Local Barry Knight (at left) was a finalist for Volunteer of the Year at the 2021/2022 Little Athletics NSW Awards dinner held at Ettalong on Saturday night. And while he didn’t win, Barry reckons he may have “conned” retired Australian sprinter, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor (also pictured above with Barry’s son Troy, who is the Cobar Little A’s Club president) into coming out to do some coaching in the western region. The annual awards also recognise the Coach of the Year, the Official of the Year, Young Volunteer of the Year, Administrator of the Year and Centre of the Year. ▪ Photo contributed
Local Barry Knight (at left) was a finalist for Volunteer of the Year at the 2021/2022 Little Athletics NSW Awards dinner held at Ettalong on Saturday night. And while he didn’t win, Barry reckons he may have “conned” retired Australian sprinter, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor (also pictured above with Barry’s son Troy, who is the Cobar Little A’s Club president) into coming out to do some coaching in the western region. The annual awards also recognise the Coach of the Year, the Official of the Year, Young Volunteer of the Year, Administrator of the Year and Centre of the Year. ▪ Photo contributed
With players numbers down a bit for the Cobar Junior Soccer Club games on Sat-urday morning, a handful of Mids players stepped up to help out in the Seniors game. The seniors match was a close one with Spurs eventually finishing with a 6-4 win over Rangers. Goals were netted […]
Cobar is heading for a record breaking year with Cobar Shire Council’s tourism manager, Demi Smith, predicting if the high visitor numbers continue, then this year will be one of our best on record. Reporting the visitor statistics for September to last week’s Tourism Advisory public meeting, Demi proudly said […]
David Harrison hosted a SheepMaster Open Day at his Janaree property near Cobar last Tuesday with Apollo 73 (pictured above with David at centre and co-owners Gary Doyle and Mike O’Hare) being the main attraction. Apollo was purchased in November last year for a record price of $85,000 and is […]
