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13 Apr 2025

Macquarie United score a blazing start to new season

After going down to Dubbo Bulls 2-0 in last year’s Western Premier League Final, a youthful MUFC kick-started the new season with a morale-boosting 4-nil victory at Lady Cutler on Sunday. In a starring role, 16-year-old Logan Johnson, in only his...

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12 Apr 2025

Mike Alborough farewelled — beloved “Rhino” who roared!

Mike Alborough was farewelled last week, a man of great character, community service, and a loud voice for the Rhinos Rugby Club. I had the privilege of spending time in the middle of cricket fields umpiring, at night cricket and on Saturday...

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05 Apr 2025

Macquarie wins Under 18s, 50 years since historic 1975 premiership

Dubbo Macquarie Raiders are hoping they can emulate the 1975 Blues team and take out the Peter McDonald Premiership after winning at Blayney on Saturday. The latest team is certainly off to a good start, winning all their matches before taking the...

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04 Apr 2025

And they’re off! Dave and ‘Skull’ taking runner to Royal Randwick!

Businessman and race lover, David Ringland, wife Heather, and former Test leg-spinner commentator, and sports personality, Kerry (“Skull”) O’Keefe, will be donning the top-hat and tails for their appearance at the home of racing on Saturday...

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04 Apr 2025

Dubbo Ducks quack through yet another successful swim season

Last weekend witnessed the culmination of another Ducks’ year, with Henry Willcockson batting well below his age and taking the points in the final of the 50-metre Freestyle after Peter Allan got a little bit enthusiastic and broke his time. Judy...

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03 Apr 2025

Dubbo Rams first-up effort in Waratahs Basketball League

Rams Under 23s trod the boards for the first time last Saturday night at the affectionately named “Woolshed” in Dubbo Sports World. A bumper crowd packed the local venue for the long-awaited return of senior representative basketball to the city...

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29 Mar 2025

RSL Colts: two outta three ain’t bad with CYMS cleaning up the Kelly Cup!

With a team of Colts legends in the red-and-white and some incredibly gifted “next gens”; the RSL boys put minor premiers CYMS to the sword in Saturday’s Whitney Cup Grand Final. RSl-Colts set a challenging total of 7/227 with a consistent...

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29 Mar 2025

Brebner Boys bust the NZ bank as mount Willydoit bolts in

Former bookie and well-known community contributor, Barry Brebner, and his four brothers are riding the crest of a New Zealand wave after the galloper they bought in the “My Horse Syndicate” raced home to win the New Zealand Derby last weekend...

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27 Mar 2025

Magpies swoop in and kick goals for Freddy

The oppressive temperature of last weekend at Parkes was not enough to hold back a local ladies’ side that won their Sixes trophy. The Women’s team went well after deciding to enter the competition as a prelude to the local DDFA season. Although...

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RSL swimmers putting in the big laps in club, district and regional meets

Dubbo RSL Community Swimming Club members are currently participating in the Club Championship being held over three weeks. With the Point-Score already finalised, swimmers aged from 5–26-years-old — including for Multi-Class events — are...

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Macquarie celebrates cricketing victories, four decades apart

In 1984/85, Country Australia batsman, David Tink led Macquarie to their first Whitney Cup Premiership; 40 years later, Don Nash was out-front as the Blues took the T20 Megahit Night Cricket Final. Many of the players from that historic First Grade...

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Macquarie United start footie season with Sixes trophy

Dubbo’s Macquarie United football club defied the blistering weekend heat and some determined opposition to claim the Men’s Sixes trophy at Parkes on the weekend. Jamie Lobb’s Premier League squad was split in half and, with a couple of Dubbo...

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