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Ella joins Rugby Australia in search of First Nations talent
Former Australian Wallaby great Glen Ella and the Rugby Australia High-Performance team will be in Cobar tomorrow night as part of their talent ID tour to unearth Indigenous talent around the country. The #dreamBigTime tour kicked off on Monday in Bathurst and is winding through remote regions including Walgett, Wilcannia, […]
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Ben to compete at Australian Athletics Championships
Local athlete Ben Griffiths will compete at the Australian Athletics Championships at Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre next week. Ben will compete in the U16’s age group as part of the NSW team. He qualified for the NSW team after putting in some great performances at the Dubbo New Year […]
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Roosterettes looking good at preseason knockout
The Cobar Roosterettes League Tag team put on a good show to finish as runners-up at the 2019 Christie and Hood Castlereagh League Knockout competition on Saturday at Baradine. Roosterettes’ coach Bianka Jacobson said it was a great effort from her relatively new side who were defending the title they […]
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The Empire strikes back to win grand final
The Empire cricket team well and truly ruffled the feathers of the Nymagee Magpies cricket side in Saturday’s 40 grand final with Empire claiming a convincing 66 runs win. The Empire side was slow to get started on Saturday morning at Ward Oval in contrast to the competition’s minor premiers, […]
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Big efforts pay off
In the last Triathlon of the season, Cobar Athletics & Triathlon Squad (CATS) members put in a big effort which resulted in some outstanding results on Sunday. Raymond Jones, who recently competed in the Combined High Schools Triathlon event, showed great improvement to better his previous Cobar Short Course time […]
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Bushies win on the final ball
After finishing at the top of the table, Howie’s Hombres looked to be the favourites to take out the Twenty/20 cricket grand final on Friday night at Ward Oval. It was however Bushies’ night with the underdogs winning the match with Shane Martin hitting a four on the last ball […]
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Cobar Swimming Club gets their season back on track
After going slightly off track earlier this season with the loss of a number of committee members who had left town, the Cobar Swimming Club is once again running well under new president Dave Giurin. A donation of $2,500 from Sydney company Belle Banne has also ensured the club remains […]
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Brewery Shield ends in a draw
The Brewery Shield cricket grand final in Dubbo on Sunday ended in a draw. The Cobar Cowboys batted first and posted a defendable total of 9/220 off their 50 overs with Clay Neale (64) and Jake Harbison (40) the pick of the Cobar batsman. Mitch Ashford had the best bowling […]
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Benchwarmers slow to warm up
The Benchwarmers had a slow start in their Squalleyball game last week with Orphans however they finished strongly to claim a good win. Both teams are new to this year’s competition. Orphans got off to a great start easily winning the first two games 21-12 and 21-13 respectively however they […]