17 Dec 09 | The Lightning Ridge Race Club held their Annual General Meeting on Wednesday December 9.
17 Dec 09 | PISTOL: It was a day of fun and laughter on the range on Sunday as 10 shooters shuffled out from their air-conditioned homes to take part in the centre fire/sport and service matches.
17 Dec 09 | POKER: In the last game of the year poker saw 46 players try their luck playing for the club vouchers and $10 side sweep totaling $390.
17 Dec 09 | A close finish and some improved skills were on show for the last game of junior cricket for 2009.
17 Dec 09 | The biggest event of the week was a two-person ambrose on Sunday December 13.
17 Dec 09 | The LRMA Board has had an extremely busy year and no doubt this will continue next year.
17 Dec 09 | Several operations to clear abandoned camps around the opal fields has been undertaken with approval of the Lightning Ridge Miners Association who received a funding grants by the Land and Property Management Authority to help with rehabilitation.
17 Dec 09 | The Lightning Ridge Mens’ Shed is well and truly on the way to establishing its foundations in the township and community. The group has also registered under the Australian Mens’ Shed Association and is now a member.
17 Dec 09 | Members of the community gathered to celebrate a milestone on Saturday after a birthday party was held for Winnifred White in commemoration of her 90th birthday.
17 Dec 09 | Morning Show hosts Dugald Saunders and Justin Huntsdale, with the Dubbo ABC Western Plains radio, have travelled to Lightning Ridge in a blitz to compile a library of information on many of the unique people and places that make up this special town.
10 Dec 09 | The Ladies Bowling Club held their Christmas party on December 5.
10 Dec 09 | POKER: An amazing 52 players battled it out on the table, on Tuesday December 8, for the chance to take home a ticket to Revesby Workers Club and a share of the $1100 pot.
10 Dec 09 | PISTOL: It was a good day on the ranges this week with some fantastic scores and only a small number of flies to distract the shooters.
10 Dec 09 | JUNIOR CRICKET: Numbers were down for junior cricket this week, so we played a modified game where all players fielded when they weren’t batting.
10 Dec 09 | DARTS: Welcome to another week of darts news.
This week saw Joan throw her all-time best of 86, good on you and keep practising.
10 Dec 09 | Lightning Ridge palaeontologist Dr Elizabeth Smith has identified up to seven different types of fossil turtles at Lightning Ridge.
10 Dec 09 | Year 8 students Lisa McSwan and Carissa Frail are the recipients of this year’s LRMA scholarship.
10 Dec 09 | Two of the Chasin' Opal Holiday Park’s rooms have been accredited with a four-star rating.
10 Dec 09 | Christine Johannson of the Yawarra Meamei Women's Group and Community Development Officer Alison Wheeler have taken to the streets in recent weeks to compile a list of particular hazards found in town, which is fundamental in the development of the community safety plan.
10 Dec 09 | A Lightning Ridge man and his brother from Manildra who died in an ultralight plane crash in northern Victoria have been named as Edward (Ted) Berryman and Alan Berryman. Police released the names of the brothers on Monday afternoon.
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