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Exciting riding for Copper City Tri Series

A field of 40 riders, great weather and exciting competition between the out of towners and the locals made for a great finish for the Cobar Auto Club’s Copper City Tri Series on Saturday. With plenty of competition, particularly in the Opens and All Powers classes, it came down to […]

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President’s Day bowls

The Cobar Bowling & Golf Club hosted a field of 42 bowlers for the President’s Day bowls tournament on Sunday with local teams up against players from Hay, Hillston and Tongala in Victoria. Played in a Triples team format of two games of 16 ends, the all Cobar team of […]

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Gilbert racks up another Cobar Open title

Chris Gilbert won his third Cobar Men’s Open golf title on Sunday after finishing two shots ahead of another previous Open winner, Greg Read. Gilbert was ahead after 18 holes in the Epiroc 2019 Men’s Golf Open but was certain the more experienced Read would catch him on the back […]

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Roosterettes return to the winning circle

The Cobar Roosterettes League Tag team returned to the winning circle on Saturday when they had a great 22-10 win over Gulgong. Cobar hosted the Round 3 game of the Christie and Hood Castlereagh League competition at Tom Knight Memorial Oval on Saturday in breezy conditions which forced a change […]

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Golfers cheering despite rain-cancelled games

While just a handful of players could celebrate their wins after a big Easter weekend of golf, all golfers were cheering on Monday after heavy rain the night before closed the course. Men’s golf captain Peter ‘China’ Brien said the 61mm “was just what the doctor ordered”. Brien said the […]

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Brilliant start for Bantams

The Cobar Roosters Under 18s made a brilliant start to their 2019 Castlereagh Rugby League season with a dominant display against last season’s premiers, the Coonabarabran Unicorns, at Tom Knight Memorial Oval on Saturday. In front of a large home crowd and in very warm weather, the young Roosters trounced […]

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The Empire strikes back to win grand final

The Empire cricket team well and truly ruffled the feathers of the Nymagee Magpies cricket side in Saturday’s 40 grand final with Empire claiming a convincing 66 runs win. The Empire side was slow to get started on Saturday morning at Ward Oval in contrast to the competition’s minor premiers, […]

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Bushies win on the final ball

After finishing at the top of the table, Howie’s Hombres looked to be the favourites to take out the Twenty/20 cricket grand final on Friday night at Ward Oval. It was however Bushies’ night with the underdogs winning the match with Shane Martin hitting a four on the last ball […]