Local Sport
Jeffries rides her third Cobar Cup win
A good crowd was on hand to witness Parkes jockey Tiffany Jeffries win the $10,000 WesTrac Cobar Cup (1700 metres) on the Russell Green-trained Victorian Crown in the feature event at the Cobar Miners Race Club autumn meeting on Saturday. It was the third Cobar Cup win for Jeffries after […]
Juniors host Narromine and Nyngan for a big day of footy
The Cobar Roosters Junior Rugby League Club hosted Narromine and Nyngan teams for Round 2 of the Dubbo & District Junior Rugby League competition on Saturday at Tom Knight Memorial Oval. The Under 14s game between the Roosters and Narromine was a high scoring and highly entertaining game which the […]
Camels’ win over Bulls breaks five year drought
The annual Western Plains Rugby Elder Trophy match between the Cobar Camels and the Bogan Bulls at the Ailsa Fitzsimmons Memorial Oval on Friday night was a thriller. Cobar won the match 19-15 with the Camels thrilled to have been able to get their hands on the silverware after what’s […]
Camels beaten by Coonamble Rams
The Cobar Camels travelled to Coonamble to contest Round 2 of the Western Plains Rugby competition on Saturday. With a few players out due to work commitments the Camels still travelled with a strong tem of 18 players for their first away game and encountered a very strong Coonamble side. […]
Roosterettes return to top form with 34-0 win over Trangie
The Cobar Roosterettes returned to their top form with a convincing 34-0 win over Trangie in Round 4 of the Castlereagh Ladies League Tag competition played at Tom Knight Memorial Oval on Saturday. The Cobar team exploded into the Castlereagh competition this season with the side having won the pre-season […]
Rugby League’s ‘Battle of the Birds’ lived up to its hype
The Cobar Roosters’ Round 4 Castlereagh Rugby League competition game against the Trangie Magpies on Saturday at Tom Knight Memorial Oval was being promoted as the ‘Battle of the Birds’. And what a battle it was with the lead changing five times in the high scoring game which Cobar eventually […]
Ryan wins third Cobar Open golf title
For the second successive year Jacob Ryan has claimed the Cobar Men’s Golf Open title. Ryan won the 27 hole Stroke event sponsored by Epiroc on Sunday ahead of Narromine’s Tony Harding. It’s the third time Ryan has won the Cobar Open having also claimed the title in 2015. (He […]
Cobar Rugby reminisces on 60 years of the club’s history
Nymagee local Darby Warner had an illustrious 17 year playing career with the Cobar & Districts Rugby Union Club. Darby’s contributions to the club will be celebrated as part of the club’s 60 Years anniversary celebrations on the June long weekend. Darby started playing with Cobar in 1967 and retired […]
Scott Toomey cleans up at this year’s Yabbies presentations
Scott Toomey cleaned up at the Cobar Yabbies Senior Men’s Swimming Club 2017/2018 season presentations on Friday night at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club. Toomey won four of the eight major trophies on offer including the Overall Club Champion Curly Solomon Point Score Shield. Toomey finished the season with […]