We had some 60 shooters turn up to shoot the two range set up by the committee in particular Stephen Tipping who start early on Friday soon followed by Garry Brill the rest of us arrived later. Geoff Turner, Garry Fairbanks, Darren Inglas and the rest that turned up and stayed overnight to enjoy the night time entertainment. Shooters came from Griffith, Wodonga and Ardlethan. Thanks to Andrew Armstrong from Suds City Car wash for the lucky door prize and to Vicki and Mandy. 

Winners: Handicap High Gun Jack Spiers, AA grade 1st Doug Osbourne, 2nd Russell Taylor, A grade 1st Shaun Krzus, 2nd Lee Lenz, 3rd Matt Woolnough, B grade 1st Harrison Sewell, 2nd Gary Byron, C grade 1st Richard McPherson, VET 1st Sid Gugliemino, 2nd Victor Bowman, LADY 1st Lisa Riley, Juniors 1st Albert Booth, 2nd Sam Booth. AGM: the new committee was voted on Garry Brill returned as president, Garry Fairbanks as secretary, and Lisa Riley as treasurer.

TENNIS resumes today in the Wednesday Junior Doubles Tennis Competition at the Bolton Park Tennis Complex at the normal time. The competition is open to all players that are able to serve. To enter turn up at the courts before the start time of 4pm finish at 6pm sharp. Sportsmans Warehouse giftcards awarded at the end of the competition for those players playing five matches as well as a Best and Fairest award.

Leading the competition is Alastair Wright on 42 points then Pat Wright on 35 points with Makenna Irlam on 29½  points followed by Lucy Goodyer on 26 points and Michael Paolucci-Ellis on 24 points making up the top five positions. This week’s McDonalds Sports Award went to Patrick Wright and Makenna Irlam.

The Saturday Junior Singles competition at the Forest Hill tennis courts resumed last weekend.

The Saturday Singles competition is for players wanting more serious tournament play, with proper tie-breaker sets being played. To take part, just turn up at the start time of 3pm until 5pm.    

Leading the Singles competition is Caden Maxwell on 16½ points then Oliver Plum on 13½ points followed by Robert Grantham on 12 points with Alastair Wright on 6 points and Tory Grantham on 5 ½ points making up the top 5 positions. This week’s winner of the McDonalds Sports Award was Tory Grantham.

Enquires to Roman Adamcewicz on 6922 4963 or 0439 584 125. At Forest Hill there is social tennis every Monday and Thursday from 7pm, contact Col 0447 464 234 or Trevor 0407 513 974.

San Isidore Tennis Club has tennis coaching every Monday from 4.30pm and social tennis every Friday commencing at 6.30pm. All standards are welcome contact Ruth on 0409 743677.

2018 Rules Club Ladies Invitation Triples. Winners: Mary James, Marion Bruce & Judy Pressnell 10 +40, runners- up: Sandra Solomon, Kay Habermann & Hazel Sims 10 +34. Third: Bessie Coggan, Joan Dunn & Helen Pearce 8 +26. Thursday, October 18: SOCIAL: L. Woolbank & J. Mitchell def G. Rose & S. Lucas, B. Robinson & M. Thornton def M. McCrum & B. Cotterull, I. Vrouch, A. Bower & N. Gay def I. Plater, G.Hull & E. Larkin, J. Robbins, E. McCrum & K. McMillan def G. Preston G. Smith & V. Burkinshaw. DAY WINNER: L. Woolbank & J. Mitchell.

WEDNESDAY Blind Draw sponsored by Settlers Village, Remedial Massage and Flick. Winners were Barry Belt, Bernie Leitch, Mile Knezevic 24; runners up Andrew Carey, Rob Mallyon, Robbie Nolan, 21; 3rd John hetherington, Bernie Bensun, Johnno Johnston, 19. Friday Nominated Pairs sponsored by Kotzur Canvas, 000 Plumbing Service and BBQ Galore.Winners: Trent and Peter Lord 22; runners up Keith Wellham, Peter Reid 21; 3rd Ross McKenzie, Bill Manning, 20. Sunday Mixed blind draw winners: Rex Lloyd, Val Preston, Ollie Henderson, 21; runners up Ian Hilton, Elaine Larkins, Alice Bower, 18. Draw on Board for Major and Minor Pairs; first round October 25. Nominations for Mixed Pairs Championship close October 30. Nomination sheet on the board for the Graded 5, 6,and 7 two bowl Triples Tournament November 17 and 18 with $2820 prizemoney; six games of 18 ends with a 9am start.

Coming events: Wednesday blind draw Triples: Names in by noon  for 1pm start. Friday Nominated Pairs: Names in by noon for 1pm start. Saturday Blind draw: Names in by noon for 1pm start. Sunday Mixed Blind Draw: Names in by 12.30pm for 1pm start.   

IT IS four Wednesdays in a row and no ride because of the weather, unbelievably unbelievable, so the prospective riders all just had a coffee, a chat and slunk off home in the rain. Saturday morning was not much better with only six fronting up for Meet and Greet. Really the day was not that bad, just very cold and if the others were anything like me they would have gone home.

The Pink Ribbon Ride eventuated on Sunday under a beautiful blue sky, and as I was leaving home I had a premonition and went back inside and grabbed a warm jumper.  I was glad I did, struth, it was cold and didn’t really warm up until about lunchtime. Jackie Starr did herself proud, once again, and put on a spread of cakes and bickies for morning tea at Lake Centenary in Temora. Jackie had amassed a collection of raffle prizes so nearly everyone won a prize to take home, and at the end of the day she raised over $300 to donate to breast cancer research. With all the formalities out of the way we rode up to the Caltex Servo in the main street and topped the tanks. From there half of the days riders went home and the other half shot over to Cootamundra and had lunch at the Chinese restaurant. After a very nice lunch, washed down with a liquid of choice, it was Home James down the Olympic Goat Track.

The next two rides on the calendar are Talbingo on November 4 and Bright on November 18. Other things to pencil in are fundraisers for the Toy Run. The first will be at South City this coming Saturday from 8.30am until noon and November 3 we will be at the Kooringal Mall. The last one will be at the Marketplace, in Baylis Street, November 17, with the big day on Saturday, December 1, starting at Jubilee Oval at 9am.  

Don’t forget the Christmas Party at the Royal Hotel in Tumut on Saturday, November 24. I believe the Royal still has some available so give them a call on 6947 1129. Please give Lorraine a call on 0428 312 336 to let her know if you are going. The rally at Mornington will soon be upon us so get your registrations in by November 9.  Searoad Ferries are offering Ulysses Club members a 10 per cent discount on trips between Sorrento and Queenscliffe from February 18 until March 7, and not only but also there are lots of other things on offer for this event and I am sure it will be a ripper.

If your bike is over 30 years old and you only use it socially consider joining a Classic bike club and register it on club plates. You will save heaps.Club registration is not nearly as restrictive as it once was and you are free to use it at any time 60 days a year. Give me a call on 0408 420 766 to find out about local clubs.

Fill your tank and crack the whip for a ride out into the countryside.

LAST Monday’s nine-hole Vets comp saw Tony Pollard score 31 nett to beat Danny McIntyre on a c/b, followed by Bob Alexander 32 nett, Dave Sutton and Julie Yates 33, Mick de Vries 34, and Ron Culgan, Peter Briggs and Don Kirwan on 35 nett. Thursday’s stableford comp went to Don Kirwan, who scored 23 to get home from Grahame Winson 22, then Bill O’Rourke and Ray Gladman 20, John Burkinshaw and Terry Baker 19, and Phil Powell, Tony Pollard and Peter Kirkman 18 c/b.

The ladies competed for the Scott Lennox Trophy last Tuesday, and in Division 1, Dee Harley scored 70 nett for a win from Jan Marks 71, and Gloria Vonarx 73 nett. In Division 2, Carol Martin’s 71 nett was too good for Roz Tilden, 73 nett on a c/b from Trish Gray, while Joan Veerhuis scored 69 nett for a c/b win from Sandra Mellen. NTP’s to Dee Harley, 

Ros Tilden and Sandra Mellen. The girls returned for a stableford event on Friday, and in Division 1, Kitty Howe carded 37 for a c/b win from Simone Pilotto, while in Division 2, Lilian Sutherland played really well for 40 to get home from Val Brunskill 38. NTP to Gloria Vonarx.

Jim Briggs and Cloud Merrigan had cause for celebration last week, when they each won both the Wednesday and Saturday stroke events in A and B Grade respectively. In Wednesday’s comp, Jim scored 69 nett for success, from Clarrie Ridley 71 nett, while Cloud had the same score to claim the B Grade voucher, a point clear of Tom McDonnell. Shot of the Day, however, went to Peter Barnes who somehow made contact with his ball while in the process of ducking to avoid a swooping magpie next to the 18th green. He then looked up to see the ball end up a 20cm from the hole. NTP to Eddie Wall, Mick Laurent and Bruce Chalmers. Balls to 74 nett.

Saturday’s Monthly Medal saw Jim complete his double by scoring another 69 nett, a shot clear of Trevor Grahame and Josh Conlin, while the strong winds failed to blow Cloud away as he went six under his handicap for 66 nett for an easy win from Todd Gunning 72, and Paul McCullum 73 nett. Charlie Adams also played well to win the C Grade event with 69 nett on a c/b from Adrian Pollett, with Travis Hillier third with 70 nett. NTP to Peter Conlin, Roger Taylor and Warren Lynch. Ball Comp to 74 nett on a c/b. 

Last week’s Sunday stableford went to Eddie Wall with 23, from Simone Pilotto, 22, and Tony Martin, 21. Ball comp to 19.

WAGGAROOS Deb Davey has competed with distinction at the Australian Orienteering Championships held in South Australia recently. Deb finished with a third in each of the Sprint Distance and Long Distance events and fifth place in the Middle Distance event. The Sprint Distance was held in a Renmark School involving negotiating buildings, ovals and landscaped gardens and the Middle Distance held in a bushy area along the Murray River that included numerous steep erosion gullies and soft loose sand in places. The Long Distance event was held in the Adelaide Hills near Gumeracha in an area which included dense native forest with old gold mining areas, fast open pine forest, and semi-open to bushy areas with rock features which meant a continual change of navigation tactics.

On the local scene Ed McDougall and Alex Davey had good wins at the WaggaRoos orienteering event in the Murraguldrie State Forest last Sunday. All courses included a number of short legs in tricky rocky terrain that required accurate navigation as well as long legs across hillsides that required vigilance to avoid clambering between the boulders or fighting the blackberries. Alex Davey had a comfortable win on the 6km Hard course finishing some 17 minutes ahead of John Oliver. Both men navigated satisfactorily to most target features but found some parts of the forest very slow to traverse. Alex’s main mistake was towards the end of his run when he wandered offline to an adjacent parallel spur. John Oliver came second after a mistake mid-course when he misread some boulder features and ran well past the target rock.

Newcastle orienteers Peter and Maria Orr finished first and second on the 4.6km Hard course well ahead of WaggaRoos first runner, Wes Campbell. All three had some difficulties navigating and getting through the rough undercover in the early parts of the course. Ed McDougall made a rare appearance and showed he still has orienteering talent by being the only competitor to finish the 4.1km Moderate course. Other participants on this course lost direction attempting a riskier cross-country option rather than a hillier track option. Kath Oliver had a very narrow 2 second victory on the 2.6km Easy course just holding out Lachlan Grainger. Tom & Will Kerr were not far off the pace finishing in third just ahead of April Grainger.

Next local event is the first event in the Summer Orienteering Series at 6pm on Thursday, November 22 outside Harris Park in Bolger Avenue.