Narromine Star 28.07.2022

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Cotton industry charity golf tournament at Trangie a huge success Amee Dennis with her award on July 23. PHOTO: BUSINESS NSW (WESTERN NSW).

Another major award to Tomingley alpaca team By SHARON BONTHUYS TOMINGLEY’S Quentin Park Alpacas and Studio Gallery walked away with yet another award last weekend at the prestigious 2022 Western NSW Business Awards in Dubbo. Owners Amee and Shaun Dennis saw their innovative agritourism business recognised as Outstanding Start Up at a gala awards evening at Taronga Western Plains Zoo, attended by 190 business leaders. It is the latest professional acknowledgment for Quentin Park and its team, having started off 2022 with a bang when the business was awarded bronze in the New Tourism Business category of the NSW Tourism Awards. Continued page 2

By SHARON BONTHUYS MORE than 160 golfers teed off at the Inland Petroleum Cotton Charity Golf Day at the Trangie Golf Club on July 22. Last Friday’s event was a huge success for the organisers, the Macquarie Cotton Growers Association (MCGA). The annual golf tournament has been going for almost two decades, said Amanda Thomas, vice president of the MCGA. Over $60,000 has been donated to the communities of Warren, Trangie and Narromine, with the focus on supporting the golf clubs in each of the communities over the past three years. “We’ve been able to give $12,000 each to the golf clubs in those communities. We’re grateful to all the sponsors for help making the day a success,” Amanda said. “Three years ago we changed the format to enable non-golfers to play,” she said. That change reinvigorated the event and allowed many more people to enter. “We had the ‘Drought Buster’ event in Warren, then the Mouse Buster in Narromine last year. Now we’re in Trangie,” Amanda said, indicating there was no particular ‘Buster’ associated with this three-person ambrose

Amanda Thomas, vice president of Macquarie Cotton Growers Association.

Drew McCallum from Inland Petroleum, centre, with two of the winning team, John McMaster and Kane Smith. Absent: Adam McIntosh. PHOTOS: NARROMINE STAR. event. Amanda said the association was thrilled with the number of entrants and that from what she had seen out on course, everyone had a wonderful day. One of the challenges to the field came at the 10th hole, where they had to don the “drink driver” goggles to take their shot and “hope for the best.” Tony Quigley’s advice on how to approach the 10th: “it’s best to do it with your eyes shut.”

Fiona Williamson had the important job of driving the drinks cart around the course. “I hope they appreciated it!” she told the Narromine Star. Bar manager Fuzzly, long time member and treasurer of the Trangie Golf Club, spoke to the Star just before the presentations. He described the Inland Petroleum Cotton Charity Golf Day as an excellent event for the club which has struggled, like many other rural golf clubs, in recent years.

“It’s been a fantastic day for everyone,” he said. This was reiterated by Scott MacDougall, club president, who thanked the MCGA for organising the charity golf day at Trangie. “Big days like this help keep the club going. Thank you all for coming and to the sponsors. “No one else can do it better than Trangie,” Scott said. At day’s end, the team of John McMaster, Kane Smith and Adam McIntosh walked away with fi rst place, receiving their prize from Drew McCallum representing principal event sponsor, Inland Petroleum. Well done, MCGA and Trangie Golf Club, on staging a terrific event. More photos: page 23

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