2022
Local Sport
2022
Empire easily account for Nymagee
Empire easily defeated Nymagee by six wickets in the Cobar & District Senior Cricket 40 Overs game at Ward Oval on Saturday. The only high point for Nymagee on the day was winning the toss! They chose to bat and it all started to unravel in the second over when […]
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Three Cougars sides into semi finals
After the final round of the regular competition in the Western Women’s Rugby League competition was played on the weekend, three of the Castlereagh Cougars sides will advance to the semi finals this weekend. The Castlereagh Under 18s will play the Orange Vipers on Saturday in Bathurst while the Cougars […]
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Cobar club gifted another race meeting
The Cobar Miners Race Club has been gifted another ‘Pop Up’ Race Meeting just in time for Christmas. Cobar Miners Race Club president Jarrod Marsden said following on from the success of their Pop Up meeting in September, Racing NSW has granted the Cobar club another Pop Up meeting on […]
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Excellent turn out for the CATS’ November triathlon
There was an excellent turnout of 15 athletes competing at the Cobar Athletics & Triathlon Squad’s (CATS) November triathlon on Sunday morning at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool. They competed in three events, the Try A Tri Course (which comprised of a 200m swim, a 5km ride and a 2km […]
2022
Reigning champions claim first round win
The weather cleared enough on Friday night for the first Senior Cricket Twenty20 game of the 2022/2023 season to be played under lights on the refurbished Ward Oval pitch. It was the reigning 2021/2022 champions, Whackers who came away with a four-wicket win over their opposition, Hombres. Hombres batted first […]
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All Class finish as Minor Premiers
Another win last week in the final round of the Fast5 mixed netball regular competition ensured All Class finished on the top of the ladder this season. All Class, with 17 points, finished the season as Minor Premiers beating Fast Fobs by just one point for the title with Fast […]
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Pritchard takes home the Billy Manns Memorial Trophy
The annual Billy Manns Memorial Shoot was contested at the Cobar Clay Target Club on Sunday with overcast and stormy conditions testing the shooters’ skills. Hank Pritchard, with a near perfect score of 29 in the 30 Target Handicap Event, won the Billy Manns Memorial title over Kevin Hatch […]
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Former Cobar bowler selected in Australian bowls squad
Former resident Chris Rosanes, who won numerous lawn bowls titles at Club, District and Zone levels while he was living in Cobar, has recently been selected in the Australian Lawn Bowls Squad. Chris moved interstate to Brisbane in 2018 and since then he’s well and truly made his mark on […]
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Phat Athletes prove they’ve still got skills
It was mostly all one way traffic in the Adults Mixed Touch game between Phat Athletes and Urban Strength last Thursday night at Tom Knight Memorial Oval. Phat Athletes ran away to finish with an easy 18-4 win in Round 5 of the competition. Georgia Boland top scored in the […]