Eleven bowlers took to the green in Wednesday's Jackpot Bowls. Winners on the day were Dave Wilson & Norm Johnston who defeated Jason O'Brien & Frank Gersbach 31 - 10 (16 Points). Runners-up were Ian Humphries (Swinging Lead) & Kevin Stanley who defeated Ian Humphries & Rob Harvey 21 - 13 (14 Points) Other result were Mo Clare & Jason Cornish defeated Don Graham & Ray Gersbach 22 - 15 (14 Points).

Ian Humphries won the Raffle.

Bowls are on again today Names in by 1.00pm with a 1.30pm start. Phone 6845 1973.

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS

Result of a Triples Game in the Club Championships played last Sunday: Garth Watts, Norm Johnston & Kevin Stanley defeated Jack Charlton, Rob Harvey & Terry Dray 18 - 16.

Further matches will be played this weekend check the noticeboard.

Kurt Cusack's been playing the Wellington Open since he was 13 but, over the course of the last decade, he's never hit the ball like he did last Sunday.

The 23-year-old broke through for his maiden open crown - on his home course, no less - against a crack field that includes Central West District Golf Association big guns Robert Payne and Mark Hale.

Cusack finished with a three-under 69, a single shot ahead of Dubbo's Matt Gleeson who shot a two-under par 70.

The Wellington Golf Club member defied some "pretty ordinary" putting to sneak home with the win.

"When I came off the 18th they said two-under was leading so I knew I was ahead there, but there there was two or three groups to go," Cusack said.

None of which could catch him.

"I was pretty excited," he added.

"Payne, Hale, they've all been there done that plenty of times in the past, at Wellington as well. Being my first time winning with that sort of field, I was pretty happy about that."

Cusack said he's played the best golf of his career over the course of the last eight months and he's thrilled to have come out on top on Sunday, on the back of some clean hitting off the tee.

"I thought the greens were tough, I putted pretty ordinary but I struck the ball well," he said.

"I just didn't sink too many putts."

The event was well supported by clubs from across the region, with over 130 golfers taking on the Wellington Open.

An impressive 36 members from the Dubbo Golf Club made the trip over while Duntryleague (18), Mudgee (15) and Wentworth (11) all sent strong contingents.

Duntry big-hitter Dean Turner took out the A grade handicap title with a score of 69, just ahead of Peak Hill's Andrew Brownlow, while Bradd Hyland (Dubbo) and Paul Glynn (Molong) won the lower grade handicap events with scores of 70 each in the B and C grade races.

In the lower grade scratch, Kieran Baker (Wellington) won B-grade with 82 off the stick and Wentworth's Justin Quinn hit a scratch score of 88 to take out C-grade.

Cusack's been playing in his home open for 10 years and he says the support the Wellington club receives from the wider CWDGA community was terrific.

"The club looks after the people that come down and they get the course in good nick, it's a great tournament," Cusack added.

She's a horse who's frustrated connections at times but on Monday at Dubbo Turf Club, Squared showed just what she's capable of.

Ridden by Eleanor Webster-Hawes, the Connie Greig-trained five-year-old-old produced a perfectly timed run to take out the inaugural heat of Dubbo Turf Club's new Winter Country Classic series.

Webster-Hawes produced fine job in the saddle the first time riding Squared, sitting deep on the fence for much of the trip before moving into the middle of the track towards the top of the track.

She then pushed Squared ($5.50) forward on through a gap and the mare flew home to steal victory from Ecstatically ($8.50) and Rosesay ($13).

"I was glad she took the gap because in her previous starts a gap has opened and she hasn't always gone through," owner and long time Greig supporter Michelle Jones said.

"She's got plenty of ability but it's just a case of when she wants to use it."

The first of the two heats on Monday was purely for mares and fillies and the first seven past the post, along with the first seven in the second for colts and geldings, advanced to the $40,000 final on June 14.

Dubbo-based Greig had four hopes in the first heat but Squared is the only one moving on to the final.

"Out of the four she's the one who should have been there," Jones said.

While she was the best chance of the quartet Jones was still surprised to see Squared get the job done.

The Wagga-trained Little Miss Nic was a $3.10 favourite but only managed to finish fifth while Fraternater ($8) missed out on a spot in the final.

"We were going to spell her and then this came up and we thought after this (we would) because we didn't expect her to win," Jones said with a laugh.

There was also praise for Webster-Hawes in her first time with Squared, getting the best from the mare to win in a photo finish.

Making the effort more impressive was the amount of travel Greig's mare had done recently, she was coming off a fifth-paced finish at Moree just last week.