbocityphysie@live. com.au

Dubbo Chess Club: 7pm-9pm, at Dubbo RSL. Juniors welcome. Don 0431 460 584 or Sandy 0408 200 564

Dubbo City Ladies Probus Club: Meet on the second Tuesday of each month in the Masonic Village Hall, Darby Close at 10am contact Marie Francis 0408845640. Dubbo Embroiderers: 9:30am- 3:00pm SECOND and FOURTH Tuesday of the month (also see Saturday listing) Dubbo Bridge Club, Elston Park, Bultje St Dubbo. All are welcome. Contact Patricia 0439846400

Dubbo Lions Club Inc: FIRST and THIRD Tuesday of the month, 6.30pm, Club Dubbo. PO Box 285 Dubbo, Lois on 0428288325 or dubbolionsinc@gmail.com. Dubbo Men’s Probus: FIRST Tuesday of every month, 11am, Masonic Hall, Bob Ellis 0428217752

Dubbo Prostate Support Group: For information about future meetings, Elizabeth 0408 682 968

Dubbo RSL Euchre Club: 7pm, for 7.30pm, Dubbo RSL, Glen 0419 179 985 or Doreen 6882 6163

Family History Society (Dubbo & District): 1pm to 4pm, Cnr Wingewarra & Gipps Sts, Western Plains Cultural Centre, Community Arts Centre.

Girls Brigade: During school term, 6pm to 8pm, Orana Baptist Church, 4 Palmer St. For all school aged girls. Enjoy crafts, games, camps, stories, songs, cooking and much more. Julie 0428 821 829

Heart Support Walking Group: 12.30pm, (also Thursday), Ollie Robbins Oval, Cnr of Bligh Street. Supports gentle exercise promoting healthy hearts, contact Ray 0437 541 942 Orana Physical Culture: 4pm onwards, starts with 2-4 years Sparkles class, Auditorium at St Mary’s Primary School. See the Orana

and

Physical Culture Facebook page

Rotary Club of Dubbo Macquarie:

12.30pm - 2pm, Westside Hotel, contact Peter McInnes 0417 140 149

Rotary Club of Dubbo South: 6pm, at South Dubbo Tavern

Silver Craft: THIRD Tuesday of the month, 10am, at Dubbo Arts and Crafts Society Cottage, 137 Cobra St. Julie 6884 4919

Smart Recovery (Behaviour

Change Support Group): 5pm, online or in person. Rob on 0417 497 187

Spinning Group: Every third Tuesday 10am -4pm Dubbo Art and Craft Cottage, 137 Cobra Street. Contact Julie 0418 976 663

South Dubbo Veteran’s & Community Men’s Shed: 9am12pm, Cnr of High and Palmer Streets.

New members welcome

Toastmasters Club: FIRST and THIRD Tuesday of the month, 7pm9pm, Dubbo RSL Club, Brisbane St., Sharon Allan 0408 156 015 or email sallan@rhdubbo.com.au

WEDNESDAY

Akela Playgroup: (also see Thursday listing), 10.30am, Scout Hall, 4 Akela Street, Sharna 0438 693 789.

Alcoholics Anonymous Dubbo: Meet Wednesday 7pm (1.5hr) – ‘Topic‘ meeting St Brigid’s Catholic Church meeting rooms, 198 Brisbane St, Dubbo Please contact Ian 0447 176 590 Or contact 1300 222 222 or www.aa.org. au for info on meetings.

Ballroom Dancing: Wednesday

7:30-9:30pm $10. Wesley Hall Cnr of Carrington Avenue & Church Street, Dubbo. Graham Woods 0447 885 603

Blood Cancer Support Group:

FIRST Wednesday of month, 10.30am12pm, Venue changes each month. Louise or Emma 0412 706 785

Breast Cancer Support Group:

FOURTH Wednesday of every month, 10am, Baptist Church, Palmer Street, Community Health 5853 2545

Bric-a-brac sale, weekly - South Dubbo Veterans and Community Men’s Shed: 10am-12pm, Corner of Palmer and High Streets. Contact Barry on 0439 344 349

Coffee, Craft & Chat: FORTNIGHTLY, 10am-12pm, Gospel Chapel on Boundary Road. Anne 0428 425 958

CWA Dubbo Evening branch: FIRST Wednesday of month, 7pm, 3 Frith Street. Barb 0409 159 556

CWA Narromine: SECOND Wednesday of the month, 5.30pm, USMC. Carolyn 0427747478

CWA Terramungamine: SECOND

Wednesday of the month, 10am, Dubbo RSL Club. Barb 0427 251 121

CWA Wellington Branch: Second Wednesday of Month, 10:30 a.m., Wellington CWA Rooms, Warne St, Wellington. Contact Marion on 0429033836

Dementia Friendship Group: SECOND Wednesday of month, 10:30am, Western Plains Cultural Centre, Creo Cafe, Wingewarra St. Anne Gemmell 0481396404. Dubbo Arts and Craft Cottage: 10am-4pm, 137 Cobra Street. A large range of handcrafted gifts made by

members available. Contact 6881 6410

Dubbo and District Family History Society event

Linda Barnes will show you how to begin discovering your family history.

Four weeks, Wednesdays March 6, 13, 20 and 27. 10.30am to 12.30pm at Community Arts Centre $7.50 per session for DDFHS members, $15 for non-members. To reserve your place phone Linda on 68878284 or email martinandlinda@gmail.com

Dubbo Bobbin Lacemakers: THIRD Wednesday of the month, 10am-3pm, Arts & Crafts Society Cottage and Craft Shop, 137 Cobra Street. Judy 6882 5776

Dubbo Bridge Club: 9.45am, for 10am-1pm, Bultje Street (Tennis Courts), Dubbo. $7 members, $9 non-members. Libby 0428 254 324

Dubbo Community Garden: 9am12pm, 4 Palmer Street. A time to garden with others, learn more skills and grow friendships. Contact Denise 0433 623 842 or Julie 0428 821 829

Dubbo Electric Vehicle Interest, Owners, Users & Supporters (DEVIOUS) group: FIRST

Wednesday of each month, 12:30pm to 1:30pm, Western Plains Cultural Centre café. Chris 0409 321 470

Dubbo Garden Club: 10am, FIRST Wednesday of month, Garden gatherings with morning tea. Contact, President, Annette Storer, 0429 828 882

Dundullimal Dubbo Support Crew Inc: FOURTH Wednesday of month, 10am, Dundullimal Homestead. Support Homestead functions. 6884 9984, dundullimal@nationaltrust. com.au

Gamblers Anonymous: 6pm, Baptist Church, Dubbo. Victor 0407 799 139

Geurie Craft Group: 9am-2pm, Geurie Bowling Club. Everyone is welcome. Contact Colene 0400422335 Line Dancing: 6.30pm to 9pm, David Palmer Centre, Cobbora Rd. Kathy 6888 5287 or Lynn 6888 5263. Lodge Allan Stuart 416: SECOND Wednesday of month, Geurie Masonic Centre. Please email secretary@lodgeallanstuart416.org.au

Macquarie Intermediate Band: 6pm, school term, Band Hall, Boundary Rd. 6884 6686/info@macqcon.org.au, Dubbo District Band 0422 194 059 dubboband@gmail.com

Narromine Community Women’s Shed: Mondays and Wednesdays, 10am -3pm, The Wesley Centre, 138 Dandaloo Street, Narromine. Leona 0487 200 987

Survivors Of Suicide Berievment Group: Wednesdays, by expressions of interest. Please contact 0455 255 137 after midday.

West Dubbo Rotary: 6pm, Club Dubbo, Whylandra Street West Dubbo Zumba Kids: 4.15pm, West Dubbo Primary Community Centre. A FUN dynamic class that keeps young bodies active, for kids aged 5 to 12. Gold coin donation per family.

LONG WEEKEND IS GREAT FOR KARTING!

By GEOFF MANN

FRANK CROSS and his band of enthusiastic small car enthusiasts will be firing on all cylinders this Kings Birthday Long Weekend.

This means that Lincoln County Speedway will feature a full program of karting events on both Saturday and Sunday.

If you can’t make it out to the amazing track on the Gilgandra Road just north of Brocklehurst, get in early next Thursday and grab your copy of the DubboPhotoNews , as Mel, our intrepid happy-snapper, will have all the action!

Al leads 25m freestyle charge, with the King’s Birthday Legacy Carnival also on

By GEOFF MANN

WITH the annual King’s Birthday Legacy Carnival on this Sunday with dozens of swimmers from various other clubs diving into the RSL pool, it should be a great weekend!

In Club news, Allan Quinn continues to improve his times each week, and last week led the charge in the final of the 25-metres Freestyle on Sunday ahead of your correspondent! Unfortunately, after breaking Janine Gardner’s heart, he managed to break his set time as well.

Allan, however, put-aside that disappointment to touch first in the 25-metre Backstroke but, alas, he went a bit too-fast again, with Nicole Johnstone happy to take the win.

“The handicapper may need to do some time adjustments,”

Judy Walsh quipped.

There was also a funny incident in the second heat of the Kintyre Country Club 25-metre Monthly Race. A false start saw Josh Bird powering up the pool, whilst other team members shouted for him to stop. Mark Scullard dived in to catch him but Josh, determined to win, was hard to catch.

Scull finally pulled him to a stop! Despite having to swim again Josh, got through to the final and placed fourth.

This Sunday, the Ducks will also host their annual King’s Birthday Legacy Carnival, with an influx of 36 swimmers from various clubs diving into the RSL pool.

Mark, the saviour, and Dick Whitford were unlucky in the next race, a 50-metre Breaststroke/Backstroke Relay. They broke by 0.22 seconds, allow-

ing Josh Bird and Louise Taylor to take the points ahead of Judy Walsh and John Wherritt and Janine Gardiner and Mal Cavanagh.

In the 25-metre Backstroke event, Alan Quinn was unlucky again and broke for the second time. Nicole Johnstone came first, Norm Bahr second, and Mark Scullard, third.

The last race of the day, was a 50-metre Breaststroke event which was won by Judy Walsh, Billy Geenwood came second and, in third place, was Mark Scullard.

Judy Walsh won the closestto-time in the 25-metre Breaststroke for the week.

The Ducks are looking forward to their Legacy Carnival this weekend, with many of the competitors having known each other for years with the racing only part of the events lined-up.

“President Rose” is driving Dubbo Athletics first-ever Masters Carnival

By GEOFF MANN

ROSE Prout has become the first female to take on the role as President of the Dubbo Athletics Club and has jumped straight into her new position with plenty of enthusiasm.

The professional exercise physiologist recognises the importance of lifelong activities to keep body and mind fit for life so, along with the Little Athletics programs and all-ages track and field disciplines, she and her team have partnered with NSW Masters to put on the inaugural Dubbo Masters Athletics Carnival next weekend, on Saturday, June 15.

“We have plenty of former young athletes and others who have never competed before, coming to Barden Park keen to rekindle or just light the fires,” Rose enthused.

“So, our program for the 15th, is very comprehensive,” she added.

Rose says she has at least one former hurdler, a mum, who is turning back the clock and regaining her speed and love for the track, with one

of bush league’s legendary exports on-track as well.

“We also have former rugby league International, Terry Fahey, doing sprints and circuits, the ‘Redfern Express’ still cuts an impressive sight,” Rose revealed.

“He’s competing with his two daughters, and all are expected to record excellent times, one of his daughters, is a very promising thrower.” Athletics NSW coaches and officials will be working with athletes prior to the commencement of proceedings, and each particular event is part of the official Masters calendar.

“We will actually see at least one or two records set on Saturday, the 15th, because this will be the firsttime NSW Masters has run a 50-metres sprint,” Rose explained.

So, anyone who enters, as well as all of our spectators, are in for a special treat” she concluded.

2024 DUBBO PHOTO NEWS TIPSTERS

PHOTO: MEL POCKNALL/FILE

Comeback kids, the ‘Roos, run rampant!

Coonabarabran with a late try-scoring

By BRYSON LUFF

WITH the halfway mark of the 2024 Christie and Hood Castlereagh League season very much on the horizon, the Coolah ‘Roos have continued their dream return to the Castlereagh League fold.

In their highly-productive comeback to the competition, they currently remain undefeated, after they proved to be far too good for the Baradine Magpies in their game at Baradine last Saturday.

After showing so much promise earlier in the year, the home side really had no answer for the Coolah team that ran in nine tries on their way to a 50-0 win that means they once again sit alone at the top of the competition ladder.

The Coolah Flyers, the ‘Roos League Tag team, also returned to the winners list with a hard-fought 24-18 win over the Magpies to maintain their upward position on the competition table.

At Narromine, the Jets ran-out comfortable victors over the Coonamble Bears, 56-12 whilst, at Gilgandra the home side appeared to have the game against the Coonabarabran Unicorns sewn-up when they led 2410 with just 15 minutes remaining, but those final 15 minutes belonged to the visitors, who piled-on more than a point a minute to win what ended-up being an exciting 26-24 affair.

There will be a general bye next weekend, before Round Seven will be played on Saturday, June 15, when the match-of-the-round will involve Coolah defending the Boronia Cup against Narromine.

Glenbrook crowd roll-up for Wednesday Social matches

Other important games will also be played at Coonamble, when the Bears host the Gilgandra Panthers, with both sides desperate for a win to try and stay in the battle for a topfive position, whilst Coonabarabran and Gulgong will do battle at Coonabarabran, where a loss by the visiting side, could well make their fifth spot on the competition ladder vulnerable.

Round Six Results

Youth League

 Gulgong 36 def Binnaway 14

 Narromine 60 def Molong 0

League Tag

 Gulgong 32 def Binnaway 4

 Dunedoo 14 def Cobar 6

 Narromine 36 def Coonamble 0

 Coolah 24 def Baradine 18

 Gilgandra 58 def Coonabarabran 0

Fir st Grade

 Coolah 50 def Baradine 0

 Narromine 56 def Coonamble 12

 Coonabarabran 26 def Gilgandra 24

Next weekend, there will be a general bye.

Round Seven games to be played on Saturday, June 15:

 Dunedoo vs Baradine (League Tag)

 Binnaway vs Cobar (League Tag and Youth League)

 Coolah vs Narromine

 Coonamble vs Gilgandra

 Coonabarabran vs Gulgong

Contributed by DUBBO CITY BOWLS

RESULTS of recent rounds, included a group of merry Glenbrook travelling bowlers rolling-up for our Men’s Social Bowls, where they acquitted themselves very well.

For the lasses though, Tuesday Ladies Social Bowls, winners were Sue McCauley and Merrill O’Sullivan defeating Veronica Morgan and Trish Gosper.

 Runner Up: Annette McMillan and Pat Sherwin defeated Geraldine Jasprizza and Sue Armstrong.

 Third Place: Helen Doran, Julie Brown and Laurace Lawson defeated Libby Buck, Karen Greenhalgh and Beryl Hobson.

 Resters: Julie Brown and Annette McMillan.

 Luck Draws: Karen Greenhalgh and Annette McMillan.

On Tuesday, a total of 16 Glenbrook travelling bowlers, rolledup and participated in our Men’s Social Bowls on Wednesday.

 Winners: Leo Balstad, Frank Armstrong and John Cole defeated Leo Balstad, Doug Back and Col Cottee.

 Runner Up: Paul Wooldridge, Bryan O’Sullivan and Peter Knaggs defeated M Clarke, K Doyle and Peter Sinclair.

 Third Place: Dennis Crimmins, Steve Kelly and Alan Andriske defeated Paul Ashcroft, Greg Vuht and Rodger Blane

 Fourth Place: Ron Anderson, Bob Harrison and Neil Hayburn defeated Bruce Palmer, Dennis Jasprizza and John Moore

 Fifth Place: Paul Goodstat, Roger Sherwin and G Anderson defeated Alan Coffey, R Brown and Brian Coffey

 Sixth Place: Ron McCauley, Col Teale and Phil Knight defeated Frank Seibert, Eric Satchell and Ian Hobson

 Seventh Place: Tony Raper, Doug Aldis and John Murphy defeated Chris Strojny, Bob Blakemore and Mike Twohill

 Eighth Place: Barry Young, Alan Stratford and Alan Davies

defeated Don, Ray and Barry from Glenbrook

 Closest Game: Eight Place  Resters: Paul Wooldridge, Frank Armstrong, Frank Seibert, Bryan O’Sullivan Jackpot of $115 was not won. For Wednesday Men’s Social, there were 47 bowlers on the synthetics bolstered by visitors with Sponsor of the Week, Steel Supplies, Dubbo

On Thursday, the Winter Warmer Mixed Bowls winners were Frank Armstrong, Alan Davies, and Col Cottee defeating Sue Armstrong, Gaye Cottee, and Judy O’Connor

In the Saturday Zone Play Offs Open Pennant season, Grade Four played at Parkes Sport and Recreation Club with Dubbo City defeating Lithgow Workies by 10 points, meaning they now play in the State Play-offs in Figtree. For Grade Six played at Cowra, Dubbo City defeated Parkes Railway, but then lost to Wallerawang and Canowindra.

Muddy affair goes down to the wire! The Gilgandra and Coonabarabran teams slugging it out on a slippery pitch during last Saturday’s Christie and Hood Castlereagh League Round Six match-up ultimately won in a nail-biter by

flourish. IMAGE: STEPHEN BASHAM

Dubbo City Social Bowls 2024 Veteran Pairs Runner-ups, David “Gumpy” Collins and Col Teale.

Dubbo City 2024 Veteran Pairs Winners, Greg Hough and Paul Wooldridge. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED

Raiders bounce back with a courageous 22-18 victory

By GEOFF MANN

MACQUARIE started the season by knocking off arch-rivals CYMS in Round One of the Peter McDonald premiership, but there have been few high points since that bright start to 2024.

On Sunday, however, they tackled Bathurst Panthers and pulledoff a courageous win, a huge boost

to their confidence going into this week’s general bye round.

Four tries to three with the bonus of having half Jason Boney back to control the team… and also kicking goals, was the highlight.

Tyson Fuller, Eric Fernando, Kane McDermott and Billy Gilbert scored for the Raiders, with the match-winner coming only two minutes before full-time.

Josh Merritt looks pretty happy to score against his old team.

Panthers find the chalk again.

Safe as houses.

Fullback Eric Fernando almost claims the mark!

Panthers defence mirrored the Penrith “big brother’s” at times.

Josateki Masibalavu finishes-off the tackle.

Josh Merritt tries to wedge Billy Gilbert and Shaq Gordon.

Coach Jack Kavanagh

Hooker Kane McDermott

Centre Tyson Fuller Kyjuan Crawford

Lock Billy Gilbert

Series of close games and one big blowout

Contributed by ‘PISTOL PETE’

THE skies cleared on Sunday after a few days of lousy weather, encouraging a total of 35 bowlers onto the greens at RSL Sporties North Dubbo. Amongst a few surprise results, was the very pleasing banter around the rinks with the only result that mattered, was to enjoy yourself!

In games, Helene Emblen, Shirley Marchant, and Phil Knight were stunned by the opening eight ends produced by Daphne Dunbar, Rob Pfeiffer, and Trish Gosper. Their flying start netted five ends, manipulating a five-count on the sixth, and ahead of six.

Phil and his side bounced back from the blitz to score six on the way home, but fell 19-11 short as Trish, Daphne, and Rob piled on another eight shots to grab third place for the morning.

Two weeks’ ago, we had Chris Castlehouse swinging at her best; this week, Sue Armstrong swung her best game with the team. An unusual occurrence on the third end occurred when Pete rested his bowl against the Jack, pushing it against a bowl belonging to John’s side, which made the end null and void.

In a low-scoring game, Ray, John and “Swinging Sue” won by 13-9 against Chris Stojny, Pete Sinclair, and the Swinger

An opening score of five shots is a great way to unsettle your opponents, although Leo Balstad, Paul Spiers, and Anthony Coe rested on their laurels too early, losing the following three ends and lucky to be six-all on the fifth.

John Kennedy, Mel Giddings, and Col Cottee then remained composed, adding four lots of doubles and a treble to have a four-shot lead. Leo, Paul, and Anthony pushed harder, winning by adding seven shots to take the lead with one to go.

A treble by Col and his troops, left the early leaders down by two in what was an enjoyable game – 16-14. Another of the hubby versus wifey encounters, Gus Hummel having to find the sweet spot to bowl at, while Vicki kinda’ felt for him.

Pete Bennison had a good game, his bowls at times did magic as they “bent” towards the Jack when required.

Jenny gets a small award for the wrong bias bowl that stopped a few rinks over but, apart from that, she played some good bowls. The skips were at each other for the entire 16 ends, with Brian Jones finding form to square the game at 8-8 on the 11th end. Pete and his team-mates rolled a treble on 15, but failed by one to track down Gus, Pete Bennison, and Brian, who sneaked home, 13-12.

Di Hildebrant, Therese Gaio, and Mark Morton had a disappointing first-half and saw Chris Castlehouse, Steve Kelly, and Col Dover happily taking a seven-shot lead into the second half. They “stole” another four shots on 11, and maintained their lead to a final score of 19-9 and second place.

Allan Stratford does not often skip, but his recent form shows he has potential, although the first half of this game was nothing to brag about!

Mary Perry, Don Perrett, and Eric Satchell showed great polish as they took possession of the mat, dropping just one end while posting 11 shots and a handy 10-shot lead.

They knew they were in trouble as Ros Joseph, Frank Armstrong, and Allan couldn’t make a dent on the scoreboard! Mary and Co. raced out to a 28-3 victory, and won first-place for the morning.

SUNDY BOWLS

Western Rams captain Alex Ronayne

Emus rain on ‘Roos 125th Birthday Party

By GEOFF MANN

THE two central west rugby clubs with the same mascots as those on the Australian Coat of Arms famous because they can never go backwards, relived memories of the 1975 Grand Final on Saturday.

Unlike their namesakes who played a legendary 10-all draw to be proclaimed the only joint-Premiers in Central West history, the 2024 Orange Emus were on

the front foot all day, and the Roos simply could not catch them!

A total of 10 of the ‘Roos team who went within a whisker of upsetting Emus on that freezing day back in 1975 were wined and dined throughout a three-day event for the 125th birthday celebrations.

On the field, however, the Emus won convincingly 57-7 in front of the Kangaroos Old Boys who had travelled from all over the country to join in the festivities and rekindle friendships.

In their defence, the Roos have been up-and-down all season and, unfortunately for them, Saturday was one of their down hops!

In some good news, the Roolettes maintained their unbeaten run with a 32-5 win over ‘The Chooks’ in the women’s match-up, while the Roos Seconds won 32-27; Third Grade 19-12, and Colts 19-10, so it was not all gloom-and-doom on an historic day at No. 1 Oval, Victoria Park.

Travis Edwards

Will Pannaby can’t beat the flying Louis Monro-Carr

Mark Buttenshaw (Emus) out jumps

The world’s biggest Emu Mark Jackson puts everything into his run to the try line. Billy Whillock probably wishes the steamrolling prop had run into a Roos forward before he had to tackle him!

Prop Tom Dewhurt (Emus) prepares to engage

Winger Will Parnaby spots green space

Toby Gillespie is too late to stop Finn Taylor

Central West centre Harry Cummins beats the despairing Nate Ambler

Cooper Ryan ready to chase

Cummins slips out of Whillock’s tackle

Billy Whillock can’t evade Dewhurst

Centre Anthony Golding back for another year with the Roos

Emus half Louis Monroe-Carr

Roos all-round sportsman Ben Knaggs

Fullback Whillock avoids the leap of Angus Cudmore

Diving over for the Roos only try

Mark Buttenshaw almost pulls off a successful charge down

True Roos clubman, stalwart Ned Williams

Centre Kieran Hill kicked two conversions and a penalty Middle Hooker Matt Neill with prop Tim Vervaat