Local Sport
Cobar riders at Hermidale and Euabalong gymkhanas
Cobar had a good representation of riders competing at the annual Hermidale Gymkhana over the Easter weekend and also at the Euabalong Team Penning and Gymkhana the weekend prior. Every junior Cobar rider came home with multiple ribbons from the various ring and sporting events at Hermidale. James Stockdale rode […]
Wilkin and Lord qualify for NSW 4BBB playoffs
Garry Wilkin and Darryn Lord’s second place in the NSW Four-Ball-Best-Ball men’s golf tournament played on the Cobar course on Sunday has qualified them to compete at the NSW 4BBB playoffs. The pair finished as runners-up to Stewart Fraser and Alec Fraser but with the father and son pair not […]
Cobar swimmer collects Western Area Champion medal
Cobar High School swimmer Raymond Jones was at Sydney Olympic Park last week to represent the school at the Combined High Schools Championships swimming carnival. In addition to recording seven personal best (PB) performances over the three days of competition, Raymond also collected the Western Area Junior Boy Champion medal. […]
Shooters make a name for themselves
Cobar Clay Target Club shooters were making a name for themselves at the Australian Clay Target Association (ACTA) National Trap Championships over the weekend in Coonamble. The Cobar team of Bryan Manns, Arthur Turner, Rob Thomspon, Brian Doyle and Wayde Hawkins were named the National Champion Club. Another Cobar club […]
Roosters are looking strong this season
If the Cobar Roosters’ 62-14 demolition of the Hay Magpies on Saturday is anything to go by, then the Cobar First Grade side is in for a strong season ahead. The trial game at Tom Knight Memorial Oval on Saturday afternoon was the Cobar team’s first hit out for the […]
Good turn out for club’s first dirt track event of the season
The Cobar Auto Club held their first event of the Copper City Tri Series Dirt Track competition on Saturday night with riders contesting 11 classes along with a Peewees exhibition. Logan Coombe won the Senior Open and Senior Lites but was pipped for first place in the […]
Lady golfers battle 38 degree heat
A small group of women golfers faced the 38 degree heat for a Stroke game last Wednesday. Fay Hardwick came out on top with 74 net followed by Ann Dunn (75 net) and Geraldine Francisco was third with 82 net. Hardwick also won the putting prize with 23 putts for […]
Junior Rugby League season gets underway
The Junior League 2017 season kicked off on Saturday with the Cobar club hosting Narromine and Dubbo teams for Round 1 of the Dubbo & Districts Junior Rugby League competition. A big enthusiastic team of Cobar Roosters Under 10s were first out on the field on Saturday morning to take […]