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Wednesday May 1, 2024

Volume 39 No. 14

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The Cobar Weekly War Memorial unveiled on Anzac Day Pg 3

Police investigate two stolen vehicles Pg 8

Glamour photos from War Memorial Ball Pg 11

Community raises over $100,000 for Spinksey

A charity fundraiser for Glenn Spinks (well known to many as ‘Spinksey’) was hosted by the COHOES Old Boys football club at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club on Saturday night. The event, to help out Glenn and his family with his ongoing medical expenses, raised over $100,000 through dinner ticket sales, auctions, raffles and generous donations. Pictured are Glenn’s sporting and work mates and family members including: (above) Gary Martin, Nik Kosef, Joel Thompson, Jim Hanlon and Warren ‘Rainbow’ Clark (both from Ivanhoe) and Michael Prince; (above right) Mathew ‘Nod’ Gordon, Nick de Bruin, Russell Gordon and Roger Mitchell; (and bottom right) Bill Fugar, Bryce Moore, Gary Martin, John Goonrey and Chris Condon. Photo at middle right is of the highest earning auction item, a Taylor Swift signed guitar, which sold for $8,900.

See Page 2 for more information about the event.

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Communities come together to help out a local family The Cobar, Ivanhoe and wider communi- Glenn’s eldest daughter Lisa Travis ex- survive this type of injury, but he pulled ties came together on Saturday night at the plained that her father suffered an aneurism on through.

Cobar Bowling & Golf club to fundraise and Australia Day this year and underwent exten- “The fact that he’s still here with us is incredpay tribute to a “sensational man who eve- sive surgery in Melbourne. ible,” Lisa said. ryone holds in high regard”, Glenn She said Glenn had surprised many people, “It has however left him with an acquired ‘Spinksey’ Spinks. as statistically only two percent of patients brain injury.”

After a long ICU stay, Glenn has some permanent effects on his mobility and speech and is now in rehabilitation in Albury (near family).

Glenn now has a long journey of rehabilitation ahead of him, but he has the support of his family.

He also has the support of the Cobar, Ivanhoe and wider communities, with which Glenn has many sporting connections.

Glenn’s cousin, Tony Kearney, read out a message from Glenn’s wife Kerry at Saturday’s dinner.

“We are overwhelmed with support and generosity that we have already received for our family,” Kerry wrote.

“We don’t know what the future holds for Glenn but we know that he has two beautiful communities cheering him on and helping him on his long road to recovery.

“As Glenn would always say: ‘Why would you wanna live anywhere else’.”

Hosted by the COHOES Cobar and Ivanhoe Old Boys Football Club (of which Glenn is a valued member), the evening raised over $100,000 through dinner ticket sales, an auction of various sporting and memorabilia items (which raised over $60,000), raffles and generThe Spinks family were overwhelmed with the love and support they received from the ous donations.

Cobar, Ivanhoe and wider communities at Glenn Spinks’ fundraiser at the Cobar Bowling Glenn’s mates paid tribute to his generosity, & Golf Club on Saturday night. The event raised over $100,000 to help with Glenn’s his strong community spirit, his willingness to help others and for being a man who is “a ongoing medical expenses. champion on and off the sporting field”.

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New memorial unveiled at special Anzac Day service Cobar’s long awaited war memorial was “If we pause, even just once a year, to re- dom, the countless thousands of servicemen unveiled in Drummond Park on Thursday member the men and women who so willingly who have died, the ever-grieving mothers, as part of this year’s Anzac Day service. gave all to give birth to this spirit, we will con- fathers, brothers, sisters, family and friends.

Cobar RSL Sub Branch president Gordon tinue to foster it, and it will not diminish.

“For they need not pause to remember; for Hill said the war memorial, which is dedicated “We must never forget though, what this they can never forget. to over 1,000 people who have served in war spirit demanded and the cost of enduring free- “Lest we forget.” and who have had an association with Cobar, will be a lasting reminder of their willingness to fight for their county and its people.

Local John de Bruin, who organised the memorial build, praised all who had been involved in the nine year journey including the dedicated researchers, tradespeople and those who helped fundraise and donated to the build.

Royal Australian Navy Commander Submarine Force, Captain Geoff Wadley, was the guest speaker for this year’s Anzac Day service.

“As evidenced by the crowd here today and this new memorial, the ANZACS, and what they stand for, has not been forgotten,” Captain Wadley said.

“For time dims the memory of ordinary events, but not great events. In a nation’s history, great events - whether in peace or war - live in our memories regardless of time.

“They are deemed great, not necessarily for what they achieved, nor for whether they were victories or successes.

“Rather, great events are distinguished by the quality of human endeavor they called upon, by the examples they create for ordinary men Vietnam veteran and former Australian Navy warrant officer, Robert ‘Bob’ Gordon and women, and by the legends they inspire. (who’s name appears on the new War Memorial), was assisted by his son Robert to place “So it is for Anzac Day. “Anzac Day has evolved to mean so much a poppy at the Anzac Day service in Drummond Park on Thursday. more than a commemoration of the Gallipoli campaign,” he said.

“It is a time when we pause to reflect on the past and present generations of Australians who have served the country, and sacrificed so much.

“By pausing to remember the sacrifice of so many, we are not glorifying war. We are recognising the enduring cost of freedom and acknowledging that their sacrifice was not in vain, but that it allows us to live in a free and democratic nation, state our views without fear of harm or retribution, worship as we choose and be judged as equals by the law.

“Looking out here today and seeing the evergrowing crowd and how this community has banded together to create this magnificent memorial is evidence that Australia has not forgotten, and that the spirit of Anzac Day, which was bequeathed to us from battlefields long ago, will live on because it is a reflection of the very heart of our nation.

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Talking to the media

Roy Butler’s media staff Troy Lennon and Holli Thomas were in Cobar last week and visited The Cobar Weekly as part of their tour around the electorate. The pair have been chatting to various media outlets about what’s going on in Barwon.

New discoveries in the Cobar basin

Australian Gold and Copper Ltd (AGC) direction and at depth at Achilles. has announced “spectacular gold and silver “The gold grades alone are positive but to results” from their drilling at their Achillies have those silver grades adds another value and Hilltop prospects at the South Cobar driver,” Mr Diemar said.

Project.

“Our persistence and technical field work at In an ASX announcement last week, AGC Achilles are paying off. managing director Glen Diemar said the results “We are now poised for an exciting explorawere “extremely pleasing” with the results at tion story and potential future growth at a time Achilles stretching over “a distance and at con- when precious metal prices are breaking out of sistent widths”. long-term trends.”

The drilling returns over 10 holes at Achilles The company reports the discovery at Achiland eight at Hilltop reported grades of up to les has led to an immediate follow-up program 8.1g/t of gold and 735g/t of silver with high of up to 10 holes, with drilling currently undergrade mineralization currently open in every way.

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Councillor objects to an overdraft Cobar Shire Council will look to establish an overdraft facility to use as a cash management tool to smooth out seasonal and temporary fluctuations in cash flows.

Council’s finance manager Sandra Davey put forward the request to apply for a $5 million overdraft facility which was discussed at last week’s Ordinary Council Meeting.

All councillors present, apart from Cr Julie Payne, were in favour of establishing an overdraft facility.

Cr Payne said she was concerned that an overdraft was “an expensive way to have extra finance” and that it could be used “to prop up council’s budget”.

Council’s general manager Peter Vlatko responded.

“I can guarantee the overdraft will not be used to balance your budget,” he said.

In her report to the meeting, Ms Davey explained council receives a considerable amount of grant funding in advance, for projects that are yet to commence.

“This creates a large amount of externally restricted funds within council, and places pressure on the cash flow and meeting legislative requirements,” Ms Davey said.

“External restrictions over cash, cash equivalents and investments are those where there is a legislative obligation to use the funds for the purpose for which they were paid to council.

“Throughout the year, council receives revenue for both operational and capital works, often these projects are paid in arrears, placing an impact on council’s cash flow and externally restricted funds position.

“This facility is a form of borrowing that is a high-cost alternative relative to other forms of funding. The bank overdraft facility shall be limited to minimal use under delegation by the Council’s General Manager.

“Finance staff believe the best way to manage the potential shortfalls in externally restricted funds and unrestricted funds is to implement an overdraft facility,” Ms Davey said in her recommendation to council.

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Experienced livestock manager joins the Nutrien team Nutrien Russell has recently welcomed stock agent provides. experienced Livestock Manager, Hamish “There’s a lot of travel, but I like driving.

Adlington to their team.

“No day is ever the same, there’s always Hamish, who originally hails from Mudgee, something different going on. said the land and livestock are in his blood.

“Like this morning, I’ve been in the office “I came off the land, Mum and Dad had for a couple of hours then I’ll be going out to country in Mudgee,” Hamish told The Cobar look at cattle towards Hermidale and then I’ll Weekly. be drafting sheep tomorrow at Wilcannia.

“I’m a fourth generation livestock agent— “I enjoy meeting new people everyday and my great grandfather, my grandfather and Dad doing a deal. used to be an agent as well.

“Getting a deal over the line and doing my “Ever since I could walk and talk, all I’ve best for clients who have worked hard and put wanted to be was a livestock agent so that’s their time, money and feed into their stock, is pretty much how I got into it.” the best part of my job.”

Hamish has been in the industry for five years, three of those were spent in Queensland working with an agent in the sale yards around Dalby and Chinchilla.

Police are currently investigating the theft He then worked in the Northern Territory in of two vehicles, a white Toyota Landcruiser Alice Springs for two years with another agent and a black Audi. “basically doing the same sort of thing”.

Both vehicles were stolen on Sunday morn“Then I came back and was in Mudgee for a ing, one in Cobar and the other in Nyngan. bit and then came out here,” he said.

The Audi is believed to have been stolen in Hamish started with David Russell and the Nyngan on Sunday morning and was driven to Nutrien Russell team in February this year. the Endeavor Mine site where it was found “Dad’s known David for a long time and I burnt out by police. knew what the business was like.

The mine’s CCTV footage shows two males “David’s got a massive business. I like the (aged around 20-30) entered the mine site way he runs his business and the way that he around 10.40am. does business.

One man is seen jumping the electrically “And the people around here in Cobar are operated fence to gain access to a vehicle. friendly and Cobar seems to be a pretty good He drove into a workshop where the two men area. I like the town and the feel of it. stole a number of tools.

“I think the further west you get, the friendliThey then used another white Toyota Lander people get.” cruiser to ram the entry gate and fled in the Experienced livestock manager, Hamish As an accredited AuctionsPlus assessor and stolen vehicle.

Adlington, has recently joined the Nutrien also an accomplished auctioneer, Hamish said Anyone with information about the theft is Russell team in Cobar. Photo contributed he enjoys the variety of work his role as a live- urged to contact police or CrimeStoppers.

Two vehicles stolen

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Lady luck

Two local projects funded by CASP An exciting number of creative and cultur- “It is a great initiative that allows regional al projects will be popping up all over the communities and local people with an opporOutback Arts region with the announcement tunity to create and realise their own arts and of the successful recipients for the Country culture projects,” Mrs Trindall said.

Arts Support Program (CASP) to be deliv- “Outback Arts are looking forward to seeing ered throughout 2024. these projects develop.”

Two of the projects will be taking place in Cobar Arts Council will receive $3,000 fundCobar after $15,000 was awarded to six pro- ing to hold a detailed pastel art workshop with jects within the Outback Arts region to support visiting tutor Laura Holland. community arts and cultural development.

Participants will be taken through a detailed This funding program by Create NSW is well process of producing two or three artworks in established and provides regional people access an intensive weekend workshop later this year. to a diverse range of cultural programs each Cobar Shire Council was also successful in year and brings local opportunities that may gaining $3,000 to create a community mural at otherwise have not been available. the Cobar Youth & Fitness Centre.

Outback Arts Executive Director Jamie-Lea Council will engage a local artist to lead the Trindall said CASP is a significant investment mural making process and guide community

by Outback Arts with support of Create NSW members in expressing their creativity and to provide funds directly to regional areas. vision.

Three new members join Golfie board Lady luck was shining on Annette Coath when she picked Jerry the Joker at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club on Saturday night to win $10,500. When we spoke with Annette shortly after about what she might do with her win, Annette, still in shock, said she had “no idea”.

The Cobar Bowling & Golf Club has wel- Shane Carter as treasurer. comed three new members to its board fol- Also returning as general committee were lowing the club’s recent annual general Andrew Bartlett and Scott Toomey. meeting.

Secretary/manager Jason Howell reports the Wayne ‘Tweet’ Josephson, Tony Polack and club has had a busy year with numerous refurFrank Singleton were elected as general com- bishment and maintenance work being carried mittee members replacing Bob Clark, David out.

‘Ooze’ Knight and Greg Read who have Over the past year the club has: upgraded stepped down from their roles. lighting; installed a new sound system; carried Jim Goonrey was re-elected as president with out greens repairs; upgraded the golf course; Smedley Nicholson and Peter ‘China’ Brien put a roof on the back verandah; painting exreturned as joint vice presidents along with ternally and installed a new neon sign.

Jason said despite outlaying a large amount on repairs and maintenance, the club was still www.cobarweekly.com.au able to report a $400,000 profit for the year.

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Travelling in style

Ken Dunne has a number of nice cars in his private collection including this rare 1929 Marquette which he entered in the Dustbowl Fuel Burners Show n Shine event on Saturday. Ken bought the lovingly restored Marquette about two years ago and has done a little bit more work to get it registered. It was recently used by friends as a wedding car. The Show n Shine winners were: Best Car—Ben Griffiths’ Torana; Best Bike—Trevor Palmer’s Harley Davidson; and People’s Choice—Cathy Francisco’s Volkswagen Kombi van.

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Looks like more rain is coming

The outlook for the week ahead is expected to be mostly cloudy with the Bureau of Meteorology predicting possible showers and thunderstorms for the rest of the week.

After 0.2mm of rain fell in the Bureau’s gauge yesterday (up to 9am) there’s a slight chance of more showers today and tomorrow (of up to 1mm) while there’s an 80 percent chance of up to 25mm of rain on Friday, 4mm on Saturday and another shower on Sunday.

The weather is expected to continue to be mild with 23 degrees the predicted top temperature today and also tomorrow.

It will cool off a bit on Friday as the rain sets in with 16 degrees the expected maximum.

Saturday is also forecast to be cold day with 18 degrees the expected top temperature.

The mercury should warm up a bit to 20 degrees on Sunday.

We may see some sunshine on Monday with the Bureau forecasting a top of 21 degrees.

Temperatures varied last week with 22.5 degrees the top recorded daytime temperature on Wednesday before it dropped to a cooler 19.5 on Thursday (which was our coolest day of the week).

Friday was also a cool day when the thermometer only reached a top of 19.9 degrees.

The weekend was gloriously warm and sunny with the mercury reaching 26.1 degrees on Saturday and Sunday was our warmest day of the week when a top of 28.6 degrees was recorded.

The start of our working week was a warm one with a top of 28.4 degrees recorded on Monday.

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Cobar Memorial Applications are now open for the 2024 The Bigger Picture: How can we empower Services Club ABC Heywire Youth Innovation Grant. young people in regional towns to celebrate As an extension to the ABC’s annual Hey- their differences and foster connection among wire Competition and Regional Youth Summit, themselves? the Innovation Grant is an opportunity for Safe Sphere: How might we ensure that communities to act on the issues raised by our young people in regional and remote commuyoung people with the support of the Founda- nities receive relevant and comprehensive sextion for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR). ual education?

The 2024 Heywire issues impacting young Youth 2 Grassroots: How might we promote Australians are: a stronger connection between individuals and Bussin’: How might we create more accessi- their land by fostering a culture of environmenble transport options for young people in re- tal protection and stewardship? gional and rural communities?

Grants of up to $10,000 are available for MEE (Mentoring Educating Empowering): communities to act on these issues by either How might we close the gap in accessing qual- adopting or adapting one of these six project ity education for young people in regional, ideas. rural and remote communities?

Applications close at the end of the month, A Place for You: How might we improve with funding announced from August. accessibility to mental health services in re- To find out more, including how to apply, mote and regional areas of Australia? visit: https://frrr.org.au/funding/people/heywire -youth-innovation-grants/

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The ‘Phone Booth’, constructed by Susan tion D (Floral Art), Section E (Cooking), SecSingleton and Anita Neate, with help from tion O (Cake Decorating), Section R (Junior Anita’s niece and nephew, holds a focal point Cooking) and Section S (Junior Floral Art) will in the Murder Mystery, so its positioning is be accepted at the Main Pavilion between 8am and 2pm tomorrow for judging at 2.30pm. crucial.

With the floor plan for SP Keasy’s place If you’re entering the Community Display, mapped out, the dinner menu finalised and there’s still a few more hours left to work on appropriate decorations and props organised, your entry but it will need to be all set up by it’s full speed ahead for what should prove to 6pm tonight.

Entries for the non perishable sections have be a ‘somewhat different’ experience.

Cobar Arts Council president Lillian Simp- now closed. son said she was delighted with the enthusias- In addition to prizes for each section, exhibitic response they have already received to the tors at this year’s show will also be vying for the Lyle Boucher Memorial Trophy for the evening.

With most acting roles filled and people most successful exhibitor in the pavilion, the talking about their 1920’s outfit, she advises Nan Evans Memorial Prize for the best crochet anyone interested in attending to make en- article and the Jan Snelson Memorial Encourquires without delay, as only a few tickets agement Prizes which are awarded to one junior boy and one junior girl exhibitor. remain unsold.—contributed

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Sport

Plenty of skills

Aiden Swan scored a try playing on debut for the Cobar Roosters Under 18s team on Saturday against Narromine at Tom Knight Memorial Oval. Swan and his team mates demonstrated plenty of skills and natural talent as they beat the visitors 44-16. See Page 21 for full game report.

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Two see-sawing netball games

Two exciting, see-sawing games were played in Round 4 of the Senior Mixed Netball competition on Friday night at Ward Oval.

Pumpettes narrowly defeated JKM Dynamic Fitness by two points and Pink Galahs just got the better of Peak Golden Girls, also by a margin of two goals.

The scores were locked at 12-all after the first quarter of play in the Pumpettes versus JKM game and, by half time, JKM had taken a narrow two goals lead.

JKM continued to call the shots and by three -quarter time they had stretched the margin to five shots.

Pumpettes fought back in the final quarter to close the gap and sensational shooting and strong defence saw them through to a thrilling two point win.

The game’s Best & Fairest points were earned by JKM’s Nicola Harbison and Stevie Toomey along with Pumpettes’ Sarah Nicholson. Emma Barton (Pumpettes) and Jayne Sharkey (a fill-in for JKM) shared the game’s Sportsmanship points.

Peak Golden Girls got off to a good start in their match with Pink Galahs last Friday and had a three goals lead going into the first break.

By half time Pink Galahs had made up the deficit to tie the score at 15-all.

Peak Golden Girls once again took back control in the third quarter and were leading by two points going into the final quarter.

Pink Galahs fought hard to wrestle back the lead and finished with their noses in front (just) to claim a 36-34 win.

Pink Galahs’ Angela Francisco and Dakota Tatchell shared in the umpire’s B&F points along with Peak Golden Girls’ Sara Waak.

Francisco and Waak also collected the game’s Sportsmanship points.

In the other Round 4 game, Divas accounted for Smash Ups 48-31.

For most of the match, the teams were fairly even but it was a big second quarter, where the Divas shot 19 goals to Smash Ups’ six, that helped them through to their 17 point win.

B&F points went to Ethan McLeod (Divas), Jennifer Shepherd (Divas) and Bridgette Negfeldt (Smash Ups). Taylah Good (Smash Ups) and Corinne McLeod (Divas) collected the Sportsmanship points.

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Sport

Polack’s score of Bourke takes all the Pennants points 30 points wins on Wednesday

Cobar and Bourke played another round McManus finishing as the outright winners on of Pennants bowls at the Golfie on Sunday. +11.

Bourke’s resounding three from three wins Jim Goonrey, Tony Polack and Allan Knight means they claimed all 10 points on offer had a +10 win in their match while the third which was well deserved. game was a draw.

Lovely autumn weather ensured all Cobar travel to Nyngan this Saturday to play Social Bowls on Sunday was light on numgames were played in last week’s Ladies the next round of Pennants games. bers due to most bowlers playing Pennants on Golf competition rounds.

There were two Club Singles Champion- the green next door.

Pat Polack was Wednesday’s Stableford ships matches played on Saturday.

John Daly, Darryl Jermyn and Greg Clark winner scoring 30 points.

Bian Smith’s magnificent +14 win over had a smashing day winning by a mighty +23 Next were Geraldine Francisco and Jannine Tony Polack takes him through to the next points.

Wilkin, who both finished with 28 points. round.

The runners-up were Tony Polack, Degan The closest to the flag on the 8th hole were It started out as a close game with just one Brown and Allan Gardoll on +10.

Fay Hardwick, Geraldine Francisco and Susan point the difference up to the 9th end which is Friday’s Twilight Bowls were played under Goonrey. when Smith demonstrated his ability to claim lights for the first time in quite a while after The Anzac Day Stableford win on Thursday shot bowls consistently end after end. the greens were out of action due to maintewent to Sally Bannister with 31 points with Bayley Prendergast’s game against Karen nance.

Jannine Wilkin the runner-up with 30.

Daly started well for Prendy.

There was a field of 16 bowlers last Friday, Marlene Wynd was third on 28 and she also He maintained a steady three point lead for most of whom were first timers. won a Nearest the Pin (NTP) prize for B the first half until Daly fought back to bring The winners with +15 were John Daly, Grade on the 11th hole. the scores to even.

Braiden Jones and Riley Bottom and the runOther pin winners were Robynne Morton in But alas Daly left her run too late and ners-up on +10 were Allan Gardoll, Bel Starr A Grade and Ann Dunn for C Grade.

Prendy finished with a +4 win to go through and Sage Kendall.

The Vets Country Championships were to the next round.

The George The Giraffe recipient was Karen played on Saturday over three divisions.

There were three games of bowls played on Daly but it’s believed she did have some stiff The Division 1 Scratch win went to Fay Anzac Day with Allan Gardoll and Mick competition.—The Second Hardwick with 89 off the stick; Division 2 was won by Jannine Wilkin (97) and Susan Goonrey was the Division 3 winner on 109.

The Net winners were: Division 1—Narelle Kriz (78 net); Division 2—Serena Fraser (74 The Fast5 netball competition’s two top the top spot with 18 points, followed by Rusty net); and Division 3—Glenda Peebles (78 teams went head to head in Round 8 last Snails on 17 points.

Tuesday night at Ward Oval with Mixed & Fast Fobs are still in the hunt back in third net).

Jannine Wilkin was the Stroke winner in the Matched coming out on top after beating place with 15 points and Lillies sit in 4th place with 8 points. game that was played in conjunction with the Rusty Snails by six points.

Mixed & Matched finished as 27-21 winners Peak Gold Bars have six points. championships. in a close match.

No games were played last night due to a Wilkin posted a 73 net score.

Serena Fraser placed second on a countback Fast Fobs dominated their game last week general bye. from Fay Hardwick after each had 74 net against Lillies and they recorded an easy 42-26 The competition rounds finish next week win. with a double header and only the top four while Susan Goonrey had 75 net.

Closest to the flag on the 15th hole were After Round 8, Mixed & Matched hold down teams will then go on to contest the finals.

Sally Bannister, Wilkin and Glenda Peebles.

Wen Zhang’s handicap was reduced for the second consecutive week after she won Sunday’s Par round with a score of +2.

Susan Goonrey was next with -4 followed

by Ann Dunn on -5.

The NTP prizes on the 3rd hole were won

by Fay Hardwick, Barb Barklimore and Glenda Peebles.

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Sport

Egan will be Fraser’s main challenge Sensational start This weekend is a big two days of golf in A four-ball-aggregate game was played on the men’s competition with the Central Mo- Saturday and there were 14 players, that’s sevtor Inn sponsored Herford Cup, a Four-Ball en teams, taking part.

-Best-Ball, to be played on Saturday and the The Frasers usually perform well in these GreenCollar sponsored Cobar Open will be competitions and Saturday was no exception, contested on Sunday. with Alec Fraser and Stewart Fraser teaming In the Cobar Open, the CD Pretty Cup is up up to win the day with a score of 71 points. for grabs and will be played over 27 holes.

They beat the pairing of Garry Wilkin and Alec Fraser will be keen to back up after his Andrew ‘Bart’ Bartlett by one point. narrow breakthrough win last year.

Third place went to Mark Fraser and Paul Jay Egan will be his main challenge and will Kershaw who finished with a score of 62 be keen to get his name on the coveted trophy points. to add to his three club championship titles.

The best individual score on the day was 38 It would also be a good opportunity for Gar- points, recorded by Bartlett, and he was two ry Wilkin to get the monkey off his back after shots clear of Alec Fraser. coming so close last year.

Nearest the Pin (NTP) prizes were won on Andrew Bartlett has been playing good golf the 3rd hole by Jay Egan, the 7th hole by Alec lately and might be able to recall the days of Fraser, the 8th hole was won by Bartlett while his youth. (His name is on the trophy four the 11th and 15th were not won. times.) He can’t be discounted if he plays.

Sunday’s game was a Par event and Chris And there are always the unknown visiting Powell played himself into the winner’s list players to be aware of. with his score of plus two.

The hot favourite in B Grade, Peter ‘China’ Isaac Ford also had a plus two score but Brien, is out injured and that leaves the way Powell won a countback. open for players like the mercurial Greg Clark Powell just might have played himself into and the solid Chris Powell to make a name for favoritism for B Grade in next week’s Cobar themselves.

Open. Michael Bannister was the only other Darren Frail, from Brewarrina, won B Grade player to have a plus score and that was good last year. enough for third spot.

In C Grade there is one stand-out, last year’s NTP winners were: Scott Toomey (3rd hole); winner, David ‘Flash’ Gordon if he plays – and Peter ‘Ding’ Lawrence (7th); and John Carlaw Geoffrey Rorke could be a contender, if he won the difficult 11th hole prize. plays.

The rest were not won.—Out of Bounds

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to the season for the Roosters

Continued from Page 24.

McMullen still had some work to do but he fought off two defenders to force his way over to score.

Neyland missed his first conversion of the day however Cobar was still calling all the shots with the score at 28-4.

Neyland was back on track with his next conversion attempt after captain/co-coach Loma Atuau scored the first of his two tries in the game which took the score to 34-4 going into the halftime break.

The Jets came out fired up in the second half and looked like scoring immediately however the Roosters defence scrambled well and thwarted that attempt. An ankle tap by Ben Griffiths slowed up the Jets would be scorer giving Plater extra time to wrap him up in a tackle just metres out from the tryline.

The action then returned to the other end of the field as the Roosters scored the next four tries in quick succession.

Jed Noonan, coming off the bench, scored a try on his return to the side after having last season off; Tim Hillam scored in his trademark ‘stretch out over the line’ style; Griffiths found space out wide; and Atuau vaulted over the line to score his second try of the match.

Narromine then momentarily interrupted the flow with an unconverted try before the Roosters took back control of the game.

Plater combined with Nathan McAndrew to score their final try in the dying minutes of the match and the Jets scored a late consolation try just before the final siren.

In a post match interview, co-coaches Atuau and Plater praised the reinvigorated playing surface with Plater commenting it’s the best he’s ever played on.

The pair said they are confident the team can continue their winning success when they travel to Gulgong this Saturday.

“It’s a fair bit of a hike but I reckon we’ll be ready,” Atuau said.

Plater said at training this week they’ll be working more on their game structure.

“We need to identify where we’re going and that we actually get there and do it.

“It’s okay to play ad-lib like we did at times today, but we need to have some structure for when it does fall down,” Plater said.

Sport

Cobar’s Under 18s impressive in their season debut The Cobar Roosters Under 18s side ran young team’s efforts on Saturday.

Friday night. Kosef also joined the team for a riot in their opening game of the 2024 Cas- “They got out to a good start and then they bike ride to Fort Bourke Hill for a pre-match tlereagh Rugby League competition against defended it. warm up on Saturday morning.

Narromine on Saturday to record an im- “They played really well, kept it really sim- The young Roosters were the first home side pressive 44-16 win. ple, held the ball and didn’t give the ball away to play on the reinvigorated playing surface at The McMullen brothers appeared to be in a which was really good considering they are Tom Knight Memorial Oval on Saturday, big hurry as they raced in the Roosters’ first unfit,” Sullivan said in a post game interview. which has been described by some as “the best two tries in quick succession.

“In the second half, fitness fell away a little it’s ever looked”.

Tadgh McMullen opened their account with bit, and they let in a couple of tries but, other The grounds are under the care of Sullivan his try in the first set, which Oisin McMullen than that, it was really good.” who, in addition to coaching the juniors, joined then converted.

He said the team will benefit further by the committee last season as the groundskeepImmediately after Oisin crossed for their showing up to training (and by recruiting one er. second try.

Sullivan said the field had been over-sowed or two more players).

Jamal Eves pushed his way over for Cobar’s Prior to their home game on Saturday, Under with rye grass. next points and a flying Jaxon Burke then 18s manager Claud Parisi arranged for Nik He said while it did look pretty good on Satcrashed over to score Cobar’s next try.

Kosef, former Australian Player (and former urday, the field won’t actually “hit its straps” Tadgh McMullen’s successful conversion of Cobar Roosters Under 18s captain who was for another 2-3 weeks and will stay green over Burke’s try took the score to 20-0. back in town), to meet and talk to the team on winter.

Playing around the middle of the ruck, Oisin, Tadgh and Kai Taylor combined for some dynamic play which then resulted in Taylor scoring the next two tries back-to-back in quick succession.

Tadgh converted both and the score was now 32-0.

As the clock was running down to the half time break and Cobar was defending, Burke stripped the ball from a Narromine player and ran 70 metres untouched to score.

That stretched Cobar’s lead out to 36-0 as the whistle blew for the halftime break.

Narromine came out fighting in the second half and scored twice to bring the margin back to 36-10. It was only short-lived as Cobar went on the attack.

A kick in play from Taylor put pressure on the Jets and forced an error.

Cobar regained possession and were attacking their line when Tommy Bryan found a gap out wide to score.

That took Cobar’s lead to 40-10 midway through the second half.

The young Roosters showed plenty of pace and a series of well-timed passes saw the ball go out to Aiden Swan on the wing who skillfully stepped inside his opposition to score.

Narromine ran in a late consolation try to Playing around the middle of the ruck, Kai Taylor (with the ball) played a dynamic game close the final margin to 44-16.

Coach Paul Sullivan was thrilled with the for Cobar scoring two tries to help the Roosters to their 28 point win over the Jets.

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Sport

Roosterettes put on a good show against 2023 premiers The Cobar Roosterettes made a great start bar led 12-10 at half time.

Sophie Clark crossed soon after for Cobar to their 2024 Castlereagh League Tag sea- Prior to the start of Saturday’s game, and Watson’s successful conversion locked the son campaign on Saturday at Tom Knight Roosterettes captain/coach Brianna Watson scores up at 6-all.

Memorial Oval. had warned her players that the Jets would be Not long after Watson raced in for Cobar’s The Roosterettes put the wind up last sea- quick off the mark and they were opening the next try, which she also converted, and that put son’s premiers, the Narromine Jets, when Co- scoring early to take a 6-0 lead.

Cobar in the driver’s seat with the score at 12-6.

Just before the break, Narromine found a gap out wide to score and narrow the margin to 12-10.

The Jets then re-grouped during the break.

Shian Chatfield turned the match around for them scoring a hat trick of second half tries which gave Narromine a 28-12 lead.

It looked like that would be the final score but the Roosterettes were not done yet and a late unconverted try by Bridgette Negfeldt, scored with 30 seconds to play, resulted in a 28-16 final margin.

Chatfield and Watson shared in the referee’s Best & Fairest match points.

The Cobar side this season is a mostly young team following the retirement last season of a couple of experienced players.

“We had a few newbies out there, and our newbies from last year really guided them today and that was really good,” Watson said.

Watson however still has the services of two experienced team members (and former team coaches) Bianka Jacobson and Kayla Hasson who both played strong games on Saturday.

“The talk was really good, the girls gelled together and talked to each other which is the main thing,” Watson said.

“It was definitely the start that we wanted.

“I said to the girls, if this is how the season Molly Broughton running the ball up for Cobar in their League Tag game against starts, I’m very excited to see how it ends!” she said.

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Sport

Roosters 18s impressive on season debut

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See-saw games played in mixed netball

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Sensational start to the season for Roosters

The Cobar Roosters’ 2024 Castlereagh season’s premiers 28-16.

“It’s definitely a good way to start our camseason opener against Narromine at Tom (See pages 21 and 22 for Juniors and League paign,” Atuau said.

Knight Memorial Oval on Saturday got off Tag game reports.)

Plater said their quick play of the ball and to a sensational start with Cobar winning The First Grade match then took centre stage using their size in the middle worked well. two out of their three games. and the Roosters didn’t disappoint scoring two “Once we got that rolling and got a momenPlaying in front of a big appreciative crowd quick tries in the opening minutes. tum, we actually used it and kept working and on a superb re-invigorated playing pitch, It took the visiting Jets some time to play through the middle,” Plater said. the Cobar Juniors scored an impressive 44-16 themselves into the game but they were never It was the middle where Tyler Coughlan win first up before the Cobar Roosterettes put really able to match the Roosters on the field found a gap in the opening set to effortlessly on another good show in their League Tag as Cobar ran away to an emphatic 58-14 win. race down the field to score under the posts game against Narromine.

Co-coaches Loma Atuau and Thomas Plater and open the Roosters’ account.

After holding a narrow lead at half time, the were both impressed with the Roosters’ first Two minutes later Coughlan was sparking Cobar side was eventually beaten by the last round performance. their attack again when he broke through the Jets’ defence and sprinted down the right wing.

Before he was swamped by the Jets’ cover defence, Coughlan managed to get a pass inside to fullback Ashley Davies in support, who ran over the line untouched to score Cobar’s second try.

Jimmy Neyland converted both tries to give the Roosters a 12-0 lead after just four minutes of play.

The game settled a bit then and it wasn’t until nearly halfway through the first half that Narromine scored their first points, an unconverted try, after sustained attack on the line.

Halfback Ryan Urquhart headed up the Roosters’ razzle-dazzle attack.

He played a hand in setting up their next try.

Initially Urquhart steered play to the left (dragging the Narromine defence with him) before he deftly switched back right and slipped an inside pass to Chris Crotty. Crotty strolled over to score under the posts which made for another easy conversion for Neyland.

The free-flowing attack continued and a break away run on the wing by Jack Brown resulted in another stroll-over try for captain/ co-coach Thomas Plater.

Neyland’s fourth conversion put Cobar ahead 24-4.

Brown broke away again just minutes later.

He put in a chip-chase kick which he regathPlaying in halfback with the Roosters First Grade side on Saturday, Ryan Urquhart (with ered and passed off to Tadgh McMullen in the ball) played a pivotal role in the team’s emphatic 58-14 win. support. Continued Page 20.

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