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Golf Notes Kerrie Smith carded an excellent 43 Individual Stableford points to claim the Vera Doyle memorial trophy on Sunday. With the drying conditions ensuring plenty of run there were some good scores carded. Runner up on 42 points was Will Sedgwick, Bevan Benson 41, Ali Smith 39, Paul Grigg 38 ... read more

Rifle Club Notes Although we only had handful of shooters on Saturday it was a great afternoon of shooting. The scores were all up in the 90’s in the 100m, with Andrew scoring a possible. The weather was just perfect at the range with not much of a breeze at all. Unlimited 50m McIlrick&n ... read more

Breast Cancer Research Golf Day A very good attendance of 80 players supported our Breast Cancer Research Golf Day on Sunday. It again showed what a wonderful supportive town we live in. In excess of $7000 was raised for Breast Cancer research as 4 person teams, many wearing something pink, battled ... read more

Rugby Report Well, the Rugby season in Central North has been completed after the Grand Finals at Pirates on Saturday with three hard games. The women’s game went to Narrabri over Gunnedah 26-12. Reserve grade, Pirates took on Moree with four penalty goals to Moree. They finished on top afte ... read more

Rugby Report The Barraba Rams travelled to Gunnedah on Saturday to do battle with the Moree Bulls in the final to see who would go on to the Grand Final. The Rams started strongly with some early pressure close to the Bulls line which incurred a penalty to the Rams, Clarke converted to a 3-0 lead. ... read more

Rifle Club On Saturday 19th August we held our AGM prior to our afternoon benchrest event. Blue was once again elected Captain for the 16th year. Congratulations Blue. For the afternoon Benchrest we had six shooters that braved the rather cold conditions. In the 100m there was some great scores wi ... read more

Annual Breast Cancer Day 9 Hole 4 person Ambrose Sunday 17th Sept. 1.00pm $25 pp inc Hi tea. ... read more

Barraba Shotgun Club Annual General Meeting Sunday 10th September 2023 at 5.30pm at the Barraba Bowling Club ... read more

Golf Notes – 3 Sept 2023 Sunday was our first hit of golf for Spring, playing the Father’s Day Stableford for the R Fisher trophy.  C Sweeney took the win with a 41-point score in a great round of golf that he really needed last weekend when he just missed out on the Club Champions ... read more

Rugby Report The Barraba Rams had a good hit-out at the training session on Saturday, with some very good ball handling skills, before finishing with backline play, lineout and scrum work which looked very good. It should give the Rams a good chance of beating Moree at Gunnedah, as they have 2 team ... read more

Rugby Report The Barraba Rams travelled to Moree on Saturday to meet Narrabri Blue Boars in the minor semi-final and came home with a solid win in a tense, hard fought game. They now have to wait a week to see who they meet in the final. The Rams started with pressure on the Boars which resulted i ... read more

Golf Notes – 27 August 2023 This week was the final round of our Club Championship, playing for the Ian Cabot trophy. It looked like C. Sweeney only had to turn up to claim the Championship, but P. York stole the day with an impressive score of 78 off the stick. The Ladies Trophy went to the ... read more

Golf Notes – 13th August 2023 Sunday 13th August was the 2 Person Ambrose, with golfers playing for the Turning Heads Beauty Salon Trophy. The magnificent pairing of Liam Johnston and Craig Ruttley was beaten by only 0.25 of a point by the sneaky Rob and Chris Sweeny.  Third place went t ... read more

Rugby Report What a way to finish the season! The last home game, prior to the semis, with two good wins and possibly the best both teams have played this season. This definitely was the girls best of the year and kept Moree out of the final. The girls scored 7 tries during the game in a polished ... read more

Barraba Shotgun Club Annual General Meeting Sunday 10th September 2023 at 5.30pm at the Barraba Bowling Club ... read more

St Joseph’s Primary Athletics Carnival The track was ready and the sun was out, a recipe for a great day ahead. With a prompt start we leapt straight into the long-distance events. The Junior, 11 Years and Seniors all ran 800m around full-sized athletics track with the infants powering their ... read more

Rugby Report The Barraba Rams and Ewes travelled to Scone on Saturday to do battle with the locals who came here in the first round confident of victory only to go home with their tails between their legs. In the Men’s game they got another tune up for a score line Barraba 41 points to 19 and ... read more

Rugby Report Not much to talk about this week as Walcha forfeited to the Rams, which was a shame, with only 2 games to play before the semi-finals. This week Barraba travel to Scone and hope for a win before taking on Moree at Barraba in the last game. They will be hard as they are above the Rams o ... read more

Golf Notes Another winter golf day with more amazing weather. It was a smaller turnout, with members away at the Boggabri Open, but we still managed 18 starters. The comp was an Individual Stableford, so everyone was out for themselves. Robert Sweeney finished with a massive 41 to win the day, incl ... read more

Golf Notes Winter turning on another glorious day for our 4BB Multiplayer. Like always, golf was the real winner for most golfers. The winners on a countback were F. Allan and D. Lott with an impressive 78. Also, on 78 was S. Middlemiss and P. Simpson. B. Benson and D. McMurtrie gave it a crack on ... read more

Rugby Report Barraba travelled to Narrabri on Saturday with a Ram team, while the Ewes had to forfeit owing to a shortage of players. The Rams started off well and led the game early, with forwards having the better control in the clashes for supremacy. Reports stated the team had the chances to w ... read more

Rifle Club Results On Saturday 22nd July we had only four shooters at the range, it wasn’t the most pleasant of days but that didn’t stop the boys from shooting great scores. Brendan and Darren both shot 300’s, with Brendan only .3 off a perfect score in the 100m Benchrest. Congr ... read more

Golf Notes On Sunday a good field of players contested the third round of the Club Championships for a trophy donated by Sam Faint. There were a number of good scores across the afternoon however the winner of the trophy was Firmen Allan with 74 off the stick for an excellent net 67. Runner up was ... read more

Rugby Report Saturday started with a function to say thanks to the Club’s sponsors, who every year sponsor many different sections of the players gear and inside the club. The function saw numerous members turn up to a meal and drinks before the rugby started. Barraba Women’s team were ... read more

Rugby Report Barraba Rams travelled to Pirates on the weekend knowing the task would be difficult especially for the girls as Pirates have a surplus of players with the ramettes short on sufficient numbers.  Pirates on the game 39-5.  Players player – K Fisher, 3 points K Newell, 2 ... read more

Golf Notes Helen Kelly enjoyed the glorious winter weather on Sunday to win Kerrie Smith’s trophy. Carding an excellent 92 off the stick to finish with a net 66 Helen finished 1 shot ahead of runner up Craig Rutley who carded a very good par round 71, with a net 67. Balls went to Gary Allen n ... read more

Golf Notes The pairing of Peter York and Craig Rutley took out the 2023 Barraba Mens Foursomes Championship on Sunday. Carding a two over par 73 they were 6 shots clear of runners up Will Sedgwick and Campbell Tonkin on 79. Two shots further back were Firmen Allan and Peter Simpson on 81. The overa ... read more

Rugby Report Good news during the week to hear that all three of the Barraba junior rams have made the final NSW Country state team for the U16’s girls and U14’s boy’s team.  There were six girls and two boys from Central North gaining selection in these two age groups.  ... read more

Rifle Club Although the weather was a bit on the cold side and the breeze was blowing on Saturday the shooters shot some excellent scores. Brendan, Andrew, and Darren all scored two possibles in the 100m Benchrest, with Noah scoring one possible. Casey wasn’t far behind them with a 99 and Dal ... read more

Rugby Report This Saturday the Barraba Rams and Ewes have a bye and may have a training run in the afternoon to iron out some faults and keep their fitness after their loss in the first game of the second season. Games this weekend are as follows; Narrabri v Walcha, Gunnedah v Scone, Pirates v Mor ... read more

Golf Notes Chris Sweeney continued his recent run of form to win Daniel Anderson’s trophy on Sunday with a very good plus 5. Runner up on plus 4 was Dave McMurtrie with balls going to Daniel Anderson plus 3, Bevan Benson plus 1, Richard Pudicombe square and Rodger Fisher also square.  T ... read more

Rugby Report Following on from last week’s report we have 3 juniors who are doing some travelling for training for the opportunity to be selected in the NSW sides. Dusty Hiscock in the Boys U14s and Regan Simpson and Zahlie Cabot in the U16 girls. They will get a great benefit of better train ... read more

Golf Notes Barraba golfers were split between home and Manilla on Sunday. Locally Rob Sweeney scored 39 Stableford points to win the club trophy from runner up Des Kelaher with 37 points. There were no NTPs recorded. In singles matchplay results Bevan Benson defeated Chris Sweeney 4 and 3 whilst Ke ... read more

Rugby Report Country Week Championship Carnivals were held around the state from under 12s to the seniors. Barraba had their share of players represented in all age groups with 14 participants. Playing at Port Macquarie were girls under 16s, Sydney boys under 12s, Dubbo both girls and boys under 14 ... read more

Golf Notes   On Sunday a very good field of 35 players contested the second round of our Club Championships for Campbell Tonkin’s trophy. The winner for the best nett score of the day was Dan Lott who carded an excellent net 64 after carding 84 off the stick. Runner up was Chris Sweeney ... read more

Golf Notes Pleasing to see Graham Bowman have a return to form to take out the Betty Artis Memorial trophy on Sunday. Carding 42 stableford points Graham won on a countback from runner up Bill Simpson also with 42 points. Balls went to Peter Simpson 38, Peter York 38, Chris Sweeney 38, Des Kel ... read more

Rugby Union Report The Country Week Championships were played over the long weekend with the U16’s in Port Macquarie and the senior men’s in Tamworth there were no local comp games. A catch up of results and who participated from Barraba should be known for next week’s Community N ... read more

Rifle Club Saturday’s weather conditions were perfect for our shoot at the range.  We only had one for the Centrefire and four for the .22 Benchrest shoots. A big congratulations goes to both Casey and Brendan who shot 300 in the 100m Benchrest event. Andrew scored a possible in the 50m ... read more

Rugby Union Report On the local Ladies Day function, where over seventy ladies took part in the days fun and had a great day, as they came out decked up to the nines. The biggest problem was the girls on the field could not make the day a top success. Once the local girls were beaten by a team, wh ... read more

Golf Notes This week players contested both an Individual Versus Par for Phil Hiscock’s trophy and also formed teams of three to play a 3 BBB (3 Ball Best Ball) for the SAND trophy. The SAND trophy is donated by a number of our lady golfers. As a double event the unwritten rule is that p ... read more

Rifle Club Saturday was rather fresh at the range and the shooters had a breeze to contend with. The .22 Benchrest event had four shooters try their hand against the breeze that wasn’t there and then it was. It’s always the way when you are trying to get that perfect score. Brendan on ... read more

Golf Notes Conditions were ideal Saturday with a backdrop of autumn undertones as players contested a 4 Ball BAM for a trophy donated by Will Sedgwick and Peter Simpson.   The event is played in pairs where on holes 1-6 they record only the best score of their stablef ... read more

Rugby Report On Saturday Barraba were to play Walcha but the home team forfeited to the Barraba Rams. This coming Saturday Barraba are at home to Scone in both women’s and men’s games with the big attraction, Ladies Day, when the female players and supporters turn up in numbers to have ... read more

Golf Notes  Bill Simpson has enjoyed some respite from mowing the course this week to card 42 Stableford points and win Graham Bowman’s trophy on Sunday. In cold and windy conditions the runner up was Dan Lott on 39 points with balls going to Will Sedgwick 38, Gary Allen 36, Des Kelaher ... read more

Rugby Union Report The weekend was topped off by another well organised Annual Junior Carnival at Barraba. Teams came from Coonabarabran, Sone, Moree, Gunnedah, Narrabri, Tamworth, Armidale, Inverell, Quirindi and Walcha for the age groups of under 8s, 10s and 11s. All up there would have been betw ... read more

Golf Notes Players contested the first round of our Club Championships on Sunday playing for a trophy donated by Amanda Koopman. The Club Championship format now allows players to take their 2 best scores over the first 3 rounds of play with it being compulsory to play and include the 4th and final ... read more

Golf Notes Friday 5th May On Friday Barraba played host to 48 players in the Central North Veterans Golf Open. In Division 1 the winner was Terry Lovegrove (Manilla) 39 points, runner up on a countback was Gary Turner (Manilla) 36 points and third was Tony Gray (Tamworth) 36 points). In Divi ... read more

Rugby Report  The Barraba Rams were home to last season’s top teams in the second grade and women’s rugby, so were expecting top opposition and that was the story of the day. Pirates put pressure on Barraba to have the men’s game on first which caught a lot of supporters off ... read more

Rugby Union Report The Barraba Rams travelled to Inverell last Saturday and came home with a loss in the girls game and a good win in the mens match. The girls, again struggling for numbers, were beaten 17-12, three tries to two, so not a bad loss. In the mens game the Rams got up over the home s ... read more

Golf Notes With Barraba golfers supporting the Bingara Open last Sunday there was no local competition to report. Our attention now turns to our three days of golf commencing this Friday with our Annual Barraba Veterans Open Day. An Individual Stableford format across Divisions 1 (handicaps up to 1 ... read more

Rugby Report With Barraba having a bye last weekend there is no game report but will travel to Inverell this Saturday to do battle with the locals. Training for the Mens team has been strong and augers well for the season. But the Girls team needs more numbers. So, girls who wish to play and have ... read more

Golf Notes Craig Ruttley again showed his power off the tee to card a 2 over par 73, net 67 to win the Mal Stein and Ron Bridges trophy on Sunday. Joint runners up with a net 71 were Peter Simpson and Dave McMurtrie.  Balls went to Chris Sweeney net 72, Liam Johnston net 73 and ... read more

Rifle Club Report The weather on Saturday was good for our shooters as the wind was only light at times. The morning Centrefire event had four shooters and an RCO. With four also for the Benchrest in the afternoon. Scores were mostly in the 90’s and Brendan scoring two possibles, congratulat ... read more

Rugby Report The 2023 season kicked off on Saturday with Barraba hosting Quirindi in the opening match. The Women’s game was called off as Quirindi did not have enough girls for a team so forfeited to Barraba. The Men’s game started with Barraba in the Quirindi half with some solid for ... read more

Golf Notes Lyn Groth and Fermin Allan carding an 89 survived a three-way countback on Sunday to win the 2023 Mixed Foursomes Championships. It was a special win for Lyn winning her family trophy, the L and V Bridges Memorial.  Lyn holds many memories of the club going back to her sub ... read more

Golf Notes  Whilst Chris Sweeney was being modest when he said he rode his luck with a chip in and a couple of lucky breaks his score of 36 Stableford points proved far too strong in the Gary and Sandra Allan Polkadots trophy on Sunday. The overall scores showed that the course is playing lon ... read more

Rugby Report The 2023 rugby season will commence on Saturday 15th April, with Barraba hosting Quirindi in the women’s and men’s rugby. After a very good season last year the Club is feeling confident of another strong display from the men’s team with solid numbers at training, wh ... read more

Golf Notes Ali Smith enjoyed the glorious Autumn conditions on Sunday to claim Ian and Brenda McColls’ trophy. Playing a Bisq Par Ali finished with the very good score of plus 7 to finish two shots ahead of Chris Sweeney plus 5 with balls also going to Kerrie Smith plus 4 Liam Johnston plus 2 ... read more

Golf Notes   Liam Johnston and Tom Mellor were able to claim the John and Toni Waugh and Bill Simpson 4 BBBB trophy on Sunday. Carding 42 stableford points they just edged out Dan Lott and Craig Rutley on 41 points with balls going to Kevin Kelaher and Rob Sweeney on 37 points. It has been a ... read more

Barraba Golf Notes 19 March 23 Des Kelaher with 34 stableford points won Hamilton Trotters trophy on Sunday. Runner up was Firmen Allan with 33 points with balls going to Will Sedgwick 31 and David York on 30 points.  The rain spread over a few days was most welcome and as the scores sho ... read more

Browndog Boxing Gday everyone,   Last Saturday Browndog Boxing Barraba had the pleasure to host a world class professional boxer who now resides in Narrabri, Robert “DEADLY” Medley.   Rob had a massive and very successful amateur and professional boxing career and is one o ... read more

Golf Notes   Thirty players teed off in overcast conditions on Sunday for our season opener.  It wasn’t long before there was a short delay in play however no one complained about the much needed rain.   Playing a 2 person Ambrose Craig Rutley and Dan Lott carded three birdie ... read more

Rifle Club Results Saturday at the range we saw three shooters attend for the Centrefire event and four for the afternoon Benchrest. In the Benchrest both Brendan and Dallas scored possibles. Congratulations to you both. In the Centrefire event John A scored a 300.16, congratulations John.  Th ... read more

Golf Notes All is in readiness for the start of the 2023 Golf Season with players contesting a 2 person ambrose for the Bevan Benson and Liam Johnston trophy this Sunday. Hit off is at 12 noon and those people without a partner will be teamed up with someone on the day. Whilst things have dried of ... read more

The sponsorship night on Friday night went off with a real bang with a very good crowd in attendance to partake of a seafood and very good range of salad delights or both if you were hungry, well done to those who prepared and served it up. The feature of the night was the introduction of Gemma Eth ... read more

Rugby Union   News The Sponsorship Night will be held on Friday 3rd February to commence at 6pm for a seafood dinner. Tickets available at: HTTPS://www.trybooking. Com/cfjan     or at Stock and Crop. As mentioned last week, Gemma Etheridge will be the guest speaker, ... read more

Rugby Union News The 2023 rugby season is looking very promising with the Club President in touch with suitable coaches for the men’s and women’s teams and the Club staying in Reserve Grade for this year. Training will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays, commencing on the 17th January. Anyon ... read more