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Fraser and Lawrence win the first game
The official Men’s Golf season teed off on Saturday with the pairing of Alec Fraser and Peter ‘Ding’ Lawrence proving to be a winning combination. Fraser and Lawrence scored 43 points to win the Four-Ball-Best-Ball event one shot clear of the team of Mark Fraser and Stewart Fraser. Third place […]
2024
Chilli Steppers take the ‘Giant Killers’ down a peg
The Blossoms, who were dubbed as the ‘Giant Killers’ of the Opens Mixed Touch competition after beating last season’s two top teams, were taken down a peg last week when they were beaten 15-8 by the Red Hot Chilli Steppers. It’s been a tough but impressive start this season for […]
2024
Three year old Van claims the biggest Carp catch of the day
Two young Cobar boys have hauled in the two biggest European Carp fish at the Nyngan Fishing Club’s 2024 Nyngan Carp Muster on Saturday. Three year old Van Peters took the $1,000 prize for the biggest Carp caught on the day with his catch measuring 81cm (almost as big as […]
2024
‘Young Guns’ roll the ‘United Nations’
After a timing issue with players unavailable and the Golfie’s greens being out of action for a while due to an upgrade, the club’s 2023 Championship Triples bowls final was finally played on Saturday. It started out as a tight tussle but the ‘Young Guns’ team of Alec Fraser, Mark […]
2024
Seven teams compete in CATS February Team Challenge
Seven teams representing four different local sporting clubs competed in the Cobar Athletics & Triathlon Squad’s (CATS) Team Challenge on Sunday morning. The annual February Team Challenge, sponsored by Copper City Tyre Service, offered a $250 prize for the team’s nominated club with the cash this year going to the […]
2024
Camels briefed on competition’s new tackling rules
The Cobar Rugby Union Club has locked in two weekly training nights at the Ailsa Fitzsimmons Memorial Oval with Tuesdays being designated as their key training session for the week. Both of the weekly training sessions will be attended by Head Coach, Mark Aumua, and by one of his assistant […]
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Two Roosters line-up for Western Rams trials
Cobar Roosters First Graders Ashley Davies and Tyler Coughlan joined the Castlereagh League representative team (along with Chris Deighton as the team’s sports trainer) on Saturday at the Western Rams trials in Wellington. Captain/coach of the Cougars, Brad James said “the commitment and attitude were there but the ball security […]
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Veteran touch team still has plenty of life left in them
The veteran team in the Mixed Open Touch competition kicked off the new 2024 season by recording the biggest win in the opening round on Thursday night at Ward Oval. Phat Athletes have a record number of premiership titles under their belts and last week’s match looked like a return […]
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New junior touch season kicks off at Ward Oval
It seemed the magic number was ‘11’ when it came to scoring winning points in the first round of the Junior 13-16 years Touch competition at Ward Oval on Thursday. Yellow scored 11 points to beat Pink 11-2 in their game while Green also finished with 11 points […]