Cobar Camels
Return and Earn returns
The Return and Earn can and bottle recycling service, operated locally by Cobar Camels Rugby Club members, re-opened last Thursday after being closed for a month due to the COVID lockdown. Volunteer collector, Cairo Haronga (pictured above at left with customer Michael ‘Dog’ Lawrence), reports they have been kept busy […]
Gulargambone outpoint the Camels
Gulargambone travelled with a full side including a few subs on the bench to take on the Cobar Camels in Round 11 of the Western Plains Rugby Union competition on Saturday. The visitors appeared to be in a hurry to get back on the team bus and head home as […]
High hopes for the Camels were dashed by Pumas
Buoyed by a very good performance last week, the Cobar Camels Old Boys cheer squad had high hopes the First Grade team would continue their good form into their Round 10 game against Warren on Satur-day. That however didn’t happen as the Camels were beaten 39-0. The Camels were forced […]
Bogan Bulls outplay the Cobar Camels to win 47-10
The scoreboard at Ailsa Fitzsimmons Memorial Oval may have read 47-10 in Nyngan’s favour at the end of the match on Saturday, however the Cobar supporters would still be encouraged by the Camels performance up against a very good side. Saturday’s Western Plains Rugby Round 2 match had the Cobar […]
Cobar to host Nyngan and Walgett teams in Round 5
Rugby fans will be able to get a close up look at the hybrid Nyngan Bulls/Cobar Camels 2020 team this Saturday when the Cobar Rugby Club hosts Walgett for Round 5 of the Western Plains Rugby competition. The Nyngan side, bolstered this year with a few Cobar Camels players, is […]
Camels are still on the fence
A Western Plains Rugby Union competition is planned to go ahead for the 2020 season but whether the Cobar Camels will be fielding a side for it is still unknown. Cobar Camels co-coach Robert Cooney said Western Plains is keen to go ahead this season with a salvaged competition in […]
Camels re-start their training
The Cobar Camels Rugby Union Club has recommenced training in preparation for a July kick off of their Western Plains Rugby Union 2020 season. Club president Jarrod Marsden said while a resumption date has not been confirmed the zone is hopeful of a mid-July start. “Rugby Australia is following the […]
Enough rugby greats to fill two teams
The Cobar Weekly invited Rugby Union stalwart, Kevin ‘Rusty’ Mitchell to pick Cobar’s Best Rugby Team which he found pretty hard going and so Rusty selected enough players for two sides. “There are so many good players here I could not forecast the winner if they played each other,” Rusty […]
Cobar’s sporting fields are empty and will remain that way
Local sporting fields are empty as most of Cobar’s sporting bodies have been forced to either postpone the start of their seasons or cancel them altogether. All codes are following the tough government restrictions put into place to help slow the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. President of the […]