2023

Connie Greig wins 6th Cup at Cobar

For 36 year old apprentice jockey Paul Zerafa, his two wins have been a long time coming, the latest being on Saturday at the Cobar Miners Race Club meeting on local galloper, Mr Pointer. Originally apprenticed at Kembla Grange in 2005, Zerafa rode in Trials and in 2006 spent some […]

2023

Harvey leads Camel fight back to beat Coonamble

The Cobar Rugby Union Camels rallied in the final minutes of their Western Plains game to come from behind to win 29–25  against the Coonamble Rams on Saturday at Ailsa Fitzsimmons Memorial Oval.  The Camels’ late surge to victory was certainly meritorious. Several key players were unavailable on Saturday and […]

2023

Matt Russell wins Wanaaring Open

Ten Cobar golfers (seven men and three women) made the long journey to Wanaaring at the weekend to play in their annual Open event. The players from Cobar, along with golfers from Bourke and Brewarrina, joined the locals in the field of 24 players. Wanaaring has long been a popular […]

2023

Team of talent, but not enough players

The Cobar Roosters Under 18s team proved they have plenty of talent when they were able to match Narromine early in their Castlereagh Youth League game on Saturday at Tom Knight Memorial Oval. The scores were locked at 12-all just before  the half time break, however with just 13 players […]

170523

Back-to-back Yabbies championship wins for Harland

Murray Harland has once again earned the Cobar Yabbies Senior Men’s Swimming Club’s top gong collecting the Overall Point Score trophy at the club’s 2022/2023 presentations on Friday night. Harland adds the 2022/2023 season Club Champion title to his impressive list of seven wins of the award. His first win […]

170523

Roosters ruffle the Magpies’ feathers

The Cobar Roosters more than ruffled the feathers of the visiting Baradine Magpies in their Christie & Hood Castlereagh Rugby League First Grade match on Saturday with the Roosters finishing strongly to record a 26-12 win. Playing out on the left wing for the Roosters, Tyler Coughlan had the honour […]