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
A fresh-faced, 22 year old, Jesse Cochrane Adolfson has thrown his hat in the ring as one of two candidates vying for the one va-cant Councillor position on Cobar Shire Council. Jesse drew the No 1 position on the ballot paper at the official ballot draw last Friday with the […]
Nutrien Russell sponsored both the men’s and ladies golf Stableford competitions on Sunday with Ann Dunn finishing as the ladies winner while Scott Mayne came out on top in the men’s competition. The ladies game attracted 16 competitors and resulted in a close finish. Dunn had 37 points to claim […]
Cobar Roosters Junior Rugby League fans had plenty to cheer about on Saturday at Tom Knight Memorial Oval with their Under 11s, Under 12s and Under 16s teams all recording brilliant wins over visi-tors ,South Dubbo. The Under 11s game was a try-scoring fest for the Cobar team who were […]
