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Camels score six tries to secure victory
The Cobar Camels recorded a well deserved 39-24 win over the Brewarrina Brumbies in the Western Plains Rugby match at Ailsa Fitzsimmons Memorial Oval on Saturday. The fourth placed Brewarrina Brumbies came to Cobar with a full strength side ready to play however, they came up against a Camels team […]
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Sparks beat Hot Shots in netball top of the table clash
In what was mostly a closely contested game, Sparks finished as winners over Hot Shots in Cobar Netball Association’s top of the table B Grade encounter on Saturday at Ward Oval. Hot Shots took an early 13-6 lead in Saturday’s game before Sparks fought back to level the score to […]
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Cobar Races are expecting a quality field of horses
The Cobar Miners Race Club is expecting big quality fields of horses for their Picnic Race meeting on August 26. Club president Jarrod Marsden said thanks to the new NSW Picnic Champion Series, which kicked off last October, he expects lots of trainers will be looking to bring their horses […]
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Cobar players shine in FWAS squad
Two Cobar netballers have been standouts in the Far West Academy of Sport’s (FWAS) 2017 Netball Squad this season. Following the team’s final competition of the season at the Australian Youth Invitational Games (AYIG) last week in Maitland, Lauren Urquhart was named their Netball Athlete of the Year while Hannah […]
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Cobar’s junior netballers compete at State Age carnival
Three of Cobar’s junior netball players, Allira Hurst, Hannah Carroll and Madasan Taylor competed at the Netball NSW State Age Netball carnival at Campbelltown from July 1-3. The State Age Championships, one of the largest female sporting events in the Southern Hemisphere, was first held in 1968. This year’s event attracted […]
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Easy 50-0 win for Roosters against depleted Newtown team
The Cobar and Newtown Barwon Darling Rugby League First Grade teams had Tom Knight Memorial Oval all to themselves on Saturday after the scheduled Under 18s and League Tag matches were forfeited. Earlier in the week the Cobar Under 18s received notification from Brewarrina that their match wasn’t going to […]
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Blake Dunne wins prestigious Beryl Jones Memorial Trophy
Sunny conditions brought out 22 shooters on Sunday for the Beryl Jones Memorial Trophy Shoot at the Cobar Clay Target Club, with visitors from away among the contestants. There were also some new starters and juniors in the line up. Even though the sun was out, there was a slight […]
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2017 Ladies’ golf champions decided
The Ladies’ Golf Club Champions for 2017 were decided on Sunday when the second round of the competition was played. In A Grade the Scratch champion was Chrissy Gilligan with Janet Place the runner-up. The Net winner was Angela Fryer and the runner-up was Sally Bannister. In B Grade Ann Dunn secured […]