Local Sport
Eight wicket win for Whackers in a Twenty/20 walkover
Whackers were too strong for Faces of Chalk in Friday night’s Twenty/20 Cricket competition, winning by eight wickets. Batting first, Faces of Chalk could only manage 88 runs. Matt Reynolds top scored with 32 runs. John Doherty was the only other batsmen to score double figures with 10. For Whackers, […]
Double tonnes in thriller cricket match
Nymagee’s Jade Buckman (168 not out) and Empire’s Jake Harbison (166 no) scored massive tonnes in an incredible day of cricket on Saturday at Nymagee. Nymagee successfully chased Empire’s 317 runs total for victory with one over to spare in the local 40 Over cricket competition. Both teams were missing […]
Marsden returned to lead the race club for another season
Jarrod Marsden was re-elected as the president of the Cobar Miners Race Club committee at the group’s annual general meeting on Sunday. In his president’s report to the meeting, Marsden praised the hard work of his committee over the past year saying it was their efforts that helped the Cobar […]
Cobar Rugby League Club struggles to get a full committee
Four of the Cobar Senior Rugby League previous executive committee members, including club president, Chris Deighton, were returned to their roles at the club’s annual general meeting on Sunday. Zoë Harland retained the vice president’s position, Jenna Fullagar again accepted the registrar’s role and Kasey Egan retains the media officer’s […]
Ryan wins his second Sand Green title
Cobar golfer Jacob Ryan won the Men’s NSW Sand Green Championship held at Hay over the weekend. Ryan finished with a birdie on the final hole for a score of 145 (+1) over the two rounds and was one shot clear of runner-up Travis Merritt from Rutherglen. It’s the second […]
Golf Club snatches first round win
The Golf Club and Nymagee cricket teams called on a couple of junior players to help them field sides for the opening round of their 40 Overs cricket match at Ward Oval on Saturday. And it was the juniors who determined the final outcome of the game. Golfie batted first […]
Rain affects scores and numbers
The rain may have had an effect on last Wednesday’s Ladies Golf Stroke game as thee were only seven players in attendance. The wet however didn’t worry Susan Goonrey who posted a score of 65 net for the win over her sister, Geraldine Francisco, who finished with 67 net. Ann […]
Cobar Mermaids begin to resurface
A new season of the Mermaids swimming club competition commenced on Sunday morning at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool. There was a small field of just five swimmers with Nikki Davey the winner of the first event, the 30m handicapped freestyle swim. Davey won with a time of 0.06 seconds […]