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Hombres and Bushies in grand final
Hombres will face Bushies in the grand final of the Twenty/20 cricket competition this Friday night after both teams won their respective semi-finals on the weekend. Hombres, who finished at the top of the ladder this season, beat fourth placed CSA on Friday night at Ward Oval. Batting first, Hombres […]
Yabbies win blue ribbon event at Nationals
The Cobar Yabbies Senior Men’s Swimming Club relay team won the blue ribbon event at this year’s National AIF Swimming Carnival at Noble Park in Melbourne on Saturday. Matt Harland, Murray Harland, Cameron van Breugel, Ben Plush, Stuart Small and Owen Small put in an impressive performance to win the […]
Squalleyball gets off to a good start
The new Squalleyball competition got off to a good start at the youth centre last Thursday night with two very close games played. Sweet Rally, who’s had an injection of some new players this competition, finished with a narrow 3-2 win over newcomers, Mixed Up. Sweet Rally convincingly won the […]
Young athletes head to Canada
The Cobar Little Athletics committee has contributed $200 each to athletes Ben Griffiths and Hannah Carroll to help the pair attend the 2019 Track and Field Championships in Canada in June. Both athletes have been part of the club for numerous years. This trip is organised by Sports Travel Australia. […]
CHS cricket side records historic win
A new look Cobar High School (CHS) cricket side went up against their arch-nemesis, Bourke High School, last week at Ward Oval. Bourke won the toss and sent Cobar into bat and by the 11th over Cobar were in cruise control at 2/52 with their captain Ben Howson (8) and […]
Six handicaps broken at Sunday shoot
The cooler weather on Sunday morning has helped Cobar Amateur Pistol Club shooters to perform at their best with six handicaps broken last week. Under the guidance of range officer Todd Manns, 12 shooters competed on Sunday morning at the range. Geoff Clayton, Katrina Francisco, Agnieszka Wiklendt, Helen Spencer, Jessie […]
Nymagee claims minor premiership
Nymagee has finished as the minor premiers of the 40 Overs Senior Cricket competition after defeating Empire by five wickets on Saturday at Nymagee. Their win also saw them claim the Bert Oldfield Cup and a seat in the grand final. Once again, this season Nymagee lost the toss out […]