2024

Smash Ups are into the grand final

Smash Ups have booked themselves a grand final berth in this week’s Senior Mixed Netball grand final after they accounted for Pumpettes in Friday night’s  final at Ward Oval. With a downfall of rain just before the match started, both teams initially struggled to handle the slippery ball which made […]

2024

Event attracts a record field of shooters

Records were broken at the Cobar Clay Target Club’s 47th Annual Golden Clay Open Shoot over the weekend. The club welcomed a record number of 117 shooters to contest the NSW State Night Points Score Championship on Friday night while a big field of 161 shooters nominated for the seven […]

2024

Locals have a brilliant day at the races

Local punters, horse owners and trainer Wayne ‘Wap’ Prisk all had a brilliant day at the Cobar Picnic Races meeting on Saturday at the Dalton Park Racecourse. Prisk’s stable celebrated three wins for the day, including Dancing In The Sky winning the DJW and Wells Ventilation Cobar Picnic Cup. It […]

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Bannister and Carlaw combine to win

The previously postponed golf 2024 Mixed Club Championships were played on Sunday with the Scratch competition winners Sally Bannister and John Carlaw shooting 121 for the 27 holes. The runners-up were Jannine and Garry Wilkin with 125 off the stick. The placings were the same in the Net competition with […]

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Junior netball season comes to an end

The 2024 Junior Netball season wrapped up on Friday afternoon with end of season awards presented after the games. The Intermediate awards (15-17 years) went to Ethan McLeod (Coaches Award);  Rori Urquhart (Most Dedicated) and Bridgette Negfeldt (Most Potential). In the Junior (11-14 years) age division the competition’s Most Improved […]

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Glenhope celebrates 150 years

As part of this year’s Glenhope Shindig on the weekend, descendants of the Weltie family (pictured above) joined Glenhope’s current owners, the Johnson family, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the settling of the property by Peter and Anne Weltie in 1874. This year’s Shindig, which is a popular stop […]

140824

Challenge winners

Cobar’s Neve Carter and Kayla Hasson were selected to play in the NSW Rugby League Open’s game at the Outback Challenge at Lightning Ridge on Saturday. The NSW team were to have played Group 19 but unfortunately they couldn’t attend and so the NSW team recruited more players and split […]