Saturday meet and greet met at Billy’s at 10am and Sunday was not a scheduled ride day. 

On Sunday there will be a club ride leaving McDonalds at 9am. 

Unfortunately I am unable to give you a destination at this stage but, weather willing, it will be enjoyable.

Next Tuesday is the Wagga Branch AGM at the Radio Club Rooms in Small Street starting at 6.30pm with a barbecue. The meeting will start at 7.30pm.

Next Monday at 11am the Willans Hill School is having a “transport” morning and we have been asked to take a few bikes up there for the students to have look at. 

If you can help out just turn up at the school at about 10.45am. 

Wed am Blind Draw Tony Christie, Lew Masson and Dave Fraser with a score of 133/4 come away with the prize from runner-up Ron ‘Snakey’ Myers, Morrie Sheridan and Ray King on 12 points.

Wed pm Nominated Pairs with a score of 131/2 Ian Lewis and J.T.Lane took the money from Ron ‘Snakey’ Myers and Robin Williams on 12.

Fri am Blind Draw Ron ‘Snakey’ Myers, Geoff McCrum and Johnno Johnson come in winners with a total of 131/2 from Max Sanbrook, Lex Plant and Bernie Weyland with a score of 12. Two players to keep an eye on; ‘Snakey’ Myers in great form figuring in the prize money in the last three events and Max Sanbrook for continuing to take the old vets play lunch money.

Minor Pairs: Trevor Urquhart and Lionel Johnson 23 d Darren Kelly and Wal Paton 16. Ron Cameron and Nick Williams 24 d Ian Lewis and Gary McCabe 24. Ron Cameron and Nick Williams  20 d Brian Harmer and Steve Foley 18.

FINAL: Ron Cameron and Nick Williams 25 d Trevor Urquhart and Lionel Johnson 18. Entries now open for Club Triples with play on June 4 at 1pm. Entries close May 27.

Coming events

Wednesday  10am  blind draw.

Wednesday 1pm  nominated pairs.

Wednesday  1pm  Super jackpot.

Friday  10am  blind draw.

Sunday  1 pm  Pennant Trial v Yerong Creek.

Vets news, and last Monday saw the boys line up for a nine-hole 4BBB stableford event, which was won by Tony Thompson and Bernie Mogford with 28 pts, from Ken Batt and Danny McIntyre, and Roy Sanders and Bill O’Rourke, each with 27 pts.

On Thursday, the vets played a stableford event, and the in-form Eddie Wall did it again, accumulating 27 pts to win from Bill O’Rourke and Bob Martin 26 pts, Ken Batt and Les Hodges 25 pts, and Bert Adams and Peter Kirkman, each on 24 pts.

It was a big day for the girls last Tuesday as they competed for the April Monthly Medal.

Kitty Howe claimed the Division 1 Medal with a nett score of 72, and Glad Leitch who did likewise in Division 2, with a score of 72 nett.

The scratch winner in Division 1 was Monica Kember on 95, while the best Division 1 handicap score went to Colleen Minos with 75. In Division 2, Una Pocock scored 97 to collect the scratch prize, while Carol Martin claimed the handicap event with 74 nett.

Cae Cobby took scratch honours in Division 3 with 104 off the stick, while Jan Pollard collected the nett prize with 76. NTP’s to Monica Kember, Jan Marks and Joan Veerhuis. Putting comp to Kitty Howe 32, Vi Gardner 29 and Cae Cobby 34.

The ladies returned for a stableford event on Friday, and in Division 1 Cassie Gill scored 42 pts for a good win from Jan Marks, 38 pts.

In Division 2, Carmel Pearce scored 39 pts for a c/b win from Jan Leonard. NTP’s to Cassie Gill, Jan Marks and Jan Leonard.

Wednesday saw members team up for a 4Ball multiplier event, and it ended up being a runaway win for Ray Gladman and Roger Taylor, who amassed 80 pts for an easy win from Bruce Chalmers and Mike Daley, and Bruce Chalmers and John Parker, each with 66 pts. Popular pro, Tim Barlow, combined with Peter McDonald to claim fourth spot with 64 pts.

Members managed to beat the big wet when they played a stableford event on Saturday, and in A Grade, John Dare scored 40 pts for a win from Kobi Nimmo 39, and Grahame Winson 38 pts. Matt Bowman played well for 41 pts to collect the B Grade prize, from John Messing 38 pts on a c/b from Roman Adamcewicz, while Garry Forde well and truly fired up for 44 pts to take out C Grade, from Steven Day 42 and Ray Harrison 39 pts.

More than 90 school children aged nine to 17 participated in the Riverina Schools Orienteering Championships conducted by WaggaRoos at Willans Hill.

Many were trying orienteering for the first time so the day commenced with a map walk during which coaches explained how the map symbols related to features on the ground and provided some basic navigation instruction.

The courses varied in length from 1000m to 2000m and required participants to use linear features such as tracks and earth embankments to locate various point features such as depressions and distinctive trees.

In the girls 10-11 age class Charlotte Priest (Kooringal PS) finished more than seven minutes ahead of Ashtyn Quee (Henty PS).

Helena Brown finished third, five seconds further behind.

In the girls 12-13 age class Charlotte’s sister Harriet (Kooringal PS) started very well and by the 8th control of 10 had built up a 4 minute lead over Jade Beresford (Wagga High) and Hannah Billett (TRAC). However it all came unstuck on the way to the 9th control where Harriet lost 3 minutes to the other girls.

Jade went on to win ahead of Hannah with Harriet third.

Current NSW Schools W13 Sprint Orienteering Champion Joannah McDougall (Wagga High) put in a good steady performance to win the girls 14-15 age class.

Rebecca Scott (TRAC) also orienteered very well and was just a few seconds slower than Joannah to most controls.

Joannah gained a two-minute advantage to the fourth control and that proved to be the main difference between the girls. Kimberley Telford (Wagga High) was third but well off the pace.

Annie Cumberlege (TRAC) and Hannah Weedon (Wagga High) went through the first four controls in similar times but then Annie proved to be slightly faster through the remaining 9 controls and won by almost 6 minutes. Abigail Rosser (Wagga High) came third.

Henty PS took out the trifecta in the boys 10-11 age class.

Blake Roulston started very well but made an error to the third control which allowed Angus White to take the lead.

However, when Angus made errors later in the race Blake was able to resume the lead and Harry Doig slipped into second place.

In the boys 12-13 age class Angus Roche started very well and by the 9th control had established a 3-minute lead over current NSW Schools M12 Middle Distance Orienteering Champion Cameron McDougall (Wagga High).

However, errors on the way to the 10th and 11th controls cost him dearly and Cameron took and built on the lead.

Charlie Murphy (Ladysmith PS) was steady throughout and finished with a well-deserved third place.

Lachlan Billett (TRAC) showed his class in the boys 14-15 age class. The current NSW Schools M14 Sprint Orienteering Champion recorded the fastest time to every control in an almost error-free run eventually winning by almost 4 minutes from Wagga High’s Will Morton and Saxby Harrison.

Brandon Ellis (Mater Dei) was a surprise winner in the boys 16+ age-class. Wagga High’s Charlie Cheesley started very well and by the 10th control was 45 seconds ahead of Brandon and almost 3 minutes ahead of the highly fancied Kade Mavroudis (TRAC). On the second half of the course Kade fared much better and started making up time on the other two.

Brandon was moving through steadily and hit the lead when Charlie made an error on the way to the third-last control. Kade couldn’t close the gap and had to settle for second place.

In the relay event Henty PS teams took the first three places on the Primary School Division. This was a great effort considering none of the children had done orienteering before. The winning team comprised Tyler Watson, Connor Murphy and Hugh Edwards.

In the Secondary School Division Wagga High (Dean McMullen, Saxby Harrison, Will Longmore) were too strong for Mater Dei (Brandon Ellis, James Trevaskis, Kobe Priest).

Results: G10-11: Charlotte Priest (Kooringal PS) 16.33; Ashtyn Quee (Henty PS) 23.39; Helena Brown (Henty PS) 23.43. G12-13: Jade Beresford (Wagga High) 15.48; Hannah Billett (TRAC) 16.07; Harriet Priest (Kooringal PS) 17.40. G14-15: Joannah McDougall (Wagga High) 14.03; Rebecca Scott (TRAC) 16.33; Kimberley Telford (Wagga High) 26.45. G16+: Annie Cumberlege (TRAC) 19.49; Hannah Weedon (Wagga High) 25.13; Abigail Rosser (Wagga High) 27.10. B10-11: Blake Roulston (Henty PS) 36.05; Harry Doig (Henty PS) 38.32; Angus White (Henty PS) 38.39. B12-13: Cameron McDougall (Wagga High) 22.34; Angus Roche (TRAC) 28.12; Charlie Murphy (Ladysmith PS) 33.46. B14-15: Lachlan Billett (TRAC) 16.37; Will Morton (Wagga High) 19.54; Saxby Harrison (Wagga High) 23.53. B16+: Brandon Ellis Mater Dei CC 23.10; Kade Mavroudis (TRAC) 27.50; Charlie Cheesley (Wagga High) 28.17. Relay - Primary: Henty PS (Tyler Watson, Connor Murphy, Hugh Edwards) 30.20; Henty PS (Jinda-Lee Mitchell, Genevieve White, Heidi Martin) 30.43; Henty PS (Isabel Brown, Tahlie Weston, Annelise Bedggood) 31.15.Relay- Secondary: Wagga High (Dean McMullen, Saxby Harrison, Will Longmore) 17.34; Mater Dei CC (Brandon Ellis, James Trevaskis, Kobe Priest) 18.36; Wagga High (Conner Higgins, Edward Gunter, Edward McDougall) 19.07.

Tuesday, May 3 Social Bowls: J. Forrest, E. McCrum def N. Post.  G. Davies, M. Hounsell def i. Crouch M. McCrum.

Thursday, May 5 Social bowls: B. Robinson, F. Mahon def N. Gaye M. McCrum. V. Quigley, P. MacDonald, M. Thornton def  V. Quigley, G. Davies, E. McCrum. E. Larkin, T. Iirrilli (Day winners) def N. Post, J. Chappelow.

Excellent tennis played last Saturday in the junior tennis competitions. The competitions will now conclude on June 18.

The masters competition is for players wanting more serious tournament play, with proper tie-breaker sets being played.

There is prize money for the top 20 players for all players having played five matches, as well as a best and fairest award. To take part, just turn up at 3pm until 5pm.    

The masters competition leader is Caden Maxwell on 43½ points over Oliver Plum on 36 points close behind Reece Rutland on 31 points then Lara Plum on 24 points and Karnie Spalding on 22½ points making up the top five places.

The junior tennis competition is open to all juniors wanting to play tennis in a friendly format. This competition starts at 3pm to 5pm.

In the junior tournament leading is Mitchell Spalding on 45½ points close behind Tory Grantham on 31 points ahead of Lachlan McDonald on 25½ points then Dylan Haisell on 24 points with Larissa Wyatt on 14½ points.

This week’s McDonald’s awards went to Sam Hood and Reece Rutland in the Masters, with Tory Grantham in the junior competition.

All enquires please contact Roman Adamcewicz on 6922 4963 or 0439 584 125.

Social tennis every Monday and Thursday from 7pm at Forest Hill contact Col 0447 464 234 or Trevor 0407 513 974.