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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 28, 1954
Page
4
Short Putts reports on the Wallace Cup final and Saturday golf results. Tim Tisdell and Det Field win the main event, with notes on membership drives, course familiarity, and various Saturday medal and four ball results. Mentions of players like Ern Curtis, Leon Conridge, Tom Read, Geoff Acret, and Ron Barton appear amid club commentary.
Last Sunday Mrs Field defeated Mrs Willis in a hard fought tet match for the Wansee Cup. In the stroke competition Miss Creighton won the A grade and Mrs Mollie Aeret won B grade. An 8 hole stableford yielded Miss Laightes as A grade winner and EB grade winner. Next weekend hosts the annual tournament with four teams forming on Saturday afternoon and play beginning Sunday.
Ison and Besgrove reach the big bowls title final with strong form. The Sunday play featured pairs and social rink events, including Felice Farah and Claude Wall vs Neville Straney and Talea Girot, with close endings and semi darkness.
Forbes golf societies will hold their annual tournament on Saturday and Sunday with no competition play. Course reserved for associates. First round at Grenfell on Sunday week June 6. Sixteen players required, play off handicap. Results: Wallace Cup Anal, Tindell beat Andrews 3 2. Monthly Medal Curtis 87. A and B grade winners Barton net 65 from Acret on count back. B grade Curtis. Sunday 4-BBB stableford Conridee and Reid 45, Wart on and Curtin 4. Handicaps adjusted: Barton Willis Acret Curtis Mullins Goodacre.
The Cowra Picnic Race Club issues a compulsory betting boards notice for today’s meeting. Diggers Cup entries flood in for tomorrow with six events listed. First race at 1.45 pm, 35 hounds entered for the Diggers Cup over one mile with weights shown for many runners.
Rehearsals underway for the society comedy Love's a Luxury produced by Mire J. Reymond with many of the society's best players. An interesting film evening is planned at the High School next Monday night featuring forestry related films by a Forestry Commission officer and a broader program for all members.
The document lists badminton draws by rounds and dates from June to July for multiple teams including Apex Arrows Riverside Town Old Boys and National Fitness plus women’s draws. It shows round numbers, matchups, and tentative publication notes with several typos and repeated lines.
Forbes seniors led 2 0 at halftime but Parkes rallied to a 2 2 draw in the Far Western Hockey Zone opener. Ron Merritt scored twice for Forbes while David Deeves added the other. The match featured Merritt and Deeves among the scorers as local fans saw a tight start with momentum swings and a late equalizer.
A fragmented schedule notes early basketball matchups at South Circle Park with OLMC and CWA teams. Mentions OLMC opponents, high school senior players, and a Crusaders bye as play begins.
A 32 year old man, Nortuy Roberts of William Street Forbes, lost three fingers when his hand was caught in cogs on an ant excavator near Jemilong Weir on Wednesday. He was admitted to Forbes District Hospital after an overbalance while working the machine. The event prompted a public meeting originally set for June 4 at the new Services Memorial Hall, later moved to the Town Hall. The meeting was postponed.
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