Sport
03 Sep 10 | THERE is nothing more powerful than the loving bond a father has with his son.
03 Sep 10 | THINGS have been relatively quiet at the City Bowling Club with many bowlers hibernating for the Winter and the weather not being very kind.
03 Sep 10 | IT is the day that all netball teams have been waiting for … the Lithgow District Netball Association’s grand final day.
03 Sep 10 | ONE of Lithgow’s best known hockey personalities Kevin “Roughhouse” Mays has been invited to play hockey with the Alliance International Veterans Hockey Club at the World Grand Masters Hockey competition to be played this month at Cape Town in South Africa.
03 Sep 10 | FIVE Lithgow rugby league players — Scott and Jeremy Fittler, Tony and Mark Northey and Steve McMurtrie — will be joining forces with players from Bathurst and Mudgee to take part in the 40th anniversary NSW Annual Aboriginal Rugby League Knockout.
01 Sep 10 | THE Wallerawang Bowling Club has been hosting the play-offs for the Wolinski Shield on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday with the best teams from the Nepean, Blue Mountains and Western Districts taking part.
01 Sep 10 | LITHGOW Workmens Club Panthers have been flying under the radar for most of the season, but in the women’s Western Premier League semi final at Bathurst, the Panthers defeated Bathurst City after a golden goal extra time 1-nil win.
01 Sep 10 | A NUMBER of dedicated Lithgow Swimming Club members have been travelling to Bathurst and Katoomba to train over the Winter season.
01 Sep 10 | A NUMBER of critics throughout the Western Premier League were saying the Lithgow Workies Panthers were not a shadow of themselves and will do it tough if they are to defend their title.
30 Aug 10 | ORANGE CYMS captain-coach Michael Sullivan has swept the field at this year’s Group 10 rugby league awards night, taking home the premier league player of the year and coach of the year awards held in Bathurst.
30 Aug 10 | THE weather continued to cut golf fields down during the nine hole golf events at the Lithgow Golf Club, but there was still a band of keen golfers taking part.
The winner of the Jeff Morris Financial Planning Wednesday competition was Max Nightingale with a score of 23 points.
30 Aug 10 | Tall Timbers 5, Miscues 2 — that was the result of the top of the table clash in last week’s round of the Interclub Snooker competition.
30 Aug 10 | AN army of black and red rugby league fans, committee and families invaded the field to greet their heroes when the fulltime bell hooter sounded at the Lithgow Show with the Lithgow Bears winning their first premiership since 1995.
27 Aug 10 | Golf for the Lithgow Lady Golfers was restricted to one event with the Saturday event being cancelled due to the freezing conditions.
27 Aug 10 | THE Under 12 Boys Lithgow Lazers Basketball side travelled to Penrith to compete in Round 2 of the NSW State Championships that featured the last eight NSW teams to qualify.
27 Aug 10 | THE final day of the Minkey competition has been held with the day culminating a great season for the youngsters, although there were several days the weather really tested the resolve of the littlies.
27 Aug 10 | It has been a long season and it all comes down to today when the Lithgow Bears take on the Blackheath Blackcats to see who will take out the Centennial Coal Rugby League Cup.
27 Aug 10 | If Wayne and Rebecca Dukes’ earthmoving business goes bad, they can always go into the trophy business thanks to their sons (although both were excellent sportspersons in their own right in their younger days).
25 Aug 10 | It has been an up and down season for the young Zig Zag Women’s premier league side, but against adversity they finished their season in the best way with a 3-2 win over Orange Cougars at Orange.
25 Aug 10 | THE Lithgow Sporting Hall of Fame is calling for applications for their next induction, so if you think that you have the necessary credentials or know of someone that has drop in to Club Lithgow and get a application form.