Junior Touch Rugby
On Saturday, October 13 five young ladies from Grenfell Junior Rugby Union Club ventured down to Albury to compete in an organised rep touch competition.
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This competition has been now running for two years, where clubs from around Melbourne form teams and travel up to compete.
We had three in the under 16s South West Slope team, Maya Squires, Hannah Gundry and Niamh Mitton and two in the under 14s South West Slope side of Charli Obyrne and Amelia Squires.
All five girls played their hearts out.
The Under 16s made it to the semis and were only just outplayed by a hungry Melbourne team.
The Under 14s were undefeated all day and went automatically into the grand final.
Their final game was probably the quickest play of the day and ended with a cracking victory over the Riverina side.
Overall an awesome day of quick rugby, new skills developed and friendships made.
Rebecca Squires
Grenfell Tennis Club
Round nine of the men's spring competition was played on Tuesday evening under much cooler conditions which was appreciated by all.
Top pair for the night were Grahame Edwards and Brian Protheroe with a great score of 32 games.
Runners up were Damien Briggs and Mark Liebech on 24 games followed closely by Graham Watt and Arnold Brown with a score of 22 games.
Stuart McKellar and Pat Hazell scored 16 games for the night with Rod Freudenstein and Rick Power close behind on 15.
Andrew Bucknell and John Walmsley brought up the rear on 11 games.
I would like to remind anyone who is interested we have social tennis Thursday mornings starting at 9am. Great fun is assured.
Arnold Brown
Ladies Bowls
Well hello November.....we've been expecting you! What we were not expecting however, was your entourage of blustery winds and chilly temperatures.
These were the conditions our ladies were confronted with, for the finals of the Club Championship Triples on Saturday evening.
Bowls bias was often non existent, as the gusty winds had our bowls travelling in either perfectly straight lines or being blown out of bounds.
Whilst our spectators were snug as bugs, watching from behind glass walls, our ladies Sue Gault, Judy McAlister and Pat Reid, battled the conditions to compete against Sandy Paine, Sonia Ingall and Kathy Betcher.
By all accounts, it was a nail biter to watch, as Kathy and co clawed their way back from a 21-10 deficit midway through the game, to a final score of 27-26 at the completion of the event. Congratulations to all!
Kathy and Sandy then proceeded to back this up, by teaming up with Rosemary Walter the following day and taking out another win.
This time, competing in the Summer League at Young. Once again they came from a deficit, with the score being 11-8 on the last end.
Needing three shots to draw or four for a win, the ladies dug deep and delivered four awesome bowls, eventually winning the game. Once again, congratulations ladies.
Our monthly meeting was held on Friday, November 8. A few topics of discussion were Pennant preparations, upcoming District and Regional events that we will be hosting, dates for Christmas/Presentation night and completion of Club Championships.
Ladies, please note there are lists on the board that require your attention. One is for Pennant for 2020 and the other is for the Towning Shield.
The Towning Shield is a District selected Regional event, whereby individuals are selected to play in teams of fours. This event is to be played in March at Condobolin.
Our mixed social games will remain at 5pm each Saturday but as of January 11 we will be commencing our evenings with a short session of Drills and Skills followed by a game of bowls.
If we are to be competitive in Pennant (or any other competition), it is imperative that we all try and attend as often as possible.
Sandy Paine
Men's Golf
Competition Golf: Ten Sunday morning social golfers played with Allan Logan winning. Long drive to Dick Crowe. Least putts went to Grant Thorpy.
Wednesday golf saw Peter Mahwinney winning with a nett 68 from John Grant on nett 72.
On Sunday the Grenfell Country Club hosted the annual medql of medals competition. The winning A grade winner was Brian Brown with 67 on a count back from Peter Mahwinney . B grade and medal of medal winner was Mark Troth with a nett 65 from Mick Neill with a nett 69. NTP on the 18th was Brian Brown.
Just a reminder that Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday golf starts between 12 and 1pm and Sunday social 9 hole competition starts at 8am.
Men's Bowls
Social Bowls: Good weather conditions greeted the Grenfell social bowlers with 48 players participating during the week. The winners were :-
Free games: Clive Anderson, Barry Butler, Keith Brus, Barry Jones and Greg Fanning.
Vouchers: Nev Coleman, Ted Pickwell, Gary Pipe, Barry Jones and David Hancock .
Chooks: Rob Coleman, Steve Galvin, John Dumbrell , Q Murray and Col Meyers.
This week you needed -one on the fourth end on an even numbered rink. The $100 jackpot was won this week by Clive Anderson, Barry Jones, Greg Fanning, Dave Hancock and Paul Kay . Next week the jackpot will be $47.00.
The mixed fours will be held over the weekend of November 23-24 so get your names in. Social bowls on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays will commence at 1pm with the names in by 12.30pm.
Dave Hancock
Horse racing
Returning home after racing at remote tracks in outback Queensland, the five-year-old mare Bells 'N' Bows has struck top form with three successive wins including the 1600 metres Qube Logistics Cotton Cup on Sunday at Warren.
Trained at Nyngan by Rodney Robb for Wayne Brown and partners, Bells 'N' Bows in August campaigned at the Simpson Desert Carnival and was placed at Betoota, Birdsville and Bedourie.
Back in New South Wales, Bells 'N' Bows ran second at Come By Chance Picnics and at Forbes before winning at Dubbo, Narromine and Warren.
Ridden by the talented apprentice Wendy Peel in the $32,000 Cotton Cup, Bells 'N' Bows ($14) travelled third to the home turn then dashed to the lead and held on to beat Sea Lady (Mathew Cahill, $12) by a length with Quick Spin (Daniel Northey, $13) a long neck away third.
Racing in career best form, the Dennis Bush, Forbes trained Molasses after winning the Crystal Sprint at Coonamble and finishing second at Coonabarabran, defeated an outstanding field in the 1200 metres Kurri Kurri Boys Sprint at Warren.
During his lengthy career, Grant Buckley had only ridden once before at Warren and he handled Molasses to perfection for Dennis Bush and the Grenfell based owner Danny Kotel.
Allowed plenty of time to settle, Molasses ($5.50) sprinted home from well back to account for Professor Marx (Daniel Northey, $11) and Go Beau Jangles (Ken Dunbar, $41). Molasses has now recorded nine wins and eight placings from 35 starts.
Grant Buckley then won the Landmark Operations Benchmark 58 Handicap (1000 metres) on the Luke Morgan, Tamworth trained Fussdinado ($2.80 favourite) which parked behind the pacemakers before finishing best to beat Rufio (Clayton Gallagher, $5.50) and Tattinger (Chelsea Ings, $15).
Dubbo based Ken Dunbar also rode a winning double, Boult ($3.60 fav) for Coonamble trainer Ian Holland and on the Bryan Dixon, Gilgandra trained $31 outsider Blinkin Nomore.
Success also for Dubbo when the Garry Lunn trained Oracabessa (Billy Cray, $6) produced a strong finish to win the Halcroft and Bennett BM 58 Handicap (1400 metres) from Moratai (Grant Buckley, $7.50) and Dart Street (Ashley Morgan, $6.50).
Despite being a last start winner at Mudgee, the Peter .W. Stanley, Bathurst trained The Long Run started at $26 when leading throughout to win the QLD Cotton Class 3 Handicap ( 1200 metres ) with the trainers daughter apprentice Ashleigh Stanley in the saddle.
The first leg of a winning double for jockey Billy Cray came when the Sharon Jeffries, Parkes trained Ruby Lil ( $6 ) led all the way to win the 1000 metres Qube Logistics Maiden Handicap.
Racing at Bathurst ( Saturday ) and at Dubbo on Sunday.