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Countbacks decide close contests

The games were close in the women’s golf competition last week with two results having to be decided by countbacks. Fran Samios was the winner of the Stoke event last Wednesday after a countback with Wan Sipatsa. Both finished with 74 Net. In 3rd place was Daphne Cross with 76 Net […]

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Westside throws a spanner in the works

  It was a tough day out for the Cobar Roosters Club on Sunday at Tom Knight Memorial Oval with the committee scrambling to host the Dubbo Westside teams for their scheduled Tooheys Group 11 matches with depleted canteen and bar supplies after the club had been broken into earlier […]

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Big crowd to cheer Camels in a thriller against the Bulls

Failure to convert an in-front penalty goal cost the Cobar Camels what would have been a well-deserved and crowd pleasing draw with their Western Plain Rugby Union archrivals Nyngan in last Friday’s highly entertaining and traditional ‘under-lights’ clash. Refereed by Chris Marshall at Ailsa Fitzsimmons Memorial Oval, the match between […]

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A dozen athletics records broken

At the recent Cobar High School athletics carnival a total of 12 records were broken, the oldest dating back to 1997. Luke Grey broke the U/15 boys high jump record which was 1.65m set by Sean Cox in 1997. Grey set the new record at 1.71m. Hannah Carroll broke three […]

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History repeats itself at pistol club

In a complete change of weather from last weekend’s sunny, clear and a good visual situation, Cobar Amateur Pistol Club shooters lined up on Sunday in cold, cloudy and foggy conditions. Needless to say that did not stop club members from turning out in fantastic numbers with 14 shooters fronting […]

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Third time lucky for M&C Parisi Floorboards

  After finishing the last three seasons as minor premiers and playing in three grand finals, M&C Parisi Floorboards finally managed to nail an Indoor Soccer competition title with a thrilling 3-2 win last Wednesday night over Endeavor. The match was also a replay of last year’s grand final, but […]

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Roosters doubled up against Raiders

The Cobar Roosters senior rugby league teams were on the road early on Saturday morning headed to Dubbo to take on the Macquarie Raiders in the Tooheys Group 11 Rugby League competition. The Cobar club was short on players available for Saturday’s games with 11 players doing double duty to […]

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History made at pistol club event

After the rain during the week, and with a fine, sunny day on Sunday, shooters came out of the wood work for the Cobar Amateur Pistol Club’s 25 Metre Centrefire/Sports Pistol event. Under the guidance of Merv O’Brien who was the Range Officer for the day, a first in recent […]

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First win for Chick Chow Mein netballers

It was a determined Chick Chow Mein side that took on Mama Bears last Saturday in the local women’s netball B Grade competition. That determination paid off with Chick Chow Mein rewarded with their first win in the competition. With the crowd behind them, the hard fought eight goal win […]