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Cobar Judo Club welcomes another black belt

Local Andrew Roberts recently earned his black belt after more than seven years of dedicated training with the Cobar Judo Club under the guidance of Sensei Ray Chandler. Obtaining a black belt in any form of martial arts is a major achievement with statistics showing that only 10 students out […]

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Perfect golf conditions didn’t last

Last Wednesday couldn’t have been a more perfect day for playing golf with beautiful sunshine and a lovely 23 degrees. If only it had stayed like for the weekend! Karen Walsh had a great game on sunny Wednesday winning the Stableford with 38 points from the field of 16 ladies. […]

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Help needed for junior netball

The Junior Netball season is set to get underway at the end of the month, albeit with a later start than previous years due to COVID-19 restrictions. Registration is now open for boys and girls to play in the 2020 season, however before a competition can go ahead, volunteers are […]

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Old rivalries will be put aside

The old Cobar/Nyngan rivalries will need be put aside for the 2020 Western Plains Rugby Union season as the Cobar Camels team up to play with Nyngan Bulls in the competition this year. Camels club president Jarrod Marsden announced last Wednesday the two clubs would be joining forces to contest […]

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Golfers out in good numbers despite the cold

It was a cold weekend for golf but there were still good turn-outs, especially on Saturday when 24 players competed in the Men’s Golf Three Ball Classic. The different rules which applied to this format of the game didn’t deter the Fraser family team, of Stewart, Alec and Mark, who […]

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Only weekend matches played

Another ‘washed out Wednesday’ occurred last week with the Ladies Golf competition days reduced to the weekend matches only. Numbers were close to the 20 mark on both days with 18 players contesting the stroke game on Saturday. Fran Samios held off Jenny Stephenson and Fay Hardwick after countbacks in […]

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Beetson firms as Singles favourite

The men’s bowls championships competitions have resumed at the Golfie. In the Singles game played on Sunday Brad Beetson firmed up as the competition favourite after he defeated Shane Carter 31-28 in their match. In the Pairs game on Saturday, David Knight and Aaron Finn held on to win 22-20 […]

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Clark’s second hole in one this season

It’s that man again – Greg Clark, who continues to amaze the local golfing fraternity. Clark ruthlessly outclassed men’s golf captain Peter ‘China’ Brien on Saturday to advance to the semi-final stage of the Bill Bartlett Matchplay competition. Then on Sunday, not happy with a hole-in-one a couple of months […]

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Camels won’t be pulling on the boots

The Cobar Camels don’t look like they will be pulling on their rugby boots this season with the Cobar club pulling out of the 2020 Western Plains Rugby Union competition. Club president Jarrod Marsden said feedback from the Camels’ coaches was that they had only received a firm commitment from […]

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Camels are still on the fence

A Western Plains Rugby Union competition is planned to go ahead for the 2020 season but whether the Cobar Camels will be fielding a side for it is still unknown. Cobar Camels co-coach Robert Cooney said Western Plains is keen to go ahead this season with a salvaged competition in […]