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10 hours ago

Jeffrey leads zone cricket team back to the SCG for country final

By Geoff Mann RSL Colts and Western Zone skipper, Marty Jeffrey and his Western Zone cricket team, have regained the mantle of Southern Country Champions, after an enthralling four days in Nowra. On Thursday, the Westerners won both T20 Plan B Big...

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17 hours ago

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Darren and Tim this year’s Men’s Major Pairs champs

Contributed by West Dubbo Bowls. Darren Connolly and Tim Farrell are this year’s Men’s Major Pairs champions, following a comfortable 24-14 win over Justin Bartlett and Jacob Ashley in the final last Saturday. At the half-way mark, though the...

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23 hours ago

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Wind causes issues for 45 players out on the greens

Sunday Bowls on Erskine By Pistol Pete. It was silent, it was invisible, but it did cause problems for many of the bowls rolling along the rinks. It was the wind, and it tested each of the 45 bowlers that ventured onto the greens on Erskine in last...

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21 Nov 2024

Old-style Black Powder State Championships come to Dubbo

Dubbo Pistol Club hosted an old-style firearms competition last weekend as the site for the NSW State Black Powder Pistol Championships. A total of 28 athletes from all over the State arrived at the range on Old Dubbo Road to compete — using...

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16 Nov 2024

Tributes flow in for fine young Rugby champion

It is as if the world stopped turning last week when news circulated across the Central West that Blue Bulls Country Championship-winning captain Teagan Miller had died in Bathurst. To her family and friends, the Bathurst Bulldogs family where she...

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16 Nov 2024

Local golfer Cooper taking on Aussie’s best at NSW Open

Huge congratulations go out to to Dubbo College Year 10 student, Cooper Giddings, who has qualified for the NSW Open Golf Championships this week. This event will bring the best professional men’s players from Australia and overseas together to play...

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16 Nov 2024

Rhonda’s gold! Outback Dragons show they are no fish out of water

Showing that they are no fish out of water when away from home, Outback Dragon paddlers have been going great guns in competitive events recently. This has included great work by Outback Dragons crews competing in Orange at Lake Canobolas in which...

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Good turn up for Sunday RSL Northies Combination Bowls

In a great turn up on the day, a total of 52 RSL Northies Combination bowlers turned-out to play their bowls at the City Bowling Club last Sunday. Winners on the day were Leo Balstad, Roger Shirwin, Eric Satchel, and Phil Knight, with the...

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Relay race honours Clive Rootes and supports Legacy

Various sporting clubs in Dubbo are going to pit their water skills against the mighty Dubbo Ducks and other swimming groups today, Thursday, November 14, at the RSL Health and Fitness Centre. This special event recognises a great contributor to the...

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Small world: Irish Melbourne Cup hoop earned his stripes in Dubbo

When Robbie Dolan drove “Knight’s Choice” past the winning post in last week’s Melbourne Cup, there was at least one bloke on the track who had a wry smile. Fromer jockey and now trainer, Kody Nestor, who did not bet on the big race of...

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Helen’s week “in heaven” for the race that stops the nation

Dubbo Photo News received a note from syndicate part-owner, Helen Akerstrom, following Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup. In last week’s sports section, we covered the fascinating tale of the equine-loving former strapper’s journey to the Cup with the...

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14 Nov 2024