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Dubbo's recipient of a Medal of the Order of Australia in the Queen's Birthday 2015 Honours List is not quite sure where to put his OAM.

Graeme John Board, 58, of Brocklehurst, is known to all and sundry by his forever nickname, "Boardy".

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He's only new to town, but Mark Townsend is already making his mark in a number of fields. The city's newest Salvation Army Corps Officer, Dubbo Kangaroos third grade winger and Rotarian talks to weekender about family, faith, football and the evolving image of the Salvos. As told to Jen Cowley Photography Connor Coman-Sargent.

Until January last year, I was a Sydney boy - so it was a real tree change to come to Dubbo. My wife, Tamaryn and our children Julia (10) and Micah (5) and I are really loving it. We were ready to experience a different life to what was on offer in the city and when we found we were coming to Dubbo we were absolutely stoked.

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A conversion from James Mata two minutes from full-time gave the Dubbo Kangaroos a hard-fought 22-20 win over the Forbes Magpies at Grinstead Oval on Saturday.

The Roos made the trip to Forbes on the back of Blowes Clothing Cup wins over Parkes and CSU and Mata's kick, his only successful one of the day, sealed the scrappy victory.

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With two successive wins the confidence is starting to build in the Dubbo Kangaroos camp but captain Shaun McHugh is well aware a win tomorrow at Forbes can't be taken for granted.

The defending Blowes Clothing Cup premiers produced their best performance of the season last week to beat CSU 60-5 but the skipper expects a much bigger test against the Platypi at Grinstead Oval.

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Dubbo Kangaroos Ladies Day hosted by Clare's Angels.

Dubbo's highly-touted forward pack came to the fore on Saturday as the defending Blowes Clothing Cup champions racked up 10 tries in a 60-5 demolition of CSU Bathurst at No.1 Oval.

The Roos' engine room supplied eight of those five-pointers, including three to skipper Shaun McHugh who racked up his hat-trick inside the opening 40 minutes.

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Join the Roos as they walk the plank this Saturday night at the Mersh, dress up in ya best pirate gear, prizes for the best Jack Sparrow look alike, Captain Morgan rum deals, giveaways and much more. The Barnes Brothers will provide entertainment so don’t miss this great theme night.

See ya there me hearties.

Dubbo Kangaroos have bounced back into the winner's circle with a 26-12 win over Parkes at No.1 Oval on Saturday, in the process earning themselves a four-try bonus point.

After a string of three straight losses the defending Blowes Clothing Cup premiers needed a win to kick-start their season and they were rarely troubled as they bagged a pair of tries in each half.

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Dubbo Kangaroos coach Vince Gordon was delighted to see glimpses of fluent attacking rugby during Saturday's Blowes Clothing Cup win over the Narromine Gorillas.

Free-flowing ball movement was synonymous with the Roos' during their run to the 2014 premiership and despite a host of new faces, the defending premiers still proved too strong and won 39-11.

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