Four Cobar Clay Target Club members, Matt Schiller (from Young), club president Bryan Manns, Matt Stokes (Bourkelands) and Wayde Hawkins (Bega) pictured above, featured in the 16th International Clay Target Shooting Federation (ICTSF) World Down The Line Championships in New Zealand. The Cobar shooters were among 493 competitors from more than 10 countries competing at the ICTSF Championships three day shoot hosted by the Canterbury Club in Christchurch from March 15-17. Schiller, Manns and Stokes were part of the five man Australian Open A Team that finished third in the world event and Hawkins won Gold in the Super Vets Over 65 years A Team. In the Overall High, Stokes finished 4th with a score of 890 (the winner had 892), Schiller was 9th with 886 and Manns finished among the top 10 percent. Photo contributed
Four Cobar Clay Target Club members, Matt Schiller (from Young), club president Bryan Manns, Matt Stokes (Bourkelands) and Wayde Hawkins (Bega) pictured above, featured in the 16th International Clay Target Shooting Federation (ICTSF) World Down The Line Championships in New Zealand. The Cobar shooters were among 493 competitors from more than 10 countries competing at the ICTSF Championships three day shoot hosted by the Canterbury Club in Christchurch from March 15-17. Schiller, Manns and Stokes were part of the five man Australian Open A Team that finished third in the world event and Hawkins won Gold in the Super Vets Over 65 years A Team. In the Overall High, Stokes finished 4th with a score of 890 (the winner had 892), Schiller was 9th with 886 and Manns finished among the top 10 percent. Photo contributed
A new season of the Cobar Little Athletics Club competition got underway on Monday with the club marking its 50th year since the sport was first adopted in 1976. Little Athletics is about kids having fun, making friends, and getting families involved in healthy activities. The emphasis is placed on […]
Cobar Mayor Jarrod Marsden joined more than 1,100 local government leaders from across Australia at the 2026 Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) national conference in Canberra last week. “I really get a lot out of this conference as all 538 councils from right across Australia come and we debated over […]
Dear editor, A few days ago a convoy of three vans from South Gippsland, Victoria came through Cobar. Some of us have travelled to many places in and out of Australia and, although we have met many wonderful locals who couldn’t do enough for tourists on our travels, we must […]