27 May 10 | The Ridge Rovers is the Heart Foundation and NSW Outback Division of General Practice’s local walking group.
Last Friday May 21, the group, which meets at 8.30am on Mondays and Fridays outside the Arts and Crafts Council centre, celebrated three years of walking with a free morning tea at Morilla’s.
27 May 10 | POKER: There was an outstanding roll-up to poker at the Lightning Ridge Bowling Club on Tuesday evening. Fifty-two people registered to play for a total prize pool worth $1100.
27 May 10 | Our big weekend of the Black Opal Cup and the Barriekneal shield turned into a great time. Participation numbers were a little disappointing, but everyone who played on Saturday or Sunday enjoyed themselves and that is what matters.
27 May 10 | Grawin hosted Glengarry for the first round of the Inter-club Challenge on Sunday. It was an 18-hole stableford game.
27 May 10 | Under 8s BLACK: Game One: Lightning Ridge came up against an in-form St George and had a wonderful game.
Shelton Brown scored two tries, Dougie Winch two, Tom Barrett two and Jack Barrett one. All the boys showed great tackling skills. The final score saw our boys being defeated by only one try 28 to 32.
27 May 10 | The back panel of a fence around a cluster of quandong trees near the Castlereagh Highway, between Lightning Ridge and the turn-off to Cumborah, was recently stolen.
27 May 10 | Snippets: A couple of months ago Snippets extended a call to find Augustus George, the 1945 custom-built Ford ambulance, used by Brewarrina’s Methodist Nursing Service (MNS) that served the inland from 1946 to 1966.
27 May 10 | The NSW Minister for Mineral and Forest Resources Ian Macdonald welcomed comment from the public and industry groups on the significant changes to the Mining Regulation 2010 and the introduction of an Exploration Code, which will affect all mining and exploration activities across the State.
27 May 10 | More than $26,000 was given to six local community groups under the Community Development Support Expenditure (CDSE) scheme.
27 May 10 | The Lightning Ridge Women’s Safe House was one of nine services helping people who are homeless or at risk of being homeless in the State’s far west that Minister for Community Services Linda Burney announced would receive additional funding when she was in Broken Hill last Saturday.
27 May 10 | The small community of Goodooga had its ambulance services removed this week.
27 May 10 | Local photographic artist Viki Murray will open her latest exhibition, Just Passing Through, to the public on Sunday May 30.
20 May 10 | PISTOL CLUB: This weekend saw Centre-Fire/Sport and Service/Unrestricted matches held by the Lightning Ridge Pistol Club.
20 May 10 | GRAWIN GOLF: On Wednesday May 5, a nine-hole competition was held and the winner was Ron Butcher with nett 24 - great game Ron.
20 May 10 | The first game this week saw the Dragons take on the All-Stars.
20 May 10 | What a wonderful Patron’s Day we had on Sunday May 16. Our patron, Val Boardman, hosted the day with the help of his wife Robina.
20 May 10 | POKER: On Tuesday May 18, 38 people turned out at the Lightning Ridge Bowling Club to battle it out for club vouchers.
20 May 10 | Under 8’s
BLACK
GAME ONE: Lightning Ridge came up against Dirranbandi. Lightning Ridge had the game of their lives - all the players tackled well and tries were scored by Tom Barrett 2, Shelton Brown 2, Jack Barrett 1, Feli Ciprian 2, Dougie Winch 1, Lincoln Wood 1. The final score saw the ’Ridge win 32 - 8 with player of the match going to Shelton.
20 May 10 | When the Walgett Shire’s Citizen of the Year, Jane O’Brien, opened the 72nd Walgett Show on Sunday May 9 she made some very pertinent comments about the importance of the local show to districts such as ours.
20 May 10 | It was a night of saris and sambal, dhotis and dahl, bindis and big smiles when the Australian Opal Centre held a Bollywood Feast fundraising evening at George and Annie’s on the golf course on Saturday May 8.
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