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• Jarryd Rae sped through the Wheat race, hoping to win the cash prize on behalf of the Coonamble Preschool.
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Local show brings wet and wild entertainment

03/06/2026 by The Coonamble Times

The Coonamble Show revved to life on Tuesday afternoon 26 May, with motorbike gymkhana, charity team challenges and the mower racing bringing smiles to faces throughout opening night.

The kids kicked off the motorcross, and did not let the muddy course dull their enthusiasm.

“I think the wet conditions actually suited the kids more than the dry,” Coonamble Show Society President Brendan O’Connor said.

The riders’ pearly whites beamed through the mud covered helmets, as they slipped and skidded around the tracks.The kids gymkhana finished up around 6pm, and the adults . . .


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• Jarryd Rae sped through the Wheat race, hoping to win the cash prize on behalf of the Coonamble Preschool.

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