2016
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2016
Rapid and centrefire events contested
Two events have been completed over the past week by keen members of the Cobar Amateur Pistol club. The 25 Metre Rapidfire event was returned to the club’s program on Sunday with two members breaking their handicaps with some outstanding marksmanship. The Wizard Award was won by Jake Mitchell who […]
2016
Pony club welcomes new members
The Cobar Pony Club held their annual general meeting just before Christmas and welcomed new faces Tahnee Armstrong as the treasurer and Kylie Bishop as the stable manager to the club’s executive committee. The club’s recent Registration Day was well supported with the return of many members. Families of all […]
2016
Feast of cricket with six games played over the past week
There was a feast of cricket played in Cobar last week with two games played for the return of the 50 overs competition on Saturday along with three Twenty/20 games on Australia Day and another Twenty/20 game on Friday night. In Saturday’s 50 overs match on the turf wicket Great […]
2016
For new Camels coaches, rugby is in their blood
The Cobar Camels Rugby Union’s new coaching staff Heath Budd and John ‘The Outlaw’ Barnes have ‘rugby in their blood’ and both are keen to see the Cobar club do well in the 2016 Western Plains competition. The Camels committee, headed up by president Mal Harris, late last year appointed […]
2016
The Cobar Weekly celebrates 30 years
The Cobar Weekly, Cobar’s own independent community newspaper, will celebrate its 30th anniversary this week. The first edition of The Cobar Weekly was produced on February 6, 1986 and 30 years later “the little paper” is still providing locals with all the latest news, sport and photos of local happenings. […]
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Bushies send Tilpa back into bat
In an act of fair play, the Bushies senior cricket team sent a young Tilpa side back in to bat after they were bowled out early in Saturday’s Twenty/20 cricket match at Ward Oval. The game had only reached the 7th over before the Tilpa side was dismissed for a […]
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There was no beating Rorke
There was no beating Doug Rorke at the Cobar Yabbies Senior Men’s Swimming Club handicapped event last Tuesday night at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool. Rorke pulled off an incredible feat by swimming spot on his nominated time to take out the 50 metres event. Back in second place was […]
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Dedication to sport acknowledged by Australia Day awards
Three sporting awards were presented as part of the Australia Day awards ceremony yesterday at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool with Ben Griffiths, Kaila Wharton and Scott Griffiths acknowledged for their contributions to their chosen sports. Ben won the Kerrigundi Award, which goes to a person up to the age […]
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Australia Day got off to a quick start
Cobar’s Australia Day activities yesterday got off to a quick start with the senior and junior triathlon events first off the mark on this year’s Australia Day program. Both were well attended with 33 tackling the senior course organised by the Cobar Athletics & Triathlon Squad (CATS) while there […]