News for 2009

State Showriding Championships (30-Dec-09) [Read more...]
Results for Bingara competitors at the State Showriding Championships held Saturday December 4 and Sunday December 5 were:

Bingara hosts State Showriding (15-Dec-09) [Read more...]
Riders from throughout New South Wales attended the State Showriding Championships at the Bingara Showground on the first weekend of December.

Barney’s Day really rocked (15-Dec-09) [Read more...]
Saturday, December 5, 2009 was Barney's Day, a charity day for cancer research.  Once again it was a great success with 95 players taking part in a 3 person event. Thanks go to all people involved in the running of the day. Well done.

Race team completes Prokart season (7-Dec-09) [Read more...]
A Bingara based Go Kart team was started by Alan Bilsborough earlier this year, which is interesting seeing that his own father, Russell Bilsborough, helped build the Bingara track just west of the show ground in the 1950s. Russell, along with his wife Nell (deceased), were founding members and active participants of the Bingara Go Kart Club for a number of years.

Twilight Twenty20 Cricket 2009/10 Draw (7-Dec-09) [Read more...]
Round 4 December 11 Gwydir Oval: Garrawilla Jackaroos V Horton Hogs Umpires: Bruce Coss and Will Cannington Scorer: Linda Cannington School: Balgree Bulls V Senepol Sloggers Umpires: Russell Smyth and Steve McGarrity Scorer: Kylie Rogers

Pony Express series wraps up (28-Nov-09) [Read more...]
Kallum Mccouat and Jake Innis Brown have taken out first place in C grade in the Northern Inland Pony Express series. Kallum and Jake headed into Round 7 in first place with the competitors in second place hot on their tail hoping to take the lead.

Honours for Brenda and Wendy (28-Nov-09) [Read more...]
New South Wales State President Jewel Buchanan recently visited the Warialda bowling club. This was a special trip organised for President Jewel to meet and have discussions with members of the small isolated clubs of the north west, namely Warialda, Bingara, Ashford and Croppa Creek.

Bingara kids totally in2cricket (20-Nov-09) [Read more...]
A late storm Friday afternoon could not even stop kids enjoying cricket in Bingara. Although the Twenty20 matches were cancelled a great number of kids stuck around for an informal game and barbecue.

OzTag news (13-Nov-09) [Read more...]
Another successful night for the Mixed Oztag Competition seeing Wotamob vs Imperial Tradies with the final score being 11-9 to Imperial Tradies.  Best and Fairest went to Danika Fields.

Gwydir Oval comes alive (13-Nov-09) [Read more...]
Last Wednesday week Gwydir Oval was absolutely humming with cricket. Twenty five kids from 5 years to Year 3 (8-9 years) joined the Milo in 2cricket skills program with many parents attending and helping out.

OzTag off to great start for the season (10-Nov-09) [Read more...]
Wow! What a great start to another season of Bingara Mixed Oztag last Wednesday night. With over 90 players in the comp some new and a great young team from Warialda, the first night was with out a doubt a huge success.

Anglers chase ‘rabbits of the river’ (6-Nov-09) [Read more...]
Sometimes called the ‘rabbits of the river’ the introduced carp is now Australia’s most abundant yet most despised large freshwater fish.

Bingara OzTag Association Competition Draw (4-Nov-09) [Read more...]
Week 1 6.30pm Wotamob vs Imperial Tradies Rusty Nails vs La Vogue Works 7.30pm Coote Fabrication vs Moon Shiners Sporto’s - bye

Cricket draw for 2009/2010 season (4-Nov-09) [Read more...]
Round 1 October 17, 2009 Imperial v Gully Royals Barraba v RSL Warialda v Gravesend Horton bye

Bingara Amateur Swimming Club update (4-Nov-09) [Read more...]
In response to a mass mail out to the whole community outlining our situation, the swimming club held a meeting on October 21. 

Trying conditions at Zone 8 Jamboree (27-Oct-09) [Read more...]
Dusty dry conditions couldn’t dampen the spirits of the 2009 Bingara Pony Club Jamboree Team who were triumphant at the recent Jamboree held at Gravesend.

Lexi battles to win Ian Hart Memorial Trophy (19-Oct-09) [Read more...]
The Ian Hart Commemorative Ribbon Day was recently run at the conclusion of the Bingara Pony Club mini camp.

Fossickers’ Way Veterans’ Week of Golf 2009 (15-Oct-09) [Read more...]
Fifty three golfers from Wallsend, Raymond Terrace, Tea Gardens, Ryleston, Forster, Grafton, Taree, Old Barr, Hawkes Nest, Wyoming, Bundeburg, South West Rocks, Morrisett, Kurri Kurri, Ullabulla, St. George Basin, Aberdeen,Kandos and Muswellbrook joined with players from Bingara, Barraba and Warialda for this year’s competition which finished with a presentation dinner at the Bingara Sporting Club on Friday evening, October 2.

Bingara Minor League proves it can survive (29-Sep-09) [Read more...]
“Football on Gwydir Oval again: What a great sight for young and old, after the empty feelings of 2008,” Bingara Minor League, President, Paul Maclachlan said at the Annual General Meeting and Club presentations on Saturday.

Pony Club’s Ribbon Day event enjoyed by all (29-Sep-09) [Read more...]
Bingara Pony Club ribbon day, held on Saturday attracted about 60 entrants and was enjoyed by all who took part.  The One Day Event, held on Sunday was also very successful, with 40 members giving the newly upgraded Cross Country course at the Showground the ‘thumbs up’.

National Youth Touch Football Titles (23-Sep-09) [Read more...]
The National Youth Touch Football Championships were held at Port Macquarie last week (16 - 19 September) and involved around 40 Under 18 girls and boys teams, either state or regional based.

Bingara Senior Oztag Competition (7-Sep-09) [Read more...]
The Bingara Senior Oztag Competition  for the summer period is currently in jeopardy after only one person turned up to the meeting.  Oztag is the fastest growing sport in Australia with over 70,00 participants.

Upper Horton Dog Trials the best yet! (24-Jun-09) [Read more...]
The Upper Horton Dog Trials were rated as the best yet, with record entries in both Yard and Arena.  Competitors came from Southern Queensland and a wide area of New South Wales to compete in fine but cold weather.  [Click Here] to view slideshows of the event.

Exciting weekend of polocrosse at Moree (24-Jun-09) [Read more...]
The Bingara Polocrosse Club had an exciting weekend of polocrosse when they competed at the Moree Carnival winning the B Grade competition. The team consisted of Glenn Hull, Louise Dailey, Phill Frewen, Geoff Turton, Tracey Frewen and Brandon Frewen.

June Open Tennis Tournament 2009 (15-Jun-09) [Read more...]
A successful weekend of tennis was played over the June long weekend with 42 player, mostly from out of town with only a handful of locals playing. This weekend is an annual reunion for a lot of tennis player travelling far to attend.

Yard dog trials at Upper Horton (4-Jun-09) [Read more...]
The Upper Horton Sports Club will be holding their annual dog trials on the long weekend, June 6, 7,and 8, 2009 at the Upper Horton Sports Ground.This will be the 23rd year of dog trialing.  It has grown from a one day event to the present three days and this year is shaping up to be the biggest yet.

Bingara polocrosse perform well at Merriwa (4-Jun-09) [Read more...]
The Bingara Polocrosse Club played another exciting weekend of polocrosse when they made the long trip to attend the Merriwa Polocrosse Carnival recently. With the Warialda Polocrosse carnival being cancelled, Bingara were determined to play.  The weekend paid off with one of the two teams winning the finals and the sub juniors showing they are a tough team of players.

Keen interest in tennis tournament (1-Jun-09) [Read more...]
The forecast for the June Long Weekend is for fine weather.  This is encouraging news for organisers of the Bingara 2009 Tennis Open, to be held on the long weekend, June 6, 7 and 8.

Bingara Pony Club 2009 Results (1-Jun-09) [Read more...]
Bingara Pony Club was a great success this year with fun being had by all.  The final two days sees fierce  competition in the One Day Event and Gymkhana.  But, what marks the Bingara Club is the pleasure that many of the children derive from seeing their friends do well, even if they have been beaten by them.

New alcohol policy for Group 19 (20-May-09) [Read more...]
The Bingara Bullets along with all Group 19 Clubs and the Police have adopted a new alcohol policy for 2009. All Clubs are committed to a safe family environment for everyone at their games and to make this happen some changes needed to be made. While no one can remember any unsocial incident at Gwydir Oval, never-the-less the idea is about prevention not reaction.

Polocross players attend Quirindi Carnival (20-May-09) [Read more...]
It was runners-up for the Bingara Polocrosse Club when they attended the Quirindi Polocrosse Carnival recently at the Quirindi Showgrounds. The Bingara team consisted of Phil Frewen, Jessica Barnes, Marc Tongue, Melissa Hanson, Lisa Clarke and Jason Creed.

Bingara boys doing well in Motocross (9-May-09) [Read more...]
Four Bingara boys travelled to Coffs Harbour on the weekend to compete in the third round of the North Coast Motocross Series.

Even scoreboard for Missiles and Uralla (5-May-09) [Read more...]
Last Saturday week’s crowd saw the Missiles take on Uralla in a friendly challenge which turned into an exciting game.

Bingara Polocrosse Carnival (1-May-09) [Read more...]
This weekend, May 2 and 3, the Bingara Polocrosse Club will be holding their annual Polocrosse carnival at the showgrounds from 9am Saturday and Sunday. A variety of teams is expected from all over for what is set to be a great weekend of Polocrosse.

Bingara Minor League news (28-Apr-09) [Read more...]
Only one week to go until the first game of Minor League for 2009 and this will be a home game commencing Saturday May 2.

“Victorious draw” for Missiles Tag Team (28-Apr-09) [Read more...]
Last Saturday week the missiles fought a gallant battle with only 10 players on a full field at Tingha. The missiles were outnumbered with no reserves and walked away with their heads held high after a 5 all draw. Tingha had plenty of reserves and even though they had one extra player on the field, they couldn’t stop the defense and attack of our missiles.

Easterfish anglers disappointed to find fish off their tucker (15-Apr-09) [Read more...]
Although numbers were up by over 20 on last year, Easterfish competitors along the Gwydir River found the fish to be most uncooperative.  The Anglers Club received 233 entries, again with good support from the Pally Fishing Club.

The family that fishes together ... (15-Apr-09) [Read more...]
A 1.045 kg Yellowbelly caught at Copeton Dam put young Bingara angler, Nicole Wilson on the list of prize winners at the year’s Easterfish competition.  Because no cod were weighed in, Nicole won the prize, a new fishing rod, on a countback.

Imperial Tradies win OzTag grand final! (4-Apr-09) [Read more...]
Congratulations to the Imperial Tradies who won 21-7 against a gallant Gwydir Shire Council Team.  The Bingara mixed Oztag has been a huge success this year and will kick off another great season in early October.  Look out for further details and details of the AGM meeting in the coming months.

Local riders visit Moree for first round of Club Championships (4-Apr-09) [Read more...]
Sunday March 15 saw a large number of riders roll into Moree for the first round of the Club Championships, mostly there to have a race on the Boolloroo track leading up to the NSW Junior State Titles in which Moree will host Round 2.

Bingara Polocrosse Club news (4-Apr-09) [Read more...]
The Bingara Polocrosse Club walked away D grade runners up and with two best numbers when they played at the Guyra Carnival on the weekend. The team consisted of Phil Frewen, Melissa Hanson, Glenn Hull, Bree Thompson, Marc Tongue and Jason Creed.

Doug Barrett Trophy returns to Bingara (17-Mar-09) [Read more...]
505 points, 350 sausages, 100 spectators, 65 swimmers, 4 strokes, 2 teams, 1 trophy!

Bingara boy representing TAS at cricket (20-Feb-09) [Read more...]
Bingara boy Daniel McDouall has been selected to play in The Armidale School’s First XI this season. Daniel is the son of Baden and Jen McDouall.  This is a considerable honour for a fine cricketer.

Cricketer awarded Ian Healy Trophy (8-Feb-09) [Read more...]
Well known sportsman, Tom Groth, was awarded the prestigious Ian Healy Wicket Keeping Trophy at the Australian Country Cricket Championships, held in the Barossa Valley at the beginning of January this year.

Bullets ready to Fire (12-Jan-09) [Read more...]
Indications are that 2009 will be an even better year for the Bingara Bullets than 2008. The disappointment of missing the semi finals by a whisker will be left well in the past as the 2009 squad starts its conditioning work this week. All players are invited to be at Gwydir Oval at 6pm on Wednesday 14th January to meet the Club’s new conditioner and decide future training times.