Month: August 2021
Kriz blitzes field of 17 to claim Marie McManus trophy
The Ladies Golf annual Marie McManus Memorial Day was held on Sunday with 17 participants teeing off. Narelle Kriz blitzed the rest of the field fin-ishing with 42 stableford points, five points clear of nearest rival Barb Barklimore on 37. Fay Hardwick, Sally Bannister and Tina Gor-don all scored 36 […]
Divas take home the A Grade trophy
Two thrilling games worthy of grand fi-nals were played out for the end of the sen-ior netball competition on Saturday after-noon at Ward Oval. Divas prevailed to win the A Grade grand final in a comeback effort with a 39-30 victory over the JKM Dynamic Fitness team. After they missed […]
Bactrians head to rugby semi finals
The Cobar Bactrians women’s rugby team went down to Walgett 6-1 on Saturday in the Western Plains Rugby women’s competition game played at Ailsa Fitzsimmons Memorial Oval. Sally Schintler scored Cobar’s only try off a chip and chase effort in the final minutes of the game. Best & Fairest points […]
CPS’s Dreaming Day celebrated country and culture
Cobar Public School celebrated their annual Dreaming Day at the school last week and, while COVID restrictions meant that some of the activities ran a little bit differently this year, it certainly didn’t dampen the excitement the school community has for country and culture. Dreaming or Dreamtime represents the time […]
Mixed reactions to decision to divert Pfizer vaccinations
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian’s an-nouncement that Pfizer vaccines would be redirected from rural areas to the city has been met with a mixed reaction locally. The Premier announced last week that Pfizer vaccines would be redirected from the alloca-tions to rural areas to support Year 12 students in the Greater […]
Lotto division one prize goes to a local
Cobar’s mystery TattsLotto division one winner has been found but it’s taken a while for Carl Young to let that all sink in. The local farmer had gone about his week as usual, without realising he had a division one winning Saturday Lotto ticket stuffed in his wallet. After reading […]