Local Sport
Warmer weather brings out Yabbies
Warmer weather has brought out the Yabbies in bigger numbers with 17 swimmers lining up on the blocks for last Tuesday night’s competition swim. Bill Fugar had the best time of the night when he swam spot on his nominated time to win the 50 metres freestyle handicapped event. Paul […]
CATS record great times in the first event of the season
The Cobar Athletics & Triathlon Squad’s (CATS) first event of the 2022/2023 season had a great turnout with 25 registering to compete as individuals and teams in Sunday’s triathlon. Three individuals and one team competed in the Long Course event (500m swim/ 20km ride/ 4km run) with Tom Summerhayes blitzing […]
Claytons Cup 1971 and 1972 teams to reunite this weekend
Cobar Rugby League’s 1971 and 1972 First Grade teams, who are possibly the most successful teams in the club’s history, will reunite this weekend. According to Cobar author, John Collins, who wrote and compiled Cobar Rugby League Club’s history in The Crowing of the Roosters, “The 1971 grand final was […]
Golfie hosts a bowling extravaganza
The Cobar Bowling & Golf Club held their annual Two Day Bowls Triples Tournament over the weekend with bowlers travelling from Blacktown, Bourke, Hillston, The Rock, Wagga Wagga and the Gold Coast to play. All up 60 bowlers took to the greens with the weather behaving very nicely indeed. After […]
Golfie Dartaholics dominate to claim A Grade darts title
The Cobar Darts Association grand final games were played last Wednesday night with the Golfie Dartaholics finishing as the A Grade champions after beating RSL 6-3. The Golfie Spearchuckers claimed the B Grade title after getting the better of Golfie Gophers, also with a 6-3 win. Hundreds and high scores […]
Camels’ season comes to a conclusion
The Cobar Camels Rugby Union Club concluded their 2022 season with presentations on Saturday night at Ailsa Fitzsimmons Memorial Oval. Kody Martin was named as the Camels Best & Fairest Player of the season with Jayden Harvey their Best Forward and Lochlan Ford the Camels’ Best Back. Darius Naera was voted […]
Rain failed to dampen spirits of Cobar Country Cup players
The first Cobar Country Cup netball gala day may have got off to a soggy start on Saturday morning but it failed to dampen the spirits of players and spectators with all declaring it was a great day. Nine teams from around the region lined up at the Ward Oval […]