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Clubs to collaborate for Extreme Bulls Rodeo

An exciting new style of rodeo is in the planning for late March and it’s expected to be an action packed, crowd-drawing affair. The Cobar Rodeo Committee held their annual general meeting last Wednesday night at the Empire Hotel and elected a new committee. David ‘Crocket’ Brown has taken on […]

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Cobar bowlers feature at Hillston

Cobar Bowling & Golf Club bowlers Bian Smith and David Knight featured in the Hillston Summer Pairs Tournament at Hillston on Saturday. Smith and playing partner, Clint McCormack from Hillston, won the final 10-4 over Knight and his Hillston partner Bruce McKenzie. The Cobar pair were part of an 11 […]

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Favourite yet to emerge in Yabbies

As of midway through the Yabbies Senior Men’s Swimming Club 2016/2017 season, a clear favourite for this year’s championships title is still yet to emerge. Due to work commitments, last year’s point score winner Jarred ‘Jacko’ Davey, who won the bulk of last season’s trophies, hasn’t been a regular attender […]

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Country Track and Field Championships

The Cobar Athletics Club had eight competitors travel to the 2017 NSW Athletics Country Track and Field Championships in Dubbo recently. Overall Cobar, with a total of 125 points,  finished 15th out of the 48 clubs competing for the Hooper Cup. Chad Buckman competed in the Under 13 boys 1,500m […]

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No better way to celebrate Australia Day

While it may not be everyone’s idea of how to celebrate Australia Day, 24 locals started their day off last Thursday by completing a triathlon. The Cobar Athletics and Triathlon Squad (CATS) coordinated a senior triathlon as part of this year’s Australia Day activities which attracted 12 individual competitors and […]

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Many worthy nominees for Australia Day sports awards

Local clay target shooters Robert Thompson and Scott Brydon were named as joint winners of this year’s Australia Day Sportsperson of the Year award. Swimmer Makaila Gordon won the Kerrigundi Award and Ben Trudgett was awarded the Services to Sport trophy. Cobar’s Australia Day event coordinator John Martin said it’s […]

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Yabbies’ weekly swims continue

While many local sports are currently taking a break, the Cobar Yabbies Senior Men’s Swimming Club weekly swims have been continuing. The championships points have been shared around over the past few weeks with no one swimmer dominating the competition. In the first swim of the year on January 3, […]