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Rain and forfeits interrupt first round

It was a bit of a rough start for the new netball season with rain putting a dampener on the juniors games on Friday while two seniors games were forfeited on Sunday.  The Junior Net.Set.Go competition kicked off on Friday afternoon with some old and new players taking part. Unfortunately […]

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Golfers prepare for Men’s Open this weekend

With the rain on the weekend, the only Men’s Golf played was on Anzac Day and even then there were only six players who turned up. Peter ‘China’ Brien blitzed the field finishing with 41 stableford points ahead of Peter ‘Ding’ Lawrence who scored 37 points. It’s pretty clear the […]

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Camels ambush the competition’s premiers

Last year’s wooden spooners, the Cobar Camels, narrowly went down to the 2022 Western Plains Rugby Union Premiers Walgett, 22-29, on Saturday in what spectators, including many past players present, described as the best and most entertaining game of rugby seen at the Ailsa Fitzsimmons Memorial Oval in a decade. […]

2023

Old rugby league players to reunite

The Cobar Roosters Rugby League Club is organising a club reunion on May 20 to celebrate a number of important milestones for the club. Former player and reunion organizer, Barry Knight, said the club missed out on being able to celebrate their 100 years of rugby league anniversary in 2021 […]

2023

New-look Roosterettes have their first hit-out

The Cobar Roosterettes and Roosters Youth League teams competed at the Castlereagh League knockout competition on Saturday in Coonamble. It was the first test for the Roosterettes and the Bantam Roosters under the guidance of their new coaches, Kayla Hasson (League Tag) and Paul Sullivan (Youth League). The 2023 Roosterettes […]

190423

Cool CATS decide to drop one leg

With a cool change in the weather (and the recent closure of the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool) the Cobar Athletics & Triathlon Squad (CATS) have turned their attention from Triathlons to Duathlons. The club held their first Duathlon event of the year on Sunday morning with 11 competitors taking part. […]

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A feast of golf over the Easter weekend

Men golfers played competition golf on all four days over the Easter weekend. Peter ‘Ding’ Lawrence was in fine form winning the Par event on Good Friday after coming in with a score of +3. On Easter Saturday Garry Wilkin was a little too good for the rest of the […]

190423

Roosters take out the knockout

After claiming the 2022 Christie and Hood Castlereagh League First Grade premiership, the Cobar Roosters have added another piece of silverware to put in their trophy cabinet, the 2023 Knockout Shield which they claimed at Dunedoo on Saturday. With all nine of the league’s First Grade teams in this year’s […]