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“World-leading” vape legislation passes: what it means for pharmacies

School holiday fun across the shire and beyond STORY: PAGE 14

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Seniors’ horror stories told at crime prevention event By SHARON BONTHUYS SEVERAL shocking stories from the elderly were shared at a crime prevention session for seniors held earlier this week in Narromine. Narromine Star won’t identify the speakers to protect their identities, but we can reveal their experiences as discussed at the Narromine Shire Council-organised event held on Tuesday this week. The event followed a personal appeal to the Mayor, Cr Craig Davies, from a long-suffering elderly resident (we’ll call her “Mrs A”) experiencing extreme trauma from repeated criminal behaviour. Mrs A was one of about 30 senior citizens to attend the event at the Narromine USMC. Orana-Mid-Western Police Acting Inspector Rob Bevan, also attended the event along with with Acting Sergeant Kieran Steele from Narromine police, and Constable Julie McNicol from Trangie. The police gave attendees security tips and answered a wide range of questions asked by the audience. Captain Lucas Walsh and retained firefighter CJ Smyth from Station 401 Narromine Fire and Rescue NSW, also spoke about fire safety in the home.

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Trangie locals try out croquet STORY & PHOTOS: PAGE 24

Rotary to farewell food van as club considers future

Rotarians and friends in the Rotary food van at Tomingley, December 2022. PHOTO: NARROMINE STAR. By SHARON BONTHUYS NARROMINE Rotary Club has announced it will cease operating its popular food van this December, as the club grapples with survival amidst a dwindling and ageing membership.

Regularly seen at community events across the shire for more than two decades, the iconic food van has fed thousands of people at multiple events and raised several hundred thousand dollars for the community.

In the last six years alone, more than $110,000 has been donated to worthwhile causes in the district, all from the efforts of a small band of Rotarians, other volunteers, and their mighty food van. The decision to stop operat-

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ing the facility has not been made lightly by the 66-year-old community service group, as it has been the club’s primary income source for some time.

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Thursday, July 4, 2024 Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region NARROMINE STAR

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THE FORECAST Thursday, July 4 Min 2. Max 17. Partly cloudy. Chance of any rain: 10% Central West Slopes and Plains area: Partly cloudy. Areas of morning frost on the southern plains. Winds southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h becoming light early in the morning then becoming east to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h in the morning. Overnight temperatures falling to between 1 and 4 with daytime temperatures reaching between 15 and 18. Sun protection not recommended, UV Index predicted to reach 2 [Low] Friday, July 5 Min 4. Max 18. Partly cloudy. Chance of any rain:

Community-led innovation, aims to revolutionise bush healthcare access AN innovative new project in far north Queensland that if successful could revolutionise healthcare delivery throughout rural Australia is part of a $16 million injection for healthcare strategies aimed at improving care for isolated Australians. The National Rural Health Alliance (the Alliance) was delighted the Minister for Health and Aged Care, Mark Butler, when he announced funding for 11 innovative healthcare projects in rural and remote Australia. One of the trial projects is the Alliance’s proposed Primary care Rural Integrated Multidisciplinary Health Service (PRIM-HS) model set to be trialled at Mareeba in farnorth Queensland. The PRIM-HS model will provide an opportunity to revolutionise healthcare delivery in rural Australia through a model first proposed by the Alliance and developed with communities, the Alliance has stated. Implemented in conjunction with Mareeba’s community of 12,000 people, including the Mareeba Community’s Family Healthcare (MCFHC), PRIM-HS will be trialled at MCFHC

under a $1.57 million grant. The Mareeba community adds to Australia’s economy by producing mangoes, sugar cane, avocados, bananas, lychees, vegetables, pineapples, cashews, cotton, tea tree oil, coffee, beef cattle and chicken meat. “We are pleased that the minister sees the opportunity our proposed PRIM-HS model will provide for rural communities, where the urban-based models do not work,” said the Alliance chief executive Susi Tegen. “This is a community of volunteers who are passionate about their community having access to health services,” Ms Tegen said. “They believe that as Australians living in the country, they deserve the same access to healthcare urban Australians do,” she added. The trial is a community-led approach, she explained. “They maintain that they can come-up with local solutions, by working with health clinicians, local government, industry, community and health stakeholders. “This is a fantastic opportunity for the Mareeba community to sustainably address unique local population health challenges, including work-

force and lack of healthcare access and prioritise together, what they could deliver with collaboration.” The PRIM-HS model, which is a community-led and co-designed model, has been a long-term call of the Alliance for community-based, not-for-profit organisations to deliver multidisciplinary primary health care services that meet the specific health and wellbeing needs of communities. “As we progress the trial, we will be eager to share what is learnt and see the model being adapted in other communities across rural, regional and remote Australia to address the ongoing rural healthcare access and health outcomes challenges,” Ms Tegen said. The National Rural Health Alliance (the Alliance) comprises 53 national organisations committed to improving the health and wellbeing of the over seven million people in rural and remote Australia. It’s diverse membership includes representation from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health sector, health professional organisations, health service providers, health educators and students.

CWA RECIPE OF THE WEEK

Pineapple and onion relish By NARROMINE CWA NARROMINE CWA relishes a good relish, as much as anyone, so we’re pleased to bring you this recipe for Pineapple and Onion Relish from “The Land Cookery Companion 2024-2025”. Now we know a few avid readers of the Narromine Star do make our recipes published here, and we’d love to get some feedback on this recipe and others we’ve shared.

10% Central West Slopes and Plains area: Mostly sunny. Winds east to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to around 5 with daytime temperatures reaching between 16 and 19. Sun protection recommended from 11:50 am to 12:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 3 [Moderate] Saturday, July 6 Min 6. Max 18. Partly cloudy. Chance of any rain: 10% Central West Slopes and Plains area: Partly cloudy. Winds easterly 20 to 30 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to between 4 and 7 with daytime temperatures reaching between 16 and

Ingredients: 1 kilo onions, chopped into small pieces 2 cups cider vinegar 2 cups sugar 450g crushed pineapple (not drained) 1 tbsp curry powder 1 tbsp mustard powder 3 dessert spoons salt 2 tbsp cornflour

sugar into a saucepan and stir until the sugar dissolves. Add the drained onions and bring to boil. While boiling, add the pineapple and boil gently for 20 minutes. Mix the cornflour, curry powder, and mustard with an additional 1/2 cup vinegar. Pour into the saucepan and let boil for a further two minutes. Bottle into hot sterilised jars and seal.

Method: Sprinkle the chopped onion with salt, cover, and leave overnight. The next day, pour two cups of water over the onions, then drain. Place vinegar and

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20. Sun protection not recommended, UV Index predicted to reach 2 [Low] Sunday, July 7 Min 7. Max 18. Partly cloudy. Possible rainfall: 0 to 1 mm. Chance of any rain: 30% Monday, July 8 Min 8. Max 16. Shower or two. Possible rainfall: 0 to 6 mm. Chance of any rain: 60% Tuesday, July 9 Min 9. Max 16. Shower or two. Possible rainfall: 0 to 7 mm. Chance of any rain: 70%

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21.4

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0.4

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NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, July 4, 2024

“World-leading” vape legislation passes: what it means for pharmacies By SHARON BONTHUYS NEW federal legislation on the controversial issue of “vaping” took effect on July 1, which federal Health Minister Mark Butler described as “world leading.” The recent passing of the Therapeutic Goods and Other Legislation Amendment (Vaping Reforms) Act 2024 bans the domestic manufacture, supply, commercial possession, and advertisement of disposable and non-therapeutic vapes. Vaping is the inhaling and exhaling of a vapour containing nicotine and ﬂavouring products through a small electronic device, and was developed as an alternative to smoking. Only established pharmaceutical supply chains will now be permitted to distribute and supply therapeutic vapes, where clinically-appropriate, with a prescription from a medical or nurse practitioner. Purchasing vapes containing nicotine or a zero-nicotine substance will now need a prescription from a medical or nurse practitioner. Non-pharmacy retailers such as tobacconists, vape shops, and convenience stores are now prohibited from supplying any type of vape, including existing stock.

What are the changes for? MR Butler said the changes will “return vaping to its original purpose: helping hardened smokers to quit, with therapeutic vapes available in pharmacies, instead of vape shops across the road from schools.” But is it really that simple? Vaping is practiced by a wide range of people and for different reasons, and is not just undertaken by “hardened smokers” trying to quit. Amendments proposed by The Greens in a deal struck with the Federal Government to decriminalise the personal use of vapes will see nicotine-containing vapes move from Prescription-only (Schedule 4) to Pharmacist-only (Schedule 3) as early as October this year.

Patients will continue to need a prescription under a special access pathway from a medical practitioner or nurse practitioner to purchase a therapeutic vaping substance from a pharmacy until September 30. From October 1, therapeutic vapes with a nicotine concentration of 20 mg/mL or less will be available from pharmacies to patients 18 years or over without a prescription, where a pharmacist assesses this to be clinically appropriate. Therapeutic vapes for patients under 18 years and/ or with a nicotine concentration of more than 20 mg/mL will continue to be available with a prescription from a medical or nurse practitioner, subject to state and territory laws.

Controversial changes DESPITE the enthusiastic support of the Australian Medical Association (AMA), which led the push for vaping reform, the legislative changes have been opposed in other parts of the health sector as no vaping products have been approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA). No guidance or protocol currently exists for pharmacies to stock unregulated substances with no established therapeutic beneﬁt. The Pharmacy Guild of Australia strongly opposed the amendments, which make vapes available for purchase over the counter in community pharmacies. The amendments were also opposed by the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, Terry White Chemmart, Priceline, National Pharmacies, Blooms, and Pharmacy 777 pharmacy groups, alongside thousands of independent pharmacies. The new legislation could see the rise of a lucrative black market or organised-crime vape supply as users look for other ways to obtain vapes. The Guild said pharmacists are “not tobacconists or garbologists”, and that the Senate’s expectation that community pharmacies become vape retailers

and vape garbage collectors is “insulting”. “Pharmacists are healthcare professionals who dispense medication that provides a proven therapeutic beneﬁt,” a Guild spokesperson said. “No vaping product has been approved by the TGA based on its safety, efficacy or performance. No vaping product is listed on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods,” they added. The AMA applauded the passage of the legislation, which it says will save many Australians from the harmful effects of e-cigarettes. AMA president, Professor Steve Robson, said vapes are an “environmental triple-threat”, with plastic waste in the device body and pod, electronic waste in the form of lithium-ion batteries and a heating element, and hazardous waste due to the heavy metals in the vape and nicotine in the e-juice. In a statement released last week, the AMA said the reforms would reduce the widespread availability of vapes, by imposing much stricter controls and closing many loopholes that have been exploited by the tobacco and vaping industry for many years.

Trangie pharmacist and Guild member, Colin Best. PHOTO: NARROMINE STAR.

Above: For those unfamiliar with the technology, this is what a vape looks like. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED.

Local impact TRANGIE pharmacist Colin Best, a member of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, told the Narromine Star that changing the legislation doesn’t ﬁ x the wider problem of people using such devices. “Vaping is not necessarily any better than smoking, but different issues come from it,” Mr Best said. “The vapes have a heating element, which is one issue, and there could be different chemicals released that you inhale,” he added. “Vapes have been more affordable and accessible than cigarettes, but they are also much more addictive than cigarettes,” he said. Mr Best said he would order in therapeutic vapes if requested by his customers, but otherwise would not stock vapes in the Trangie Pharmacy.

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Mixed response to parking changes in Nymagee Street

New signage has recently been installed at the site of the changed parking arrangements.

Parallel parking has replaced reverse angle parking for a short distance on Nymagee Street outside of the Post Office, with varying views on the change. PHOTOS: NARROMINE STAR.

By SHARON BONTHUYS CHANGED parking arrangements outside the Post Office in Nymagee Street, Narromine, have brought a mixed response from community members. This change has been discussed in meetings of the Narromine Shire Council dating back several months, as part of the deliberations of the Local Traffic Committee, and as reported in this masthead earlier this year. A short section of Nymagee Street, where it runs adjacent to the Post Office, has been changed from rearend-in angle parking to parallel parking, with a time

limit of 15 minutes applying in that space. This change has been made to improve safety for motorists parking in Nymagee Street, and also for those turning into Nymagee Street from Dandaloo Street, who previously had to navigate around rearend-in vehicles jutting out into the driving lane. Council’s social media announcement about the changes was shared, with a lively discussion ensuing in one forum. “I hope it’s an improvement on what it was — which was a terrible spot to reverse park with cars coming around the corner from Dandaloo Street, as well as pulling out from the

opposite side of the road,” commented follower, Ginni Brown. “Fingers crossed it’s safer and contributes to better trafﬁc ﬂow,” she added. But not everyone sees the changes in a positive light, or as improving safety at the busy intersection. “So now, cars turning from Dandaloo Street will have to wait for longer whilst people who have trouble parallel parking try to do so,” commented Gwen Laycock. “I would also think that it will decrease the number of parks available.” Rebecca Cullen commented that she didn’t know if the changes would improve parking at the location.

“After watching a few people now try to reverse into the middle or ﬁ rst spot when the other parks are full [it] seems more dangerous to me, especially when people ﬂy around that corner,” Ms Cullen said. Concerns were also expressed about enforcing the time-limited parking at the location. The Narromine Star observed a number of motorists still reverse angle parking at the site last week, clearly unaware of the new parking arrangements or signage in place. At its meeting in late June, Narromine Shire Council also indicated that it is following up with Transport for NSW

(TFNSW), to improve the condition of the pedestrian crossing at Dandaloo Street near the Post Office. TFNSW has responsibility for that roadway, which is part of the high-trafﬁc Mitchell Highway. Cr Les Lambert mentioned a recent near-miss occurring at the pedestrian crossing at night. The presence of the mature trees on each side of the street obscures lighting and the visibility of pedestrians to motorists at night, council heard. Council indicated that it would look into this further with a view to improving safety at the site.

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NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, July 4, 2024

Country music stars rock USMC

AUSTRALIAN Country music legends, Adam Harvey and Beccy Cole, delighted fans at Narromine USMC last Thursday.

Performing tracks from their new album and also rolling out plenty of old favourites, these great mates performed a threehour show for a very small but appreciative audience.

Their Great Country Songbook, Volume Three, is about two best friends getting together again to record some of their favorite songs.

For more than two decades, the two have toured Australia together a dozen times.

The Narromine Star is grateful to local country music fan, Robyn Masling, who shared some of her excellent photos from the night with us.

Adam Harvey and Beccy Cole at Narromine USMC last Thursday. PHOTOS: On stage with their band at Narromine USMC last Thursday.

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Mr Harvey and Ms Cole were supported by Duncan Toombs at the concert.

Thursday, July 4, 2024 Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region NARROMINE STAR

Festival funding helps drive “vibrancy and visitor economy” By SHARON BONTHUYS FESTIVALS and community events across the Central West — including the revived Dolly Parton Festival at Narromine — were among 130 regional and metropolitan events to receive funding from the NSW Government as part of its “vibrancy and visitor economy agenda”. Regional councils have enjoyed the lion’s share of the $8.7 million Open Streets program, which assists councils to close streets for community events. Some 51 regional and 21 metropolitan councils in NSW have received support ranging from $7000 to $150,000 from this program.

Central West events fare well IN the Central West, the Dolly Parton Festival (Narromine), the Under the Gums and Goin’ To Gil Weekend (Gilgandra), the Warren Christmas Street Party (Warren), the Condo Comes Alive event (Condobolin), the Big Bogan Festival (Nyngan), the ABBA Festival (Trundle), and the Elvis Festival (Parkes) were just some of the events to receive funding under this program. Other funded events around the State include the Moon Festival (Cabramatta), the Kurri Curry Festival (Kurri Kurri), the 4Elements Hip-hop Festival (Blacktown), the Float Your Boat event (Lake Macquarie), and the Back O’ Bourke Street

Fiesta (Bourke). All events will take place between now and January 2025.

Vibrancy and visitors on the agenda THE Open Streets program is part of the NSW Government’s $19.7 million Vibrant Streets Package which encourages councils to use their main streets for more events, more often. This “vibrancy and visitor economy agenda” recognises local communities and businesses know what works best locally to generate vibrancy and business, including extending trading hours, outdoor dining and streamlining noise complaints. Minister for Roads, Arts, Music and the Night-Time Economy, Jobs and Tourism, John Graham, whose portfolio administers this roads-based funding, said: “The colour and diversity of these 130 events celebrates the unique personality of each [community]. “This is what our vibrancy agenda is all about, backing locals to create events and entertainment that works for their local community,” he added.

Funding tied to free attendance THE Open Streets program aims to activate local streets and public spaces, and boost vibrancy and visitor numbers to local communities

and businesses. Because this program requires entry to supported events to be free, the 2024 Dolly Parton Festival — and the other 129 supported events — must be free to attend. NSW Upper House Local Duty Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) for Dubbo Electorate, Stephen Lawrence, described the free entry last week as a “budget busting” response to the cost of living crisis. “I know from my time as a local councillor how important these types of festivals are to our regional communities, and just how much hard work and commitment is involved from hard working community volunteers,” Mr Lawrence said. “Congratulations to the Narromine council and community for this grant,” he concluded.

Narromine Lions got into the swing of the 2023 Dolly Parton Festival. PHOTO: SARAH BALLHAUSEN, NARROMINE LIONS.

LGA

Event

Funding

Bogan

Big Bogan Festival

$141,000

Gilgandra

Under the Gums + Goin’ to Gil Weekend

$125,000

Lachlan

Condo Comes Alive

$93,350

Narromine

Dolly Parton Festival

$150,000

Parkes

Elvis & Abba Festivals

$52,300

Warren

Christmas Street Party

$66,000

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NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, July 4, 2024

Rotary to farewell food van as club considers future From page 1 With just six active members now, the oldest of whom is an octagenarian and several others are retirees, the Narromine Rotary Club cannot continue to keep the food van going beyond the end of this year. Whether the club itself survives with such a small membership is also yet to be seen. The Narromine Star spoke to club secretary, Jack Cooper, about the challenges facing the club. He said the van has been a part of the club for longer than the 20 years he has been a member, and he and other club members would be very sorry to see it go. “We just see the closure of the food van as inevitable,” Mr Cooper said. Since the pandemic, in particular, the club’s membership has dwindled as older members retired and left the area or passed away, making it difficult for the club to run the food van without external support. The club has had single-digit membership for about two years now, but soldiered-on with their community service commitments regardless. Club members have hauled the van to its many scheduled commitments including local race meetings, regular staff lunch days at Tomingley Gold Operations (TGO), the Narromine Show, the 37th FAI World Gliding Championships, and the Venetian Carnival, to name a few. Mr Cooper said that while Friends of Rotary (supporters of the club who are not Rotarians) do answer the call to help at events, for which the club is very grateful, the club is finding it harder to guarantee volunteer support to run the van. “Like with other community groups, lots of people are happy to help but don’t want to spend more time ﬁ lling out paperwork to be a volunteer than actually volunteering,” he said. The club will slowly wind down its catering work, taking on no new commitments this year and meeting all currently scheduled commitments to the end of 2024. “We’ll shut down the catering side of things at the end of this year, and then look at alternatives for the club’s future,” Mr Cooper said. “Our primary goal is to minimise the loss to the club. It is how we make most of our money each year,” he added. Mr Cooper has written to all organisations that have booked the food van this year to let them know the service will cease. This will give those organisations time to make plans for the future, he said. The Rotary food van is set to make appearances at three more local race meetings, another eight staff lunch days at TGO, the Mungery Picnic Races’ centenary, the Narromine Show, and a shooting event this year. Rotarians encourage those attending these events to stop by, say “hi”, take the opportunity to buy one last item or drink from the van, and snap a selfie before it is retired from its community service. The club is also open to offers from businesses or organisations that may want to buy the van, Mr Cooper said. “We will deﬁ nitely entertain offers to buy it.” As for the future of the club, which was chartered in 1958 and has done so much for the local community, that’s something the remaining members will consider in the new year, Mr Cooper said. “Unless more people show an interest and join us, we may very well close,” he concluded.

Rotarians helped other community groups feed the hungry hordes at the official opening of the World Gliding Championships last December. PHOTOS: NARROMINE STAR.

The food van was a popular venue for dinner at the Venetian Carnival in December 2023.

The Rotary food van fed those who attended Narromine Council’s mental health breakfast in September 2023. Oldest Rotarian, Nesto Falcione, takes a break outside the food van at an event.

Still smiling, even though Rotarians will say goodbye to their muchloved food van later this year.

The ‘little van that could’ has raised a lot of money for the community through its decades of service. PHOTOS: NARROMINE ROTARY CLUB.

Rotarians John Mann and Nesto Falcione outside the van.

Thursday, July 4, 2024 Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region NARROMINE STAR

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THURSDAY 4 July 2024

NEXT COUNCIL The next Ordinary Council meeting will be held Wednesday, July 17, 2024 at Council’s Chambers, commencing at 5.30 pm. MEETING: CANDIDATE BRIEFING SESSION

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There are legal requirements to microchip your pets by a certain age, but did you know you also have to register your pets? Registering your pets can give you the ability to assign and update your pets’ details if you move addresses, change contact details or in the case of a change of ownership. Working dogs do need to be microchipped and registered, though registration is at no charge. Find out more about keeping your best mate safe by visiting: www.narromine.nsw.gov. au/residents/microchipping-lifetimeregistration

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PUBLIC NOTICE – OVERGROWN VEGETATION Council is receiving complaints about overgrown vegetation on vacant, residential, and commercial land. Overgrown allotments can become breeding grounds for vermin and pose Ã } w V> Ì w Ài >â>À`Ã `Õi to the dense grasses, weeds, and other vegetation. Council is urging all property owners and occupiers in Narromine, Trangie and Tomingley to actively reduce vegetation on their premises. If you can’t manage it yourself, there are local businesses and contractors available to assist you. For any enquiries about overgrown land, please contact Council’s Health, Building, and Environmental Services Team at 6889 9999.

NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, July 4, 2024

Seniors’ horror stories told at crime prevention event

About 30 people attended the crime prevention session on July 2 in Narromine. PHOTOS: NARROMINE STAR.

Police representatives Constable Julie McNicol, Acting Sergeant Kieran Steele, and Acting Inspector Rob Bevan.

Retained Firefighter CJ Smyth and Captain Lucas Walsh from Fire and Rescue NSW. Narromine Shire Mayor, Cr Craig Davies, hosted the forum.

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ANOTHER elderly female resident shared her encounters with criminal behaviour. We’ll call her “Mrs B”. “I’ve been home-invaded and it’s a dreadful feeling,” Mrs B said. “That they’ve got into your house and they’ve been in your bedroom is a feeling you’ll never get over.” Mrs B says her biggest fear now is parking in Narromine and Dubbo central business districts. “Over the last two years I’ve been accosted four times in Dubbo and twice in Narromine. That is my greatest danger now,” she said. “They want money. Sometimes they’re just off their heads on drugs, I think,” she added. “It’s a terrible feeling when you realise you’re being followed to your car. They’re getting away with it all the time.” Acting Inspector Bevan commiserated with the resident. “It’s unfortunate that [police] can’t be everywhere at once, but we’re well aware of those in the community that are on drugs and or that do hang around the shopping centres and cause those issues,” he said. “If we’ve got information that they have been [following shoppers to their cars] then we can come down and do something about it,” he added.

MRS A has lived in Narromine for 20 years and has been hounded relentlessly, with her home invaded many times since her husband passed away in 2005. “I’ve had my [front screen] door knocked off. I’ve lost my tablets from beside my bed. I’ve had people yelling at me through the window to take them to Woolworths at three o’clock in the morning,” she said. “I’ve had my dogs poisoned, and I’ve never done anything to anyone as far as I know. I’ve had enough.” A string of incidents over the years and reported inaction by the police have caused the resident to lose faith. “I want to know where I stand as a citizen of this town, if nothing is done by the police. I thought Narromine was a good town, but I have a different opinion of it now,” she concluded. Acting Inspector Bevan apologised for the reported police inaction, and indicated he would meet with Mrs A for further discussions. He said he had full conﬁdence in the police currently working in the region.

Local stats not considered ‘high’ ACTING Inspector Bevan said to date this year the police have had 16 break and enters locally, or roughly three per month. He said Dubbo, which has a population of 74,000, has been averaging 50-60 break and enters for the same period. Narromine’s much smaller population is just over 6000 while Trangie has just over 1000 and Tomingley just under 350 people, according to the 2021 census. However, on a per capita basis, Narromine shire’s 16 break and enters amount to approximately 0.22 per cent, while Dubbo’s minimum 50 break and enters amounts to 0.07 per cent. Our small council area has a higher break and enter rate, technically, than the large urban centre 30 minutes to the east.

Tips to secure your home THE police answered a range of questions asked by the audience and provided the following tips to residents to make their properties more secure. f Lock your home, even when you are inside, as criminals will often enter through unlocked doors and windows. f Install sensor lights, which deter opportunistic crime after dark.

f Lock vehicles when they are parked. f Lock garden sheds containing lawn mowers, whipper snippers and other valuable gardening tools. f Plan your gardens, hedges or shrubbery so they don’t shield criminals trying to enter doors and windows.

Home fire safety important for seniors CAPTAIN Lucas Walsh said fi refighters fight fi res but also want to prevent them. In the last 12 months, local fi re crews have attended 10 residential house fi res, and many of those could be attributed to “general complacency”. This includes things like not keeping an eye on the stove while cooking, lighting a candle in the wrong spot, having a barbecue inside their home, not removing lint from clothes dryers which then alights, drying clothes too close to the heater, and so on. “It’s very important to keep an eye on what’s going on in the house,” he said. Smoke detectors are an important part of home fi re safety and each home should have at least one working detector, captain Walsh said. Seniors are welcome to contact Fire and Rescue NSW for assistance with installing smoke detectors. Narromine and Trangie fi refighters will

carry out free home fi re safety visits and supply and install smoke detectors for residents, captain Walsh said. He also spoke about the importance of escape plans for seniors, and said smoke detectors were crucial to this process. “Early notification [from smoke detectors] helps you fi nd an exit path out of your home,” he said. He noted that while home security is important, it is also important that residents can get out of their properties in the event of fi re. Keeping keys in a central location like the kitchen that may be impacted by fi re could prevent a safe exit so planning the location of keys is highly important. It is also important to ensure family and visitors know about escape routes, he said.

An annual forum proposed

MAYOR Davies thanked the audience for attending the event, and in particular, Mrs A, whose contact initiated the forum. “This forum would not otherwise have happened. I really do thank [Mrs A].” The mayor also said he hoped to have an annual forum, and said next year’s event would be much more widely publicised so more seniors could attend.

Thursday, July 4, 2024 Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region NARROMINE STAR

Political News & Opinion COULTON’S ULTON’S CATCH TCH UP Comment ment by K COULTON, MARK Federal ral Member for Parkes arkes

Funding to support our Indigenous artists I’D like to congratulate the arts organisations within the Parkes electorate, that have received funding through the Federal Government’s Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support Program. Arts Out West Incorporated has received $103,000, to provide visual arts services to Indigenous artists in the Central West, including Lachlan Shire. Arts North West Incorporated, has received $102,000 to deliver assistance to Indigenous artists in the New England and North West — including Gunnedah, Gwydir, Moree and Narrabri shires — to participate in marketing and professional development opportunities. Outback Arts Incorporated, has received $80,000 to provide visual arts services to Indigenous artists and engage Indigenous arts workers based in far western NSW — including Bourke, Brewarrina, Bogan, Coonamble, Walgett and War-

AROUND UND THE ELECTORATE TORATE Comment nt by DUGALD D SAUNDERS, ERS, State Member ember for Dubbo bo

LAST week, I had the opportunity to see ﬁ rst-hand what is happening on the State’s North Coast. From hearing about ongoing ﬂood recovery efforts in Lismore, to meeting with local producers and hosting regional crime roundtables, it was a packed week.

ren shires — through the Living Arts and Culture Program. NSW Aboriginal Culture Heritage and Arts Association Incorporated has received $135,000 to deliver business development, professional development and advocacy to its visual arts hub membership network — including Bourke Aboriginal Art Gallery, Brewarrina Aboriginal Cultural Museum, Dharriwaa Elders Group (Walgett) and the Wiradjuri Study Centre (Condobolin) — and Indigenous visual artists across NSW, as well as engage an Indigenous arts worker. The Parkes electorate is home to some incredible Indigenous artists and I’m pleased that they’ll beneﬁt from this funding.

Opposition to live sheep export ban LAST week in Parliament, I had the opportunity to speak in opposition to Labor’s live sheep export ban which, unfortunately, passed the House of Representatives. Not only will this ban have devastating consequences for the entire sheep industry in Australia, but it will decimate rural communities and impact our overseas customers, just so those in the leafy suburbs can feel good about saving the animals when they have absolutely no idea about the industry. The Lismore community is really incredible, and it was fascinating to see how they have come together to rebuild their fantastic town after the devastation caused by the 2022 ﬂoods. I was lucky enough to visit Hyrdord Sawmill, Corndale Dairy, and Marquis Macadamias to hear about the amazing work they do. Primary producers truly are the backbone of our state, and I am committed to advocating for them. I also paid a visit to Coffs Harbour Hardwoods. I called on the NSW Labor Government to reverse a decision to replace hardwood power poles with composite poles, a deci-

Federal Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton, Mark Coulton, spoke in opposition to Labor’s live sheep export ban in Parliament last week. As someone who has spent most of my life working in the livestock industry, I can tell you, that there’s no-one who cares more about the welfare of animals, than farmers. Australia has one of the highest standards when it comes to animal welfare and, if this bill goes through, it will only shift supply to other countries that do not have these same standards.

sion that will result in an increase in power prices in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis and have a negative impact on the environment. This NSW Labor Government needs to intervene to support families, businesses, and the timber industry. It was beneﬁcial to be able to host some regional crime roundtables in Casino and Kempsey to hear all things regional crime and domestic and family violence. This was a good chance to speak to local community groups and authorities to discuss practical solutions that could work for the region. It was also good speaking to grassroots, community-led organisations

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My First Speech competition SENIOR students from the Parkes electorate have an exciting opportunity to shine a national spotlight on the issues that matter most to them, by taking part in the ‘My First Speech’ Competition. This national competition challenges students in Years 10, 11, and 12, to envision themselves as newly-elected Members of the House of Representatives and record a 90-second speech on video, focusing on a topic of their choosing. about their experiences. WATER NSW will be meeting with local customers and community members at the upcoming Mudgee Small Farm Field Days on Friday and Saturday, July 12–13. The team will be available to meet with water-users and the community to discuss all things water-licensing and approvals, local dams and catchments, operational plans and updates and pricing. There will also be fun activities for the kids. If you’re attending the Field Days, make sure to pop by and say hello! THE Trangie Truck Wash has

The winning entrant from each year group, accompanied by a parent or guardian, will be ﬂown to Canberra to deliver their speeches live at Parliament House, and participate in an engaging program tailored to deepen their understanding of the legislative process. This competition is a wonderful way for our next generation of community leaders to have a say in our national Parliament, and I encourage all enthusiastic students in the Parkes electorate to give it a go. received a makeover in a major upgrade. The upgraded facility was designed following extensive consultation with truck operators and industry organisations to meet the high standards required by the agricultural and freight sectors. Truck washes are essential, not only for safe and clean travel for livestock, but also for reducing the spread of weeds and diseases across NSW. With freight movement expected to increase over the next ﬁve to 10 years, this state of the art facility is crucial for improving outcomes and productivity within the sector. Until next time, Dugald

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Coulton: Nominate a road needing repair GOT a thought or two about the condition of particular roads in the Parkes electorate? Local Federal Member Mark Coulton is asking you to have your say. Mr Coulton is calling on voters to nominate a road or intersection most in need of an upgrade through a national road survey launched this month by the Federal Opposition. The Coalition claims the Commonwealth Government has allowed the national road network to fall into disrepair with billions of dollars in funding cuts and delays since coming to office. “Australia’s 880,000 kilometres of road network underpins almost every aspect of our lives,” said Shadow Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Trans-

port, Tony Pasin. He said this survey is the chance to send a message to the Labor Government. “Motorists take responsibility for ensuring their vehicle is roadworthy, and pay taxes and charges for the privilege to use our road network. “In turn, a core responsibility of Government is to ensure the road network is up to standard. It’s very clear from the condition of roads across the country that the Albanese Labor Government is not living up to its end of the bargain,” Mr Pasin said. Within the ﬁ rst two years of the Labor Government, he claimed, $27.9 billion worth of infrastructure projects have been cancelled, cut and delayed. This includes funding for coun-

Moree medical precinct now down to 40km/h speed limit ROADS surrounding Moree District Health Service and close to aged care facilities in the town, have had their speed limits reduced to 40 kilometres per hour. The new speed limits for high-pedestrian-use area, are

cils to upgrade and maintain local roads, as well as programs like Roads of Strategic Importance. Mr Coulton said that roads throughout the Parkes electorate aren’t receiving the maintenance and upgrades they need, and the impacts of Federal Government funding cuts – particularly to local councils – were being felt by road-users and residents ﬁrst-hand. “As someone who regularly travels across hundreds of kilometres within the Parkes electorate, I know ﬁ rst-hand how terrible some parts of the road network have become,” Mr Coulton said. “I’m calling on the residents of the Parkes electorate to help shine a light on the appalling condition of our roads by taking Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton is calling on people in the Parkes elecpart in this national sur- torate to nominate a road in need of upgrade by completing a national road survey. PHOTO: SUPPLIED. vey,” he concluded.

now in effect after a request by Moree Shire Council for Transport for NSW to conduct a review of these areas, Transport for NSW Regional Director (West), Alistair Lunn said. “Moree Shire Council wanted to facilitate safer access for pedestrians throughout the area near the hospital and aged care facilities by reducing vehicle speeds,” Mr Lunn

said. “The area we reviewed comprises of a hospital, two nursing homes, an ambulance station, and a community health centre, leading to potentially more-vulnerable road-users, as well as those who could be driving faster than the sign posted speed due to an emergency,” he added. The new speed limits also apply to areas adjacent to a

shared path along the Gwydir River and Botanical Gardens, frequently-used for the special events. Mr Lunn said that the 40 km/h zone is being implemented along Victoria Terrace, from east of Edward Street to Alice Street, and from west of Frome Street along Alice Street to the end of the cul-de-sac. It will also incorporate sections of Au-

burn and Balo streets. “This is a busy part of Moree which feeds into other busy streets,” he said. “Our evaluation of HPAA zones shows a 33 per cent reduction in serious injury crashes, a 46 per cent reduction in pedestrian serious injury crashes and 100 per cent reduction in fatal crashes,” he concluded.

RURAL HEALTH MATTERS

Going dry in July July marks the start of Dry July, a fundraising event that encourages people to go alcohol-free to raise funds for people affected by cancer. Alcohol is a signiﬁcant part of many of our social and cultural activities, but harmful consumption is a major health issue associated with increased risk of chronic disease, injury, and premature death. In 2021, there were 1559 alcohol-induced deaths, an increase of 7.4% from 2020. Regional Australians are more likely be impacted by alcohol related harms than those living in major cities. What is Dry July?

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Thursday, July 4, 2024 Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region NARROMINE STAR

WIN: a LEGO® Creator 3-in-1 Space Astronaut To enter, ﬁll in this form, draw inside the box below what you think an alien would see and do if they visited our local area and drop it into the Narromine Star mailbox at Suite 3, 37 Burraway Street, Competition closes on Monday, July 8 at 4pm. Name......................................................................... Address....................................................................... Daytime Ph................................................................. what would an alien see and do if they visited our local area? Terms and conditions of entry • The competition will commence on Thursday, June 27, 2024. • Entries will be received up until Monday, July 8, 2024. • Entries will be accepted by entry box in the Narromine Star mailbox at Suite 3, 37 Burraway Street. • The winner will be drawn on Monday, July 8, at 4pm and will be notiﬁed by telephone. Prize is the pictured LEGO® Creator 3-in-1 Space Astronaut play set. • The result will be printed in the Narromine Star on Thursday, July 11, 2024. • One entry per person. Only the entrant’s name will be published. • All entries remain the property of PPNS News Media Pty Ltd. • The prize/s is/are not transferable and not redeemable for cash and no correspondence will be entered into. PPNS News Media Pty Ltd employees and their families are ineligible to enter.

NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, July 4, 2024

The challenge is on to read more this winter! THE colder months of the year are a great time to enjoy a good book, with Macquarie Regional Library’s (MRL) Winter Reading Challenge aiming to incentivise and motivate reading habits. The Winter Reading Challenge is free to join, open to all ages, and runs until the end of August, which is also the end of Winter! As our local book-worms will know, our libraries at Trangie and Narromine are part of the MRL network. These local libraries feature an extensive range of books and also provide access to a large range of eAudiobooks and eBooks via apps such as Libby, BorrowBox and Indyreads. It’s free to join the library and the friendly library staff will be able to help you access the range of resources available. They will also provide advice and guidance on how to sign up to the Winter Reading Challenge using the Beanstack app. “The Winter Reading Challenge is a fun way to challenge family and friends and

Narromine library officer, Bel Maher, is ready to help people join the Winter Reading Challenge. PHOTO: NARROMINE STAR.

help build the habit of reading whether that be for entertainment or relaxation,” said Macquarie Regional Library Manager, Kathryn McAlister.

“Reading is a skill for life and something people of all ages can enjoy, so we look forward to seeing adults, teens and children sign up for the

In Brief Around the traps… HERE we go again, with the latest little news-grabs from around the shire and beyond. f More than 600 postcards from children in 24 schools across NSW were recently mailed to the “Postcards to the Advocate” [for Children and Young People] initiative. Some 97 postcards were from children aged from three to six years, 220 were from children aged seven to 12 years, and 338 were from those aged 13 to 18 years. Key themes in the postcards included career, study, environment, ﬁ nancial stability, relationships, happiness, hobbies, safer society, health and wellbeing, and equality. f In an “industry coup”, senior industry leader Alastair James, CEO of the Red Meat Advisory Council, will join Herefords Australia Limited in August. The former agronomist and farmer, has previously held senior positions with Australian Livestock Exporters’ Council, CropLife Australia, and the former Federal Department of Agriculture and Water Resources. f Narromine Jets’ Sponsors’ Round is on this weekend. This event helps recognise their supporters and also provides the chance to support the Narromine Cancer Support Group, Narromine VRA, and Narromine Hospital Auxiliary. A massive day of football at the Oval starts with Junior league playing as a prelude, followed by Youth League, Reserve Grade, League Tag, and First Grade. The Jets will wear specially-designed guernseys for the round, depicting the colours of the charities being supported, with the guernseys auctioned off at the USMC later that night, followed by great entertainment. f The NSW Opposition is calling on the Minns Labor Government to reverse a decision to replace hardwood power poles with composite poles, suggesting hardwood is being “hard done by” with uncertainty to the timber industry from the Government’s decision, also adding that power prices will rise as a result of the change. f Museums of History NSW, has announced entries for the Meroogal Women’s Art Prize 2024, a non-acquisitive art prize celebrating the creativity of NSW

female artists, is now open. More details are on the MHNSW website. f Researchers from “Ten to Men” — a longitudinal study by the Australian Institute of Family Studies tracking over 16000 boys and men over the last decade — surveyed males aged 10–57 years between 2013/14 and 2022, about their drinking habits. The research highlights that, for many men, an unhealthy relationship with alcohol can start early and persist over years. Almost half of young adult men aged 18–29 are consistently drinking at risky levels, with 48 per cent consuming more than four standard drinks on a typical occasion — above the national alcohol guidelines, the Institute says. Consuming alcohol under-age was also shown to be a strong predictor of risky drinking in later life. f Interested in what’s happening beyond the farm-gate? Check-out the agricultural stats released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics highlighting 2022– 23 data for horticulture, livestock, and broadacre crops. f Sadly, our local regional arts development organisation, Orana Arts, did not meet its goal to raise $10,000 before June 30 to support two important initiatives benefiting young people. Orana Arts is still accepting donations for the “Not A Dress Rehearsal” Kumi Taiko Japanese drumming collaboration with Taikoz and Dubbo Ballet Studio, and to provide quality drama tuition to young people in Coonabarabran through the Australian Theatre for Young People. f The Mungery Picnic Races are celebrating their centenary this year, and will hold a black-tie ball in late August. More details are available on their social media. f The NSW Upper House committee investigating the State’s animal pounds visited facilities in Orange, Bathurst, and Cowra this week, to understand the key issues and challenges in regional communities and identify strategies to improve conditions and reduce the number of animals that end up in pounds. f We’re trying hard to fi nd the Queensland rugby league team, after they went missing-in-action for the fi rst half of the State of Origin and limped away at fulltime after being thrashed 38-18. If you fi nd them, let us know…

challenge,” she added. Our local libraries are the ideal place to check out the latest and great books out there, from fantastic ﬁction to histo-

A MESSAGE FROM NARROMINE ANGLICAN CHURCH Everyone of us needs a mate… By LUKE MERRIMAN ON February 10, 1914, three tonnes of timber suddenly slipped and crushed a Melbourne timber yard worker, Alfred Matthew. It took his workmates half an hour to retrieve him, but by then it was sadly too late for him. Tragically, Alfred left behind a wife and two young children who now faced a difficult and uncertain future. Thankfully, the story doesn’t end there. About 50 of Alfred’s workmates and other tradesmen secured a block of land in Brunswick and resolved to build a house free of charge for Alfred’s family. Because of work commitments, the earliest the men could start on the house was the next holiday — which happened to be Easter. So, on Good Friday, Alfred’s mates started the huge job of building a house in three days! Between about 5–6pm on the Monday evening, they had just about ﬁ nished it. It was not long

ry, science, art, and culture. “Books and audio books can be borrowed free of charge with a library card, and the team at the library are more than happy to assist with new reading recommendations,” Ms McAlister said. “[We are] constantly adding new books and online resources to the collection, so if you haven’t visited the library recently, we encourage you to come in and see what’s new in the collection.” To register for the Winter Reading Challenge download the Beanstack app and then simply log reading sessions via the app. For every 20 minutes of reading logged, participants receive a virtual badge and a ticket into a weekly prize draw. “There are a great range of prize packs to be won,” Ms McAlister said. “Also, the Winter Reading Challenge is a great way to read more in 2024,” she concluded. For more information about the Winter Reading Challenge, visit the MRL website or in person at your local library.

before Ellen, Alfred Junior, and Harold could walk into their new home thanks to the kindness of mates. Many years before, also on Good Friday, a carpenter started the world’s biggest project ever: the saving of the entire earth. This project also provided a place of safety and security for the weak and vulnerable. It also involved preparing a home for restoration and recuperation from the troubles of the world. And it, too, was motivated by love for His friends. Everyone needs a friend — a mate. It’s hard-wired into us to yearn for connection and friendship. In Jesus, we ﬁ nd this mate, who showed the greatest act of love by laying down His life for us, and then promising to be with us always (see John 15:13 and Matthew 28:20). The Bible also tells us that Jesus is a mate who wants to draw us all in close, like a mother hen gathers her chicks under her wings. He’s also a good friend who saves us a seat next to Him in heaven, and wants to come into our lives and share a meal with us as friends (see Matthew 23:37, Ephesians 2:6, Revelation 3:20). What a fantastic mate to have! If you want to ﬁ nd more about this mate named Jesus, you can read all about Him in The Bible. The book of Mark is a good place to start, or talk to a Christian friend, or pop into one of our local churches. We love talking about our mate, Jesus!

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School holiday Narromine fun across the Garden Club visits shire and beyond the Carnevales By SHARON BONTHUYS

Some of the tall trees under-planted with other plants.

The Carnevales’ beautiful garden. PHOTOS: NARROMINE GARDEN CLUB.

SCHOOL holidays start this weekend and, thanks to the hard work of various groups around town, there will be plenty of activities for young people across the Narromine Shire. We’ve done some sleuthing, and here’s what we know is happening around the traps for our kiddlywinks. Many activities are free, but some are payto-attend. Contact the organisers for more details.

Trangie MONDAY, July 8, from 5pm — Drive-In Cinema — “Mitchells vs the Machines”, George Weldon Oval. FREE. Organiser: Narromine Community Skills (NCS). TUESDAY, July 9, 10– 11.30am — plaster of paris painting workshop, Girl Guide Hall. FREE. Contact (NCS) to book. WEDNESDAY, July 10, 2–3pm — “Get Set, Go!” Olympic-related activities at Trangie Library. “French Connection” — enjoy French-themed crafts and activities. FREE but please book. THURSDAY, July 18, 10.30– 11.30am — More “Get Set, Go!” activities at Trangie Library. Design a team uniform worthy of the Olympics. FREE but please book.

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Coral Jackson, Sandra Walker and Carol Carnevale enjoying the sunshine and the view.

By ANNIE HARMER

NARROMINE Garden Club met again in late June and enjoyed a visit to the beautiful garden of Daniel and Carol Carnevale. On a very beautiful and sunny day, 26 club members were present and Jodie chaired the meeting in the Carnevales’ garden. When Daniel and Carol ﬁ rst moved to their property some 32 years ago, most of the area was a grapefruit orchard. They removed the orchard and, over many years,

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established a very special ﬂowing garden with full-grown trees under-planted with many varieties of plants. Julie Davies won the raffle on the day donated by Heather McIntyre, and we’re also grateful to those who donated to the trading table, with lots of fresh citrus fruit available. We’re very thankful to Daniel and Carol for allowing us to visit and hold our meeting in their garden. See you all again next month!

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MONDAY to Friday, July 8–12, Narromine Inland Connect will provide afternoon activities (2.30–4.30pm) for children at Narromine Baptist Church and for teens at Generocity Church. Some evening activities for families too. Contact the churches for details. TUESDAY, July 9, 11–12pm - “Get Set, Go!” Olympic-related activities at Narromine Library. Design a team uniform and compete in activities. FREE but please book. TUESDAY, July 9, 1.30– 3.00pm — plaster of paris painting workshop, NCS, 139 Dandaloo Street. FREE. Contact NCS to book. WEDNESDAY, July 10, 3–5pm — clay creatures and canvas workshop at Innersense. Pay-to-attend. FRIDAY, July 12, 2–4pm — School holiday cinema and snacks showing “Daddy Day

Care” at Narromine Library. FREE but please book. MONDAY-THURSDAY July 15–18, 2–5pm — Holiday tennis coaching camp at Narromine Tennis Courts. Pay-toattend. Contact Dubbo Tennis Academy. MONDAY, July 15, 3–5pm — Scrap-booking photo frame workshop at Innersense. Pay-to-attend. TUESDAY, July 16, 11–12pm — More “Get Set, Go!” activities at Narromine Library. Assemble and decorate your own mini sports, then challenge your friends. FREE but please book. TUESDAY, July 16, 3–5pm — Tote bags and key rings workshop at Innersense. Pay-to-attend. WEDNESDAY, July 17, 3–5 pm — Rock painting and canvas workshop at Innersense. Pay-to-attend.

General THE Junior Landcare Learning Centre has free activities on its website for children with topics including biodiversity, food production, First Nations perspectives, and waste management. Scroll to the bottom for the separate Just For Kids activities. In Dubbo, the Police Citizens Youth Club (PCYC) has an all-day activity program running throughout the school holidays. This is a pay-to-attend event including hall sports, ball sports, gymnastics, laser tag, ninja warrior and other activities, as well as meals. Dubbo RSL is holding Kids Bingo on Tuesday, July 9 and 16. There is a small cost to attend covering bingo books and markers. The Old Dubbo Gaol has a school holiday program including characters in costume, “escape tours”, twilight night tours and a ‘beyond the grave’ night tour. These are pay-to-attend events. Taronga Western Plains Zoo also has a Dubbo Zoo Adventures Program. This is a pay-to-attend event. Full details of what’s on in Narromine and Trangie over the school holidays, will be on the Narromine Shire Council’s online event calendar. Details about what’s on in Dubbo is on the Dubbo Region website.

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A great day for Narromine High’s athletics carnival By NARROMINE HIGH SCHOOL

The boys relay getting competitive.

NARROMINE High School staff and students had a fantastic day of good competition and ﬁ ne sportsmanship at their recent athletics carnival. In the end, though, it was the sporting house Wyamba that ﬁnally came away as the winners on the day. Some of our photos from the event on Friday, June 21, show what a great time was had by all. Paddy Cusack pumping the iron at shotput.

The boys off to a flying start.

Emily Edwards soaring at long jump.

Hayley Crowley trying her luck at long jump.

Jaylin Donnelly powering down the track.

Tamika Moss, Layla LeeseCaines and Lydia Gordon. PHOTOS: NARROMINE HIGH SCHOOL.

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Great fair play at soccer last Saturday!

Under 12s had a great game. PHOTOS:

NARROMINE SOCCER CLUB.

Lara Bell goes in for a tackle.

Wynter Feo races for the ball.

By KATIE MCCUTCHEON, NARROMINE SOCCER CLUB

w, Under 9 Pirates L-R Wally McCutcheon, Farrah Barlo gton, Carrin Dusty Nash, il Abiga , christ McGil Lucy Henry Hohnstein, Murphy Bohm, Braxton Hall and Tilly McCutcheon (front).

Joe Robertson in action. PHOTOS: PENFO

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WE had another wonderful weekend of soccer in Dubbo on Saturday. The weather was absolutely perfect — we almost needed the suncream! Congratulations to the amazing sportsmanship shown by our players. Some played for the Dubbo sides who were short on players, and others played two games for their teammates who were sick, showing amazing team spirit. A reminder to teams that have a make-up game this weekend, we are back to Dubbo. See you there. We’re also grateful to CAD Contracting and Nutrien Ag Solutions for their ongoing support of Narromine Soccer Club.

GOLF CLUB NOTES

Blokes have a quiet weekend on the greens

By NORM LEWIS

THE golﬁ ng gents of Narromine had a quiet weekend due to the weather and the fact that the Annual Ladies’ Open and Teams event were scheduled for Sunday. The blokes were restricted to one competition, a Four-Ball Aggregate Stableford held on Saturday, which attracted a ﬁeld of 19 players for trophies donated by Peter Gainsford and Greg Barling. Convincing winners were Peter Hutchinson and Tony Harding, with a score of 73 points. I am told the celebrations were long and loud, extending until Sunday! Runners-up were Justin Gainsford and Tim Wiggins on 68 points. The Nearestthe-Pin (NTP) winners were Rob Williams on the ninth and Henry Buttsworth on the 10th. Surprise of the day was Greg Kearines’ win in the Long Drive — un-

believable. The drawn Jackpot prize was on the 18th and not won. For the Ladies, I’m sure many were concerned when some 14 millimetres of rain was recorded overnight, however, the weather cleared and they were able to play their Open and Teams event with a ﬁeld of 43 players. Congratulations to the Ladies on a successful tournament. Results will be elsewhere in this issue, courtesy of Dale Harding. This weekend, there will be a Four-BallBest Ball event for trophies donated by Coens Bricklayers, and an 18-Hole Versus Par for a club trophy. The Warren Open is also on for those who may be interested. With school holidays starting this weekend, the Junior Clinic is not on again until the end of the month. That’s all for this week! See you at the 19th.

Peter Hutchinson and Tony Harding celebrate their win at the 19th! PHOTOS: GREG KEARINES.

Greg Kearines, the old veteran, monstered his drive to outdo his younger opponents to take the Longest Drive on Saturday!

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Loads of golfing action for the ladies last week

Winner of the Division One Handicap, Jan Myers from Grenfell, with Dale Harding. By DALE HARDING LAST Wednesday, a total of 19 ladies played for the Elaine Ashdown Memorial Trophy, donated by the “Solo Card Ladies”. The trophy was won by Mandy Dunbar with 25 Stableford points, while the A-grade ball winner was Michelle Ashdown with 19 stableford points. Other ball winners were Deb Fairbairn on 21, Bron Plunkett on 20, Fran Crawford on 19, and Jenny Fitzgerald on 17 sta-

Winners of the WDLGA Sand Green team event from Nyngan, Mandy Martin and Deb Matheson.

bleford points. Nearest-the-pins (NTP) went to Michelle Ashdown and Jenny Ward, while the drawn card was won by Lynn McCutcheon. On Saturday, a small ﬁeld played a Hidden Holes event for a trophy donated by Sue McCutcheon. Two ladies played 18-holes for a golf ball, which was won by Vicky Gainsford. Four ladies played nine holes, with Anne Harmer taking out the trophy. On Sunday, June 30, the Nar-

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Astley Cup reflections, and connections to Narromine 5EFTS AS you may know, the 2024 Astley Cup, the annual multi-sports competition between Dubbo College (formerly Dubbo High School), Orange High School, and Bathurst High School, is currently underway. Dubbo College has won their round of the competition against Orange High School, and now travels this week to Bathurst to compete against Bathurst High School in the Astley Cup. The Astley Cup began in 1923 and has been held each year except for 1924, 1931, 1940, and 2020. A number of the pilots who graduated from the No. 5 Elementary Flight Training School (5EFTS) in Narromine during World War II represented Dubbo

High School in the Astley Cup during the 1930s. One these ex-students was Bruce Astley, one of the sons of Laurence Astley, the donor of the trischool sports cup. Other 5EFTS pilot graduates who were Astley Cup Dubbo High representatives included Rawdon Middleton, William Patman, Everard Edgar, and John Panos. Barrington Knyvett probably would also have represented Dubbo High in the Astley Cup in 1931, however, that year the Astley Cup was cancelled because of the Great Depression. I thought that this information would interest you. Patrick Bourke DHS Astley Cup Representative, 1969–70.

romine Ladies Open Tournament and the Western Districts Sand Green event were held. After a heavy downpour overnight, players woke to atrocious conditions for golf, but 43 ladies braved the conditions to play this event. The winner of the division one scratch was Mandy Martin from Nyngan, with 78 offthe-stick, and the runner-up, Jodie Douglas, with 85, also from Nyngan. Division one handicap went to Jan Myers from Grenfell

Winner of the Division One Scratch event, Mandy Martin from Nyngan, with Narromine president, Dale Harding. PHOTOS: DALE HARDING.

on 71 nett, with Linda Hutchison from Narromine the runner-up on 75 net. The division one stableford was won by Faye Hardwick from Cobar on 31 stableford points, and the runner-up was Denise Haesler on 30 points. Division two results included the scratch winner, Robin Newey from Orange, with 102 off-the-stick. Robin is also the secretary of the WDLGA. Runner-up Sallie McGaw from Dubbo scored 103. The handicap event was

won by Ann O’Leary from Trangie on 75 nett, with the runner-up Carol McCalman from Narromine, on 78 nett.

The handicap winner was Bek McKay from Trangie on 29 stableford points, and the runner-up was Sandra Bergson from Nyngan with 28 stableford points.

The nearest the pins were won by Sallie McGaw, Narelle Kritz, and Mandy Martin.

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FRIDAY, JULY 5

Your Seven-Day TV Guide 6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Walking Man. 10.30 That Pacific Sports Show. 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. Final. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Silent Witness. Final. 2.00 The Split. 3.00 Restoration Australia. 3.55 Martin Clunes: Islands Of The Pacific. 4.40 Grand Designs: The Streets. 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. 6.30 Hard Quiz. 7.00 ABC News. 7.35 Love Your Garden. Return. 8.25 Troppo. Return. 9.25 Gruen. 10.00 Hard Quiz. 10.30 Austin. 11.00 ABC Late News. 11.15 Grand Designs: The Streets. 12.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Hailey Dean Mysteries: Deadly Estate. (2017) Kellie Martin. 2.00 House Of Wellness. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 7News Local. 6.30 7News @ 6:30. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 8.30 MOVIE: The Other Woman. (2014) Cameron Diaz. 10.45 To Be Advised. 11.45 Autopsy USA. 12.45 Criminal Confessions. 2.00 Home Shopping. 4.00 Million Dollar Minute. 5.00 NBC Today.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 MOVIE: The Movie Star And The Cowboy. (2023) MacKenzie Porter. 2.00 Pointless. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30 Tipping Point Australia. 5.30 WIN News. 6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 18. Brisbane Broncos v Penrith Panthers. 9.55 Golden Point. 10.40 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 5. 12.00 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 5 Late. 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 5.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.30 Deal Or No Deal. 11.00 The Drew Barrymore Show. 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Entertainment Tonight. 1.30 Judge Judy. 2.00 Ready Steady Cook. 3.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 3.30 10 News First: Afternoon. 4.00 My Market Kitchen. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 Deal Or No Deal. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 Have You Been Paying Attention? 8.30 The Graham Norton Show. 9.30 The Cheap Seats. 10.30 10’s Late News. 10.55 The Project. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Cycling. 8.00 WorldWatch. 11.00 Tour De France 2024 Highlights Review. 12.00 Cycling. Tour de France. H’lights. 1.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 A Short History Of Living Longer. 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.35 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. 4.05 Jeopardy! 4.30 Letters And Numbers. 5.00 Tour De France 2024 Highlights Review. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 The Princes In The Tower: New Evidence. 9.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 7. 2.00 Blackout: Tomorrow Is Too Late. 3.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 Industry Leaders. 2.30 Weekender. 3.00 Australia’s Best Backyards. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Medical Emergency. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Mighty Ships. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 3.00 Timbersports. 3.30 Supercar Customiser: Yianni. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.00 AFL: Friday Night Countdown. 7.20 AFL. Collingwood v Essendon. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.25 Behave Yourself. 2.25 Back With The Ex. 3.35 Black-ish. 4.05 Lopez Vs. Lopez. 4.35 Baking It. 5.35 Dodger. 6.35 MOVIE: Hotel Transylvania. (2012) 8.30 MOVIE: The Tourist. (2010) Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie. 10.45 MOVIE: My Cousin Rachel. (2017) 12.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Home Shopping. 8.00 What’s Up Down Under. 8.30 Jake And The Fatman. 9.30 Diagnosis Murder. 11.30 JAG. 1.30 NCIS. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 9.25 FBI. 11.15 Blue Bloods. 12.15 Home Shopping. 2.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Big Bang. 1.30 Becker. 2.00 Rules Of Engagement. 2.30 King Of Queens. 3.00 Frasier. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet. 4.30 Friends. 5.30 The Big Bang Theory. 6.30 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Two And A Half Men. 10.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.10 ER. 2.55 Doctor Who. 3.40 Speechless. 4.05 Would I Lie To You? 4.35 MythBusters. 5.25 Amazing Spaces. 6.15 Car S.O.S. 7.00 My Family. 7.30 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 MOVIE: Clash Of The Titans. (2010) 10.15 ER. 11.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 7.05 Andy And The Band. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 8.00 Hard Quiz Kids. 8.35 Operation Ouch! 9.05 Officially Amazing. 9.35 Dragon Ball Super. 9.55 Supernatural Academy. 10.20 The PM’s Daughter. 10.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 3.00 News. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 News With Joe O’Brien. 6.00 News Hour. 7.00 National News. 7.35 ABC Evening News. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.30 Not Just A Number. 9.00 The World. 9.30 Close Of Business. 10.00 Nightly News. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 Country Life For Half The Price. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: The Brides Of Fu Manchu. (1966) 5.30 Yorkshire Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Wimbledon 2024 Pre-Show. 8.00 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 5. 10.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 3.00 Tour de France. H’lights. 4.00 ABC World News Tonight. 4.25 PBS News. 5.25 Brooklyn Nine-Nine. 6.20 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Travel Man’s Greatest Trips. 9.25 Sex Before The Internet. 10.20 Late Programs.

6.00 Rage Charts. 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Rage. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Ladies In Black. 1.20 Gruen. 1.55 Classic 100 Concert 2024. 3.30 Spicks And Specks. 4.00 Megafauna: What Killed Australia’s Giants? 5.00 Back Roads. 5.30 Landline. 6.00 Stuff The British Stole. 6.30 Blak Ball. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 National NAIDOC Awards. 9.00 The Last Daughter. 10.30 Ladies In Black. 11.20 Shetland. 12.20 Rage.

6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. 12.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 6. Townsville 500. Day 1. Qualifying and support races. 2.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 6. Townsville 500. Day 1. Pre-race and Race 13. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Football. AFL. Round 17. GWS Giants v Carlton. 10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. 11.00 To Be Advised. 12.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Getaway. 6.30 A Current Affair. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. 12.00 Destination WA. 12.30 Great Australian Detour. 1.00 Mega Zoo. 2.00 My Way. 2.15 Do You Want To Live Forever? 3.30 My Underwater World. 4.30 Country House Hunters Australia. 5.00 9News First At Five. 5.30 Getaway. 6.00 9News Saturday. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Rugby Union. International Test Series. Game 1. Australia v Wales. 9.55 Test Rugby: Wallabies V Wales PostMatch. 10.15 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 6. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 7.30 Escape Fishing With ET. 8.00 Farm To Fork. 8.30 MasterChef Australia. 9.30 My Market Kitchen. 10.00 Ready Steady Cook. 11.00 Australia By Design: Innovations. 11.30 The Drew Barrymore Show. 2.00 Pooches At Play. 2.30 The Yes Experiment. 3.00 What’s Up Down Under. 3.30 Good Chef Bad Chef. 4.00 Ready Steady Cook. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 The Brighter Side: Save. Grow. Dream. Final. 6.30 The Dog House Australia. 7.30 The Dog House. 8.30 Ambulance UK. Final. 11.00 The Cheap Seats. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Cycling. 8.00 WorldWatch. 11.00 Tour De France 2024 Highlights Review. 12.00 Cycling. Tour de France. H’lights. 1.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Portillo’s Greatest Railway Journeys. 4.00 Sports Woman. 4.30 Tour De France 2024 Highlights Review. 5.30 The Abyss: The Rise And Fall Of The Nazis. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Kennedy, Sinatra And The Mafia. 9.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 8. 2.00 Blinded. 3.45 Peer To Peer. 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.00 House Of Wellness. 12.00 Horse Racing. Member Appreciation Day, Flemington Finals Race Day and Caloundra Cup Day. 5.00 Bargain Hunt. 6.00 Heathrow. 6.30 The Highland Vet. 7.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 Rides Down Under: Aussie Truckers. 3.00 Circuit Drivers C’ship. Replay. 4.00 Counting Cars. 4.30 Barrett-Jackson: Revved Up. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 Pawn Stars. 7.00 Storage Wars. 7.30 MOVIE: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. (2018) 10.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.15 Yummy Mummies. 1.45 Frogger. 2.35 Dancing With The Stars: All Stars. 4.20 Britain’s Got Talent. 5.45 MOVIE: Flushed Away. (2006) 7.30 MOVIE: The Bounty Hunter. (2010) 9.50 MOVIE: Dream Horse. (2020) 12.10 Late Programs.

6.00 Home Shopping. 9.00 Pooches At Play. 9.30 Diagnosis Murder. 11.30 Snap Happy. 12.00 Jake And The Fatman. 1.00 IFISH. 2.00 JAG. 4.00 Tough Tested. 5.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 Bull. 12.15 Blue Bloods. 2.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.30 The King Of Queens. 12.00 Rules Of Engagement. 12.30 Impractical Jokers. 1.30 The Neighborhood. 2.30 Becker. 3.00 Frasier. 4.00 Friends. 4.30 Deal Or No Deal. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 10.30 Two And A Half Men. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 11.00 Car S.O.S. 11.45 Not Going Out. 12.15 MOVIE: Inherent Vice. (2014) 2.45 ER. 3.30 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 4.10 Speechless. 4.35 MythBusters. 5.25 Amazing Spaces. 6.15 Car S.O.S. 7.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 6.05 Kiya And The Kimoja Heroes. 6.25 Pfffirates. 7.05 Karma’s World. 7.30 Hard Quiz Kids. 7.55 The Crystal Maze. 8.45 All-Round Champion. 9.35 MOVIE: Open Season 2. (2008) 11.15 Good Game Spawn Point. 11.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 3.30 Close Of Business. 4.00 News. 4.30 Stateline. 5.00 News. 5.30 World This Week. 6.00 Evening News. 6.30 Creative Types With Virginia Trioli. 7.00 National News. 7.30 Compass. 8.00 News Tonight. 8.20 If You’re Listening. 9.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.20 MOVIE: Trapeze. (1956) 4.30 Rugby Union. Women’s International Test. Aust v Fiji. 7.00 Rugby Union. International Test Series. Aust v Wales. 7.30 Wimbledon 2024 Pre-Show. 8.00 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 6. 10.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 Tour De France 2024 Highlights Review. 3.00 Cycling. Tour de France. H’lights. 4.00 ABC World News Tonight. 4.25 PBS News. 5.25 Tattoo Age. 5.55 The Food That Built The World. 7.35 Impossible Engineering. 8.30 The Nine Lives Of. 10.20 Late Programs.

6.00 Rage. 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Insiders. 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 The World This Week. 11.00 Compass. 11.30 Songs Of Praise. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Love Your Garden. 2.15 Grand Designs: The Streets. 3.20 Simply Nigella. 3.50 Secrets Of The Museum. 4.40 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. 5.10 Grand Designs Revisited. 6.00 Antiques Roadshow. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Austin. 8.30 Ladies In Black. 9.20 The Split. 10.20 Shetland. 11.15 Annika. 12.05 Miniseries: Des. 12.55 Late Programs.

6.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. 12.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 6. Townsville 500. Day 2. Qualifying and support races. 2.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 6. Townsville 500. Day 2. Pre-race and Race 14. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Sydney Weekender. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Dancing With The Stars. Return. 8.45 7NEWS Spotlight. 9.45 The Latest: Seven News. 10.15 Code 1: Minute By Minute. 11.45 Born To Kill? 12.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Hello SA. 6.30 A Current Affair. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Wide World Of Sports. 11.00 NRL Sunday Footy Show. 1.00 Drive TV. 1.30 Mr Mayor. 2.00 Surf Boats. 3.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 18. Canberra Raiders v Newcastle Knights. 6.00 9News Sunday. 7.00 Travel Guides. 8.00 60 Minutes. 9.00 The Murder Of Lyn Dawson: Reasonable Doubt. 10.00 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 7. 12.00 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 7 Late. 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey. 9.00 Taste Of Australia With Hayden Quinn. 9.30 The Drew Barrymore Show. 12.00 MasterChef Australia. 1.10 My Market Kitchen. 1.30 Cook With Luke. 2.00 Roads Less Travelled. 2.30 Food Trail: South Africa. 3.00 The Brighter Side: Save. Grow. Dream. 3.30 Expedition Tasmania. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 4.30 Farm To Fork. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Sunday Project. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. 8.50 Tulsa King. 9.40 FBI. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Cycling. 8.00 WorldWatch. 10.00 PBS Washington Week With The Atlantic. 10.30 Outside: Beyond The Lens. 11.00 Tour De France 2024 Highlights Review. 12.00 Cycling. Tour de France. H’lights. 1.00 Speedweek. 3.05 Portillo’s Greatest Railway Journeys. 4.00 Sports Woman. 4.30 Tour De France 2024 Highlights Review. 5.30 The Abyss: The Rise And Fall Of The Nazis. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Structures Of Marvel: Medieval Paris. 8.30 Mesopotamia: The Rise Of Cities. 9.30 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 9. 2.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 The Yorkshire Vet In Autumn. 2.00 To Be Advised. 2.30 Our Town. 3.00 The Highland Vet. 4.00 Bondi Vet. 5.00 Escape To The Country. 6.00 Greatest Escapes To The Country. 6.45 Escape To The Country. 7.45 Mrs Brown’s Boys. 8.30 Endeavour. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Fish’n Mates. 2.00 Fishy Business. 2.30 Step Outside With Paul Burt. 3.00 Football. AFL. St Kilda v Sydney. 6.00 Border Security: International. 7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 8.30 MOVIE: Spider-Man: Homecoming. (2017) 11.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Dream Academy. 10.30 Britain’s Got Talent. 12.10 My France With Manu. 1.15 Home And Away. 4.00 To Be Advised. 5.30 Animals Aboard With Dr Harry. 6.30 Bondi Vet. 7.30 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 10.30 Law & Order. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Deal Or No Deal. 11.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 11.30 JAG. 1.30 Luxury Escapes. 1.55 MasterChef Australia. 3.10 Buy To Build. 3.35 On The Fly. 4.00 Pooches At Play. 4.30 What’s Up Down Under. 5.00 IFISH. Return. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 Bull. 12.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Becker. 6.30 Frasier. 7.30 Neighbours. 9.30 Becker. 10.00 Frasier. 11.00 Becker. 11.30 Frasier. 12.30 The Middle. 5.00 Deal Or No Deal. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 8.30 Two And A Half Men. 10.00 South Park. 12.00 Home Shopping. 2.30 Taskmaster Australia. 3.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.15 ER. 3.00 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 3.40 Speechless. 4.05 Would I Lie To You? 4.35 MythBusters. 5.25 Amazing Spaces. 6.15 Car S.O.S. 7.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.00 QI. 8.30 Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic. 9.20 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.50 Octonauts. 6.05 Kiya And The Kimoja Heroes. 6.25 Pfffirates. 7.05 Karma’s World. 7.30 MOVIE: Open Season 3. (2010) 8.40 Fresh Off The Boat. 9.45 Doctor Who. 10.30 Merlin. 11.15 And We Danced. 12.10 Horrible Histories. 12.50 Operation Ouch! 1.20 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 News. 2.30 Creative Types With Virginia Trioli. 3.00 News. 3.30 Offsiders. 4.00 Landline. 5.00 News With Auslan. 5.30 News Regional. 6.00 Evening News. 6.30 Stateline. 7.00 National News. 7.30 Insiders. 8.30 News Tonight. 9.00 Nightly News. 9.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.30 MOVIE: Cage Of Gold. (1950) 2.15 MOVIE: The Man In The White Suit. (1951) 4.00 MOVIE: Kid Galahad. (1962) 6.00 M*A*S*H. 7.30 Wimbledon 2024 Pre-Show. 8.00 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 7. 10.00 Chicago Med. 11.00 Ordinary Joe. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 3.00 Tour de France. H’lights. 4.00 Blaktrax. 4.30 ABC World News Tonight. 5.00 PBS Washington Week With The Atlantic. 5.25 Alone Denmark. 6.35 Great Australian Walks. 7.30 Abandoned Engineering. 8.25 Cars That Built The World. 9.15 Late Programs.

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Landline. 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 National NAIDOC Awards. 2.25 Back Roads. 2.55 Restoration Australia. 3.55 Martin Clunes: Islands Of The Pacific. 4.40 Grand Designs: House Of The Year. 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. 6.30 Hard Quiz. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Stuff The British Stole. 8.30 Four Corners. 9.15 Media Watch. 9.35 Monday’s Experts. 10.05 Gruen. 10.40 ABC Late News. 10.55 The Business. 11.15 QI. 11.45 You Can’t Ask That. 12.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 To Be Advised. 1.45 Border Security: International. 2.15 Catch Phrase. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 7News Local. 6.30 7News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. 7.30 Dream Home. 9.05 Alert: Missing Persons Unit. 10.05 S.W.A.T. 11.05 The Latest: Seven News. 11.35 Evil By Design. 12.35 The Event. 1.35 Kochie’s Business Builders. 2.30 Home Shopping. 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise 5am News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 MOVIE: Mr Pawsitively Perfect. (2023) Christine L. Nguyen, Jamie Spilchuk. 2.00 Pointless. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30 Tipping Point Australia. 5.30 WIN News. 6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Do You Want To Live Forever? 8.40 Limitless With Chris Hemsworth. 9.45 100% Footy. 10.45 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 8. 12.00 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 8 Late. 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.30 Deal Or No Deal. 11.00 The Drew Barrymore Show. 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.10 Judge Judy. 1.40 MasterChef Australia. 3.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 3.30 10 News First: Afternoon. 4.00 Neighbours. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 Deal Or No Deal. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. 8.40 Have You Been Paying Attention? 9.40 Ghosts. 10.05 Just For Laughs Australia. 10.30 10’s Late News. 10.55 The Project. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Cycling. 8.00 WorldWatch. 9.40 Peer To Peer. 10.10 WorldWatch. 11.00 Tour De France 2024 Highlights Review. 12.00 Cycling. Tour de France. H’lights. 1.00 WorldWatch. 2.10 A Murmuration. 3.05 Trail Towns. 3.35 The Cook Up. 4.05 Jeopardy! 4.30 Letters And Numbers. 5.00 Tour De France 2024 Highlights Review. 6.00 Mastermind Aust. 6.30 News. 7.35 Amazing Railway Adventures With Nick Knowles. 8.30 Secrets Of The Tower Of London. 9.20 24 Hours In Emergency. 10.15 SBS News. 10.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Business Builders. 1.30 Our Town. 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 The Yorkshire Vet In Autumn. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Medical Emergency. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 Foyle’s War. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.30 Supercars C’ship. Townsville 500. H’lights. 3.30 Supercars C’ship. Townsville 500. H’lights. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Outback Opal Hunters. 8.30 Gem Hunters Down Under. 9.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.30 Farmer Wants A Wife. 12.00 My Kitchen Rules. 1.35 Back With The Ex. 2.50 The Change Labz. 3.20 To Be Advised. 5.00 The Amazing Race. 6.30 Cutest Ever Puppy Party. 7.30 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 10.30 Law & Order: LA. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Home Shopping. 8.00 What’s Up Down Under. 8.30 Deal Or No Deal. 9.30 Reel Action. 10.30 Tough Tested. 11.30 JAG. 1.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 9.25 FBI. 11.15 Blue Bloods. 12.15 Home Shopping. 2.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Big Bang. 1.30 Becker. 2.00 Rules Of Engagement. 2.30 King Of Queens. 3.00 Frasier. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet. 4.30 Friends. 5.30 The Big Bang Theory. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Two And A Half Men. 10.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.25 Live At The Apollo. 2.15 ER. 3.00 Doctor Who. 3.45 Speechless. 4.05 Would I Lie To You? 4.35 MythBusters. 5.25 Amazing Spaces. 6.15 Car S.O.S. 7.00 My Family. 7.30 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 MythBusters. 9.20 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 6.25 The Adventures Of Paddington. 7.05 Andy And The Band. 7.35 The Inbestigators. 7.50 Little Lunch. 8.05 Fresh Off The Boat. 8.25 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. 8.50 Style It Out. 9.20 Back In Time For Dinner. 10.15 Doctor Who. 11.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 3.00 News. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 News With Joe O’Brien. 6.00 ABC News Hour. 7.00 National News. 7.30 ABC Evening News. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.45 The Business. 9.00 The World. 10.00 Nightly News. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.50 Country Life For Half The Price. 2.50 Explore. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: It Always Rains On Sunday. (1947) 5.30 Yorkshire Auction House. Final. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Wimbledon 2024 Pre-Show. 8.00 Tennis. Wimbledon. 10.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 3.00 Tour de France. H’lights. 4.00 ABC America This Week. 4.55 PBS News Weekend. 5.25 Curse Of Oak Island. 6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 MOVIE: Monty Python And The Holy Grail. (1975) 10.10 Late Programs.

NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, July 4, 2024

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 Do You Want To Live Forever? 1.15 Talking Honey. 1.30 Getaway. 2.00 Pointless. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30 Tipping Point Australia. 5.30 WIN News. 6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Tipping Point Australia Olympic Specials. 9.00 RBT. 9.30 Wimbledon 2024 PreShow. 10.00 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 9. 12.00 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 9 Late. 2.00 New Amsterdam. 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. 4.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 10.30 Deal Or No Deal. 11.00 The Drew Barrymore Show. 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Entertainment Tonight. 1.20 Judge Judy. 1.50 MasterChef Australia. 3.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 3.30 10 News First: Afternoon. 4.00 Neighbours. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 Deal Or No Deal. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. 8.40 The Cheap Seats. 9.40 NCIS. 10.40 10’s Late News. 11.05 The Project. 12.05 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.20 Paul O’Grady For The Love Of Dogs Xmas. 10.15 Great Canal Journeys. 11.10 Inside Oxford Street. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Made It With My Hands. 3.15 Living Black. 3.45 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. 4.15 Scenic Coastal Walks With Kate Humble. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Great British Railway Journeys. 8.30 Insight. 9.30 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 10. 2.05 Unseen. 3.55 Peer To Peer. 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 Creek To Coast. 2.30 The Yorkshire Vet In Autumn. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Medical Emergency. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Call The Midwife. 8.45 A Touch Of Frost. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Outback Opal Hunters. 2.00 Gem Hunters Down Under. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Supercar Customiser: Yianni. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Outback Truckers. 9.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.40 Back With The Ex. 2.55 To Be Advised. 4.30 Jabba’s School Holiday Movie Special. 5.00 Bondi Vet. 6.00 Modern Family. 6.30 Funniest Ever Toddlers. 7.30 First Dates UK. 8.35 MOVIE: Role Models. (2008) 10.40 First Dates Australia. 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Home Shopping. 8.00 What’s Up Down Under. 8.30 Jake And The Fatman. 9.30 Diagnosis Murder. 11.30 JAG. 1.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 9.25 FBI. 11.15 Blue Bloods. 12.15 Home Shopping. 2.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Big Bang. 1.30 Becker. 2.00 Rules Of Engagement. 2.30 King Of Queens. 3.00 Frasier. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet. 4.30 Friends. 5.30 The Big Bang Theory. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Two And A Half Men. 10.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.20 Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic. 2.05 ER. 2.50 Doctor Who. 3.40 Speechless. 4.05 Would I Lie To You? 4.35 MythBusters. 5.25 Amazing Spaces. 6.15 Car S.O.S. 7.00 My Family. 7.30 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 The Cleaner. Final. 9.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 6.25 The Adventures Of Paddington. 7.05 Andy And The Band. 7.35 The Inbestigators. 7.50 Little Lunch. 8.05 Fresh Off The Boat. 8.25 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. 8.50 Deadly Mission: Shark. 9.20 Planet Expedition. 10.10 Doctor Who. 10.55 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 Country Life For Half The Price. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Josephine And Men. (1955) 5.30 Celebrity Yorkshire Auction House. Return. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 To Be Advised. 10.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.55 Kickin’ Back. 3.30 BBC News At Ten. 4.00 ABC World News Tonight. 4.25 PBS News. 5.25 Curse Of Oak Island. 6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Alone. 9.40 Hoarders. 10.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Four Corners. 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 National Press Club Address. 1.35 Media Watch. 2.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. 2.30 Back Roads. 3.00 Restoration Australia. 3.55 Martin Clunes: Islands Of The Pacific. 4.45 Grand Designs: House Of The Year. 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. 6.30 Hard Quiz. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Hard Quiz. 8.30 Gruen. 9.10 Austin. 9.35 Spicks And Specks. 10.10 QI. 10.40 ABC Late News. 10.55 The Business. 11.10 Aunty Donna’s Coffee Cafe. 11.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 To Be Advised. 1.40 Border Security: International. 2.15 Catch Phrase. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 7News Local. 6.30 7News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. 7.30 The 1% Club UK. 8.30 The Front Bar. 9.30 Unbelievable Moments Caught On Camera. 10.30 The Latest: Seven News. 11.00 Talking Footy. 12.00 Dracula. 1.00 Travel Oz. 2.00 Home Shopping. 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise 5am News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 MOVIE: How To Find Forever. (2022) 2.00 Pointless. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30 Tipping Point Australia. 5.30 WIN News. 6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo. 8.30 Ski Rescue Down Under. 9.30 Wimbledon 2024 Pre-Show. 10.00 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 10. 12.00 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 10 Late. 3.00 The Garden Gurus Best Of. 3.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. 4.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 10.30 Deal Or No Deal. 11.00 The Drew Barrymore Show. 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Entertainment Tonight. 1.20 Judge Judy. 1.50 MasterChef Australia. 3.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 3.30 10 News First: Afternoon. 4.00 Neighbours. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 Deal Or No Deal. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 Bondi Rescue. Return. 8.30 FBI: International. 9.30 NCIS. 10.30 10’s Late News. 10.55 The Project. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Cycling. 8.00 WorldWatch. 11.00 Tour De France 2024 Highlights Review. 12.00 Cycling. Tour de France. H’lights. 1.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Insight. 3.00 Trail Towns. 3.35 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. 4.05 Jeopardy! 4.30 Letters And Numbers. 5.00 Tour De France 2024 Highlights Review. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Moulin Rouge: Yes We CanCan! 8.30 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 11. 1.45 Trom. 3.20 Peer To Peer. 4.20 Bamay. 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 The Yorkshire Steam Railway: All Aboard. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Medical Emergency. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Heartbeat. 8.45 Judge John Deed. 10.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Supercar Customiser: Yianni. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.00 The Force: BTL. 8.30 World’s Wildest Police Videos. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.40 Back With The Ex. 2.55 To Be Advised. 4.30 Bondi Vet. 5.30 The Goldbergs. 6.00 Modern Family. 6.30 Daredevils Make You Laugh Out Loud. 7.30 First Dates UK. 8.35 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA. 10.35 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares. 11.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Big Bang. 1.30 Becker. 2.00 Rules Of Engagement. 2.30 King Of Queens. 3.00 Frasier. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet. 4.30 Friends. 5.30 The Big Bang Theory. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Two And A Half Men. 10.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.10 Wreck. 2.00 ER. 2.40 Doctor Who. 3.45 Speechless. 4.05 Would I Lie To You? 4.35 MythBusters. 5.25 Amazing Spaces. 6.15 Car S.O.S. 7.00 My Family. 7.30 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Miniseries: Us. 9.30 Gold Diggers. 10.00 ER. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 6.25 The Adventures Of Paddington. 7.05 Andy And The Band. 7.35 The Inbestigators. 7.50 Little Lunch. 8.05 Fresh Off The Boat. 8.25 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. 8.50 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 9.15 Robot Wars. 10.15 Doctor Who. 11.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.05 Country Life For Half The Price. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: Agatha Christie’s & Then There Were None. (1974) 5.30 Celebrity Yorkshire Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 As Time Goes By. 8.40 Midsomer Murders. 10.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.05 Tour De France 2024 Highlights Review. 3.05 Tour de France. H’lights. 4.05 ABC World News Tonight. 4.30 PBS News. 5.30 Curse Of Oak Island. 6.20 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Under The Banner Of Heaven. 10.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Stuff The British Stole. 10.30 Simply Nigella. 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Maggie Beer’s Big Mission. 2.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. 2.30 Back Roads. 3.00 Restoration Australia. 3.55 Martin Clunes: Islands Of The Pacific. 4.40 Grand Designs: House Of The Year. 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. 6.30 Hard Quiz Battle Of The Influencers. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Grand Designs Revisited. 8.50 Grand Designs: The Streets. 10.25 ABC Late News. 10.40 The Business. 11.00 The Art Of... 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: The Wedding Veil Unveiled. (2022) Autumn Reeser, Paolo Bernardini. 2.00 Kochie’s Business Builders. 2.30 Border Security: International. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 7News Local. 6.30 7News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. 8.30 Britain’s Got Talent. 10.30 To Be Advised. 12.15 The Goldbergs. 2.00 Home Shopping. 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise 5am News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo. 1.00 Ski Rescue Down Under. 2.00 Pointless. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30 Tipping Point Australia. 5.30 WIN News. 6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 19. Dolphins v South Sydney Rabbitohs. 9.45 Thursday Night Knock Off. 10.30 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 11. 12.00 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 11 Late. 3.00 It’s All Greek To Me. 3.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. 4.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 10.30 Deal Or No Deal. 11.00 The Drew Barrymore Show. 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Entertainment Tonight. 1.30 Judge Judy. 2.00 Taskmaster Australia. 3.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 3.30 10 News First: Afternoon. 4.00 Neighbours. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 Deal Or No Deal. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 Taskmaster Australia. 8.40 Law & Order: SVU. 10.40 10’s Late News. 11.05 The Project. 12.05 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Cycling. 8.00 WorldWatch. 11.00 Tour De France 2024 Highlights Review. 12.00 Cycling. Tour de France. H’lights. 1.00 WorldWatch. 2.05 Wildlife ER. 3.00 Trail Towns. 3.35 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. 4.05 Jeopardy! 4.30 Letters And Numbers. 5.00 Tour De France 2024 Highlights Review. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 Guillaume’s French Atlantic. 8.30 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 12. 2.00 The Congregation. 3.40 Peer To Peer. 4.40 Bamay. 5.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 To Be Advised. 2.30 The Yorkshire Vet In Autumn. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Medical Emergency. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 McDonald And Dodds. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 Motor MythBusters. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Supercar Customiser: Yianni. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Full Custom Garage. 8.30 MOVIE: Terminator: Dark Fate. (2019) 11.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.55 Back With The Ex. 3.15 Modern Family. 3.45 Black-ish. 4.15 Lopez Vs. Lopez. 4.40 Bondi Vet. 5.30 The Goldbergs. 6.00 Modern Family. 6.30 Delinquents Make You Laugh Out Loud. 7.30 First Dates UK. 8.35 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares. 10.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Home Shopping. 8.00 What’s Up Down Under. 8.30 Jake And The Fatman. 9.30 Diagnosis Murder. 11.30 JAG. 1.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 9.30 FBI. 10.30 Matildas Preview Show. 11.00 FBI. 11.55 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Big Bang. 1.30 Becker. 2.00 Rules Of Engagement. 2.30 King Of Queens. 3.00 Frasier. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet. 4.30 Friends. 5.30 The Big Bang Theory. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Two And A Half Men. 10.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.15 MythBusters. 2.10 ER. 2.55 Doctor Who. 3.40 Speechless. 4.05 Would I Lie To You? 4.35 MythBusters. 5.25 Amazing Spaces. 6.15 Car S.O.S. Final. 7.00 My Family. 7.30 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Hard Quiz. 9.00 Gruen. 9.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 6.05 Little J And Big Cuz. 6.25 The Adventures Of Paddington. 7.05 Andy And The Band. 7.35 The Inbestigators. 7.50 Little Lunch. 8.05 Fresh Off The Boat. 8.25 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. 8.50 Muster Dogs. 9.45 Style It Out. 10.15 Doctor Who. 11.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 Country Life For Half The Price. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: The Face Of Fu Manchu. (1965) 5.30 Celebrity Yorkshire Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 RBT. 8.30 Missing Persons Investigation. 9.30 Keeping Up Appearances. 10.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 Tour De France 2024 Highlights Review. 3.00 Tour de France. H’lights. 4.00 ABC World News Tonight. 4.30 PBS News. 5.30 Curse Of Oak Island. 6.20 Forged In Fire. 7.10 Jeopardy! 7.40 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 History’s Greatest Heists. 10.10 Late Programs.

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CROSSMATH

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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Solutions

= 84

No. 144

Place each of the tiles of letters into the blank jigsaw below to create four six-letter words going across and down.

Crossmath

9 – 1 – 6 = 2

No. 145

8 – 3 + 2 = 7

Insert the missing letters to make 10 words – five reading across the grid and five reading down.

Edgeword

5 + + 4 + × 7 × = 33

No. 144

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T R A P H O S E R O S E E F E R E S T S

WEDNESDAY, JULY 10

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 To Be Advised. 1.40 Border Security: International. 2.15 Catch Phrase. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 7News Local. 6.30 7News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. 7.30 Dream Home. Final. 9.10 The Good Doctor. 11.10 The Latest: Seven News. 11.40 The Chernobyl Disaster. 12.40 The Disappearance. 2.00 Home Shopping. 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise 5am News. 5.30 Sunrise.

S T A R T

THURSDAY, JULY 11

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.30 Monday’s Experts. 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 The Newsreader. 1.55 Anh’s Brush With Fame. 2.25 Back Roads. 2.55 Restoration Australia. 3.55 Martin Clunes: Islands Of The Pacific. 4.40 Grand Designs: House Of The Year. 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. 6.30 Hard Quiz. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 I Was Actually There. New. 8.30 Maggie Beer’s Big Mission. 9.30 The Art Of... 10.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. 10.30 ABC Late News. 10.45 The Business. 11.05 Four Corners. 11.50 Late Programs.

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Thursday, July 4, 2024 Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region NARROMINE STAR

CHRISTIE AND HOOD CASTLEREAGH LEAGUE ROUND NINE

Race to the semi-finals is now on in earnest!

Running hot, the Jets’ Ladies League Tag team, had another big-scoring game, running-away with the match against Gilgandra by a whopping 60-10. By BRYSON LUFF

WITH five rounds remaining in the Christie and Hood Castlereagh League competition, the first-grade top-five is starting to take shape, with both Coonabarabran and Gulgong, who sit equal fourth on the ladder, enjoying a five-point buffer over sixth-placed Gilgandra. Whilst it is still possible for the Gilgandra Panthers to make the semis, their task became all that more difficult when they went down to the Cobar Roosters 22-14 in front of a big crowd at Gilgandra on Saturday. Having tested the undefeated Coolah ‘Roos the previous week, the Panthers once again showed that they are a capable side, when they made the second-placed Roosters work hard for their win. But they let themselves down at crucial times in another game that slipped through their grasp, quite literally at times, with their poor handling relieving the pressure on the Cobar defence on a number of occasions. That is not to say that the Roosters did not deserve to win, which they set-up in the fi rst-half when they went to the sheds at half-time as 16-4 leaders, and then extended that lead to 22-4 just five minutes into the second-half. From that point on, all the

scoring belonged to Gilgandra, who started to make inroads when they spread the ball wide. It was only some desperate defence, combined with the Panther’s sloppy handling, that saw the ‘Roos claim the win, which consolidates their second place on the competition ladder. Whilst they will still be in second position irrespective of the result of their clash with the third-placed Narromine Jets at Narromine this Saturday, they can expect that the home side will be going allout to close the gap between the two sides on the competition ladder, and a great game is expected. A loss by the Jets has the potential to see them relegated to ﬁ fth place on the ladder however, should both Coonabarabran and Gulgong win their games against Coonamble and Baradine respectively. So, it is an important game in more ways than one, for the red-and-whites! On the League Tag scene, the Coolah Flyers moved to equal-second place on the ladder when they downed the well-performing Dunedoo Swannettes 24-8 at Coolah on Friday night, signalling that they are well-and-truly in the mix for Premiership honours. The Binnaway Bombshells League Tag ladies also scored

The Jets’ Youth League team played hard and tough footie against Cobar last round, but ultimately went down by 28-20. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED.

a win, with their 28-0 victory over Coonabarabran at The Crater last Saturday; just one of three victories for the Bombies. Their Youth League side downed the Gulgong Bull Terriers 28-10, whilst their Reserve Grade team got home 24-20 against Dunedoo to complete the trifecta. The Castlereagh League Reserve Grade Competition will continue in earnest this weekend, with games being played at Dunedoo, Binnaway, Gulgong, and Narromine.

Christie and Hood Castlereagh League Round Nine Results Youth League Cobar 28 (Reece Josephson two, Tom Bryan, Kai Taylor, Oisin McMullen, Jayden Paul tries, Josephson two goals) defeated Narromine 20 (Darby Gordon two, Zac Jones, Zac Hignett tries, Zach Everett two goals). Binnaway 28 (Sonny Bill Walker, Dainton Kuras, Hayden Mitchell, Chris Frazer, Harley Low tries, Nash Walker two, Sonny Bill Walker, Jack Rutland Davey goals) defeated Gulgong 10 (Charlie Smallacombe two tries, Callam Martin goal). Competition Ladder Cobar 19 (Played seven, Won six, Lost one), Gulgong 16 (P seven, W four, L three), Narromine 12 (P

six, W three, L three), Binnaway 10 (P six, W two, L four) League Tag Binnaway 28 (Maigan Meyers two, Armani Whipper, Claire Jones, Chloe Anastasis, Keira Walker tries, Megan Harris two goals) defeated Coonabarabran 0. Narromine 60 (Rebecca Smythe four, Emily Fardell three, Emily Edwards two, Jacana Powell, Lucy Dawson, Chloe McLean tries, Shian Chatfield four, Lily Spackman goals) defeated Baradine 0. Cobar 22 (Rori Urqhart, Brennah Amua, Brianna Watson, Neve Carter tries, Watson three goals) defeated Gilgandra 10 (Mab Fuller, Kiara Brown tries, Rani Diggs goal). Coolah 24 (Brooklyn Blackadder three, Heidi Kitchin, Emma Pettit tries, Fiona Whitbourne-Martin two goals) defeated Dunedoo eight (Shelley Cox, Chelsea Gallagher tries). Gulgong 38 defeated Coonamble four. Competition Ladder Narromine 27, Dunedoo 23, Coolah 23, Gulgong 21, Coonamble 19 Baradine 17, Cobar 17, Gilgandra 13, Binnaway 11, Coonabarabran eight. Reserve Grade Binnaway 24 (Logan Meyers, Nash Walker, Tyrone Walker,

Jack Phillips tries, Walker four goals) defeated Dunedoo 20 (Stephen Eyles two, Cooper Jenkinson two tries, Tyson Searle two goals). First Grade Cobar 22 (Tristan Everett, Loma Atuau, Pais Wisil, Gerald Mackey tries, Ben Griffiths three goals) defeated Gilgandra 14 (Michael Louie, Isaac Frost, Craig Simpson tries, Ty Sutherland goal). Gulgong 46 defeated Coonamble 20. Narromine 60 defeated Baradine 0. Competition Ladder Coolah 27, Cobar 25, Narromine 21, Coonabarabran 20, Gulgong 20, Gilgandra 15, Baradine 14, Coonamble 11. Round 10 Friday July 5, 6.30pm at Dunedoo Dunedoo versus Gilgandra (Ladies League Tag and Reserve Grade). Saturday July 6 Narromine versus Cobar Gulgong versus Baradine Coonamble versus Coonabarabran Binnaway versus Coolah (Ladies League Tag) Binnaway versus Coonamble (Reserve Grade) Check local media and club socials for game times.

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RACING NG ORT REPORT By COLIN HODGES

Raced at Quambone, Saturday, June 29 FOLLOWING washouts over recent years, the Marthaguy Picnic Race Club bounced back with big fields at Quambone on Saturday including in the feature race won by Distinctive Glory. Chookster led the 10 horse line up by five lengths in the 1400 metres O’Brien Winter Partners Marthaguy Picnic Cup with the Krissie Simpkins-trained Distinctive Glory travelling midfield. Close to home, Distinctive Glory (Eloise Drews, $6) reeled in Chookster (Deborah Barton, $6) and won by a halflength with Dynastic (Arthur Pollock, $12) a similar margin back in third place. First leg of a winning double for Muswellbrook trainer Krissie Simpkins was Wabrami ridden by Todd Bailey in the 1100 metres GrainCorp Community Foundation Maiden Plate. Handy to the early leader Release The Spirit, Wabrami ($5) took control to score by over five lengths from stablemate Autumn Leaf (Eloise Drews, $8) and Cranberries (Leandro

Marthaguy Cup meet at Quambone a huge success Ribeiro, $1.90 favourite). Dubbo trainer Connie Greig also had a winning double with Belle O’Ballee and Real Salty, both being ridden by Leandro Ribeiro. Coming from the middle of the pack, Belle O’Ballee ($4) scraped home by a short half head from the leader Bupkis (Ricky Blewitt, $6) with Foxstorm (Zara Lewis, $7) fi nishing third in the 1200 metres QUBE Logistics Class Three Trophy Handicap. Real Salty ($3) edged out the leader Redline (Zara Lewis, $2.80) with Banjo Shark (Emily Harrison, $7) third in the 800 metres Quambone Community and Elwyn Andrews Memorial Class Three Trophy Handicap. Riding for his mother, Scone trainer Nikki Pollock, 19-year-old Arthur Pollock won the 1400 metres Earth N Beauty Class One Trophy Handicap on Yarraville. Continuing his great start to riding on the Picnic circuit, Arthur Pollock brought Yarraville ($4.20) from fourth to beat the leader Intense (Zara Lewis, $8) and Deelbreaka (Ricky Blewitt, $1.60 favourite). The Sydney based fi rst season rider Izzy Neale continues to impress and it was another good ride when she had the Michael Plummer, Narromine trained Northern Excel ($4.60) parked behind the leaders before fi nishing best to beat Yet

Tobe A Cod (Zara Lewis, $4.40) and The Drafter (Ricky Blewitt, $5) in the 1100 metres Dubbo City and Gilgandra Toyota Class B Handicap.

Raced at Narromine Monday, June 24 WHEN the grey gelding Toulon Factor ﬂashed down the outside to win the ﬁ nal event it brought up four winners at Narromine on Monday for Shannen Llewellyn. This was a remarkable achievement by the apprentice jockey who only began race riding fourmonths-ago and has already kicked home 23 winners. Apprenticed to Brett Robb, Llewellyn won the opening races at Narromine for the Dubbo based trainer on Causation and Castlebar Road. Formerly trained in Victoria, Causation ($1.65 favourite) raced handy to the lead before beating stablemate Fire Finch (Shayleigh Ingelse, $13) and Our Warhorse (Michael Lunn, $21) in the 800 metres Narromine USMC Maiden Plate. Resuming from a spell, Castlebar Road won at Wellington and it was another stylish win in the 800 metres QUBE Agri Benchmark 58 Handicap at Narromine when backed from $3 to $1.85 favourite. Owned and bred by Harry Barclay from Warren, Castlebar Road was outside the leader turning for home then

dashed clear to score by over a length from Champers Girl (Williams Stanley, $21) and Simply Better ($8). Winning the fi rst three races in succession, Shannen Llewellyn was aboard the Jane Clement, Armidale trained The Great Armada in the 1600 metres Trenleigh Fashion Class one and Maiden Plate. Taking an inside run, The Great Armada ($2 to $1.80 favourite) finished well to account for the Troy McCarney, locally trained Moculta Warrior, Andrew Banks, $61) and Apple Cider (Will Stanley, $7.50). Jane Clement also suppled Shannen Llewellyn with her fourth winner of the day, Toulon Factor in the Nutrien Ag Solutions Benchmark 66 Handicap. From the back of the field, Toulon Factor ($15) steamed home to beat another strong fi nisher Fletchlo (Jean Van Overmeire, $5) with Almost Persuaded (Damon Budler, $21) in third place). Bathurst trainer Gayna Williams produced a very smart debut maker in Zarizatycoon, winner of the 1300 metres Ag Auto Spark Country Boosted Maiden Plate. Jumping from the outside barrier, Zarizatycoon (Mikayla Weir, $4.40) led by five lengths at one stage and held on strongly to beat Palentino Swinger (Shayleigh Ingelse, $1.65 to $1.45 fav.) by a length

GERRIE’S GOLF

CRACKAJACK’S COLUMN

Fraser wins the Gerries’ Comp

Social bowls rolling along, despite inclement weather

By NORM LEWIS

By JOHN EDWARDS, NARROMINE BOWLING CLUB

IT must be the cold keeping people away, but once again, only five players arrived for the Gerries’ golf competition which was played on the back nine. The winner on the day was Mal Fraser, with 22 points, who defeated Chris Harding on 21 points in a close battle. If memory serves me correctly, these two players tied for the NAGA the week previously… funny game, this golf! From last-to-fi rst, in a week! As usual, there was no winner in the Nearest-the-Pin (NTP) event so the Jackpot must be getting up there for the winner of this event, when it finally happens. Ron Green took the NAGA prize with a score of 12 points, in a disappointing score for Ron. After the game, all players were treated to pies and sausage rolls to warm them up, which was most enjoyable. Next week, the competition is on the front nine at the early afternoon hit off time.

Veterans golf THREE competitions will be played this month for Veteran golfers. This includes our own Veterans nine-hole competition on the back nine in a couple of weeks, in conjunction with the club Monthly Medal event. Also coming up is the Gulgong Vets Open, which is also the WDVGA FourBall Championships, and the Albert Vets Open. Check the Club House for details of these competitions. That's all for this week! See you at the 19th.

DESPITE inclement weather forcing a Sunday bowls wash-out, there were some good results from social bowls last week. Last Thursday, a total of 18 players turned up for a nice afternoon of bowls, with three games of triples played. In Game One, Cliffy, Duane, and Cranky only just defeated Richard, Greg, and Danny, 19-17. In Game Two, Wilkie, Neil, and Dave soundly defeated Robbie C, Bruce P, and Homo, 27-8. And in Game Three, Sticker, Frenchy, and Robbie S also won resoundingly over Col, James C, and Buttsy, 27-10. Winners on the Day were Stanford and team, with runners-up Dave and team. Sunday bowls were washed out, along with the travelling bowlers’ game at Trangie. The visit to Trangie will be on next Sunday, with names on the noticeboard. There are still some district events coming up, so nominate if you are interested. It’s just a couple of weeks until our Monster Raffles are drawn, with over 30 prizes on offer. Also keep an eye on the noticeboard and watch this column for the next Trivia Night, and come along and support your local organisations. As usual, our twice-weekly raffles are also on offer.

Joke of the week: JAMES is walking down the street one day when he happens to see his old high school friend, Harry, a little way up ahead.

“Harry, Harry, how are you?” he greets his old buddy after getting his attention. “Not so good,” says Harry. “Why, what happened?” James asks. “Well,” Harry says, “I just went bankrupt and I’ve still got to feed my family. I don’t know what I’m going to do.” “Could have been worse,” James replies calmly. “Could have been worse.” A month or so later, James again meets Harry in a restaurant. “And how are things now?” he asks. “Terrible!” says Harry. “Our house burned down last night.” “Could have been worse,” says James, again with total aplomb, and goes about his business. A month later, James runs into Harry a third time. “Well, how goes it?” he enquires. “Oh!” says Harry. “Things just get worse and worse. It’s one tragedy after another! Now my wife has left me!” Harry nods his head and gives his usual optimistic-seeming little smile, accompanied by his usual words: “Could’ve been worse.” This time, Harry grabs James by the shoulders. “Wait a minute!” he says. “I’m not gonna let you off so easy this time. Three times in the past few months we’ve run into one another and every time I’ve told you the latest disaster in my life, you say the same thing: ‘Could have been worse’. “This time, for Pete’s sake, James, I want you to tell me how in Heaven’s name could it have been any worse?” James looks at Harry with the same little wisp of a smile. “Could have been worse,” he says. “Could have happened to me.” Until next week — have a good week and good bowling.

with seven lengths to the third placed Xanthe (Andrew Banks, $41).

Bred and part owned by Adam Baker, Zarizatycoon is a half-brother to the ﬁve times winner Tags also trained by Gayna Williams.

Second leg of a double for Gayna Williams was British Statesman (Jean Van Overmeire, $2.25 fav) an all the way winner of the 1100 metres Ag N Vet Narromine Country Boosted BM 58 Handicap from Mr Severino (Georgina McDonnell, $18) and Choice Deel, Chelsea Stanley, $10).

Responsible for a very good ride was Georgina McDonnell who overcame the outside barrier to win the 1100 metres Three Rivers Machinery Case IH Maiden Handicap on Grand Oyster.

Trained at Dubbo by Peter Nestor for the breeder and part owner Ken Dennis, Grand Oyster ($3.50 to $2.70 fav.) found a good midﬁeld position and ran home well to win from Lanwar (Nick Heywood, $10) and William’s Smile (Shayleigh Ingelse, $61).

From last, the Derek Piper, Mudgee trained Cheap Gas (Jake Pracey-Holmes, $11) rushed home to beat Minnewater (Dylan Stanley, $5.50) and Missile Maiden (Damon Budler, $8.50) in the 1100 metres Narromine Council Country Boosted BM 58 Handicap.

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Thursday, July 4, 2024 Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region NARROMINE STAR

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Trangie locals try out croquet By SHARON BONTHUYS

TOM Barclay wasn’t quite sure what to expect when he offered to run a free croquet session at Trangie Bowling Club last weekend. However, he was pleasantly surprised when almost a dozen people rocked up, ready to learn the intricacies of this ancient game. Mr Barclay, 79, ﬁ rst took up the sport around 2011 after making wooden croquet mallets for his sister, the late Lilla Logan, who loved the game — later deciding to try it for himself. He has since played croquet (pronounced “crow-kay”) in Dubbo and Orange, where he is still a member, although he doesn’t get down there very often. “You’ve got to play it to appreciate it,” Mr Barclay said of the sport that has been played since the Middle Ages and involves hitting balls through hoops or “wickets” with wooden mallets. Accompanied by his 19-year-old grandson, David Barclay, who is also a dab hand at the game, Mr Barclay explained to those gathered how the game of croquet is played. It wasn’t long before there was a hive of activity on the bowling green as the participants began testing out the different wooden mallets Mr Barclay had brought along, sending the colourful croquet balls whizzing across the green. Aided by the warm morning and beautiful weather, it was a great day to be out on the bowling green learning how to play croquet. Kath Bennett said she thought playing croquet would be good exercise for people with knee or hip issues. “They may not be able to bend down to play bowls or other such activities anymore, but they could do this,” she said. Mr Barclay agreed, and said croquet could be played by people of all ages and abilities. Even people with mobility aids could play croquet, he said. “You just step to the side of the walker and hit the ball,” Mr Barclay said, demonstrating how this would be done in a game. Colleen Evans joked that her mallet was like “Thor’s Hammer”. David Barclay used to play croquet in Dubbo when his grandfather also played there. The Narromine Star asked him if he thought the sport might take off in Trangie. “I think so. You can play it on tennis courts or bowling greens,” he said. Attendee Pam Ferrari was very keen to see interest in croquet develop locally. “It would be good if we could get it going here,” she said.

Kath Bennett, Colleen Evans, David Barclay, Doug Ferrari, Frank Ferrari, Tom Barclay, Pam Ferrari, Lyn McAnally, and Lynell Chalmers at the Trangie Bowling Club. PHOTOS: NARROMINE STAR.

Watched by Lyn McAnally, Doug Ferrari swings his mallet to take a shot.

Pam Ferrari (left) is instructed by Tom Barclay (right), watched by Dawne MacDougall (centre) and Lynell Chalmers.

Kath Bennett sends her ball through the hoop to progress to the next stage of the game.

Dawne MacDougall, Lynell Chalmers, Pam Ferrari and Tom Barclay.

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