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Thompson’s back-to-back titles first in 41 years

Rob Thompson has won back-to-back Golden Clay Championship titles after taking out Cobar Clay Target’s 41st annual Golden Clay & NSW Junior Masters Championship shoot over the weekend. It’s a feat that has never been achieved before in the 41 year-history of the competition. Thompson has been a sterling competitor […]

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Divas claim grand final win in extra time

A hard fought win for the Divas in the Cobar Netball Association grand final on Saturday gave them their third A Grade title in as many seasons. Both the A Grade match between Divas and Pumpettes, and the B Grade contest between Hot Shots and Mystics, were highly entertaining games […]

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Roosterettes straight into the grand final

The Cobar Roosterettes have won a grand final berth in the 2016 Barwon Darling Women’s League Tag grand final following their 10-0 win over the Lightning Ridge Redbacks in Saturday’s major semi final. In addition to leading her team in attack, Lisa Travis, who was named the Roosterettes Players’ Player, […]

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Netball teams fight for spots in the finals

In an extremely exciting come-from-behind effort, the Divas claimed a Cobar Netball Association A Grade grand final berth after their one goal win over Pumpettes on Saturday. The Divas and Pumpettes were evenly matched for most of their major semi final game before the Pumpettes pulled away in the third […]

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Cobar netballers put in a great effort at State

The Cobar 15 years representative netball team took part in one of the largest female sporting events in the Southern Hemisphere over the weekend at the Netball NSW State Age Championships. The State Age carnival dates back to 1969 and the competition is so large now, that no single netball […]

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Camels turned up late to play their game

The excitement and anticipation had been building for months among the local rugby fraternity for the Cobar club’s Western Plains Rugby ‘Reunion’ match against Gulargambone on Saturday. Players that beat Gulargambone 20 years ago in the 1996 grand final (along with members of the Cobar team that defeated Walgett in […]

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Camels’ impressive win over Bourke

The Cobar Camels beat Bourke 17-10 in their Western Plains Rugby match on Friday night at Ailsa Fitzsimmons Memorial Oval. The Camels led 7-0 at half time and maintained the upper hand throughout the game despite the wet, slippery conditions. The team’s strength and conditioning coach John Barnes said their […]

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Cobar well represented at State Championships

It’s been a dream for eight years for Cobar netball coach Amie Hill to take a Cobar representative team to the State Championships and that dream was realised on the weekend when the Cobar Opens side competed at the Netball NSW 2016 Samsung State Championships at Charlestown. This year’s State […]