Local Sport
Cobar golfers feature in NSW Veterans event
A number of Cobar golfers competed in the NSW Veterans Sand Green Fourball Championships played at Narromine over the weekend. The event attracted a good field of 59 golfers from all over NSW from 15 different clubs. The final day of play was cancelled after heavy rain eventually forced the […]
Junior rugby league celebrates another successful season
The Cobar Roosters Junior Rugby League Club held their 2016 end of season presentations at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club on Sunday with the club’s auditorium packed with junior players, their parents, sponsors and supporters along with a number of players from the senior club. Awards were given out […]
Roosters season success
The Cobar Roosters Senior Rugby League Club celebrated on Saturday night what ended up being one of their most successful seasons in the past 10 years. After being thrown out of Group 11 at the start of the year for not being able to field the requisite four teams (Under […]
Golfers make the most of wet course
Once again the weather played havoc with scheduled golf competitions last week with only the front six holes open for play in the women’s competition on Wednesday. Three goes around for a Par game to make up an 18 hole competition proved tough going with the long grassy fairways unable to be […]
CATS’ new season gets underway with a duathlon event
The Cobar Athletics & Triathlon Squad (CATS) held their first event of the 2016/2017 season on Sunday with 15 competitors taking part in a Duathlon. Individuals and teams completed three 1.2km run legs and two 4km bike legs in a run/ride/run/ride/run format. It was the best attendance the club has […]
Pointy end of the darts season
The darts competition has got down to the pointy end of the season with elimination and qualifying finals played last Wednesday night. In the A Grade qualifying final Golfie Gophers finished on top defeating the Empire barflies 6-3 while in the elimination final RSL Outlaws won 6-4 over Golfie Spearchuckers. […]
Sheepdog trials brings top handlers to Cobar
The 2016 Cobar Sheepdog Trials were run over three days last week (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) with 19 handlers and 120 dogs taking part. There were some top handlers among them including Mick Hudson, who brought 11 dogs with him, and finished as the aggregate winner with a score of […]
Bayer ahead at end of first round
The final games of Round 1 of the Mixed Indoor Soccer Competition were completed on Wednesday night at the youth centre with Bayer Neverlosen and CSA recording wins. Bayer Neverlosen were too strong for Peakaroos winning 10–3. The score however didn’t reflect how close the game was. Neverlosen changed their […]