24 Nov 05 | The Lightning Ridge cricketers suffered a close defeat at the hands of Walgett team Campground at the weekend.
24 Nov 05 | A correction from last week's results. Last Saturday it was Chris (not Noel) Underwood who won the 2-club event. Apologies for that.
Wednesday November 16: Combined Vets and others 12 Hole Event Stableford.
24 Nov 05 | The Lightning Ridge Tigers Junior Rugby League Club held its annual general meeting last Wednesday evening at the Bowling Club.
24 Nov 05 | It's that time of year again and the intrepid fishermen (and women) of Lightning Ridge are off to Copeton Dam to pit themselves against the fish that reside there.
24 Nov 05 | The Lightning Ridge Opal and Fossil Centre may still be in the planning stages but it already has an impressive collection, and one that is growing all the time.
24 Nov 05 | Compared to the rest of NSW the people of Lightning Ridge are more likely to be unemployed, more likely to have left school at a younger age but less likely to be admitted to hospital, according to a new report on the health of remote communities in the region.
24 Nov 05 | It is important to use anger constructively, not destructively.
24 Nov 05 | While students of Lightning Ridge Central School took full advantage of the pupil-free day last Friday parents, teachers and members of the community came together to help develop plans for the future of the school.
24 Nov 05 | "I told you we'd do it!" barman Tony Moorehouse yelled triumphantly, expressing the mood of the crowd which had gathered to celebrate the salvation of the Club in the Scrub.
17 Nov 05 | Ron Canlin was the winner of the final monthly medal on Sunday.
17 Nov 05 | Local bowling duo Bob Newman and Judy Greenfield travelled to Narrabri at the weekend, where they claimed victory in the zone finals of the mixed pairs.
17 Nov 05 | Last Saturday officials from the Lightning Ridge Junior Rugby League Club ventured to Dirranbandi to attend the AGM of the Balonne/Barwon JRL, the governing body of our competition.
17 Nov 05 | Lightning Ridge's young swimmers are continuing to do well in carnivals around the region.
17 Nov 05 | Lightning Ridge Bowling Club recorded a profit this year of $161,000, despite the ever-increasing burden of the Poker Machine Tax and the effects of the new anti-smoking regulations, it was revealed at the annual general meeting on Sunday morning.
17 Nov 05 | Lightning Ridge union members joined forces with more than half a million others around the nation on Tuesday to condemn the Government's planned industrial relations reforms in what is being claimed as the largest gathering of its kind in Australian history.
17 Nov 05 | At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month the people of Lightning Ridge stopped to remember those who have given their lives in the service of our country.
17 Nov 05 | The days of hoarding bottles of water in the fridge and putting ice cubes in the bathtub will soon come to an end when the Lightning Ridge water supply is cooled, possibly by the end of this summer.
17 Nov 05 | It is the end of an era for one of Lightning Ridge's unique landmarks.
10 Nov 05 | It was great bowling which carried the day for the Lightning Ridge cricket team when they played Walgett team Sporto on Saturday.
Lightning Ridge went into bat first, but it took them a long time to find form.
10 Nov 05 | The swimming season has kicked off with a flying start for Skye Holand, who won first place in the 100m butterfly at the Orana Swimming Carnival in Dubbo on the weekend.
On top of this she won silver medals in three other events.
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