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First Parkrun was a hot one

It was a hot re-start for Cobar Parkrunners at the Newey on Saturday morning with all 17 participants feeling the heat. Parkrun, a free global event that has become a healthy Saturday morning habit for a number of Cobar locals, got cancelled last March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Parkrunners […]

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Quality of sports award winners was high

The number of nominations for this year’s Australia Day sporting awards may have been down on previous years (due mainly to COVID restrictions), however the quality of this year’s winners was still very high. Simone Knight earned the Service to Sport award for her ongoing and exceptional work at Cobar […]

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Local swimmers record plenty of PB’s

Cobar Swimming Club sent a team of six junior swimmers to the Macquarie Yabbies Swimming Carnival in Narromine on Sunday. All excelled with a number of new personal best times recorded. Isabelle Gillette dropped a massive 21.87 seconds off her previous best 100m backstroke time and Alora Deppeler shaved 4.28 […]

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Nymagee claim Paula’s trophy

Nymagee claimed the Paula Potter Cup cricket trophy after a two wicket win over Tottenham on Saturday. Tottenham finished with 9/124 from their 20 overs while Nymagee chased them down to finish with 8/127 in 19.3 overs. Matt Bolam was named Man of the Match finishing with fantastic bowling figures […]

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Grand final games were both thrillers

The Junior Touch grand finals were played in trying conditions on Thursday afternoon, however, the kids didn’t seem to notice the heat while playing.  Both games attracted a large amount of spectators to Ward Oval in what was reminiscent of Cobar’s touch football former glory days. In the senior grand […]

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Another win for Cobar Cowboys

The Cobar Cowboys defeated Narromine by three wickets on the back of a great bowling and fielding performance in the Macquarie Valley Brewery Shield cricket competition played at Narromine on Sunday. Cobar took all their chances taking nine catches in bowling Narromine out for 131 runs in the 33rd over. […]