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Cobar’s best sportspeople celebrated
The prestigious Kerrigundi sporting achievement award, presented each year on Australia Day, was won this year by 17 year old Hannah Carrol. The award, which recognises achievement by a local athlete at a state, national or international level, was presented to Hannah in recognition of her achievements in netball […]
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Chad Buckman wins after a sprint to the finish line
The annual triathlon event, which signalled the start of this year’s Australia Day celebrations on Sunday, attracted a field of eight competitors. The scratch event of a 300m swim, 10km ride and 2km run, was hosted by the Cobar Athletics & Triathlon Squad (CATS). The race was hotly contested and […]
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Harley’s ton helps Nymagee to dominate Golf Club
Nymagee dominated their 40 Overs cricket match with Golf Club on the home pitch on Saturday to finish with a 172 run win. Both teams were missing key players, but Golf Club had the tougher assignment after turning up to Nymagee with only eight players for the match. It only […]
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A win for CSA earns them T20’s second place
CSA and Wyatt’s Whackers improved their current standings in the Twenty20 cricket competition with both recording wins on the weekend. CSA defeated Tilpa by seven wickets on Friday night at Ward Oval while Whackers beat Hombres by 33 runs in their match under lights on Saturday night. Tilpa batted first […]
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Howell sets record but Finn was the biggest improver
The whole field of competitors in Sunday’s Cobar Athletics & Triathlon Squad’s (CATS) triathlon event did better than they expected. All of the individual competitors finished ahead of their average/nominated times with all setting personal best (PB) times in one or more legs of the event. PB’s in all […]
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The Yabbies just keep on swimming
recession during the school holidays, the Cobar Yabbies Senior Men’s Swimming Club members have continued to meet each Tuesday night at the pool. Club president, John Carswell is in sensational good form having won two ham prizes in the lead up to Christmas. Last week Carswell was unbeatable in the […]
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Yabbies win 5th consecutive Setts Memorial Trophy
The Cobar Yabbies Senior Men’s Swimming Club retained the Setts Memorial Trophy having once again comprehensively beaten the Nyngan Splashers in the annual swimming carnival on Sunday. It’s the Cobar club’s 5th consecutive win of the event since its inception five years ago to honour the memory of past Cobar […]
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Ben plays at World All Schools Rugby 7’s competition in NZ
Local schoolboy Ben Griffiths was in Zealand last week playing with the Australian National Indigenous Youth team at the World All Schools Rugby 7’s competition in Auckland. Ben reports it was an amazing experience. The Australian side played six games which included a friendly with the Cook Islands last Wednesday […]