28 Jul 05 | Sunday's game was a 4BBB stableford, draw after the game.
28 Jul 05 | On Tuesday July 19 a team of lady bowlers, comprising Merlie McCabe, Betty Le Cudennec, Betty Brouff and Joan Gebetsberger travelled to Moree to compete in the Association Day.
28 Jul 05 | There wasn't a spare seat on the bus last Saturday as our junior rugby league teams braved the 6am morning blues and headed to St George for the latest round of fixtures in the Balonne/Barwon JRL competition.
28 Jul 05 | The carnival on the weekend was a great success with 12 teams competeting, travelling from Dirranbandi, Quambone, Dubbo, Marra, Cubbaroo, Narrabri and Galloping Gully.
28 Jul 05 | The Lightning Ridge women's support group is well on the way to completing a mural to tell their stories through art.
28 Jul 05 | Businesses in the Walgett Shire now have the chance to show their quality and ingenuity at the inaugural Walgett Shire Business Awards.
28 Jul 05 | A sculpture collection completed by Graham Merret was unveiled at Lorne Station on Sunday afternoon to a sizeable crowd
28 Jul 05 | The Lightning Ridge Neighbourhood Centre is developing a drop in centre for the town's youth to offer people aged between 14 to 17 a place to go after school and during the holidays.
28 Jul 05 | After months of deliberation mineral resources minister Kerry Hickey has announced the opening of Opal Prospecting Area 4 which will see the area opened up to mining.
21 Jul 05 | The Ridge U8 Cubs showed their skills last Saturday in front of 32,000 screaming fans at Suncorp Stadium playing games at half time in the Bronco's V Storm top-of-the-table showdown.
21 Jul 05 | Junior rugby league was back in town last Saturday as visiting teams from Mungindi and Dirranbandi fronted up to tackle our U10s and U12s Tiger outfits.
21 Jul 05 | Lori White had her first parachute jump recently.
21 Jul 05 | Wednesday, July 13. It was too muddy in the morning for the women to play their competition so most of us opted to join the veterans in the afternoon. There was a good turnout for that event.
21 Jul 05 | Approximately 65 people attended the 8th anniversary dinner of the Lightning Ridge Rotary.
21 Jul 05 | The 2005 Lightning Ridge Opal Festival is on next week and plans are under way for one of the biggest events ever.
21 Jul 05 | The fourth National Opal Symposium will be held in Lightning Ridge this Tuesday and Wednesday.
21 Jul 05 | Escalating insurance premiums have sounded the death knell for The Big Opal.
After being a major tourist attraction in Lightning Ridge for the past 30 years, The Big Opal has been forced to close.
14 Jul 05 | The annual Winter Triples bowling tournament was held on the weekend, with top honours going to a team that from Temora.
14 Jul 05 | The weekend of June 25 and 26 saw the Ridge team travel to Bollon to play against teams from Dirranbandi, Charleville, Bollon and Thargominda.
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