18 Mar 10 | POKER: On Tuesday March 16 46 players battled it out for a stake in the $900 prize pool. The pool was divided between four people.
18 Mar 10 | PISTOL CLUB: With the return of the nice weather, this weekend saw a few more shooters attend the weekly meeting of the Lightning Ridge Pistol Club.
18 Mar 10 | On Tuesday night we had a show of interest for the 2010 Lightning Ridge Basketball Competition.
18 Mar 10 | The men’s singles championships were played this weekend. While Tony Lamb beat Jay Morris, Ray Brown beat Frank Williams, Adam Webb defeated Frank Vogel, Peter Williams downed Graham Norris and Stacey Morris got the better of Trevor McGoven.
18 Mar 10 | Welcome to the darts news. Tommy Stelard came to town with his brother, Dave, for a brief visit. Tommy came to catch up with his old friends at darts.
18 Mar 10 | Floodwaters are approaching Lightning Ridge but miners still have time to secure their claims if need be. While no one is sure of what the exact extent of the floodwaters will be it would be wise to be prepared.
18 Mar 10 | Easter is on its way. The Lightning Ridge IBC will be running the Kidz Fun Jamboree at the IBC Gem Gardens on Easter Saturday again this year.
18 Mar 10 | Late last year, Kate Ellis, Minister for Early Childhood Education, Child Care and Youth, and Linda Burney, NSW Minister for Community Services, announced that nine Children and Family Centres were to be built across NSW.
18 Mar 10 | A meeting was held on Monday between representatives of the various committees involved in the organisation of the Lightning Ridge Easter Festival.
18 Mar 10 | On March 25 2010, a men’s gathering is being held by the Outback Division of General Practice at the Golf Club at 6pm.
18 Mar 10 | RIP Barbara McCondra
December 1941 – March 2010
18 Mar 10 | Landholders and residents in the New Angledool area were last night expecting the Narran River to peak at 2.9m today.
11 Mar 10 | POKER: We had 42 players turn up to play in the free game at poker on Tuesday night. They were playing for club vouchers and a $10 sweep.
11 Mar 10 | DARTS: This week we had 10 players, as some were stolen to play bowls in Tamworth. We also had a new player, Ian, who is quite a dark horse. Everyone played well and much laughter could be heard from the darts’ corner.
11 Mar 10 | Anna Miglietta and Brook and Sky Holland were among 27 swimmers from across the Far West region who attended a two-day swimming development camp.
11 Mar 10 | After much indecision because of the weather last Sunday March 7, the Opening Day went ahead with 14 players, who were very happy that it did. It was a very pleasant day for golf with just a slight mist of rain, but not enough to wet you.
11 Mar 10 | On March 1 and 2, 23 students from Lightning Ridge Central School travelled to Armidale to compete in the North-West Regional Carnivals. Eighteen of these students were from the primary school, while five students from the high school competed.
11 Mar 10 | International Women’s Day celebrations began on Saturday when the local branch of the Soroptomist International (SI) hosted a luncheon in the dining room at the Lightning Ridge Bowling Club.
11 Mar 10 | The opal industry is sponsoring the Opal Fashion Bash to be held in Townsville April 8 to 10 2010, for the third year.
11 Mar 10 | At the meeting of the Walgett Shire Council on Tuesday February 23, a tender was awarded to Bowyer Constructions to erect a toilet block on Harlequin Street in Lightning Ridge.
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