The 2025 Cliffhanger Off Road Event, which features tough winch courses, long navigation stages and fast creek runs for 4×4 racing, was held at Mt Gap Station north of Cobar last week. The event has been running for more than 20 years and attracts competitors from around Australia to test their vehicles and their four wheel driving skills in some very unforgiving terrain. Pictured is one of the teams competing in a winch challenge up a steep, rocky hill.
See this week’s edition for a report on how the local 50seven Automotive team went this year!
Racing will continue in Cobar in 2026 after the Cobar Miners Race Club elected a new committee at their annual general meeting last week. The future of the sport had been in doubt after the club failed to gain a quorum for their first AGM a fortnight ago, however […]
The Under 15s Cobar girls rugby league tackle team travelled to Coonabarabran on Saturday to play the opening match for the NSWRL Outback Challenge between the Hastings Open and the NSWRL Outback Challenge men’s teams. This was the Cobar girls first official competitive game since forming this season and they […]
The Ladies Golf Vets Country Championships took place on Saturday with 16 ladies vying for the division titles. The Division 1 Scratch winner was Narelle Kriz (84), Division 2 went to Fran Samios (100) and the Division 3 Scratch winner was Susan Goonrey with 104 off the stick. Julie Livingston […]