Month: July 2022
Soccer star shares his skills with local players
Members of the Cobar Junior Soccer Club got to attend training sessions with ex-Socceroo Gerry Gomez, an experienced coach and football educator, on Friday af-ternoon and Saturday morning in Cobar. Gomez headed up the IM Team who con-ducted the sessions which catered for players of all levels and were a […]
Roosterettes blow away the Bombshells with a 32-14 win
The Cobar Roosterettes blew away the Binnaway Bombshells on Saturday at Tom Knight Memorial Oval winning their Cas-tlereagh League Tag match, 32-14. Cobar’s playmaker Brianna Watson was a standout in the Round 13 match opening the scoring for the Roosterettes early. Watson found a gap in the Binnaway de-fence seven […]
Visitor gets his name on Beryl Jones Memorial trophy
The Cobar Clay Target Club recently held their annual Beryl Jones Memorial Shoot with visitor Mark Kolstad getting his name on the trophy. There was a field of 27 shooters for this year’s event which preceded the State Night Point Score Championship. Local shooters and visitors contested both events. Skeet […]
2021/2022 Little Athletics NSW Award Dinner
Local Barry Knight (at left) was a finalist for Volunteer of the Year at the 2021/2022 Little Athletics NSW Awards dinner held at Ettalong on Saturday night. And while he didn’t win, Barry reckons he may have “conned” retired Australian sprinter, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor (also pictured above with Barry’s son Troy, […]
Cobar kids go Globetrotting
The Cobar Youth Council recently took a group of 18 local youth ranging in age from 12-17 on a three day excursion to Bendigo to see a Harlem Globetrotters basketball game, which combines athleticism, theatre and comedy in their style of play. The group also got to experience the Bendigo […]